The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-07-25
CELEBRATION
Is PLANNED
BOARD OF TRADE PROPOSES TO COM
MEMORATE FIFTY YEARS FREEDOM
Will Hold an Exposition in October
All of Tennessee Invited to
Participate-state Will Be
Organized in Congressional
Districts-Each District
Selects Representative.

0SlSClS representative.
At the regular meeting of the
Board of Trade last week the plans
for a statewide celebration were sub
mitted by special committee head
e.. by Prof H: L. Keith, who drafted
the plan. 1t is the purpose of the
Board of Trade to hold on exposition
in commemmoration of the fiftieLh
anniversary Of the freeing of the
slaves. The plan is as follows:
Organization and Plan.
/. The appointment of a represen-
tative in each congressional district
OF the State of Tennessee. He shall
be chairman of the celebration plans
of his district and work in co-opera-
ton with the general plan Of the
Nashville Negro Board of Trade.
2. The appointment of good
s,rong and influential woman to have
general charge of the work among
the State of Tennessee, She shall
organize woman's auxiliary to work
in harmony with the general plan Of
the Nashville Negro Board of Trade.
g. The appointment Of man to
visit each congressional district of
the state and work up the interest
among the chairmen of these con-
gressional districts.
4. The president of the Nashville
Negro Eoard of Trade shall be the
head of the organization and the
chairman of the Executive Commit
tee of the Nashville Negro Board of
Trade shall be chairman of the
Executive Committee of the state or
ganization. The Secretary of the
Board of Trade shall be the Director
of Publicity.
5. The purpose of the organization
shall be the celebration of the fifty
years of freedom enjoyed by the Ne
groes of Tennessee. 1t shall make
an exposition of their religious, intel
ffectna, moral and material advance
ment
Plan of Semi-CentenniaI Exposition
Agricultural.
There shall be a committee ap'
pointed whose duty it will be to di.
rect the plans for the agricultural ex
hibit and collect statistics concerning
the agricultural advancement of the
I Negroes of Tennessee during tneiI
fifty years of freedom. This commit
tee shall nave a secretary-manager
to work in cooperation with a like
committee appointed in every con
gressional district of the state by the
chairman of that congressional dis
trict. The secretary-manager of the
agricultural exhibit shall have his
headquarters in Nashville.
Industrial.
There shall be an industrial com
mittee whose duty it will be to col
lect exhibits and direct the plans fol
the industrial exhibit, collect stats
tics concerning the industrial develop
ment of the i,egroes of Tennessee
during their fifty years of freedom
This committee shall have secre
tary-manager to work in cooperation
with a like committee appointed in
every congressional district by the
chairman of that district
The secretary-manager of the in
dustrial exhibit shall have his head
quarters at the Nashville Negro
Board of Trade.
Educational.
There shall be an educational com
mittee whose duty it will be to col
lect school exhibits and statistics ana
direct the plans for the educational
exhibit and the intellectual develop
ment of the Negroes of Tennessee
during their fifty years of freedom
This committee shall have a secreta
ry-manager to work in cooperation
with a like committee oppainted in
every congressional district of the
State of Tennessee by the chair
man of that congressional district
The secretary-manager Of the edu
cational committee shall have his
headquarters at the Nashville Negro
Board of Trade.
Religious.
There shall be religious commit
tee appointed, whose duty 1t shall be
to direct the plans of the church and
religion exhibit an d collect statistics
regarding the religious advancement
of the Negroes of the state during
t. cir fifty years Of freedom. This
committee rhall have secretary
manager to work in cooperation with
like committee appointed in every
congressional district of the state by
the chairman of that district
The secretary-manager OF the
church and religion committee shall
have his headquarters in the Nash
ville Negro Board of Trade.
Committee on Statistics.
There shall be a committee ap-
pointed for the gathering and COM
Hpiling of statistics regarding the
agricultural, industrial, educational
and religious advancement of the Ne
groes of Tennessee during their fifty
years of freedom. These statistics
shall be gathered and prepared for
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