The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-15

PractlcaI and showed how he had ad-
vertlsed always showing to the world
10 tiae ne was negro and had helped
| him in the business.
DR.. L. w. w. Manawav of .Iackson
MISS, told about the success of the
negroes of his state He furnished
the following statistics from the Mis-
| slss1ppf negro banks:
Lincoln Savings bank. viclxsb,,ro
capital stock, $4,000; Penny SAVING;
bank, Indianola, capital stock s35 0O0 !.
Yazoo Penny Savings bank. Yazoo
6aSi 61ty, e4p1tad 9dcE stock, $4,000; Southern
! $4,000; Bank of Mound BAYOU
Mound Bayou, Miss. capital stock
! $4,000; American Trust and Savings
! bank, Jackson, capital stock. $50 0O0-
Union Savings bank. Vicksburg. can't
tai stock, $4,000; Bluff City Savings
! bank. Natchez, capital stock, $4,000:
Penny Savings bank, Columbus, capt.
! tai stock, $4,000; Knights of Honor
| Savings bank, Greenville, capital
stock, $4,000. Total amount of capi-
tai of banks, 100000.
Robert n. Turner of Topeka talked
about Market Gardening" He said
that the first thing a gardener should
do was to get the best available seed
and not buy seed because they were
cheap and an up to date gardener
would always have the best tools pos
sible. DO not borrow from your
neighbor." he said. but have your
own tools. 1 try to be the first in mar
ket with my vegetables. 1 learn that
in order to do this 1 must keep in
business
General Farming" was discussed
by Benjamin ]. Carr of Hartsville.
farm" he said. ''and pay for it. 4
started to buy a farm back in the
ei~hties and had a mule and SIS. I
raised some tobacco on that small
farm, paid off all the note and bought
more land. and now 1 have about 400
acres of land all paid for. 1 continued
to raise tobacco. also raise corn,
wheat, sheep. hogs. cows and every
thing else they raise on the farm You
young men of today have better op-
portunities than we had when l was a
Young man. The negro must learn |
that his mission in this world is to
sun. Then he must learn that man |
can't sit around on street corners |
telling yarns and run a farm You /
have -~+ to get a move on you Get |
all the land you can and pay for it. |
own a home in the city. but I tell my |
wife 1 don't want to live in town. The |
neonle in town are complaining about
things being high. but that is just |
what we farmers want"
j. c. Napier, president of the Penny
Savings bank. Nashville, Tenn, was
work and influence of Ben Carter. His
address was short but practical
Thomas ]. Galloway. who Is at the
head of the negro department of the
and made a short address. telling of
the exhibits which the negroes had
and urging the members of the race
to come to see them. He is arranging
for a special day under the auspices OF
the National Business league
The following committees were an
nounced by President Booker T. Wash
ington:
r. w. White. Alabama ;Bismark Lavine,
Missouri; Fred C. Carter. Indiana; Geo.
E Henderson, Illinois; A. n. Johnson,
Mississippi; P. P. Parrish Kentucky:
Auditing-E. P. Booge, Colorado; r.
G. owens, California; ]. L. Thompson.
Iowa; A c. Perdue, Oklahoma; j. c.
Napier, Tennessee.
Resolutions-Isaiah T. Montgomery
B: G: Hill, Arkansas; w
w. Porter, Ohio; T. w. Franklin Ten
nessee; Geo. l. Knox. Indiana; Roscoe
c. simmons, New York.
Nominations-Charles Banks, Missis-
sippi; c. T. johnson, Alabama; j. M
Wright. Kansas: r. L. Smith, Texas;
NJ w. Gibbs, Arkansas; ]. A. Lakford,
District of Columbia.
A delegation from Muskogee. l. T.,
appeared before the executive commit
tee this morning asking that the next
session be held 1T Muskogee Many
promises touching entertainment were
offered.
DR.. A. NJ. johnson of Vicksburg, Miss,
is representing the negro Baptists of
MS state ne Is president OI the state | ,
Baptist convention which has a mem
bership of 2S0, 900.
Mr.. Geo. L. Knox, editor of the Free
man, is one of the most prominent visl- I
tors. Mr.. Knox has an interesting his
tory. having come up from slavery to {
his present position of influence. ,
This afternoon the visiting colOred
folks are enjoying an outdoor reception {
at Garfield park. There will be a few I
speeches by some of the prominent WIS., {
tors and a general good time a small
admission is being charged to help de- I
fray the expenses of Friday evenings
banquet IL
This evenings feature will be the adj /
1ress, THE Negro and the Nation" by a
W. T. Vernon, registrar of the U. S.
treasury. The program will begin at s |
o'clock