The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-21

10 Untimely Death the Sc fjs e Of 0ympas
thesic Resolutions aad Addresses as .
Meeting Of North Carolina Drummer I'm
Baltimore
BY the courtesy OF Colonel Shannon q
largely attended meeting OF the COM
mercial travellers of Baltimore was held
in the pariors of the Carrolton hotel on
Tuesday. September l4th. to pay q
last tribute of respect to the memory
OF Colonel A. T. Uzzle. who died at his
late home, in Wilson'S Mills, n. c., on
Saturday, the 18th INST.
Colonel Uzzle was for many years the
popular representative Of the we'll
known firm Of NJ. H. Laucheimer 4
Sons in the states OF North and South
Carolina. and his death Is greatly de-
plored by his many friends aud bust
ness associates.
The meeting was organized with VIII
son G.. Lamb as chairman and c. A.
Sullivan as secretary. A committee on
resolutions was appointed. consisting
of NJ. J. Motley. chairman. Jno. r. Nor
ris, JAS. A. Riggs. F. Y. Ramsay. Den
mis- T. Madigan, T. T. Bobbitt and A.
A. Bristow.
On behalf of the committee Mr. M.
J.. Motley. chairman. presented the fol-
lowing resolutions In & very eloquent ad-
Dress:
Having heard with profound regret
of the death of their highly esteemed
companion. Colonel A. +. Uzzle. the
commercial travellers Of Baltimore who
represent her business interests in the
states of North Carolina, at u meeting
held In Baltimore on the 14th day of
September, 1897, desire to express in q
tangible form some OF their a%pprecia-
ton Of their departed brother; there
fore, be 1t
Resolved, That the loss Of Colonel
Uzzle is deeply deplored by his many
business associates, and a gap has been
made in the ranks Of the commercial
travellers who have visited North and
South Carolina for the past quarter Of
a century which it will be hard to fill.
His sterling qualities and manly vir-
tues nave left an impress on our herats
which shall not be obliterated until the
angel Of death shall call us too to Join
him across the river to rest under the
shade of the trees" In gentlemanly
bearing and courteous dealing he a
no superior and he will long be remem-
bered as one loved and honored.
Resolved, That in the hour OF their
bereavement we tende to his relatives
our sincere coincidence and warmest
sympathy; and
Resolved, That a copy of these reso-
lutions be forwarded to his family and
that the newspapers of North Carolina
n South Carolina be requested to
publish the same."
Mr.. no.. r. Morris moved the adop-
ton of the resolutions with the follow
ing address:
MI. Uzzle, the subject of the sincere
resolutions to which we have just list
ened, was for more than twenty years
an important influence in winning trade
for his market. His friends among
merchants were numerous and he en-
joyed the confidence of the trade. Dur
ing the sickness which made his re-
tirement compulsory the visiting mer-
chant-patrons eagerly asked for news
of his physical state and fervently
spoke wishes for his restoration to the
business circles where his stern integ-
rity was recognized and his frank di-
plomacy OF manner was persuasively
potent.
Mr.. Uzzle was not a member of any
firm, yet his mission as a salesman in
service cannot be face from the sum
of wonderful achievements wrought by
those who have respectcHap
those who have repreSentatively gone
forth with proclamation of Baltimore's
vast provision and with invitation to
her commercial and industrial bounty.
Maryland, with just pride. talks of
her ancient altar to religious liberty.
hallowed with the sacred tolerance of
the Calverts. She boasts of her shrine
to civil freedom before which Charles
Carroll, Of Carrollton, wrought with
zeal of more than priestly consecra-
ton. But today the higher destiny OF
this state and especially Of its urban
centre, this great metropolitan city, liz
to be determined by those who may
persuade trademen to shrines piled
with oblations from field, loom, anvil.
kiln and furnace. Tonight we meet
to bring the. stricken sense Of friend
ship as a memorial Of one who led Dill
grims to shrines trophied with con-
quests from commercial and industrial
rtvalr1eS. His career as salesman was
eminently successful. his remuneration
generous, and hts estate which Is mark
| ed by sOlvency In bank and by cot
tages which shelter the toilers who sow
J and gather in the wide fields Of which
he was the master and which tonight
simmer with h white fleece which
is the agricultural staple OF the south,
The gravest question in Maryland to-
day is not where Baltimore may get a
mayor. A dragnet cast from either
the starboard or port Of any political
craft WOuIU maui IN SO many OF these
very f1shy fish-average mayors-that
the available supply Of .ofiRial salt
would not be adequate to save the
catch. But successful travelling sales
men are so rare that the demand is al
ways in excess Of the supply. However.
the applicants are in excess of the de-
mand. But it has been wisely assum-
! ed that the abilities Of too many appli-
cants for places in the itinery Of COM
merce are OF an order OF intelligence no
higher than would be necessary to
adorn a municipal executive. In the
twilight Of Maryland's history it was
not drummers who steered the good
ships. the Ark and the Dove, with their
freight Of pilgrims for these shores
over the bay. But today the drum
raers OF Baltimore are dominantly those
who conture the angels Of the ships
to spread their white wings over the
waters Of the Chesapeake and these
are also o who freight the car
riages which, drawn by ~steel-shackled
steam. wheel h ares Of your market
l to distant fradoAmon md ~onarr~or~