Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-17
To lhe PntlotIc clllzens Of Tezaa.


All Of Texas recognizes the Importance
of creditable representation at the
Worlds Fair, and several plans for rais-
ing the necessary funds have been tried
and abandoned. The organization at
Fort Worth failed; Galveston made her
fruitless attempt TO raise the money. The
Governor has emphatically declared that
appropriation by the Legislature would
be unconstitutional, therefore we need
look for no aid from that quarter He
urges us, however 60 by all means secure
this representation by some means. ad-
ding, "The Importance Of this enterprise
should rot be undcrestimated by the
people; for, in the great struggle for the
promotion, enlightenment and success of
progress and happiness among the mass
cs, no State possessed Of grand and
varied resources can afford TO fail In hay-
ing proper representation at this Expo
sition, participated IN and supported by
the people of the United States, and Of
the civilized world"
The patriotic ladies Of our State have
taken the matter in hand and are ac-
complishins much but they will need still
more. and offer to them and to the State
the following simple and effectual means
of raising the money for the purpose /
viii not csk any man for free donation,
but propose to give quid pro quo for every
dollar received.
There are IN our State two hundred
Il oil 20 oh
are directly interested in advertising
Texas and drawing immigration into her
borders: the more thinly settled the
country the more important this becomes.
| There can be devised no better means Of
advertising aud making known the re-
sources Of our wonderful State than rep
rcsentation Mt the Worlds Fair
II two hundred of these counties will
place 100000 insurance each in the Prov
ident Savings Life Assurance Society Of
New York good acceptable risks with
first annual premium poid, sending same
direct to this office, without the aid Of
any agent, / viii donate 100000 to rep
resent Texas at the Worlds Fair. As
| the insurance is received, the portion
! thereof which belongs to this fund will
be daily deposited in the Provident Ma
tonal Bank of Waco. and paid out month.
ly by the following trustees: SW. Sladcn.
w. n. Watt and w. r. Dunnica, to Mrs.
Tobin, as President OF the Worlds Fair
Organization.
Insurance to be placed to the credit of
Ills fund must be received at this Office
/ rot later tllan April 10, 1893
Eoccguizing the fact that ten or twenty
counties could easily obtain the entire
amount asked for, and wishing to stimu-
late emulation among them, 1 offer the
following prizes
To the County sending largest amount
Of Insurance, 10000
To the County sending second amount
Of insurance, 5000.
TO the County sending third amount of
| insurance $1,000,
To the County g5yyoS sending fourth amount
An 10 be devoted TO making speeinI dis.
rl0y for those Counties at the World's
| Fair and 10 be paid into the bords oF
the County Commissioners for that nur.
ppse.
also offer like prizes for the NOUS.
napers influencing the largest amount of
| this insurance.
Should the entire amount Of insurance,
not be received. the donations ana oisc
the prizes, will be pro-rted In exact pro.
portion 20 the amount that is received
One-half, II only Cne-half the Insurance
| Is secured; one-fourth. IL one-fourtb ~
the insurance is placed, etc
could suggest five channels througb
| tanned. w 'D
FIRSTLY the committees Let eoch
county appoint a committee of Ave, aotifS