The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-03-10
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Gov. Hayward Returns After a
Trip to New York.
WAS MUCH PLEASED


and Made Fine
Impression.
Col. d. @. Hayward returned Wed.
nesday crom New York city, where he
had gone upon invitation to speak be.
fore the North Carolina sot7aty This
was at the annual dinner Of ts.e peo-
pie OF the Old North State who low
make their homes in the American
metropolis. In speaking Of Gov. Hey
wards visit to New York The State
says:
While Gov. Hayward was thorough
ly tired out, he had enjoyed every mo-
ment OF his trip. Mr.. e. w. Robert.
son. who accompanied him on the
visit to the metropolis, said that no
one coul have been the recipient Of
more social attention during the time
that Gov. Hayward spent in New
York.
The great banquet OF the North
Carolina society was held on Fri1ay
evening OF last week at the St r gis.
that greatest OF hotels. where the
service Is gold plate and the walters
ard bell boys and footmen wear the
picturesque knickel booker costume
Of the French court. TIE ST. Regis,
In its magnihceDCe, has taken away
the breath OF even the New Workers,
who are vel used to what southerners
Term the "luxuries" of life, yet what
to the e 1tl amites are fast becoming
necessities.
II tried to appear as II 1 was used
to IT" laughingly said the governor
Unfortunately, Gov. Glenn could not
he present at the banquet, at which
25O guests sat at the tables. Pres
sure OF work, incidental to the sts.
sion OF the North Carolina legisla.
ture, prevented the chief executive
os South Cardinals sister State from
being in the city. His place, however,
Gov. Hayward says was ably filed by
Joseph +. Johnson, an ex-governor of
Alabama, who is a North Carolinian
i by lrtlEan ndSa ho-Twea assN all fitted to
participate In the meeting between
The governors Of the Two States.
At the banquet we're many North
Carolinians who have become sub.
stantial citizens OF New York, and
the society had also Invited IN courte.
sy TO the governor, about 25 South
Carolinians who are we'll known in the
great city. Among these latter was
MIR. w. a. Barber, former attorney
general of the State, who is now one
Of the most prominent lawyers in
New York. Gov. Hayward heard him
highly spoken OF by men who knew
him we'll.
Through the Kindness Of Mr.. E. w.
Robertson, Gov. Hayward met a.
number Of gentlemen who are infiuen.
tial In the financial world, and at
their hands he received many pleasant
social attentions. The governor was
parl licularly gratified with the inter.
est In the bright outlook OF the south
manifested by these financial and
business m!n.
They were remarkably well dis.
posed toward South Carolina" :" he said
last evening, "and seemed impre ssed
with Its wonderful manufacturing de-
velopment and its future.
The cotton warehouse system was
something with which they we're quite
familiar and they seemed to think
that, backed as it Is by the bankers OF
this section, that the farmers would
have DO difficulty In obtaining the
necessary capital once the scheme was
lairly well established. This capital
might be obtained both In New York
and In South Carolina. The efforts or
the cotton planters to fix price was
looked on most favorably by these
gentle men,"
Gov. Hayward, as is known, made
the theme Of his speech before the
North Carolina society the work of
the immigration bureau in this State,
and he said that he was SURPRISED at
tne knowledge which the New York
capitalists displayed Cf the success
and work Of the bureau. The fact
tnat South Carolina had taken The
lead had stamped itself deeply, and SO
great was the interest In this that
the New York Herald asked an inter.
view with the governor on the sun.
ct.
told them the men we wanted
were the highest class. @ lality, II
ssible, counted much mure than
quantity In our desires. Home 8 elk.
RS were the colonists we wIsu, d, and
skilled artisans. The northern.r,
agreed With me In this, havi seen
TIE influx OF immigrants TO Castle
Garden, and knowing that many ci
them were undesirable. l was told
that there we're between 5000 ano
100 600 men cut OF employ ment IL
; Ne% York City, many OF them finish.
, ed WOrkt rs In their crafts. How |
2 wished that they could know the ad
I vantagt that we have t. uT,r The II
$ here in our State. l felt that | hao
' mission In making my speech Oh
! this point, even though an | latel
/ found, the work Of the bureau was al
=. ready known 10 an ext nU."
; Faith In Charleston as a cominl
port was expressed TO Gov. He, warc
by some Of NeR York's prominen,
men. The digging Of the Panama
e canal, they said, was bound to resuI,
In the greatest henefit to the city
4 uprising familiarity was display @.
l In regard to Charleston's haroor an
y It's advantages as a shipping and re
e ceiving port.
Wherever l turned in New Yorl
1t seemed to me l met a South Caro-
+ lintan," said the governor. Il hat
not Teen there an hour before me-
o Mr. Il. Q. Duncan, president OF tn,
o Union mills and Mr. w III c..