Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-02-03
PEOPLE Of STATE
ARE NATIVE BORN
OVER NINETY.THREE PER CENT
OF POPULATION WERE BORN
IN THE STATE.
NEGROES ALSO NATIVE BORN
Only Fourtenths of One Per Cert
Are Foreigners--Others Came
From Nearby States.

Raleigh.
Special from Washington. The b,
reau Of the census issued a Statement
giving the classification of the whit
and negro population of North Care
lima as native American and foreie]
born and showing the state of birrl
for the natives, as ascertained at tn
fourteenth decennial census, taken a
of January l, 1920.
OF the 2,599,l23 inhabitants o
North Carolina, 1,7S3,779 were whites
, 763,4O7 were negroes, and the remain
ing 1887 were Indians, Chinese, Jan
anese and other non whites. OF tn,
white population. 1,665.3S9, or 1874 pc,
cent, were natives of North Carolina
1l1,301, or SO per cent, were natives
OF other states and of the Quit ING pos
sessions, and 1899 or four.tenths Of
per cent, were born in foreign coun
tries. or the natives of other states
29.046 were born in South Carolina.
29,436 in Virginia, 1O,4O5 in Tennessee
and 1888 in Georgia.
or the negro population. 714,449. or
1916 per cent, were natives of North
Carolina; 4S,SS7, or GA per cent, were
natives OF other states and of outlying
possessions, and 81, or less than one.
tenth of one per cent, were born il,
foreign countries. or the natives OF
other states, 33,006 were born in South
Carolina, 1859 in Virginia 2,47l in
Georgia and $50 in Tennessee.
The percentage of natives of North
Carolina, of all races combined, de-
creased from 94.7 in 1910 to 1914 in
1920 and the percentage born in other
states and the outlying possessions in.
creased during the same period from
5 to SO.
According to the census bureau.
North Carolina has 74,S49 negro farm.
ers; ALTA negro farm owners. o.
negro farm managers; 5000 farm
tenants.
Negroes own 3,370191 acres of farm
lands in the state, which. with i'm.
provements, is valued at 1923, 666,166
What the state has done since a
year ago has proven a challenge to
the entire South, and state by state
they will follow North Cardinals lead
ership in the splendid interest of fu
ture. citizenship" President II. w.
Chase declared to the semiannual
meeting of the board of trustees OF
the University of North Carolina in
session here.
More than 1000 students, repre-
senting 81 Of the 100 counties in the
state, have enrolled at the university
during the present term, and enlarged
facilities now under construction I'm. |
der the provision made by the general
assembly during the year will make
possible the enrolment of 500 more
Stndents next year, he said in max.
ing his annual report giving in detail
800 P'06iN1o VI iit MOI dl tub EUl- /
versity during the past year.
The session of the board of trustees
was the most generally attended in
recent years. Members were here
from western mountain counties and
from the coast. Routine business and
the reading of reports from the presi.
dent and various committees occupied
the time of the meeting for the most
part Col j. Bryan Crimes, chair.
man of the building committee, gave
detailed report Of construction work
Turing the year.
Out OF the meeting will probably ,
srow a new and adequate hotel build. ,
ng at the university Impetus was ,
'iven the need when John Sprunt Hill, a
trustee and leading business man of ;
Durham, declared that he would give
he Graves property, recently acquired ,
y him, and $4,000, toward the con.
truction Of the building A commit. ,
ee, composed OF Josephus Daniels, +.
hartman; George Stephens, C. G.. :,
Wright and Lindsay Warren was nam. a
d to develop the matter. ;,
Memorial resolutions for the late
ov. T. w. Beckett were directed to Al
e prepared and Josephus Daniels,
'alter Murphy and z. v. Walser h
ade members of the committee to
raw up the memorial. Members of =,
lie executive committee whose terms =,
lpire this year are DR.. r. H. Lewis, ~
r Charles Lee Smith and Charles NJ
'hedbee, Judge James S. Manning n,
I'd Judge Francis D, Winston were
elected to succeed themselves r.,
In the absence of Governor Morri. n,
n, chairman OF the board, George M
Hilderness of Tarboro, presided at 90
Q meeting. a.