. Phelps-Stokes fellowship studies . ommon every year. At present there isa small settlement on the Gainesville Midland Railroad at the ex-treme southern end of the town and a smaller settlement of only afew houses on East Grove Street at the back of the Main StreetPublic School. There are a few isolated houses but a strong feel- 13 ing seems to exist among both whites and blacks that the goodfeeling between the rates is better preserved by having the blacksin a section of their own. In at least one instance there was sucha strong feeling of objection to the presence of a settlement ofnegroes
. Phelps-Stokes fellowship studies . ommon every year. At present there isa small settlement on the Gainesville Midland Railroad at the ex-treme southern end of the town and a smaller settlement of only afew houses on East Grove Street at the back of the Main StreetPublic School. There are a few isolated houses but a strong feel- 13 ing seems to exist among both whites and blacks that the goodfeeling between the rates is better preserved by having the blacksin a section of their own. In at least one instance there was sucha strong feeling of objection to the presence of a settlement ofnegroes on Johnson Street in the southwest district of the town,that the negroes felt themselves obliged to move over into NegroTown. The objection to the presence of the negroes was basedui)on the fact that the negroes were very much given to visitingamong themselves in the evenings after work; and that conversa-tion, dancing, and singing was often prolonged until late at nightending in fighting and shooting, much to the disturbance of the. One of the Poorer Type of NegTO Homes in Gainesville. peace of the whites living near. Some of the whites, however, de-plore this segregation of the blacks, seeing that it is a source ofgreat inconvenience to the housekeeper, since many of the cookslive so far away that they cannot arrive in time to get breakfast;and. in the case of washerwomen the clothes often have to be car-ried and gone far.* With all these difficulties the negro women areless inclined to enter domestic service. m. Surroundings of Negro Homes. The surroundings of some of the negro homes are deplorable,especially those in the narrow streets and alleys. The lots here * The street (?ar lines do not aiii>ii:^eb near enough to the negro section oftown to lie of any great service. 14 are small and with all the accumulation of boxes, old chicken coops,fire wood, and rubbish of various kinds there is not left much tocomplete the scene of disorder. There is often a wash houseAvith it
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