The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-09-18

patterson, Previous to the address Of
fhe Governor a quartette from Fisk
university rendered the "Old Ken
tucky Home" This met with such
hearty applause that the quartette
gave an encore: 'Mamy's Lii Lamb,
fGoVernor NJ 4. Patterson. as "a rem
resentatiye of the whole state" de-
liyered a short address in which he
spoke encouragingly to those present
.ot the progress made Dy me Negro
race. Gov. Patterson said that he
was a Southern man, born in South
ern state with all the prejudices OF
Southern man, but he was a friend to
the Negro so long as he obeyed the
law He, like all true Southerners
wants to help the Negro to better his
condition, and he was glad to note the
evidence of progress as shown at the
fair. God had placed the white man
and the black man here, the Governor
declared, and it was left for the races
to work out their own destiny. The
Governor said much more in the same
strain meeting the hearty applause of
mis- audience when he had finished.
/ Nashville was represented by May
or James S. Brown, who spoke much
on the line of Governor Patterson ex-
| eept that he branched off to argue
that Abraham Lincoln was 70 better
friend to the Negro than many others
not considered so. Judge Pollard
spoke in behalf of Davidson County.
| The responses to the speeches of
the representatives of the different
branches of the local government
were peculiarly fitting. For this task
two of the best speakers of the city
were called in the persons of Rev.
Sutton e. Griggs and DR.. c. V. Rom
an. Both of these gentlemen are noted
| for their oratorical abilities, and both
upheld their reputation. The speech
es were happy efforts in which fitting
replies were made to the addresses of
the previous speakers.
Some Of the most diligent workers
for the success of the fair have been
the women Under the leadership of
Mrs. Preston Taylor the president of
the women's auxiliary many of the
lmost creditable collections on exhibi-
ton have been brought togethgRs..Mrs.
Taylor in addressing the association
on the work of the women spoke as
follows:
"Mr. Chairman, Members of the Ten
nessee Colored Fair Association, La
dies and Gentlemen.
Owe the Auxiliary of the Tennessee
Colored Fair Association congratulate
and greet you on this your first effort
to hold fair From the beginning
the women of our association have
done all in our power to aid and abet
your undertaking The women of our
organization have felt for long time
the need of some effort of this char
acter to exhibit the skill and handi-
work of our men, the deft and artis-
tic tastes of our women, and even the
aptness with which our children take
to anything pertaining to manual
training.
'When we formed our association
we wrote to the larger portion of the
counties of our state. From some
we received prompt and encouraging
replies, but from others we have heard
nothing of this day The outlook has
not been bright but These faithful
women have worked zealously. refus-
ing to be discouraged. AS a result we
present to you the exhibit below,
hoping you can at least realize some
thing of the effort we have put forth
to procure even this exhibit.
In turning over our commission and
the keys we wish to thank your as
sociaton for courtesies shown us.
We also wish to thank all friends and
citizens who have in any way assisted
us or have been a well-wisher to our
undertaking.
wish also at this time to thank
all the ladies of our association who
have done so much publicly and per-
sonally towards supporting me in the
discharge of the arduous duties of
chairman Of this auxiliary"
At the night performances the horse
show, under the direction Of J. Frank
Battle and c. n, Langston, has been
a meritOrious production Free eX-
hibitions of acrcbatic work and the
acting of the contortionist were pleas
ing features of the show. The tourna-
mentment in which riders on fast
moving horses catch or attempt to
catch rings suspended from poles, has
brought to the night show a number
of skilled horsemen.
rr,t- 81 J. ~.