Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-25
Many Large Co1ored Taxpayers-By John Boifeui11et

musical instruments playing, and now ana
then a radio, and vegetables and flowers in
the gardens.
The Worthy Negro Has No Fear
The worthy negro is absolutely confident
that so long as he practices the virtues of
honesty and industry he will have the good
will and support of all white citizens So he
endeavors to be peaceable, thrifty and enter
prising, and provide for his family and his
old age. His aim is to discharge the obliga-
lions and duties of respectable citizenship,
and in this commendable purpose he receives
the encouragement and assistance of the
whites and is never mOlested by them. The
upright negro pursues his daily work in
peace, and retires in serenity to his couch at
night. He is no menace to society, and the
white man is his friend and helper.
The law-abiding, orderly negro knows he
has no more to fear iI Georgia than the
white citizen. He feels perfectly secure in
the enjoyment of his property and in the
safety of his life. He fully realizes that it
is not the negro that is made the victim of
the vengeance of the mob, but it is the
brute, who commits the one crime for which
he will be swiftly end condignly punished-a
crime which arouses the deepest feelings of
outraged nature and touches depth of pas
sion that is stronger than reason
Let negro become a property owner and
he invariably makes a worthy citizen.
Georgia's Part Oward Negro Education
Is Georgia doing fair and generous part
toward the education of the negro? The an
swer is found in the fact that while In the
year 1880 the total enrolment of negro boys
and girls in the common schools of the state
was 88,397, in 1920 the enrolment had in
creased to 277 023, growth in forty years
of nearly two hundred thousand. The ex-
pense of the teaching and supervision of
this large number of pupils is almost entire
ly borne by the whites Last year there was
paid to colo1ed teachers $1,619, 302.39. The
total value of common school property, coll
ored, buildings, equipment etc, is $2,577,-
S91. The value of college property, colored,
in Georgia, is $2,747,561. There are more
than fifty-fve thousand volumes in the IL
braries of the negro schools and colleges
The value of these books is not included in
the above stated value of common school
property.
The Georgia State Industrial College for
Colored Youths, located at Savannah, Is do
ing, and has done ever since its foundation.
an excellent work in behalf of the race. The
students receive a practical education which
fits them for useful lives. The same be
said in full measure, of the Georgia Normal
and Agricultural school at Albany.
Decrease in Negro Hliteracy
There are special white supervisors to
emphasize the better training of negro teach
ers, particularly giving attention to indus
trial work and sanitation. There are also
others specially engaged in particular work
among the negroes. Special efforts are made
by the state education department to enlist
the rural negroes in the interest of good
gardens, special farm projects, canning and
improved farming. In consequence of these
things there have been innumerable in
stances of improved schools and homes
among the race. There has been not only
a mental, but a physical and moral better
ment in the condition of the negroes.
The per cent of negro illiterates in 1880
was 81, and in 1920 this had fallen to 29.1.
According to their Affections, unfortunate
negroes are provided with free and excellent