The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-11-25
Expressions From a Number of
WeIl-KnOwn Leaders all Over
North Carolina.

Next Thursday is Thanksgiving Day
the annual harvest feast of the American
people. 1t is the day set apart when
men and women gather in their places OF
public worship to give expression to
their gratitude to the All Good for all
the blessings they enjoy. In order that
the hearts of the readers of this paper
may be attuned to the Thanksgiving
spirit, the editor of the News and OBJ
server, a few days ago, sent this note
to a number of prominent men in every
walk of life in North Cardinal:
Raleigh, N. c., Nov 10Th, 1902.
Dear Sir:-PIease write a brief Thank
giving sentiment on the accompanying
leave your place Thursday night or Fri
day. We wish to have about a hundred
of such to print Sunday.
Very truly yours,
JOsEPHUS DANIELS.
The following are the answers re-
received.
The greatest and best blessing which
mas come u ASOIlu odIOlild 10 Ilt ever
living excellence of her women. and their
ennobling influence in all the relations Of
life. May the honor Of the State and
the love of God continue always to be
their supreme law. 1t is our first and
highest duty and purest happiness to
constantly cherish and exalt them.
M. w. RANSOM.
Garysburg, n. c., Nov. %.
North Carolina has great reason to be
thankful for the peaceful going into eff
feet of the Constitutional Amendment by
which the moral and intellectual stand.
ards of public life will be elevated, {
wholesome spirit of political independ
ence developed, kindly relations between
the races promoted, and the way cleared
for temperance and other vitality needed
reform legislation.
EGBERT WATSON SMITH.
Greensboro, Nov. p.
North Carolina should be profoundl,
thankful for the educational sentimen
that is prevailing within her borders.
WILL. c. NEWLAND.
Lenoir, Nov. 90.
The continued awakening of the edu
cational sentiment in every part of tn
State. Let us be spent for the sake O
life, liberty and truth.
A. ]. BOLIN.
Hickory, Nov. %.
Life, health, peace, progress and pros
perity all of which hang over us like
benediction.
ASHLEY HORNE.
Clayton, N. c., Nov. %.
For her noble and beautiful daughters
and her conservative and patriotic sons
for good and wise government; for tn
growth of various enterprises; for tn
high character of her press; for the pros
perity Of her colleges, and the stron;
forward movement for general education
for her soil and climate; her metals an
minerals: for her bountiful harvests; an,
above all, 70 rthe blessing Of the ever
lasting love of the Son of God.
F.. d. SWINDELL.
Goldsboro, N. c.. Move. %.
Her Heroic History; Her love of Ii
berty; Her Material Prosperity; He
Educational Awakening, and the belle
of her people that the Christian religio
is the foundation Of all that is best i
her past, present and future.
H. c. MCQUEEN.
Wilmington, N. c., Nov. %.
For harvests bountiful, for a climat
delightful and wholesome by mountain
PLAIN and sea, for the new industria
awakening; for State officials whose In
teSrIty is unquestioned; for the ne'
spirit and zeal in education that is fill
ing our schools and colleges With tn
flower and beauty of the State; for in
creased facilities and equipment in edu
cation; for loyal and patriotic manhoo
and devoted Womanhood; fer peace an
prosperity within our borders, and abov
all else for a Christian faith and prac
tice that | believe is genuine and pure
for an increased responsibility an
thankfulness for these blessings; for
~largeness of charity that will make u
more and more "our brothers keeper.
THOMAS NEWLIN.
Guilford College, N. c., Nov. %.
Look up and not down; look out an
not in, and lend a helping hand-an
thank God for the spirit and p~riviIeg
Of doing it.
CALVIN S. BLACKWELL
Wilmington, N. c., Nov. %.
For manifold mercies and blessings O
God for His goodness and protection fro1
famine, pestilence and war; for victory i
time of peril and conspiracy over tn
enemies of the State, causing the righ
Tor triumph and the wrong to be over
"helmed; for the conservation of CIV
and RELIGIOUS liberty and for the main
tenance of just, honest, good government
and for the Vindication of a noble, faith
ful and upright citizen by a splendi
triumph at the polls by his countrymer
THEODORE BRYANT kINGSBURY
Wilmington, N. c., Nov. %.
The Good Old North State should b
thankful for the peace and prosperit
which her people now enjoy: also fo