The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-05-09

Belts academy at Trenton, s. c.,
has 500 students, who come from far
and near. One-third of them walk.
some coming Ave miles. and return
ing to their homes every night, gladly
making these trips In order to get
an education. The balance of the stu
dents are fed and lodged on the prem
ises. and all hands must work, for
here education has no frills. With
that intelligent industry is the ap-
piled purpose of the school, and thrift
and economy is the characteristic of
everybody about the place. from Mr..
Nicholson and his wife down to the
smallest Kindergarten, who is begin
ming the act of intellectually and NOR
ally rising.
Much more interesting than the
school itself is the land buying and
development which has been going on
for quarter Of a century under the
leadership ct Mr.. Nicholson. 1t
should be said at the beginning that
the land purchases were, and still are,
made largey on credit. In the case of
each effort at expansion of ownership.
Like all real credit ia .his case, it is
based on confidence. Necessarily,
this means confidence which respon-
sible southern white men have in Mr..
Nicholson. and the men who have be-
come or wish to become land owners.
travelling from farm to farm we
examined some of the results of this
land experiment within a radius of
ten miles of Belts academy. In this
section colored men own and operate
about fourteen thousand acres Of
land. In the main, this land was
bought In considerable tracts, often
by Mr.. Nicholson assuming the orig
inal responsibility. Then It was d.
vided to suit the buying capacity Of
the colored people who now own 1t.
Along a stretch Of country ten miles
In extent the farms, with only an oc-
casional holding by white men, are
owned by negroes. Half OF the 1000
acres is paid for. and by the practise
OF economy and industry that would
co q CiSuit W any race.
The reputation OF this colored COM
munity is OF the best No reputable
white man has anything but the high
est praise for Mr.. Nicholson and his
land experiment. Crime is practically
unknown among the men and women
on these farms. White men OF char
acter rather seek to buy farms on
the border of this settlement By so
doing they Insure themselves against
the undesirable citizens of both races.
not hard to find In South Carolina.
The output Of motor cars in the Uni.
ted States In 1912 is estimated at be-
tween two hundred and fifty thousand
and two hundred and eighty-flye thou.
sand.
For several months" L. A. Hal
bert. in charge Of the board OF vel.
fare at the hospital at Kansas City.
said. the Provident Hospital for
Negroes has been conducted by re.
sponsible negroes and a little disap-
continent has been felt by them be-
cause their hospital was not included
In the list Of charities indorsed by
the welfare board. This came about
because the Provident Hospital for
Negroes and the Phyllis Wheatley
hospital have been combined. so as
TO have only one negro hospital In
the city. The name of the new hos.
pital has not been selected. The new
project represents a desirable deyel.
opment for negroes and should have
liberal support from all people inter
ested In the welfare of the negroes. /"
It's a good plan for man to saw
nothing and saw wood, but, of course.
1t isn't woman's place to saw wood.
The colored academic teachers at
the Calhoun institute In Alabama are
graduates of college or normal school
and are accomplished In the latest
methods OF the foremost classrooms.
Most OF these instructors are In the
primary grades. because they can best
sympathize with the children's habits
OF thought and standards OF life. In
many instances brought from the
cabin. and are most patient in correct
Ing the imperfect language OF such pu-
pills and In using pure English com
prehensible to them. Under CaIhoun's
conditions the colored force ia not only
efncient but also Indispensable. The
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