The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-16

and should you need any special inforina-
ton you will kindly write me.
Trusting to have an early expression
from you. am, yours very truly
A. X. Moore,
Chairman Tobacco Committee Fruit.
Flower and Vegetable Festival.
Thomas ID. Tolman Secretary.
Upon motion OF MIR. w. r. Tucker. Mr..
Thomas u. Tolman was made secretary %
by the secretary, showed present the fol-
lowing gentlemen: A. Il. Moore. $. A.
Brown, &. N. Fischer. s. r. Perryman, b.
4. Carson, DR.. d. Perkins. w. b. Ran
som, Lowenstein, Edward stone, william
NJ Tolman, Eugene Butler. A. A. Moore.
J. b. Barnes, w. r. Tucker, NJ. L. Robbins
and w. C. Moore.
The following gentlemen were unani-
mously elected chairmen OF the various
sub committees formed by the tobacco
COMMITTEES:
Mr.. S. A. Brown. chairman arrangement
committee; Judge s. r. Perryman. chair
man reception committee; Mr.. J. L0wen-
stein, chairman entertainment committee;
Mr.. W. 3. Ransom, chairman transportl-
| ton committee
Mr.. Brown and MI w. n. Tolman stated
that in their opinion caeh prize was not
as desirable 20 Texas tobacco growers and
manufacturers as q medal. and after some
moved that the chairman Of the tobacco
committee be requested to use his iuflu-
ence to change the cash prizes and offer
suitable medals. The movement was
unanimously carried.
Mr.. G. N. Fischer spoke at length OF the
necessity of having ladies upon the to-
hacco committee, saying that despite the
fact that they were not considered to know
much more about the weed than the degree
to which It's fumes were Objectionable, still
the committee was sadly in need of their
assistance. The gentleman moved that a
committee OF ladies be formed to act with
the committee. Carried
The chair appointed Judge S. r. Perry
man to select chairman end vice chair
man OF the ladies committee.
NO further business was transacted and
the meeting adjourned until 2:3O D. M
Friday.
Throughout the meeting great interest
and enthusiasm were displayed, and II the
tobacco exhibit OF the Fruit, Flower and
Vegetable Festival is not an exceptionally
fine one 1t will certainly not be the fault
OF the tobacco committee.
The industrial committee met aud the
result is outlined IN the following report
submitted to President Childress:
w. A. Childress. Esq, President Fruit,
Flower and Vegetable Festival Associa-
ton, Houston.
Houston, Texas, November 15-Dear Sir:
We your subcommittee on manufacturers
exhibit at city hall, Houston. Texas De-
cember TO IL. beg leave to report as fol-
lows:
Firms wanting space Merchants and
Planters OH company. Empire Flour mill,
Magnolia Brewing company, American
brewing company, Hartwell Iron works,
Dickson Iron and Car Wheel works e. Il.
McGowen Iron works, Acme Lumber COM
pany, Buckley Bros factory, Menger Soap
company. Northiup & Clark, Barden- Sheets
Electrical Construction company, l.. Z.
Miller, electrical display; LOTHIAN Bros
mattresses and springs; Houston Packing
company Houston Gas Light company,
Phoenix Plumbing company, Brown Cor
nice company, Hamilton Bros. shirts; j. s.
Deady, drain tile and pottery company
We have communicated with twenty or
thirty manufacturers, including the three
other oil mills, and ALL with one or two
exceptions, spoke very favorably on this
enterprise and promised TO advise Your
committee as to space required. and we
are satisfied that you will hear from them
Ia short time. We would suggest that
a notice Of this display appear In the daily
papers, so that any manufacturer this
committee has failed to reach may be ad-
vised Respectfully submitted
c. II. Milby,
e. Y. Hartwell.
}. NJ. McKeever
The next meeting Of this committee wiz
be held Thursday. the 18th inst.
The Hower committee OF the Fruit.
Flower and Vegetable Festival met at The
store Of Chairman C. Grlnewald Yesterday
at p. m. These present, in addition to
the chairman and secretary were Mrs. 0. |
{. Drew and Mrs. T. W. House, the vice !
chairman; Mrs. S. L. Byers. Miss Mamie !
Usher, Mr. John Mcclellan. Mr. :. totse !
and Mr.. William Kutzschbach
me committee got TO earnest business |
at once and added to the prizes already |
offered the following:
Cut flowers FIRST prize. "a. second
prize. 81
Design FIRST prize, 50; second prize. s..
Applications for srace will not be re-
ceiVed after December l.
Exhibits must be i'll place and complete
ny O'Clock December 6. Exhibitors viii
DC allowed 10 renew cut flower and plant
EXHIBITS as often as desired, but not after
10 o'clock a, m, All exhibits can bc added
10 and re-arranged outside az exhibition
NOUS, hut only within allotted space.
All ieNas cities, towns. villages and COM
are requested to appoint a spe,lal
committee TO act with the local flower COM
mlttee and report such action to SIR. G.
number Of rules were discussed hut n
was decided before taking iinal action to
await the report of the COMMITTEES on |
awards
Considerable correspondence was manned
out for the next few days. The Hover
committee is awake and will do its full
duty.
The fruit committee. Mr., Lee. chairman.
met at 3 p. M at room 30l. KAN building
Present; j. NJ. Lee, chairman. A. r.
Moore. ], L. Short, ". L. Macatec, j. NJ.
deiselman, John Fishe. Ed. S. Stone, j. l..
fucker and {. NJ. HAM.
Inc chairman stated that the object of
me meeting was TO establish a basis of
prices TOR exhibits of fruits. also to an
point sub or working committees, the ,e
SUIT OF whose operations will be reporteu
% the next nesting by their respective
'nalrmen TO the chairman OF the fruit con-
nittee. wa
MT ueiselman moved thai the prize for
ne best ccuGty exhibit be sex senon.i |