Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-05-08

Belts academy Ut Trenton, 8. G,
has 500 studsnts, who como from r.
And near. One-third OF them walk
some coming ave miles. and return
ing % their homes every night, gladly
making these trips In order to &C.
an education. The balance Of the stu
dents are fed and lodged on the prem
ises. and all hands. must work, fol
hsre education has NO frills. With
out going into details. It may be sale
that intelligent industry IN the up
piled purpose OF the school, and thrift
and economy ID the characteristic Of
everybody about the place, from Mr.
Nicholf9nsandss MI wife, down To- the
S1alSSts Kind fsartner, who IL begin
hing 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 century under the
leadership Of Mr.. Nicholson. II
should be said at the beginning that
the land purchases were, and still are
made largely on credit, In the case Of
each effort at expansion Of townership
Like all reSi credit In thlss eAse. tit Ii
based on confidence Necessarily
this means confidence which respon
stble 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 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 di.
vided to suit the buying capacity OF
the colored people who now own it.
Along stretch Of country ten miles
In extent the farms, with only an oc.
casioEal 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
De credit to any race.
The reputation Of this colored com
mun'ty% 10 OF the best. No reputable
white man has anything but the high
est praise for Mr. Nich0lson and His
iand 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 50
oolng tney insure themselves agains,
tne unoesiraDle citizens OF both races
not nara 20 nnd ID South Carolina.
- &.
Inc output OF motor cars In the Uni
tween Two hundred and nifty thousand
ano Two hundred ana eighty-nve thou
sano' n NJ
~ s. z. - SHat
'cnalse OF the board OF vel
l..e = inc nospitai at Kansas City
ssio' INC frovident Hospital fol
sNes'oes mas been conducted by re
sponslDie negroes and little disap
polntment mas been felt by them be
cause tneI nospital was not included
n the nst OF charities indorsed by
tne Weliare board This came about
because the Provident Hospital fol
NEGROES and the Phyllis Wheatley
nospital nave been combined, 20 q
% have only one HnSgrns hospital i IS
tne CITY The name Of the new hos
pital has not been selected. The new
project represents a desirable devel
opment for negroes and should have
liberal support from all people inter
ested in the welfare Of the negroes.
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It's . good plan for man to SAY
nothing and saw wood, but, of course
It isn't woman's place to saw wood
s# 49, --------
The colored academic teachers Al
the Calhoun institute in Alabama ar.
graduates OF college or normal school
and are accomplished in the lates,
methods Of the foremost classrooms
Most Of these instructors are in thu
primary grades, because they can bes,
sympathize with the children's habit,
of thought and standards Of life ii
many instances brought from thu
cabin. and are most patient In correct
ing the imperfect language Of such pu
pills and In using; pure Englash com
prehensible to them. Under Calhoun.
conditions the colored force Is not onlY
efficient. but also indispensable. The
nurses, graduates Of high-grade North
ern hospitals. perform services in thu