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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-08

cold, there was the making of So
buttons for spraying the trees.
Moreover there was spraying for
different purposes and at different
times OF the year, each requiring
a different solutions. There was
one kind of spraying for San Jose
Scale, another kind for insects, and
|still ANOTHER kind for worms. All
the theories of spraying peaches
were lcarned-and then applied
right there on the trees.
Then came the peach harvest.
Given large peach crop, how
shall the student save ito The
first problem was that of labor.
Perso.s were hired to pick by the
bushel, but it was found that they
raked everything off the tree to fill
up the measure. Thus they ruin
eel the harvest. Then these same
persons were hired by the day, but
an average number of bushels was
determined upon and required of
each picker. If workman fell be-
lew the average for any length of
time he Was sdockcd. 1t was found
too that very small boys and girls
can pick peaches thus saving the
heavy Workmrn for ether tasks.
Another problem they learned to
handle was that of marketing.
What will a man do when his pro-
ducts overrun the local markets?
Break into other markets. How.
and at what gain? All this the
young fruit grower >1carnttt tfriS
year by actually doing for this was
the situation that confronted the
fruit growing division at Tuskcgec
Institute Thus the student fruit
grower learned how to plant, har-
vest, pack and ship fruit meeting
in practical way every problem
h" would meet in actual life.
The incident in the fruit grow
ing division IS typical as showing
the kind of training the Negro ag-
licuIturalist receives. He meets
this same happy combination of
theory and practice in farming,
truck gardening, market gardening
care and management of horses
and mules, dairy husbandry, dairy
ing, swine raising, beef production
and Strengthening, canning, and
veterinary science.
TO meet the demand for the stu
dent trained in agriculture 'Tus-
kcgcr Institute offered several al
Turing advantages. 1t will be no
ticcd that in all cases the agricul-
tural student must work, must do
actual and profitable work. For
this work the Institute gave him
certain advantages. In the first
place all other students on entering
school pay $40 entrance fee; the
post graduate agricultural student
has this sum omitted All other
students pay $40 per month for
board part Of which they may
work out. The post graduate agri-
cultural student receives $15 per
month for his work. Thus after
his board is taken Oui he has 50 peg
month. In this way he receives his
training and earns a small wage
besides.
That good positions await him
'ndccd there is jealousy arising
that the agriculturist is getting
ovcrpaid is shown by the positions
held during the last few Years by
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-08
OAIsSMlEN IN Ma
TIONAL REGRAT-rA

Peoria, ILL.,, Aug. 9-The waters of
the Illinois river were riffied today
by the darting shells Of scores or
oarsmen gathered hero for the an
nual regatta of the National Associa-
ton, several elimination events OF
which were contested this afternoon
Tomorrow will come the finals and
the long-looked-for championships.
The entries include many of the
foremost amateur oarsmen OF the
United States and Canada and keen
competitions are assured in the var
iouS events.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-08

At the Institutional Church. 1925
Dearborn Street
The League Called to Order:
DR. George G. Hall, President. Chi
cago Negro Business League and
Member of Executive Committee
of the National Organization
Prayer.
Addresses of Welcome "On Be
half of the Chicago Negro Business
League. Hon. j. Gray Lucas !;
"On Behalf Of the Citizens of Chi
cago and the Chicago Association
of Commerce. Mr.. f. b. Butler,
Of Butler Brothers. T.. -: go,
responses.
Appointment Of Committees: "a
Credentials; lb) Resolutions; (c)
Auditing.
Breeding Thoroughbred Brown
Leghorn Chickens, Paul Scott,
Mitchell. South Dakota.
Making Farming Pay,' G.. y.
Miller, Rolling Fork, Miss. Oliver
DickerSon. Dickcrson, Miss. \. l..
CASTOR, Shelby, Miss.
My Success as Farmer. Stock
Raiser and Threshcr, w. V.
Smith. Larnrd, Kansas.
"Truck Farming, Washington
Reed, WcllStOn, Mo.
Conducting Thoroughbred
Stock Farm,' Peter l.. Hcnslcy.
Mt. Sterling, Ky.
"Truck Gardening, Gid Hoop
cr, Fort Worth, Texas
"Whcat Growing as a Business
J. ID. Rouse. Hitchcock Okla.
My Experience as a Cotton
Buyer and Commission Merchant =
George Giles, Ocala. Florida.
Making Boot Backing Pay,''
j. E.Morriscttc. Philadelphia. Pa.
My Success as a Dealer in
Railroad Ties Telegraph Poles.
.PllingS, etc.," Warren II. Davis.
Great harrington, Mass.
What | Have Accomplished as
Real Estate Dcaler.'' Watt Ter
ry, Brockton, Mass; Lawrence II.
F"rrlbc", Chicago. Illinois.
Wednesday Evening, 8 O'Clock
The League Called to Order.
PRAYER.
The President S Annual Address
"Thc Work of the Organization
Society in VIRGINIA Ma jor z r
Motion, Hampton Institute, Va.
Conducting d Wholesale Bust
ness in Fruits, Grains and Ncgc-
tables. William p. CrumD. phoe-
n'N, ARIZONA.
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CHARLESTON

( Ministers Social Helpers Enter
taIned.-The Minister'S Social HELM
ers, of st. Paul A. VI. E. Church, Court
street, was entertained to the delight
OF all present at Miss Emma Cooper's
residence on Lewis street. Mrs. Jessie
Turner and Miss Emma Cooper were
hostesses. After a very pleasant SEES
sion all returned to their homes with
much praise for the hostesses. The
congregation Of ST. Paul on last Sun
day was muchIarger than usual. Ser
vices next Sunday, August 18th.
Preaching at II a. m. and s D. m. All
are welcome
Hotel Brown ArrivaIs.-Geo. Hare.
Winfield; Taylor Works, RAYMOND
City; VIM. Saddler, Elkhorn; H. Prem
tlss Kyle, Raymond City; H. d. Lee,
Huntington; Mr.. and Mrs. Beemer
Farrell; Mrs. Matte Dingess, Cedar
Grove; VIM. Williams, PIT. Pleasant:
5. Wanzer, Raymond City: n. l.. Seay.
SHARON, Pa; Mrs. Beatrice Brown
MIS-. Beine Howard, Thurmond. Mr.
and Mrs. Thos. Blackwell, Montgom-
cry; Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bell. Hare
wood; II. Waters, Toledo. O.; Mr., and
Mrs. Hicks, Cannelton: Mr.. and Mrs
II. Miner, Charlottesville. Va; Mr.. and
MTs. Harris, Mr.. and Mrs. Watkins
Roanoke, Va; J. II. Carter. Montgom-
cry; c. E. Nichols, Adrian; y. Allen
montgomery; Misses Dora Tucker
Lynchburg, Va; D. Gould. Louisville
ny; K. ]. Blackwell, Glen Alum: d
Price, Pomeroy, Ohio; r. Miller. Char
lottesvi]le, Va; H. Robinson Raw
mono city; Jno. Ewart Ironton. O. ::
Df. M. Sinclair, Bancroft Rev J n
Pressley, st. Adams; Miss r. l.. Mos
by, VIM Mickens, Plymouth; s r
Rankin, Winston-Salem, y. c.; Prof
Byrd Prillerman. Prof A. w. Curtis
institute; j. II. Slade, H. Calls Nc
Alpin; l.. Lee, NJ Agee, Detroit. Mic, ..
A. E. Mclaughlin, Pleasantvillo O
T.. Bullitt Wilscn, Hollow; r. Kecnev
Washington. D. G.
Personal and Local.
Mr.. e. V. Sans. Of Parkprsburg i.
fhe guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Stew
enson, on Bibby street.
MIS-. CorneEa Washington has ro-
covered from recent illness.
Jas. Grant is i'll at his home on
B1bby street with typhoid fever.
The w. c. T. L. will meet al Firs.
Baptist Church next Tuesday evening
at 7:30. All members and friends ro-
quested to be present.
All persons under the age of q
are invited to be present Thursday
evening of next week at the First
Baptist church to join new organi~
zation-"The Young Campaigners. A
good musical program will be one of
toe features. Admission free.
Mrs. Lena Houston. who spent sew
eral weeks with her mother. Mrs.
Alexander, Sentz street, has returned
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Training the Post Graduatc.

training the Post (irauuatc.
TuskCgec Institute. Ala, Aug. 3.
l9l2--JuSt as one finishes at Col
lcgc and then pursucs special stud
les in Il university, SO students after
receiving a fair elementary train
ing in both academic and manual
work are turning their attention to
special industrial training at Tus-
kcgcc Institute. In no calling is
this special training in higher de-
mand than in Agriculture, and in
no school, certainly no Negro
school. are the facilities so ample
to meet this demand as at Tuske-
gee Institute. There is the labora-
tory with its appliances and appa-
ratuS suited to the experimental
study of farming-to the study of
seeds. seed termination, chemistry
of soils and the com position and
Importance of various kinds of fer
tlllZcr. The best Negro teachers
available. teachers who understand
the colorcd student and teachers
who can also grow the product con-
duct these classes and experiments.
On the other hand there is the
farm with it's 24Ou acres of farm
land. | loco Of which is under cul-
tvatlon, to test and apply the
theories developed in the labora-
tory.
This combination of theory and
practlc" exists not only on the gen
eral farm but in the special branch
es of farming as we'll. Over all
farming industries there is one
man known as the Director Of
Agriculture. Under him there is ii
head for each division. Thus
there Is one man who mstructs in,
and has charge of, pig raising
and he actually raises pigs. There
is another who has Charge or but
ter-making and the selling of milk
while actually making butter
and supplying market himself.
There IS a third who gives instruc-
ton in truck farming-whilc he
himself IS raising and handling
produce for 1000 people about
Tuskegce Institute. 1t thus hap
pens that no student or a mere
thcOrist or Il mere farm laborcr.
Rather he goes away with skill in
all the various lines Of his work.
The story Of this years peach
crop at Tuskcgcc Institute will il
lustratc in detail this system Of
Agricultural training. In the or
chard there were several students
specializing in fruit growing. OF
course they were taught in a prac-
teal way how to grow other fruits
than peaches, but as peaches called
for the biggest harvesting they Will
be taken. TO begin with the school
bought ] 900 peach shrubs and set
them out on land that was good for
little else, but excellent for peach
growing. 1t taught the student
how to set out Il peach thrcc-how
deep to dig, when to dynamite a
hole and why. what vegetables
could be grown in the young or
chard and why, when the growing
OF any other product in the or
chard should cease and why. At
the same time there was a vast or
chard over there bringing forth
peaches. What was to BE- done
her" and why. There was smudg-
ing to be done if the weather was
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-08

receipt of advices indicating that all
OF the leading countries Of the world
VIII be represented by delegates.
the congress has selected the worlds
coal supply as the principal, subject
to be considered at the meeting.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-08

bury, Mass.
"Thc Heavy Moving business. ="
}. }. johnson, Grand Rapids, Mich
Walter Jameson, indianapolis,
W. H. Bell, Evansville, Ind.
Chances for Success in the Mil
hncry Business, > Mrs. \. l.. Wing.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Ten Years in the Rcgalia Bust
ness, Joseph l.. Jones, Cincinnati.
Ohio.
1.-THE Negro in the Mail Order
Business, Hunter {. HAYNES. New
York, y. Y.
'The Largest Negro Manufact-
urlng Enterprise in the United
States, Anthony Ovcrton, Chica-
go, III.
Conducting a Wholesale and
Retain Coal Business. Samuel
WEIGH, indianapolis, Ind.
white Goods Manufacturing
and Merchandising II. l.. San
ders, indianapolis, Ind.
1.-THE Undertaking and Livery
Business, > E. w. Chcnault. Lex
lngton, Ky.
Thursday Evening, o'clock
Liberia: AN Opportunity for
Negro Business Men, Ri. Rev.
/. B. Scott, Bishop Of Africa, Mon
rovia, Liberia. 49,
"The Publishing RusincSs-TtS
Bittcrs and It's Sweets w. T..
King, Publisher, The Dallas En-
press. Dallas Texas; Is. J. Davis,
Publisher, Atlanta independent,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Address - Julius Rosenwald.
President, Sears, R~buck & Co.
Chicago, ILL.,
''Thr Development Of National
Publishing Business, DR.. r. II.
Boyd. Nashville, Tennessee.
Sixteen Years Experience as a
Newspaper Publisher. John l..
Thompson, Publisher The Bystand-
eY. 0es ~Aloines, Iowa.
Making Printing Pay,' Major
r. r. jackson, Chicago. III.
General Merchandising. d.
y. LcatherS, Corpus Christi. Texas
James E. Duncan. Daytona, Fla.
Staple and Fancy Grocery
Dealing," L. d. Lyons, Austin.
Texas.
Conducting a Dry Goods, No.
items and Millinery Store. +. p.
GadSon, Ocala. Fla.
Conducting a Haberdashcry. ="
d. W. Crutchcr. Nashville, Tenn.
Merchant Tailoring.' f. l..
Price, Nashville, Tennessee.
"Thc Meat and Grocery Busi
ness, T. j. Nevins, St. Louis. Mo.
Friday Morning, August 23rd
10 o'clock
The League Called to Order.
Prayer.
Music.
Reports from State Negro Bust
ness Leagues: Alabama, Arkansas,
Indiana, Florida, Mississippi, Tex
as, Colorado, Virginia. North Car
china, South Carolina, Louisiana
and Kansas.
Reports From Affiliated Organ-
cations: The National Negro Bank
crs Association. represented by
} l..
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TO DISCUSS WORLDS
COAL SUPPLY

Toronto, Ont, Aug. 9-Arrange-
mcnts are practically completed for
the meeting in Toronto This month
OF the International Geological Cons
gress. The local committee Is in
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-08
National Negro
Bushes League

PROGRAM OF THIRTEENTH An
NCAL SESSION HELD IN CHI
CAGO AUGUSN Fl, - AND p,
1912.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-08
The Call for the
Skilled Negro

TRAINING TURNING eHEIR At
TENTION Al TISkEGEE INST
AGRICULTURAL a
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-08
State Summer School for
COIOred Teachers.

Third Session. 18th, July 26h 1912 Institute
Two Distinct departments will be maintained: l. The AGA
demc which will be devoted thorough the branches Of
the school for which credit be had in the
utons Also in this connection thorough drill classes for
expecting pass the examinations will be maintained g. The
Professional which designed for principals high school teachers
and other advanced students. Some of the best talent the
country has been securd for this school, Three of the dis
ngshed educators this country have accepted the
Summer School Faculty, viz KELLY MILLER A NJ. w. E.
B. Du BOtS, Phi D., BOOKER WASHINGTON, LID. ---~
This is to be the Biggest and Best School Yet Prepare
enroll For particulars address: Byrd Prllcrman Institute W.
Va, r. p Sims, luefld, W. Va; H. IT, Mcdonald IIarpers
Ferry, w. Va or NJ. p Shawkey, Charleston, w. Va.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
Wllady's
Mirror
For Tired Nerves.

After trying afternoon In the shops
Or at business take a hot lemonade with
a dash of pineapple fruit strip and you
will be surprised at the revival of en-
ergv and general relaxation it affords.
If the drink is taken at a soda fountain
be careful not to get chilled when 60
Ing out of doors. Hot lemonade opens
the pores Of the skin and causes one to
be particularly sensitive to cold.
No complexion lotion has been found
equal in beneficial results to lemon
juice. The juice should be applied art
er the face Is carefully bathed in hot
water and pure mild soap to remove
all particles of dust and CRIME. If con
tact with the face causes a singing
sensation, as it is sure to do, it Is mere
ly tangible evidence that the lemon Is
doing its work.
The juice should be gently massaged
into the face until dry and should be
allowed to remain on overnight. In the
morning battle it off with warm water
and the merest hint Of soap and apply
a greaseless cream and pure rice pow
der as a soothing influence and pro-
lection from the cold.
Skin blemishes. such as pimples
blackheads, brown spots and freckles,
yield quickly to this treatment. which
eventually retines and beaches as
we'll as improves the texture.
AS for the flesh reducing value of
lemon. it lies in the we'll known fact
that acid is the enemy of supernuous
flesh. Discomfort caused by added
pounds melts away before the fruit
diet for the simple and sufficient rea-
son that when the outward supply of
flesh producing foods Is cut off the
system feeds upon It's own fatty It's
sues. much to the relief and JOY Of the
consumer and consumed.
So then. the season Of candy and
sweets being past. let the beauty seek
er 60 in search of that homely little
frut-the lemon.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
Don'ts For the Woman Of Forty.

"When we are forty there isn't any
reason why we should look it." So
said a beauty lecturer recently in one
Of her talks" and the following are
some Of her "don'ts" to the woman
who would rejuvenate herself:
Every time you lose your temper
or grow whining or irritable you add
to your age in appearance. Whenever
you feel angered remember to relax
your jaw. and the feeling will disap
pear.
IF you live in the past you are sure
to look older than you are. Women
who are continually referring to things
/. they used to Go are going backward
| and not forward. Can you imagine a
chicken after being Matched longing
to get back to its shell? The whole
impetus of the world is forward.
"Then people who lack imagination
are always tiresome. and that means
they seem old
Never elevate your eyebrows when
you talk and don't feel too sympa-
thetic, hold hands and sway together
as some women do when they are
gushing over each othV. woman
doesn't mean anything by that, and
the next day if you needed her she
wouldn't be on hand, for she would be
swayiag with some other woman
Change your style of dress and the
way you do your hair ana get out Of
any habit or rut you may have fallen
into. Get a new dresSmaker and mil
liner and decide to wear something
different from anything you have had
before. That will make you feel
younger and give you new interest
in life. Habits are the signs of age.
"And remember that there is no such
thing as age in charm and that the
characteristics of the woman of sixty
are quite as attractive as those of Il
young girl"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
Recipe For Chapped lips.

A favolite prescription among drug
gists is made as follows: Take lard
sixteen parts; cacao oil, twenty four
parts; spermaceti. eight parts; yellow
part. Put these over fire. prefera
bly, in double boiler. and fuse them
for fifteen minutes Mt gentle heat.
strain through cloth and add one
fifteenth part OF oil of bitter almonds
and If pleasing odor is desired. one
sixth part each of oil of bergamOr
and oil of lemon.
Pure rendered mutton tallow Is held
by many to possess excellent healing
qualities for chaps
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
Coneerninu Women,

A bachelor who died few days ago
at Frankfort. Germany, left an endow-
ment for a unique annual prize. This
prize of 1925 is to be given to the man
who weds the ugliest woman. If the
woman is lame as we'll as ugly the
| bridegroom will receive an additional
1925.
Miss Margaret v. Kelly is Uncle
Sans highest paid woman official
She gets $4,000 year. She is assistant
! director of the mint. Actually the sec
rotary of the treasury has little to do
with cur coin. Miss Kelly attends to
that. There are but four persons be
tween her and the secretary of the
treasury. and in their absence she runs
things. Really. she does that anyway
every day in the year.
The Toothbrush league Of Baltimore
is said to have been thought out and
organized by two trained nurses when
the Fairgrounds were opened at the be-
ginning of the season. The object is
to encourage children In the care Of
their teeth. The members at present
number 1000. They have all been
taught how to use their toothbrushes
and have entered contest for the best
kept teeth. Prizes will be awarded in
each branch Of the league.
Lady Duff Gordon says that the Pari-
sierne is losing all her taste and style
and that English women dress very
much better. She says that a man in
Paris has invented sort of funnel af
fair that IS on the order Of the crino-
line, and there is no telling to what ex
tremes Paris women may go before the
end of the present winter English
women are said to disdain the idea of
crinoline, but no doubt its appearance
in Paris would soon be followed by its
adoption by both English and Amer
| lean women.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-02-15
FEATHERS AND EeGsHELLs.


Duck yards should be scraped often.
Wet weather soaks them up and the
white ducks puddle, and how filthy
they get and, oh, what smell! "Nuf
sed''
Aniline dye instead of eggs is being
used in Philadelphia to give cakes that
pretty yellow color. Yes; the fools
and the deep dyed villains aren't all
dead yet.
Butter and eggs naturally go togeth-
er, and poultry ana dairy go so well to
sether that many are combining the
two. With bees and fruit added there's
Doodle bonanza.
A butcher of san Francisco swallow
ed flfty-four eggs in 1856 seconds and
won 800. Then he took two drinks of
whisky and resumed his butchering.
That sure beats the Old Nick.
Cock fights, dog fights and bull fights
are now under the ban in the Panama
canal zone Think of $50 fine or Jail
for fighting ROSTERS. This new law
spells another good market for game
cock hcpdCrs.
There are some markets where there
are but few calls for ducks. It's not
wise to dress Il whole stack of ducks
and then have to haul them back home.
Better take crate of live ducks to
market and test the demand.
Cuba and South America are the mar
ket for gameo ocks. Enthusiasts find
it pays much better to breed and ship
these fighting birds than to fight stays
in this country and get fired and have
their names in the newspapers.
In buying that new gobbler don't
go to a neighbour but buy far away
from home. On many farms turkeys
are related unknown to their owners.
They travel so far and are often out Of
sight so long and often there is a
general mixup.
The appetite Is the signboard to d.
gestion both in man and hen, and the
quantity to feed flock must be judg-
ed by the way the hens 60 for the
feed. Breeds differ in the quantity
they eat, and the same flock on differ
ent days does not always require the
same quantity.
We asked a farmers wife who was
dressing a hen how she could tell a
healthy chicken. She replied that she
always kills the hen that's laying-that
it is always healthy. This is not al
ways true, and If 1t was, killing layers
is bad policy, for 1.-THE hen that lays
is the hen that pays"
When York Pa.) belfry was enter
ed 1t was found almost filled with
sparrows' nests, and almost wagon
load was thrown out. and, oh. the
feathers! Those measly little spar
rows had gathered up pounds and
pounds Of feathers that wasteful peo-
pie had thrown out. Go thou and do
likewise.
A black and white Homing pigeon,
band numbered O17.759. was captured
in Bristol pa yard where it alight-
ed for rest. An old cluck. mistaking
the pigeon for hawk. was fighting
the tired bird when 1t was rescued.
Stray fowls should always be adver-
tised. It's brotherly and also the law.
Qs.Ms8.s~cv~5,