The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-06-03
INDUSTRIAL
S. A. |. AGENTS.
They Hold AZ ln;sres,irE Meet
ing in Their Company Man
moth Car.
DETAILS or WORK GIVEN.


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Patrick ih4rf lndasir.Al as.rt %
tho = 4. l.. the writer sAs pr..-rt
NJ the nec;ing -. a.. lsaas;r,ai
agents OF The lirs held ~ th~ "a
position rrounds At N.sAvilIs. Tenn
on IA, els. II. ~or..nt,.a -.
held IN the monster = A. p. ca
erected or the EHposlilou .yFsa.as
ard over ono hundr-d agents Yer.
IN ATTENDANCE. col. fAiflrk open.a
tie meeting ard 'hpi.ln-d th. nsiE
ods and meaning - ;L- association
He ssid that u ~As simply At ARA,
OF industrial talent n q mrn,Al ..
yell s ph,FNcsl capacity ~htrh.
worked IA harmony Tor III. pufE-,s.
Of building % nnd approving the
towns along IA. lgn- % tEs = IL.
IA pariie alAr. bot. Col. FAitiek tAid,
the association dad rot COZ %. a
self altogether 10 the i.rritor, tta
v-rsed hy that lice. bat st'sud.d its
10 4 acne. aud us-i aln.sa Whenever
Il could and vAs Always .lIling l.
help Auy portion of the soaih
Col. Patrick unfold-d "a detail
the plan Of work As followed D., ih.
Industrial Agents of "a. road ard
showed that a.. details u.t- moot
complete. There are societies az
ladies IN each town whose du'y u !.
20 look after the Improvement Of The
place artIstIcAilv. ~hll. the men
manage the industrial and prNcti
cal part OF ia. Improvements -
thorough seem III. plans of the Asso-
ciatiop, thos. Who heard them im
agiped that the country along iL.
=. A. J.. would IN the courr- oi time
be perfect paradif-.
The road presents banner -ach
year TO tue agent dong al. b.st
work. br. Frank Bright. OF Ellen
boro. y. G., carried a ih. honor
last year and At ihis meeting o..
ceived substantial evidence of that
fact by being presented With the
banner.
10 the afternoon ia. meeting ~As
devoted entirely 10 the reading "f
the reports OF ih. agents NJ the
close OF which the Secretary at ga.
organiz xtIon. Mr.. G.org. Allen. oi
Raleigh. summarized the association
and It's work as follows:
| This meeting of such large
number OF Intelligent men. Asssmb
LED in the midst of such surround
ings IS this Centennial Exposition
brings mp the value OF individual
1 nj
e. nuial exhibit could not have been
created without cooperative ,aori.
and the co-ope ration could net hay.
been obtained, IL there had not been
individual work. TIE idea of the
grand exhibit was developed 10y n
few men, who by faithful work, ia
terested all the citizens of Nasty lille.
and the result WAS the splendid "a
hibit which we now ENJOY.
'.ln the same way, we find that
this large meeting. reporting such
grand results, had q small beginning
in the work OF Col. John +. Patrick,
at the instance OF the Seaboard Air
line Railroad. He faithfully d.vel
oped the idea and plan, and % day
We fnd that not only one hundred
men are working 10 carry Il out. but
they have IN turn influenced one
thousand persons TO ASSIST them IA
ADDING to the i'm provement and pros
perity OF the country through which
this road operates."
He also stated that at the Char
lotte meeting two months ago tb.
value OF the work accomplished Was
placed At SiOO. 900, aud that q, no~
amounted to 300, 900. with . pros
; pect of reaching In the near future
half . million dollars.
At the close OF the business OF the
: afternoon, by riiing vote. = reso
luton Of thanks was rendered a.
Col. J ohm T. Patrick for has silicien,
work as head Of this department
D The Nashville, Chattanooga a ~
, Louis Road and the Ses.oard Air
d line were thanked for couitssies -x
tended. The meeting then al burned
After the adjournment Of III.
meeting the agents and invites
u friends took IN the sights % the Cen
tepniAl Exposition. Those who Wis
tied the Atlanta Expositi ton say. thu
this exposition far SURPRISES IL. Tn.
buildings are many and o; finr arch
. itectural beauty. The displays em
braces products, manufacture, Art
|. m.chinery, and many othsr thin, 5 +,
!. interest and instruction The am use
= ment features are varied and a.
placed in one part of the gr' d
and known as Vanity FAR.
: The trip can be made IN est plea,
J. .ntly from Raleigh aud triba,Ar.
20 FONTS over the s. A l.. 10 AtlAnt
and theme. over y G. & St l.. Vi
Chattanooga 20 Nashville, psssin
I. through q rich aud fertile countr
!. and also through some fine mour