Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-04

his race how he had started life, as
sisted by his wife and two steers
which they plowed three days and
then used the hoe three days, making
six bales Of cotton.
when I got married." he said, ~
had to borrow money with which to
buy the license. We lived on sack
of meal from March to July. l got
so during this time that could buy
the old lady ten cents worth Of flour
Saturday night so she could have bis
cults on Sunday. We had hoe-cake
for breakfast, and for dinner We had
mush, and spring water for supper.
By careful planning and working, we
now have 1887 acres Of land, and
our income is SIS month from milk
and butter alone. We expect to turn
out $50 bales of cotton this year. We
have ten boys, four girls, thirtysix
mules, eight horses, fifty cows and
fifty hogs
Doctor Washington, pointing at the
speaker, asked if there was young
Negro in Muskogee who would do
that well. "This is an example, he
said, land if the young men would
get out and do something they would
find it better than loating around
pool rooms, dancing halls and gam
bling dens.
There was one of the few women
undertakers of the country, NJ. Josen
burger of Fort Smith, Ark, presented
to the league, and she told how she
had conducted the business since the
death of her husband, and how her
own people had come to her.
Her story was followed by one
which brought forth outbursts of
laughter from the large crowd. }.
NJ. Frierson had entered business on
a small income, and found it neces-
sary to live on 25 cents day while
getting a start. He now has large
establishment in Houston, Texas.
Thomas H. Mays, of Memphis, per
haps the most successful Negro un-
dertaker in the country among his
peoplee, spoke. He had his ups and
downs while struggling to get foot
hold. He was followed by c. r.
Houston, Jr., of Fort Worth.
Rev. Sutten E. Griggs of Memphis,
educational secretary of the National
Baptist convention, addressed the
league. He showed the connection
of DR.. Washington with the two
races, and as the settlement OF the
great problems today was to be
through peace and not through war;
he was proud that the race had been
given such leader. s,. .',"--s.-'s -: -,:"1
w. C. Gordon of St. Louis, Mo-,
made an address on undertaking. be
has a fine place of business IN ms
city and his outfit ranks with the
best in the city. He has been IN
business for long time and has
good rating.
Modern Methods Of Advertising
Mercantile Business" was the subject
discussed by c. w. Gillian OF Oko-
Iona, Miss. .,.,,
Captivating more than one thou
sand representative white people iaso
night at the Gaiety theater with MS
altruisms and humor of erpresslon'
Rocker T. Washington, world-famous
Negro educator, spoke for one hour
and twenty minutes. Repeatedly ne
elected applause. Almost as many
as heard him were turned away be-
cause of the lack of seating capacity
Washington painted the progress
Of his race since emancipation IN MS
inimitable manner, thanking the
white people of the north and south'
and especially of Muskogee, for their
aid in the black mans advancement
t,ld of his own life from his birth as
a slave to the present., and explained
, the work and intentions Of his school,
! Tuskegee institute, in Alabama. WITH
re;teration he declared that the Me-
GRO would never leave the south for
two reasons; first, that ne DID noo %
want to, and second, because the
southern white man did not want
, him to.
John H Mosier introduced the
| sneaker, then remained on the plat
farm with six other white men, l.. d.
Roach, C. w. Dawson, w. NJ. hcholtz'
T. w. Crosby, w. J. Crump and C' r =
owens and local Negro merchant
T, J. Elliott. In his introduction mr.
Mosier asserted that Washington
needed no introduction, as he was
world famous, but that he introduced
him through courtesy rather than ian
| necessity. At the close of the address,
Mr.. Mosier publicly thanked the
speaker in behalf of the audience Tor
his speech. ~
~ want to thank you, my friends,
for the fine, fair and generous sl'a man
ner in which you have treated, my
race in your beautiful NJ nswstate," de-
clared the speaker. II can discover
how the black man has been treated
by looking into his face. If ne looks
discouraged, he has not been treated
we'll; if he has the light of JOY in ms !
eyes,. then he has been we'll treated
. There is all evidence OF prosperity
here. =,
| "I than k you for the splendid
schools you have prepared for my
people and for their commercial op-
nortunities. That parade yesterday
which would do justice to any people
Of any race, would have been impos-
s;ble without such treatment.
"There has been much talk Of send
ing the Negro back to Africa. once
six hundred left Savannah on such a
trip. but the white people did not