The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-22

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 A negro named Reynolcs CT h,s lifa' vWess Wssn County gave sketch ss aaSs Ss his G own own faturs as sii He ssrisSS ssvsS as ss % money now owns over 200 acres of gooo 1ana . He makes his own wheat. He mas over 1000 pounds of meat in his smoke- Out of his four years of conference work he organized q county far WniSn glr;. 7. has been carried on very successfully
 proaSets swS ysaTs suhS.sa hs sS0ssd s the also a splendid assortment of work made by the women and girls. ,.rR R F Smith of Texas t9id 2, tne ns that State. It contains over 5000 mem esFs sa and dSa its taxable properly rS nianninr T TeSss. By y' some striking picture. he showed the condition of the colored race. industrially considered, ana re- Dsatest ths forces m Setting the psop
 At the conclusion of the long and earnest discussion and presenLasloh ol various States and communitiss. the following declarations were reported by the. committee and unanimously
 |. The increase in the number of teen years ago, when the tonference 1t may be truthfuiiy said that we are still. largely. renters instead or owners " The purpose to own land wa. we would encourage in every possible way. Tsachers and preachers should make 1t a part of their regular work part of every family, to own land in order to permanently make progress.
 B., We urge that the various forms Gf industTy y,o con9bectisdt bs Introduced @ into ali the schools. beginning with the prima- ry. We would especially, urge the teaching of agriculture and the use of ordinafy rih iSY'S work j of the farm, the doing of such building as is needed and the repair of ordinary farm implements. still SO common, especially in the coun- try and in the small towns. Tn many places terms are short, salaries small. teachers HSorig ethe name ana scnSs We earnestly urge the union of all forces should the poll tax be paid.
 but we are confident. that these are the best days in our history thus far. Signs of progress are on every hand: Better s senopes ops ,ana ana sein bought. better farming done, more are going Into business, and the profess sions are gaining strength and num- bers When these Conferences were started, the Birmingham Penny Savings Bank was the only one prominently mentioned. Now there are about twenty banks managed by our people. The people are awakening to their moral. religious and physical condition. Char aeter is being appreciated and the death rate Is being reduced.
 6. We urge that more energy be put into the Annual Tuskegee Negro Con- ference the great school of tho mass es. and that we go home from these an- nual gatherings to organize in every community a local conference that shall serve to Keep alive, and constantly em- phasize the great doctrines of home getting and character building, the foundations upon which the annual conference is built.
 After a few parting words by Prof. Washington the benediction was pro- nopnced and one of the most success full of all the Conferences came to an
 Packages of garden and vegetable seed were distributed at the door and all the farmers and friends gathered about the long table to partaka of the barbecue dinner.
 n C Radford