The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-06
BLACKSHEAR HEAD
OF NEGRO FARMERS
Officers Are Elected by the
National Congress--Mass
Meeting Today

| 4 The feature of yesterdays meeting of
the National Negro Farmers congress
was the address of w B. Driver. presi-
dent of the Birmingham Negro Busi-
ness league. That country life should
be made more attractive and remuner-
ative. that school facilities should be
provided, even IL the farmer must go
into his own pocket to do so; that a
correct standard of home living should
be maintained were points that the
president of Birmingham,s negro bust
ness organization emphasized in his
plea for the stay on the farm" move
ment
What the government is doing to help
the negro farmer increase his efficiency
was illustrated by T. M Campbell, Uni
ted States demonstration agent for
Mississippi and Alabama. The follow
ing committees were named by the vari-
Gus delegations:
Permanent Organization-P. C. Parks,
Alabama; L. j. Walker, Arkansas; Surry
Smith, Texas; E. w. Hayes, Mississippi;
M. Jones' Louisiana; j. H. Garvin, Ken
lucky; ]. T. Hamilton, Florida; c. c.
Winfield, Tennessee, and T. Augustus
Reid, Michigan.
Resolutions-T. M. Campbell. Ala
bama; c. d. Brandon, Arkansas; Gen.
eral jackson, Texas; e. w Hayes, Mis-
sissippi; c. w. White. Louisiana; W. D.
Thomas Kentucky; r. c. Bond, Ten
nessee; M. T. Artis, Michigan
Constitutional. d. Menafee, Ala
bama; Y. w. williams, Arkansas; D. L.
Price, Texas; Frank Bozer, Louisiana
|c. C. Winfield, Tennessee; r. A. Reid,
Michigan.
Time and Place--P. J. Brown, Ala
bama; Lewis womack, Arkansas; Will
liam Macy. Texas; James Smith, Louisi-
ana; ]. II. Garvin. Kentucky; ]. H. Hud-
dleston, Tennessee, and T. A. Reid,
Arkansas.
Considerable time was spent by the
committees in arranging their work,
particularly the committee on perma-
nent organization and on constitution.
Addresses were delivered by DIR. j. A.
Bray, DR.. P. w. Walls, Dr. John w.
Goodgame and others. s. E. Moses,
principal of the colored schools of An
| niston, declared that short course in
agriculture should be maintained in all
the public schools, stating that since
the negroes for the most part were
| farmers, their children should be taught
something about the work, even If it
was for no other purpose than to create
in the race respect for the farmer
Considerable routine business that
n nj fla ,i,xot tt1..
a firm footing was transacted at the
night session Adopting the report OF
| the committee on permanent organiza-
| tion, the congress elected the follow
| ing officers:
President, E. l.. Blackshear, Texas
recording secretary, A. r. Rayfie1d, Ar
kansas; assistant secretary, S. e. Moses
Alabama; corresponding secretary, II. j
Mason, Texas; treasurer Matthew
Jones, Louisiana; national organizer, p
c. Parks, Alabama. Vice presidents for
the various states were elected by the
state delegations as follows: E. w
Williams, Alabama; ]. d. Walker, Ar
kansas; w. l. McCann Texas; e. w
Hayes, mississippi; Francis j. Gaudet
Louisiana; W. w. Thomas, Kentucky
j. I. Hamilton, Florida: r. c. Bond.
Tennessee; T. A. Reid, Michigan, and J.
d. Pierce, Virginia
This afternoon a mass meeting will
be held at the Sixteenth Stree< Baptist
church which will conclud the sessions.
Addresses will be made by w. r. Petit
ford, president of the Alabama Penny
Savings bank DR.. James A. Bray, pre-
siding elder of the Birmingham dis
trict, Colored Methodist Episcopal
church; Prof. P. C. Parks, director of
A. and M. college, Normal and Francis
j. Gaudet, principal of the Industrial
home and school, New Orleans.