The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-05-11
THE NEWS AND OBSERVER THURSDAY MORNING. MAY II, 1899

and deed | shall in the future stand
by this man and give him every sup
port that l am able. l do this not
so much on account of the individual,
but because he comes among us as
a man OF large experience in the line
Of development, q man who can do
much to make beautiful our South
land and happy and contented our
people, and IL I, knowing the men as
/ do, should do otherwise than. to
speak words of praise and extend
hands OF assistance, | would be a
traitor to my people and my home.
Mt. st. John does not approve of our
telling what he does or giving him
credit Tor the good work he is hav-
ing done. He wants us to do the work
he lays out and not talk of him, and
TINS is the only thing disagree with
HIM on. l believe the people ought to
know the man who is doing so much
for them and if those who work for
him and are close to him don't tell
you, now are you to know him? How
are You to know that the bright light
ia the East is the dawn of prosperity.
unless those near it flash The en-
couraging news to you so YOU can go
forward with glad hearts? You need
to be encouraged, you need, after
thirty years of hardship. to under
stand that for this Southland you
love so well there is Il bright and pros
porous future. You will work harder
10 mount the ladder and get to the
top-and this is my excuse for talk
ing out of school, and | know you will
say | am right if my leader con
dennis me for it,
Prof. J. +. Kelly, principal Of The
Union Home School. in his Sbi,
sleeves, clad in overalls. mounted the
box and in a brisk, telling speech,
told the people of the WORK his schoo!
is doing down in Moore county. He
is endeavoring to develop the physical
man by exercising the muscles along
lines of utility at the sarle time in
culcating lessons of economy AMI
thrift. There" said he. pointing
to two handsome girls, are two OF
my pupils who know Latin and
Greek and mathematics and vet tbev
cook every meal they cat and rnin-
tain themselves at my school on three
dollars per month
He called attention to the MANY
useful articles that he and his s"hol-
ars were making out of the most or
binary material A screen made Of
eighteen kinds of timber AID beau
tifully nted-innumerabie rus
tic baskets, flower-stands, etc. an i'm
provised forge on which ne smalted
the iron of an ingenious, lathe which
stood beside it. Il saw Il man The
~ To L.. To, he
railroad and selling them for five
cents piece. With that 'asae hoy
of ordinary intelligence could convert
one of those posts into many dollars
worth of bric-abrac."
Prof. KelIy's speech entered into
practical details and was warmly re-
ceived. He is one of the first edHca-
tors in the State and is doing a great
work in his school. He was warmly
applauded when he said. I'VE teach
Latin and Greek as thoroughly as we
eyer did, but | am old-fashioned
enough to believe that boys and girls
can get as much physical development
from using the hoe and cool out
door labor as from baseball or foot
ball or any other kind of BAL. The
two boys with him looked like youths
who will make strong men, and the
two young lady pupils who do Their
own cooking are as attractive aud
lovely in person as the petted daugh-
ter of fashion who cannot make Il
biscuit or broil a shad.
Prof. w. +. Massey was the next
speaker. He always talks sense plain
" and sepSibly. lie has given the
farmers more valuable information in
the past two years than the whole
Agricultural Department, and his
name has come to be Il household
word among progressive farmers.
Prof. j. b. Carlyle. the eloquent
professor at Wake Forest, was the
next speaker, and his tribute to home
as the hope and glory of the Repub-
lie was particularly eloquent.
Col. Holiday, President of the a.
and NJ. College. who spoke next, made
a happy and instructive speech, key
ed upon the ideal education where
the head and hand are educated to-
gether. His closing remarks upon
woman in the home were as beautiful
a. tribute to woman as | have ever
heard.
Hon. Joseph b. Bachelor, of Raj
eigh, was the last speaker. He re-
viewed the history of the Raleigh and
Castor railroad from its inception and
recited some very interesting history,
and spoke upon the DEVELOPMENT Of
of the country and the bright future
before it. making an admirable adj
dress. as he always does. Mr.. Batch
eIor is the first public man in North
Carolina who in a public speech took
II, ln hirhnp nIitln .
ton of women and he has lived to
see all other progressive men come to
his way of thinking.
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Quite large delegation of men
and women from Raleigh were ont TO
the picnic, many students from Wake
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