The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-02-23
LANE COLLEGE
FARMERS CONFERENCE
ANNUAL GATHERING OF LEADERS
In AGRICULTURE In WEST TENN.
Improvement Of Conditions Of Rural and City Life Dis
CusSed--PrOminent Speakers on the Program--PreS.
Lane Moving Spirit

Jackson, Tenn, Feb. 22.-(Special
to Nashville Globe.) Patriotic singing,
preceded by a fervent prayer in
which the benediction of an All-wise
God was asked upon the hundreds
gathered here, marked the opening
of the annual conference of farmers
which has been conducted here for
n number of years under the auspices
of Lane College. The sessions began
promptly at ten o'clock after a pre-
liminary meeting had been held in the
main hall of Lane College In addi-
ton to perfecting the organization of
the conference the hearing Of the re.
ports of the local league and county
organizations, and the compiling Of
statistics which had been arranged
prior to the meeting proper took
place. The devotions were conducted
hy Rev. A. w. WOmack, A. B., one
Of the we'll known pastors of this
county. One of the rst departmental
meetings was the Madison County
Colored Fruitgrowers Association.
This proved interesting and inspir-
ing. But for the rst real topic Of
the conference for public discussion
was How Best 10 Fight theBoul
Weevil." An expert from the United
States Government Agricultural and
Experimental Station delivered a
special address in which he told OF
the work and the necessity of the
farmer applying himself to particu-
lar work. The general topic for dis
cussion was Every Farmer Must
Feed Himself and Family" Perhaps
no subject which will be discussed
throughout the sessions evoked more
interest than this one. The present
high cost OF food seemed to have in
iected more life into the general
topic Fillowing this came Improve
ment of Country Life" which was
the key note of the rst days session
and which was suhdivided as follows:
/. Better Housing Conditions: (a)
More rooms; Cb) Better houses.
2. Religious Life: (a) Better Pre-.
Pared Preachers; tb) Improved Re-
lisious Services; (c) Examples.
3. Educational Advantages: (a)
Better schools and teaching; (b)
Longer Terms.
4. Social Conditions: (a) Strength
ening Moral Life.
THE city was Il bee hive of activity
throughout the, day as the farmers
and citizens came in to take advan
tage of these meetings and discus
sions. 1t seems, howeevr, that the
height g. climax of the conference
was reached tonight in its first night
session, when the Rev. r. H. Boyd
d. D., the secretary and founfer of
the National Baptist Publishing
House, and himself a practical farm.
or who has had a number Of years
experience, addressed the meeting,
and his address, the subject of which
was Cotton was listened to by az
immense audience.
The general topic What Can Be
Done to Improve the Health and
Economy of Life of the Negro?" was
! discussed before the oHening of the
/ program proper. The muse helped
to lend to the occasion. The PRAYER
by Rev. A. N. Stevens and the sing
ing by the college glee club, with
short talks by Bishop n. c. Cleaves
and DR.. s. A. O'Neal, were merely
Introductory. When Mr.. Boyd wa,
introduced and arose to make hi,
address lie was greeted with a shower
of applause.