The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13
ALABAMA NEGROES
 MAKING PROGRESS
 TOWARD. EDUCATION
Interesting Bulletin Issued by Rural School Agent. Labor PrOcurers Must
 Pay Licenses

Montgomery, March 12-(Special.) )-Ef- forts of Alabama negroes to improve the condition of their schools and of their home life furnish a remarkable theme for a bulletin on the work of the Jeanes su- pervising industrial teachers and home makers clubs for negro girls, which has just been published by the state depart ment of education. The bulletin was pre- pared by James L. Sibley, state rural school agent for negro schools. It is an unusual piece of government literature and the Attenuation shows improvements among the negroes of this state which had not been dreamed of.
 During the past year negroes in 23 counties where Jeanes supervising indus trial teachers are employed contributed s47, "A for the improvement of their schools while local white people con tributed $1S6S. This does not include any money received from the fund established by Julius Rosenwa1d of Chicago or any public funds. In one community the white people raised s15O for the erection of ne gro school.
 In the 23 counties the sum of $21, ,121 .91 was raised for the erection and equipment of new buildings. Referring to this, the bulletin said; 'In these communities the negro patrons did practically all of the hauling free of charge, sometimes for a distance of F miles, They have also contributed labor on the erection of the buildings and grading of the grounds, but no effort has been made to place cash valuation on this" Little encour- ,ey hoe erixy To t,a ia of old buildings because practically all were not adapted to present-day methods, but during the year total repairs on old build ings amounted to s7971. 32.
 Many communities supplemented the public fund in order that better teachers could be obtained. Funds contributed for better salaries and for longer school terms during the year amounted to $19,- 726. .01.
 Referring to the efforts of the negroes, the bulletin says: "The amounts given in this report do not inlude any aid from outside sources but show what negro patrons are doing for themselves to inn prove conditions. The best kind of aid is that which is given to encourage peo- pie to help themselves The donations III .AtdDd1fld rom DOIH puDHc ana pnlldn- thropic sources have been awarded in way to encourage the greatest amount of community effort.''
 Another movement of the department in the work assigned to MT. Sibley is the homemakers' club for negro girls which is under the direct supervision of the Jeanes supervising industrial teachers during the summer months. Negro girls are being shown how to make their homes attractive, how to prepare food and how to anticipate the coming of winter by canning fruits and vegetables
 The result of this work is shown by the statement that AS clubs have been organized, that 5556 negro girls are mem bers, tht 4172 mothers are members. that the total membership is SIPS and that a total of PIT GAO quarts of fruits and vege- tables were canned by members of the clubs during the year. The total quarts canned showed decrease of 16903 over the previous year because of the devas- tating rains and floods of the summer and the drputh of the early fall.
 Individual notice is given to the suc- cess of negroes in unusual work. For in- stance: Lottle and Daisy Tarver of the Uchee Valley school in Russell county made shuck hats last year and sold them for enough money to pay for their cloth- ing during the entire year.
 NEW INCORPORATIONS
 The incorporation of the Burton Ve- neer company of Mobile, with paid-in capital of S1O.000, was reported to the sec- retary of state Monday. It will engage in the manufacture of veneer. Incorpora-