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To Any Part of the City.
NEW SERIES VOL.
DURHAM DOINGS.
The
IKiy's Record of Current Kxeut In
the City and Vicinity.
-They are in our midst.
Greeting from the magic city.
A double leaded welcome.
Grapite and ink
think.
teach
nations to
Gray matter and Shears mould public
opinion.
Did you watch the professor? Bunn
on the first ballot.
Guests at the head of the column
next to reading matter.
Cash subscribers are the hitrhest
type of American citizenship.
The rain to-day dampens neither the
ardor of the editors nor the enthusiasm
of the political workers.
Between the editors and the dele
gates to the congressional convention,
the city is full of visitors.
Tiik Gloijk has done double duty
to-day, and to even up things somewhat
will take a holiday to morrow.
Senator Vance, "our Zeb," was en
dorsed by the congressional convention
to-day. The resolution will be printed
in Saturdays issue.
At Greensboro yesterday, Hon.. John
M. Brower was renominated for congress
by the Republican convention on the first
ballot, by a cleaver majority over two
- candidates.
It was the intention of the Gi.oke
to print the Press Association Historian's
paper to-day, but another editor collared
it for his own paper before the reporter
could lay viojent hands on it.
Hon. Paul C. Cameron and Judge
James E. Shephard have written letters
saying that they have accepted invita
tions to deliver addresses at the laying
of the corner stones on Saturday morn
ing. The Press Association had a spirited
discussion this morning in regard to the
proposed monument to the signers of the
Mecklenburg declaration of indepen
dence, and accopted an invitation to meet
in Charlotte in 1892, to assist at the un
veiling. The Glojik makes its acknowledge
ments to Sketches of Prominent Living
North Carolinians, by Jerome Dowd, ed
itor of the Mecklenburg Times, for valu
able assistance in preparing some of the
editorial sketches on the third page of
T1JC swamp; lands of the Itoanoke
Section cameln for a share of cotsidera-
tion by the Press Association this morn
ing. Much valuable information in re
gard to the section was given by Col
.John D. Cameron and others, WJio sam
that the Koanoke country was the gra-
nary of the south before the war, but of
late rears has been unproductive on ac
count of the lack of drainage.
PROGRAM
1'iir the Meetlntr of the North Carolina
I'reits Association.
FRIDAY.
0 a. M. Take Durham & Northern train
at Hotel Claiborn to visit factories and
other places of interest.
1 v. m. Take train at Richmond &
Danville depot ior liarbecue at Uonnett
place, lieturn at 5 p. m.
H-.'.M) v. m. Husiness meeting
SATU KI AY.
0 A. m. Laying corner-stones of the
American Tobacco Company s storage
warehouse and Commonwealth Manufac
turing Company's cotton factory.
12 M Take train for Morehcad City
The public is special!' invited to at'
tend the exercises at Stokes Hall Wed
nesday evening. Editors, members of
the Commonwealth Club and invited
guests will be admitted to the banquet.
Tickets for the concert Thursday even
ing will be issued by the concert com-
mitioe to editors, members of the Com-
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mnnwpii It 1 l nil) and llieir laiuuius auu
;;t-i PAmmittop.
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..".-i.i. oik nA fnm,M5na rn invited to
,,.nl,fiflVrl,1v pftemnon. Lavinff
ngiimiviuuuuu .......
the corner stone Saturday morning will
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lie public. Meetings of the Press Asso
ciation will be held in the T.
parlors with open doors.
M. C. A.
ConereRlonHl CoriTention.
Briefly stated here is what was done:
Mr. A. C. Green, of U ake county, was
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chosen permanent cnairman. wu lu
fint ballot "" r" "
281 votes, amn.r.btroml III. A inner
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report Saturday. Mr. Bunn is mr
.IMUK
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speech accepting the nomination as we
go to press.
Afttletiona Are Natural.
If any one has Nervous Headache, In
enmnin. Catarrh. Throat Diseases, wants
to discontinue the use of tobacco, for a
1 aiim irt tiipm
rv Whitehurst Durham Medicated Cig
trv
arettc warranted.
lliey coniain uu
opium, narcotic tobacco or any injurious
cMi.sttnnee but onlv pure vegetable nerv
ines. They speak for themselves. For
ci hv nil drusrsrists in United States.
uni in onnt forsRinnle nackasre. Man
ufactured by Durham Medicated Cigar
ette uo., uuruam, v
I-NO. 128.
RECEPTION AM) BANQUET
DURHAM HOSPITALITY EXEMPLIFIED
UNTIL A LATE HOUR.
A Cordial Welcome and a Neat Response.
An I'nique Oration A Feast of Good
Thing Witty and Kloquent Pot I'ran-
' dial Speeches.
Last night, while music's sweetest
strains charmed away dull care, a large
concourse of Durham's citizens assem
bled in Stokes Hall to extend a cordial
and friendly greeting. President Mc
Diarmid, of the Press Association, intro
duced Mr. J. S. Carr, president of the
Commonwealth Club, who spoke as fol
lows :
Oexti.emex: Unused as I am to pub
lic speaking, I fully appreciate the posi
tion I occupy in appearing before so
intelligent a body as the Press Associa
tion of. North Carolina, but knowing as
I do your immeasurable sympathy and
charity for the unfortunate, and that
your criticisms are ever tempered with
mercy, I have consented to address to
3rou a few words of welcome.
It has been truthfully remarked that it
is "the welcome that makes the sauce,"
so then, gentlemen, you have every rea
son to feel that your trip to Durham will
be highly seasoned, because I do assure
you that no town in North Carolina, the
commonwealth we all love, from Curri
tuck to Cherokee, could possibly give
you a" wanner or more cordial welcome
than docs Durham.
You are welcome to what our ecclesi
astical friend, Bev. Sam P. Jones, says is
the best "all round" town he ever saw.
You are welcome to our homes and our
firesides, you are welcome to the arts and
methods that have made Durham, a town
that was born into existence since you
and me, known more widely and exten
sively than Home, when she was the re
puted mistress of the world. Tor, gentle
men, let me tell you, Durham owes as
much to the intelligent press of the
country for what she is to-day, as to any
other cause, and we appreciate that fact,
and allow me to remark byway of paren
thesis, that when any community fails
rightly to appreciate, and creditabty sus
tain the press, it argues, in my judgment,
bad for that community. Nay, more,
when in any community you find men
who profess to live above and beyond
and outside of the influence of the press
of their community, that man, in plain
English, is a fool; and yet, strange to
say, there are in almost every community
to be found those w ho profess to have no
h& ft paper l tlleir community, it is
roperlv cnCouragcd and sustained-
properly
arguing erstwhile that their investments
and interests arc elsewhere and they are
not concerned whether the local paper
lives or tiiat it is all the same to
tj,cm poor specimens of the Homo
(;enn9it is a down-right insult to a fool
to say such men are fools, but like Sam
.lones says and you must excuse me for
quoting the reverend gentleman, for we
are irood friends and I take a deal ot
stock in what he says, "Such men ought
to be bored for hollow horn and bled in
the hollow of the foot.
My rule in life has been to live on the
best of terms with my wife, the pulpit
and the local press; and, gentlemen, let
me assure you that a strict adherence to
a. ii. n .Wlr.-itinn removes many a morn
from the pillow, because there is much
force in the trite but somewhat indelicate
expression that the three p's, the pulpit,
the press and the petticoat rule the worui.
I am rejoiced, gentlemen, to be able to
say to you with so much truth to-night,
that whatever may be said in these days
i i .r . ..nil.-!.!.
of corruption in mgn piaces-, oi .4
ized and a muzzled press, it can ue sam
rn.niiiKT flip nross of dear out jorui
Carolina.
'Here dare we the people's rights maintain
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rnawiMl )VicaroriinuNiru im.
Stand always, gentlemen; tor tne ivAms
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of the people, and be as brave as Mars
and as wise as Minerva.
x- ,4i, i'm it o wnrd in defence
am fav i.wv.v..., j -
of Durham, the brightest jewel in me
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coronet tliat aiSOms our ueai out
state, the town that has brought to North
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Carolina more repute man any omer
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within her borders
Tiwlia Tfnrint sold
his Lord for thirty pieces of silver, Bene-
WV vm m I
diet Arnold betrayed his country, sold
hi honor and died in digracc, but the
lowest depths of infomy and defamation
was reserved for that hybrid and disgrace
toNorth Carolina journalism, who spewed
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- s.lnnnrt bis wild and
caiumnv upon a peupie 1 i . v
nil 1. uui iviu. wi iv
Tisi,;nary venture i the field of journ-
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lmr t'mrnwe . but worse tnan enner 01
these in maliciousness and cowardly
meanness was Durham's Oldham. It is
for you to say whether you tind Durham
ji Caius Marius sat weeping in the ruins
of Carthage's former greatness, silting in
ti.rt cir.a nf her former masrni
- ficcnce imt on the other hand we promise
, ,. .......ii.uj fr i,rr
recuperative power and whose future is
brighter and on a more substantial basis
to-day than ever in her history.
Gentlemen, I have finished. Make our
home your home, enjoy what we shall
DURIIA3r, N. C., TnUBSDAY.EVTXG, JULY 24, 1890.
set before you to the full, and before you
leave our commuity our expectation ;is
that you will catch our views and inspi
ration and come to believe that Durham
is the biggest town of its size in the
State. '
Mr. W. E. 3Iurchison, editor of the
Jonesboro Leader, made a pointed and
witty response in behalf of the press,
provoking many a hearty laugh by sev
eral impromptu good bits.
Next in order was the oiation by 3Ir.
Robert Haydn, editor of the Charlotte
Cb.ronfc.-le. It was one of the most unique
addresses ever delivered before the Press
Association or any other body, and was
pronounced one of the best efforts in
that line that the editors had ever heard.
The oration is printed on the second page
of this paper.
The speech making being ended, the
meeting adjourned and the editors, mem
bers of the Commonwealth Club and in
vited guests repaired to the Hotel Clai
born where a sumptous repast was spread.
One hundred and fifty men sat down at
the table and held their ground until the
hour of two this morning. After all had
done justice to the fare Mr. J. S. Carr
annonnced the toasts and spcakors in
the following order:
North Carolina, the Land We Love.
Response by J. II. Southgate, of Durham.
Mr. Southgate made a speech glovdng
with patriotism and state pride, abound
ing with eloquent allusions to the power
of the press. The reporter's best efforts
failed to secure the manuscript of the
speech, and to this fact must be attributed
The GLOBK'a failure to print it this.
evening.
The North Carolina Press 'Association.
Response by W. W. MeDiarmi.l, Editor of the
-Luratjcrton ltobesonian, and President of the
Association.
Mr. Chairman, and Gentlemen : It
would have been pleasing to me if an
other and more eloquent tongue than
mine had been assigned the theme which
has fallen to me, perhaps because I am
the president of theAssociation.
The sweep of the power for good or
for evil the Association may wield is
worthy of the portraiture of an artist of rf011 an lik? the Queen of Sheba "go
the finest culture and most exquisite -
taste. It? . Tliere were two things about the Queen
The two pillars, we take it, on which"
the safety, duration and glory of these
American states 'depend are the grant;JSOdhing," she had sense enough to
ing of the greatest possible quantum of 1 see 3 and the otheF' woman-like, when
personal liberty to the individual citizen, hc saw a "good thing" was willing to
am! the freedom and power of the printi
ing press. The functions of the latter;
in a normal state of things, are to de
fend and restrain the individual; per?
ptU.t , thJt lihrtT eaeconlert,
and at Ue
Vf Z!J:
same time, to
protect the body politic from its abuse.
The practical utility, the unique re
sponsibility, the great power, the sacred
obligations of an association like ours,
covering and guarding, angel-like, so
great a commonwealth in the proud gal
axy of American states, may be readily
seen, and should be pondered wTith the
keenest interest. Its mission is, by con
ference, to broaden and Jdeepen and
lengthen the insight of vision so as to
discern with more quickness, clearness
and accuracy, every taint of treason, the
very beginnings of wrong against the
body politic, the traces and dark deeds
f criminality, dangerous and seductive,
as well as safe investments, in order that
more and more, it may fill its mission in
this land of popular liberty as the palla
peoplc.s ihe;tVj peace and
at a u r do nQ mftn can
nirtnre. if the opportunities af-
rrasned and utilized in loval
tQ tbe mie ftml bcautiful and
.n Qur annual conv0nliOn we
ghall earn more aml more bow to expose
, . , th sovereiffn neopl.
point out danger, point with unmistak
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able attractions the path of virtue and
prosperity, and at the same time, by le
r. t mofo pnnfpr nt nrtinn learn o mil '
ritimate concert of action, learn to lift
1 - . f 1 -It
to a mgner piane oi maier.at pro.u,
our own vocation, no dearer interest a
will cluster around any o ner gainerings
in the state in the cominsr and iroing
years.
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I Tl, Vl. f .i t-.1 ; r i Prnca ccru'iii 1 1 Tin
x uu
is only seventeen years old. Though yet
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a youin u uas wocu iuc cu
I rintinn ji round manv of our hearts. "N e
who have met from year .to year have
come torove with a stronger love our
brethren, and learn by personal acqualn-
tance with them, to contend for the right
and our state with more ease ana suc-
cess by reason of our acquaintance. Uf
I i, liMn.lrml and ?.Tht riiiner nf the
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state. onlv about sixtv have membership
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in .U. A.,oci.lion. In the name of
.,-irr intrrrst that is dear to our people.
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we sav m:s is 10 ue regrcucu. auiwuS
those not members of the Association
are to be found some of the foremost,
most useful and prosperous journals in
our borders. May the time soon come
when all shall be harmoniously and en-
- thusiaticallv unttevi in me lunnerance
of every legitimate interest of the profes
sion aud advancement of the state we
have so well.
May we catch inspiration, gather fresh
courage, get a clearer conception ot duty
in our communings, and return to our
homes and work each year, resolved that
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- rc-icCDCsh and - rrrt5rwTf ttr 1r -nn
shine Jiia th.e mountains to the sea, and
instead iroufcle, inactivity and adversity
lower cloud of gathering gloom, it
shal! sr be through failure on our part
ffe v Guthrie, of Durham.
:vji .V?ved me y tb-e committee
;?ia five minutes talk in a
suit" ifjto the toast, "The City of
Dnrh an exceedingly difficult one,
and X tk for' myself your generous in
dub V ffL reminded by this large
SatLWj If distinguished gentlemen,
whos.- J Jytlay business it is to report
carrc v:vens as they happen, and which
go ; Anid:" rp history; that there is
ha?r.;an t itor here of whom it could
no Vt r.tL fully be 'said he ; knows more
aboiit'tf of Durham already 'than I
do, crfjigut say farther;' than any ther
citicf -Durham 'does. Fbf;Jal not
DurTrr.Tn- bee advertised far "ami , near
thnT!ft , he .y orht; f rora Dan ;;to
till tvCiythinthafDurh'ain
has fiandis doing, is H known aria
read ofcall men." ?
A(i3lime. amonc the closinsrT veais
of C'eDth century, we live since the
day; b't Guttenburg, we live in the days
of sv&hographers and newspaper report
ers, Jwid whatever is said or done, mcrito
rioirs;or otherwise, in conspicuous places
or places of obscurity, is flashed along
the:ires with lightning speed, and
thrjfctgfi the agency of the great modern
newspaper Jpress, the vanguard of civili
za on, reaches the millions of readers al
most fis soon as it happens.
lke days of King Solomon it was
different. Then it was that the wisest
acts '-of the greatest and noblest of man
kid, whether in building stately man
sfons, erecting magnificent temples and
laying out royal cities adorned with
wealth and splendor, their acts were
H3tMtwn,td but few. It required loner and
patient journeyings of those who doubted
pprts of such things which might by
accident reach their ears in distant lands,
jto start the caravan for personal observa
of Sheba which' I rather like one was
that .when King Solomon showed her a
xeu it,- w nat a gionous newspaper re
porter she would have made in our times!
I will add another thing about her char-
"Cteristic of reporters of our day she
w truthfuL -T)Wbdf of the great-
i -f- tjf tly wisdom "wfts ti:t tolt i
1 1 m a,.m iii iii in m'.Mi. in I WTlM1qJAM... X.-..
me; tor
But Solomon, with all his wisdom, could
not come here now and without one of
you to jhow him how to do it, run even
a wreekly newspaper for a single issue.
He never smoked an ounce of " Durham
Smoking Tobacco," nor did his son Ke-
hoboam (who was a pretty bad boy,
by the way) ever see a "Duke Cigarette,"
nor did a single one of his many wives
ever "take a dip" of Tomlinson's world-
"Snuff."
But levity aside gentlemen, the toast to
which I am to respond is one which
prompts the reflections of a philosopher
rather than the jests of a clown. You
have come to Durham "to see for your
selves," and we are delighted to afford
you the opportunity.
We cannot read in ancient history nor
speak of the traditions of departed great
ness when we approach the subject of
the "City of Durham." She has no tra
ditions yet, and of her history her people
and all of us as North Carolinians may
well be proud. Hardly two decades ago
had you spoken of the city of Durham,
aven in our own state, the hearer would
not have understood you ; .but his mind
would twin towards a far off land and
his thoughts become fixed on the "City
of Durham" in the mother-land of En
gland. But now speak of Durham any
where on the continent and the hearer
I II I III III 1 1IC 1AJL1 VX w
j - . r .n of T)ur
ham," as she sits in her pride of business
royalty though the youngest of her size,
vet as fair as any, and in the line of her
business queen among her sister cities of
he "Golden Belt." History bears me
out in the assertion that this little city
whose age scarcely exceeds a decade, cer
tainly not as much as two decades, (for
only as far back as 1870, the population
all told by an accurate census, honestly
taken, was merely 256,) this little city is
to-day well known and has a direct trade
and commerce with nations and peoples
in foreign lands throughout the world,
and has become a household name to the
consumers of tobacco where the name of
our own great state was never heard and
North Carolina, even, is a terra incognita
an unknown land.
IVouid you believe it ? Twenty years
ago the total amount of capital invested
in manufacturing in Durham was, all
told, only $25,000, while to-day a sin
gle establishment represents $4,000,000.
Twenty years ego the entire number of
operatives employed in Durham was one
hundred; to-day there are more than
twenty-five hundred. Twenty years ago
not a leaf tobacco dealer nor tobacco
warehouse was in the place : now dealers
are counted by the score, and the annual
sales of four large warehouses aggregate
more than 15,000,000 pounds. Twenty
years ago not a cigarette was manufac
tured in the place , last year Dnke & Son
alone made and sold more than 802,000,
000 cigarettes and over 3,000,000 pounds
of moking tobacco besides.
May -I be pardoned for mentioning,
with the enthusiastic pride of a Durham
citizen, that a Durham boy who started
life poor and got his early business train
ing here, is now among the great busi
ness men of.the country in the greatest
metropolis on the continent, the president
and honored head oL-4-lie American To
bacco Company, which is the largest to
bacco corporation in the world.
The Blackwell Tobacco Company,
whose magnificent building stands out in
its grand proportions in front of this
hotel, and whose pioneer success made
the city of Durham possible, and is still
; decade just past manu
factured a4 told in "the markets otUhe
wbrljirior-; tiia.'gOOOOS ft d 9 pf
emfiingidbacc-a;: C'VsT-xaigiito on
and her various io(lastrfal,,'dacat!ona.
and social institutions, we bid you ' look
around you, take notes of what you see,
and my prediction is that you will re
turn to your homes impressed with the
fact, like Sheba's Queen, "the half about
Durham has never been told." But a
word in conclusion. The stranger may
inquire what has done all this? Let me
take you into my confidence and tell you.
"The unity of the people of Durham."
Sum it up in one short senteuce. These
people have learned the lesson and prac
tically applied it 'In union there is
strength." These ' magnificent business
schemes were set on foot and carried out
by Durham men, and Durham brain and
Durham muscle intelligently applied have
brought about these grand rcsulis. With
sagacity unsurpassed and with push and
vim aud energy hardly ever equalled in
the South her business men have over
come by almost superhuman effort the
obstacles in the way of her progress.
The people of Durham have worked and
they have prayed for Durham, nni be
hold the results! Does the cause of edu
cation anai0ojl euHuremTNissistance,
Durham extend a helping hand p.nd be
hold! Trinity College becomes a Dur
ham institution by the princely donations
of the rich men who made their own for
tunes by honest endeavor, and know
how and when to give. Are more indus-
triea neeUel 4o ftelp ber hones t-y?otTi fin ry
by lionest toll to Kain ttielr dally lrea.l?
Ji-loll. tb0rnerfttonefct:aotkiiW
i?e 0otton:Fftrnrfyn7I other In&tftulions
of industry aTfo be laid in your pres
ence ere you leave us for your homes.
Permit me to add as indicating what
the City of Durham is in the estimation of
ler own people. The site of that cotton
actory, covering a little over an acre
and as you see unimproved, was twenty
vears ago worsh exactly the sum of ten
lollars. Last week the Company gave
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one thousand nines mai mucn ior n, aim
nought it for $5,000.
May we not hope then, aye, may we
not confidently believe that what has
been accomplished Tn the past by the
City of Durham is but the business dawn
of that grand day when this young city.
now strong in thcvigor of her business
manhood putting forth renewed energy,
shall at the very zenith of her glory,
having then and not lill then, reached
the goal of her ambition, stand in the
noonday splendor of higher and still no
bler and grander achievement.
The Ktlitorial Profusion.
R-fIonae lv 11. A. Loivlon. IMitnr of t he I'itts
Imro Keeoril.
Mr. London's speech was a gem of elo
quence. In clear-cut, well rounded sen
tences, he charmed all listeners w hile he
spoke of the evolution of the editor and
of the important relation that he sus
tains toward the state and society ; but
like the first speaker, he failed to furnish
copy for the printer: hence this brief
notice.
The Manufacture of Iurham.
Iiesione by V- Touilkwn, M Durham.
By an unfortunate misunderstanding
of the subject, an additional letter "i"
was added to the last syllable of the word
"manufactures," and it so happened that
Mr. Tomlinson made a neat speech in re
gard to some highly esteemed citizens of
Durham instead of a comprehensive
glance at the industries that are the
proud boast of Durham.
The Newspaper a a MonMer of I'uMie
Opinion.
lloim: by A. Ashe, EJitor of the !tai"hh
Sews a!"l Oix-rcr.
After some preliminary remarks, Mr.
-hesai i: There does beera to be some
1
connection between tte press an t puu.ic
opinion. Did it ever occur tu you, Mr. j U) promolc education. difft'.eelntelllgtnc.
President, that before the press aroe ije,aitour citizenship, establish our agri
an institution in society there wa no j culurc on a ppcrou bai,and extend
public opinion, under that there was no J OUf manufacturing interests until never
public to have an opinion ? Boll back j z ,n gr.aH anyone dare to e;eak of North
the centuries ar. i onng a.a . "
the nation of hurope as tney cxsicu ,
before the days of the press, and you j
will find no great public a of to-day, j
r, rmKUr- nninion. and no nlace for
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puui.c opinion 10 cini iuuvv (
the affairs of tate. The affairs of state
in those time were not public affairs,!
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but matters that concerned merely
crowned heads and their counsellors
lords and nobles the rulers of the na
tions. As Franklin brought down lightning
from the clouds so the press has brought
education and enlightenment to the peo
ple and it lias burst the cerements that
bounds them in the death of ignorance
and has quickened and made them alive.
By the difference of intelligence it has
emancipated thecitizen, the trade man,
the farmer, the laborer, and has built up
the great middle class of the civilized
nations.' It has thus created the public,
and made a public opinion. '
It has modified systems of government,
upset theories of religion, unfettered
the mind of man and made all men free
to roam at will in the field of intellect- "
nal endeavor. - "
In the dissolving view of the old 7.
regimes, we see gradually fade away tho
factitious power 0 a ruling nobility,
while thererise4 in splendid majesty ; ;
that creation of inodern 1- days . tke Intel . '
. r --Ail'vu vju .-snrouniiearu - ji
in .matters of : state, ii ow U pc lTtttfj
cJireeUng and controlling the r. od at its close,
tho people. There k: beeu a w-? JC teaching .
Inlhe impoiiKTtcilor) r the tuTntfnfT J-
zenships -a lea veiling up o
of mankind; and the firm cstaU;.'.
of those manhood rights which infact t ,
this age an illumination that savors of
the high origin and high destiny of mn,
endowed by the Creator with ho many
of his own superlative attributes. Such,
Mr. President, is the work of the press.
Its great triumph over the traditionary
institutions of the ages, and it ' is its
chicfest glory that it has reformed so
ciety, and by enlightening man, has es
tablished modern citizenship, and created
an intelligent public when opinion now
forms the controlling power in all mat
ters that concern the people. And as it
made public opinion possible, so docs it
now exert a decided influpnee in mould
ing that opinion. It is happily the power
that keeps in perpetual motion the great
machinery that regulates and moves the
affairs of the world.
With a myriad of tongues it speaks
to the people and urges them to move
forward in every line of human develop
ment. -Its functiorTin this regard is most
iniportant and amoral responsibility rests
on" tho pressUojperform the duty with a
just sense of its obligation to society. It
6hould be leavned, morcjindependent and
not a champion swayed by interested
motives. "
r The ;trutU HotjM o Ha otojeet, Rtiil
facts' .ahcmltV-fee of ftrt conU1ratlon.
ougli knowledge of the subject, not as
the blind leading the blind -and it must
aim to develop correct thought, to pro
mote Its interest of society and lead the
people to a high plane of action. We
need the scholar.in the sanctum, and the
scholar with a plenty of backbone.
Having called into being the great intel
ligent, thinking mass of citizens, the
press should lead it aright, hold out no
false beacon lights, nor abandon the high
purpose to reform abuses, cure evils, and
lift manhood to a nobler life and lead the
people to greater freedom and happier
fortunes. And beware of the demagogue,
; the stumbling block in the inarch of en-
lightenftient and the marplot of what in
just ami proper in 'luman affairs.
Mr. Ashe .-poke of the intelligent av
semblage present, lepresentative North
Carolinians, and having paid :i glowing
tribute to Durham and her enterprising
citizens remarked that the people of
North Carolina admired nobility of char
acter and rexpecled it.
What shall be said of a people who
h;r.e steadfastly followed the noble and
illustrious Mangum, and who loved to
honor William A. Graham, w hose char
acter was like a spotless shaft of polished
marble, and who .served that grand old
man. Chief Justice Ilutlin, and Badger
and Bragg and a host of others of equal
virtue, if less preeminent iu attain
ments ! By their appreciation you know
them, and you need the noble character
of other people in the noble character
of the man they delighted to honor It
i said we arc lacking in pride! I have
not found it o. I have found the heart
of our people ever responsive to pride
of state, but it may be we lingered on
the past. We should eek to glory In the
present. We should constrain the future
to minister to our pride. What are the
aims and purposes of our tatemanship?
Other states have their policle often
followed-for years and years before uc
its i accomplished. What U the aim
of our people? ThU U a matter for pub
tic opinion to control, and here I a field
for the pre.-s to lead ami mould the fccn
t'rnent of our people.
j , . bend our tnemcto thtc end.4,
rarolina a old Kip an inkle.
toNTi.xt r.i on roiUTii r.toK.J
bv
investing with
the
; rvri&r.t MnUtttnt ami l.oan Association.
Vk .uere jt onjy take two cents fer uay 10
carry one share of tock. Head carefully
their ad. in this hiue.