The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14

Pharmacy. Pathology. BaetersoloEy.
and Physiology. There are 5000 voiumes
In the Departmental libraries Upward
and on1 ard tbs noble Institution IN is
loSth year IS doing . great. a most In
portant work Tor North Carolina ana ~
South. II really Is ahead 81 the Ia.ver
slty OF Virginia. ot NandcrAl; and IT,
lane i IS the best manned ~ all South-
ern Universities excepting none. am i
the Oldest IN an Southland.
! met With two statements lately that
interested me. They occurred ia tNo
articles l read. ! giye simply the stats
teal parts. The highest mountain III the
world IS called the Everett This was
new 70 ire. X S $4,000 feet above s.4
level The highest Point reached Isl !
climber is -3.u>0 feet-or ucarly 6.ooo feet
below the highest point II Is 6.ooo feet
higher than the highest peak OF toe
Andes mountains.
l was interested. ana yet astonish,I
in a report OF two very fatal diseases
Since is6o. in the United states putu-
nonia has actually increased SO per
cent, while consumption shows 4 Il,
crease Of 80 per cent. Science has ac-
complished something in the one dl~cass
for mans benefit, whilo on the other hand
another disease has reached fearful re-
suits for mans destruction. II was one,
held by doctors that tuberculosis was in
durable, but there are many physicians
who know better now.
| was thinking recently about my many
school-mates between 1885 and 1919. How
few Of them remain n this life. or many
scores Of boys in Granville county with
whom l was at school at tho oxford
Male Academy, that had been famous
since about 1925, l suppose, / can recall
but four who now seryiyc. or the ten
boys in my class at Lovejoy's superior
Military Academy at Raleigh. 1875 and
1876, all are gone, and nearly all before
they were forty. In the class were two
very superior youths-thc two ablest pos
sibly of all ! ever went with or knew at
academy or university-Edward Graham
Haywood and David Miller Carter. /
wrote some column or more of each
when they too passed into the great be
yond. Carter went first some eighteen
years ago, l suppose, and Haywood, some
fourteen years since. They were both
remarkable men. Haywood was a great
scientific lawyer. When he delivered
before the Legislature his speech in a
l111lO 1tG1s - lllo " &.AI -
the late truly very able, George +.
Badger, said, after listening to every
word Of it: mo such speech has ever
been made in North Carolina by a man
of his age" some so or 80. Carter was
rich, fat and lazy. He had a very su-
perior mind. He was a lawyer Of ability,
and an independent thinker. He had
great facility when a boy, in reading
Latin off-hand He could read the great
est Latin poet, Virgil, by the page with
Out hating save to hun aoW and then
the meaning of a word. He was of muCb
injury to me, for both at the Military
Academy and at the University of North
Carolina, he read me all my Latin les
| sons, taking about ten or fifteen minute
to do it. He had not seen the lessons
until three or four of his class came into
his room to run over them just before
rcscitation. He passed away in his
prime. | was much drawn to him from
1915 up to his death. Another boy, still
younger, at LovejOy's S, was VIII
liam l.. Saunders. These three
constitute in my recollection, the most
intellectual trio OF all | ever went to
school with. They were colonies in the
Confederate army. Saunders was a
noble, lovable, true man, deserving of all
ulll ~ all ltNlAOL 4 an y - (,
but | think all three, like myself, who
knew them so intimately, were born in
Raleigh. According TO my impressions,
| saw no man at the University who
equalIcd Carter in natural ability. Prof.
A. c.. Brown asked me once who was the
ablest man in my class? | replied
Garter. He dcmurrcd, but some years
later told me | was correct. lie was
much superior to the men who took the
highest distinctions. He did not study,
and took but a second place, but it was
simply his own fault. Haywood went to
a Northern college. Saunders later was
AT our University. Gen. Junius r.
Daniel, Of Halifax, who fell in battle, a
most gallant man, was a close friend OF
mine. Let me tell of what ! know.
When he left Lovejoy's for West Point,
ne was young and fautlessly brave. Not
very long after entering that Govern
ment army school, crossing the campuS
he was met by a cadet of the senior or
i fourth class, who addressed the game
cadet in a half insulting, brusquc way.
This was resented in reply promptly.
The old cadet sneeringly said: Perhaps
you would like to settle this, and ] in
vite you to the battle-ground" some piece
where fights occurred between students
DANIEL at once accepted the cHdlIeHB',
although some three or four years the
junior, and Of much lighter weight. Ar
rived at the grounds both at once stripped
for the conflict. The senior looked al
the gallant y%oungster in admiration, and
said to him: Il have no idea OF fighting
you. l was only testing your grit to see
if you had the material for a soldier H
gave him his hand, and from that time
until the elder was graduated, he was
Daniels best and truest friend. All
honor to General Daniels memory, for
he was indeed of heroic mold. He was
a son of Hon. J. R. J. Daniel, who for
years represented the Halifax District in
the United States Congress. and nephew
of the late Justice Joseph Daniel, of the
Supreme Court. a native also Of Halifax
county. | mention here that Halifax had
other heroes in the greatest Of modern
wars-General Zollicoffer, General Ben.
Mccullough, Col. John II. Whitaker and
Capt. Buck Kitchin-all gone now. Zol-
licoffer and Whitaker fell in battle. Oi
u students in my class at the University
but four remain so far as | am informed
including myself.