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Dunstan Times, Issue 3141, 30 October 1922, Page 2

lii 60- vears negroes in the United! States have acquired 22,000,000 acres of land, as working farmers, and not as speculators. They own 600,000 homes and 45,000 churches, and operate 78 hanks, 100 insurance companies, besides 70,000 business enterprises of various kinds, with a capital of £30,000,000. Illiteracy has been reduced to 26 per cent., due to the fact that there are more than 400 normal schools and colleges for negro teachers. The White Star liner Majestic (.">(>.- 65! tons), when it left New York for Southampton recently carried two girl stowaways. They were discovered when the ship was 500 miles at sea hiding in a lifeboat. Tsoth children, according to the parents, have been obsessed with the idea of going to sea. in a big ship.