The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-04-27
n. CAROLINA IN NEW YORK.
IhEhE AXE THREE HUNDRED
THOUSAND SOUTHERNERS
IN GOTHAM.
Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., Himself One
oil the Brightest and Biggest, Tells
What Some North arolinians Are
Doing in the Metropolis.

Especial Cor STATE CHRoNICLEl
NEW YORK, April 25.-I have been
promising for six months letter. will
gave 1t this morning, if | have to strain
point. | thought | had been busy
man before moving to New York: but
since coming here know what it is, l
think, to be busy. l promise myself to
90 thing, and find, six months later,
that it had slipped my memory for that
short space of time.
There are thousands of Southern peo |
pie in New York city. There is no city
IN the north in which there are so many
Southerners. There are perhaps nearly
three hundred thousand Southern peo-
pie IN New York city. North Carolina |
mas her share. l can only mention in |
this letter three or four names. reseryipg !
others for a future letter.
CHARLES F. DEEMS.
In thinking of North Carolina in New
York, the first name that naturally oc-
ours to US is that of DR.. Deems. He is
man Of national reputation, man of in
ternational reputation. He is a scholar
aud an orator. His influence in New
York is widespread and wholesome. He
IS one of the New York celebreties. AS
President Of the Institute of Christian
Philosophy, his influence is ever broad
enlng. He is the author of several very
successful books, voluminous and sue
cessful writer
1t is curious TO remember the success
DR.. Deems has made in this great met
ropolltan centre, and compare it with
the estimate that some of his North
Carolina friends might put upon him. |
remember, Tor instance, one evening
the Doctor was booked to lecture in
! Goldsooro. | eagerly took advantage
OF the opportunity to see him. To my
amazement, | found there were only
twelve or thirteen people in the audi
ence. | could not but recall the old
saying, that "a prophet is not without
honor, save in his own country" The
Doctor laughingly took in the situation,
and adjourned the meeting to some 9TH
er day.
1t seems somehow necessary for man
to leave home, IN order to become the
highest Of which he is capable. Henry
M. Stanley, the man whose name is now
on the lips of the world, kings, princes,
and common people, alike doing him
honor, when he was in America some
years ago, was sometimes greeted with
an audience as small as seven.
DR.. Deems reflects great honor upon his
! native state and church. He is a broad
gauged man, built on a broad pattern,
thinks big thoughts and lives them in his
life. What a pity it is that there is no
career for such man, or there has not
been, as yet, at least, in North Carolina.
One reason, Of course, is that North
Carolina is rural state, has no cities,
while the field for modern genius must
inevitably be the city. 1t is useless, fo1
this reason, for us to grieve over the de.
parture of such men. The development
of the modern city is development OF
the country. 1t is the highest work OF
the civilization Of the age, destined te
mightier influence in the future than it
has ever had in the past. Such me1
will inevitably find their home in these
centerS.
WALTER III. PAGE.
The man | see most of perhaps il
your old friend, the founder of the CHRoN
ICLE, Mr.. Page He is now the manager
of the Forum. His Office is not far from
, my church, only across Madison Square
, two blocks up Fifth avenue, and | man
age to drop in to see him every few
days. He is a busy man, on who's,
shoulders now rests the entire business
of this great magazine. He keeps hal
dozen clerks and stenographers busy a
the work. The magazine has shown tn,
! touch Of his talent since he took hold O
its management. The volume of its bus
ness has vastly increased. Its advertis
ing patronage increased without prece
dent. The dividends to the stockhol
de have increased accordingly. MI
, Page has good reason to be proud O
what he has achieved, thus far in thi
= short time. The Forum is the stronges
magazine published in New York of it
character, stronger than the Nort
American Review, or than any other
that compete in this field. The position
;, he occupies is one Of Importance and o
honor. Mr.. Page is a member of th
!; Southern Society and of the New Yor
II Reform Club. In the latter, he take
L considerable interest. His influence
being felt as practical power in Amer
e ican political life. AS writer, his al
+ ticles are eagerly sought by the metro
l. politan press and we'll paid for. "
!. have, in Mr.. Page, another illustrate
= :, Of what man can do away from home
that could not be done at home.
} The reason for this is very simple
There was no field in North Carolina fc
such man, at the time he undertoo
his work. The great city, with its rus
: and roar and busy life, could furnish th
only field for the capacity and pecula
genius of such a man. Such men fin
their place as easily as the water fine
its level, if they only make up their min
r, that they will not rest content with an,
l. thing short of the highest things the
It may attain. 1t is laughable, when | r.
e feet upon the estimate that some GOO
friends put upon Page while in Raleigl
r remember heard it said by severa
h that he was visionary, not practical-l
lie did not have practical business talent
a good fellow; but lacked business for
II sight, business tact-a good writer, goc
ar thinker: but could not succeed from
business point of view. Yet he has su
ceeded in the most difficult kind of bus
u ness, in the most difficult field on Il
American continent. These talents
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