Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-08-23

uisCuSSeu Tue JeWeIry business among
the Negroes, showing how he learned
the business of watch making when ,
boy and now he had applied for i;
| position, but was refused on account
Of race and color He decided to gt
In business for himself, which he did
and by close application to business
mad been q success. His address was
practical and showed how he had ad
vertised, always showing to the world
that he was Negro and had helped
him in the business.
Dr.. l.. w. w. Manaway of jackson
| Miss, told about the success of the
Negroes of his state. He furnished
the following statistics from the Mis-.
sissippi Negro banks
Lincoln Savings bank, Vicksbur :,
capital stock, $25,0O0: Penny Savings
bank, Indianola, capital stock, $35. 900; /;
Yazoo Penny Savings bank, Yazoo
City, capital stock, $4,000: Southern
bank, Jackson, Miss, capital stock,
$4,000; Bank of Mound Bayou.
Mound Bayou Miss, capital stock,
S25.000: American Trust and Savings
bank, Jackson, capital stock, $4,000;
Union Savings bank, Vicksburg, capt
tai stock. $4,000; Bluff City Savings
bank, Natchez, capital stock. 100000;
Penny Savings bank, Columbus, capi-
tai stock, $4,000; knights of Honor
Savings bank, Greenville, capital
stock, 100000. Total amount of capi-
tai of banks, $21O.OO0.
Robert N. Turner of Topeka talked
about Market Gardening He said
tnat the first thing a gardener should
40 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. l try to be the first in
market with my vegetables. / learn
that In order to do this | must keen
in business"
General Farming was discussed
by Benjamin j. Carr of Hartsville,
Tenn. Every Negro should buy
farm. he said, and pay for it. i
started to buy a farm back in the
eighties and had mule and SIS. L
raised some tobacco on that small
farm, paid off all the note and boug.ls
more land, and now | have about 400
acres Of land all paid for l continued
to rise tobacco. also raise corn,
wheat, sheep, hogs, cows and every
thing else they raise ION the farm.
You young men Of today have better
opportunities than we had when /
was a young man. The Negro must
learn that his mission in this world is
to work and he must not fear the hot
sun. Then he must learn that man
cant sit around on street corners
telling Yarns and rpn a farm. You
have got to get "a move on you Get
all the land you can and pay for II. |
own home in the city. but tell my
wife | don't want to live in town. The
people in town are complaining about
things being high, but that is just
what we farmers want.'
J. G. Napier, president of the Penny
Savings bank, Nashville, Tenn. was
the next speaker. He referred to*the
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
jamestown exposition, was introduced
and made a short address, telling Of
the exhibits which the Negroes had
and urging the members of the race
to come and see them. He is arrang-
ing for a special day under the aus
pices of the National Business league.
The following committees We're an
nounced by President Booker T. Was.ra
ington:
Credentials #. H. Gilbert, New
York; r. w. White, Alabama; Bis
mark Lavine, Missouri: Fred c. Car
ter, Indiana; Geo. E. Henderson. illi-
nois; A. N. Johnson, Mississippi; Z.
T. Parish, Kentucky.
Auditing-E. L. Booze, Colorado;
Il. c. Owens, California; J. l.. Thomp-
son, Iowa; A. c. Perdue, Oklahoma
j. C. Napier, Tennessee.
Resolutions-Isaiah #. Montgomery,
b. G. Hill, Arkansas; w.
w. Porter, Ohio; T. W. Franklin, Ten
nessee; Geo. l.. Knox. Indiana; Ros-
coe c. Simmons, New York.
Nominations-Cha Banks, Mis-
sissippi; C. T. Johnson, Alabama; j.
M. Wright, Kansas; r. l.. Smith,
Texas: M. w. Gibbs, Arkansas; ]. A. 8
District of Columbia.
A delegation from Muskogee, /. t.,
appeared before the executive conf
mittee this morning asking that the
next session be held in Muskogee.
,Many premises touching entertain
ment were offered.
DR.. A. M. Johnson Of Vicksburg.
Miss, is representing the Negro Bap-
fists of his state. He is president of
the State Baptist convention, which
has membership of 2S0,0O0.
W. r. Vernon, registrar Of the Uni
ted States treasury, spoke to the
league in Representative Hall on
"The Negro and the Nation" The
first message Of great hope which
was brought to the convention was
that by its president and founder,
Booker T. Washington, in his speech
OF Wedne esday night, s s
Said Mr.. Vernon in part: The
growth and spread of the goodness In
mankind have given Just cause to the
American Negro to look up and take
hope. 1 believe it is the sentiment Of
the better people of America to help
us all that they can. We are having
in the north a strong effort to secure
the direct primary system in our cleo
tions and / think it is to be considered
a great step in advance. Governments
of the world have arisen and fallen
but the American republic is really
the light of the world.
John T. Writ Of Pittsburg, Pa, fol-
lowed with a talk upon Practical
Catering Mr.. Writ appeared in
evening dress, and told Of his rise in:
the catering business. He began as a
waiter and had attained good results.
Original methods were a feature OF