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Big stores are not
unusual in ~big cities,
tout Georgia has the dis
tinction of having prob
ably the biggest store
in the whole country,
in proportion to the
size of the town in
which it is located. The
city of Pelham, in
Mitchell county, Cfa.,
had a population of
1880 by last census.
Looming above the city,
and dominating the
agricultural landscape
for miles around, is the
model department store
building of the Hand
Trading Company,
which does an annual
business of $£,500,000.
The structure cost
nearly $500,000. Its
founder in 1876, Hon. J.
L. Hand, died in 1916.
He had hel'd many po
sitions of high honor in
the State's service.
128 FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
There are 480 students. Opportunity is afforded for training
not only in academic subjects from the grades to the college but
also in printing, tailoring, nurse-training, sewing, etc.
These institutions have done much to raise the standard of
scholarship and efficiency among the Southern negroes. Their
graduates may be found as teachers in all parts of the South.
The theological training at Gammon Seminary as well as in the
theological departments of Morehouse College and Morris Brown
University, have done much to increase the intelligence and
effectiveness of the negro ministry. If a girl wishes to become
a trained nurse she may study at Spelman Seminary, which is
provided with an excellent hospital, or at Morris Brown Uni
versity. Atlanta University has especially good equipment for
manual training and domestic arts. Spelman Seminary gives
particular attention to training of teachers and Christian workers.
Probably the most valuable contribution these instituions make
to public welfare is the preparation of young men and women
for effective service among their people, chiefly as teachers. Upon
the earnestness and efficiency of the graduates of these schools
depend the establishment and maintenance of wholesome com
munity life among the negroes. Largely upon them as teachers
depends the success of the negro public school system. The
success of the graduates in these matters is encouraging. These
six schools in Atlanta perform a service for which not only the
colored people but also the city and the State are indebted.
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