The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-09

eises attendant upon the formal opening
and dedication of the Smith Memorial
Sunday School Building, which began
Sunday morning, continued through the
Sunday night religious services and closed
in blaze of brotherhood feasting, good
cheer, eloquence, wit and humor last
night.
Two hundred and forty-seven male at
tendants on the services of the church,
including a few invited guests, were com
fortably seated at the festal board in
the basement dining room of the building,
End IN the absence of the charms Of The
fair sex, the Greensboro orchestra sup
piled the deficiency by the witchery OF
delightful music. The ladies' had left thei :
substantial impress in the shape sof
menu embracing turkey, salads, sauces,
cake, ice cream, etc, and the aestheLIc
taste was supplied in the form of flowers,
ferns, evergreens; the beautiful ivy from
the walls of the old church. blending with
American beauty roses and chrysanthemum
in tasteful color contract.
The president of the Mems Brother
hood, Hon. T. " Taylor, as POSTMASTER,
was distinctly the right man in the right
place, and while his hits were frequent,
lent. Mr. A. w. McAllister in response
to the toast .''Our Pastor" completely
charmed the board with the beauty of
his conception, the strength of his thought
and the exquisite blending of taste with
tact, with not a trite suggestion of com
mon eulogy or a hint at cheap praise.
Mr. G. w. Denny, of the Building ana
Finance Committee, told with thrilling
interest the story of the building of this
$50, 900 monument to the consecratcd
courage of DR.. Smith. and the zeal of tie
committee, composed of Capt. j. ". Fry,
chairman; K. G. Vaughn, w. E. Bevill,
Neill Ellington, A. NJ Scales. S. A. Kerr
and Rev. DR.. f. w. Smith Mark Twain
never at his best, excelled Col. Glen G..
Wright in his discussion OF the toast,
"Morbus Sabbaticus."
While discussing this Sunday disease,
he referred to another, Morpheus Sab
batticus," on which he was an authori-
| ty, promising at future time to treat Of
a popular disease during, as the other
was peculiarly incident to before church
The responses by DR.. Smith ION the
dead line in Bible study" and of Judge
| Strudwick, THE woman OF our church,
were in strict keeping with the impor-
| lGLCt duu oOC1dl tightly VI lIC oSIttoiol''
POSTMASTER Taylor at the conclusion Of
the formal responses, suggested the rere-
tition at stated periods OF this form ot
social brot herhood, and was strongly sup
ported by DR.. McIyer, who wished to add
as g. feature, the presence Of some noted
lecturer or digntary from a distance Of
the stamp of DR.. Van Dyke, DR.. Henry
Louis Smith and Governor Aycock. The
result was the authorization Of the presi
dent t. appoint a committee to arrange
for another banquet within ninety days
and there was not a dissenting voice tc
this motion.
The delightful function closed, after the
announcement by Mr.. w. E. Allen that
there was in the rear, hid behind ID por
there a few saints who had prepared al
the eatables and decorations just enjoyed
and that all who felt like thanking them
could rise to their feet. There was ar
astonishing alacrity in this rising.