The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-03-02
Especial. to The Advocate: u

annual session of: the Alabama state
Negro Business League, closed a ,twt,
days session in this city. yesterday.
president w. J. EchoIs. of Bfrmina-%
nam, presiding. The first day waa
occupied entirely in carrying ouEr an
extensive program, In which several
questions affecting the business and
commercial, life Of the Negroes OF
Alabama we're discussed. A commit
tee to re-draft the copstitution was
appointed and enrolment of mem
Ders for the year carried, out. :. 5,
AT the First Baptist Chruch. al
pubic reception was given the Wis
ltors 10y the colored citizens OF
Selma, at which addresses OF wei.
come were delivered, -cby@Rev j. W.
Walker, Rev.. S. T.. Clanton. s. of
Selma University and wv. IT. Nc
tAlp1ne--The-r -response-maa- delt4eres
by J. H. Phillips, Of Montgomery.
chairman Of the executive COM.
mittee sy%E
Considerable interest centered. In
the discussion of the subject, what
the Negro Banks are Doing for the
Oplltt of the Race" as presented by
DR.. w. R. Pettiford, president of the
Alabama Penny Savings Bank oh
birmingham and its affiliated fpsti-
tutions in Montgomery and Selma, @
Dr. Pettiford declared that Ranks
among Negroes are great schQaR.
teachlng them common. bilssnass
| IDEAS first, then how to turn fldfYf-~
dual effort into cooperative effort,
and greater than all to learn 10
trust each 9th her He cited. an asin. asn
example, the. fact that the bank in
Selma has 10000 ,,deposftore ana
the one in Montgomery nearly 45,-
600, declaring that nothing .ibut a
banking institution could have got
ten that expression of : confidence
Ifrom the people.
He emphasized the fact that these
banks not only give. employment to
Negro boys and girls, but became the
medium for the circulation of Me-
gro money without the profit being
lost to the race. THE. disposition
to cooperate is wanting said DIR.
Pettiford, "and Negro banks, more
than any other agency Will teach
this wholesome lesson to the Deo-
Iple." =
DR.. w. H. Newsome, founder and
president of the Safety Realty and
Banking Co., for Mobile discussed
the subject.
The many sided relation of. the
minister in the life Of the Negro
people was emphasized by DIR. r. r. e
Pollard, who took for. his subject.
me Place. of the Minister In the
Moral, Civil and Religious Life of
the people. He classed the preach
er as a moral, civil and religious
dynamo, declaring that he is to live
morality as we'll as preach II.
| Many Minister'S" he continued.
think they have only to preach and
took important, The time for that,
however, is over, and in keeping
with the hustle and hustle of tho
present, the minister Is wanted In
/ proportion to his ability and ,inclina-
ton to be factor In the life of the
people," '.
The address of DR.. Pollard was
followed in very foroeful way by
George H. Mays, general financial
secretary of the Mound Bayou Cot
ton Seed Oh Mill, who is the. conf
Dental representative Of Charles
Banks, Of Mound Bayou. He ap-
pealed to the ministers to help Ne
gro Business League and to encour-
age the people whom they touch to
patronize and help Negro business
enterprises.
The speaker told the audience OF
the great progress being made by
the Negroes In Mound Bayou, and
described in detail the life In that
hustltng little community. He paid
high tribute to Isaiah r. Mont
gomery,the founder Of Mound Bayou
and to Charles Banks, it's leading
spirit and most representative cit-
izen. The subject opened by DR..
Pollard was vigorously discussed by
DR.. w. r. Pettiford, Rev. J. A. Mar
tin and others.
The migratory habit OF many Me-
gro farmers was cited by A. l..
Burks, Of Tuskegee, as one of the
greatest causes for unsatisfactory
results in farming. Mr.. Buftks is
the representative Of q Mason Coun-
ty Bank in the handling of its real
estate for colored tenants. He de-