The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21

which our people in different parts or the South are submitting to voluntary
 taxation. giving from their smaii earn
 ings something to increase ana improve
 the school buildings and supplement- tne
 salaries paid by the State to our scnooi teachers so that the school terms have, in many places, been extended to seven eight or often nine months In the year.
 "Fifth-While the past year, because 1 of clashes be.ween the races, mas oeen l one of anxiety to many or us' we are cheered and comforted by the evidences that we freuuently see around us that our friends among the white people, co- i operating with the leaders among our l people, are determined more In the iu ture than In the past to prevent such | outbursts. In order to cooperate with the forces of law and order in our sew l eral communities, we urge upon our leaders and teachers that they earnest ly seek in every way to reduce the mum Der of idlers and vagrants Of our race | especially in the cities. "Sixth-Finally, let us be assured once more that there Is no greater se- curIty for our present defense or suc- cess than the patent and persistent et- fort on our part, to go forward, to oo , right and act justly toward every man, white or black, as God helps us 10 see 1t.
 l An unusually large number of edu- cational institutions were represented. Among them Hampton Institute, How ard University, Livingston College, Salisbury. N. C.. Atlanta Baptist Col lege, Clark University. Gammon Theo- logical Seminary, Atlanta University and Spellman Seminary Atlanta, Ga Arkansas Baptist college, Little Rock Ark; North Louisiana Agricultural and Industrial school, Grambling, La; Robert Gould Shaw School, Indianapo- lis. Ind; Agricu. tural and Mechanical College, Normal, Ala; Emerson lnsti- tute, Mobile. Ala: Fisk University Nashville. Tenn: Penn Normal and Az ricultural School, St. Helena Island, $. C.; Calhoun Colored School, Calhoun, Da-: Talladega College, TaliadeSa, Ala; Manassas Industi ial School, Ma | nassas. va.; Wiley University. Mar shall, Texas; East Texas Normal and Industrial Institute, Jacksonville, Tex as; the Texas Agricultural College. A.
 L. Smith, president, Dadonia, Texas; Utica Normal and Industrial Institute, Utica, N Y.; Stanfoidville Industrial school. Willard, Ga.; Corona lndus-
 trial School. Corona, Ala; John A. Dix
 Industrial School, Dinwiddie, Va; M.,
 T. and l. College, Holly Springs, Miss; Stillman Institute, Tuscaloosa, Ala;
 Central City College, Macon, Ga; Kos
 ciusko Industrial College. Kosciusko,
 Miss; Henoerson Normal and Indus
 AnStlbutcs n.y. bSh-
 stein Norton College. Cane Springs, 1
 Ky: Howe Institute, Memphis, Tenn;
 Walden University, Nashville, Tenn; |
 Georgia State Industrial College, Sa- 1
 vannah, Ga; Uhreig's Colored Insti- |
 tute. Waugh, Ala; Shaw University,
 Raleigh. N. C.; Palmer Institute. Se-
 dalia, N. C.; Pleasant Grove Academy, China, Ala; Cottage Grove Academy. Nixburg. Ala; the Steele Orphanage, Chattanooga, Tenn; the South Caro- lima Orphanage, Columbus. s. c.
 A splendid barbecue in the open air was served to all delegates and visit ors. At this barbecue 5000 pounds of meat, 6,0000 buns and 300 gallons of coffee were used. Packages of veg etable seeds were distributed to all the delegates, over 2,000 packages be- ing required.
 The concluding words of the confer ence today were spoken by Cornelia Bowen, of the Mt. Meigs Institute, at
 Waugh. She said the only perma- nent remedy for the ills complained of was in the home and in the hands of the mothers and daughters.