The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-02-11

and bookkeeper, with the assistance of Mr..
w. f. Carter. She is thoroughly prepared
along all lines. She was born and reared
in Navarro County. She has charge of the
office and will install our new books on
Feb. goth with the assistance of Mr.. E. S.
Smith, the general auditor of the Magnolia
Petroleum Company
(Our Farm Work)-The farm work
has been of much interest and impor
lance to the country as well as to our chill
dren. In considering the absolute failure
this year in many ways, we succeeded in
getting off of the entire farm Is bales of
cotton, IL of them by our tenant farmers
and six by the institution. Our sweet pO-
tato crop was nothing like that of last year,
900 bushels were gathered this year, Is bush
els peanuts; twelve-thousand pounds of
black-eyed peas, onions and irish potatoes
and all kinds of garden vegetables. Our
honey drip sorghum crop was a failure on
the account of the drought in our section,
our corn crop Melted 1900 bushels and will
be consumed by our hogs and horses and
mules. Our hog crop was splendid this
year. We have killed meat enough to put
us through to June, but we figure that it
cost us Is bushels of corn to the hog. We
have been very unfortunate in that dis
ease struck our mules (the black leg) and
we lost mules and one horse. The sheep
crop did splendidly,-lost few and have
eaten many. Our enrolment is not as large
as it has been. Our family today numbers
145; but it cost great deal to maintain
this institution. We are putting in truck
garden this year 80 acres, 10 acres tomatoes,
we hope it will help us maintain this insti-
tution-5 acres in cabbage with okra beets,
beans, pepper watermeons, and etc. Aside
from our children we work six men and
toon hnrc md I'M
are working on sacrificing salaries because
they love the cause of the uplift of the Or
phan children With our help and our chill
dren we will cultivate $50 or 400 acres of
land to say nothing about our tenant farm
ers.
Peculiar Conditions.
The financial conditions that have con-
fronted US have been very peculiar. 1t has
been very hard to get money. We met our
land notes by borrowing money from the
bank. Through the aid of the financial
committee we have done much to make ends
meet in our distress for money. We are
going to ask that the same committee be
retained if it is possible to do so. The most
of them have given to every call and have
stayed hard by me in my struggle. Our
chairman, Mr.. Eli Sanger, and acting sec
rotary, Mr.. Henry C. Coke, ]. T. Howard,
Tom Dees, Hugh Prather and w. L. Bogar-
dus, these are men that | feel very thank
full for, my race joins me in thanking you
for the interest that you are taking along
with the board of directors in helping to
make this work success. 1t might be well
to mention here that this farm work is done
very largely by our children through their
managers They have not lost day from
school, We have regular high school
course in domestic science, domestic art, an
agricultural course, music. both vocal and
instrumental. They have done it all and
have kept up their work on the farm as we
have mentioned above.
The Dickson Colored Orphanage was or
ganized by myself and DR.. r. C. Buckner.
1t was chartered in 1900, and started to
it has been plowed out and trees sprayed.
All of our buildings have been repaired on
the farm except three-they will be repaired
as fast as they can be reached. We keep
carpenter employed on the place. Many
of the buildings set out in our last years
record have been. delayed on the account of
financial crisis. We need our hospital
badly, we want it babylon if sickness were
to break out we would be in bad shape
Our new chapel is yet to he erected.
The greater part of our land has been
broken up and is ready for use.
The Dickson Colored Orphanage has
been received into the Truck Growers AS
work without dime. Today it owns 1000
acres of land and buildings valued at at least
one hundred thousand dollars We have
many things to say to the board that we
have net in publication. We need help;
we must have help. The publicity secretary
must be put to work, the time is ripe fol-
such place. If we. ever hope to accOmp-
hsh our aims and object in preparing do
mestc servants and mechanics among the
Negroes of this country we must have larger
quarters and larger interest manifested
by the citizenship of the state of Texas.
Permit me to repeat; two-thirds of the mem
bers of my race are unframed, undeveloped,
uneducated and should be helped.
The Royal A. Ferris Manual Training
shop has been completed and occupied On
the j. |. Staley farm wnere our peach or
chard. apple orchard, and black berry or
chard are located, have been all broken up,
sociation at elmer, Texas They are special
izing a particular kind of tomato and GU
cumber crop. We hope to derive some bene-
fit and helping us in the maintenance, it
looks very promising for our ribbon cane
crop this spring. Our truck gardening to
gether with our corn, cotton and garden
vegetables lave been applied as mainte-
nance
Land Notes.
You viii note that the interest on our