The Opelousas courier., 1885-10-31
North, Central and South Ameri-
can Exposition.
ooLoRED AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION.


COLoRED AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION.
OFFICE REV s. Z. II. MoRANT, Hon. CoMR.
or the Parish of st. Landry. La.
Washington, Oct. lS, 1886.
Fellow Citizens Of Color of the Parish of ST.
Landry:
Itendcr to your eonGdence and care
full consideration this, my address aud
appeal to your sympathy, intelligence
and energetic manhood.
Nov. 10th, 1885, is the day on which
the North, Central and South American
Exposition opens its doors to the world.
Ali nations and peoples are invited to
visit and take part in it, either as Com
petitive or demonstrative exhibitors, or
both, as the case may be. There is no
bar to any of the different departments
for exhibits on account of race or color.
All exhibitors and visitors have access
and privileges alike to every part Of un
appropriated and unoccupied space in
the Main Building, United States Build
ing, Horticultural Hall, Art Gallery,
Furniture Pavilion and other places on
the grounds, allotted for exhibits, &c
there is no discrimination, unless the
laws and rules governing exhibits, ex-
hibitors, visitors and the Exposition are
violated. Let all our people do some
thing. Exhibit your corn, cotton, pota-
toes, rice, sugar, sugar cane, etc. Let
our blacksmiths, wheelwrights, carpen-
ters, coopers, masons, plasterers aand
other mechanics, artists, chemists, 1ro-
fessors aud teachers Of colleges lAnd
| schools, send models, plans, m.ps,
charts, descriptions, patents, drawings,
systems and apparatus from their ships,
studios, colleges aud schools, to the TX
position as exhibits. Let our wiaes,
| daughters, mothers and sisters, yEke
hold at once of woman's works, I Ind
send exhibits of neat patchwork, qs fit
ings, tides, rugs, mattings, needle Work
| of every description, home made soaps,
perfumed and otherwise, highly polish
ed shirt fronts, cuffs and collars, in-
gredients used, etc., and other things
used by them for domestic purposes,
such as preserved fruits of all ki3ds,
,iellies, etc. Do your best to excel in
every department; stand back for none
in this matter, but press to the front
and show up what you are doiLR
Sometimes things that appear to GU
selves, too Insignificant to be noticed
because they are productions OF our ow
skill and are hid from sight from fea
of criticism, when exhibited and tested
have proven to be useful, industrial ant
I domestic helps therefore, throw feal
| aside and make your exhibit At the late
| Worlds Industrial and Cotton Centen-
NAL Exposition, the race made fail
display of its industrial energy, sur
4 prising our friends and ourselves LIE
us therefore put greater efforts III oper
alton, to aid in placing at the coming
Exposition much larger and grande
exhibit of our industrial energy, both il
number and variety. Let us have al
| outpouring of all classes of onr people
on opening day, during continuance, ant
especially on Friday, Jan. 1st, 1886, th'
i African American and Emancipation
| Day. Let all our benevolent associa
tions within the limits of this parish b,
at the Exposition on Emancipation Day
in full regalia, to take part i'll the cere
monies of the occasion and the parade
The Hons. Frederick Douglass and Sen
ator Bruce are expected to be presen
and make addresses. Fellow citizens
let us, in the presence of Almighty God
whose blessings we implore, and thes
great American people, upon whom "
crave his blessings, erect upon that da
an historical Ebenezer to be admired b
all !; and in furtheraucs of this grea
cause, am requested to invite th
: prominent and representative, colore
! citizenaaf each ward in our parish t
: meet at an early day in Opelousas. q
the Courthouse, and organize locf
board auxiliary to the colored auxiliar
association at New Orleans, for the pun
pose of placing more Immediately be
fore all classes of'our people, the grea
, object of the association. Judge + /,
I D'Avy. Rev.'s R. Anderson, Bibb
/. North and Russell, DR.. A. E. P. Alber
2 Honorary State Commissioner, and otf
] ers of our interested friends are invite
J to be present aud deliver addresse
Fellow citizens let us show our sist,
J parishes that st. Landry is not an inc
8 behind the foremost In conclusion,
o implore you, let not this my address
in vain, but let it arouse every lnstin
Q Of competitive manhood, industrial 81
. ergy and above all, grateful apprecli
ton of these great privileges extende
to you aud before | close, | would 7
mind you that collective State exhibi
will be forwarded to the Exposition
i. and at its close, returned to the send
d or owner free of charges. Please ha'
i each article you send properly al
n carefully labeled.
n Very respectfully,
If S. e. H MoRANT,
g Hon. Parish Commissioner.