San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-19
THEY CELEBRATE TODAY.
CoLoRED CITIZENS IN THEIR
GLORY AND REJOICING.
Reasons for Dividing the Celebra-
ton in Two Separate Factions
The Programs for the
Event.

lne Zoln GulllN eFSdrN Ol the dDO-
lition of colored slavery in the
United States, an act of President
Abraham Lincoln, and for which
the negro will forever be grateful,
is being duly celebrated through
out the United States today. The
Nineteenth of June is the happi-
est day of the colored mans life,
and especially those who have ex-
perienced "Dem agonizing slavery
days" The event is being celebrat-
ed in San Antonio with all the
pomp necessary for a "swell cul
lud celebration"
AS an esteemed cullud gem
man" said to LIGHT reporter:
E'Owin' to trouble in de ranks OBJ
the cullud population in Santone
we dom celebrate the occashun to-
gether. De heightened niggers is
:gwine to Ribberside Park and de
low trash, or swell sassiety, as dey
style themselves, will be out to de
Springs. l kin git no reason for
desc akshuns, On'y dat dere am ut
ter disagreement between de real
swell people an dose whose weak
'maginashun leads 'em to be-
lieve dey are the heightened
people of de town, and derefore
we resolved ter celebrate de
nineteenth in two different places,
so as ter be shure no trouble will
rise between us. OATS all | kin
tell you OBJ the celebrashun, Mister,
an oh you want'er know some mo-
you better git FER program, whar
you'll find all dat we'se gwine ter
accomplish.
"Dat we'se gwine ter hab good
time dere is no question oh
doubt. One OBJ de features, OBJ
which you you ask me, will be er
baseball game between the best
cullud mines in Santone, called the
'SuntlOwers' kase dey plays de
best ball when de sun am out. De
odder club is de Corpus Christi
nine, and from de present indie
cashuns de SunflOwers is gwine ter
win de game. | tell you dat's all
know OBJ de celebrashun now, an
eb you want ter find out more you
better go an git program an go
out yer self, an dem you'll be
shure not ter get de two celebra-
shuns mixed up"
The day was opened this morn
ing with two different professions
for the two respective factions. The
procession for the celebration
AT RIVERSIDE PARK
was formed on South Center street,
in Newcombville, at 9 o'clock and
moved in the following order:
Grand Marshal A. Brown and staff.
BucEner Lone Star Brass Band.
Orators in Carriages.
Colored Sunday School.
Children in Decorated Floats.
Colored Church Societies.
Colored Baseballists.
Colored Citizens Mounted.
ColOred Citizens in Carriages.
COlored Citizens on Foot.
The procession traversed from
South Center to Chestnut street,
from there to Crockett street, along
Crockett street to Alamo plaza,
around Alamo plaza into Alamo
street, down Alamo to Commerce
and down Commerce to Navarro
street, thence to Travis park where
the participants took the street
cars for Riverside park.
AT the park the following pro-
gram was carried out and opened
with
Prayer by Grand Chaplain G. r.
Cushingberry.
Grafton. "The Future of the
Negro in America" by J. T. Glib
bons, grand orator.
Grafton. "What the Negro has
Accomplished Since Emancipa-
tion," J. H. Kelley.
Debate. as the Negro Capable
of Self Government" A. w.
Smith and A. B. Owens.
Industry and Economy" G. j.
Starnes.
"The Afro-American Steamship
and Mercantile Company" T. r.
MurchisOn and Todd Walton.
Current Issues" r. III. Harbert.
"The Only Solution of the Negro
Problem" E. d. Thomas.
Reading of the Emancipation
proclamation by A. G. Porter.
The officers of the organization
having the management of this
celebration are Robert Buckner
president, and A. c. Frilot, secre,
tary.
AT'sAN PEDRO SPRINGS.