The citizen., 1911-12-01
MARYLAND
STATE NEWS
NewSy items Gathered From
ALI Parts Of the State.
POPULATION OF MARYLAND.
Census Bureaus Report Shows .
Decrease in Negroes.

white and colored population of Mary
land by counties and principal cities,
as shown by the returns of the thir-
teenth census, taken as of April 15.
1910, has jlst been issued by Df-
rector Durahd, of the Bureau of the
! Census. The statistics were prepared
under the direction of William G.
Hunt, chief statistician for population
in the Census Bureau, and are sub
ject to later revision.
The total population of Maryland in
| 1910 was subdivided as to color as
follows: White, 1,O62.645 negro. 232.-
249; all other persons indians.
Chinese and Japanese), 452. The
equivalent figures for 1900 were:
'Shite, 952,424; negro, 235.064 all
others, $50. For 1890 they were:
White, S26,49S; negro. 215,657; all
others, 240
The negro population constituted
179 per cent. of the total population
of the state in 1910, as against 1913
per cent. in 1900 and 20.7 per cent.
in 1890
There has been a decrease sincs
1900 in the negro population of 2,S15.
or IL per cent as compared with an
increase during the preceding decade
of 19,407, or per cent The white
population shows an increase during
the past decade of 110,221, or 11.6 per
cent, as against 125,931, or 1872 per
vi hn
Baltimore city had a population in
1910 Of 55S4S5, comprising 473,S90
whites, S4,479 negroes and 346 other
persons. The equivalent figures for
1900 we're: White, 429,21S; negro.
79,25S all others, 4S1. For 1890 they
were: White, 367,143; negro, 67,104;
all others, 1872.
The white and negro population OF
the city constituted S4.S and 1872 per
cent, respectively, of the total in 1910,
approximately the same proportions
as for the two preceding censuses.
The white population of Baltimore in
creased 44,172, or 1913 per cent, dur
ing the decade 1900-1910, as compared
with 62,075, or 1863 per cent. for the
preceding decade The negro popula-
tion has increased during the past
10 years at a somewhat slower rate
than the white population, and its
rate of increase was less than half
the rate for the preceding decade.
The increase was 5,491, or SO per
cent, from 1900 to 1910, as compared
with 1854, or 1871 per cent. from
1890 to 1900.
For the remainder of the state out
side of Baltimore there has been since
1900 decrease in the negro popula-
tion of 1906, or 5.3 per cent, as
against an increase from 1890 to 1900
of 1858, or 40 per cent.
Annapolis Crothers ap-
pointed and commissioned John w.
Myers a County Commissioner for
Howard county to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of John S. Fink.
Cumberland.-Mrs Fred A. Groome.
president; Mrs. Elizabeth Miller. vice
president, and Mrs. Katherine Starr.
inside guardian, grand officers of the
Maryland Assembly, Daughters of Re-
bekah, all of Baltimore, paid an off,
cial visit to Colfax Lodge, No. l, this
city, on Tuesday night.
Observation-Disclosures of the Fred
erick County National Bank decided
to erect a new building on the site
of the present one. 1t will take In.
the adjoining building purchased last
spring. The bank is one of the old
est financial institutions in the city.
a charter having been granted 1t by
the Legislature in 1918.
Easton.-The grand jury for the
November term of the Circuit Court
for Talbot County. after being in ses-
sion but three days, has been dis
charged by the court. It's report
shows that the members investigated
25 cases, examined SO witnesses. found
II indictments and dismissed 13 cases
for want of evidence.
Snow Hill-John w. Vincent died
suddenly at his home here of heart
failure He was SO years of age. and
was born in Sussex county, Delaware.
He came to Snow Hill when a young
man and had been engaged continu-
ously in the jewelry business since
that time. He was brother of School
Commissioner James H. Vincent, of
Pocomoke City.
Cumberland-The Cumberland City
Council granted the ~ & G.. Taylor
Company. of Philadelphia. owners OF
the tin plate mill in South Cumber-
land, immunity from taxes FOR 10 years
on the new dipping plant which this
company proposes to erect at once.
The city also decided to furnish wa
ter to the extent OF 100000 gallons
day free to the new enterprise for
period of 10 years.
Hagerstown.-Upto Myers, railroad
man, who was shot and seriously in
jured under somewhat mysterious
circumstances at his home in Hagers-
town, is holding his own at the hos
pital here. and his physicians state
that unless pneumonia develops he
will probably recover. While Mrs.
Myers is still in Jail on the charge OF
attempting to murder her husband,
she will probably be released. as
Myers stated that the revolver with
which he was shot was discharged by