The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-27

, conference and his opinion is that the
Georgia negro is better off than the
Alabama negro, due to the fact that
| Georgia land is better than that of
any other state. 1t is richer and
richer land makes better white folks
and better white folks make better
negroes.
a. T. Speight of Dublin, owns 400
acres of land all paid for A man is
not free. he said. unless he owns some
land. You can't do you duty to your
wife and family without it," he said.
On his own land, Speight said he is
sheriff, policeman. jailer and peniten-
tiary and he is not afraid of any one.
o. T. Hopkins of Lee county said he
lived among the most honorable white
people in the world for they do not
allow a working man to want for any
thing. You can live there" he said,
If you get up and git. One thousand
and seven hundred new buggies were
sold there last year and some of the
fellows who bought them were so dark
that if you were to meet them in the
road in the day time with the top
up You would think that mule was
loose"
Mayor" Legree of Burroughs a VEN
cradle looking old negro said that all
the help he had ever received was from
servative in tone.
Other short addresses we're made by
practical farmers. Every one of them
thought Georgia the best place in the
world for the negro. The fact that 1t
has not disfranchised the negro seemed
to be a matter of great congratula-
ton.
In the womens section some talks
We're made by Dinah Pace, founder of
a colored orphanage at Covington, who
spoke on the rearing of children. An
nette Green read a paper on the Char
acter of Women" Mrs. Singleton spoke
on the Care of Children. Principal
Tapley of Spelman College, gave an
address on the work done in the South
for negro women. An effort will be
made to organize the women into a
body for the purpose of encouraging
the raising of chickens, etc, and to
better the home life of the negro.
The address of President Wright at
/ the opening of the conference gave
satisfaction to every one. He en-
camped self helf. He told his people
not to be discouraged but to push on.
The farmers conference is no longer
an experiment, he said. but reality.
1t was started under much discour-
agement, but now President Wright is
beginning to see that good is coming
out of it.
At night a large crowd was present
The question discussed in detail was
What Can the White Man Do to Bet
ter the Condition of the Negro?"
Rev. A. NJ. Williams was introduced
by President Wright. He complimented
the oratory of the negro and spoke of
the old-tfme negro preacher as the
highest type of American orators. He
declared that Prof. Healing, a negro,
delivered at the general conference of
his church the finest address during
the session. The negro ought first,
he said, to recognize the racial distinc-
tons between the races, which God has
so distinctly marked. He argued the
question fully and declared that the
negro race is to advance not by it's
humiliation or by absorption. If it
were absorbed the world would become
poorer. The white man ought to rec
ognize the rights of the negro as a
man. he said. There are rights of
/ feeling, of family, of power, of indus
! trial opportunity, in fact, wherever he
can help onward in the march of
Christian civilizat ton. The white man
| must occupy the position of Christian
| ity toward the negro. He ought to
| follow the doctrine of Christ, which
| declares that the strong must bear the
| infirmities of the weak; that the
| stronger white man must do all he
! can whenever the opportunity comes
! to help his weaker brother.
DR.. Jackson next spoke along the
| same line and added many things to
! show that between the races good feel
! ings will prevail.
DR.. Bumstead of Atlanta, DR.. Hath
away of Kentucky and Prof Scott OF
/ the Beech Institute also spoke.
| To-day will be the principal day OF
the conference.