The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-29

excursions to come to Jackson SprtuE~
What : the result sunday = quiet here
and those who come Tor rest and quiet are
not disturbed by Sunday p,cknlckers
That j. indeed too strange and com
mendable Is be overlooked in - commcr
cial aud goddess IN age a. the present
The tendency everywhere J. - forget
Cod and de>pise HIS power. It : wonder.
full TO see one railroad refusing - defy
God and to keep IN remembrance His
sacred Law that j. forever existent.
Il j certainly very pleasant TO receive
Letters from friends. Recently an old
friend OF more than forty years. Nho +.
have not seen / think in that long timc.
wrote me 4 long. very agreeable remlnls.
cent letter. ! vas gratlaed - learn ths'
le kept up with me. and still reads wt~t
| write Tor the State pres lie writes
Il love 10 read All you write about the
great and good men ~ our country. many
of them Tar Heels. brave and true.
glory III your Tcrts 10 preserve the -e
cords OF our : ste and her faithful sons
untarnished.' IL had read my rcerU,
article on General Fender. He says II
was with Colonel y p Fender IN 1851.
a short time a. his private secretary. ~
the camp at Benn's Church. Isle Of Wight
county, Va, opposite Newport News.
His service with HIM was broken on ao.
count Of "a long attack OF fever in hos
pital there. He says Fender was Il
great man every inch and soldier ard
gentleman. too He writes
When he gave a command on regiment.
al drill it seemed that dark. piercing eve
could cover nearly every man and detect
IN awkward, improper movement any
! Nh, - - H. N--,.l- I,.l.a 1a.
her illustrious sons. but i slow to per
petuate their memory with lofty statues +"
Ny correspondent Is an excellent. fdith
full Christian. Z genuine Methodist. 1nd
has been since the day | knew HIM. lie
i a man of sterling worth and lovable
character. 4 merchant Of high standing
at High Point, the leading manufacturin
town of its size in all the South-John
D.. Paylor. a native OF Person county.
n. c..
A distinguished jurist Of profound
Christian character wrote me lately. !
always take a deep interest in your yer,
attractive and instructive articles. |
hope you Will long continue them
A scholarly native North Carolinian not
lar from sixty years of age, / suppose, and
an author Of several books. Edward Gil
liam, NJ. d. OF Baltimore. in a letter OF
'NiA ii13N' 1 G'1 y 4 touAti
ing polite literature as of yore. with 4
graceful and forcible rem" He is anoth.
er gifted, accomplished native Of Oxford.
He has a novel ready for the press en-
TITLED, Paul Beaumont Let me men
ton Rev. Dr.. Wilbur F. Tillctt.
enc Of the most eminent and learned
of the many professors in the faculty OF
Vanderbilt University. and an author or
high repute among his Methodist broth
rem, Is also a native of oxford. and son
OF the late most estimable and useful
Methodist minister, Rev. John Tillett. OF
the North Carolina Methodist Episcopal
Conference. | mention | received a kind,
a~ppreclatlve letter from a gifted gentle
man of Tarboro commencing my recent
communication in the News and Observ-
er on General W. D.. Pender. It was
from Mr.. James B. Lloyd, who delivered
the excellent address on General Pender
two years ago. l am g~ratifled that he