Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-04
NEGRO EXPOSITION SHOWS
PROGRESS MADE BY RACE
Opens at State Fair Grounds To-
Morrow Under Bright
Auspices.
MANY EXHIBITS INSTALLED
Bearing Endorsement OF President,
Governor and Mayor, Historical
and Industrial Display VIII Show
What Negro Has ACCOMPLISHED.

Governor and Mayor, Historical
and Industrial Display Will Show
What Negro Has Accomplished.
With the official Endorsement OF tho
United States. the State of Virginia and
the city of Rich lond, and the we'll
wishes OF good citizens gcneyally
throughout tho length and breadth OF
the Conmonwealth. the big negro expo
sltion held under the auspices OF the
negro historical and Industrial Asso-
cia'on VIII be formally opened to-
morrow. Many weeks have been spent
IN preparation for the event. and many
inhuences haVe been brought to bear
upon us ultimate success. and to-mor-
70" mo fruits OF these lnbors will be
shown to the public II there is to be
talIure, II cannot be foreseen.
me exposition represents the prog
ress OF the negro race since emancipa-
non. since the document signed by
abraham Lincoln proclaimed to the
unshaGkled and had been granted the
inalienable right of life. liberty and
the pursuit OF happiness" The pur-
pose OF the fair. the National Negro Ex-
position. Ia to show the world how
wisely and how we'll this freedom has
been used, and how far on the road
to the higher civilization he has trav-
eled since he began this new life ffty
years ago. The concrete exhibition n,
his progress in tho arts and sciences
ana an the worlds work that calls
for the greatest skill Of hand and brain
are here. and the work will have IN.
opportunity TO pass an unbiased iudg.
ment.
MUCH IS DUE TO ENERGY AND
EFFORT OF GILES IL. JACKSON
The brains, energy and foresight nee
essary TO stage the numerous and d.
r ~
ceiVable corner of the Southland and
many Northern points Is largely trace
able TO the interchangeable and resource
ful president. Giles r. Jackson. who
supervises and directs everything con-
nected with the big fair And mot
only is he the moving spirit here hui
II Was he who was responsible FOR The
whole thing. II was due to his patrI-
otic eagerncss to show the world thar
In spite of the many obstacles II had
10 meet and overcome. the negro race
mas made progress. and remarkable
progress during the Inst nfty wear,
the race now has opportunity TO cS-
. mint this progress to the world lie
iaid the matter before Congress and il
replied with an appropriation of s55.-
"oo' ne importuned the President, and
the exposition was proclaimed to the
people OF the country: ne was respon-
sible for $500 appropriation from
the state OF New York: he asked for
the official sanction Of the State OF vir-
ginia and got IL: and he was ins,ru
mental In getting Mayor Ainslie 10 Is
sue proclamation to the people OF
this city.
Blu, the effective work of his able
corps or assistants. who in themselves
show the progress Of the race. must not
De overlooked. Without them tho
president could not have done so we'll
They have done their part, and done II
IN very satisfactory manner.
FAIR GROUNDS HAVE
iAhES on GALA APPEARANCE
rms all means that, judging from
the looks OF things, the exposition is
going 10 he an unqualified success Al
ready the Fair Grounds have taken
on gala appearance. and everything
points 70 successful exhibition OF
negro progress In ALI lines OF human
endeavor. From almost every nook and
corner OF the land from New York to
Florida, carloads and tra!nloads OF
things. representing the work from
the thought Of the scholar to the less
pretent!ous skill Of the factory hand
have been received and Installed
Much of the work evidences the best
OF training. all OF II represents wonder
ful progress from state OF ignorance
and slavery.
According TO the president. the in
voice or shipments already in hand
shows that more than 100000 worth
OF goods have been received and placed
in the big exhibit building. But there
liz still great deal more to come. pos
s'bly dozen carloads. These exhibits
Will all be installed by Tuesday night.
Notable among those which have not
yet been unioaded Is the one from
New York, which is expected 10 be
unusually good, and is OF more than
passing interest because OF the fact
in such good stead when he was hunt
ing funds with which to finance the
affairs.
MANY EXHIBITS ARE
ALREADY IN PLACE
Among the exhibits already here, and
which were being arraigned yesterday
are those from the Manassas Industrial
School, Henrico public school, Rich
mond public schools, st. Psurs Normal
and Industrial School. Lawrenceville;
virginia School for the Deaf and Blind.
Newport News: Manual Training School
Hagerstown, Md: State School for
Negro Deaf, Raleigh. y. c.. Shaw Uni
versity; Pennsylvania and Massachus-
etts; American Tobacco Company; St.
Emma Industrial and Agricultural COL
lege Rock Castle, Va; two art gal
leries. representing the work OF negro
artists throughout the country; histor-
ical exhibition, showing his progress
in historical research, and many others.
The exhibits are basket work.
wagons, buggles, steel tools. polished
woods and almost every lima gina bl O
thing.
The women have a department all
to themselves,and they have on display
the things that women generally max e
by hand and with needle
MIDWAY HAS REAL
STATE-F.AIR APPEARANCE
The Midway is beginning to assume
a real State Fair appearance. There
will be twenty-siS- of the best at
fractions In the country staged here,
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son Southern Plantation Shows, Dan
Michaers New York Follies, Colonel
Jackson's Before the War Down
South" Hiram Willis's Autodome, Dr.