Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-06-20

a laugh ensued. But the speake,
remarked 81 see the representatives
here have caught on" Prot. Shane,
dwelt upon immigration. on which
subject the Juniors stand firmly, saying
there was scarcely national evil tina,
could not be traced to unrestricted
foreign immigration. The order was
not opposed to foreigners entirely, bu,
was against the unrestricted influx OF
the scum and filth of foreign countries.
The order strongly favored the public
school system. its elevation and its per.
petuation-a flag over every school
building and the Bible OF our mothers on
every teachers desk. Every class OF
people was represented in this order.
1t was now in thirty -four states and BY
next meeting it would be in forty-iour
He concluded with assuring Asheville
that the delegates would always
have a warm place in the hearts for
Ashevile and its people, Thcspeech was
frequently interrupted by applause.
Misses Susie and Lizzie Porter folio " cd
with a pleasing duet OH the piano.
Hon. John w. Starnes welcomed the
visitors, on behalf of the local Juniors, to
Asheville and North Carolina-the home
OF Jim Lowry, Dave Blackwell, John
Cheesborough, John p. Arthur and
Others. He gave some statistics of the
South's part in the commerce OF the
nation and closed with the injunction
to eat, drink, be merry and behave"
National Councillor II. A. Kibbe Of
New Jersey, thanked the people for their
cordial greeting. All of the delegates
had heard of the cordialitv awaiting
them in the Southland. AS they rode up
the mountains they realized they knew
nothing of this great section. and it
seemed they had almost arrived at the
gate OF heaven itself. The impressions
made upon them here would remain
with them all their lives. The delegates,
he said, would 20 home and tell their
people they were cold hearted and that
the people of the South were a warm
hearted people.
The next speaker was Rev. !. Morgan
Reed of New Jersey. Prof Shanor, he
said, had taken about all the
ammunition he had expected
to use. But he must have had a con-
siderable reserve store. for his talk was
of some length and kept the audience in
continual good humor. Alluding to
Prot. Shanor he said the lawyers were
hard kind of tello ws-making their living
by talking, not as the preachers did
The speaker had thought to be lawyer
but in his Methodist Sunday school he
had been taught to sing ~ Want
to be an Angel" but he had
realized that he could not be an angel in
the next world and be lawyer in this.
He knew since coming here that the
South grew more than cotton, cabbage
and tobacco-it grew men. His happy
hits were applauded, and after one par
ticularly warm outburst he said he
wouldn't get better applause and would
therefore stop.
A piano duet by the Misses Porter
closed the entertainment, after which ice
cream and cake were served to all pres.
ent. The audience dispersed after hav-
ing enjoyed a most pleasant cOmmingling
with the visitors who are here mixing
business with pleasure with such happy
results.
This morning at 8 O'Clock the entire
body. and the several ladies accompany.
ing them, were taken into carriages out
to the Vanderbilt grounds, fording the
Swanannoa on the return trip. They
were in charge OF the local reception
committee, and without exception
declared themselves captivated by the
grandeur of the scenery and the beauty
and extent of the Vanderbilt mansion
and grounds. One gentleman, looking
at the building, was heard to say:
Some people call it fine, but there is
really no word in the English language
that will describe it," The party
returned to the city about 1 o'clock.