The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-08-02

enlifl+~loHGf OF Agriculture ROBINSON
wa~ Introduced 70 the Convention and
spoke ,ittiy Is did also Mr. j. I PAT
EJch
On wednesday night Mr. VERNON W.
Lose. the chosen orator, delivered mis-
Grafton His subject was why young
men leave North Carolina, and a plea for
higher education" His Grafton was the
production Of thoughtful mind and his
composition was "A we'll Of English unde
filed lie delivered the oration with elo-
quence and grace, and if he did not have
the lire of the orator ne pleased his hearers
by his clear delivery perfect enunciatiou,
and pleasing style He is one of the
brightest lights in North Carolina Jour
nalism and it gratlfel me to hear the
many deserved compliments paid his ora
ton.
neglected to say in the proper place
that before the delivery of the Grafton an
ornate, happy and most appropriate ad-
dress Of welcome was delivered by Mayor
w. &. ERWIN, ESQ, Of the Lenoir bar. He
was once an editor himself and. good
CA-N. h'A4tA ilV Los ALS 4CIAoN IOSlIUS tl4dl
inspired his address. The response for
tlc Convention was made BY the editor of
tine STATE CHRONICLE.
Thursday was day Of much interest.
Various topics Of great interest were dis
cusSed. Among them was the question: ::
What IS the duty Of Az editor in regard to
the publication Of matters scandalous or
in themselves impure: Me-. D. +. SINCLAIR,
Of he Sanford Express, opened the dis
cue>iOn and took the ground that an edi-
tor could not ignore news, and that if JUS
tIce required the people to know it, be
must PRINT impure matter such as the
GRI~>oN trial. He said that NEWS was
to-day the chief thing the people wanted
and that the newspaper had 10 fur
nisn it. He spoke against mas ness" for
its own sake and sensationaism for its
sake. but Tor Justice above all Nix. J.
D. hERNoDLE maintained that a newspa-
per ougE. not to print anything unfit to
Oe read II a family circle, and he made Il
plea for Il total exclusion of all impure
matter and all sensat iOnalism. There
We're other remarks upon this question
which take 70 be the most important
yar that editors can consider. How 10
so.Ne i n8~ long been a problem 70 me |
believe Ia a clean newspaper, but aboTe
that | te.ieye q an honest newspaper As
have before sad in The CHRONICLE, | think
su"t >'-iie. l-1 Il L - Pto' -
II - lii,'e0't 01l- q 'uo oI4e0 ~ 'ic
"N->>s'N ~ : - 'I 50 lHal tne '''e
Peop4e indt 4'- II " col AeCI 'eAuIc'' JuS
lIce - aoefe 'Lc PtOi,1ietleS.
Inc influence OF tue freSs IN Securing
IN "a lsfdlion ""S u4scasSeu oF MiS /. -
f--ohID9E' tiIl9A - lle l-eAllSloi rs
patcn, ana Mr. " I. I HElSIlAN, u the
('b3rl6rra T)arr,Dcrs- Np F'TUT,TTt.E <. Sr,OLa
OF the dEaWoacA5 and partlaI failures, but
urged continued effort. ME- CHRISTIANS ;
speech Vas me gem q the convention.
t.acy oPafkting, bTlgnT. WITTY, i capuVa-
ted alt colNllSei an VINO heard H.
knew from his editorials that he was a
man OF aoiilty, but dld not thlnh he was
50 braIny or 50 versatile as his speech ev-
NieLeed Ee]olee that the mantle OF tle
Venerable AIES hits fallen upon the
sloulaefs q 80 accomplished a gent lema4
Mr.. CHRI>TIAN, by the way, IS a native Of
Ra!elsn HIS father Is a prominent
Methoais1 Prytcher VINO was iFesIdent OF
|hat = II" Feace ms, l'ute then ha,elSn
ftInale seminary "htn NIX. HRSIlAN
was born. lils Wife Is the daughter OF
the great southern leader, SToNEWALL
Jackson
Inc subject OF Advertising ana AdVer-
tlSIng Agents was discussed by several
EDITORS NIX. i.uEl. hAlD n, tAe orlglt ana
successful editor Of the Charlotte Chronl
Gle opened the discussion in strong ar
gument in favor of business methods in
the conduct OF newspaper His words
We're wise and Welghty and impressed the
Convention. He was one of the leading
spirits on the floor and Won the ;,dmira
ton Of the members at this first Conven-
ton. He was followed by the wise editor