The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-09-14
TRAINING CArrDS N cnTTTT no
ESTABLISH FETTEE UNDER
STANDING.
Tuskegee's Principal saws spirit of
Booker Washington will bring to-
gether best element of both races
in present crises. Fine exhibits
shown in Bullock County.

Union Springs, Alabama, September
S-Speaking to two thousand white
and colored people here today, Robert
r. Motion, Principal of Tuskegee In
stitute. urged all the people of both
races to stand by the President in the
present war crises and to save the
crops already raised and show patrio-
tism by planting winter crops now.
The meeting today was the culmina-
tiop of unique campaign which has
been conducted among the colored peO-
pie of Bullock County to awaken them
to a full sense of the responsibilities
in raising and conserving the food
crops. Under the leadershipof Mayor
!. B. Feagin and other leading white
citizens, the cooperation of the pro-
gressive colored farmers was enlist
ed through NJ. B. Ivy, the colored
Demonstration Agent for the County.
The white business men of the county
offered prizes amounting to 500 for
the best exhibits of home grown food
products and handiwork.
Fairs were held in the eastern and
Southeastern part of the state under
the direction N. j. Johnson and w.
f. MCGOWAN respectively, both of
whom are successful Negro farmers
and the prizes which were awarded
by the judges, T. NJ. Campbell Dis
trict Demonstration Agent and G. r.
Bridgeforth, Director of the Tuskegee
Institute Agricultural Department,
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testants today. Stirring addresses
were made by Mayor Feagin, Hon. R
l.. Cope and other leading white and
colorei people.
Principal Motion in his address took
occasion to speak of the Negro sol
diers at Fort Des Moines, Iowa and OF
the fine impression they made during
his recent visit there. 81 was never
more proud to be a Negro" he sadi
than when ! heard from the lips o.
the leading white citizens of De'
Moines that because of the gentleman
" conduct of these Negro Officers, tn,
whole attitude of the white people o
the city had been changed regarding
; the entire Negro Race"
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Soldiers in the south, DR.. Motion said
"For thirty-fve years, DR.. Booker T
; Washington, whose broad understand
ing of the problems of the south ant
whose wise council in the adiustmen
} of these problems was recognized ant
acknowledged by both white and col
ored people of the country, urged tina
the races in the South set aside mis-
understanding and suspicion ant
forge ahead for the ultimate and great
est good of the South and now tina
he has passed from among us and lief
. us a rich heritage of Negro progress
and mutual understanding between tn
, races. Let us not falter in our VI
-, ward progress because of any test 0
d, patience, sympathy and faith in on
/, another. The establishment of so
diers training camps throughout tn
, country together with the tryin
: economic conditions brought on b
the turmoil Of a world war creates
, new test of our manhood and woman
p hood and will tax to the utmost on
$ fortitude and self-possession in tn
fulfllment of our Christian duty; br
/. ] believe that the people of the coul
S try will rise to this emergency an
e that we will all stand by our Pres
l, dent and our flag; that the best cit
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