The colored American., 1901-03-02

Tuskeeee. Ala, Specisl-The Tenth
annual session of the J2skegte Neero
| IConfe!en VS. held &C Tn- kegee,
| AIsbanls. Ia the Tu.Rsgse Institute
| 81 soel Wednesday, February, 2O-h,
/ 1901 These Conference. tff0rd an OF
| n )rtuniGy for the old tanners TO have
/ @oae day in scho1P' ss they facetlous
IIy expTes- II Representatives this
/ veaf wtre in attendance from nearly
eyerV southern State, from as far awsy
as Texas and Norm CatO.iDa They
csme II every conceivable kind OF We
hlcie from The broken-dOwn monde
script kiLd d 70 well a Dted, uphoistsT
sd ores; also Oh horseback, on mule
back and by train. The rallTC ads OF
| the Sou d CO opeEste 10 maze tnese
| sessions Iccessiul Dy ali0 wing q Fate
Of one and ole h1rd fare.
/ In many ways the reports II de by
dslegates this year were in every way
| DO re RODefnl and mere C 5uragILg e
than ever. There vas 20 WhinIGg, 10
| inyei1 bing sgaiust uCfayOTsble condi'
! ti0ns. Tut 3 seeming de ermnatIon 10
/ graLpIe with them mi Out Of The stTug
gae secure that which viii mske them
! happy and cOntented " hetevsT the
influence of the Conference has ben
felt the one room leg cabin, the curse
Of tne ; utD, has practically dI-ap'
! oeared Ma Of the hOu4es that hsve
O-eu built during he las zine ysafs
are DesuElt1i COTTAGES f from tn
trBJcrF hUIlG afreF plans furnished Oy
nr Washington IL the farmer st tuese
Eu.k-zse Ne II G81teTeBces- The Sec
| TeJary Of aET1eu fuFe mas been kInd
enough 10 con -unute ses O for disui
button among C1e faFme =, and ~ the
d.@trIbQtlou of hsse &c 0s he family
gard ha5 become in this secti9n al
most universal Literature which l.
most helpful 10 them l. slso distriDu
ed. Tney sre e cOUraged to give a
-e-t tioU 10 the raising OF the COW. the
pig AID poultry. They are also urged
: false their OWL corn. syrup. pOtat 5es
aUd other food 81. plies In one re
spsct more thar sny her these Con-
fcTe0czs have tsught them mOsC i'm
| PIE sgS ely tee Ya.ue 0f uWniDg land g. d
- stImuIats q them n the purcb sss Cf
Is ChaJ each year Te. Or,s show thousands
{ Of scr+s purchased aod aud paid for
uOEIe 2xes Esve bsen reduced. b6tgtT
: prescheEs snd teachers hsve bseu Sc
cuIeG, Sec srF anIrm has lessSD6d, the
school te N heightened, and better re
. iaIiOus ablisned between the aces
Another u aFbed effect OF the {, ef
ence hss been toe bringing about OF
farmers Ds-lsutes and county fairs
These ale becoming 10 be lite com
non. Gn= largest one y ss held las
October in Texss under the ansps sces
2 81 the Farmers Improvement rciery
! of which MT. 4 i. Smith s foundel
, ami promoter The exhibits show 5
eOEdeffui growth n diyersI fed farm
| ing. fOOd supplies s1d products Of the
home.
In an article Of this kind it is not
pnsSiO 10 give testimony % Ih6 fam
7 ers w0o have prospsred 50 vel, but u
y ri indie .te the gsnerst trend whar
: We mention thai Tne man owns So,
sorts OF land thst l. vel fenced snC
stocked sad uss 5 home Of : rooms OF
liz whiCh Il c"WfO-fsbIy furnish ID
/ Another owns CO.. acIes Of land. hs.
cured m0r@ thsn 0J0 pounds Of mesr
= and bss 50 horses aad n u es OF hn
Z p rye plants iO1 In addition 70 tne
60 acres ~h % he owns snd eultIystsi
) / ia leases = coo seres additional. Thi
= EaaD hss = rDom house On his pIsuts
/ on snd Tsls5s every hing tnsr shortg
y % Tsissd On fsTm. For his sroek -.
/ ou~hvl> of eorn sre Il aired f0F fee(ii ?
/ L hopeful thing sC0ur the whole mSf
er hss been TIE testimony gwen rs
= mSDy OF t1e farmers So IN re hef 7
which bss been rendered by II ir wives
; These things mssn much 20 the Ne
> grCes o. The South where they bsys
( lived II one TOom cabins smidst eon6i
81 E I'm Of 7 E.., ~