The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15
COLORED FARMERS
TO HOLD ANNUAL CONFERENCE AT
GEORGIA INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE.
HOW NEGRO CAN BE HELPED
SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED ny
WHITE AND COLORED SPEAKERS.

Negro Agricultural Association oi
Georgia VIII Meet During Confer
ence-Farmers' Wives and Other
Women 40 he Organized Into ar
Association - Thousand Packages
of Seed Furnished Through SEN
ntors Bacon and Clay, VIII BE Dis
/ tributed Many Distinguished
Gentlemen Invited TO Address the
Conference.
The annual conferences of colored
| farmers which have been held for the
last few years at the Georgia State In
dustrial College are beginning to be
| looked upon as of permanent good.
I, The interest In them is increasing and
large attendance is looked for this
year. There has come more definite
purpose in the plans of the conference
and from the crude beginning some
system has been evolved.
The conference will be held next
week, Thursday and Friday. Thursday
night there will be a symposium on:
What Can the White People Do to
Better the Condition of the Negro?"
Rev. John D. Jordan, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, Rev. A. M.
Williams, pastor of Trinity Methodist
Church, Judge Pope Barrow, Judge
s. b. Adams. Col. J. II. Estill and
Hon. p. A. Stovall have been invited
to speak.
Friday night the symposium will be
on: What Can the Negro Do to Bet
ter His Own Condition." Rev. Newton
of the A. NJ. f. Church. Rev. ]. w.
Carr of the First African Baptist
Church, Rev. Kemp of Beth Eden
Church, and Rev. Lillard of the Con-
gregational Church will discuss the
question.
At 4 o'clock on Friday Hon. P. W.
Meldrim will deliver an address. Col
Meldrim is chairman of the trustees
of the college, and takes great interest
in the welfare of the colored people.
Women to Organize.
The organization of the women, farm
ers' wives and others into a body for
increasing the interest In the raising
of poultry, the care of cows and the
preservation and betterment of the
home, is a new feature.
Ex-State School Commissioner Glenn
has been. invited and has promised to
be at the conference and deliver an
address.
Hon. o. B. Stevens, commissioner of
Agriculture; Hon. r. r. Wright as
sistant commissioner, and Hon. Har-
vie Jordon, director of farmers in
stitutes, have also been invited.
During the sessions of the confer
ence a meeting of the Negro Agricul-
tural Association of Georgia will be
held. d. l.. Jackson of Albany, man
of large interests in farming and kim
dred branches, is the president. The
organization has been the source of
much profit to the negro farmers of
the state in encouraging them along
right lines of improvement. Its MEM
bers have been urged to purchase
lands and to erect thereon comfortable
homes for their families. to improve
their stock, TO plant orchards, in short,
to try to live at home.
To Distribute Seed,
The usual distribution of seed will be
made. One thousand packages have
been furnished the school through Sem
ators Clay and Bacon and Representa-
tives Lester and Fleming. A number
of documents printed by the Agricul-
tural Department, especially for the
use Of the farmer have also been
sent for free distribution. DR. True,
director OF the United States Experi-
ment Station, has taken an interest in
the work. Some time ago he visited
and inspected the college and has shown
his interests by sending for distribu-
ton a number OF reports on farming,
dairyng and stock raising.
Mr.. J. G. Halle, general passenger
agent of the Central Railroad; Mr.. w.
II. Leahy, division passenger agent,