The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-19
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safd better teachers should be sent to the rurai districts As a rule the best teachers are kept in the cities.
 taurht inc neople the laws of health. !" she said. Many give their children tobacco and snun and strong drink when they are young Many at Cnri < :. mas give whIssey n;s,y to their children as
 T called the patrons together and told them of the evil of such practice and the next chElstmss 9nly hs nsoo,s swS sls ars willing to do right but often do not
 pr. Hubbard. now in his thirty;third csi school, Nashville. Tenn, said oyer % per cent of the graduates of Me. hony are in the regular pracuee or
 ave have had but one or two fail- ures along the professional line but some along the whtekey line. Whiskey does not help a colored man any more than 1t sr does q rd wnise sha aan nraaober with the teacher. can be great force along the line of health.
 A Tuskegee woman spoke Of a Aos- pitai Aid Society. orgatnized ana sa. car ar stitute. They support a bed in the hospital and are always glad to pro vide medicine and treatment TOT sucn as are ln need. Clinics are held at the scho ool hospital on Saturdays Tor the beneft 0f the country people.
 Ben Reynolds. of Talladega, spoke % ES9d s aslston aSHSt fo to eat more made food. He felt the canned salmon, saraines. cheese and crackers were poor food for people, He does not use strong drink, tobacco or snuff
 '"The preachers ought to teach the evils of strong drink" he declared.
 Scott Bond said: "The farmer has the pick of syerythisng He so:. IS no the axle. !. :.
 H. D. Davidson. Principal of the 1n- dustrial School at Centerville, Ala, said at his school they taught regularity of eating three times day and at no
 "The dining room should be the most cheerful and comfortable room Tn the house." he said; "great care should be often they are thrown out n Sit at the door and close to the we'll
 It was reported from Eckstein Nor : tSe tSey GEset are putting % special Stress on home and social life. They Keep the dining room well ventilated, the linen clean and the knives and forks In good con
 From wiiberforce University It was reported they try to have regular hab- ita They discourage eating at night, and don't ike ban9uets c.u.no Segufn, Tex, said we have State Doc tor who gives lectures on the laws Of health. He uses pictures 10 lllustrate his points. They have both white and colored doctors lecture on the laws of health.
 Rufus Heron. Camp Hnl. Ala, said; "Some of our people go to bed with snuff or tobacco in their mouths and spit on the. floor and on the wall"
 He felt that if the preacher would take this matter up and preach against 1t they would accomplish much for the
 Professor Daly, of Tuscaloosa, spoke of his reformatory work there. It costs him about 370 per month to carry 1t on. Part of this he raises from the farm on which the boys work. I have taken 1I0 boys from Birmingham, but have not received cent from the city They are boys from 10 to 1T years of age taken from the Juvenile Court
 R. L. Smith, of Paris. Tex. in sum ming up the dfschssfons of the Con- ference, said too much stress could not ba laid on ignorance as cause of dis ease and bad health conditions. He spoke of eleven deaths from consump- ton from one eAse all through care iessness and ignorance.
 He concluded with forcible state nlent that if the negroes are going to improve their conditions they must keep constantly at work on all the lines of activity pointed out.