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

The Meeting Of the Chamber Of Comm ere
Last Night ut the Seashore Hotel-A Fine
Supper EDjoyed-Sevefal Talks Made
ON tho Means Best Calculated to Pro.
mote h Interests Of Wlimington-Gov.
ernor Russell ono nj the speskers-In-
teresting Letters From Messrs. ID. @.
Worth and j. A. Brown
In accordance with the arrangements
Sweet and NJ. w. jacob, constituting
the committee Of arrangements, the
regular monthly meeting Of the Will
mington chamber of was
held last night at the Seashore hotel,
on Wrightsville beach. Those of the
members who do not have cottages on
the beach and at the sound, went down
on the 5 p. m, and 7:15 p. m. trains.
The programme was to taxi supper,
and then hold the meeting and talk
about h best means to promote the
commercial and industrial interests of
the city Of Wilmington. Most Of the
crowd arrived on the train which left
h city at 7:15 p. m, and when they
reached the hotel a table a hundred
and fifty feet long had beer spread in
AT 8 p. m., supper was announced, and
the seats all around the table were
filled instanter, the following CONSTITUTE
ing the party:
J. H. Chadbourn, Jr., Governor D.. L..
Russell, Rev. Robert Strange, D. D.,
Ho~&sc T1L- TT TTo-Iu u NTorcor
George L. Norton, T. F. Bagley, Col
mel John L. Cantwell, T. Wright
e~leares, c. w. Worth, r. N. Sweet,
Colonel w. r. Kenan, G. E. Borden, c..
n. Whitlock, III. K. Nash, Benjamin
Cell, w. A. French, John J. LeGwin,
"A. Arringdale, P. B. Manning, w. B.
McKoy, Andrew Smith, B.. F. Hall,
Captain T. D. Meares, Mayor s. P.
Wright, Colonel Walker Taylor, Col
onel F. w. Foster, w. E. Worth, Ire
dell Meares, c.. G. Covington, Marcus
onel F. w. Kerchner, D. G. Love, James
s. Hall, Fl. G. Smallbones, L. A. Weed
on, Samuel Northrop, w. A. Riach,
James S. Worth, Owen F. Love, T. w.
Clawson, John d. Sprunt.
Mr.. James H. Chadbourn, Jr., pres
ident of the chamber of commerce, pre-
sided and sat at the head Of the table,
with Governor D. l.. Russell on his
right IND the Rev. Robert Strange, D.
D., on his left. When President Chad
bourn had raped for order, he called
upon DR.. Strange who asked the bless
ing. The assemblage then partook of
a s~plendidly prepared supper, with all
the delicacies Of the sea, and other
Good cheer prevailed n when the
company had %partaken Of the great
abundance, President Chadbourn
arose and called the meeting TO order,
and asked Mr.. William e. Worth,
chairman Of the committee of arrange
ments, to state the object Of the meet
ing.
Mr.. Worth stated that upon the sug-
gestion of the worthy president Of the
chamber, it had been decided to have
q supper at the Seashore hotel so the
members could meet socially and dis
cuss the best measures for advancing
the interests of Wilmington. He said
we all know the natural advantages
possessed by u city but we must do
something to attract attention to these
advantages and develop our esources.
"a man may have gold under his house
but if he doesn't dig for it, it will be of
no use to him, and likewise if we have
advantages however great and We do
nothing to call attention to them they
will do us no good. We all know that
,our city and community has advan-
-tages but we must let others know it.
We must advertise it. For this reason
he said this meeting had been called.
(Applause.)
Colonel Walker Taylor said he no
ticed tina they had with them a dis
the governor of North Carolina, and
called on him for a speech.
In esponce to the calls and applause
that followed Governor Russell arose
I'LL St1u lac IN ~ AA4O" "Ad ~ S0Ah
about, as he thought this was to be a
social gathering and was not apprized
that he would be expected to make a
speech. He said it vas not only the
purpose to advertise Wilmington but
the whole state, and he commended
sany movement in that direction. IA
railroad man came into my office, he
said-railroad men sometimes come
there-OaHghter) and he made a state
ment about Wilmington's being $50
miles closer to Cincinnati or Chicago
than any other Atlantic port. I have
no geography to substantiate this
but I hope it is So" He said there
were things, however, that we could
speak about, and he could say that
Wilmington has gained much in twenty
wears Twenty wears ago we had no