The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-05

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find us always trying 10 accomplish for
vou the Greatest possible good Certainly
some Of the things that the people of
Raleigh have long hoped for We expect
soon to accomplish. Applause)-
Among other improvements that will
he made will be the removal OF the cot
ton platform and the erection OF as large
n warehouse on that square. tEnthhsias-
] tic annlausal. We hope to do much more
for YOU. We are with you in heart and
love. The fair City of Oaks is one OF
the most important, as II is one OF the
most beautiful. points on our map. Ana
il gives me pleasure. gentlemen, 10 pro-
nose 10 YOU as a toast The City of Raj
eigh.'" :,
The toast was responded TO amid
applause.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. +. ST.
Johns speech. Judge Pnrnell was
called for. He would not make Il
speech. he said. but would venture it
as the opinion Of the court that IT
was about time TO proceed with the
breakfast.
From this opinion nobody mani
Tested any great desire to appeal and
the order Went at once into full force
and effect. 1t was near II o'clock
when carriages were taken for the
station. The two sections pulled out
ten minutes apart shortly after 10
O'Clock for Petersburg where the
party will take lunch ar Petersburg
| and then proceed to Richmond where
the last spike completing q system
Of 1000 miles Of road was driven and
q banquet was last night given.
Included in President Williams
party are MANY men Of note. foremost
among whom is John SHELTON VIII
liams. himself. He is a Young man.
only 80. vet he has the brains and
good Judgment Of q veteran. He is
n member of the banking firm of John
l.. Williams & Son of Baltimore and
Richmond. and his first entry into the
railroad world was in ms purchase
, of the bonds of the American & GeOr-
oia road. After that he made rapid
! strides through his boldness. He is
brilliant and energetic. and the over
coming of insurmonntable obstacles
to others is but child'S play TO him.
He is Il strictly 4 southern man and
secures help from southern peop'e.
F.. St. John. vice-president and gen
eral manager. is we'll known in rail
| road circles. He was formerly man
/ ager of the Chicago and och Island
Railway. and was pitted against En-
oene Debbs in the great railroad
| strike a few years ago. He is a man
Of commanding presence and great
| executive ability.
Another of Mr.. Williams right
hand men on the trip is j. William
Middendorf Of the firm Of Middendof
& Oliver. bankers and brokers of
Baltimore. Mr.. MiddendOrf has stood
by Mr.. Williams through thick and
thin in his fight for the development
of the Florida and West Indies Short
! Line.
! f.. j. d. Cross. one of the chief
| sci Of the Baltimore and Ohio. and an
intimate friend Of President John X.
Cowan. who will make a speech at the
banquet in Richmond.
S. David Warfeld. postmaster OF
Baltimore. is also Of the party. HIS
father was elected Mayor Of Balti-
| more in 1915. and the postmaster was
| ambitious to follow his fathers lead.
| His father. it is said. was done ont of
! the office. and the son only desires an
! election that he may 90 in and stay
| in. Postmaster Warfield took up the
scheme of consolidation Of the Sea-
! board and other lines after other Ii
nanciers had despaired Of its success.
Other members of the party are J.
Hume Smith, president OF the Chamber
of Commerce of Baltimore; j. w. Watts,
of Durham, a Baltimorean. who went
from Baltimore to North Carolina, es-
tablished q tobacco plant and made a
million or two by selling out to the To-
bacco Company: F. S. Hambleton, a mem
Der of the well-known banking firm OF
John Hambleton & Co.. who have fnan-
ciered many important deals in the South:
General Lloyd L. Jackson, q we'll known
Maryland gold Democrat: descendant of
StOnewall Jackson, member of the dry
goods firm of John l.. Hurst & Co; Maj.
Douglas II. Thomas, who probably has
more extensive financial relations with
the South than any other Baltimore
banker: R. C. Hoffman, of Baltimore,
former president of the SeabOard Air
Line. and the victor in his fight with
Thomas S. Ryan: Judge Leigh r. Watts
of Portsmouth, general counsel of the
Seaboard Air Line: Cecil Gabbett. vice
president and general manager of the
Georgia. Alabama and Savannah: Ran
dolph Anderson. of the general counsel
of the Georgia and Alabama: w. w. Ira
vers. general manager OF the Virginia and
Carolina Chemical Company; j. w. Leary.
general manager of the Southern Express
Company: Superintendent Donaldson, Of
the Pullman Company. at Richmond; Col.
Wilbur F.. Jackson. president of the Con-
tinental National Bank of B~altimOre; w.
p. Harvey. Baltimore capitalist; Robert
ODER. merchant of BaltimOre: w. A.
Marburg, vice-president of the Continen-
tai Trust Company of Baltimore, and
the first mayor of the city of Warfeld:
N. WinsiOw Williams. lawyer: Georg.
Maccubbin, broker; w. T. Tongue and
A. L.. Gorter, real estate; George K.
McGaw. merchant; James Y. BrattOn. of
the Baltimore American: F. D. MADEIRA.
of the Associated Press; N. E. Foard and
@. Harry Smith, of the Baltimore Her.
aid; H. A. Darby, of the Baltimore News;
Thornton Rollins. coffee importer; H. c..
Brown, banker; F. r. KeiSer, capitalists:
j. w. Stewart, lawyer; c. d. Fenhagen.
treasurer of the international Trust Com
pany. of Baltimore; H. R.. Duval. former
president of the Florida Central and PEN
insular Railway: G. Schumacher and ]. S.
Farlee, New York bankers: Col. B. Came
ron and l.. A. Carr, of North Carolina.
directors of the S. A. L.; A. S. Elliott.
banker of Wilmington, Del: Robert NJ.