Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-18
COLORED STATE FAIR.
The Fair Company Appeal to the Colored
Citizens of the State.
Proposed Military Drill and Sham Battle-Non-
Cooperation of the Indebtedness
of the Company.
MARsHAIL. TEX, Feb. Is, 1889.

fair board OF directors, i'll regular meet.
ing convened, was instructed to for
ward you copy of the president 5 ad.
dress to,the colored citizens of Texas,
and request you to give it space in your
paper in. GTLETT, Sec y.
To the Colored Citizens Of Texas:
You find us-the Texas Colored state
fair appealing to and urging
upon you the utility of you being repre-
sented in this Fair company.
/ We highly appreciate your patronage
in the past and humbly seek your eo~ope-
ration in the time to come. The Fam
| company rests assured they viii have
| your aid and support, with increased
energy regardless of previous clrcum-
stances. We readily acknowledge our
| inability to accomplish any good without
your assistance, but we candidly believe
] with your cooperation we can make the
Texas Colored state fair grand success.
| The fair is a grand enterprise. 1t has q
! tendency to Joster and perpetuate the IN
! terest of our people, and bring forth all
! the genius of our race and show up their
! Improvement educationally, scientifically
| and financially. Can any race of people
who were born in ignorance, held in
| slavery and turned loose without rail-
ment, give their attention to better
enterprise than that of q state fair?
! Ny fellow citizens, you win again al
low me, on the behalf of the fair COM
/ pany, TO extend TO you their hearty con-
graduation for the past support rendered
them, hoping in the meantime they (the
fair company will never have cause to
complain Of negligence upon the part of
the whole people, in sending in their ex-
hibits for exhibition.
PROPOSED MILITARY DRILL AND SHAM
BATTLE.
It is proposed by the fair company to
give grand military drill and sham bat
tie upon their fair grounds some time in
June, 1889. A purse of $500 will be
raised and put il the First national bank
of Marshall, Tex, to be distributed
among the winning companies, or as the
judges (appointed by the fair company
may direct. No company will be charged
an entry fee-all companies to be entered
free from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi
and Arkansas. There will be a special
committee appointed to see to it that not
less than five companies be entered on
that occasion. We aim to have q bril-
liant time. An effort win be made to
get some fine running horses entered, as
the track is to be put in fine condition
by the time mentioned above.
NON-CO-OPERATIoN OF THE COLORED
PEOPLE.
It is hoped that the non Incorporation on
the part of the eolored people toward the
fair will be wisely considered, from the
fact the far held in Fort Worth, a. D
1887, had tendency TO impede the fair
held in Marshall A. d. 1888, and this is
based upon the bad management of the
Fort Worth fair. In these kind of en-
terprises it takes time, hard work and an
united effort of the whole people.
Turn your attention to the Texas state
fair and Dallas exposition and the San An
tonic international fair, with hundreds of
thousands of dollars at their back, and
they have not as yet represented what
they would like to; and, mark you, the
above named fairs have the aid and sup
port of the most enterprising people
upou God IS green earth.
THE RACE DIVIDED PERTAINING THE FAIR.
The people were greatly divided upon
the ''fair question - Revs. A. r.
Griggs, Howell, Professor Elliott and
associates, thought it wise to concentrate
the negro exhibit with the Texas state
fair and Dallas exposition, and thereby,
as they claimed, break down that
monstrous race prejudice as claimed to
exist between white and black. And on
the contrary, we who compose the Texas
colored state fair company, thought it
wise to have fair ground of our own,
conducted and controlled by negro men,
and thereby show to the world the pro-
gress of our people in Texas; that they
I'LL conspicuous place in this grand old
commonwealth. [ only give this IN
formation for the benefit of those
who might ask the question: fWhat
brought about such a wide division in re-
CARDS to the fair?'' SO you can plainly
see that the above difference OF opinion
resulted in colored state fair at Dallas,
Tex and a "olored state fair at Mar
shall, Tex. The above statement shall
leave it to the many good citizens OF
Texas and elsewhere to decide.
NoN-sUCCEss OF TEXAS coLoRED STATE
FAIR.
The Iateness of crops, the like of money
in possession of the farmers, the cutlery
of yellow fever, the quarantine at VicKs-
burg and New Orleans of military COM
pauies, coupled with the great
political excitement, all served TO
augment the causes of non-suc-
cess of the Marshall state fair and of
course, rendered it impossible to get the
people to take an active part In the pro-
iect as they should and would like TO have
done. Further, this being the year in
which two grand political parties came in
contact with each other, each hoping TO
see the eagle of victory perched upon
their banner, we hear Of hundreds of
conventions and assemblages being
called; we hear like sounds OF thunder
the appeals of orators; we see men be-
decked with gay eolors, marching down
the streets with music, harmonious, and
in the above, the negro, the supporter of
the Colored state fair, playing no insig-
niacant part; these are the causes Of the
shortage of attendance and Of financial
aid which subsequently led to the nom
success OF the Colored state fair. We
hope the time will soon come when the
negro of Texas win turn his attention to
things more noble and glorious.
REPRESENTATION OF THE NEGRO.
It is claimed by some OF our leading
men that this state of affairs must be
kept up III order 70 have representation
in political matters Representation is
grand thing. The cause of one Of the
most fearful wars was brought about by
Great Britain imposing tax upon Amer
lea without representation. But mark
you nv friends. America was not IN the