The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.11, page 179, June 1911, U. of Illinois Press

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JUNE · I9 I I colored people in this community own over four hundred head of live stock and about two thousand acres of land. Principal Washington here urged the people to get hold of land and keep it, to do better farming, and grow something besides cotton. He said that they should not depend on the other fellow and should not go to town every first Saturday to draw from the merchants. 'They had an opportunity to draw from the soil every day corn, peas, beans, hogs, etc. More time he said should be given the wife to work around the house and to raise vegetables. The husbands were told to take their wives into their confidence. If this was done they would get along better and accumulate more. He especially stressed the importance of having conveniences at home, to make the home comfortable, so that the children would not be driven away. The party now set out for the next stop, Hardaway. All along the road were seen whitewashed houses and weld kept premises. A number of exceldent demonstration plots were inspected. At Damascus church in Hardaway a crowd of about two thousand people were waiting. Here was found one of the best schoolhouses and churches in the county. After a number of plantation melodies had been sung Dr. Washington and .Judge Terrell spoke to the people at considerable length. Principal Washington after commenting upon the fact that Damascus was a Biblical name told the people that they had better soil than was found in the Holy Land where the original Damascus was situated. He complimented the people upon their excellent church and school, their clean fields and whitewashed houses. The next stop was at Sambo community. Here we found the best farms seen anywhere in the county. Especially worthy of note were the farms of the Henry brothers and If. M. Seals. Altogether the colored people in this' community own about eight hundred acres of land. The Sambo school contains a bed room, a kitchen, a dining room and a recitation room. Sambo was the farthest point on the trip and here the return home was begun. Stops were made at Egypt, Sweet Gum, the Russell Plantation and St. Mark. At all of these places the exhibits of the people were inspected and their work commended. All in all this was the longest' end in many ways one of the most interesting trips Principal Washington has made. Tuskegee Student, 23 (June 3, 19~), I, 2. ~79