46 SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION 



public illustrated lecture on forestry given in Raleigli. The lantern 

 used at the lecture was kindly loaned by Dr. Rankin, of the State Board 

 of Health. 



About seventy delegates were registered as in attendance on the con- 

 vention, representing nineteen counties of the State, besides two dele- 

 gates from Virginia. The following bodies were represented by dele- 

 gates : 



North Carolina State Federation of "Women's Clubs, Southern Furni- 

 ture Manufacturers' Association, North Carolina Farmers' Alliance, 

 After School Club, North Carolina Pine Association, Mecklenburg Pine 

 Beetle Association, Southern Pines Civic Club, "Woman's Clubs of 

 Raleigh and Greensboro, Chambers of Commerce of Raleigh, Greens- 

 boro, and New Bern, Norfolk and "Western and Atlantic Coast Line 

 railroads. 



EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS RELATING TO FORESTRY 



The following extracts from the letters of some of those who were 

 invited to attend the Convention are here given, not only because they 

 show the general and growing interest in the subject of forest protec- 

 tion, but also because they contain some valuable suggestions, and con- 

 vey words of encouragement and sympathy. 



Honorable H. S. Graves, Chief United States Forester, wrote : 



"I appreciate very much your invitation to the annual meeting of the 

 North Carolina Forestry Association on February 21st. I am awfully sorry 

 that I can not accept the invitation, because it is going to be impossible for 

 me to do more than meet the engagements which I already have ahead. 



"If I were present I should call especial attention to the fact that under 

 the present conditions the Southern States are not able to take advantage of 

 the offer of the Government to aid in fire protection under the Weeks law. I 

 think that this could be used as a very strong argument looking to fire pro- 

 tection under State direction." 



Dr. Haven Metcalf, Pathologist in Charge, United States Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, who was invited to address the Convention on the 

 Chestnut Bark Disease, wrote : 



"Your letter of the 7th was duly received, and I have given it very careful 

 consideration. I regret very much that it is impossible for me to come my- 

 self, or send you a man for the meeting of your Association, as it seems nec- 

 essary to have every one at Harrisburg who has any knowledge of the disease. 

 I regret very much being unable to be present myself, as there is a good deal to 

 be said on the subject of the chestnut bark disease, and I have little doubt 

 that it will reach North Carolina by another year." 



Honorable "W. "W. Finley, President of the Southern Railway, who 

 was invited to address the convention on "The Close Relationship Be- 



