The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-18
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business for the entire South

business for Richmond meant Niger
businaGD for the entire South
Llkas ~ Sa0Daas.
Mayor Ainslis responded. thanking
he people Of Fayetteville for thar
warm and kindly welcome and their
massage Of good viii 70 the pseDas q
Richmond.
Since coming on North Carolina soil.
he said, the Boosters had been treatod
- royalty - any people could be. He
wAs not surprised at this. however. for
from the samples Of North carolinians
now located In Richmond he had founl
that in every role they played their
part we'll He invited all to Richmond,
either to visit or to make their homes.
saying that eieS.oo0.0oo had been In.
vested in brick ana steel and stone In
the past three years ana that there was
nov moro building Going on than
workman could be found to handle.
Rev. David Fairly: pastor Of the First
Prssbyterian Church. welcomed the
Booster party. saying that Richmond
was not 90 far from Fayetteville ~
some supposed He felt very near and
dear to Its people, mentioning DR.. J.
Allison Hodges and other distinguished
former citizens Of Fayetteville who
have made their mark in Richmond.
He congratulated the Boosters and the
people OF his own city that they were
living In the period Of tho South's
greatest awakening, whom all Of It's
resources were for the nrst time being
brought into play. I'VE will Join
heartily with the Boosters OF Rich.
mond." he said. IN making the South
that grand country that 1t has bebn in
the past and that II win be and ought
to be in the future"
Appreciated In RaeAnoaa.
President Darlington. OF the Rich.
mond Chamber Of Commerce, speaking
FOR the aggregated invested capital OF
$s1S.0oo.ooo represented by the men
participating in tho second annual
Richmond Boosters tour. said that
when Richmond wanted . real man for
mans size job. Il had always found
that II could get him from the Caro-.
mas. ana the men 80 imported had al.
ways made good. Richmond. he said.
owed much Of its progress TO North
Carolina, and the object Of the tour
was to tell how much the people OF
richmond appreciate the patronage
given them.
1onn gibbs. secretary Of the Retail
Merchants Association briefly vel
coined the visitors after which Mayor
Underwood genially called for "Boos-
ter Bill"
Nowhere have we been moro worm
~ received or have the people turned
out more generously said Mr.. Dabney.
we want you all to come to Richmond
because It 10 the best place to come,
ana II you do come. II you ever leave
IT. will be because you want to leave.
not because we want you to CO."
Mr.. Dabney called on Allen Potts,
managing editor OF The Times Dispatch
which paper inaugurated and is the
host Of the Booster tour. Potts ex-
pressed the hope that tho Booster
movement from Richmond would be
maintained as an annual event
Short Tour Of City.
Mayor Underwood invited the visi-
tors to make themselves at homo for
the remaining time Motor cars were
IN readiness and the Boosters were
taken for q half-hour spin around the
town which proved a most enjoyable
feature The wide wsll-paved streets. |
well cleaned and neatly kept proved |
most attractive.
Only a BRIEF stop was made at Max
toA where the band serenaded. the
Boosters sang, and everybody shook !
hands with a welcoming committee.
The time was short, and after q delay |
OF only . few minutes the train pushed
on to Bennettsville- In the train ride
following, with the impetus OF the |
warm reception In Fayetteville, John
G. corley and Alvin N. Smith called |
a meeting OF some Of the leaders of |
the trip to discuss the purposes Of the |
trip. The meeting broadened out into /
an earnest and serious consideration
Of Richmond and its future.
Mayor AinsIte was invited into the
and exercised hfs Views some /
what more at length than he has here
tofore done in regard to the conduct (
OF the city government. pledsing the
most cordial cooperation Of the city
with the business organiza-i
lions in the general movement to push
Richmond along.
Mayor Ainslie's Plan.
The Mayor told OF his plan to In
augurate q semi-monthly meeting Of
the department heads OF the city gov
eminent as q sort Of Mayors cabinet
for discussion Of city Affairs. whereby
o keep the Mayor informed Of what