Transactions of the North Carolina Dental Society
At the Twenty-Ninth Annual Session Held at Winston-Salem, N. C., Commencing June 17th, 1903 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Transactions of the North Carolina Dental Society: At the Twenty-Ninth Annual Session Held at Winston-Salem, N. C., Commencing June 17th, 1903

The Twenty-ninth Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Dental Society was called to order in Winston-Salem, N. C., June 17, 1903, at 8:30 p.m., by the President, Dr. J. H. Benton. After a musical selection by the Tillinghast Orchestra, the meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. H. A. Brown.

Mayor O. B. Eaton delivered the address of welcome, as follows:

Address Of Welcome.

Mr. President, Officers and Members of the North Carolina Dental Association, Ladies and Gentlemen:

No more pleasing duty has ever been imposed upon me than that which comes to me tonight, in welcoming to our city this honorable body of men, who are representing such a great and growing organization. Words can but ill convey the general appreciation we feel in having you as our guests. We deem this an occasion of more than ordinary interest, and it is therefore my privilege and pleasure to bring to you the most cordial greetings. So strongly do I feel the difficulty of saying anything worthy of this gathering that I should have been disposed to defer it, had I felt at liberty to decline the service to which I have been invited. I wish, however, by compliance, to express my admiration and high regard for the Dental Association, and I wish to acknowledge my sense of obligation to those through whose industry and skill suffering humanity has been made to rejoice, and faces writhing in pain to break forth into the loudest praise and turn their woe into bright songs of gladness.

I wish still more, Mr. President, to express my joy at the progress that you have been making through this organization, not only for your own improvement, but to raise the standard of efficiency for those who would seek this field of labor. We welcome you because we recognize that you rightfully belong to the whole fraternity of working men, born and bred to work, and this honorable mark written upon your brow by the hand of the Almighty identifies you with all classes of working men whether of hand or brain.

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