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2 THE FAIR YESTERDAY A NEGRO BANKER WORTH $50,. 000 DELIVERED THE ADDRESS. “(JET MONEY" WAS HIS ADVICE On - ? Industrious Negro Farmer, Who Made a Fiue Exhibit of Agricultural Products, Explaining the Reason lie Failed to Gel the Premium Asked “How Can You Expect One Baptist Darkey to Run Against the Episcopal Church ani. Dr. Lewis, Too ?” I make it a r ile always to go to the Negro Fair in Ra’e’gh. E ght, years ago €ie late Governor Scales made the best speech at the nigro Fair in Raleigh I ■ever heard him make Then the Fair was held at the old Federal camp which ■has now been converted into the Soldier’s Home. When the land was tinned over to make a Home for the old soldiers, it was supposed that it would eud the life of the Fair. But not so. It was helped by being turned out of doors, so to .sp3ak. Tua camp was not suited for the Fair, and tie marugers of thej?tate Fair, held by the white people, agreed to let the colored men hold their Fairs in tie grounds made famous by fine horses, fine cattle and fine crops, The first thing that you see as you enter the grounds is the sign, “Hit the nigger,” and a great crowd of his own race is congregated trying to knock his brains out with a baseball —‘he profi s all going to the white man who runs the show. The second thing is a tent, on the outside of which is a white mau inviting the colored youth in to see some half dressed white woman, called in the bills “a beauty,” execute a dance, hx> chee coo-chee, or 40 nothing like it. The outside repre seutatiou is not as scandalous as at the fair held by the white people In this, as in the “hitthenigger’sh*w,t,ke negro pays the money and the white man puts it in his pocket. Tne first man you see, as you enter the main building, is John Williamson, the original John—Republican editor, orator, leader. All around him is the Franklin county exhibit, and highly creditable of that good county it ’s, too. The most prominent thiDg in the exhibit is, of course, a picture of John, executed by a negro woman, and good crayon work it is. It looks too quiet and pious for a wily politician like John, and was evidently taken from a portrait of Frank lin’s colored statesman taken wh.le he was sitting as a delegate in the Republi can National Convention The display of agricultural products, hand woric, &c , shows “that Franklin leads the State” as John triumphantly exclaimed. “Yes,” added he, “Franklin is the only county here that has a display. Franklin runs the State -in politics as well as in every thing else.” Just acrosi the hall was the display of Johnston school, the school conducted by Prof. Smith, under the management and ownership of Rev. R. H W. Leak’s church. It showed that the boys under Ins instruction have been well taught aad are apt to learn. The largest and best display at the 'Fair,however is that made by St. Augus tine School. It was composed of every thing -all sorts of agricultural produc’s, bread and cakes, preserves, quilts, em broidery, &c. The premium for the best display of agricultural products was given to tins school exhibit, and Rev. A B. Hunter, who w&i by hut prtsence encouraging his stu dents, was particularly pleased that their work had received the reward. But there was at least one colored mau there that warn’t. And he was J. C. Barker, who rents a farm in House’s Creek, Wake county, from B F. Montague, Esq. “I wan . to show you my stuff,” said Farmer Barker. “I ougat to have the premium, but I had to work against St. Augustine school, and the whole Pisco pal church, including Dr. Lewis, and how couid you expect a poor Baptist 'H/ *T got the second premium on cotton, and ought to have got the first premium on big display. Bui how could you expect on Bap ist darkey to beat trie whole ’P.seopa! church, including Dr. TL.ew» ?’’ -Farmer Barker. -negro to beat, all that com lination ? But I give ’em fair notice that 1 will be in the race next year, and I am going to show them that one Bipt st daikey ca beat the whole ’Piscopal c inch—that I am.” If the ’Piscopalians did beat h>ra, B tt k ?r got the second premium ou hogs, aad other premiums. The first premium ou cotton was taken by Wil is Ha)wood, ’he well-known coi oed black mith of Oorrlin. Wm. Ivey, of St. Matthews, had a varied ;jgriculti.| rai exhibit and got the premium on corn. Cfcear Johnson, of Oberiiu, got the premium on Irish potatots and wheat. Fletcher Lock hart, who lives three miles from Raleigh and owns his own land, took the premium onsev ral kind of peas and turnips Mis turnips wore as fine ; s I evir saw. N ufleet J-ffreys, Sr., of 'Oberiin, cams out ahead of a’l compet itors on white c r: and corn on the s’alk. All theM) exhibitors had a variety of ag ricuhural products, showing the progress the race is making in agriculture to vhichmostof them are devoted. This vis encour?ging. and the personal in te vst each exhibitor toik in his exl ibits indicated a just pride iu the work or his hands. V Negro Worth Fifty Thousand Dollars A large crowd assembled at 1 o’clock ti hear the speech of Rev. W W Brown, of Richmond. He is reported to le wo”th fifty thousand dollars, and wan for that reason, if for nothing else, an object of curiosity. He was a slave, and has undoubted elementsof leadership. He is the President of a hank called “True Reformers’ Bank” at Richmond, and is also the grand mogul of a society known as the True Reformers. This -ociety has an insurance, banking, real estate, ophan’s and widow's home, and other features. The speaker stiid in his speech yesterday that for all these ob jects he had raised in the last twenty years one million and eight hundred thousand dollars, having paid over SIOO,- OuO for the widow’s home. It seems that recently he has sold out his interest in “the True Reformer’s Society ’ for $50,000, and is now the head of the order and is paid a salary of sfl,ooo. This sounds wonder ul. It is wonderful, but the speaker said in his public talk that he had sold out for that amount and a prominent barber told me he was in the receipt of a salary of $3,000 a year. It was not very clear, from what R v. Brown said, exactly what he had sold to the societies for $50,000, but it seems to have been h’s plan. “I went to Rich mond,” saia he, “with little or no raon y. But I had my plan on paper. I was smart enough to have it copy righted, aud my company incorporated, and having thus prorected myself, my plm could not be taken from me.” And he waved a printed pamphlet, presuma bly his “plan,” above his head, and de nounced severely a lellow he called Mitcheli, who, it seems, was not a sup oorter of the “plan,” or had criticized sime feature «f thesso,Coo trade. Jiis speech wa,s on capital and labor. Capital says : “I charge so much.” L i bor says : “What will you give?” He maintained that any negro on any klud wages could become wealthy or independent ia ten years if he would sacrifice his luxury, sports an 1 ease. “Daring all the panic, when six hun dred b inks were breaking, the bank of the washerwomen, cooks, ditchers, and other poo- people was as solid as a rock. Every check was promptly honored” There was much of good in the speech, and it was delivered with fine effect. The reverend banker knows how to talk and how to interest his hearers. The burden of a’l his speech was to advise all the negroes to save, to save, to save. He told them that he had made aud saved money and they could all do it. ‘Tt has been said that the negro is a hewer of wood and drawer of water If he can do t at well be shows he can be taught to do other things. Teaching is more than half of this life. “My mistress before the war wanted to go in for fashion, My master told her that he could not afford to give her fashion and the negroes* their weekly allowance of flour Saturday night And so one night she came into the kitchen and tried to persuade all the negroes to give up biscuits, telling them how much better off negroes on oth-r plantations were who never tasted biscuits. One of the slaves readily agreed saying that he didn’t love biscuits. I told my mistress I couldn’t give up my Saturday night and Sunday biscuits. After she left the kitchen, I thought I would test the man who said he didn’t love biscuits, and so I gave him a piece of mine. After eating it he grabbed for another piece. ‘ I thought you didn’t love biscuits,’ I said to him ‘I never tasted any before,’ he said. After that he never could get enough. The negro was eonfeit until he tasted tne blessings of freedom. Now he wants all the good there is in it.” “The negro is the most industrious race in the wor’d. He m-.kes everybody else rich and keepi himself poor because his brains are not used to govern his muscle. “Religion is a good thing, hut you can’t use your through ticket until you get ready to go to heaven. You need money every day you stay here. There is no heaven ou this earth withou’ setae ease or comfort. Money buys fcotb. “A white man may get money by in heritance or by marrying a rich wife. No negro can get it that way. If he tries to marry any other than a poor giri he gets hell and a shot gun, too.'’ The fair continues to day. Races at the Colored Fair. Yesterday morning at the Colored Fair the running race of Wednesday was completed. “Biss,” Mr. E V. Denton’s horse, won over “Sir Happy,” owned by- Mr. W. R Tucker. Best time, 1:56. The trotting race yesterday afternoon was won by “Mbs Meadows,” ( Denton's fine mare) over “Atlas D ” “Atlas D,” won thefirst heat in 2:49 3 4 “Miss Mea' - ows” the s ound heat iu 8; and the third heat was wou by “Miss Meadows” in faster time than either of the others. The mare was never put to her speed. She jogged along a’ a buggy pace, when the stallion could have easily been dis tanced The track was very slow. Judges: Art-ndell, Yearby, and John Turner. HOOD’S PILLS cure Liver lll** Biliousness, Indigestion, Headache. A pleasant laxative. All Druggists. v£ ikj Beauty 1 Found and in Purity Cuticura Sold throughout the world. British depots F. Nivr. bkkt At*s> Son.,, I, Kirs;, Kdward-ot. Condon. Botteu Di.va *UIK«. Com-., Sole X'rop,., liottuis, l . S. A. The News Rnd Observer. Fri lny, Nov. 8 ’os. Urban Allan Myers Windom, Kan. Scrofula From Birth Other Medicines UUeriy Failed Cut Hood’s Sarsaparilla Cured. “Some time since, our boy then four years old was in the hands of the family doctor for treatment for scrofula. He had been afflicted with this trouble from birth and we had been unable to give him O-.ly Temporary Relief. We decided to give him Hood’s Sar-mpa ri’la and are glad to nav 8 bottles of Hood’s entirely cured him. Our oldest daughter has been taking Hood’s Sarsa parilla for rheumatism with good results. We have used from first to last some $lO worth of the medicine aad have received the equivalent of several hundred dollars’ worth of doctor’s treatment and good Hood’s Cures health to boot. We cannot speak too highly of Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier. It is all that is claimed for it.” C. E. MyeßS, Windom, Kansas. ~ ~ act harmoniously with nOOtl S rviliS Hood’s Sarsaparilla. 260. Have You Indigestion? Read This. Five years ago I used Mrs Joe Per son’s Remedy for indigestion, from which I suffered much. I took several bottles before I felt the good of it, but one-half dozen bottles made a perfect cure of me, which cure has been permanent. Mrs w. 0. Reid, Eigmror, S. C., Sept 19th, 1895. •Eczema? Wi I Cure it Every Time. 1 was troubled with eczema for"years in an aggravated form, which had set tled in my breast, and after trying sev eral remedies with no relief, was induced to try Mrs. Person’s Remedy. I was cured completely after using part of six bottles in connection with the Wash. I most cheerfully add my testimonial to its curative powers for eczema. Most respectfully, Mrs. L. A. Barron. Rock Hill, S. C., Sept. 20th, 1895. 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One or two pills make a dose. tThey are strictly vegetable and do not gripe or purge, but by their gentle action ploaaeali who use them. In vials at 25 cents; five for $L field by druggists everywhere, or sent by malL CARTER medicine CO., Yurie. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. Af*’ ' PRICE SILVER Everythin Sliver and Gold Beau . tlfully M at the Manufactory r\ — of Samuel Kirk & Son, 106 Baltimore St., East. Prices Very Moderate. Also Diamond*, Pearls, Sapphires, Emeralds, * Etc., Etc., Etc. FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY. WANTED. —An experienced young lady desires a position as stenographer and type writer. Can assist in book-keeping, Address “Miss T.” care News and Observer. NEW THINGS IN DRESS GOODS. 0 Last week was spent in finding some of the best things for women's dresses, for late Fall and Winter wear. These in silk section, may be seenfin antique designs, correctly representing styles of about one hundred years ago* They are exceedingly creditable and we would be glad for our patronsito see them, together with the accessories which have been provided. W.H.&R.S.TUCKER&CO. # A . m fff fi i* KmLsBM v %4 tW Irfll 4^**?•s,/ sips a v&rMW 'V" -•* 4,/ v, CROSS & LINEHAN 0 CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS AND SHOES Never in the history of the clothing business have desirable cloth js been offered at such low prices as we are quoting, Oir assortment of rich novelties, both in foreign and domestic manufacture, represents every fashionable color and weave and is u questionably the largest and most complete to be seen in the city. Quality with us is always the tirat consideration, this secured, we -IHIJS.IR3IMIISIJS \ IF-USIKOIE® Down to make tin m acciptable to jou. A gr<.at exhibit of new goods for SPECIALTIES Will be offerediu every department of sLfllcitnt importance to warrant taeir inspection by every one interested m H j h Class Merchandise. W« do not quote pr.cei for the reason that the values in each aud every instance will speak forth -ni sei ves and tellingly. Seeing is believing, and it takes but iittlo time, gives but linle trouble, aud costs nothing to com •to see for j ourselves. Drop in on us, wo will try to make it pleasant as welt as profitable to you. CROSS & LINEHAN. WACHOVIA, Loan and Trust Company. WINSTON. N. 0. —-o P«i«* up Capital, $200,000 Authorized Capital, SI,OOO 000 STATFMEN I’. i At the clone of fbusiness 'September 28. ISS6 Loans, $357,369 07 Overdrafts, u «3 i Bonds, - 1,570 oo I Building and fixtures, - - 23,525 it Real estate, S,oiil 03 I Cash on hand and in banks, - 114.502 83 Total, $505,123 02 Capital .... 200,000 00 Surplus, .... 11,095 07 Deposits, .... 284,330 93 Due to bun km, ... 9,137 14 Cashier’s Checks, ... 5.59 88 Totul, .... $505,123 02 •June 15, 1593, $ Dec. 15, 1893, 39,708 93 nCPfIQITQ* -June 15, 1894, 98,985 00 UtrL Jl 10. i»e C , 15, isot, 147.90.3 M May 15, 1895, 201,:324!43 I Sept. 28, 1895, 284,33# 93 YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED. F. H. FRIES, JAB. A. GRAY. President, Vice Presd’L H. F. BHAFFNKR, Sec’v and Treas. GOME —EXAMINE The handsomest stec 1 range made, it is —THE j JEWEL. —SEE OUR NEW— Bissell Grates —WE HAVE— Three Bicycles ON EASY TERMS. Seven Baby Carriages At a ent price. Thos.H. Briggs & Sons, Raleigh, N. C. You may write your own ads, but one thing sure you can’t make yonr own cuts Think of it, 11.00 for our best advertising cuts, single column. Give us a trial ana you will be pleased. NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N. C. Executor’s Notice. Having qualified as executor*of Catharine Boylan, deceased, this it< to notify all per «on 9 having claims against the estate of Catharine Boylan to present them tome for payment 011 or before the 18th day of Octo ber, 1896, or this notice will be plead in liar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make prompt settle ment, This Oct. 12th, 1895, IV. M. BOYLAN, Executor of Catharine Boylan,dee d. 210 Fayetteville Stree
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