The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-14
AL-AMAACE'S HISTORY
Miss Stockard's Work Issued
From the Pres. Here
!! Tells Of the First sett'em ems, the War Of the
Regulators, the Blttie OF Alamance
ard Lindiey's XIII.

ara LNHUieY 5 : iNs
There was a proud young woman in Rail
eish yesterday-Miss sallie ". stock
ard, Of Alarlarce county.
Il She was net proud she had a right
70 be. SIZE was here watching her His
tory OF Alamaoce" issued from the
press.
It is printed by the Capital Printing
Company, and makes a neat book Of 166
pages, clearly printed and substantial
iy bound. The first edition consists Of
! 600 copies.
Miss Stockard Is a graduate % the
lady of remarkable intellect and great
industry. She has given her book the
greatest care and watched its progress
with much pride, not only experimenting
its printing, but attending personally to
the sale OF every copy.
& tell you it is hard she said as she
held the first copy tenderly in her hands,
Il need every bit of the encouragement
l can get. Some men say: Il am very
much Interested in what you arc doing
hut l can't buy a book" Others tell ne,
Il am much interested-the work you
are doing for North Carolina history is
a great one
But yet" she added seriously, "Eis-
torians can not live on good wishes"
They are not wind flowers to thrive on
yapor. But money is the same 10 a
writer as il is to anybody else. We
can't write history when we don't have
anything to eat; you know. It is hard
to do anything in the way O. literature
in North Carolina. 1t takes a great
amount of energy and vital force 70
bring a book into existence; it takes D
still greater perseverance 70 sell l.
then.
But the subject was not pleasant and
she quickly changed it as she carelessly
turned the leaves OF the book with her
slender fingers.
Nov my book is dedicated to Gen.
Julian S. Carr she explained. not be
! cause he had the book published or had
anything to do with its publication, but
because he b~efriended ne once in q very
gentlemanly manner, something / DO not
wish to forget
Thus she went through the volume,
pointing out its various features that
| she considered mcst interesting and va?-
liable. The history Of the Indians who
first inhabited the county, its first per
marent white settlement, the war OF the
Regulators, the battles OF Alamance and
| Lindley's Mill and other stirring scenes
OF the Revolution.
There arc SO few people, she ey-
planned half sadly. that know the Amer
lean Revelation began right here in Ala
nance"
| Then there are chapters OF the early
churches Of the county, the schools, and 2
history of TIE beginning o. cotton manu-
featuring il this State. The pioneer i
this was Edwin II. Holt, who built tbs
first cotton mill IN North Carolina CT
A%lan1ance creek.
The second half CT the book IS devoted
to Family History" and viii De e6pe-
cially valuable to Alanance county PEG
pie and those descended from them
! Three charters are devoted 10 the Al
brights. che to the M~ontgomery's, one
TO the Mehanes. one to the Holts, one Z
the Fousts. one to the Clendenen fam
ilv. The ether families whose history j:
here traced are: Stafford, Cock, Puryear
Newlin. Scott. TroIinger. White ant
Turner.
In every respect the book is 3 mos
admirable and complete one, and SHOULD
be in every North Carolina library how
ever large or small.
The manuscript was read by seYera
eminent men before it was printed, an
they speak most highly OF il IS a Worl
. of historic value.
Miss Stockard is especially proud Q
this one from DR.. Kemp Z. Battle, q pro
feesor Of History at the University o
North Carolina:
Il have been permitted to examine tn
manuscript of Sallie ". Stockard's his
tory of Alamance. and have found !
comprehensive. interesting and instTuc
tive. It is of peculiar value to the peo'
pie Of Orange and her dauGhters-Ala
nance, Caswell, Person and Durham too
most of which was once her teTrit0Ty
But, as old Orange was for years q iaT2
part of the State and as many most III
pcrtant historical incidents occurre
within her borders, Miss Stockard's boo,
should be owned by all who are interest
ed in the history OF the State
Miss Stockard is now in the city soiic
itinc subscriptions for her book, an
would be glad to call unon anyone dastr
ing a copy Of il. The price is S1.Qe-
A petition has been circulated to hav'
President Mckinley pardon the negrt
postmaster Hargett, whom Judge Pr
nell sent to the penitentidry a year fc
embezzlement. Hargett is one Of tt
negro George Whites pets. There is n
probability that the President will par
! don him.