The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-12-11

~ impressive. 1t was a discourse. rich
~ thought and Astounding in apt illustra-
'ioh. II was listened 20 with the closest
enoentlon by the great audience that
hlled the church.
ne sermon was finished at . O'Clock
anu Immediately the convention proceed
81 20 business and the following onicers
were elected:
Oxford.
Vice Presidents-C S. Vann. Edenton.
l. N. Honevcutt. Sparta; Or. A.. f. Cow
ington, Wadesboro.
secretary-N. B.. ~Broughton. Raleigh.
Assistant Secretary-Hight G. Ioore
Newborn.
Observation-Disclosures Durham. Raleigh.
Auditor. B. Martin, Raleigh.
1rustees-W. G. Tyree, Durham: 6. VI. |
Cooke, Louisburg; Livingston Johnson
Greensboro; I H. Briggs. Raleigh; J.. r
Mills, Wake Forest.
Or. Marsh was nominated by Rev. W. C..
lyree, and he was chosen By reclamation
by the convention.
rms S the tenth time you've done
that thing said the Doctor. coming to
the front of the stage. and I hone yor1I
not 90 1t again this century. I.aughter)
Wen let the next century take care Of
itself"
I hope you'll live through it, said
Rev. J. William Jones.
We'll, | don't know why the brethren
keep on e~lecting me-" continued Dr..
Marsh, unless l let them talk all thev
want to and don't do much talking NY
SELF
On motion of Mr.. j. W. Bailey, a COM
mittee was appointed to nominate all the
remaining officers except corresponding
secretary, which place is to be arranged
for later. This committee was composed
OF J. w. Bailey, W. r. Cullom. J. T. Pull
len, 4. D.. Hunter. r. w. Brooks. +. F.
Aydlett and \. NJ. Honeycutt.
Their recommendations, as above print
cd, were unanimously adopted by the
convention. The committee on enroll
ment, appointed earlier IN the session,
reported 342 delegates present and en-
rolled. This committee consisted Of w.
{. DoWd, +. l.. Hoge, T. Bright, G. /.
Greaves, J. G.. Blalock and r. y. Simms.
Another committee appointed was that
to fix the order of business. It was com
posed of G. j. Hunter. J. r. White. w. r.
GWaltney, j. s. Hardaway. W. r.. Morton
and w. l.. Poteat. Their report is print
ed at the head of this column.
While these committees were formula-
ting their reports. Rev. Or. 4. A.. Mar
shall. pastor OF the church, in an appro-
pirate and happy speech, welcomed the
visiting delegates TO the city.
For a long time we have looked for
ward to your coming he said, land now
| esteem il an honor to stand here and
bid you welcome to your own
we welcome you first for what you
are. Your worth is the warrant of your
welcome.
Then we welcome you for what you
represent. Back OF you are 10, Gee Bap-
lists.
w welcome you again because Of what
+ you are doing. During the past year tho
Baptists of North Carolina have given
$50, 900 for missions and $1,000 for educa-
ton.
We welcome you for what you can do
Much as you have done in the past we arc
even now reaching forward to higher
things and preparing for grander an(
p nobler achievements.
+ Again we welcome you because il
IGNORING YOU we honor ourselves. The
spirit of hospitality is not dead in Raj
+, eigh.
If you see anything you want, take it
if you don't see what you want, ask FOL
it. We and ours are yours and may The
acceptance of our hospitality be as joy
6 Gus as the offer Of it is free and cordial
), 1t WIS an address filed with wit arc
a spirit of whoie-souled hospitality, am
it was replied TO in the same spirit +.
Mr.. A. f. Brown. of bsheville.
y came very near having this thing t
do once before began Mr.. Brown. Tina
. was before the State convention ioine,
the Western North Caroline convention
tLaughter(. As re were on our Way t
the convention the president said. Brothe
Brown. | guess you'll have to reply t
the address OF welcome. | said all RICH
and worked mighty hard preparing an eX
temporaneous speech. But when we go
4 there the Brother didn't give US any vel
come Laughter).
In his address Mr.. Brown briefly re
his denomination in the past-the grea
men and great movements that it Ia
given the world-and he concluded b
saying:
Il trust We come TO you with the sam
spirit of loyalty to Gods word that di
rected our fcrefathers. Our growth j
numbers has been phenomenal and til
work accomplished has been stupend0us
And as we come among you | hope "
- NAV bring a blessing, as | am sure W
shall receive one"
The convention adjourned shortly afte
&c O'Clock to meet again this morning q
$50. The devotional exercises at tha
hour will be conducted by Rev. Dr.. A..
Barron, of Charlotte.