The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-11

and then bought q flask aud started back
ono flask OF whisky three or four
drinks aud tobacco .,,....,.t,,,., %
one bottle OF guuit ,,.,...,.....,,.r u
One days work lost az lcaat...".,'. 90
Total ................. ..........$l15
"Now. let's work on that man aud his
wife let's convince them OF the utter folly
and wicledncss of such actions, aud let's
advise them tc get
Three bars of good laundry soap...,. IL
Two good cotton towels ....,'.''". ~
4 good broom .,..',..,..'''''''''' 20
I Nails ........ .....+.... ...,..s. ..-'' W
Calico for curtains for two windows 90
ono package flower seeds .'.',''t''
T5tnl .....,.... Northumberland 10
"The SOAP viii do TO scrub tho loors'
tables and children !. viii also WASH
their clothes The broom Will help TO Keep
the place clean, The curtains VIII help 10
make the house look more llio nome Inc
nails will help II us up the 'front.' Yara 80
that few flowers can be planted and the
flower seeds viii help to make the yard
bright broom made out OF weeds 10
sweep the yard VIII soon make the place
look as II somebody was living there Now
supposa the man was to iaVeat two BITS
in whtewash. and beg somebody Tor
few honeyeuckle ROOTS Isn't Il a TACT
tina. 40 one would know the place IN
few months
These are NOT mere enthusiastic thco'
RES. They are practical principles az
propose u show later by the testimony OF
the white people In the counties where
they have been put Into operation duflnS
the last ten yanrs The prompt roeognl-
ton which the white residents of the com
muuities have accorded the Efforts OF INC
Improvement societies has hcen hclp'u,
and encouraging OF this Mr. smith sald
TO me. "Olir white noehbors nave SVEN
as all The credit for our enterprise lheE
have not al any time been innlchl, but
have aroused the cnmlty Of negroes "h"
we're not interested to Sympathizc Win our
efforts, by frcnucu, and favorable anu
sions to our Improvement
II took Ave years 90 establish The work
AZ Oakland so thoroughly that those M
torestod could think Of extending a. Now
there are nearly hundred similar Or
ganl2alions IN other communities, WIN
nearly 1000 members. and an annual con
vocation is held to which each local s0cie-
IS can send one delegate for every tween
ly-hyc members. All this has been done
with no outside aid. Mr., Smith has con-
llnued 10 teach his school and has gone
oui on missionary work only on Friday
nights. Saturdays and Sundays, and DUR
Ing vacations Three years ago, az he
Tuske gee negro conference ne ohaiued
tho idea II holding tair n connection
With the annual convention. and since
then this has been regular event in
creasins IN Importance. aud interest each
year The fair n lsea was held in Coz
iumbui. Texas lasting four days with
an average daily attendance ~ 100 people,
Of both races. Here. as in thu other fea-
lures Of the work, the help and interest
Of the white residents Of ,he community
was manifest quote from long report
Of the fair printed in the Colorado Citizen.
local white paper
The fourth annual conyocation OF The
Farmers Improvement society opened 10
Columbus lat Wednesday and was by fan
the mos, creditgble meeting OF the aaeo-
citation This wag really well arranged
fair With an admirable display of varied
exhibits The Farmers Improvement so-
ciciy Is an institution established some
years ago by Professor Il l. Smith
teacher Il the colored school 10 Oakland.
u t-s branches IN twenty counties. and
membership of about 1000 In com
men With most Of the white people Of tho
town 4 citizen representative visited the
isir. The display far exceeded our expec-
iatipn, and showed remarkable progress
IN the part Of the colored peopie. .
The fair was visited by many white peo-
pie, and a. the close. Saturday night. It
was hard 10 Tell which was In the ma
iorlty
on the Same fair tho Galveston New.
says IN a dispatch from Columbus, "Ir
every county 10 the state could have an
organization OF the blacks for the p,lr-
poses Of the Improvement society found
I ed by r. J. Smith the race problem
would be speedily solved The
Fair was sure enough institution. II
was AN attraction, and drew nearly az
I many whites as blacks, The manaee-
meet were frst-rate business men and
they applied some OF the principles 10
the conducting Of this exhibition >
/ The whites attended Ia crowds The
( races respected each other Everything
was In harmony 4 splendid feeling pre-
walls. The whole town is clamoring for
he next fair TO be held here. II Is q
good Thing for ms al that II Is here
The Weimnr Mercury, apother Texas
white paper printed in a town In which
LEGAL eocisty is in operation. after
sptablng in very high terms Of the fair.
Gays The Mercury wishes 10 call the
attention OF the people OF Welmar 10 the
advantage OF having this fair held here,
ret only neNl year, but rs permanent
lorafic