Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-18
To the Pototic Citizens Of Texas.

All Of Texas recognizes the Importance
Of a crcditable representation az the
Worlds Fair, and several plans for rails
ing the necessary funds have been tried
and abandoned. The organization at
Fort Worth failed Galveston made her
fruitlcss 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, to by all means secure
this representation by some means, adj
ding, "rhe Importance of this enterprise
should rot be undercstimatcd by the
people; for, In the great struggle for the
promotion, eulightcnmeut and success of
progress and happiness among the mass
es, no State possessed of grand and
varied resources can afford to fail In hav-
ing proper representation Mt this Expo
sition. participated in and supported by
the people Of the United States, and Of
the civilized world"
Tho patriotic ladies' Of our State have
taken the matter in hand, and are ac-
complishinG much, hut they will need still
more, and l offer to them and TO the state
the following simple and etfectual means
of raising the money for the purpose. /
win not rsk any man for free donation,
but propose TO give quid pro quo for every
dollar received.
There are in our State two hundred
and forty-seyen counties, all Of which
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 and making known the re-
sources Of our wonderful State than rep
resentation at the Worlds Fair
If 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 paid, sending same
direct to this Office, without the aid Of
any agent, / will 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
tlonal Bank Of Waco and paid out month
IL by the following trustees: SW. Sladcn,
w. Il. Watt and W. Il. Dunnica, to Mrs
Tobin. as President of the Worlds Fair
Organization,
Insurance TO be placed to the credit Of
this fund must be received at ths Office
not later than April 10, 1903
Recognizing the fact that ten or twenty
counties could easily obtain the entire
/ amount asked for and wishing TO stimu-
late emulation among them, l offer the
following prizes;
To the County sending largest amount
Of insurance $4,000.
To the County sending second amount
Of insurance. 5000
To the County sending third amount OF
insurance, 5000
10 the County sending fourth amount
Of insurance. 5000
All 10 be devoted TO making special Ills.
play for those Counties Mt the \VorlG's
Fair, ana TO be paid into the hands of
the County Commissioners for that mr..
pose,
l also offer like prizes for the news
papers influencing the largest amount ~
this insurance "
Should the entire amount Of insurance
not be received the donations. nnd also
the prizes, viii be pro-rated in exact bro.
norton 70 the amount that is received
One-halt, II only tne-half the Insurance.
Is secured; one-fourth, IL one-fourtb az
the Insurance Is placed. etc
could suggest five channels througb
which this Insurance can easily be ob
tained W
FIRST BY the committees Let each
county appoint committee of five, notify