TY - JOUR AU - Garrett-Scott, Shennette. AB - Figure 1: New Centur y Mill, c. 1905, from Detail of 1905 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map #44. Source: Sanborn Map Company, 1905 Sanford Fire Insurance Map, Dallas No. 44, in Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps–Texas (1877–1922), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, [Accessed Nov. 1, 2011]. Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin. “The Hope of the South”: The New Centur y Cotton Mill of Dallas, Texas, and the Business of Race in the New South, 1902–1907 By Shennette Garrett-Scott* ew South apostle Henry W. Grady’s invitation to speak on “Texas Day” at the 1888 Texas State Fair in Dallas had come at Nthe last minute. A group of young businessmen pressed fair orga- nizers to extend an invitation to Grady about a month before opening day. The persistent, ambitious young men recruited the prestigious Dallas Commercial Club to their cause and after some prodding the fair orga- nizers finally extended an invitation to Grady. The editor of the Atlanta Constitution had made a name for himself throughout the United States by stressing a new economic direction for the South. Combining fier y rheto- ric and dynamic orator y, Grady advocated increased industrialization and scientific TI - “The Hope of the South”: The New Century Cotton Mill of Dallas, Texas, and the Business of Race in the New South, 1902–1907 JO - Southwestern Historical Quarterly DA - 2012-09-16 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/texas-state-historical-association/the-hope-of-the-south-the-new-century-cotton-mill-of-dallas-texas-and-pH5AH0Bdpp SP - 138 EP - 166 VL - 116 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -