The Little River news., 1923-02-14
Bishop James Atkins who will take active part Centenary Campaign
i.n DETERMINATION

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 Judge " t. Waldrop is in receip' oI a letter from the County Superin- tenden, of Con way county in regard to the qualifications and work, of the col bred canning club agent employed here this year. This letter was a re- ply to an inquiry by Judge Waldrop.
 The letter follows:
 "Morrilton, Feb. 8, 1923. "Hon. w. D. Waldrop, County Judge, Little River County, Ashdown, Ark. E"Dear MT. Waldrop:
 in reply to your letter asking about Alice A. Winston, the former Home ID monstration Agent for this county, will say that you have certainly made mo mistake in employing her in your county if you desire the negroes to get the best service possible for them und- CT this work
 Alice Winston was fer many years fcoo ol the foremost colored teachers u Gll ; LpGAiey bSLOi oAlC lOOA uP IiAio work under tke Federal government. She was a re&i success as teacher, land to her energy, fidelity, exceptional judgment fir one of her race, and her IspIendid personality, she helped great Y to inspire tue other teachers Of her race lo apply themselves to self inn IDr0Fement until it if now said by the supervisor of negro education in this state that our colored teachers sur pass in qualification those of any county in the state.
 "As Home Demonstration Agent for lis county for the last four years she has accumulated more than even the most sanguine expected when she be- gan work; and she has not left this Icounty because her work was unsatis- factory, but because the appropriation for this work in addition to the con- stitutional five mills was set at naught by tho courts. Had she remained here the money for the work among the ne- gros would have been made up by do- nations by whites as they have now begun thoroughly to understand what her work means to the colored people of the county.
 Since she began club work among the schools and the canning work in the clubs and homes the most of the negros are living better, have more, have cleaner and better homes, pay their debts better, pay less attention to politics, get along with the white folks better, and have more personal pride as we'll as civic pride. I esti- mate that there are now one thousand negro girls in the county who can cook real good meal or make a be- coming dress, and it would be a revel- a ion to many to see their displays of school and home cooking and sewing. Alice had charge of the educational work of the negros in several county school fairs and always made their displays equal to any in the state.
 "I do not want to seem too enthus- iastic about the work of this agent, but I feel that it s justice to her to say that the white people of this coun- ty have said more good things about her work than about that of the other three agents we have had during the same time, and many of the white wo- men have called upon her to teach them canning instead of calling upon the white agents, and she has spent many weeks in the large plantations giving demonstrations to whites in connection with the white agents. | As to her morality, her honesty, her social standing among her race. her fidelity to friends of either race. she could get dozens of recommendations from bankers and business men of this county.
 Among white people she has al- ways been modest, humble and re- spectful. I have never heard a con- plaint along this line and I have known her since she was IA years of age4-or one year before she began teaching at 15.
 "Yours truly,
 l "T. L. HAYNES,