The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-04
A generous reception was c,

SpOndent Of the News, SAID.
A generous reception was eXtended
here, as in every other section Of the
South. In fact, the relations exist
ing between Raleigh and baltimore
are so close that the local business
men are as familiar with Baltimore's
leading citizens as are the people at
home.
You tell Henry Wilcox. president
of the First National Bank, that we
will give the Centennial travellers
anything they want and charge 1t TO
him. said President Joe" Brown, OF
the Citizens National Bank here.
Wilcox is an all right fellow and he
VII stand for it, but if he won't
why, we will. And there is Charles
T.. Crane. president of the Farmers
and Merchants Bank in your city
There is no finer man anywhere Our
relations here with the Baltimore
bankers and business men are very
cordial and we are mutually inter
ested in d good many things.
Met By Solid Delegation.
1t was a solid delegation that me-
the Baltimore party at the train and
planned the program for the stay
here. 1t was headed by Mayor James
/. johnson and President John G.
DreWry, of the Chamber OF Com
| mcrce, and included among others
John A. Mills, president of TIE An
Choir Trust Company; w. b. Drake,
Jr.. president of the Merchants Ma
tional Bank; Joseph G. Brown, presi-
lent of the Citizens National Bank;
E. b. Crow. cashier of the CONNER
cial National Bank; Col. Fred A. Odds,
North Cardinals Commissioner to the
Panama Exposition and who is prom
inently identified with the State His
torical Association.
On account of the heat today the
exercises for the Centennial propa-
Sanda were arranged for the late af-
ternoon and evening. The visitors
were taken in automobiles to the
Marlborough House. This afternoon
there will be a motor trip to inspect
the municipal improvements, wind
ing up at the Country Club with a
dinner. The guests will be brought
back to the Chamber Of Commerce,
where speeches will be made by
Mayor Johnson, Mr.. DreWry, Mayor
Preston and A. S. GoldsborouSh, and
Sheriff McNulty will sing "The Star
~Spangled Banner" This session will
be followed by a smoker at the Elks'
Club. after which the party will leave
for Norfolk.
Raleigh May Have Float
: 1t developed that the city of Raj
eigh may have a float in the munich
pal parade during Centennial week
At a number of the cities visited, no
tably Birmingham, Atlanta and Char
a lotte, suggestions We're made to Mayo
2 Preston that other cities might like tt
4 be represented in the pageant OF
: Municipal Day" The Mayor grabb
n ed at the idea and said he thought i
+ was excellent. He Immediately com
s municated with Executive Secretar.
Robert r. Lee, Of the Centennial com
mittee, and advised that such a pro
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weeks events
Assurances have been receiVe'
from the Mayors of practically ever.
city visited on this tour that they Wi
attend the celebration with their offl
cial families. 1t is proposed tina
these visiting Mayors and those &C
1t complaining them, shall ride in ope
ne carriages or automobiles in the mu
nicipal parade. and the floats fror
their cities could be in the same sec
10 ton with them.
While cotton is the great produ6
Ut in the Southern States, there are ais
:. many industrial developments and !
IS every city in which stops were mao
=. there were practical Illustrations {
o. local pride and the desire to exec
The one thing that we did not fin
anywhere was a local knocker-
While riva1rieS exist between cOmpe
ing cities in certain sections, the pee
60 pie everywhere put up a SoOu iToi
Ok and there were no chickering's {
of backbiting to reflect on their own cit
90 1t is this spirit to excel and to s
ahead that prompted the suSgestit
that floats depicting progress shou
be entered in the municipal parad
Mayor Preston proposes to offer son
form Of prize for the best float ar
to appoint the judges from amor
visiting Mayors and officials who
ult o -,
very interesting by showing Il
GO. transformation of cotton from u
ing field to the consumer. Cotton will
lsa ripe in september and can be Iii
I'm played in its natural growth. 1t
iDg saiu mere that the ooutnerh states {
pect to turn out from fourteen to +
se,- teen million bales of cotton this yea
North Carolina is banking on SOC, o
=. bales. Holy smoke! But a lot