North Carolina Newspapers

Vol. XXVI. L'AS A GREA SUCCESS The Banquet at the Elwood Last Night Was a Decided Success in Every Particular. - Not in the history of North Car olina has there been such a gather ing of notable men, on snch an occa sion.as that at the Elwood hotel last night in response to special invita tions sent out by the Manufactur er' Club of this city. The meeting was more than unique. It was broad and liberal, in every sence and was called to deal with business matters, in which the government, ' mannfactuvers.railroads and finan cial institutions were all mutually interested the trade relations of the South with other countries. The government, from the stand point of extending her trade rela dons' as against foreign countries, encouraging the export trade ahout which so much has been said in both branches of Congress. The manufacturers in the matter of widening the market for the ever increasing output in our rapidly increasing manufacturing indus tries. The financier's and -banker's interest centers in the two,beoause asth-ylprosper.latter increase their wealth and power. Thus was idea conceived when the manufacturers of High Point decided to bring to gether the representatives from the departments of government and business. How well they succeeded can only be felt by those present at the meeting last night. As one of the eloquent speakers said in closing the banquet that he felt proud of the gathering because there was sjul, brotherly feeling in it. It was pitched on that high plane on which no small or selfish " idea can survive and in this atmos phere always the true, patiiotic, public spirited man; always finds his abode. It is op there that moral and intelectualgiants walk arm and arm without the molesta tion of that smaller species, whose abition is simply existence. -' Program of day was perfectly car ried out. . Some of the guests came in at noon anoruwg w . u.miw- ' ffthe club opportunity of enter - taing them at the dnb rooms. The greater', number .arrived about 8 o'clock.. The'special train bearing secretary mwiub i ! -? " Washington arrived at 8 o'clock. The committee was received at 8:30 o'clock on the private car of President Spencer and proceeded ' at once to the parlors of the El wood where an informal reception, was held , for half hour or more. The Secretary, the Cuban Minister, our Senators and Representatives, Fresiden Spencer and other officials Soutv--u railroad, rather preferred to jie matter informally and the thirty minutes was denoted to the easy-going good old-fashioned North Carolina handshake. , At exactly 9 o'clock the orches tra struck up the grand march and the guests filed, into the dining room 1 "At" 1 1 o'clock the speaking be. .gan, tlr. J. Elwood Cox the toast master arose and said: '. "Eefore announcing the distin :' '"id gentleman who is first to r s. tLIs evesirj, I wish to take this opportunity, on behalf of the Manufacturers Club, to welcome you one and all and to thank you for your presence on this occasion. "Seldom, if ever, in our State has a Cabinet Officer, a Foreign Minister, as many Eminent States men, prominent Railroad men and Captains of industry been assem bled as are here to-night. "We feel that this is not only a compliment to High Point, hut ton our Sta e, and indeed tne enure South. More especially do we feel this since we learn our distin guished guest actually declined an invitation to address the Chamber of Commerce of New York City, that he might come here, - and this too at the request of our good President. . x "Two Republics are represented here in token of a desire to know each other better. "The map of the world has been greatly changed in the last few years. New doors of business op portunities have been opened and one of the greatest questions with business men now is, how to enter them for the best results? "We are fortunate in having with us this evening the official bead of the new department in our Government, that of Labor and Commerce and his presence here proves that he has at heart the best interest of all sections of our great and prosperous country. ' i To us perhaps this is the most important department in our Gov ernment and it gives me great pleasure to present to you its dis. tinguished secretary the Hon Victor H. Metcalfe." Secretary Metcalf's Address - I thoroughly appreciate the more than cordial welcome given me to night, and assure you that I have looked forward with great pleasure to meeting you gentlemen and talking with you in an informal way about some of the resources of your State and the bright prospects that are in store for you in the future. I oniy regret that I con not stay with you longer and judge for myself,' from personal - observa tion and inspection, of the wonder ful growth and development of your State. And especially do I regret , that I cannot personally visit and inspect each of the , fifty manufacturing establishments and factories located in this ctyy. ... And right here permit me to say that no city in the Union has, un der similiar conditions, made such wonderful progress in -manufacturing as High Point - Your- devel opments as a manufacturing center is due entirely to your own efforts, to the push, the energy, thr enter prise, and I-might add, the nerve of your business men, ana in my judgment it will' not be long before your city becomes the great manu facturing center for furniture in the United States. Lying, as High Point does, midway between the great developed " markets of the North, and the rapidly growing markets of the South and South west, she is most favorably located to catch her share of the great ex port trade' which will inevitably follow the opening of the Panama canal. Drawing from nature's bounty for supply of raw material for use in your factories, and no other State in the Union offers such a qariety of woods, both hard and soft, as North Carolina, and from vour fertile areas for supply of food you need go for little Joutside the bounds ol the State itf which you stand pre-eminent for the progress and energy ot her people.- jjui while you gentlemen are interested HIGH POINT, GUELEOBP COUNTY, ;N. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1905? in the growth and development of your own city, you are also inter ested in the growth and develop ment of the State at large. And while it is not, my purpose to-night to speak at length regarding the various i dustries of yonrState.yet I do want to call special attention to some of those industries for the purpose of showing the remarkable advancement made by yon since the year 1890, and that advance ment can best be manifested by giving you some figures, which figures, ;n my judgement, show most conclusively that the State of North Carolina, taking into con sideration area, population, and wealth, has made more wounder ful progress along certain lines during the past decade than any other State in jthe Union. To the average man figures are dry and uninteresting, bet to the business man and the man of affairs . they tell the story of the year's business and show him on which side of the ledger the balance is placed. And so these figures which I now pro pose to give you tell the story of progress and development of your State and place North Carolina in the credit instepd of debt column of the ledger Secretary Metcalfe then gave some very remarkable figures showing the great increase in the development of the industries of the State. He closed with a most beautiful tribute to North Carolina : "For years you have been living under a cloud, but now the clouds are rolling away, the sun is shining and a new era is dawning an era of progress, of prosperity, of bright hope and promise for the future. As North Carolina's great Senator, Zebnlon B. Vance, once said, in speaking of another people, and I may be permitted to paraphrase his remarks, "The vapors of the night have been caught upon the wings of the morning breeze, and swept away, perfect day has at last been established and now there, is peace " And that it'may be so for all time to come is the earnest and sincere wish of the people of all sections of our country North anH South, East and West " The Secretary took his seat amid deafening applause. . The Cuban Minister. Mr. Cox, introducing the Cuban Minister, Senor Quesada, said: "To you sir who represents our sister republic of Cuba: It was very gracious in you to accept our invi tation and thus lend your presence to this occasion, which has for its object closer business relations with your country." The Cuban Minister is one of the patriots of his country. He served in the convention that made the present constitution of. Cuba. Fervently he spoke of the love of his people for the United States. In a dramatic way he pointed to the flag and made a glowing allus sion to the gallantry of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt as he led his gallant charge. He spoke of the open door in Cuba, the needs of his people, the enormous productions and his belief in he . efficacy of Reciprocity He was hopeful that the United States would eventually control the trade with his country that now goes to Germany ,.. and England. The minister spoke with much feeling at times, bis ' blood always warming up when he allud ed to the relations of his people with the people1 of the ' United States. It was a highly entertain ing effort and the speaker was often applauded. President Samuel Spencer. "For whatever success Hfgh Point has attained credit is largely due to the liberal policy of. the Southern Railroad. She stands to-dav a practical illustration of a successful manufacturing com munitywithout railroad competi tion, something that used to be considered well nigh impossible. . "We have with us to-night the President pf this great railroad system".. We will now hear from Mr. Samuel Spencer on bur 'Mu tual Interests. !' , " These remarks by the Toast Master were received with pro longed applause as Mr. Spencer arose. Mr. Spencer made one of the best speeches of the evening." a Senator Simmons. - Senator Simmons had a new subject and one that will interest the? Southern people more and more every year. The scarcity of labor on the farm has caused our public men to make an investigation of Immigration and Senator Sim mqns has taken the initiative in framing laws which will encourage the right kind of Immigration to the South. He spoke to this last night and made a masterly effort in justification of his actions which are already endorsed by many pro gressive citizens of the State. The Senator made it plain to his hearers that the right kind of Immigration could be directed this way without injury in anyway. He closed by showing how this immigration could be secured. The Senator spoke 20 minutes and was warmly applauded. Senator Overman. Senator Overman's speech on "Cuban Riciprocity" was full of spirit and spoken in his usually en tertaining manner. He dwelt upon Cuban Reciprocity and gave his opinion of the needs of the Cubans and Americans jointly as business neighbors, , Senator Overman is a man of extraordinary fine appear ance,' a good debater and his words last evening were unusiiasly im pressive and convincing. We shall probably reproduce the speech in full.!, i Judge Boyd. I Judge James E. Boyd said that to 2 waj 1 (among his home people and did not intend to make a speech especially at that hour, but in a few happy remarks he caught the ear of all and ilicted much applause. Congressman Dixon. Congressman Dixon, the North Carolinian from afar, arose amid much applause and it could be seen that the young Congressman felt keenly the demonstration. He de clined to make a speech, however, after 2 o'clock, but made some very humorous allusions to "the pro ducts' ' of the State before he sat down: One of these was the meet ing of a sranger in the West with a pint, flask of "Wilkes County Juice" in his pocket. The fellow gave it a splendid name and eulog ized the State for producing such a grade He told Mr. Dixon that it was the only stuff of the kind he had ever seen that tasted as well coming up as it did going down. Mr. Dixon received quite an ova tion from hisNorthCarolina friends. Mr. Southgate. -The last speaker of the evening was Mr. J. H. Southgate, of Dur ham, who paid a most glowing tri bute to "White Rock." Mr. Southgate said that he felt honored to be one of the guests at such a a meeting, not alone for the bene fit to be derived in a business way which must of necessity follow such a gathering, but he would like to have it said that such an occasion was so successfully carried .1 out with nothing stronger than the pure water , as given us - by the Maker. His words . were truly eloquent, inspiring and uplifting, and instead of the ; reference being taken in the usual light manner, it brought forth much feeling. It had its effect on the entire assembly and everyone present felt prouder of the occasion and felt highly honored at having such an eloquent exponent of the doctrine so long ana successfully expounded by High Point. ; The meeting closed at 2:30 a.m. and at 3 o'clock the special train pulled out for Washington. Id was truly a great occasion and if the State never has another the in fluence of tuis notable - gathering will be felt for years to come. LIST OF SPEAKERS. Hon. Victor H Melcalf, Secre tary Labor and Commerce. Senor Don Quesadi, Cuban Minister. Gov R B Glenn, North Caro lina Hei Industrial Awakening. Senator F. M. Simmons, South ern Immigration. Samuel Spencer, Our Mutual Interests. Senator Lee S- Overman, Cuban Reciprocity. Judge James E Boyd, The Last ?o Years, What it MeaiiS to the South. Hon. Joseph M. Dixon, North Carolina from Afar. Hon. W. W. Kitchin, The Past a Struggle the Future a Hope. Mr. W. W. Finley, Transporta tion. Hon. R. N. Page, The Business of Politics. Hon. E Spencer Blackburn, A Young Man's Part. M. V. Richards, The Coming of the Double Track. Joseph G. Brown, J anking a NeceBsary Adjunct. Hon. John H. Small. Hon. E. J. Watson, South Car olina. J. H. Southgate. Dr. F. P. Venable. Dr. Geo. T. Winslow. Invited Guests. Washington, D. C Hon.Victor H. Metcalf, Senor Don Gonzola de Quesada, and Secretary, Senator F. M. Simmons, Senator Lee S. Overman, Congressman W. W. Kitchen, Congressman John H. Small, Congressman R. N. Page, Congressman Joseph M. Dixon, President Samuel Spencer, Southern- Ry.. Vice-President W. W, Finley, Southern Ry., M. V. Rich ards, Southern Ry.,C.S. McManus, E. S. Woodall. Richmond, Va, John M. Miller, J. H. Drake. Charleston, S. C Hon. J. C. Hemphill. Columbia. S, C., Hon. E.J. Watson, A. E. Gonzales. Atlanta L Creen. Chapel Hill President F. P. Venable. Concord W. R. Odell. Charlotte J. P. Caldwell, Rob ert E. Follin, George Stephens, C. N. Evans, Wm. Whittam, Jr. Durham Julian S. Carr, W. A. Erwin, Jas. H. Southgate. Raleigh Governor R. B.Glenn, Joseph G. Brown, Josephus Dan iels, R. M. Phillips, Dr. Geo. T. Winston. Greensboro Dr. Egbert W Smith, Judge James E. Boyd, Hon. E. Spencer Blackburn, G. S. Brad shaw, E. H. Coapmau, E. H. Shaw. H. Baker, Col. W. S. Thompson, J. A. Odell, A. M. Scales. Col. Al. Fairbrother, Dr. Chas. D. Mclver, R. W. Haywood, E. J. Justice. Winston-Salem, N. C Col. F. H. Fries, J. C. Buxton, W. T. Brown, R. W. Correll, G.E.Webb, Geo. W. Hinshaw, Henry Dwire. Graham, N. C L. Banks Holt. Havana, Cuba. Mr. J. L. Ed wards. Salisbury, N. C Hon. John S. Henderson, E. B. C. Hambley. Thomasville, N. C Capt. W. B. Ryder. Randleman, N. C. Stanhope Bryant. Lexington, N. C Hon. Z. V. Walser. Worthville, N. C J. E. Wil liamson. Aberdeen, N. C. Henry R. Page. Pomona, N. C, John Van Lind ley.' Marion, N. C. T.F. Wrenn. Spray, NX. B. Frank Mebane. Guilford College, N. C Presi dent L. L. Hobbs, Biscoe, N. C. -Frank Page. 1 Haw River, N. C A. W, Hay No. 52 A Notable Occasion. The banquet at High Point last night was the notable occasion in North Carolina of the New Year notable because the two which gave princely entertainment to its guests is the best illustration of the industrial progress of the South, and because of the presence of dis tinguished guests and the practical and sensible utterances around the banquet board Twenty-five years ago High Point was a small station on the North Carolina Railroad, a few miles south of Greensboro. It was like fifty other small villages in the State, composed of excellent people who with small capital con ducted a growing small local busi ness. There were a few men in the village who had a larger hori- zon and wished larger things than selling calico and groceries to the thrifty farmers who did their trad ing at Hfgh Point. They began on a small scale to manufacture cheap furniture. They put into every piece they manufactured the best material and best workman ship, with the result that every piece of furniture that was made at High Point gained reputation for excellence. The demand for it grew. Other enterpising men put their money in furniture fac tories and found larger profits than in other business. The reputation of High Point furniture grew as rapidly as the reputation of Dur ham tobacco. New factories were built, old factories were enlarged, bright meu were sent all over the country to acquaint the people with the good quality of High Paint furniture. Its business grew and expanded until todav it has come to be known far and near as "the Grand Rapids of the South." More furniture is manufactured in High I'oint than in any other town or city in the South, and it has a solid reputation that it has built up ' by putting solid goods into solid furniture and putting enterprise into its scale and manufacture. High Point had no special ad vantage over other North Carolina towns in the manufacture of furni ture. It had advantage in possess ing citizens who had business sagacity and uncommon common sense and industry of the highest order. They mixed brains and in dustry with moderate capita!, and now, in the furniture world, where High Point sits is the bead of the table. The speeches last night were in no sense after dinner talks. They dealt with great questions and were discussed with sprimi and ability by men who lead in making tnougtat. They will help to influence opinion in the rich direction and will be productive of larger business growth and broader trade relations. News & Ob server. Did What Was Expected, High Point did iust what expected of it in pulling off its banquet to Mr. Metcalfe in m-pnt styie. inat town does not - 1 mt . 0 do things in a half-hearted It is thorough-going in everv thina In conception and in execution the event of last night was masterly. In bringing together in its midst such a party of prominent mon High Point did a service to fir.il. ford county and the State as well as to High Point. We trust that all of the distinguished visitors en- joyea tneir Drier stay in our neigh boring towa and that they will consider the hospitality extended tnem Dy tneir nosts ot last evening as a token of kindly feeling and tne most respectlul consideration on the part of Greensboro as well as High Point and, indeed, on the part of the countv and tat Telegram. Groom-to-be and Attendant Here Last Night. Mr. Dan C. Leonard, employed at the store of Hurry-Belk Bros., Greensboro, was here Inst n&ht l company with Mr. Frank Page en- rouie to Asneooro. Mr. Page will be united in marriage to-day to Miss Coffin of that place and Mr. Leonard will participate in the marriage. The Daily Enterprise is making new friends by the score in the way of subscribers. $3.00 a year.