The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-23
Bullock Shoe Co.

- custom ourselves to be unspoiled by praise or discouraged by blame.
 One definite success in given dlrec- tion will often go farther in the soiuI ,I the the orations and giittering generali- ties that can be summoned to plead our cause. In the last analysis, the world judges a race by its ability to sn0w ,s ability to achieve the highest usetul- ness. With such evidences Of progress always present, no untoward innuenSe can perman 3ntly hold peopaS ns artificial stimulation can push pea, pie permanently forward. Materlal possessions should not be sought as an end but as q means to help us tor- ward toward high moral and religious living When a race owns land ana houses and has bank account, these possessions indicate that that race nas learned to make sacrifices, to do with out today that it may possess tomor- row; has learned to look ahead and plan for the future. When a man be- comes the owner or q piece - or RToper's rule there comes to him added self respect and added confidence rom ms neighbors. which we are holding and paying taxes upon shows that we are not be- coming discouraged or disheartened as a race, but that we have ccnndence
 No community Is safe when there fs more ignorance than intelligence Tn it. One farmer cannot be Ignorant without that ignorance directing his contented until 1t possesses q first class, comfortable schoolhouse, has school term lasting at least Six or seV- on months. with first-class teach E
 It is an encouraging and noteworthy fact that the property holding, intellt- gent and educated classes of our peo- ehFe Charged Fsdely With are crime snd it i eqaaiy encouraging to note that as intelli- gence increases immortality. decreases.
 We should be very careful in every the good and the bad, the vicious and the Virtuous. and we should demand the very strictest and highest stan dards of living on the part of our
 Finally. we should not fail to oulti- vate pride of race. We should let the world know that we are proud of be- count 1t no more a disgrace. to be classed as a Negro than we would to be classed as member of any other race We should teach our children to have faith in the race to which they belong and have love and respect for it, and above all things to have faith in It's future. No race that does not believe | In itself and respect Itself can expect to command the confidence of others Neither should we omit any oppOr- l tunity to cultivate tho friendship of the man who Is our next door neighbor, real things of life 1t Is our neighbor | who can he of the most service to us in our efforts to achieve the better things
 of life.
 when look at him. He does not hold up his head like the man in a good house. The more education we get the more we work. A great many men IneVer let their wives know anything about their business. This is one req son why they do not get ahead. When | you go home from this conference you | call your wife in and tell her all your secrets. Your wife must know as much as you know If she is going to help you as she ought. We must grow out | of the habit of spending all we make in the fall of the year. We must have some money for every month in the year. We can never get on our feet | till we are educated, at least to the extent of the opportunities of good common school, that runs at least six months in the year. Let the world un- derstand that you arc going to educate your children. and sooner or later the world will help you. Be sure, also, that | you have a good schoolhouse in your community am glad to see that our DGODle are QEdWAAb Nuo AAHG OGkNE Etll the good and the bad: Draw 1t tighter and tighter. l am glad to note de- crease ih lynching. We must let the people understand that if we are to stay on the farms and build up the south, we must have protection. Let the world know that we do not shield crime. Let us be proud of our race and resolve to make of 1t the best and most useful race in the world"
 Following the address, a discussion was conducted on the general subject | of the Ownership of Land: Gal im- portance of ownership to community and to individual; (b) renting, leasing and owning compared; Gel raising home supplies as an aid to saving; (d) house. khoid industries for women and girls Ijellymaking, quilting, basketmaking; t(e) seIectiPn of horses, mules, cows and hogs; () faising and care of livestock;
 (g)kinds and uses of fertilizers; (h) selection of seeds; Q) better schools payment of poll taxes voluntary local
 taxation, school gardens, etc.; CD bet ter ehurches-insistence upon minister
 interesting himself in the material and
 moral as well as theological condition
 of the community; church collections
 for the school
 Ownership of land was first consid
 cred. pr. Boyd of Ellington. S. C., said: . T am going to speak on the subject of 1 Drawing Another Nail Some have
 driven a nail but they did not drive it
 in the right place. am trying to buy education went to work after I was lemancipated and in nine years bought forty-eight acres of land did it while others were lOafing around and fishing on Saturday. l had money in the bank and two months ago I took iit out and bought 3S5 acres of land IIt wont do to tell fables. You will get to telling lies after awhile. I sit down land count the each before going into lanything l own 599 acres of land. He showed tax receipts covering this amount.
 Delegate Stevens Of Butler County lAla., said; T have 25l acres of lana