The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-08-26

abundance at different places upon
the grounds and streets of the city;
automobile rides from the grounds
to the shows and return; 80 cars are
at your service. Everything free. Ii
you don't see what you wish for ask
for it and we will get it, if we can. I
forgot to say that all speeches will
be short and everything else long.
Now will tell you why the picnic
was given. You country people have
been most kind to US. We have
enjoyed your hospitality and we
thought it right and proper to ask
you to come and enjoy the day with
us. We fixed this as time for all
of us, town and country, to come
together and forget for the time
being our labors, worries and our
troubles, and forgetting all care.
meet old friends, make new ones and
just simply "have a good time.
The pleasure we have gotten out
OF preparing to entertain you and
your presence with us today more
than repays us for what it cost and
our trouble. we feel sure. We hope
you will enjoy the day and be glad
that you came There are Others to
speak so will not take more of your
time | thank you for your quiet
and patient attention. Again we bid
welcome.
Ex-senator A. C. Zollicoffer spoke
next being called upon by Mayor
Powell to deliver the principal ad-
dress of welcome. He spoke as fol-
lows:
In beginning his remarks Mr.. Zollicof-
fer said he esteemed it q great compli-
| ment, and a proud distinction and priv
| ilege to be selected as one of the repre-
sentatives and spokesman of the business
| men and citizens of Henderson in their
| behalf to add word to what had been
so we'll said by Mayor Powell in welcom-
| ing the visitors to our town. There is an
| adage as old as the hills said the speak
er, and which all OF us have perhaps
| heard, and often used and practiced, and
| that is all work and no play makes Jack
a dull boy" | know that many times
during my life, not desiring to be dull
boy | have taken advantage and found
great comfort in that old saying, and
have laid down my hoe and sought the
shade of some wide spreading tree, and
| watched the grass grow.
Recognizing that that adage is true as
| applied to the masses as well as to indi-
| viduals, the people OF Henderson have
| for this day, cast aside the cares, trials
| and troubles of busy life, and have in
vited you to come and make happy this
occasion with them, and in their behalf
bid you one and all, a sincere, cordial,
friendly and hearty welcome. Your pres
| ence here is source of great Joy to us,
| and we trust that you may in turn en-
| Joy every moment OF the time you are
| with us.
1t has been our earnest endeavor in
| the selection of those who arctic have
charge of the details OF this entertain
perienced- in the various departments
And we have also endeavored to antici-
pate your coming, and to so arrange
that your every comfort and pleasure
shall be looked after.
If there is anything we can do for you
| or anything you wish, simply touch the
| button. If you don't see what you
! want, ask for it, We have tried to sup.
ply everything for the refreshment of the
inner man, eatables and drinkables, in
Guiding the purest water, from Hender-
sons famous water-tank. Remember it
| is said that the water from this tank has
| a wonderful influence over you. 1t is
| like unto the inspired Castalian Spring,
| at the foot of Mount Parnassus, OF
| which we are told in poetry, and which
! in ancient days was reserved for the
! Muses. 1t is said that whoever drank
| of or bathed in that fountain became q
| great poet. If you will but drink deep
of the water flowing from this crystal
fountain (tank) you will find that al
| ways thereafter you will have a yearn-
| ing for Henderson, and such will be its
power over you, that try as hard asyou
may, you can't resist coming back
Hence we have supplied many barrels
thereof, and we specially invite you to
drink deep, any where from five to ten
gallons This larger dose is especially
prescribed and earnestly recommended
by the chairman of the entertainment
committee, to be taken just before din
ner, in case you should note in his face a
look that would indicate a doubt about
the barbecue and Brunswick stew hold
ing out:
| My friends, this is a proud day in the
history of Henderson. We are simply
i delighted to have you here. We greet
you, and clasp your hands in friendship
We are not here to discuss questions O
government, or politics, or anything
wherein there may be differences among
: us, but we meet you in the sweetest anC
tenderest bonds OF brotherly love.
| [ fear that in this day of strenuous
living we are prone to pay too little at
tention to the social and hospitable side
Of life-the coming and mingling togeth
er in good fellowship-that we really
look upon friendship as
Something far away a name,
A charm that luls to Sleep
A shade that follows wealth or fame
And leaves the wretch to weep"
That we do not recognize the grea1
| truth that no man can live unto himself
| hope that | am not correct in this, anC
that such is'not the case. If such is tn,
fact, however, let us strive to turn ovel
e. new leaf, and more frequently assem-
BILE ourselves together, so that we may
know each other better and to discuss
those things which shall rebound to oul
common good.
We have every reason and incentive tt
do so. We live in the most progressive
age the world has ever known; in tn,
greatest country ON theface of the earth
with no earthquakes, volcanoes or CIV
clones; with no great epidemics of choI
era, yellow fever or other contag;ou
diseases, plaques or pestilences. In ;
land where the sun shines all the time
where the women are pretty and tn
men are brave and patriotic; in q lant
of churches and schools; where we cal
truly worship God according to the die
tates of our cOnsciences; where it is rec
ognized that all men were created equal
where life and liberty are sacred; an,
where we may enjoy the fruits of GU
labor, and pursue such course as ma,
bring to US the most happiness.
And Oh! what wonderful progress w
have made in the development of thi
country within the past quarter of a cen
fury. Note the changes in our religious
moral. social and educational life Th
great advancement from ignorance an
shame to higher education of our people