The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-26

'AAAOA We oAAA oAiA 49, 'AANL4 w NV II
assembled. We have been delighted I
land honered by being thus addresseG:It
land I sincerely wish 1 had the gift TO .
ihttingly reply; 1 am encouraged to +.
undertake this pleasant duty assigned !
Ito me because 1 am conscious that you /
acknowledgment. expressed in plain .
land simple words. BETTING the calling |
lin which most Of US are engaged.
I'm the days Of our forefathers, when |
1.-THE ancestral home was the log cabin, |
1.-The entrance to which was fastened by |
1.-THE wooden latch. raised by the leather
Thong. the owner left the latch string |
hanging knotted on the outside, Sc that |
friends might come in andmake them
~tselves at home; the idea was a beauti-
lful. one, b~espeaking the truest conf
ldence in the friends who were thus ad-
limited, to what was in those LAYS the
hosts entire possessions; Dus after all,
this proverbial welcome lacked the
warmth and charming influences OF
lsuch a greeting as we have received
here; where we are met with the warm
Ihandshake and good cheer and are well
icomed into the wide open door that
leads to the ~unstinted hospitality Of cur
Friends
is a most delightful welcome which
}you have extended to the bankers. who
}come from al over the state, to this
OCCASION of their annual hCATay. They
icome from the western part, where in
3greenest yerdure the lofty mountain
Ipeaks stand sentinel over the most
beautiful LAND that can be found On
this beautiful earth. where the azalaa,
1.-The kalmis, the rhododendro1D IN great
lest p%rofusIon and loneliness garland
1.-THE coves and glens of the mountains
lin a way that is beyond description
beyond ever the powers Of this gifted
l~orator who has just addressed US. l
have just recently returned from q
lshort "Trip to the beautiful Sapphire
fcOuntry and the Trannsyvan1a noun
ttain region and know the bankers of
this section would m1SrepreSent their
teountry, if they did not come with JOY
full hearts and smiling faces from the
midst of those grand n beautiful
surroundings. They come from the
Piedmont section. like OUT worthy pres
IidenU happy over the prosperity OF
| the many mills and factories thai are
, Ispinning their yarn from eight cent
=, cotton. and shipping the product of
: their factories, fields and forests all
: lover this and into foreign lands. They
l leone from the east, where the mem
= DRY of eight cent cotton may cast Il
f lmomentary shadow as they think of
e what might g BEEN; but it passes
: laWay with the thought of the thou
O. sands of car loads of fruits and berries
:. THAT have rolled away and have coma
= Iagain with hundreds of thousands OF
> dollars that lave found their way into
- their vaults and Safes. where moth
land rust do not corrupt-(seldOm)-
break through and steal. They come
from beyond the state, these brothers
that have strayed from us, and whom
we are delighted to see. with evidences
of prosperity d~eservedly gained and
ipositions worthily won. the most noted
land perhaps the best beloved of then
Iclethed with the nighesE honors that
can be bestowed by the largest associa-
ition of the best bankers the world has
lever known.
Happy and joyous they all come tt
this annual family reunion, and it is
Imost appropriate hat the reunion i:
lat this beautiful place where the ClC
ocean kisses the fairest lard of earth
land where the. original settlers frs
Handed in thai spirit of freedom anC
, tlove of independence that Their de.
~IscendantS have right nObly maintained
in their day srd generation.
I'VE count it, a great privilege to bt
here, and We note Wit pleasure anC
pride what YOU AVE done and are do
: ing in your beautiful city and this de
llightful suburb. Your large and grow
, ing export trade is of especial interest
for al North CaroGnians feel a persona
interest II pride in what you are 10
ing in this line, for our growth mean
: Jour growtn, and your success in hand
ling foreign trade is ours also. lou
ljobbing Grade reaching for iniaIal /
known to many of US. but we did no
know the magnitude of it until viewer
permitted to see it ourselves. You
splendid graded schools are famed a
over the state, and none take more in
lterest III them than the cOmnrunltle
from which I come where many {
your most beautiful and culture
daughters were educated, and frOl
wheh you nave drawn your worth
ard able superintendent. Your banl
are a source of pride and Wonde
the bankers of the state and not q f6
.of the brotherhood would like to
Iraken into the secrets and learn no
lit is all done; how they gather sue
large deposits when RENTING daily fl
g. all collections; how they manage
!get into and out of Lexington. Thon
l~asville. Reidsville, Mount Airy, al
Isuch places without paying tribute
Caesar or some one else, to many it
Iinexplicable unless it is done betwet
per lsuns; how they take no little ana gi'
we $50 much, and still add so largely
am their surplus. But I am wanderir
"a from the point in a pardonable zeal f
~ knowledge.
as we are impressed with your lar
business interests. your magnif1ce
md lchurches and beautiful homes, 20
schools and public buildings and t
to splendid condltlon OF your city, ana W
to feeling the spirit that %tua yo
We people, congratulate you on what Y
have done, what you are doing Al
ION what you are going to do in the cor
ing years.
Il assure you, colonel, gentlemen
ore the Chamber of Commerce. banker
NJ and friends of the city of Wilmingto
ney that We are most nlshly grained
va. your cordial welcome, and that we {
ready feel perfectly at home: like t
tax-lister now loose in our land,
Ils lido not think we can tax you too -nu
the or that we can draw too heavily up
your kindness and hospitality. If~3
our should have occasion to think You {
thus oVer-taxed ana tnat our over1ral
e ARE burdensome. we beg that YOU W
remember hi it is you'd own fau
We land that you have invited it by SO
.rty nnos+ ganarons Welcome
or we know our stay among v