The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-08-13
EDITORS ARE HERE.
THE ADDRESS OF WELCOME BY
j. G. BUXTON, ESQ.
RESPONSE BY EDITOR H. A. LONDON
Of Yesterday Mornings
SessiOn-Between Forty and Fifty
Quill Drivers Here-Banqllet and
Other Exercises at Salem Female
College Last Night.

The Edit ors are here!
The 10Th annual convention of the
| North Carolina Press Associations met
in Browns Opera House yesterday
morning. Thirty-seven members were
present. EditorJ. P. Caldwell, of the
Statesville Landmark, and President
| of the Association called the conven-
ton to order. He said:
Brothers of the North Carolina
Press Association-I greet you in the
spirit of progress and enterprise
which the press of North Carolina is
trying to foster among her people.
Without further ceremony [ call you
| to order. The Secretary, John b.
Sherrell, of the Concord Times, will
call the ROLL
After the calling of the roll, Mr..
Caldwell announced that J. c. Bux-
ton, Esq, of Winston, would deliver
the address of welcome.
Mr.. Buxton arose and said:
''AIr. President, and Gentlemen of
the North Carolina Press Convention.
Ten years ago l had the honor of
welcoming this body to this COM
munity, and again after the lapse of
ten long years this pleasing duty has
been assigned to me. l repeat what
said at that time-this community
opens her arms wider, and bids you
IL heartier welcome than she could to
any other representative body that
ever assembled within her corporate
limits; for the reason that the news
papers have done more towards
| making known to the outside world,
what we are doing in contributing to
the material development of North
Carolina, than any other medium
that could have been deutschland
when we meet one of our body, we
like shaking him by the hand and
bidding him welcome to our town.
The editor of Il daily or weekly
newspaper is Il moulde: and leader of
thought in any community, and his
power-either for good or evil is felt
whenever he speaks to the public
through his columns. and this being
true, how careful and wise Il man
occupying such Il responsible posi-
ton should be. He should endaavOr
to make up his mind, first, what is
right and stand to that, and not he
driven from principle, to the position
of trying to catch the popular favor
by advocating measures which he
knows are not right, just, honest Or
| practical. When you were here in
1881, the population of Winston
reach 5000, an increase of 10, 800.
The taxable value of our property
in the corporate limits of Winston
Salem III 1881 were 100000. In
1891 it is 500, SO4 1871, an increase
| of S. 1921 ,O5S in ten years. In 1881
our banking capital was $3.50, 900.
| In 1891 it is $685. 900, an increase
of $25O,O0O. In 1881 our tobacco
industries numbered eighteen. In
| 1891 they number fifty, an increase
of thirty-two, and the output is ten
times as great. Wehad only one rail
road in 1881, IS miles long. We
now have three railroads with 24O
miles of track.
In 1881 we had no graded schools,
and only one or two small private
schools, with less than 300 scholars.
In 1891, wehad not less than 1 800
white girls and boys at public and
private, boarding and day sholars
within our corporate limits.
Within the past ten years several
of our old church buildings have been
| pulled down and magnificent struct-
| ures, costing more than 100000,
| have been erected.
/ might give you many other items
of this character, showing what we
| have done towards building up this
section of our state, but these figures,
which are not exaggerated, will serve
| to give you an insight into some at
least of our progress.
Without desiring to detract any
thing from the progress of some OF
our sister towns, but rejoicing in
their continued prosperity, we differ
| from them IN one or two particulars;
ours is neither and imported wealth
nor is it lodged in the hands of Il few
million heirs but is very generally
distributed, SO that the failure, il
such a thing should happen. of one
or more of our largest dealers does
not mean the ruin of any one else in
the community.
There are men to-day in our town
who are justly entitled to be quoted
to be worth from u hundred Thousand
to quater million of dollars, who
twenty years ago were plow-boys, or
their farms, not exceeding 100 miles
from Winston. We are proud to have
such citizens.
But gentlemen, l will not detair
you longer. l might allude to thu
formation and prosperity of severa
of our land companies, but you will
doubtless visit their fields of opera
tions while here, where you will see tn,
wonderful work which they have &C
complished in SO short a time.
We again bid you welcome, gentle
men, and we hope you will feel a
liberty during your stay with us-tt
call upon us for anything that viii
contribute to your pleasure or happi
ness. We shall take pleasure in serv
ing you.
at the conclusion of the address
of welcome, n. A. London. Esq, o
, the Chatham Record, responded
; saying:
''Mr. President. Mr. Buxton an
Members of the Convention-th
, manner of our welcome here to-da
is another proof that Winsto
: never does anything by halves, no
on small scale. Surely there has bee
, nothing small about our welcome
r and certainly there is nothing smal
3 about their representative (aI
7 plause). Indeed after hearing tn
eloquent address by my giganti