The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-08
THE FAIR YESTERDAY
a NEGRO BANKER WORTH $780,.
600 DELIVERED THE
ADDRESS.
41GET MONEY WAS HIS ADVICE

One Industrious Negro Farmer, Who
Made a Fine Exhibit of Agricultural
Products, Explaining the Reason He
Failed to Get the Premium Asked
SHOW Can You Expect One Baptist
Darkey to Run Against the Episcopal
Church an Dr.. Lewis, Too 2"
make it lie always to go to the
Negro Fair in Ra'eigh. E ght years ago
Gae late Governor Scales made the best
speech at the negro Fair in Raleigh |
ever heard him make Then the Fair
was held at the old Federal camp which
has now been converted into the Soldiers
Home. When the land was turned over
to make Home for the old soldiers, it
was supposed that it would end the life
of the Fair. But not so. It was helped
by being turned out of doors, SO to
speak Ina camp was not suited for
the Fair, and the managers of the State
Fair, held by the white people, agreed to
let the colored men hold their Fairs in
t ne grounds made famous by fine horses.
fine cattle and fine crops.
The first thing that you see as you
enter the grounds is the sign, "Hit the
Niger" and great crowd of
his own race is congregated
trying to knock his brains out with
baseball-.he prof all going to the
white man who runs the show. The
second thing is tent, on the outside of
which is white man inviting the colored
youth in to see some half dressed white
woman, called in the bills "a beauty
execute a dance, hoo chez coo chez, or
so netting like it. The outside repre-.
sentation is not as scandalons as at the
fair held by the white people. In this,
AS in the chit the niger" shsw, the negro
pays the money and the white man puts
lit in his pocket.
TIE first m An you see, as you enter the
main bailding, is John Williamson, the
original John-Repub.ican editor, orator,
leader. ALI around him is the Franklin
county exhibit, and highly creditable of
that good county it is, too. The most
prominent thing in the exhibit is,
of course, picture of John, executed
by a negro woman, and good crayon
work it is. 1t looks too quiet and pious
for willy politician like John, and was
evidently taken from portrait of Frank
Inns colored statesman taken while he
was sitting as a delegate in the Republi-
can National Convention The display of
agricultural products, hand work, &c,
shows "that franklin leads the State" as
John triumphantly exclaimed. EYES,"
added he Franklin is the only county
here that has display. Franklin runs
the State in politics as we'll as in every
thing else"
Just across the hall was the display of
Johnston school, the school conducted
by Prof Smith, under the management
and ownership of Rev. r. H. W. Leaks
church. 1t showed that the boys under
his instruction have been well taught
and are apt to learn.
The largest and best display at the
FAN, however is that made by st. Angus
tine School. 1t was composed of every
thing all sorts of agricultural produces,
bread and cakes preserves, quilts, en-
Droidery, &c. The premium for
the best display OF agricultural
products was given to this school
exhibit, and Rev. A B. Hunter, who
was by as presence encouraging his stu
dents, was particularly pleased that
their work had received the reward But
there was at least one colored man there
that wasn't And he was j. G. Barker,
who rents farm in Houses Greek,
Wake county, from f. Montague, Esq
Il wan to show you my stuff said
Farmer Barker Il ougat to have the
premium, but | had to work against St.
Augustine school, and the whole Pisco-
pal church, including Dr.. Lewis, and
now could you expect poor Baptist