The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-20
PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
THE TWENTY-FlRST ANNUAL SESSION
CONVENED HERE YESTERDAY
Address OF Welcome by Brooke Empie,
Esq, Response by Mr.. \. j. Cool OF
observation-disclosures by Rev. A. G..
voigt-RoutIne Business-Committee
on Time and Place tor Next Meeting
To Report Today-Supper at Seashore
Hotel Tonight.

The tmenty-nrsI annual SESSION or
the North Carolina Pharmaceutical As
ISOLATION was called TO order at IL
O'Clock yesterday in Castle Hall,
Knights of Pythias, this city, by Vice
President r. II. Jordan, of Charlotte,
President Smith, of Lexington, not
being in attendance.
The convention was opened with
prayer by Rev. a. G.. Voigt, DID. B.
G.. Empie, Esq, delivered an appro-
pirate address of welcome and Mr.. A.
J.. Cook, of Fayetteville, made a happy
response on the part of the visiting
pharmacists.
The first feature of routine bust
ness was the reports of the secretary,
Mr.. P. w. Vaughan, of Durham, n
Mr.. A. j.. Cook, of Fayetteville. Both
were received and referred to the aud
iting committee consisting OF MI. III.
L. Fentress, of Wilmington; Mr.. H. r.
Horn, of Fayetteville, and Mr.. 3. w.
Hunter of Raleigh.
The report of Mr.. William Simpson
as secretary of the board of pharmacy
was also submitted and referred to the
same committee.
Messrs. II. L. Fentress, of Whining
ton; G.. r. P~ilkington, of Hillsboro;
Mr.. H. T. Hicks, of Raleigh, were APP
pointed a committee on time and place
for next meeting. They will report at
the meeting held today.
During the morning session there
was an interesting discussion of GER
tain violations Of the laws regulating
the pharmaceutical association, the
principal speakers being Mr.. H. t.
Hicks, Mr.. w. H. Wearn, of Charlotte,
and Mr.. William Simpson, Of Raleigh.
A resolution was adopted accepting
and thanking the Wilmington Drug As
ISOLATION for a trip to the Carolina
Beach pier at Sis o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
The afternoon session was from 3
until 4:30 o'clock. the principal fea-
ture was the reading of a paper by
Mr.. William NESTLE on h fly
trap, which was greatly enjoyed by
the members of the association. There
was also a general report from the
committees on trad interests and
legislation, the trade interests commit
tee consisting Of H. T. Hicks, of Ra-
leigh, j. H. Hill, of G~oldsboro, and G.
D. Sudbury, Of Fayetteville, and that
on legislation of r. H. Horn, of Fay
etteville, F. w. Hancock, Of Oxford,
j. Hicks Bunting, of Wilmington, g.
c.. Goodman, of Mooresville, and CT.
X. Grammar, of Dunn
A resolution introduced by Mr.. H.
L. Hicks, OF Raleigh, pertaining 10
violators of the law regulating phar-
macy in the state was unanimously
adopted. Thereafter the convention ad-
journed until 10 a. m.
At the close of the afternoon SeS-
sion the pharmacists went for a sail
down the river on the steamer Will
mington to Carolina Beach pier as the
guests of the Wilmington Druggists
Association.
There will be morning n afternoon
| sessions today and at 5 O'Clock this
| afternoon the members of the ~asSocia
| ton will go in a body to Wrightsville
Beach, where a sumptuous seaside
supper will be served by Manager
| Hinton at SeaShore Hotel.
Druggists in attendance upon the
meeting are: p. r. Bellamy, Whining
ton; j. H. Bob6itt, Raleigh; j.. Hicks
Bunting, Wilmington; A. j. Cook, Fay
etteville; H. l.. Fentress, Wilmington;
w. H. Green, Wilmington; j. H. Har-
din, Wilmington; H. 7. Hicks, Raleigh;
H. r. Horne, Fayetteville; Alice Eliza
beth Johnson, Aberdeen; r. H. Jordan,
Charlotte; w. A. Leslie, Morganton;
Thomas Eugene LandquiSt, Salem;
James c. Munds, Wilmington; H. NJ.
Mcdonald, LaGrange; A. B. Matthews,
Durham; William NESTLE, Whining
ton; G.. r. P~ilkington, Pittsboro; VIM.
Simpson,, Raleigh; P. w. Vaughan
Durham; w. w. Wearn, Charlotte; A.
S. Harrison, Enfield, and B. w. Hunter.
Raleigh.