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The South in Education. The recently published statistics oF education, issued by the census office, are made the basis of a very interest fog article io the current issue of Har? per's Weekly, the chief object of which is' to account satisfactorily for the un? looked-for fact that the Southern States, despite their great burden of oegro population, have actually dis? tanced New England and the middle States io the proportion of com mo D school enrollment to population. * For purposes of comparison, the country, is divided into five grand divisions or groups of States; the North Atlantic comprising the Middle ' and New Eoglaod States, the South At? lantic the Southern States from Mary? land to Florida, the North Central the States from Ohio to Kansas, (both inclusive, ) and ej; tending Southward to Kentucky, the South Central the States from Alabama to Texas, (both inclu? sive,) and extending Northward to the North Central Hoe, and the Western the newer States and Territories West of Missouri, Iowa and Kansas. The census figures of the proportion of total popnlatioo eorolied in the oom ' mon schools in 1890 as compared with 1876, show the following remarkable changes in the several graod divisions : In the North Central division the percentage has decreased in twenty years from 24.8 per cent, to 22.4 per eent. In the North Atlaotic division it has decreased from 22 per cent, to 17 9 per cent. In the Western it has increased from 14 per cent, to 17 per cent. In the South Central it has increased from 11.6 per cent to 21 per cent. In the South Atlaotic it has in? creased from 10 per cent, to 19.7 per cent. .The increase for the Union bas been from 19.1 per cent, to 20 3 per cent. These are startling figures. They show that the North has retrograded io respect of the utilization of common school advantages, that the far West has advanced moderately, while the South has almost doubled its propor? tional use of the schools. New Eng? land, thc birthplace of the common school, actually has a smaller propor? tion of her population at school than South Carolina The great Middle West is surpassed by Arkansas and Texas. Both divisions of the South rank higher than the. most densely pop? ulated States of the North. The New England and Middle States, iodeed, are almost at the foot of the list, but a fraction above the far West, while the two Southern divisions almost rival the North Central division, which is at the head of the list, with one-fourth of its total population at school. This, however, is not the only test. The following figures show the changes from 1870 to 1890 io the pro? portion of school population (5 to 18 years) actually enrolled in the public schools of the several great divisions : In the North Central division it de? creased from 76.9 per cent, to 76.5 per cent. Io the North Atlantic division it de? creased from 78 per cent, to 70.5 per cent. In the Western it increased from 54.8 to 70 per cent. In the South Central it increased from 34 2 to 60.1 per cent. In the South Atlaotic it increased from 30.5 to 59.2 per cent. In the entire Union it increased from 61.5 to 68 6 per ceot. Again ail the iocrease is found io the Sooth aod far West, and all the de? crease io the North, East aod Middle West. Yet it will be seen that although the South has io twenty years nearly doubled the percentage of her school attendance to school population, she is yet behind the other sections io that regard. Th? writer io Harper's-Mr. F. W. Hewes-attributes the decadence of school attendance in the North and East to various causes-the diminish? ing size of Northern families, the massing io the most populous centres of a oew class of degraded immigrants who do oot seek educatioo for their children, the increasing use of private schools by the rich, etc But that part of the inquiry does not concern us. What does, is the fact that de? spite poverty, a sparse population and the borden opon the Southero whites of educating ao enormous number of negroes, such wonderful progress has been made. It will serve to make us prouder of our section, and to give the North and the world far greater re? spect for ns than they have ever en? tertained. The South is securing ber due re? cognition at last, and by more than one means. Pointing to the fact that ''the four great educational institu? tions of the presen-; age are common schools, newspapers, railroads and workshops/' Mr. Hewes says: "It ts gratifying, therefore to dis? cover in the reports of newspaper pub? lications, railroad building and fac? tory establishments that thc South is making a progress that is second only to its progress in common schools.'7 W3 have much yet to achieve. But the knowledge of what we have ac? complished at our poorest and crudest will stimulate us to the easier tasks which lie before us.-The State. For Over Fifty Years. Maa. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been U3ed for children- teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, ?Hays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diar? rhoea. Twenty-five cent* a bottle. Sheriff Hunter for Marshal. i ? The President has nominated Sheriff john P. Hunter of Lancaster i to be United States marshal for the district of South Carolina. This is not a surprise to us, for we have been expecting Mr. Hunter's nomination since last Maj, In fact, precisely nine months ago a Wash? ington special to The State predicted the nomination of Mr. Hunter for marsha), Col. Murphy for district attorney and ex-Mayor Bryan for collector of the port of Charleston. The only error in the forcast was the prediction that Ben Perry would be nominated for collector, and that would have happened but for the fall exposure of Perry's character which was made last fall. Mr. Hunter has been twice eclect ed sheriff of Lancaster county, and is the most popular man in that county. He used to be a mild Tillman ; ite. and probably is now to be classed ! as a "Reformer ;" but there are all sorts of "Reformers," and the sheriff of Lancaster is one of the best sort. We once inadvertently referred to him as "au Ocalaite," and a tele? graphic protest came quickly from many of the best Conservatives of Lancaster, who declarad that he wasn't, but, on the contrary, was a Democrat whose appointment would be very gratifying to everbody in Lan? caster. A "Reformer" so popular among Conservatives would seem to be a very remarkable sort of man , and this, we are told, Mr. Hunter is. They say that he can whip Dr. Strait on his own ground and is the strong? est man in his section. It will be remembered that Mr. Hunter was proposed by the Al? liance caucus in Washington for the office of Collector of Internal Revenue, and that he declined to be a candidate for that position. It seems that he had been promised support for the marshal ship, but that plum was afterwards successively sought for Dr. Pope and Mr. McCalla, and Mr. Hunter refused to be shifted around to a place he didn't want. He accused Dr. Strait, if we remember aright, of playing him false, and "broke with the bosses," if such a term be allowable. Mr. Hunter's support in Washing? ton for the office he has received has come from the Auti-Tillman side. His nomination, therefore, does not I imply any political aid or comfort to the Governor in his camgaign for the Senate. Without having author? ity for the assumption, we may predict that Mr. Hunter's candidate for the Senate will be the present incumbent of the seat at issue. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. 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