The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-23

and is kept busy all the time. shall
have more to say another time.
Then we come to Little Rock, but
before taking up what has impressed
me here, must have a word or so to
say about q most successful farmer
and truck gardener. A. N. Medley, Of
Sweet Home. g suburb of Little Rock,
where the Union District Baptist As
ISOLATION met, and where many good
things took place. / never saw q man
grow so many things in my life. /
don't know how much land he has,
and doubt whether or not he knows
this, but it is some land, / am here to
tell you. Then on it they grow all the
things that the earth will produce,
and they have hogs, chickens, eggs,
butter, milk, automobile, horses,
mules, wagons and many other
things. 1t looked to me like they had
a million eggs, and they are preserv-
ed ready for market next month when
eggs will be high.
Mrs. Rhine Neeley, the wife like
her husband is a trained woman, and
an active worker in the church. She is
Baptist while he is a shouting Met
hodist, a fine combination. They have
daughter in college, and then
son who is in charge of the auto
mobile. want to congratulate them
on their success.
have mentioned Prof. Joseph A.
Booker, and am sure that / have
told you about him before. He is a |
man who believes in doing things, |
and you may put it down that l told |
you he is making things go, and is
preparing our boys and girls to take
the place of men and women. You
see the world is calling for a real
man, and unless you can answer the
demand, you must stand aside. No
time to train children.
The Arkansas Baptist college, is
one of the institutions in the south
selected by the Government for the
Student Army Training Corps. 1t was
selected by a combination with the
Philander Smith college, each to have
quota of fifty registrants and not
over fifty. This put our race on the
map in Arkansas, for there is no
other point in the state where we
could have received an "a" section
of the S. A. T. c. / looked at the
body of young men, and could hard
ly keep from shouting, and then
discovered at the same time my eyes
were filled with tears-they wanted
to come out in a position of rejoicing.
What opportunities placed within
reach of our young men, and then
am proud to see them take advantage
Of it. They are truly men, and will be I
ready if called upon to defend the I
country at any time.
There are three young men, who
are graduates from the Arkansas
Baptist college, and if not gradu- l
ates will be some day, who have the Z
clerical work, and look after the
irilling of the young men under the {
direction of the commanding officer T
who is a lieutenant. They have :
been trained for the purpose, and t
hree of the brightest men / know S
# in any of the schools. They are v
Sturgeon Morris, MILAN Booker,
md Eugene COSBY. COSBY is the Il
while the other two o
ire the real stuff from an educate
nal viewpoint. l think it is nice G
hat we can have the things, and $,
is the information / am of the n
opinion our people should have. a
Believe me, our people are proud Il
# this distinction given the state, e.
nd every man is shouting because
lie has a part in helping to carry .,
n these two colleges. The Baptists Il
re holding their meeting in Helena, h,
S write this and shall have some I.