The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-07
Settlers and Visitors Are All
Honaeward Bound.
YESTERDAYS PROCEEDINGS
Summary Of the Work and Sug-
gestions to the Public.
ADDRESSES BY THE DELEGATES
Many Interesting Subjects Discussed
The Piney Woods Closes
Next Friday For the
Summer.

Next Friday For the
Summer.
Southern Pines, n. c., MAY G.-CSpe-
| cial)-I.he Settlers convention is over.
The last session was held to-day, and
| the final adjournment came at 2 o'clock
| p. m. The convention has been a great
| big success. Fully 1900 people have
| attended it. A large number left yes
| terday, but others came in last night
| and this morning, making to-dav's
| crowd very respectable and represen-
| tative one
The permanent organization was
| perfected to-day, and as stated in YES
| terday's report, General John G. Lewis
was elected president and DR.. J.. T.
| Smith, of Southern Pines, secretary.
| The plan of permanent organization
| provided for vice-president from
each Southern State, and these vice
| presidents make a general executive
| committee, which committee will con
| slider the times and places for holding
| future meeting. The plan also pro
| yides for an executive committee in
each, the chairmn being the State vice
| president
At to-day's session many subjects
| were discussed in short speeches bv
delegates from the different Southern
States and when themeeting was over
| every delegate present had new in
| formation concerning the resources
/ and advantages, not only of his own
State, but of all the States in the
/ South. Among the speakers to-day
were Prof. j. A. Holmes. DIR. n r
Battle and Commissioner S. T.. Patter
son, of North Carolina; General Lewis.
OF Atlanta; Mr.. j. p Coffin and Major
| Ward, of South Carolina; A. Jeffreys.
| OF Virginia; O. S. Hayes, of Georgia:
). Galbert and Mr.. Livermore. Of
/ North Carolina, and a practical talk
on hop culture by Mr.. 4. L. Jones, of
| Warrenton.
The speeches were all on practical
and interesting subjects, and were
greatly enjoyed
The convention has been a complete
success and it is the universal opinion
| OF every body present that it viii be
OF untold benefit to the South.
Everybody has gone home wh.h
! praises for Southern Pines. and
the Old North State and with
thanks to those who conceived and SO
| successfully carried the idea of hold
| ing a grand union of the South's
| Northern Settlers.
There have been no gentleman here
| who have added more to the pleasure
| and comfort of the visitors than the
| clever officials of the Seaboard Air
/ Line. Messrs. v. j. McBee, General
/ superintendent, g. l.. Rhodes, General
| Agent, !. j. Anderson, General Pas
| senger Agent, A. b. Farnsworth. Gen
| eral Eastern Agent, Mr.. Joseph Strang
| Boston Passenger Agent, b. A. New
| I'm and I'll. S. Leard, Division Passen-
| ger Agents, and Capt. f. Berkley, AS
| slstant superintendent, have all done
| their part towards making the conven-
| ton a success and the occasion a
| pleasant one. Mr.. Il. St. John, the
| NIce-President has earnestly and en-
| Enthusiastically endorsed the conven-
| ton and given it the aid and influence
| OF the entire system and its manage
| ment, and the unanimous vote of
| thanks to the system by the conven-
| ton was well merited.
| Mr. Thomas j. Anderson. the genial
I and popular General Passenger Agent
| is eyerybody's friend and everybody
| IS his friend and he is a general favor
| lte IN every gathering of which he is
| a number. The two towns of South
| ern Pines and PinehUrst have never
/ had such gala occasion. The trolly
line between the two towns has been
| kept busy every hour carrying the visi-
| tors back and forth.
Tuesday receipts of the line a.
| mounted to nearly a hundred dollars.
The Piney Woods Inn closes for the
season on Friday and Mr.. ST. John
the manager returns to his popular
summer hotel at Hide Park, New Jer-
sey for the summer, the following is a
summary of the work of the conven-
tion as given by the convention in an
| address to the public
Owing to peculiarly favorable eli
matte conditions and it's natural geol-
ogical divisions the South is blessed
with resources that are distinctive and
of inestimable value. It's healthful-
ness far suPpasses that of any other
section of the Union; its soil is unsur-
passed in variety and fertility, and its
mineral, agricultural and horticultur-
al products furnish the basis of a great
diversity of industries, the South hav-
ing taken first premium at the Worlds
Fair at Chicago on wool and wheat.
1t has been clearly attested by many
Settlers in each Southern State that
Northern men can find not only profit
able investments here in their new
homes, but can live with their fami-
lies in pleasant social relations with |
their native born neighbors, enjoying |
their political and religious convic- |
tions as fully and fearlessly as any
where in the North or the wide world. l
1t has been demonstrated that this
section has within its borders numer- |
Gus places where persons with sensi- |
tive lungs and throats may be cured /
of their ailments and live in vigorous /