Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-02-09
,tD0IAa things. !.
CIVIC RGANIZ
TIONS ARE DOING
GOldSborO Business Men Stand
In Thier Own Light and Are
Stumbling Blocks to
Progress When
They Fail to
Organize.

The business me- of Greensboro,
Charlotte, Salisbury, High Point
owe the development aud marvellous
growth of their towns first to them
selves-to their civic organizations
for the advancement of their COM
mon interests. They get together
and do things, and doing things is
what counts these days.
Individual solons can stop you
along the way aud tell you all about !
the needs of the community, what
ought to be done, and how to do it,
G~oldsboro need to get together and
do things in common.
We have opportunities coming to
us at intervals, and frequently,
which if catered to in advance and
taken advantage of with that Wis
dom that is the result of conference,
would bring undreamed of develop
ment in many ways to our city and
section. But such does not come of
itself.
The morning papers to-day con-
tanned the following Geographic re-
port, in point, of an affair last night
in High Point, which should IN
phaslze to Goldsbor's business men
wherein as a class they are derelict:
High Point, N. O., Feb. The
banquet given in the magnificent
ElWood Hotel tonight by the Man
ufacturer's Club in honor of lheHon.
Victor H. Metcalfe, Commissioner
Of Labor and Commerce, was one OF
the most brilliant and significant
functions ever given in the State.
The company comprised a mum.
= Der of the most prominent leaders
and thinkers n the movement fol
the industrial progress of the Coun
try, and many men prominent "a
the bar and in craftsmanship.
Representatives OF all caIlings
were in attendance and the chief of
fcers of the Southern Railway from
New York and Washington came il
it on special trains, a fine crowd O
e pleasant gentlemen.
e The speeches made post-prand
Ir tally took the one note of faith il
the Industrial pre-elninence of tn
n nation, and in the roseate progress
aud opportunity in industry an
manufacturing upon which tn
,e South had entered into experience
n and which opened up even MOI
lie fully before a section in every Wa
o. suited by nature and, more recent
by earnest inclination for leadershi
l. in the occupations which are basic t
S; wealth and greatness.
id The occasion was one which wa
y truly representative of all lines {
progress. The guest o. honor, typ
Ps cal of the ane determination of th
government to fix the solution of tt
he great problem of capital and labt
is inseparable from all advances i
ID power, which might clog the whee
N of development; Senior Don Gonzale
Is de Quesada, representative of Cuba
ee a virgin field quickening into com
mercial life and destined twin siste
to the helpful giant who has put he
on the path; Senators Simmons an
!Overman, advance agents to mair
tain the ley supremacy of theSouti
Hon. r. N. Page, the business ma
who sees the truest value of INTEL
:. gent politics; Hon. Joseph u. Browl
I banker, who has seen a povert
stricken State grow rich in littl
more than two decades; Hon. Cha;
n B. Aycock, pioneer in the educatio
| of men; DR.. F. P. VenabIe, preside1
u of the University; DR.. George 7
q Winston; Samuel Spencer, Souther
man throwing the powers of high
nance into the building up of wast
places; NJ. v. Richards, the pract
cal railroad man, manufacture
!, from the State, leaders who ha,
> thrown open the door of hope
was a notable and an inspiring NEE
n ing.
e 35c. gets the ST. bottles of Glol
Tonic for a short time only.