The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-10


North Carolina here for shipment He
then commended the public spirit of
Charlotte and said that city welcomed
and encouraged all good men, He gave
an incident in which manufacturers
were brought to Charlotte. He then
urged Wilmington to invest in manu-
featuring enterprises. We have a half
million dollars out on mortgages here,
drawing s to 8 per cent. interest. This
ought to be invested in factories and
industries to help h town along.
Let the monied men get together and
invest their capital. II it is done it
will bring in and manufac-
lures. (Applause).
President Chadbourn stated that Col
onel William L. DeRosset. a former
president of the chamber, had been spe-
cially invited but he regretted to an
nounce that he was not feeling we'll
and could not be present.
President C%hadbourn also said he
had received a letter from Mr.. D. G.
Worth, another president Of the cham
Der, and asked Colonel John L. Can't
well, the secretary, to read it.
Colonel Cantwell, who has been Sec
rotary Of the chamber for many years,
eloquently alluded to the fact, and then
read the letter, which was as follows:
Wilmington, n. c., August 5, 1857.
| Jas. H. Chadbourn, Jr., Esq,
Wilmington, N. c.:
Dear sir-I thank you for your invita-
ton to be your guest tonight at the sup
| per of the chamber of Commerce at the
| Seashore hotel.
1 assure you it would afford me great
| pleasure to accept, but my physical con-
| ditiOn will not allow it. I will, however,
be present in the spirit, if not in the
body, and will say amen to anything
that may be projected for the benefit of
Wilmington. I am more than pleased
with the assurance given by the COM
mittee of arrangements, that "the evil
dences Of prosperity in our city are more
apparent today than at any time in the
past twenty years."
I am greatly encouraged for the well
fare Of Wilmington, by the fact of an ap-
parently marked change in the senti-
toward each other in the laying aside of
s%elfishness and jealosy and %cultivating
instead, a spirit of mutual helpfulness
and cooperation in all enterprises, private
or public, which have merit in them.
In a word, cultivating that "pull-all-to-
gether" spirit, which in the end, will, in
spite of all other obstacles, bring us to
the hilltops of success and prosperity
I am pleased to attribute this change of
sentiment chiefly to the action CT the
Chamber Of Commerce." which, in re-
concentrate the efforts of all our business
men to the one great and desirable end of
promoting the material prosperity of our
city and it's vicinity. With my heartiest
desire that it may not grow weary in it's
good work, 1 am,
Most sincerely yours.
D. G. WORTH.
An interesting letter was also read
from Mr.. j. A. Brown, Of C%hadbourn,
be present.
Colonel Walker Taylor spoke of the
union of sentiment in Wilmington, and
said we ave the facts to how it. He
called on Mr.. c.. E. Borden, chairman
Of the committee which went to Nash
vile to advertise Wilmington, to give
the meeting an account Of their trip
and work.
Mr.. Borden responded to hearty calls,
and gave IN account of the committees
work at Nashville. Our readers are
already familiar with the good work
done by the committee. Mr.. Borden
pronounced the trip to Nashville a
great success.
MI. M. W. jacob spoke on the neces-
sity of closer union among our people
in advancing the city's interests, and
urged cooperation on everything. He
berated people who speak about their
city disparagingly and urged our mer-
chants to send out men who will talk
for Wilmington. He made many good
points and was warmly applauded.
Mr.. L. A. Weldon was called for and
responded briefly. He said he had
come here from Fayetteville to start an
enterprise that was new in this coun-
try. He had come to start a shuttle
block mill and hoped to benefit the
place and the people as well a. himself.
He closed amid applause.
l. Captain H. X. Nash moved to ad-
journ to the cool piazzas, but Colonel
moved that the committee Of arrange
ments for this affair, be instructed to
compile statistics of the advantages of
his city and publish it in a condensed
form.
Mr.. w. E. Worth moved to amend the
motion by including New Hanover
county and the motion, as amended
was unanimously adopted
Mr.. w. A. French called attention to
the act passed by the general assem-
bly, several years ago, authorizing the
city to expend $50, 900 in refunding tax
es to new industries, and urged the
chamber to taxi some action towards
carrying it out. He stated that a city
treasurer caused the act to be of no
benefit by refusing to pay the first
warrant drawn under the bill.
President Chadbourn exhibited a