Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-21
SHERMAN.
LID Exhibition Given BY the Pm.
pills Of the Colored school.
ine Driving Park Association at Outs
with the Grand Jury.

special TO the Gazette.
SHERMAN, June aO.-Iast .vo,,,,,
Just before shutdown heavy c,o,a 80
N the southeast and hung for an hour
more almost stationary, while the
descending drops rejecting tho nr,s
matte colors from the setting sun main,
~ ~. ON lne somber background n most
oeautiiui rainbow. Our weather n ronhs
e,s looked approvingly on the picti,re
y. crescent loneliness, and quoting The
sailors adage, foretold unsettled
weather; but alas, the storm
ciouu regarded not the adana
ana In few minutes our city
was visited with one of the h,rJass,
rains Of the season, which cont;nnad
until near midnight. '"eu y
me excursion train which ran from
Ssinesville to Paris to carry colorad
!oIKs There to celebrate the emancina.
.'on anniversary, took out n lorye
NUMBER OF passengers from Sherman
Yesterday. They report bright. dry
aay there, and were surprised at Ana.
ing SO much mud and water on their
The annual concert of 81 Jos.n,,,s
academy billed for the opera.house
last night was postponed on account
vi the ram ana Will take place to-
night' A fine entertainment
,s,u promised which we
VIII 1uly report after seeing It,
me Sherman colored private school,
Iroi, ). IL. Carter principal, gave /,
concert at the courthouse, two nights
ago, 10 large audience of patrons and
quite number of leading white citi-
zens, among whom we will mention
County Judge Steedman, the best and
most enthusiastic school man i'm GRAY
son county; Judge |. M. Onins and
VIE OF North Texas college, Prof.
Nash of sherman Institute, Mayor
Buckler, A.C. Turner, Esq, and many
others. The children were arraved
In fashionable school garbs
and presented an interesting tab.
leau rs they marched out
In body and sang the opening an
them. Our reporter looked out over
the dense mass of colored folks and
must say that better dressed or more
orderly assembly could not be gathered
In any city, and sincerely wished that
some of the proverbial carpet baggers
who will soon be sent as missionaries
to Texas to instruct these people how
they must vote, and who they must
trust as friends, could have been there
to see what Texas is doing to elevate
the colored race and qualify them for
the important duties OF citizenship.
Several choruses and solos
were sung by the chill
dren in very creditable manner,
but the solos sung by Laura A. Moore
and Annie Skinner We're quite well
sung and gave evidence of fine vocal
powers in the singers. The marches,
dumbbell, wand ring and flag exercises
were all well done, and showed that
Prof. Carter had not been neglected. In
training his pupils.
From some want ofharmony among
the "brethering" this portion of the
colored children are not embraced in
the city colored school. We have
heard that church schism causes the
split but do not know the facts.
Rev. A. M. Hanks OF Dallas, the
venerable father of Rev. r. S. Hanks,
pastor of the First Baptist church at
Dallas, and of Mrs. {. w. Brown of
Sherman, is now lying mt the point OF
death ut the home of his daughter
on West Mulberry street in this
city. Mr.. Hanks ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
old and is being borne down 10 the
grave 10y the heavy hand of time.
j. III. Dills, secretary and treasurer
of the Sherman BloOded Stock aud
Driving Park association, was served
with warrant this morning issued on
an Indictment found by the last grand
jury charging him with obstructing
the Sherman and Dripping road In
that he built or caused 10 be built "A
race track and fence across the line of
the old road, and actually superin-
tended the construction of $25, 900
improvement adjacent to the city of
sherman, against the peace and dig
nifty of the state. 1t signified nothing
to the man or men who made conf
plant before the jury that time did not
permit the association TO obtain an
order from the commissioners court
to locate road elsewhere and
on better ground, and notwith-
standing better road was
built around the enclosure with bridges,
fills and culverts, wherever needed,
and turned over to the travelling pub
lie in good order, some mean man
found that the letter Of the statute had
been broken and he must kick. !"
What pity 1t is that a few old moss.
backs can't forever stand In the way OF
progress in Texas, and keep the whole
country, except their farms, open to
travel for their convenience. When
some man who has sense enough to
frame a road law, breaks into the leg
isIature by accident, we may have
legal machinery fitted to the de-
mapds of the times, but until
this strange event does happen prog
ress musI stand still, enterprise must
stay its eager hand and the country
lanpuish for fear of the kickers who
ought to be kicked out of the COM
munIty. :. r..
LATER.-Mr. Hanks died this after
noon. 90. ~.
about month ago TO chase cows out
West, came suddenly back q few days
ago without giving his friends any sat
isfactory reason for his return. Inc
secret got out this evening at 8 o'clock,
when he led Miss Annie Smith to the
marriage altar. Good luck attend the
hanpy pair forever Ia our prayer.
iTh.y went west to Callahan county
by the o'clock train.
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