The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-14
AN INCREASE Of BOYS
VALUE OF PROPERTY OF NE
GROES SHOWS A BIG DE
CREASE.
AS DOES NUMBER OF CoLoREO CHILDREN
And the Amount of Tax Paid by Negroes to the
Schools. The Total Enrol meat of White
Children Shows an Increase but the
Average Attendance Decrease
from 1893.

from 1898.
The State Superintendent of Public In
struction, Mr. C. III. Mebane, has just
finished the compilation of some interest
ing data for his Forthcoming annual re-
port, consisting of the statistics of the
school fund receipts and disbursements,
the attendance of children, white aad
colored; the number of teachers and of
schools in the State; the assessed vli:le
of property, etc.
a comparison of the report, which IS
for the fiscal year ending June Both.
1899, with the report for the year erd
ing June 30 1898, sno,4s
some changes of interest. Thus Willie
the assessed value of the property of
whites has increased within the fiscal
year from 1919, LOG, 2321S to $245 723,-
1891, the assessed value of the prop
erty of colored citizens has fallen off IN
the same period from S9,476, 2S3.S5 to
$3.50. 350.o3 Likewise while The
amount paid by whites ON property and
polls increased from S499, 232. % IN 1883
to 1928, S0S.90 in 1899, the amount paid
by colored citizens fell off from S90.-
696.57 in 1898 to 81, 1895 in 1890
Within the fiscal year the number Of
white male children of school age has
increased from 200,217 in 1SaS to 209.
GAO in 1899, while the number of white
females in the same period has fallen
from 200.367 in 1893 to 1911. ii
1899. This would seem to indica : an
error i'll the returns as sent in by counA
ty superintendent since the figures pres
ent too palpalble an anomaly to accord
with probabilities In the same period
the enrolment of white males increas-
ed from 133, 1888 in 1898 to 13S 124 in
1899 and the number of white. females
enrolled increased from 124 ,463 to 12o,
093 The average attendance of wn te
children ON the contrary fell off from
144,346 in 1888 to 49, 162 in 1899. This
is probably due to the severe blizzarl
of last February, which almost stopped
attendance at many country schools
The MOST remarkable showing, however,
is in the number of made colored chill
dIep of school age, which has fallen
from log, 254 in 1898 to 94,072 III 1899.
whereas the number of female colored
children has fallen only from 1916 So to
104,52S in the same period. Here again
there are either faulty returns 10 the
State Superintendent or StatiSticianS
and. medical men are confronted with
remarkable phenomenon in this State.
1t is notable, however, that the en-
rollment of colored males has fallen froin
65.6SS in 1898 TO 60,5S6 in 1894 and of
colored females from 67,S15 in 1898 10
66,S13 in 1899.
Another noteworthy feature IS that
while the appropriations for white
schools have increased from $J37 ,125.sI1
in 1898 to $575, 441.77. the amount ap2
propriated to colored schools in the
same period has only increased from
$e24, 67263 in 1898 TO $226, 1913; iii
1899, 1his, however. is only whar
would follow from the data as to tie
comparative number OF white and e..
ored children given above. Still more
remarkable is the showing that wl;;la
the amount of taxes paid by the whites
for the two years compare as follows:
School tax paid by white sin 1898.
$3.50, 1920
School tax paid by whites in
1898 S4'I9 Zo2. o.
School tax paid by whites in
1899 =. .Y.s-'-.cOS.!N
The SHOWING for the CO. ,'sl rae. ~.
School tax paid in i'm 1898. 800, 6!G11
School tax paid in 1899 -. ST 1896
Thus while the whites paid S23,500
more tax to support the schools in 1899
than in 1898, the negroes paid Sl9,5O3
less according to the figures.
The amount paid in taxes by each race
i'm 1899 to support the schools and re.
ceived for the support of schools form
an interesting comparison. They are
as follows:
Paid by whites .......... S522, ~
Received by whites 1913, Hill
Paid by col. race. ......... 1,lS3oo
Received by col. race $500. .S226, S94'3
Thus while the whites received for
their schools only So, 900 more than
they paid ON property and polls, the col
ored race received $155,700 more for
school sthan lit paid on property AMI
polls Herein is food for thought To-
eolored people South and white people
North.
The tabulated data for the fscd. wear
ending June Both, 1899, is giyel here
with:
SCHOOL FUND Discussed.
AMT appropriated to whites. S313, HI
Amt appropriated to col =. 1926, 1914 20
Assessed value of property
of whites . S24G 123, 169.97
Assessed value of property
of cosored .. $3.50 $50 %
Mum. of white polls. IS1.34S
Mum of col. polls. 49,. I1744
Mum. of -insolv white polls 20.076
Mum. % insoly col polls 1929
Amt. paid by whites ON
property and polls. 1922, sos. 90
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