The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26

ushesss ne nag 70 so 70 chsck
 cashed. but that there are now two
 banks In Tuskegee and they have oe-
 posits of s5o0.ooo. Dr. washington an.
 visit the school October 10th. Great
 applause followed.
 Interesting meetings of the trustees
 were held on Wednesday. feeling
 of sorrow pervaded the meetings over Ithe absence of the familiar faces or | c. W. Campbell, W. H. Baldwin,, Jry
 and Lewis, Adams. all of whom! have
 Ss dsriPs of TsssRssss as sa was elted
 to take his fathers place and Andrew
 Wilborn. of Tuskegee.. to take MT.
 Adams place. Wilborn Is a graduate
 of the class of 1888 and the first one
 of the graduates to be elected to a place on the board.
 l G. W Campbell made a remarkable
 record as president of the poaEo. nr untlr missed a meeting and was always | deeply interested in the minutest de I tails of the schools work. Wright " and succeeds him In the bank. He IS l one of Tuskegee's most honored citi- | zens and 1t Is hoped that his years or and ss honorable as those of his father l Ex-Mayor Seth Low of New fork city l and W. M Drennen. of Birmingham, | were aIso elected members Of the board In addition to the exhibits in the | chapel referred to, there were splendid l exhibits of farm and dairy products under a large covering erected for the | purpose.
 riety of things. were the bale of cot | ton from the experiment station Of very long staple and fine texture, pro- duced from Prof. Caryers experiments | the fine Irish potatoes. the turnips. large as pumpkins. beautiful summer squashes, asparagus. tomatoes nearly beats and immense onions. The dis play of grains and forage plants at tracted great attention. The choice new honey in one pound boxes was greatly admired and the exhibit from the dairy. in charge of the Porto Rican | girl Marie Rodriquez, who made such | a decided impression by her address yesterday has been the center of att
 There were also fine exhibits of blooded chickens and sheep. The stock was exhibited at the barns and yards. Very interesting to the farmer was the large array of labor saving nla- chinery. It looks as If the days of the one mule farmer, were numbered ana would be considered as equal, to at
 The grounds show the improvement. The lawns are covered with soft. rich | coat of Bermuda. Masses of pansies, verbenas and other flowers in full | bloom, are arranged in beautiful de- | signs. In front of the chapel Is an im- mence anchor of foliage plants whicn | is plainly visible all over the grounds. The trees grow more and more stately every year.
 The exhibits of the literary depart arranged in the Coliis P. Huntington | Memorial Hall. The various subjects were wrought out in a practical man. ner by means of drawings. some Of which show excellent talent. From careful reports submitted to Ia. H. Washington. director of indus@ tries, the following figures are gath ered The brick yard i7 has 7k mace ST. worth have been sold to the pubic. The saw mill cut 75,000 feet of lum- Der, dressed 226,00o feet, made lS5,000 wood. The electrical division has in- stalled during the year, one 150 k. monocycle alternator. n watchmans time clock. local telephone seTylee number of cottages. The harness shop made thirty-eight sets of harness and did carriage trimming and repair .s od6 work 9ss paint shop did $4.5s6.33 worth of work on wagons. buggies. buildings ana tur- niture; The wheeiwright shop nhs ras shoe shop sl.so5. s1 worth of work, forty-five pairs of shoes were made on orders and l.l44 pairs .sgp .rsegpssdd5seSdi; Si
 
 | worth of work done, including sses .5i worth for citizens of Tuskegee ninety three night and day students nave Dg oce n has Sns dons aboat ssoc worth of work, including several large 1ons for outside parties and much work for citizens of Tuskeges; Tne piaoKs work The value of work in the tailor shop is S5.14S.4O. The machine shop and foundry are among the busiest ana Five splendid machines havo been add ed during the year. The foundry stu- dents have made twelve tons of grate the year. sso iron bed locks. sixty three 30-pounds gutter grates S,26O pounds man hole covers, for sewers, twenty-four pairs Of hand irons and ings. The total value of the foundry work will amount to $l.Oo0. The repair shop has done work for the year to the value of $4,243S1. The de- partment of architectural has done $1.,, BIS. 30 worth of work. In mechanical drawing 429 students received instruc- tion.
 Domitory has been completed and the brick work finished on a third, The Collis P! Huntington Memorial Hall is in the literary work of the school. are carried on there. new boiler house is nearly finished. This will l house all the DOlleTS- ucSiBHcu tO ninsh steam power for the different shops. The school has at last secured fifty acres of the Warner land. All the | old cottages have been done over and many changes, will soon take place which will add very largely to the | general appearance of the grounds. | Steps have been taken toward build | ing new dining hail. with kitchen for | teachers and students. In competitor with txls building will be a large au- ditorium capable of seating more than 2,0O0.
 With the sale of the Averhall farm l the schools land Is now in one solid | body, consisting of about 5000 acres | Of this 500 acres will be in cultivation this year. The crops/of corn. potatoes, l The experiment station has been dou- l bled in area. The total of horned cattle l owned by the school is 492. of these 172 | are cows. There are 11S work horses l and mules, S6S Hogs, S25 chickens. | ducks and geese and 90 swarms of bees: | The total enrolment in the, Normal l Schod9 this year has reached 1,5O4, 1,- | 900 young men. 504 young women. just | three more than last year. As many | have been refused. for want of room, as have been received. They represent thlrty-sIx States and Territories, the District of Columbia, Africa. Central l America and nine of the West Indies | islands. Of the whole number 453 are l from Alabama, 194 from Georgia, 155 from Mississippi, 115 from Texas, ST from South Carolina. 14 from Louisi- ana, 5S from Florida, 46 from Tennes- see, 31 from Arkansas, 2l from Nir- ginia. No other State has twenty. The West Indies have 52 and African II.