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Twenty-nine of the counties, though decreasing in popula- 

 tion, showed increases in teachers' salaries. To this extent 

 the above figures are a distinct encouragement. But in the 

 twelve counties which showed an increase in population with 

 a decrease in expenditure for teachers' salaries the situation 

 is reversed. That so many counties, with such a low original 

 expenditure for Negro teachers' salaries, should decrease 

 this amount, though the Negro children were increasing, 

 seems unpardonable. 



If the later five-year period, from 1913 to 1918, is exam- 

 ined the following distribution is obtained : 



During this period the disturbance of the population in the 

 movement of 1916-17 caused a few more counties to de- 

 crease in colored children. Of the 53 counties decreasing in 

 population, 38 continued to increase their provision for teach- 

 ers' salaries in colored schools. But of the 52 counties in- 

 creasing in colored school population 16 (decreased the 

 amount provided for colored teachers. It is interesting to 

 note, however, that none of the 12 counties which, during 

 the period 1908-13, decreased their expenditures for colored 

 schools despite an increase in colored population were still 

 pursuing this policy during the period 1913-18. All of these 

 12 counties began to make substantial increases in their col- 

 ored teachers' salaries, even though 9 of them began to de- 

 crease in colored population during the second period. The 

 16 counties which, during the second period, were decreasing 

 their expenditure for colored teachers' salaries though in- 

 creasing in population, are a separate group from the 12 of 



