I told the man frankly that at the time we did not have in our hands one dollar of the money needed.

Notwithstanding this, he insisted on being allowed to put the lumber on the grounds.

After we had secured some portion of the money we permitted him to do this.
Miss Davidson again began the work of securing in various ways small contributions for the new building from the white and coloured people in and near Tuskegee.

I think I never saw a community of people so happy over anything as were the coloured people over the prospect of this new building.

One day, when we were holding a meeting to secure funds for its erection, an old, ante-bellum coloured man came a distance of twelve miles and brought in his ox-cart a large hog.