Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1889 — Illiteracy. [ARTICLE]

Illiteracy.

Thone who have not given attention to the question ot illiteracy in the South are not aware of the extent of it, or how littlo progress there is made in removing it In Louisiana the returns of the registered voters, which were made the other day by the authorized State official, prove that illiteracy is actually on the increase in that State. The returns show 126,884 white voteis and 127,5>28 colored ones. In 1880 the number of illiterate white voters wasstated to bo 16,877, and the number of colored ones 8'>,550. In the returns this yearit appears that there are now in Louisiana. 24,233 illiterate white voters and 113,378 illiterate colored ones. In eight years theincrease of illiteracy among the white voters has been 2 per cent, but there has been no increase of illiteracy among the colosed voters.