Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-02-05

cleared themselves OF debt. others
have erected spacious modern homes
for their families, while all. more or
less, are bending their every energy 10
the task OF obt: ming "A good education
for their children To the end that they
may be good and useful citizens
Whatever complaint may be lodged
against Industrial education. the ac-
complishment OF such results with this
system would appear To all right
thinking people rs proof Of it's efrec.
ivcness. The principal and teachers
OF the Institute, all young. ener.
getic and self sacrificing. become
part Of the community, and In their
dignited way. living a life OF Chris
tan uprightncSS. make the uneducat.
ed people about them feel that, after
all. there Is something in an education
worth having.
The community school. the extension
meetings, house 70 house visitation
and the farmers conference all have
great Influence on the lives OF the
people who come I'm immediate con.
tact with the school. For example,
note the common sense advice con.
tained In Principal Holtzclaw's an
nual address before the farmers con-
ference. lie said in part:
The great possibilities OF our state can
never be fully realized until We get out
or the habit OF moving from place 20
place untll We settle down somewherc
and stay there-make some place our per
manent abode No people that Is con-
tinually moving from place 20 place can
hope to amount to much In the worlds
progress. Health. happiness. even for
tune. are all right here II your door
Too long have We seen the fantastic gio-
ries OF great possibilities ia some far
away place and have been all the while
neglectlng the opport unities at our doors
l have seen many parts OF the country.
but have never seen a spot that con
slider a better place for the Negro than
right here IN Mississippi
There are yet many things that We
ought TO have and many that will come
with the progress OF the ycars-win come
In fact. just about as fast as we can
make the best use Of them. But the ques-
lions that confront Us today are. What
are We doing 10 help ourselves? How are
We living our liNcaf Let us 90 home and
answer these questions each in his own
way Co and buy YOU "a littlc home II
Il Is but an acre of land. Build "a house
upon II ana make b. more than one or
two rooms. Plant fruit trees and shade
trees Use some wAltewash and paint
Begin the Systematic education OF your
children and teach them how 10 work
Let everybody work for our temporal
salvation Is largely bound up In our abil-
ity 20 become intelligent producers by
work
know YOU have many things 10 con-
tend with. but you must not let these
things overcome you The individual who
gets up Ia the world Is the Individual
"a
surroundings not the one who allows con-
ditions TO master him. Don't get IN the
habit OF going about with a long face. a
hung down head. Just look the world in
the face with head erect and you win
ind that the world VIII make a place for
you.
Attending this conference were
large number Of prominent visitors.
among whom were: Charles Banks.
cashier Of the Bank OF Mound Bayou;
Isaiah T. Montgomery, founder OF
Mound Bayou, the only all Negro town
In the state: J. a. Martin, principal VI
the largest Negro city school In the
state, from Jackson; l.. X. Atwood.
president OF the Southern Bank OF
Jackson; John Green. representative
or the Jeanes Rural School fund: q.
W. Williams, principal Of an indus !
rial school. a direct outgrowth OF the
Utica institute.
The products exhibited from the hor
and agricultural departments
were splendid.
Frank admissions as 10 their nun
shortcomings. Of the things that con.
tribute toward their failure. were Civ
en by the individuals ss freely as the
proud statement Of successful accom-.
piisnnehts. Il made good money. but
amt got no home. cause l done eatI
! AL mp, said one man. AID yet be
lore that audience he determined to do
more for his family than ever before.