The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18

per term. we haA . oonoes< and svsry one paid to attend. We have six months instead of four. Since whis- key was voted out we haveno trcuble In raising money. Some give es now where 1t was hard for them Co pay
 one man said we raised sIoo from months school.
 A man from Auburn. Ala. said the Negro Business League of Auburn was helping raise money to prolpng their school term to nine months. They have 200 children and receive e2oe from the county. They have twoL teachers.
 A man from Georgia said they got interested in improving their school and to encourage them he gave tlve out of his own pocket and raised sies from the people. They now have good school house with three good teachers. The school rnns eight months. They traded he said "a two by four teacher for three eight by ten teachers" This is at Fort Gaines. oa. "we pay our teachers promptly every month"
 Question .. How have we succeeded in building c school house in our com. munity7 came next. Rufus Heron said he atarted Co build school house by going into the woods and cutting trees and hauling them to the miii. After awhile others came to his help. The white merchants helped us anu Dr. washington gave sibo, The school house cost ss0o. Our people do nos pay their poll tax. One thousand ana sixty white men in my county. Talia- poosa. have paid their poll tax anu only seven colored men. Two man re. ported school houses costing $500 ID their communities. One gave SIS ous of his own pocket and they raised sIek from their school farm.
 Builaing school Henaes.
 A delegate said i've built school house since October by cutting trees: hauling them to the mill and out oS the lumber building our school house. Our building is worth about s7oo. Ans other said i've sawed our own lumhArs and with ours own hands put up Q school house that is all paid Tor coss' ing e700."
 had built school house thirty by for- ty and got 1t paid Tor lacking xLve. built at Sprague Junction. Montsom- cry county, and Darlington. Macon county, Big Swamp. Ala, reported $500 school house paid for.
 New Albany, Ga good two-story school house has been built. The school runs nine months. The county pays for six months. the people three months.
 Question 8. How can the farmer suc- ceed in helping to enforce the prohibi- ton laws throughout the State. was next discussed. One man said some claim 1t is hard to Quit all at once. T used to drink 1t But get along bet ter without it now" One man said the farmers can help by letting every one know, who deals in liquor in his com. munity, that they will testify against him if he does not stop.
 A man from Shelby, in the Mississippi Delta, said. in his place the blind ti- ger was owned by 6 white man and a negro sold the whiskey. Public senti- ment must be aroused against this. Whiskey sellers don't come Go church i. I preach against these blind tigers and had the sermons printed and sent to white people and they became aroused and closed up all these places In Shel" by"
 Rev. O. W. Jeter. of Milstee. said he believed the prohibition law was be- ing we'll enforced. He said whiskey was shipped very largely. He spoke of one little town in Georgia where $l0o was paid in one week as express charges on whiskey and Ss0 of this was paid by negroes. He urged all colored people to refrain from doing or having any part in that which is unlawful. Another delegate said. "ex- pose the blind tiger man. Drive him from the community"
 Question 2. How have we succeeded in improviMg the moral and church life in our community7 came next A qei. egate from Cowies Station Thought there had been great improvement there dufing the last year. Churches and Sunday schools are attended with much interest. If there are any gamb- iers there they are hid. There is less shooting. We don't have any law suits there."
 Many brief expressions were given on this question and the opinion seem- ed to be quite general that progress along moral and church lines was De" ing made.
 The Committee on Declarations re- ported through Hon. R. L.. smith or Paris, Tex. as follows:
 Ffrst-As representatives of 100000 negro farmers of Alabama and Of the South, we urge our people to assist Tn the enforcement of the laws against the liouor traffic. wherever they exist. As a people, we know the evils of the liquor business. and we should not fail into the habit, because the laws are made by some one else' of snirklns our TSbpOnStDAAhey Ah SSOAAAo S@~o - are enforced.
 Second-To negro farmers through out the South. we say: Stick to the farm. The oities have proved G curse to too many of our race. In spite or hardships and special difficulties. we are making progress on the soil. In Alabama, alone,. negro farmers paid taxes ten years ago on &7,00o.00 worth of property; now they pay taxes on over S15.000.000.
 Third-To all our people in the rural districts we say: Stand by the rural schools. Do not let your children wan der away to the cities because they cannot get proper schooling at home. We can improve our home schools. In a single year the farmers of one coun- ty contributed sS.00o from their own pockets to lengthen their school terms and improve their school buildings.
 Fourth--To our women we say: Make the home more attractive. Plant flowers in your garden. See that the