The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-01

pay; therefore, you not only continue to dfsfranchise yourselves, but you rob yourselves of your educational funds. We have. however. made some prog 1 ress as a race, for the negroes in this country cultivate 746,715 farms. In 1900 there were 1S7.799 farms owned by negroes or about one-fourth of all the farms cultivated by them were their own. He quoted the following figures l to sbow what percentage of farms cul- | tivated by negroes are owned by them | in the various States:
 l West Virginia, e per cent; Florida, , 4s per cent; Arkansas, 25 per. cent; Georgia. 13 per cent; Oklahoma, Il per cent; Kentucky. AS per cent; Soufh- Car olina, 22 per cent; Virginia. 59 per cent; North Carolina. 31 per cent; Mis- | sissippi Is per cent; Maryland, 55 per cent; Texas, 30 per cent: Louisiana, 16 per cent: Indian Territory, 55 per cent; Tennessee. 27 per cent; Alabama, Is per I cent.
 After the enrolment of delegates. the educational condition of the commit nity was taken up and warmly dis cussed
 Mir. Albritton, who represented the primary school at the Snow Hill Sta tlon, reported that they were late in | starting this year. but the school is | doing well. The school will run five
 months by the State; the parents will supplement for one or two months. Rev. Hall also from Snow Hill Sta | tion, said that the parents seem more | interested in education now than ever. Rev. Barber from Cedar Greeks said that his people are alive to the need of education; that school is already going on; that new school house is now in course of erection: that the 1 lumber and land for the school were given by MT. Ro. O. Simpson. MT. Bar | Der also said that he had been sent as | special delegate with instructions to plea that their school be owned and
 controlled by the Snow Hill Institute MT. Simpson referred to above, Is the ex-Confederate soldier who gave the | first forty acres of land for perma-
 nent site for the Snow Hill Institute and his interest continues to increase | Washam, in representing Minter Sta tion, said that they had 140 pupils, but | only one teacher and no school house 1 He said. however, that plans are or foot to alleviate this condition.
 King of Allenton reported that in his district there are 2T5 pupils eager to learn; that the teacher is incompetent and unable to procure certificate from | LlG OLdLe. let ue Sdlu IAdt lHb hdSSCs
 of the people in that section, being ig- norant, seem to believe that they have
 a good teacher. There is much need
 of light in that community, which can only be had through the influence of a | good educated Christian teacher. Steps
 will be taken to see that a good teach
 CT is sent to that community.
 1 The delegate from Hamburg reported
 that a great forward move hasl been
 made in his section since the last con- | ference; that the Government funds
 had been supplemented $5 ptr month
 When asked If they had school house
 he replied. No, sir: we are taughten | in the church."
 Just here 1t developed that S200 had been appropriated to a certain negro
 school; but because one of the white ! trustees used his influence in favor of the appropriation he was dismissed | from the Board. The trustees con- tracted for $50 only. We do not know
 what has become of the remaining