The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-10-18
A NOTABLE OCCASiON.

Meeting IN Rooms st CONNER
cial and Industrial Club Az
dressed by Mr.. J. a. Taylor,
Of Wilmington A Good .
Speech, Profitable and En- i
ioyacls Occasion Many Ad- !
d;,ions 10 Club Membership. !
That was a notable meeting, !
.rnflable ard great y enjoyed, .
.njch was held in tAe reading !
-,om Of the Lumberton CONNER
aai and Industrial C!uo Thurs
8ay evening, wheu President J. ,
lien Taylor. OF t.,r Wilmington
"hamber OF Commerce.. address,
ni the members of the ci23 ard
Iqrge crowd Of invited %~eSts
na the 'Mutu2l In cyeS : If
Wilmington and Lumbrt III aud
now they can be Advanced and
Realized." AS one Of the results
Il that meeting the membership
81 the club has been increased
rom So to so; ard as another re-
s1!t the enthusiasm of it's men,
fers to work with an eye single
20 the advancement Of the
yest interes IS of Lumber
ton has been increased, small,
guny and laughable efforts to
mock and stand III the way dis
.lrbing not at all.
A committee appointed at a
PREVIOUS meeting Of the executive
committee Of the club met Mr.
Taylor at the train and afer driv-
ing over the town with Col. n,
j. Mclean and Mr.. E. D. Cald-
veil he was taken to the home OF
Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Parmele, on
Elm street, where he was enter
tained while here, Mrs. Parmele
being a cousin of Mr.. Taylor. AT
O'clock Mr.. Parmele entertain
ed at stag dinner the gentle
men named above and other
members of the committee ap-
yointed f Il the occosion--M
K. NJ. Biggs, r. E. Lee and ia.
Sharpe and Rev. A. f. Baker
Owing to the fact that this oc
casion was so thoroughly enjoyed
that the passing of time was for
gotten, the hour for the meeting
st the club room was passed be-
fore the members of the party
arrived there. immediately at
ter their arrival Mr.. r. D. Cald
well, president of the club, callet
the meeting to order, revieWe'
the organization Of the club, call
I'd on Rev. A. E. Baker to lea
in prayer, and turned the meet
ing over to Col. N. A. Mclean
who was master of ceremonie
and who said a few words abou
the purposes of the club, whic
are not purely social, but to max
Lumberton the livest town in tn
State. In introducing the speak
ar Of the evening Col. McLea
said that if Mr.. Taylor coul
speak with the same force al
lucidity with which he writes
-tceat was in store.
And Mr.. Taylor demonstrate
mis- ability to do that, giving h
audience a treat indeed and ope
ing eyes TO the possibilities f
development for this town al
section. 1t is cause for regr
rtnat his speech cannot be repol
e3 as fully as it deserves to b
Mr.. Taylor said that he acceI
I'd the invitation to speak he
rartly because of the mutual
Eerests of his town and this a.
also because he owes a debt
mis- town for that here was bo
and partly reared his better 81
his wife. He was no strang
aere, but since his last visit
Eoted that a change had col
over the spirit of the dreams
his town and one who knew
rOwn only as it was 20 years a
would not know it today. SU
progress as he noted seemed
most incredible perhaps the
est court house in the State, si
walks, factories, etc. and if 9
one doubted the proeressiven
Of North Carolina re only neet
70 look at the history of LII
0erton.
Mr.. TAYLOR spoke of Wilmi
ton as a distributing market ;
quoted some interesting coml
isons Of freight rates. III do
this he referred TO some pap
which the reporter took for
manuscript of his speech
neglected to take further no
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