The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-11

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and all of YOU, that the people of More
head City and Beaufort, Hail you as
welcomed guests. Gentlemen, our gates
are opened to you and yours. Again we
bid you welcome.
MIR. DEALS RESPONSE.
In response to the address OF welcome,
Mr.. Deal, of the Wilkesboro Chronicle,
said:
"Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
.Nhy | should have been chosen to
| reSnond TO the eloquent address of wei
come. know not, except it be to CONFORM
with the old adage, that variety is the
enice of life" and having just had
goodlv quantity of the spice it is expect
cd that | furnish splice of the variety.
Or perhaps some visiting DOCTOR many
of whom are among us, urged by an
anxiety for the health of this people, has
given a thorough microscopical diagnosis
of my case and found no native inhabltant
plasmodiam of malarial longitude nor
deadly heterogeneous of long speech.
Cor perhaps, it may be because | hail
from the great and glorious State OF
Wilkes. the land of freedom, blockade
Liver regular" and General jackson,
the renown free silver" companion of
DIR. York. Wilkes, the grand central hub
of tba universe. around which the other
nlanets all reyolye." Wilkes is great
state" On the one hand, the Brushes
keep back the plasmadium of malaria and
on the other the Blue Ridge dlsarms the
fury of the unfeeling nor lasters. Be
tween them expands the Valley of the
Yadkin. like a pictured panorama of some
long sought for paradise. Here freedom
is a bye-word of action as well as pre-
cept. Here the nimble squirrel wears
away his teeth gnawing upon chestnut
burrs. and the o'possum feeds sumptu-
ously upon native persimmons and laughs
and grins his three score years and ten
happily away Here the birds of snow and
birds of summer meet and sing III Trend
ly rivalry their song service, and the
mountain rill ripples down, clear as crys-
tal TO the river and about its source, by
some mysterious method there flows from
fountains unknown often to revenues
or governmental officials, kind OF an
elixir called liver regulator which rs
so pure and eXhilarating that little IN
temDerance now and then is almost
virtue. Here the doctors have one specl-
fc for adj diseases-''liver regulator
and everybody gets well under this treat
ment and live happily on tan bark and
cross ties. and other legal tender. Com
ING from a variety State" | perhaps am
supposed to represent a pitting conduit
through which all our boys may consist
antly return their thanks for the kindly
welcome extended them,
whether they come from the Brushy
mountains misty top.
Where the ground hog boroughs and the
the seed ticks hop,
| Or whether they hail from Pasquotank
Where the bull frogs jump from bank
to bank"
| Our boys of the press know good thing
when they see it. whether it be clam
| fritters. old eggs or stale beer. We
| know how to give kindness and hence
we know how to appreciate kindnesses
when extended to US.
In behalf of all our boys from every
section of the State, from Virginia. /
boundary to South Cardinals dispensary
lines. from Murphy to Manteo, from the
fur-clad summit of Mitchell's dome to
the rugged reefs of Hatteras where the
wild waves of the sea beat and lash them
| to you and your people the trophies of
| heartfelt appreciation of the kind wei
| come extended, and lay them, wreathed
/ in the roses of sincerity, at your feet.
We all remember how the noble three
| hundred" fought to the death their last
night. Leonidas, the leader, had among
| this brave band a brother, and while yet,
one way of escape was not blockaded, ne
| hurriedly wrote a message and handing 1t
his brother, said: Take this message
home to Sparta" that brave brother re-
piled: my deeds to-day will be all the
message Sparta wants to hear" Adopting
| the same sentiment, / am sure our deeds
! and actions while among You will convince
YOU all that our boys fully appreciate the
hearty welcome extended us and the
kindnesses shown us.
The association elected officers as fol-
lows:
J. B. Whitaker, Jr., President; j. L.
Britt. w. A. Curtis and w. S. Herbert,
yice-Presidents; Jno. B. Sheriff., Secre-
tary and Treasurer; w. G. Dowd, Orator;
Josephus Daniels, Poet; R. A. Deal, His
torian; J. A Thomas, Thos. X. Manning,
La. A. London, J. w. Bailey and j. A.
IRobinson members OF the Executive conn
Emittee and John B. Sheriff. delegate to
1.-THE National convention. D. IL.