The news & observer., 1901-05-07
FARMERS ORGANIZE
Leazar Literary Society De-
bate Thus Decided.
Brilliant Gathering at the Ninth Annual Exer'
cises ef Undergraduates at the
A. and NJ. College.

The ninth annual undergraduate con-
test of the Leazar Literary Society OF
the College of Agriculture and Me-
chanic Arts took place last night at the
college building in Watauga Hall,
adorned handsomely in white and blue,
The society's colors, for the occasion. y
large and cultured audience was present
and earnest attention was given the
various features of the program pre-
sented.
On the rostrum in cadet uniforms,
surrounded by waving palms and beal-
tiful flowers was the president OF the
society. Mr.. J. j. Lies, of Wadesboro.
Secretary " Y. Moss, of F'ranklinton,
and the various young men who were
to take part in the exercises. TO the
right was the cadet band, which DUR
ing the evening rendered some delight
full musical selections.
After the first selection an address
of welcome, short and we'll put, was
delivered by President Lilies. Follow
ing this came the declamauons. me
first of these was a "A Plea for the
Boers,'' we'll conceived and well DE-
livered. by Mr.. c. T. Rogers, of New
Great Britain's course in the Boer war
and praying for a great and grand
United States of South Africa, were
warmly applauded.
The next declailner was Mr.. d. With
erspoon. of Newton, his subject being
From the Heights of Glory to tht.
Dapths of Shame" In intense ali
dramatic style he traced the career OF
a continental soldier upward to glory
and then told of his fall and the pitt
full. scene preceding his death, CLOSING
with the name of him of whom he
spoke-Benedict Arnold. Both the de-
claimers were applauded and handsome
bouuets were sent forward by ad-
mirers.
After a musical selection by the cadet
band President Lilies introduced as the
first essayist Mr.. j. e. Colt OF sans
bury whose subject was announced as
s'How Plants Scatter Their SEEDS.
From this subject the essayist read en-
interesting and instructive paper upon
the self -propagating works OF the
members of the vegetable kingdom
The second essay, read by Mr.. e. S.
Whiting. of Hamlet, was on 1.-The Ger
man Industrial School System" He
discussed the salient points in the
schools of Germany in which trades
are taught and where education is not
alone confined to books.
After more music came the feature OF
the evening. This was the debate, the
subject being:
.sResolved, That the farmers in the
great staple crops should organize to
sell their products directly to the con-
sumer.''
The affirmative was first presented by
Mr. w A. Parker, of Hillsboro, who
stated that such an organization was
pecessary to the farmer who was be-
hind not because of want of diligence,
hut because he sold the raw product,
while the manufacturer, by combina-
tion received the lions share of the
profit. This could only be obviated by
the farmer raising cheaper and selilns
higher and organization was the solu-
tion of how to do this. He urged that
any class of men unorganlzed Wefe
necessarily at the mercy OF those or
ganized. and that by organization the
farmer could materially add to his in
come. AS instances, he cited the sue
cessful organization of the truckers q
Eastern Carolina, who were rid of the
niddlemen and his profits and to the
great freight reductions obtained by the
berry shippers Of Wilmington and
Charleston, closing with an eloquent
plea for organization.
Mr.. w. L. Darden, of Goldsbofo was
then heard for the negative. he ridl-
cuIed the idea of the farmer, who de-
nounced trusts, forming gigantic trust
on meat and bread. He said that we
might do without tobacco and thus ge;
away from the tobacco trust, quit SHAY
ing and thus even up with the steel
trust, and be buried in home made cof-
fins In defiance of the coffin trust, but
farmers trust would get us all with
out advantage to the farmers. Such
trust would be Illegal in North Care
lima where the antitrust law forbid