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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 18, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 3.

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Alabama

By Abbie Cooper

ABOUT fifteen years ago a company of workers left Battle Creek, Mich., to open a school for colored people in Alabama. They settled on a newly cleared piece of pine land, not far from Birmingham. Neat, inexpensive buildings were erected, and a garden and an orchard were started.
Few of the people in the vicinity could read or write, and many were so poor that they lacked proper food and clothing. However, the children and young people were eager to learn to work, and also took kindly to study. They were taught to help with the work of the school, and the older ones learned to give simple treatments. Others met with good success in canvassing.
The school is now being conducted by colored teachers. As a result of the work of this industrial school; a church of nearly fifty members has been organized, and the community is quite prosperous. ABBIE COOPER.