The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
'TUSKEGEE MEETING
xMrourANT OOwFERENcE AT THE
 NORMAL. SCHOOL
WtuAnnwtsn Dea1sres That 1ns Nesre nAould Assiss Tn Enfcrcang The rrohxbaffon kHwR- Many
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1seskexea, Feb, fT-tepeciaD--Afte seu~~~a days of rain and cold the snornsnx of the 18th annual session of the Naaro Tarmsrs Conference opened hrfxht and beautiful.
 The change in the weather put every nae ia good spirits. The carly morn ang hours were spent In the class xopsns and shops and about the grounds and, especially with the fine exhibit made by the school from it's truck garden and farm
 It is doubtful whether finer ex- shibit of winter vegetables was ever made in this part of the state. There were oabbaEas. turnips, rutabagas, heeta onions. carrots. parsnips. let suce and all hardy vegetables of enor- nous size and fine appearance. The late planted vegetables were some what injured by the frost of q lew ,aays ago. but those planted early escaped unharned. There was fine display of preserved fruits common to this state, splendid samples Of im- ported cotton developed by Professor Cover in the experiment. station, the finest of peas. sweet potatoes, hay ana corn. The dairy exhibit of butter ana cheese attracted marked attention. The dairy herd the swine herd, the biooded stallions, colts and mules won much praise. A nice flock of sheep also was greatly admired Thomas Campbell e graduate of Tuskegee class of 19O6 now in charge of the farm demonstration work, had great crowd around him all the time examin- ing his samples of fertilizers and barn yard manures.
 It is impossible to give any complete list of the delegates and visitors pres ent The names of prominent sduca- tors alone would fill a column. The presidents or representatives of nearly all the coIored institutions in the South and many of those in the North. along with many from white Institutions. are present to study sohe phase or other of the great work in which they are interested. number of bishops and great many preachers are present for today and will be especially inter ested in the Workers Conference to- morrow. A very interesting charac- ter Is pr. Haloian Koht. Professor of Modern History in the University of KrIstiana Norway. He is in this country studying American life and conditions" and Especially interested iTa the South and its problems. Mir. Hamilton Holt. managing editor of The New York Independent is an interest ed visitor. He delivered his famous lecture on 'rhe Federation of the World" last night
 The conference opened at 10:30 a. m. in the school chapel with the singing of the conference hymn. "Am SoI- uier of the Cross" and the reading of the scriptures by Rev. C. J. Davis, Nit. Meigs, Ala Prayer was offered by Rev. c. s. Singleton of Thomasville. , Ala.
 Washington Address.
 'T have watched the growth not only his opening address which follows: Principal Washington then delivered in numbers but in interest of this an. nual conference I have noted care. fully the pfogress that you have made from year to year and 1t has been 6 great encouragement to me and to al of us who attend this conference tC be able to witness this improvement There are some of you, however, wht have been coming to our annual con ference for ten or twelve years, but live in the same kind of houses tha' ! you did when you first came here Some of you have been lowing you heads and saying amen and groanin, for twelve years and haven't improves one iota.
 TT you believe tn the work we ar, trying Co do here; if you subscribe ts the gospel that this conference { breaches you should show it in re. suits. You should show # in the con dition of your gardens. in the in creased number of pigs. and cows, ant calves you own; you should show f by better looking fenees. farm houses and farm buildings generally.
 You have great opportunities her,