The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-03
HEARTILY APPLAUDED
Says White People Are Anxious ito
See Others Do Well and Want
to Help Them-Tulane
Speaks

league last night at the Sixteenth Street
| Baptist church.
j II cannot tell you how much pleasure
it gives me to see the colored people
forming themselves into business organ
izations," said Judge Lane. II am very
hopeful for your future. I am an optim-
| ist 81 was never pessimist. If any
man or any race has the real stuff In
| him or in it. success is bound to crown
all efforts.
ut does not make any difference
whether a man digs in the ditch or
| stands behind a counter. he is business
. man. and in order to make real and true
success. he must use the mental powers
that God has given him. Success in
business contemplates two requisites in
tegrty and thoroughness.
Il take great pleasure in the thought
that [ assisted in building the first
school ever erected in Birmingham for
colored children. / am still engaged in
the work, and I want every man and
woman in this house tonight to use their
influence to bring about a better state
of education among your people. An
educated people constitute the state. The
highest duty for men and womenf to per-
kform, outside of religion is to make pos
sible the education of all the people
Don't content yourself simply with do
ing your own duty, but inculcate into all
your people that education is the prime
requisite for them.
'If there is any one thing near my
heart, it is the belief in the upbuilding
of the colored people of the country.
There is nothing wrong in our state. We
have a fine state. We have all the ele
ments that go to make pp the physical
part. What we need is a great citizen
! ship, white and black. Speaking for my
| own race, Isbelieve that as a rule, they
want to help you, are anxious TO see you
do well, and that they glory in your sue
cess. They are bound to do it if they
| have any judgment, for they are bound
| to know that it takes not only the white
race, but the colored race as well to
make alabama great state"
Prolonged applause greeted Judge
Lanes address Several of the old plan
tation songs of the negro race were
| surg He was introduced by J. E. Nc
Call of Montgomery. DR.. A. C. Dungee
of Montgomery responded to the address
| by Judge Lane
| The other feature of the meeting was
| the annual address of Victor II. Tulane
| of Montgomery, president of the organi-
| zation. He called attention to the re-
markable effect of the sentiment created
| by the Negro Business league organi-
growth of cooperative enterprises
among the negroes since the activities of
| the organization.
1--WE must endeavor to teach our peo-
| pie the habit of savin," he said. Money
| is seldom saved or accumulated by
chance Saving is habit and can be
acquired and developed like any other
habit Saving is habit and can be ac-
quired and developed like any other
| habit We should endeavor to impress
whenever possible, especially upon the
| Industrial classes of the race, the accu-
mulative power of nckles and dimes.
''There is another vital thought which
we too seldom consider. We should not
limit ourselves to the patronage of our
race alone but should follow the exam
pie of other nationalties and seek the
patronage of all races. The reason we
| do not receive larger share of the
patronage of other races is because we
90 not prepare for it. If the people of
other races will patronize negro dress
makers \carpenters, ,shoemakers, black
| smiths, carpenters and the various col
| ored tradesmen, such as we know they
do, there is no reason why they cannot
be gradually influenced to patronize the
other colored business enterprises"
! In the afternoon session, considerable
| interest was developed in the subjects
| with reference to farming particularly.
''Growing More Corn to the Acre was
| to have been discussed by Isaac ID. Mar
| tin of Pratt city, second prize winner in
| the recent Corn club contest of last
| year. In his absence several men in the
audience offered some observations upon
growing corn and increasing the yield per
1 acre
r. NJ Campbell of Tuskegee Institute,
United States demonstration agent, gave
| some expert advice with reference to corn
/ culture. He also told briefly of the efforts
| the government was putting forth to
have negro farmers particularly well
trained in many of the fundamental es-
sentals of agricultural pursuits, and of
how well the negroes in these states
were taking advantage of the efforts of
the government.
Under the subject, How to Overcome
the Boil Weevil,'' Professor Campbell de-
elared that the early preparation of the
soil in the fall or winter. by breaking
the land, rebreaking and narrowing as
often as possible, the selecting early
varieties of cotton seed, practicing clean
cultivation, contributed much to boil
weev elimination. If the boil weevn is
present, he said, all punctured squares
and bolls should be picked up and burned,
and as soon as the cotton is harvested
all cotton stalks should be moved down,
raked and burned. Weeds, bushes and all
farm refuse should be cleared off terraces
and out of fence corners. 1t is also inn
portant that stunps should be cleaned
around. or better pulled up.
The farm demonstrator told the audi
ence some of the things the boil weevil
had done in other states, notably Louisi-
ana, Texas and Mississippi and predicted
that the little insect would make it's ap-
pearance in this state around Montgom-
cry and Macon counties this fall. He
declared that the negro should grow cot
ton in spite of the pest.
| c. p. Harris of Birmingham discussed
the subject, 'The Influence of the Ne
gro Storekeeper," which was followed by
remarks from DR.. II. F, Harris of Annis-
ton, A. o.. Sheffey of Florence and w.
w. Greene of Birmingham
In developing the subject, "The Barber
ing Business,x ID. r. Kink of this city
called attention to the danger of infec-
tion in many of the negro shops for ne
groes, and declared that the negro bar
bers must learn more about the skin,
the hair and various diseases common
to- both, in order that they might be of
the greatest service. He pointed with
pride to the neat. well arranged and sani-
tary condition of most of the barber shops
in Birmingham. II have seen so often"
said he. Especial. demands made upon our
people for patronage, yet in many in
stances, we find ourselves not in posi-
ton to render such service as our busi-
ress deserves"
The further discussion of the barbering
business was participat ted in by j. O.