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SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, i960
Farmers
Now on Action
By
I Sl>A Information Specialist
Increasingly, Negro farm
ilies are adopting
wkie action programs as
means of nrohYem solving * some IZ7 of
knot knnHv y problems, and they are
meeting v ith considerable sue-
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Some aspect of a community
approach was observed-in al-
most every farming area I vis-
ited during the past several
weeks in Kentucky, Tennessee
Missouri, Arkansas,
Louisiana, and Mississippi
These included community¬
wide rural development pro-
grams in several states, a live-
stock association,
centers, a watershed area de-
velopment, a 4-H training oen-
ter and the beginnings of a
farm machinery cooperative.
This group action is resulting
in higher crop yields, better
breeds of livestock, more effi-
cient use of farm machinery,
more attractive homes, new and
freshly renovated churches, well
planned community centers, and
neat cemeteries.
However ,all the problems of
small farmers are not being
solved. Tenants are still
ing difficulty finding land to
buy. Young people are Still
moving out of agriculture,
ing their parents behind with-
out sufficient labor to handle
the crops. And parents
are too old to chop and pick
cotton are shifting to pastures,
grain, and livestock, and think
ing of quitting altogether ad
renting their land out.
But group action seems to
one of the best answers de
veloped so far to help ensure
Improved farming methods and
better living. One of the most
outstanding examples of gi«njp
action I saw was in the Vicks-
burg, Miss., area. There in
Warren County, a
development program embtAe-
Ing five communities is a going
concern. Having ” graduated
from Chamber of Commerce
direction, the rural people are
providing their own leadership
for the program.
As we drove through
cf the five communities, the
Extension agents, W. S. Demby
and Miss Malinda /Robinson,
pointed out some of the
ments of the program: new and
remodled homes with
name-plated mailboxes out
front, livestock grazing in
proved pastures, crops growing
on well-fertilized soil, freshly
painted churches with their
names neatly displayed, and at-
tractive community centers
converted from one-room school-
houses and abandoned church¬
es.
Each year cash awards are
given to the communities and
individual ... , , families that ,, . achieve ..
the highest scores. Points are
given for such accomplishments
as vaccinating livestock, plants
Ing certified cottonseed, develop¬
ing sideline cash crops, subscrib¬
ing to newspapers or magazines,
and improving school facilities.
I sat in on a meeting
some leaders of the program.
There was pride in their
and determination in their de¬
cisions. State Extension lead¬
er W. E. Ammons told me that
similar programs are being
conducted in nine Mississippi
counties, and perhaps in more
than 100 counties in the States
ot the region.
Tennessee is one of these. In
that State, the Extension lead-
* r W. H. Williamson and Miss
Bessie Walton, took me to see
a recently constructed $20,000
farm and home community cen-
ter in Clarksville. It was
by volunteer workers with mate-
rials purchased with funds rais-
-J e,i ,----^------ largely through selling din¬ ..
ners and conducting
hayrides, and tours under
leadership of the home demon-
tration agent, Miss Margaret
r. P HarWri no. ion.
The brick and concrete block
building contains a ™ lihro library, .... au-
ditorium, complete kitchen, and
the offices of Miss Harlan
her associates. Already
, building , , is th6 , activities .. ... center .
of Mbntgomery County. In i
are held many demonstrations,
and such social events as teas,
dinners, and receptions.
the influence of the center Is
contributing to better farming
and homemaking in the coun¬
try.
Less than 200 miles away’ In
Madison Co,. Tenn., 229 white
Brisco*
j and colored farmers who
near Jackson have joined
with the government to trans-
form the 22,610-acre Johnson
I Creek Watershed vvalelsilcu from rl
slopes and flooded valleys
more productive land.
This is being done by seeding
j cover crops, building terraces,
and planting trees to supple-
ment the floodwater-ret-arding
lakes which have been built
j by Soil the Conservationist government. James F.
Hughes told me that although
much remains to be done by
j the farmers, crop yields
ready are rising in the area.
More than half of the farmers
are colored.
j n Louisiana, one of the most
.mportant group activities
| j] le camping program at the
$150 000 Jesse Harrison 4-H
camp near Colfax, Over the
1 summer months, a total of close
i 0 2,000 youth encamp 200 at a
time. The program is not
signed mainly to help the young
people raise- better crops and
| livestock, • but rather to develop
into better men and women,
A sta ff of instructors, under
1 the direction of 4-H Leader
Ashford Williams, a Cornell
University graduate, teaches
youth 'everything from good
grooxnlng to personality dev-el-
0 pment.
In Missouri, 35-year old J.
Rencher of Oran is kind of a
one-man community service.
In addition to farming 80
as a tenant, he keeps
in repair for his neighbors, does
wwk with ^ own trac _
tors, operates a mechanical cot¬
ton picker for a large landown¬
er, and runs the community gin.
County Agent W. D. Purnell
yj'r. - ' fiehfc'het has ^izing'a made the first
towar ' j ’ farm
pp c 0 rg
mac jjj nery cooperative.
I. Undoubtedly, . .-ji,. ■ these . i, and . other ..
s , ze <*" Ne « r * rural
plfe of the. South are accelerat¬ ,
ing the achievement of impfov-
ed -farming ~ methods and
er living ' standards in the re-
gion.
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Pe had gome down and
fahed to come up.
The life guard L. Fluker, had
h * s cp air for a few
utes at the time of the drown¬
ing. Mrs. M. Harris,
ming instructor, found
. body at the bottom of the
! She gave artificial
) until the fire department
i rived with' inhalators.
(Flukej hjs retum
Qthers a , s0 assisted Mrs Har
\ ris
However, Owens did not
spond and was
dead by Dr. H. M. Collier, Jr.
The victim’s body was
to . Bynes-iRoyall „ lT5 „ Funeral ^ , T r ~
Funeral services will be
Friday morning at the
Baptist Church wihere
! C'wens was a regular
School pupil. Interment
be in Cyprus Pond
Newington, Ga.
Survivors are his parents,
j and Mrs. George W. Owens;
, ters, Miss Dorothy Lee
and Miss Thomasina Oweas;
brother, Fred O w e n s;
maternal grandmother
Maggie Kent; three aunts,
uncles and several other
tives.
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Phone AD 3-«llS0
Coninieneem’nt
At SSC
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topher.
| President and Mrs. W. K. Payne
will be at home to the alumni,
faculty, ‘ members of the graduating
class, their fh „ ir naranfs parents unH and f friends ripn ds
immediately after the baecalaure-;
ate exercise.
Tuesday evening, August 9, 7:30!
p m the 'graduating class will re-!
caive the p res ident’s annual mes-
saRe at the j r banquet. Willie Lud-
den, senior, Tifton, Georgia will
respond to the message and Doris
Poeter Gaines will serve as toast-
master.
0ll Thursday, August 11, at 12
HO on, the graduating class will pre¬
sent “Senior Class Day Exercises”
in Meldrim Auditorium. At 8 p.ra.
the “Senior Class Night Exercises”
will be held.
During the Senior Class Day
program, the class gift will be pre¬
sented to l)r. W. K. Payne, pre-
'sklent of the College, by Albert
B. Bryant, president of the ser.ii •
class. Others participating on the
program are Nathanial Johnson,
Willie Ludden, Feddie Mae Zeig
1 ler and Albert B. Bryant. Tommie
Mitchell will serve as moderator.
On Tuesday evening, 8-9 p.m.,
the President’s Reception for
Seniors will be held at the Presi¬
dent’s Residence.
On Wednesday morning at 11
a.m., the commencement exercises
will be held in Meldrim Auditor-
W ^ ter
j dent of Elizabeth City State Teach- I
ers College, Elizabeth City, North
Carolina will deliver the eighty-
fourth commencement address. j
Dr. W K. Payne will confer
degrees. i
I
TATEMVILLE
By Robert Richards
The Sunday School bus ride
given by the St. Peters AME
Church to Hilton Head Beach,
on Saturday, August 6 was suc¬
cessful.
Holy Communion services at
St. Peter’s AME church Sun¬
day were well attended. Rev.
B. B. Swinson, the presiding
elder, delivered tlje me6sa,ge V}s-i at j
4 00 p. m. and at 8 p. m.
iting members from Other
churches were Mrs. Charlotte
Bunnham .sister of Mrs. Cath¬
erine Richards, and Mrs. Vic¬
toria Western of White Plains
N. Y„ and niece of Mrs. Cath¬
erine Richards.
Sympathy is extended to
Rev. J. L. Sibert, pastor of St.
Peter’s AME church, in the
death of his brother in Phila¬
delphia.
The Georgia Hi Steppers So¬
cial Club boat ride Sunday
night was T~rr well attended.
'Robert Richards received his j
Ten Year pin and his Annual
Pass for him and his wife with
a letter of commendation from
the President and General Man¬
ager of Delta Air Lines, Inc. on
/Friday, Aug. 5.
Joseph Meachum, Sr., and
daughter, Sandra Ann, will
leave by plane next week for a va¬
cation in Memphis, Tcnn., vis-
isiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. Florence L. Greene re¬
turned home last week after a
( mon th’s vacation visiting rela-
I tives in New Y 0r k, Atlantic
city K j a nd Hartford, Conn,
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Things You Should Know
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Of COLUMBUS . OHIO ; WHO
BECAME CHIEF COUNSEL OF COLUMBUS 7
LAW DEPjT. ON JULY 29,1953 /. FIRST NEGRO
EVER TO HOLD THIS POS^ HE HAD EARLIER SUCCESS DE¬
FENDING THE CITY IN A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUIT /
Carter Woodson’s Book Tells
How Free Negroes Owned Rig
Plantations in Pre-Civil War
(By Milton Scott For ANP) j 1
Thousand's of Americans are
descendants h h t of Negroes who
were free before the Civil War.
In fact one out of 'every
seven Negroes in the United j
states was free in 1830. Some
of these free Negroes owned
large plantations in the South.
This information and other
widely unknown facts were re¬
vealed by the late Dr. Carter!
G. Woodson in a book entitled
“Free Negro Heads of Fami¬
lies in the United, gia^es ini
1830.”
The general belief, among I
most Negroes and almost all I
whites is that all Negroes in’
America before the Civil. War
were slaves or temporary in-j
dentured servants.
It is a revelation, indeed,!
that any Negroes in, Arpflrica' j
ever owned islaves. According
tc the record, a goodly number' before'
of Negroes in the South
the <Civil War owned | large
tracts of land and had from 10
to 200 slaves on each planta¬
tion.
There was one Negro in Lex¬
ington, Ky., in 1830 worth
$200,000 according to Dr. Wood-
son. The richest merchant in
Macon, Ga., was a free Negro.
A free Negro named Thomas
in New Orleans had a
^ half ^ million dollars in real es¬
tate. A man named Cyprian
Ricard of Louisiana bought an
estate for $225,000 including 91
slaves.
Woodson disclosed that Marie
Mftpyer of Ratchtoches owned
2.000 acres and 50 slaves, and
Charles Rogues of the same
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city owned 47 slaves, 000 worth of other property,
Another free Negro named There was a free Negro in
Martin Donate of St. Landry St. Paul’s Parish in South Caro-
owned 4.500 arpen'G of land, lina who had 200 slaves In
and 89 slaves. He had per- One estimate is that at least
sonal property worth $46,000. 49,000 free Negroes owned
The historian disclosed also ly 100.000 slaves. Woodson
that one Jesu Jones was own¬ closed that of 860 free
er of one of the best hotels In in Charleston, 130 of them
Charleston ,S. C. and had $40,- taxes on 390 slaves.
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By M. E. Morrell j
Regular services will be held
I at FAB Church Sunday begin-
i ning with Sunday School at 10
o'clock, H. Baker, superintend-
ent; morning worship 11:30; 1
evening service at 8 o'clock.’
Pastor The Black Sunday will bring School the mes-| pic-'
sage.
nic to Fornandina Beach, Fla.,!
will be on Wednesday Aug. 17.!
The church anniversary will be
celebrated August 21 through
28.
Miss Barbara Ann Ladson.l
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan- 1
el I.adson Is visiting relatives
and friends In New York city.
Mr. ai d Mrs. Willie Wilder
have returned Pi Miami, Flu,
after visiting the Rev. and Mrs.
Wilder and others.
Miss Fulk'ia Wilder will be
home this week end alter
spending two weeks with her!
grand parents in South Car¬
olina.
Mrs, Ernestine Mitchell) lie,:
tlvcs returned In New after York visiting City. rela-j
Shut-Ins Include Mrs. Carrie!
Jaekson, Mrs. Rebecca Jones,
Ben Baker and Miss Beverly
Sanders.
Any one interested In our
coamnunity newspaper please
contact Mrs. Morrell. I’ve en-
ioyed many years with the Tri¬
bune now my health prevents
me from giving It justice.—
Thanks!
spRiNr.F*Fi n
Miss Sarah A. Bell
The Home Burial Society of
Oliver, Ga, lost one of its
faithful members, Mrs, Isabel!
Murray. She was also a mem¬
ber of the Black Creek church
of Svlvania, Ga. Survivors are
three sisters, Mrs. Cora Thorn- Jones,,!
las, and Mrs. Sweetie
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and Mrs Yue f. Orifffttof
Springfield; two daughters?- *vo
twenty-three ons - twenty-one great grands grands. {,&nd J
^t. Hope choir convention
was Mt. Hope Bap-
tlst Church and was largely s|t-
tendid. Many churches wf/e
represented.
Mrs. Sweetie Jones of Oliver
continues on the sick list. I«V>
Mrs. Annie Simmons of Guy-
ten is a patient at the Central
of Ga. hospital. t
Mrs. Lue Griffin Is still yi.
Baptist Ushers Union
The Baptist Ushers Union
met with St. Luke Baptist
'■hurch in its fifth union meet¬
ing. Rev. B. C. Thomas deliv-
ere dthe message. The vegu-
lar meeting will be held «n
Monday night at Bethlehem
Baptist, church, 8 p. m. »
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