Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-15
$3.50 ose or an increase of 1854 per

$3.50 ,036. or an increase Of 1854 per
I'm 1886 their household and kitchen
furniture amounted to but $ooo.o2o; IN
1906 to s2,S93.402, or 1857 per cent IN
crease.
I'm 1886 Georgia negroes owned horses SEES
mules and live stock valued at 81 l66, oS;
in 1906 the value had risen to $o,ooo''o1'
or an increase Of I.4 , per GEM. in agr,
cultural implements and farm ,o. ,o DOL
amounted to $500. 549: in 1906 to $1,4O2,OS3
or an increase of 1881 per cent
I'm 1886 the value of all negro property
in Georgia was $3.50. 29S; in 1906. $25.-
$50. 219, or an increase of 174.2 per cent
lis not the above an excellent exnlpll
of the condition of the Georgia negro:
And does not the story also reflect creolt
on the white people Of the common
protection it could not have been ac-
complished? There Is yet another phase
of the subject-the degreeof progress maze
by the negroes who live In the country
far removed from the temptations OF the
city as compared with the progress OF
those who live in the towns
Conditions in Georgia are ideal Tor a
study of this character. The state IS
divided by the fall line. which extends
from Augusta on the Savannah river
westward directly across the state to
Columbus, on the Chattahoochee river
In the counties on and Immediately north
OF the line SO drawn the popuideioi 10
about equally divided. while south Of the
line the percentage of negro population
exceeds the white.
Burke county is one Of the rural coun-
ties as we'll as one Of the most magnih-
cent agricultural districts n the south
east.
"In 1885 the negroes of Burke county
owned 21.255 acres of land; In 1906.
1891 acres: an increase in acreage OF
65.7 per cent.
..In 1885 they returned city property
valued at $9O35; in 1906 this item reached
$50 $50; an increase of 26O.3 per cent
1.-The item Of household and kitchen
furniture shows industry. In 1885 the re-
in 1906, $50, S37; an increase of 2,475.7 per
cent.
'In 1886 the value of horses. mules and
live stock reported was $1S7SS; in 1906,
500, 6s6; an increase of 14629 per cent
I'm 1885 the value of agricultural imple-
ments and farm tools amounted to $3.50:
in 1906 to 7,145; an increase Of 1.4S7.7
per cent.
I'm 1886 the value of their whole prop
erty in this county was returned at $214,
$50: in 1906 at s636.55s; an increase of
1863 per cent.
Richmond county. which contains the
city of Augusta, is right on the line. In
1886 43S3 acres of land weres returned;
in 1906 6.OOS acres; an increase of but
37.3 per cent.
I'm city property the returns In 1856
were $377.1OO: in 1906 s523, 4S5; an in
crease of but 1873 per cent.
I'm household and kitchen furniture the
1886 returns were SO. 100: in 1905, $50, 6S5;
an increase of 1904 per cent.
I'm horses, mules and live stock the 1885
return was s12,1SO: in 1906. $11,S75; de-
crease of .O2.6 per cent.
THE whole negro property in Richmond
county in 1888 was valued at $469 $50; in
1906 at sS32.3sO; an increase of I'll per
cent.
Some Comparisons.
ITO continue the study let us take
Pulaski county. far removed from a large
city, and compare it with Bibb county, in
which is located Macon, on the line and in
the center of the state.
I'm Pulaski county negroes owned. in
1886. $685. acres of land; in 1906, 1913
acres; an increase of 1928 per cent.
I'm 1885 their city property was re-
turned at $13.775; in 1906 at $50, 725; an
increase Of 1883 per cent.
Household and kitchen furniture. in
1886. at $7.347; in 1905 at $50, 266; an in
crease of 31.2 per cent.
Horses. mules and live stock, in 1856,
at s19.393: in 1906 at sS6.652; an increase
of 346S per cent.
agricultural implements and farm
tools in 1885. at 81. 1873; in 1905 at S23, AL.
or an increased valuation Of 1904 per
cent
Their aggregate property. in 1886. in
Pulaski county. was valued at $64 27S; in
1906 at $2S7, 041; an increase of 1853 per
cent
I'm 'Bibb county, in 1886. negroes re-
turned LES acres of land: in 1906 GAIA
acres: an increase of 34.5 per cent
city property. in 1886. at 1857 800; in
1905. $4S4, POP; an increase Of 1851 per
cent
Household and kitchen furniture. in
1886. at $15.235: in 1906 at $61 $40; an in
crease of 1923 per cent.
Horses, mules and live stock, in 1886.
at s24.61O; in 1906, 25,97O: an increase of
.05.5 per cent.
The aggregate property in Bibb, in
1885, was $435.2 in 1906, $1,O46, 795; an
increase of 14O.5 per cent.
From these comparisons it Is readily