New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-29

Another protested that when n man has land he
Is not at liberty to plant what he chooses. II is ex
pected he Will plant cotton to pay his mortgage.
The Rev J. 7. Davis. of Opeka. urged the need Of
securing home and home Ife the foundation Of ali
good living and success. lie pathetcally i'm
plored to Please tell exactly how get it," The
speaker continued How shall get ont Of debt ?
Never. as long &c we must pay from Ss5 to s75 for
onemule farm. have been renting sixteen years. and
have never saved anything Every house I've lived in
I've put up myself. giving mortgage my crops 10
build il on another mans land. and 1t was like a
sab!e-made Of green pine boards-one room"
The afternoon session took up the remaining points
Of the declarations As to religious and moral progress
there unanimous expression Of earnest feeling as
70 the real identity of religion and good morals that
most encouraging and general report Of progress,
" slow' in some places but noticed IA all Better
preachers and teaohers-the people demand them" :;
" not reprobated bciore--though one reported IN
ana nes.n and that tEcy have not been in the habit
oi having only one wife"
Miss Nellie Bowen. a graduate of Tuskegcc. teacher
and temperance worker made earnest little address
on the necessity Of living reiion as well as talking
From Wilcox County report u marked I'M
provemcn brought about by the influence of ruskeeee
graduate teacher. In the last two years seven
have come from there the Tnskcgco School. The
county-which has the densest colored population OF
any in the state. has also gone for PIohibihon-on
which report the cOOred lawyer remarked II VII
cox County can say that much then vote We pass
the resOluti0n-wc mast be progressing" Russell
| County reported the same and there were good re-
ports from Butler and Macon II was said that while
the room cabin is still evil. than formerly
are built with divided rooms. As to short school
sessions poor salaries and school houScs poor teachers
year generally reported ami dcp0red. one man.
from section Of Macon County Thought that ndifer
and la7ness on The part OF the people are the
great obstacles. They have too many sundays IN a
week. Here mt Tusaegee they work til Saturday
| night
As to remedies to be suggcsted--to raise provisions
and les cotton and to buy landau agreed as to
difficult these things might be done. Mr.. smohers,
OF sSge Geo OF aan c Pp rrcdom
now. Don't ask help like children. Go buy you
hog. a steer chicken. Plant Won field. 4 man
is educated not to keep from work but so that he
can work. Go to work and raise your own meat and
eat Il by your own fire. and il you can't buy hog
Mr. Matthews Of Macon County. reported that NJ
one had been arrested within hvo miles of his com.
munity for twenty years. He thought the world ought
to hear of that. People owned their homes.
The Rev: slas Jones Of Montgomery County gave
an interes ting account of cooperative purchase OF
land he had effected for his people In two different
places-32o acres in one and 400 in another. The
" How many here own land clear OF debt7'
Twenty-th three hands were counted.
Glow many others are buying land, not yet al
Twenty three other hands counted. and the
Rev. Mr.. Geter. Of Macon County. wished to explain
that he had owned good home in Elmore and sold II
to buy his present home and only owed the difference
which he would soon pay. The dcsiabilty Of teach
ing trades unanimously admitted and several in
tercsting questions brought ont significant answer
How many here have their blaclSmithng done
by colorcd backsmiths? How many their carpentry
| by cOlOred men -
The show OF hands was almost universal. only
went TO white blachsmths and only two TO white
carpenters and only four TO white shoomakcr though
Mr.. Busbeys facetous inquiry. How many buy
ready made shoes from white mcrchantsl' threw the
balance the other side.
Little time remained for speaking and The remaining
points Of the declarations passed without much
discussion. Some good things said. Tho Rev.
Mr.. Penny. the resident chaplain Of the Tusk"gce
school. m0de earnest appeal for the emanc patton
OF the women from the cottoEfeld and for chiva
consideration for her. Like Henry Ward E"echer
he had often done The washing himself for his WIFE,
and n man ought to lee ashamed who wouldn't.
A Tnskegee graduate. Eel stephens reported
IN his community who had but schoOl-house him
self for the people hired teacher and S paving
his salary. This man. Mr.. McKinnon. present
and wns loudly applauded for his good work.
T'ndenomn atiOnal schools generally
favored than could have been expected, and general
improvement reported.
The other points were passed with little or 70 de
bate and the declarations unanimously adopted
a whole. The conference closed with short ad
dresses from Mrs. Frances Harper the eloquent Fran
Willard Of the colOred race. the Rev. Mr.. llcndcr
SON. OF Straight University. and two three Of the
white visitors. The benediciiOn was pronounced by
the Rev. Mr. Morton. the white Presbyterian minister
OF the neighborng village Of Tishccee-a very good
friend OF the schoolwho had dropped In al the close
OF the exercises. the only southern who heard
The mule teams bugg1es and steer carts har-
messed and the farmers started their homeward
way with food for thought for MANY day and in
SEPARATION 10 help them fnlh their hard but hearty
do what they had declared 20 be the right things TO do