The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-12-04
THE DEBATE LAST THURSDAY
NIGHT.

NIGHT.
The Thanksgiving debate by the de
baters from trinity College and Wake
Forest College last Thursday
night in the Academy Of music,
was III the estimation of good
Judges, the best of the series
Of these annual debates. Nothing in
the yearly college history of the State
equals these debates III interest or i'll
educational value. There is as much
enthusiasm and the same manifesto
ton Of the true college spirit as at
tends a baseball or football game, with
the added advantage that it develops
the mind rather than the muscle.
Raleigh's need of al Auditorium was
again felt last night. More than five
hundred people were turned away and
$500 people were packed in a hall that
could comfortably seat only 1900.
There were at least q thousand more
people who We're kept away because
of the croWding. It is to be hoped that
by next Thanksgiving, Raleigh viii
have an Auditorium that will be fully
equal to the large crowds that attend
these debates.
In this connection, it is pleasant to
! note, not only the ability of the de-
baters. but the high character and de-
pertinent CT the whole body Of stu
dents of bot colleges. Noisy ut times,
they certainly were, but it was but the
ebullition Of spirited and enthusiastic
young men deeply infused with the
true college spirit.
The census figures show that Neck
lenburg and Wake have a long lead in
population, Mecklenburg having So
26S people and Wake 54,626. Mecklen-
buro's gain since 1890 has been about
Is. @ while Wakes gain was 5000.
The difference is seen in the multiple
city Of Charlotte's manufacturing in
t~erests. That's the only way t. in
| crease III population and in wealth.
Buncombe is the third county in pop
ulation. having 44.371. a gain OF 5000.
Robson ONE next with 4O,311. a gain
of 5000
The Huntsville, Ala. Advertiser SAYS
that the merchants in that city sold
over 100000 worth of pork in the
| month Of October, and hat much Of
it was sold to farmers. Every pound
/ of that meat could have been raised in
| Alabama and the money kept in that
State. North Carolina buys less north
ern meat than formerly. but altogether
/ too much. 1t ought all to be raised
here and some raised also for ship
ment. That's the way to keep the bal
ance on the right side Of the ledger.
We protest. humbly. against calling
/ the Raleigh Press Club, the Ananias
Club. Nathaniel Macon. who didn't
have much love for the craft. once
wrote that "a government by editors
would be a government OF the hungry
but he never put them down as liars.
The name ought to be The Truth Pre-
servers
Our exports show an increase Of
S16G,331.17S during the past ten months
over the preceding ten months. This
is cause for thanksgiving. May it keep
np-all except the expectation of arms
and mules to South Africa in Eng
lands unholy war.
Leprosy has broken out again in
Hawaii. This recalls Tom Reeds re-
mark thai the bill for the annexation
of Hawaii "ought to be entitled an
act to annex %leprosy.' There are
even worse things in the imp~erialistic
program.
IL - hdit W hfioN NV W tdh1 q
humorist. Mark Twain defends the
Boxers ON the ground hat they are
doing toward Americans in China as
Americans do unto Cinnamon in the
United States. If he is joking. it is q
grim sort of humor.
In the K~ilgO-GattiS trial. the entire
sympathy Of the public is now given tc
the unoffending twelve jurors who are
oratory. We hope they will survive.
ANOTHER DEAL By REYNOLDS.
Rumors That the Company Will Buy Two Nor
Winston Tobacco Factories.
W~inston-Salem, n. c., Dee. 1.-Rumor!
have been current here all day that TIL,
Il. j. Reynolds Company has closed
deal for the purchase of two more 0
Winston's big tobacco manufacturin,
plants. Parties interested tell me that
trade is in progress. but that nc particu
lars can be given out before next week
; if then. The trade has been on for sew
; eral days, and it is quite certain that i
, will be c-onsutnnated in d few days.
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