The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-26
LAST DAY Of THE
REUNION FADES
But Fadeiess Will be its
Memories.
And His Audience are Richly Repaid.
ThunderOus Applause for Calvin
McEachern. A Vote of Thanks.
The Scattering of The Home
Corners Begins.
By Y. c. MOORE.


Red Springs. n. c., Aug. 25.-The
Robson county homecoming Reunion
is now an event of the past, thus add
ing another chapter to the her illus
trious history Yet it is not forgot
ten, nor will it be- It will ever be
and daughters who were permitted to
come back to the county of their
birth and the old North State which
they love so well, after an absence of
months and years spent in their adopt
ed homes in other States.
Also will it be remembered with
much pleasure and great jay by those
of their friends and loved ones who
have remained at home and develop
ed her great resources and made of
Robson the grand county that she is,
the glory of her people and the pride
of their State. The royal welcome
with which the home corners were re-
ceived, and the kind and loving recep-
ton which they have been given was
full worthy OF this great and good
people. No pains were spared by the
people of Red Springs and this COM
munity i'm providing everything that
would add to the comfort and pleas
ure of the home Corners and the Stran
gers within her gates. 1t is said of her
people that they are clannish and are
for Robesonians first, last and always.
and while this is i'm a great measure
true. yet she IS not unmindful of the
strangerwho casts his lot among them,
and there is no pleasanter place to 90
or more hoSpitable people to be among
than Robson county and RobeSonlanS.
In this connection | must not fail
to mention Judge ID. p. McEachern,
an old veteran Of the county known
and loved by all, and. who having had
charge of the headquarters, has been
especially active i'm looking after the
comforts and conyeniences of the peo-
pie: nor can too much be said in praise
Of DR.. Nardcll, master of ceremonies,
for his earnest efforts which added as
much to the success of the program
of the week.
Events OF tire Day.
This was educational day, but on
account of unavoidable circumstances
the speakers for the morning, Dr.
Charles y. McIver. of Greensboro;
Prof. Arthur McCallum, of Texas, and
Prof. Alexander Graham. of Charlotte.
did not arrive. However, Judge w. ID.
Mckay. of Texas, who was TO have
spoken tonight, delivered his address
i'm the morning. The audience which
had assembled in the auditorium was
a good one and they were richly re-
paid for having been there. His adj
dress was 4 gem OF oratory and excel
lencc. He is a pleasing, masterful and
forCeful speaker and thoroughly cap
tivated his audience. He spoke with
feeling and pride OF the greatness of
the wonderful State of his adoption,
but said the young North Carolina
could find no State with "A more glor-
ious history, greater people and oppor-
tunities than the good old North State
which he loved so well.
Judge McKay's Address.
Judge Mckay spoke on the subject,
SHOULD the Young Man of
Today Go West?" After paying a
grand tribute to the Red
Springs school by saying the day
was not far distant when the youth
reared under the shadow of this school
would hold up his head with the same
pride as the young man reared in the
shadow of Athens. ne said that there
was once a time when the young man
left the hearthstone of his home to go
west TO perpetuate his name in history
Thus when the brave Travis Crockett
and Bowie and the $50 Alamo defend
ers lay down their lives for Texas the
young North Carolinian was there.
At Goliad and San Jacinto he was
there fighting in the forefront to free
Texas from the yoke of bondage TO
Mexico
Speaking of how North Carolinians
had aided in the development of the
magnificent territory illuminated by
the beams of the Lone Star and how
they had risen to positions of trust and
power in that vast commonwealth he
referred 10 Joseph Pinckney Hendcr-
SON of Iredell county. this State. as
the first governor of Texas. lie then
went on to portray the beauty ana
grandeur of the State and how North
Carolinian brains and hands had been
busy from the first in helping make il
the wealthy and powerful entity it is
today; and then returning to North
Carolina he referred to the inspiring
work of her sons along all
lines Of endeaVor and achievement. es~
pecially stressiug the States political
history from the time Of the Mecklen-
burg Declaration of independence to
the era made glorious by the career or
Vance, n statesman whose name is To
North Carolina what that of Blaine is
to Maine. In this connection Judge
Mckay paid q graceful tribute To
Judge Walter Clark as one of the
three great lawyers of the American
Union.
On the great advantages of North
Carolina commercially the speaker
dwelt with force and enthusiasm. lie
presented in most attractive form the
richness of her yet but partially devel-
oped resources and the many fields she
offers to men of energy for enterprises.
He concluded by urging the young men