The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-01-26
CIR DUNN CHAIRNAN.


4 u elsewhere noted, Mr. W. A. Dunn
was made temporary chairman of the
tenn cranes convention in Raleigh
last week. He made strong speech,
in I, porting which the News and OBJ
servac said
ssAlr. Dunn is we'll known to the
Sts.s. He is temperamentally an
carr st man, perhaps a trif1e devoid of
bur or. His face is lean, his eyes
deel sat, his jaw works as he speaks.
His HACK hair over a forehead that
is high and skin that is pallad bru-
net,s give him an ascetic air. Withal,
1t is the deep flash Of his eyes and the
thir sierness of his lips that Indicate
his over, which is an unflinching
sincerity. Mr.. Dunn is one of those
me- that one imagines In the flames
He sould go there with the power of
bis attack on what he believes to be
wrotg unhindered and not weak ened
by Zig predicament. He is MARTYR
In a. age of civil rights, to his and
othe IS advantage.
"'he line of his talk On taking the
cha justifies the above. He had
beer uncertain about this question,
the ;eople had been uncertain and
hesilant. But when the sober thought
had come to him he had seen a serious
duty devoIving upon all who loved
the State and their fellow men to give
tier influence to the cause. ANY
maj. who enlisted under the banner OF
the temperance cause must bear in
mid that there was only the recon-
pente OF stern sense Of duty. 1t
mus5 be remembered that the enemy
was strong one; the warfare would
have to be constant, vlgilant and bit.
ter, az we'll ss confident. When you
put our hand to the plough there was
no .arning back. The man who was
too thin-sk,nned, who lacked the moral
courage to meet the enemy that was
strong and alert, had better not en-
gage. 1t was by no means plain sail
Ing The foe was strong, powerful,
united. Every man engaged in the
lqt.or business was banded together
wit some other man in the same in
ter-st. 1t was a unified force that
woflc fight you in every way. Unless
m.a has some fighting blood, unless
he is something of a hero, unless he
possessed true moral courage, he had
better keep out OF this fight. He
mt { have brave heart that loves the
peo.'!e and the State better than be
does himself; otherwise he had batter
not enlist. If we came as practical
men to meet the performance OF dutv
with wisdom and courage and in sober
ness and bravery, We will route the
enemy. we have been called cranks
~ 10 cares? Martin Luther, laying
the foundations of religious liberty.
was called a crank; Oliver Cromwell.
who blazed the way for civil liberty,
wac crank; Patrick Henry whose
speeches laid the fire and George Wash
Ing whose military victories made in
dependence possible, were both cranks
Yet friend and foe alike to-day called
them men great and good.
cit was true that we can point with
pride to the accomplishment of the
pas, but there Is but the beginning.
When great reform starts there ls.
there can be no let up. 1t is a duty
that behooves great wisdom, courage,
confidence, faith in God. need not
adv 70 or suggest that we should be
conservative, that progress must he
slow. There are men here from all
ssctions, each man knows what is best
Tor his own people. This must be a
practical convention, strong, forward
gong, united on measures as one man
labs ring in a common cause for the
good of mankind.
"It was as Danton had said: we
must agltate, sgitate, agitate, and
Frsnce will be free we must work,
work, work, and if we do 80 bravely,
energet!cally, we will see the glorious
result OF giving peace and happiness
to the women and the children and O.
producing the salvation of the weak
men who are now enslaved by the enc
m. against which we are enlisted"