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fft S 11 3lP W$ Established 1867. v "For us, Principle is Principle Right is Right Yesterday, To-day, to-morrow, Forever." Published Semi-Weekly $3.00 a Yew VOL. XXIII. GOLDSBORO, N. C, MONDAY, 'NOVEMBER 22, 1886. NO. 10. TIE CAUSE OF ALL OUR WOES. ureal Aim-a arm opeeuu uy Speaker Carlisle. The Banquet of the Iroquois Club the Occasion of its Delivery. tUuc.xnn. Novemher 17. The fourth Manual banquet of the Iroquois Club occurred to-night at the Palmer House. Among a large number of distinguished Democrats to wnom in vitations had been sent, tne ronowing are some of the most widely Known who accepted and were present : Speaker Carlisle, Senator Beck, Hon. Edward S. Bragg and Hon. J. Ster ling Morton. Letters of lejrret were received trom president Cleveland, Abram S. Hewitt, Roswell P. Flower, William C. Edincott, Perry Belmont, Governors D. B. Hill and Fitzhugh Lee, A. G. Thurman and Fitz-John Porter and S. S. Cox. After the banquet, at which between 250 and 300 guests and members of the club sat down, the following toasts vrere made and responded to: 'American industries, their growth and prosperity cannot be promoted bv unnecessary or unequal taxation" Hon. John C. Carlisle. "Treasury surplus and tariff" Sen ator Beck! "Public lands are the people's heri tage for homes" Hon. W. J. Sparks. "The Great Republic" Hon. W. W. Fuller. "The President of tho United States" Hon. Edward S. Bragg. "Monopoly shall not rule" Hon. J. Sterling Morton. "The sanctity of the American home the safeguard of American liberty" Hon. James R. Doolittle. "The Democratic party" L. J. Kinne. "Vound men in politics" Hon. F. N. Lehman. SPEAKER CARLISLE'S SPEECH. Mr. Carlisle was received with great applause, and spoke as follows: Although the toast just read as serts a self-evident truth, we cannot afford to ignore the fact that even in this age of philosophical speculation and practical knowledge, there are men in the- front ranks of literature, politics and o business, who seriously contend that the Government can make its citizens rich and prosperous by taxing them. If these gentlemen should attempt to convince the public that the farmer could be made more prosperous by increasing the tax on his land, or that the manufacturer could be benefitted by compelling him to pay a high rate of taxation on his machinery or his income, the absurd ity ot their position would be so ap parent as to excite universal ridicule.! And yet such a proposition would be no more absurd or unreasonable than the assertion that the prosperity of the people generally can be increased by imposing taxes upon their food, their clothing, their building mate rials, their means of transportation, and their tools and implements used in their industries. Taxes do not create wealth. They destroy it. All taxation, whether it be direct or indirect, and no, matter how it may be disguised or m what manner its payment may be enforced, is ulti mately a charge Upon labor, while its imraediate and invariable effects is to withdraw the full amount of the ex action from the production of the in dustries of the people. When it is emiitablv imposed for public purposes only, and its pro ceeds are honestly used in defraying the necessary expenses and meeting the just obligations of the Govern ment, all are equally benefitted and nojone has a right to coinplain, but when a tax is imposed - upoti one part f the people or one class of "industries dimply for the purpose of increasing the protits or another part of the peo ple or another class of industries, or when the tax is so laid that its neces sary effect is to increase the profits on some industries at the .expense- of others ' equally meritorious, the im policy and injustice of the proceedings are too obvious to require comment. Absolute equality in the adjustment of the rates of taxation, and in the designa-tkm of the articles upon which it shall be; imposed, is not to be ex pected, and in. fact not attainable, but substantial equality and unin- iormity are essential elements m every just revenue system. So long as the power of- taxation is exercised only for the purpose of raising a reve nue for the-support of the Govern ment, the principles of equality and uniformity can be recognized and en foeed in a large degree at least, but when the power is perverted and used to inerease-the profits of private individuals and prevent the collection of revenue by the. Government, it is impossible to regulate its exercise by any rule or principle except favorit ism and selfishness. In such case equality and uniformity-will neces- , - . .. . I. sariiy defeat the primary oojecc oi ae tax v bureau. It is evident hat - if all were compelled to Pay an eoual tribute to each other nobody would be benefitted; and 11 is just as evident that it all do not Pay an equal tribute somebody must oe cheated. American lndutnes, and oy these I mean to include every hon est and useful occupation, cannot be promoted by any system of taxation or any policy of legislation which dis criminates between them and compels one to contribute part of its own earn ings to increase the prohts or prevent losses in another. There should be ?o expatriated or.persecuted industries to the country. There should be no ranks or degrees among the legitimate occupations of the people nor any pad to the favor or bounty of the Government not open to all alike. Mining and manufacturing and the occupations-dependent upon them are great and valuable industries and should be cherished and promoted in every proper wav. They afford em ployment to fnA.nv millions of capital and their products contribute largely to the wealth and comfort of the people, but they are not by any means the only American indutries. In the households of the poor, in the fields and forests, in the mines and factories in the stores and shops, on the rail roads and canals and rivers, on the high seas, everywhere there are American industries struggling with the mighty forces of nature and sub duing, combining and utilizing the elements of earth and air, and any view of our industrial system which fail to comprehend all these necessari ly leads to partial and erroneous con clusions. Taking that broad view of them which comprehends the smallest as well as the greatest, and appre ciates the interests of the whole in stead of a part only, it is impossible to understand how their growth and prosperity can be promoted by taxa tion in any form. It is not difficult to see how a system which prevents com petition, and, therefore, increases prices, may enable an individual who has capital involved in a particular industry to realize profits instead of suffering losses, but it is manifest that this must always be done at the ex pense of the consumers of his pro ducts, who are also, as a general rule, engaged in industrial pursuits. In every such case the actual losses are Erecisely the same as if competition ad not been prevented and prices had not been increased; but instead of being borne by the individual who carries on the business, they fall upon the purchasers of his products, and are paid out of the earnings of other industries. Other industries, therefore, not only make good his losses, but bring him a profit besides, thus giving him a bonus for inventing his capital and wast ing his skill and labor in an unprofitable business. That taxation for productive pur poses has resulted so far in a contin uous waste of capital and labor in this country is conclusively shown by the present condition of the so-called pro tected industries and by the history of our legislation on the subject. The early advocates of the system pro posed it only as a temporary expedi ent to aid in the permanent establish ment of certain industries, and in sisted that after a few years of de pendence upon the bounty of the Government and people they would be strong enough to stand alone and compete successfully with their rivals not only in the home market but in all others. Under the influence of this argument the first protective tariff was enacted in 1816, and yet after seventy years haye passed many of the same industries which then asked temporarv assistance only are now demanding more than double the rates of duty then deemed suf ficient, and their accredited commit tees and organs unanimously declare that unless these enormous bounties shall be indefinitely continued the in dustries must ce4.se to exist. Accord ing to their own showing the policy inaugurated nearly three-quarters of a century ago, for the purpose of ren dering them independent and self sustaining has been exactly the op posite effect. Its constant tendency has been, and is now, to impair their ability to compete with the products of similar industries elsewhere and to make them more and more dependent upon bounties and special legislation for support. It has added largely to the cost of production by increasing the price of machinery and materials and the necessaries of life. It has confined the products of so-called pro tected industries to the home market exclusively, so that the amount of production must be regulated by the domestic demand, and operations must be auspened when that demand is satisfied. It has obstructed interna tional exchange, thus partially ex cluding the products of our other in dustries from profitable markets abroad, diminishing their earnings and arresting their growth and pros perity. It has proyoked other Gov ernments to rescrtto retaliatory meas ures, discaimination against our pro ducts and trade in their own ports and markets, and gives preference to the products and trade of our most for- midable rivals; and here at home, oy encouraging capital and labor, to rely upon legislation for profits rather than their own capacity, it has greatly impaired that spirit of independence and enterprise which is absolutely indispensable to the successful prose cution of business in this age of im provement and progress. These are only a tew ot tne evils which the existing system of taxa tion has inflicted upon the country. Many valuable industries, which would have nourished without it, nave been tortured to death by its unequal burdens and unjust discriminations, while others have been . crushed by pnmhinatinns and monopolies which it creates and sustains. L Some hayeu prospered in spite of it, but the sum of the people's wealth, the aggregate accumulation of savings in all branch es of industry, is undoubtedly much less than it ought to have been, and would have been, under a more equal revenue system and more liberal com mercial policy. A few have become very rich, but many have become very poor, and the gulf between lux ury and penury is growing wider and deeper day by day. This unnatural and dangerous con dition of affairs could not possibly ex ist in a young and rapidly developing country like ours if the laws and reg ulations affecting the creation and distribution of wealth were just and equal in their operation. With a fer tile soil and friendly climate, with in exhaustable stores of coal and iron, the two most pwerf ul material agen cies in our modern cultivation, with a vast extent of unocupied and unde veloped territory, with free institu tions and an intellgent, industrious aad enterprising population, we ought to be exempt from social and politi cal diseases which afflict1 the crowded nations of the Old .World ( and jwe will be exempt from them when we tax all alike and protect all alike. Living in such a country and surrounded by the marvellous achievements of the most wonderful half century of the human race, if the people continue unprosperous and discontented, if wealth continues to accumulate rap idly in the hands of the idle few, while hunger and nakedness increases in the very homes of industry and if invested capital remains uneasy and insecure and labor dissatisfied it will be a burning disgrace to the states manship of the age, and a terrible weight of responsibility will rest upon those who rejeet all measures of relief and cling with stubborn tenacity to the worst features of the system un der which these evils have originated and attained their present proportions. But, gentlemen, no matter who may desert or may falter, the great fight for reform will go on. This country does not belong to either monopolists or Communists, and the people will save it from both. Between these two there stands the great and powerful body of enlightened, conservative and patriotic citizens, who respect equally the rights of capital and labor, who obey the laws and preserve the pub lic peace, and who, in spite of all combinations and conspiracies, will ultimately see that the true princi ples of justice and equality prevail in the legislation of the country. Even to prevent the continuance of long existing and; constant! increasing evils they will not rush from one extreme to another, but will proceed carefully, deliberately and resolutely to correct inequalities, remove unnecssary burdens and open the paths that lead to peace and pros perity. While free trade is impracticable, industrial and commercial emancipa tion can and will be accomplished by wise and moderate measures of re form without interfering with any private enterprise or injuring any public interest. To this some of us at least are irrevocably pledged, not only by the traditions and declara tions of the political party to which we belong, but by a sense of personal and official duty which cannot be disregarded without betraying the confidence reposed in us by the peo ple. Whether in public or in private life, I shall stand by that pledge, and to the extent of my abilities and. op portunies contribute in every way to the early and complete triumph of revenue reform. ARTHUR DEAD. Another Kx-Presiclent Has Quietly Passed Away. New York Nov. 18. Ex-President Chester A. Arthur died at 5 o'clock this morning at his residence. No. 123 Lexington Avenue. He had been ail ing for some time from a complica tion of diseases, principally a kidney affection. He s pent the summer at a watering place, and it was sup posed this had strengthened some what his enfeebled constitution. His death was unexpected, it not being supposed outside of his house that he was in any immediate danger. As soon as the news of Mr. Arthur's death was made public, many flags on public and private buildings were placed at half mast. Mr. Arthur had lived at No. 123 Lexington Avenue for twenty years or more. A stroke of cerebral apoplexy, sudden but not wholly Unexpected by the attending physicians, terminated his life. The stroke came in his sleep between Tuesday night and Wednesday morn ing, and he did not rally thereafter. His death was painless, like the slow going out of a burned down candle, and for Hours before the end came he was unconcious of his surroundings. His son and daughter, his sister, his former law partner, Sherman W. Knevals, and his closest friend, Sur rogate Rollins, were at his bedside. OWNERSHIP OF FREDER ICKSBURG R. R. STOCK. A bill has been exhibited in the United States Circuit Court on the equity side by Moncure Robinson and others against H. B. Newcomer, W. T. Waters, and others, charging that certain shares of stock in the Rich mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company had been put into the hands of the two capitalists named by the Wilmington and Weldon Rail road Company, their succsssor, by feigned and fictitious sale, and that Newcomer and Walters had distrib uted these shares among a large num ber of employes of the latter-named company by feigned and fictitious sales; that the shares are not really owned by the reputed holders; that the object of these transfers was to avoid the effect of the provis ions of the Code of Virginia scaling the votes of large stockholders; that the effect of these transfers will be to give the stock about 4,700 votes in the meeting of the stockholders of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto mac Railroad Company, whereas they have heretofore cast only about 800 votes, and asking that a commissioner of the court be appointed to be pres ent at the meeting of the stockhold ers, and make report to the Court of the votes cast, by whom cast, and the ownership of the stock on which they are cast. Judge Hughes -has appointed Mat thew F. Pleasants as such commis sioner. The order of the Court was based on a precedent recently estab lished in a suit in which the Reading Railroad of Pennsylvania was con cerned. The meeting of the stockholders of the Fredericksburg company will, be held to-day, and it is expected that the proceedings will be quite inter esting. Onr inh office facilities have been greatly increased and improved. In quality of work and cheapness of prices, we. propose to compete with any office south of the Potomac. - Tax receipts, Clerks Blanks, , Registers nionbs f!onrt Dockets. Marriaere License and all blanks used by Magis trate? and Attorneys supplied at snort notice. TIMELY SUGGESTIONS. Judge Clark's Observations In Eastern North Carolina. Judge Walter Clark has been rid ing the Sixth District this fall, and upon being applied to by one of our Reporters as to his impressions of this section he gave bis views substan tially as below. They embrace mat ters which will be of interest to our people. The Judge said : J It is impossible to ride this circuit without being pleasantly impressed with it, and without being astonished at its great capabilities for 'develop ments. Much of the very best land in the State lies in the triangle of! which Wilmington, Goldsboro and Morehead are corners. It is a- vast territory, in which there is not a foot of railroad, the largest area prob ably, of good land east of the Missis sippi which is destitute of railroad facilities. Nowhere on the planet can railroads be built more cheaply than there, and in the rest of Eastern North Carolina. In some places for thirty miles a railroad track could be laid down without any grading whatever, and with merely the trouble of cutting a small ditch on each side of the track. The marl which abounds tbjobnghout Eastern North Carolina. nd the Phosphate beds, which lie undeveloped through a large part of it, are guarantees of its becoming more than ever, what it has always been, the granary and Egypt of North Carolina. The phosphate beds must become a source of great wealth. There is no other opening now offered to make large fortunes so readily as can be made by energy and business talent in developing the oyster inter est of Carteret and Onslow. That business has largely made the cities of Baltimore and New Haven. Oyster planting on our coast, properly man aged, is a certain road to wealth. As to the prejudice entertained in certain sections abont the unhealthi ness of this section, it is unfounded. I have been here nearly every day for five months. I have seen the healthy appearance of the people in court rooms and in public gatherings. They will compare well with any population. The climate is mild and the diseases seem mild too. In both summer and winter, the proximity of the coast renders pleasant health resorts readily accessible. The fine climate, the fer tile soil and the opportunities to read ily secure a competence would soon fill up eastern North Caroliua with a white population, and make it what nature has destined it one day to be come, one of the most populouand prosperous parts of the Union, iLciily railroads were there to make it acces sible and develop it. As long as convict labor is used for building railroads, it is but just that some of it should be sent East where their work is so much needed. Of the 1.400 convicts now in the penitentiary about 900 probably are from the East ern half of the State, convicted at the expense of those counties. The loss of the labor of 900 men each year for the past 16 years i3 a considerable item of itself. It is true that they have done a great and much needed work in building railroads in Western N. C. But now that those railroads are nearing completion, at least the Eastern contingent should be brought home to build Eastern railroads. 900 men could grade many miles of rail road in a year in this level country, and in a few years would nil it with railroad tracks. Then, besides retain ing that number of laborers in this section, there is the annual expendi ture of 00 or $70,000 a year for the support, guarding &c. of 900 convicts, which if spent in the East each year would put more money in circulation there. We see the prosperity which has come to Western N. C, from the use of this labor in grading her rail road, and the adoption of a similar policy towards the East would have as good results, if convict labor is still to be employed in grading rail roads. It would be well perhaps, if in minor cases, instead of the convicts being sent to the penitentiary, they could be worked in their respective counties on the public roads. There is also to be considered the Atlantic & N. C, R. R. in which the State is largely interested. A single track extending, without feeders, from Goldsboro to Morehead, it is hard to make it pay. It is to be hoped that this legislature will recognise the nec essity of building feeders to it and will appropriate convicts to build branch roads from Lagrange or Kin ston to Snow Hill and Greenville, from Core Creek to Trenton and from Newbern to Onslow. With such help it would become a paying road. Such action would not only be just, consid ering that so large a number of con victs come from the East, but it would redound to the good of the whole State bv aiding to develop a most fer tile section, which at this time needs a helping hand extended to it. Many other Eastern railroads are needed and could be graded by convicts, but I allude particularly to the necessity for building branches to the Atlantic R. R. as it is a road in which the State is largely interested as a stock holder. Then there are also vast bodies of extremely valuable swamp lauds throughout the East, belonging to the State. These could be ditched by the convicts sent from this section and made very productive. By build ing railroads in that section, the State would make these lands very valuable and attain a double object by not only getting a good price for the State lands but also lareelv increasing the reyenue by annual taxes on the lands thereby rendered valuable and pro ductive, and. to that extent, lowering the rate of taxation throughout the State. Justice and a sound hnanciai policy unite in requiring the appro nriation of convicts to drain the State lands and build railroads throughout the Eastern part of the State, which should now. receive, attention, since the R. R m the .West approach com pletion, and we all rejoice in the great increase of prosperity which they have brought to that part of the State. BENTON REINSTATED. A Forgiving Letter From the President. November 17. District Attorney Benton, of Missouri, who was sus pended by President Cleveland upon charge ot violating the executive order against undue political activity by office holders, has been reinstated. The correspondence between District Attorney Benson, Attorney General Garland and President Cleveland is made public to-night. Benton on November 19th, wrote to Attorney General Garland protesting against his suspension. In his letter he says, "If making of political speeches is the cause of my suspension, I can make no defence, butif it is inferred that I neglected my official duties by so doing, I am not guilty, and ask the fullest scrutiny into the fates." The letter was referred to the Presi dent whose reply is as follows : "Executive Mansion', Washington, D. C. Nov. 10, '80. ) Hon. M. E. Benton : Dear Sir : Your letter of the 10th instant, addressed to the Attorney General has been submitted to me, and carefully considered. Its frank tone and all I know of your character convinces me that the truth is therein related touching matters which led to your suspension from office. When I issued the warning to office holders, to which you refer to as an 'order,' I expected to be much harrassed by all manner ot loose and frivolous tales originating in malice or disappoint ment, and a deliberate design on the part of political enemies to annoy and embarass concerning indulgence and appointees under the present adminis tration in 'pernicious activity' in poli tics against which my warning was directed. I hoped, however, that by careful consideration of the soint as well as the language of such warn ing those in good faith not intending to respect it might not be m doubt as to to its meaning and would them selves apply it to conditions and cir cumstances which it was impossible or me to specify. I did not intend to condemn making political speeches by a Federal official to his neighbors and friends nor at any time and place where it was merely incidental, it the speech itself was decent and fair, but 1 do not think that such an official can enter as a business a political campaign and consenting to a long ist of engagements, to address politi cal meetings, without neglecting his duty if he holds an office worth having, nor without taking with him in the canvass his official power and influence. Therefore this course is condemned. The number of speeches hat can be properly made cannot be specified nor the time or place where, or circumstance in which they are proper, nor can their character be prescribed, but a correct line of con duct can be determined on without difficulty, I believe in the light of desire to follow the spirit of admoni- lon given by divorcing the conduct of a citizen from the use of official in fluence in political campaigns, illus trating at all times the truth that official duty is paramount to partisan service, maintaining tho dignity of office holding, avoiding any pretence of control over the political action of ythers by reason of official place and teaching the lesson that public posi- 10ns are not bestowed or held under pledge of active partisan service. A printed list taken from a newspaper and submitted to me contained en gagements to speak, made by your consent, daily, for quite a long period and not unfrequently twice a day in different parts of the State of Mis souri, and 1 was led to believe that on many of the days specified, court at which you had duties - to perform was in session. This seemed to me to present a case of flagrant defiant neg- ect or official duty andpropnety, and j 1 1 J even with the explanation given, your course appeals to be thoughtless and at least subject to criticism, but he statement in your letter showing that you did not. permit campaign engagements to mfere with the per formance of official duty, or the satis factory discharge of such duty during your term and belief in the truth of your allegation that you honestly supposed you might properly do all hat was actually done, have induced me to rescind the order suspending you from office and to reinstate you to the same. Signed Yours very truly, Grover Cleveland. WHISKEY AND OLEOMAR GARINE. Recommendations of the Com missioner of Internal Revenue. In his annual report Commissioner of International Revenue Miller says hat although the tax was paid during the last year on more than a million gallons of bourbon and rve whiskies in excess of the quantity on which tax was paid during tne preceaing vear. the production in 188(5 was so much greater than the withdrawals as to leave a net balance in the ware house June. 30. 1886, of four million fallons greater than was on hand uly 1, 1885. The production of all . . m ... . illi Kinds ot spirits was aiso two minion gallons greater man during tne months of July, August and Septem ber, 1886, than during the correspond ing months of 1885, while the tax- paid withdrawals were half a million gallons less, ine commissioner re commends to (Jon erress that tne prin cinle of taxation which applies to all other articles taxed under internal revenue laws be made to apply to distilled , spirits, and that, as in the case ot tobacco and beer, and ot the new subject of taxation, oleomarga rine, the tax be levied upon the spirits which shall be manufactured and sold, or removed for consumption or use. The quantity of distilled spirits in the United States, except what may be in customs bound warehouses, on the fist day of October, 1SS6, was 98,930, 351 gallons. The commissioner in vites attention to the necessity of legislation to remove the present dis crimination against retail liquor liquor dealers in the matter of penal ties of fine and imprisonment fordo ing business without payment of the required special tax. He also renews the recommendations that the num ber of revenue agents be increased. In closing his report Commissioner Miller reviews the action taken by him for the enforcement of the oleo margarine law, and says: "It is im possible at this time to estimate the amount of internal reveuue which will be derived from oleomargarine. If, however, the operation of the law should prove unsatisfactory in its present form, which is construed to levy a tax only upon the article manu factured and sold or removed for consumption or sale as supposititious butter, the law can be so amended as, while imposing a tax upon oleomarga rine oil, neutral and such like sub stances, without which the suppositi tious butter cannot be extensively manufactured, to provide also for the use of such substances by subsequent compounders without the payment of a second tax, as rectifiers are allowed to compound distilled spirits on which the tax is paid without paying an additional gallon tax simply by de livering up the original tax-paid stamps and receiving in exchange other stamps representing the same quantity ; also for refunding the tax on so much as is issued for lubricating purposes or otherwise in the arts and sciences. In my opinion, the advan tage in securing the tax from the manufacturer, who derives his ma terial from the slaughtered animals, cannot be oyerstimated. These manu facturers are comparatively few in number. By requiring them to stamp and brand all their productions and to keep such books as will indicate the destination of their products, such products can be followed to the dealers and through the dealers to the consumers. At the same time, by the use of a system of exchanging stamps similiar to that now in operation as to distilled spirits, the article may be readily indentified by the consumer without necessitating the imposition of a secoud tax. THE BAPTIST IN COUNCIL. Fifty-Sixth Annual Session ot The Baptist State Con vention. The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina met in the irst Baptist Church in Wilmington, on Wednes day at 10 o clock a. m., and was called to order by Rev. C. T. Bailey, of Ral eigh, the President of the last Con vention. After devotional exercises, conduc ted by Rev. C. Durham, of Durham, the President appointed Rev. A. D. Hunter and Messrs, J. G. Morgan, R. O. Womack, A. W. Early and R. A. Spainhour as a Committee of Enroll ment, who subsequently reported two hundred and five dalegates present. We condense from the Star the follow ing: The chair anounced that the elec tion of officers was next in order and the Convention proceeded to ballot for President. Pending the taking of the vote for President, Col. J. M. Heck, of Ral eigh, moved that a committee of five be appointed by the Presidedt to nom inate the remaining officers of the Convention. The motion was adopted, and the chair appointed Revs. N. B. Cobb, J. B. Richardson, W. N. Kennedy, Hon. W. A. Graham and Col. L. L. Polk as tho committee. The tellers appointed to take the ballots for President anounced that no election had rusulted. Another ballot was ordered. Dr. Pritchard announced that the committee on Hospitality were in an adjoining room, and requested that any of the delegates who had not been assigned to homes would report to them. After devotional singing, prayer was offered by Rev. J. W. Perry of States ville, and Rev. Dr. Tichnor, of Atlanta, Ga. The tellers announced that liev. l. C. Bailey, D. D., had been elected presiding officer of the Convention. Dr. Bailev addressed the Conven tion, briefly reviewing the progress made by the Uhurcn in tne past year, which he said was greater than ever before known in the history of the Baptists of North Carolina. He thanked the Convention for the ex pression of their confidence in again choosing him as their presiding officer. The committee appointed to nomi nate the remaining officers of the Convention, reported the following; First Vice President Rev. C. E. Taylor, President Wake Forest Col lege. Second Vice President Prof es3or J. W. Gore, Chappel Hill Third Vice President itev. j. a. Holeman, of Iredell. Treasurer T. 11. Bnggs. Recording Secretaries N. B. Broughton, of Raleigh, and George w.Green, or .Moravian rails. Auditor W, H. Jones, or Kaieign. Corresrondincr Secretarv Jno. E. Ray, of Raleigh. Auditor Sunday school ouppiy Store Jno. T. Puilen, of Raleigh. On motion, the reoort ot tne com mittee was unanimausly adopted. Rpv. Dr. Pnchard. nastor of the First Baptist Church, then delivered an address ot welcome to tne dele gates present, giving an interesting account of the .first settlement of the town of Wilmington and its early his tory, emDoaying many euusiuuuiug reminiscences of the trials and pro gress of the Baptist Church. Refer-: ring to the , present Convention he said that it was larger than any other ever held in the State and that the committee on Hospitality had a diffi cult task before them in providing homes for all; a task which they would have been unable to accom plish but for the hearty hospitality extended by members of other de nominations in the city. He stated that there were 477 delegates and vis itors here and more expected on the evening traing. There would be at least five hundred altogether in atten dance. He hoped that the stav of the delegates in the city woud be pleas ant, and assured them that every thing would be done to make it so. Rev. J. L. White, of the First Bap tist Church of Raleigh, responded, thanking Dr. Prichard and the people of Wilmington for' the hearty recep- l tion and cordial welcome extended to the delegates. Rev. N. B. Cobb, of Hickory, then presented a gavel to the President, tho body of which, ho stated, was made from a tree that shaded the spot where the First Baptist Conven tion ever held in the State was con venedin the town of Greenville. The handle is of laural, grown in tho county of Ashe. President Bailey accepted the gift in the spirit in which it was tendered. He said that the gavel would bo care fully used, and only for the advance ment of the Baptist cause and the cause of God. - Dr. Pritchard, Rev. Mr. Tolson and the deacons of the First Church were appointed a Committee on Devotion. Several visitors who wero on tho floor were recognized and presented to the Convention by tho President; among them, Dr. Tichenor of the Home Mission Board of Atlanta. Ga., Rev. Mr. Meeks of New York; Rev. J. B. Boone, President of Judson Col lege, and also President of the Wes tern Baptist Convention; Revs. T. P. Lyde, Jr., and W. II. Daniels, of the South Carolina Convention. The report of the board of Mission read by Mr. John E. Ray, Correspond ing Secretary. The report shows total contributions for state Mission work during the year amounting to $48, 035 9G; number of raissonaries 100; church es and stations occupied 192; Sunday schools organized 30; churches organ ized 11. For Foreign Missions $G,2S2 20 have been contributed during the year; a much larger sum thau was ever given before in any one year. The report of Mr. N. B. Broughton, President of the Sunday School Board, says thst interest in Sunday school work is on the increase, and more of the churches' are striving to keep up their schools during the whole year than formerly. The importance of holding a Baptist State Sunday School Convention is urged. Fifty-one new Sunday schools have been organized; making the presene number 800; tho number of attendants approximates 2.000. On motion, so much of the report as referred to State missions was made the special order for half past 10 o'clock this morning. Rev. Dr. Tichenor, representing the Home Mission Board addressed the Convention in relation to the work of the past year, especially upon the beneficent result that followed tho labors of missionaries among Cubans living at Key West, Fla. Tho following committees were an nounced : On Obituaries Rev. B. N. Cobb, Rev. H. N. Battle, Rev. D. Theo Whitfield, Rev. G. B. Bostick, N. L. Shaw, Rev. J. C. Wilson, Rev. J. P. Mason. On periodical Revs. W. H.Strick land, R. Van Deventer, J. W. Fulford, and Messrs L. Knott, T. Royall, C. A. Memminger. On Finance Rev. J. T. Pullen, and Messrs. D. McNeal, J. II. Tucker, Proctor. On Place and Preachers Mr.'J; A Stradley, Revs. W. L. Wright, C. A. Woodson, 11. W. Norris, T. J. Uooke, C. C. Newton, and Mr. J. B; Holman. On Board of Missions Prof. F. P. Ilobgood, W. A. Graham, Revs. J. M. McManaway, A. J. Hires, T. P. Wood, Dr. Hurham, J. B. flarrell. On Board of Education Keys. W. R. Gwaltney, W. A. Pool, C. Durham, J. S. Purepoy and Messrs. Noah Bigg and J. W. Dinraurtb. On Sunday School L. M. Heck, Dr. W. A. Nelson, W. S. Poteat, T. Dixon, Devs. S. F. Conrad and J. W. Perry. NIGHT ,SES8IONr. Convention met at 7.30 p. m. After an organ voluntary, the doxology was sung, and Pastor Piitf had invoked the divine blessing. "Rock of Ages" was sung bv the congregation. Rev. R. T. Vann read part of He brews, 3d chapter, and Rev. II. W. Battle, of Waoesboro, offered prayer, afterwhich a solo "Hear us Oh Fath er," was sung by Mrs. Jenkins. Rev. Mr. Van then preached the introductory sermon, on "The Deceit fulness of Sin," from Hebrewn 3d. The congregation sang "How Firm a foundation." Several announcements were made, and Mrs. Jenkins sang another solo, "Come Unto Me," and the meeting closed with benediction by Rev. Dr. Tichenor. Lemon Ilixir. A PLEASANT LEMON DRINK. 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The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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