The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-23
THEIR NAME LEGION
Tar. Heels Who Achieve Sue
cess in Other States.
The North Carolina Colony in New York. Law,
Journalism. Literature, the Pulpit
Ably Represented.
Wilmington Messenger.)


Carolina has lost through the last nine
ty years many of its most promising
and aggressive and successful youth
and their places have not been supplied.
1t has sent out colonies into many
States and their native North Carolina
has been the loser, the sufferer. 1t
sent out statesmen like Benton, Allen
and a dozen others. We retail that at
one time there were five United States
Senators natives of North Carolina ex
elusive of the two from this State. 1t
sent out such successful journalists as
Lumsden, Belo and others. 1t gave to
the country some distinguished doctors
and the great surgeon of fifty years ago,
Dr.. Thomas Muller, of Philadelphia. 1t
gave to the country such distinguished
and useful divines as Bishops Paine and
Fitzgerald of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, Bishops Davis, Polk, Green and
Beckwith of the Protestant Episcopal,
such great preachers as DR.. LoVick
Pierce, DR.. Cornelius Riddick, (Metho-
dists), DR.. Manly, of the Baptist church,
and others. This is a mere glimpse.
We have been lately interested in the
reference to the living North Carolin-
ians who are abroad in many States.
The editor of the Sanford Express, in
its issue of the 14th inst, gives a birds
eve view of the North Carolinians in
New York city. 1t copies from the New
York Commercial this statement:
North Cardinals colony here is larger
compared as to area and population,
than that of any other Southern State"
In an interesting way the Express
goes on to mention some of the North
Carolina successes in the greatest city.
1t names James w. Osborne, assistant
district attorney. James G. Battle, hold
ing a similar position, w. w. Fuller,
Ralph Holland and John S. Hill, all
practicing lawyers. 1t notices with spe-
cial emphasis DR.. Walter H. Page, and
names also Mr.. D. F. st. Clair. a con-
tributor to Success, monthly magazine,
Mr.. Henry r. Sharpe, connected with the
Sun. and Ralph II. Graves, son of the
late Prof. Graves, of the University of
North Carolina, one of the two or three
greatest mathematicians of the South,
who is on the staff of the New York
Herald. We are glad to see our North
Carolina youth identifying themselves
with journalism and being connected
with papers of the first rank. OF preach
ers connected with the pulpits of Great
er New York the Express says:
There are a number of them, but only
two are recalled just now-Rev st. Clair
Hester and Rev. A. c. Dixon. Mr.. Hes
ter is rector of one of the handsomest
churches in Brooklyn and Mr.. Dixon
breaches to one of the largest Baptist
congregations in Brooklyn. Mr.. Dixon is
a very able and popular divine. There
are also dozens of North Carolinians in
New York city who are succeeding as
scientists. as railroad men and as pro-
fessors in colleges. Among the profess
sors is E. B. McGilyary, who fills the
chair of philosophy in Cornell. He came
of good old Moore county stock. There
are also North Carolinians who play
successfully with the Wall street mar
kets."
There are several business men of
more or less success who could be named
by residents in that city. The Express
saws:
Their name is almost legion. One
sometimes regrets that these busy
workers are not back here in North
Carolina, but had they remained here
they would have, perhaps, amounted to
nothing. 1t is matter of pride to
North Carolinians to know that all of
those named above received their edu
cational training in this State. They
are the children of the University,
Davidson, Wake Forest and Trinity,
most of them claiming the University
as their alma mater"
We do not think that men of force and
ambition fare any worse by remaining "a
home. These men of mark would have
probably achieved a good measure OF
success and reputation if they had re-
manned "steadfast and immovable" and
had helped to develop and elevate their
native Carolina who are the equals of
those in the North both in distinction
and accomplishments. Look at the sew
eral young men in the United States
House and the younger Senator from
North Carolina. There are others not
named in New York who have succeeded
lamy, born in Wilmington, and DR.. Will
liam Pritchard, so we'll known here.
In the early history of government
in the first thirty years of the last CEN
fury. one of the leaders in the Federal
Congress, one of the ablest and most
eloquent was a Southern born man. We
refer 10 JH6 C6IeDIdI0u CdmUI6IluS. he
was very conspicuous in the debates.
Scattered all around the Senate are val
liable. able, accomplished North Caro-
linians. Rev. ST. Clair Hester referred
to above, is native of Granville coun-
ty, and his grandfather was a worthy
Methodist local preacher, We knew init
mately, the late Rev. Benz. Hester. He
has an uncle, also a Methodist preacher,
who resides in that county. Granville
has another worthy and valuable son in
Prof. Smith, an alumnus of Wake For
est, with post graduate course at Johns
Hopkins University, now of the faculty
of William Jewell College, of Missouri,
leading Baptist institution of learning.
If some one would take time to gather
the names and needed statistics an inter-
esting paper might be written upon the
North Carolina Dispersed Abroad for the
last ninety years.
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