Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-03-21
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OF the one hundred counties in the
state of North Carolina, as report OF
the tex commissioner shows, there are
dftv.ore in which Negroes pay taxes
on more than one quarter Of a million
dollars of real and personal property.
In several other counties the amount
is over two hundred thousand but
does not reach the quarter million
mark. Wake county heads the list
with s1,330.7O5. while Halifax is a
close second with $1,225,576. They are
the only counties in the million class.
Several others are far up toward the
mark but do not quite reach it. Ne
groes own the largest amount Of land
in the following counties: BERTHE, 6l,-
IA acres; Halifax, 53,S03 acres; War
rem, $4,000 acres; Bladen. 4s,463
acres; Wake, 40,096 acres; Columbus,
so,222 acres; Sampson, 3s,267 acres;
Fender, 37,43s acres; Northampton,
36,142 acres; Craven, 36,092 acres,
while there are eight other counties
In which from $4,000 to $4,000 acres
are owned by Negroes In town lots
era, en- leads with 1908; Wake next
with 1865; Forsyth with 1872; Neck
lenburg with 1,345; Guilford with 967;
Rowan with S53; Durham with 1922;
Beauford with s11; Pasquotank with
746; New Hanover with 720. Other
counties make good showing. this
being especially true Of Wilson with
$50 and Rockingham with 52S. In
valuation of town lots Wake leads
with s521,9 $3.50; Craven comes second
with s520,095 and Mecklenburg third
with s4G0,321. Negroes own 1,424, 943
acres of land not counting town lots
and pay taxes on a grand total of
;29,9s2,32S of real and personal prop
erty. 1t should be known also that
the rate Ct assessment 1t about forty
per cent. This will indicate that Ne
groes own seventy million dollars OF
real and personal property IN North
Carolina. The report shows that in
some counties, among them Madison.
where the Negro population is small,
no separate list is given. There are
little less than million Negroes in
.hil state.
We sec as a result of recent agita-
ton among thoughtful and prominent
whit women favoring woman's SUI
frage that it is proposed to memorial
izc congress asking for the immediate
passage Ct a bill pei .ioni.s every wo-
man who shall become a 1nnther, al
lowing FER out # che United States
treasury the sum 81 $500 !cr eaca
child born, thereby dignifying in
national way motherhood and giving
It the proper kind of inspiration. We
as race are a little slow in coming
to the belief that the function of
motherhood is a high one, and that
the rearing Of healthy sons and daugh-
tiers is the greatest service that can
be rendered the state.-The Mobile
Press. ~
Only the educated and well-to-do
among US are slow in realizing tho
high function Of motherhood. A very
large per cent Of the less fortunate
Negroes are still doing their duty
along this line. 1t is the Negro in the
professions who has gone out Of bust
ness IN this matter. We recall the
fact that In a certain nearby city
there are twenty Negro physicians, all
of whom are in good circumstances,
and only Ole of whom is the father
OF children. They keep reasonably
busy in the matter, of accouchement for
other people, but when it comes to
themselves, there's nothing doing at
all.-Exctange.