The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-09-05
DEAT JACKSON TELLS BLACKS
TO WORK HARD.
'sTalk About 'PlOOmers. from Col
lege-You Wants 10 See Good Mig
gers That Got 'Ploomers' Oh my
Farm"
Atlanta Georgian.

Atlapta Georgian.
"Negro" means "black" and surely Thurs
day was "Negro" day at the meeting OF ths
National Negro Business League.
In the absence OF the president, Booker 7
Washington, who was attending meeting o
the executive committee, the session war
called TO order by the third vice president o
the league, Charles Banks, coal black nt
fro, who 10 cashier OF the bank at Mound
Rsyou, the neer o settlement In Mississippi.
The reports from several or the patiopa
officers, which were scheduled TO come I'm
msdiatey after the nvocatlon oy Rev. h. II
Proctor, were omitted. and the frat subject
On the list was taken up for discussion. "Tbe
Negro In Agriculture"
isaiah T Montgomery, founder Of the me-
GRO civ OF Mound Bayou, Miss was the frs
Sneaker Montgomery Was said 10 have beer
a; ona time the largest cotton producer In
the United States, and In a welI.set aud still :
ring addrt So he called upon his people u
realize the need OF working on, their OWL
eaiyst.op. One OF the most ak Dtf1cant state.
ments he made was when he declared tha'
tw, .flflhs rf the cotton produced In thi,
. country today Is grown by negroes. VIII
either own or lease the farms ON which they
plant.
Deal Jackson Speaks.
The next speaker WAS Deal jackson. O
Albary, Ga., and bis tax WAS easily the fes
ture OF the morning session. jackson. lik
Ranks and Montgomery IL Of the roal nl4cE
txpe. with little pointed bit OF VIII SKIER
bobbipy { Il from the end oil his chin, and lo',
OF gold teeth In bis moulin, which he seems
take great pride IN showing. Jwkson IL n
uetdpcattd negro with q fondness for lon.
words, which be frequently gets mixed up. l.
the delight of his audience He was listen-
10 With close atten tiou, however. aud whrr
. his time was up trPQu' nj CT es from all owe
the hail of"go on, ,""keep IT up." etc.. causec
him to keep ou talking for se,era minutes.
He told OF bis early suuggles how he hsr
started out with one mule end pit we'd da,
. after day and hauled his produce U Aiban
with bis "britches'' rolled up to his knees
bot how he was able TO buy another nIuie tn.
second wear and anO her the third year, ant
80 op until now he owns two Thousand acre
OF good land In Dougherly county aud has al
OF his own farming impimenis,
"They say Niger can't work nggers." b,
said, "but know better. Come down yop
der and v Ill show you where have over
hundred On my plan tatiou, and don't hav'
no trouble In getting help. Use got lots q
young piggers working for me that'll soon b.
blowing ior themselves" be continued. "Yo,
may tell me about the 'ploomers' (he evi
IDENTIFY meant diplomas) what you gitR q
Morris Brown and Tuskeegee and all thea
other colleges. but ifyou wants TO see o goot
Niger you come down and zee some wha
got .ploomers' from my farm" Incident tally
IL might be men TONED that for the last tel
years Jack son has regularly produced Ib'
first bale OF cotton 10 be marketed in Dough
erty county, and II usually brings him abou
twice the market value.
TO hold the next convention at Topeka, Kan'