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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07
THE EDITORS AND THE WORLDS
FAIR.

There ought to be hearty and ready re-
Spouse TO the appeal for contributions to
secure a splendid North Carolina repre-
sentation at the great st. Louis Exposi-
tlcn. North Carolina is the most progress
slve State in the South and can make
the best exhibit of any Southern State
with the smallest amount of money.
The editors, always foremost in work
Ing to advance the progress and glory of
the State, are all at work to further the
plans agreed upon. At the editorial CON
vention held in Wrightsville last week
the following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Recognizing the great Importance of
an adequate presentation of the indus
tries and resources of North Carolina at
the Worlds Exposition at St. Louis in
1904,
Resolved, by the North Carolina Press
Association, that we most heartily en-
dorse the effort being made by the State
administration, and by Governor Aycock,
to raise by private subscription the sum
OF $4,000 to duplicate a like sum offered
by the State for this purpose, thereby
making possible a fitting exhibition on
that OCCASION"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07
TEMPERANCE CONVENTION IN
RALEIGH ON TUESDAY.

One Tuesday there Will be an Anti Sa-
loon League or Temperance Convention
in the city of Raleigh. The gentlemen who
are in the lead Of this great movement
expect a large attendance. 1t Is to be
hoped that it will attract very many of
the leaders of public sentiment in North
Carolina, and that its influence will be
felt in the closing up OF bar-rooms III
every community in which they now ex
list.
The last Legislature took a long step for
temperance. The problem for the State
now is to rescue the enforcement of the
good legislation enacted. The problem of
the several communities afflicted with
whiskey saloons is how to rid the com
munIty of these demoralizing agencies. 1t
IL to take counsel together and devise the
best method of agitation, promotion, and
enforcement that the convention is called.
The people of Raleigh, who are girdinE
up their IONS for a struggle to rid the
capital city of the baleful influence of the
saloons, will give glad greeting to all who
come, and will hope to welcome many Of
the true men upon whom the State must
lean If the temperance progress is to con
tinue.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07

one of the greatestb battles Of the world was Gettysburg. 1t was the foo tide
destiny Of the English people in America, heneeforh the English people in tins
were to be one great nation instead Of to Their disputes ad differ
ences were to be settled among themselves ad not by hostile warfare between
independen nations OF the same race. *
No such fight was ever fought as Gettysburg The duration OF the battle, It's
intensity, it's herohm, its f0titude, the magnitude OF issues, tn character and mum
OF the soldiers, the genius of the leaders all make it foremoet among the
foremost battles OF Il world.
ii, for the long struggle that led up to n caused it. for the gaLantry and
cmvlnc herosm THAT bho@omed all over like a valley covered with EIhes, yet
the chief glory of Gettysburg. which make it. perhaps beyond an other battle O
the var and crowns it as most distinctive ad characteristic OF the great Anglo
race. was the forttude ad the endurance of men who Knew tatth we're
fighting in vain. 1t was this quality which was displayed IN the highest degree on
that memorable field by the soldiers OF North Carolina.
North Caroinians have a right to visit annually the field Of Gettysburg nd per
the memory Of her sons who fell there The chief virtues of the Old
North State are frttude and endurance persistence in struggling to maintain
whose record hr these qualities is at all comparable North Carolina.
IN every celebration at Gettysburg there should be a North Carolina Day or a
North Carolina Hour and hat day and that hour should recall to men the scene
wen w great armies fmd ZACH other to decide the destiny of America me pro
badly the world, when the one impregnab enlenchment uon hill tops was as
sale by the other charge needless of ranks nowed Town Ike grass, raising aloft
to succeed banne shot Town, filling the ar with shouts which only South
soldiers have ever made; whGn charge after charge had been in vain and thou-
had been dashed pack ike seawaves from a rock cliff. when the great
est captain in the worlds lists of heroes sitting uon his graz horse beholdng the
destruction. wiped from his eyes the falling tears n espresso the admiration for
heroic rtnude never equaled before in that sentence low made memorable
throughout the world, God bless od North Carolina"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07
A WORTHY HONOR

at the recent meeting of the Press Con-
vention at Wrightsville the member OF
the press ~rejoiced to welcome DR.. T. B.
Kingsbury to its deliberations. Mr.. w. c.
Dowd, editor of the Charlotte News, offer
ed the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted, prefacing the resoiu-
ton with a high tribute to DR.. Kings
bury, and saying that the resolution me1-
toned no name because everybody under
stood from its wording that it could mean
no other than Dr.. Kingsbury. The resolu-
ton adopted reads as follows:
Resolved, That this association desires
to voice an expression of the pleasure and
nonor 1t feels III having present this morn
ing that eminent and beloved editor
scholar and literateur, and to accord to
the privileges of the association.
DR.. Kingsbury delighted all present with
"reminiscences of his long connection with
Journalism in North Carolina. For the
benefit of the members whose duties de-
MED them the pleasure of attending, we
trust that the remarks of DR.. Kingsbury
were reported SO that they may be printed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07
A NORTHERN g

A Philadelphia negro. who thinks Yam
kee negroes better than those who live
in the South, wrote to the North American
stating that the Delaware brute was a
negro who had recently gone
North. The Americans made an investi-
CATION and ascertained that the Delaware
rapist was born in Pennsylvania and had
never lived in the South. There is no sec
tional line in crime. A negro living in
the South is apt to conduct himself better
than are those living in the North and
statistics proves that there is less crime in
proportion to numbers among the negroes
in North Carolina than among the ne
groes of Massachusetts,. But there are
and bad residing in every section.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07
SHELBY PEOPLE LIKE 1T.

The News and Observer is never SO
happy as when it can advance the interests
OF the progressive communities and health
resorts of the State. Recently two of the
papers representatives visited Shelby ana
Mr.. Rlvenbark wrote an article descriptive
OF Shelby's steady growth and advantages.
and of Cleveland county's delightful sum
mer resorts. The Shelby papers copied
tins article and Hon. E. Y. Webb, writing
to Mr.. Rivenbark, voices Shelby's apprc-
citation in the following note:
u people We're very much pleased
with your splendid write up of Shelby.
| heard one man say that it was so good
that he wanted to get a hundred papers
containing the write up and also in
tended to have 5000 circulars printed con
tanning the article
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07
TRUSTS HI ISSUE.

Ex-senator. Vest takes a hopeful view of
Democratic prospects in 1901. He says the
age and he sees no relief from their vicious
operations other than ito cut off the
nourishment that has enabled them to
grow to such ungovernable size" And
then he utters these words Of encourage
ment TO the faithful Democrats of the
Republic:
with this for the paramount issue in
1904, | confidently believe a Democratic
President and a Democratic House of Rep
resentatives will be elected
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07
HIS WIFE WAS A REBEL.

There have been many queer reasons Of
feref~Why men should be ~pensIoned. Some
/have found their way into the papers but
the files of the Pension Office at Washing
ton contain many stories that have a
humorous side if they could see the light.
One of the queerest of the latest applica-
ions is the following letter from a vet
eran:
81 got blood poison by being hitt with a
hens eg Wen | cam bak from the frunt.
The eg was not good Wen you send my
penshun l wan the Deed made sos my
wife can't get none of it-she throde the
eg. She was a rebel"
1t is not known whether the veteran got
a pension for being hit with an "eg"
which was not good or if he was pen
stoned whether the price OF mot good
eggs" was as high as stale eggs used to
throw at Re-pop-li-can speakers in North
Carolina.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07
THEY FARM ON THE WATER.

A few days ago this paper had a word
OF deserved compliment to the people OF
Dare county upon the deep interest they
are taking IN the education of their chill
dren, having voted a special tax for schools
IN several districts and preparing to vote
a special tax in all the other districts.
The Winston Republican copies what this
paper said and adds:
Dare county may have a high average
of intelligence, but it has a mighty low
average on its land for taxation, being
only 50 cents per acre: AS they pay no
taxes to the State they are, or should be.
IN good shape to pay something for edu-
cation
Bless your life. Mr.. Republican, the peo-
pie of Dare county do not make their liv-
ing by farming on the land but on the
water. Farming land is not to be com
pared in value to farming water.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07
MAKING PAPER OUTOFsAW MILL
WASTE.

The day * coming when nothing Will
he wasted. The recent publication that
Philadelphia and New York capitalists
are getting options on cotton wood forests
near Washington and GrimeSland with the
Intention OF establishing paper factories
to manufacture newspaper Is good news
The forests from which newspaper Is
made are becoming denuded and paper
makers are wisely looking ahead for new
sources or material.
Recently this paper has printed much
about the new method Of extracting tur-
p%entine from stumps and the waste Of pine
trees, an Industry that promises TO make
what has been wasted in the pm lumber
interests a. valuable to lumber a the cot
ton seed have come to be to the cotton
crop From Texas comes the news that
from the waste OF pine trees excellent pa
per can be made. The jacksonville Times
Union, discussing the new experiment and
It's success, says:
The plant recently established al
Orange, Texas, for the production OF paper
from pine SEdNlngS ana OlHeF sd"HllII
waste Is now in full operation, and sam
Piles of the product have already been sent
out; and while the specimen submitted
for Inspection Is Of the wrapping grade,
there is every reason to believe that tins
new process >will be found equal to the
production OF all grades OF paper. lnclud-
ing those used in book work.
The success of this Texas enterprise
has already led certain Louisiana capital
lists to undertake the establishment of q
similar plant at Lake Charles, in that
State, which is to have a capacity OF
fifteen tons of paper a day; and 1t now
seems tolerably certain that the entire
pine belt of the South Atlantic States
will in a few years be studded with mills
for the profitable utilization OF this hlther
to unregarded Sawmill waste.
1T is interesting to note in this con
~nection that the first mill ever established
by Robert Thomas, the inventor of the
process employed in this interesting indus
try, was IN Pensacola several years ago;
and though the enterprise was eventually
discontinued. its failure was due to causes
purely local and personal in their nature,
and In no way such as to effect the practl-
cal value of the invention, which from
present Indications, bids fair to play an
important part in the industrial develop
ment of the new South"
1T begins to look like it is better to own
acres of pine trees than to own a gold
mine.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07
ENROLMENT IN NORTHERN
AND SOUTHERN CITIES
Percentage Higher Here. Figures to Make the North
Stare. The Divorce Laws a Stain on
Our State.

When there were no advocates OF edu-
cation travelling Oyer the state making
enthuil-uc speeches in behalf 81 eduea-
son. and the press was not much gwen
10 discussions in behalf OF the schooling
81 the masses. this writer Was often hard
at II IN trying 10 awaken an interest IN
favor OF the boys and girls. The files 81
me Wilmington Star and the Messenger
viii show dozens OF editorials on the side
OF popular education long before the
politicians and otlice-secktr~ and school
teachers had taken 10 the stump to
arouse the people as 10 the tremendous
ignorance OF North Carolina, and the Ceep
shame OF II. In view OF facts and the
revealings OF History, 1t Is impossible Tor
a man OF fair Intelligence not 70 favor the
education OF the masses. 10 you know
that today the most generally educated
people on the globe are IN Norway and
Denmark and Scotland. The Scotch are
far ahead OF the English III the matter
OF general education even now.
ii curse North Carolina i, behind,
and make a poor showing according 10
the oft-repeated statistics. And Yet since
the great war ended. leaving the good
old State stripped and ruined
II 600 OF her white men-the producers
and factors Of advancement-dead III the
war and their families dependent. She has
e~sayel most bravely to educate her
own children, and the negro children A.
well, expendlng millions OF dollars upon
the latter. Marvellous things have been
accomplished since A~ppOmattoX IN tins
grand and generous Southland. over
500, 000, OO0|I have not the precise figures
by me-have been expended IN behalf oil
education, and the cry IL for a wider field
and greater fruition. The ruthless. steel
gloVed hand OF war made North caro-
lima a land of desOlatlon well-nIgh and
want. But she rose to the height OF
things have been done. And yet she Is
despised and plucked by even some of
her own sons.
Let us turn to some figures illustrative
of Southern achievement IN comparison
with the great, rich, prosperous, imperial
North. What do the figures and stats
ties Of the United States Commissioned
OF Statistics furnish for 1899? / nave
nothing later at hand. There were L.,
900, 900 enrolled pupils. This IS Pig per
cent. of the whole population. The public
schools had enrolled that year -, 13S, 1l5
pupils, or 2047 per cent. of the whole.
| invite particular attention to the sub
joined official table, Examine with care
and then indulge a little astonishment II
your like:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07

inclined to feel a little bit mean over
your ignorance, and the wholesale cenSure
you have aforetime so bravely INDUCED.
poor old South, SO victimized and
ma ligned! Look at the startling figures
OF enrolled pupils, and the percentage OF
the two sections as indicated above.
What is the real percentage of the en-
rolled Of the total population in boastful
New England, and the great Central
States? Look at Massachusetts. Look at
Connecticut. Look at Rhode Island. Cast
your eye upon New York and Pennsylvania
and New Jersey and then low and groan.
The actual per cent. Of the enrolled pupils
for the tremendous North Is but 1901,
while in the poverty-smitten. contemp-
tIble, illiterate, down-at-the-heel South it
is actually 22.05. or actually 4 per cent.
more than it IS IN the great big" North.
What a fall was there, my countrymen!
And then just think of it, that the en-
rollment for the flourishing, rich progress
Of the average for the country at large
way below that Of the Central Southern
States. The South Is ahead, at the front,
on top. Hurrah! Then consider that the
ILL - ~ OouNh blN i0ICIl
is really above the general average Of
all the States-big North and all. Whew.
Tell it not IN Boston. preach it not in
the streets of New York. This Central
enrolment Is higher than the general en-
rollment OF the great Nation" for all
schools-private and public. Amazing,
The general average of the other South
ern States. not included in the above
Con ~ rra N 90 N = 81 - - . 1 ~
which il higher, you will observe, than
that of New England, New York, etc, in
the above North Atlantic Division. /
have not the table at hand. but give what
is said to be correct There is nothing
like studying figures, If you would scat
ter the boosters and blowers and de-
famefs.
So you see the South is favorable to
education, and is not TO be secuted and
scowled at by the envious and the in
vidious. The really Illuminating thing is
that good and true North Carolina does
not yet keep up as it should with the
grand procession Of some other Southern
States. lllteracy Is, however, declining
steadily. Progress is the slogan and edu-
cation of the right kind IS a great de-
Judicious appropriations are
III order. but no man is a wise leader, a
safe leader. who favors much indebted
ness to be incurred for education or for
any other purpose. North Carolina has
had a sad experience IN the matter Of
State Indebtedness. Public debts are a
burden and curse to any people. Do not
let the people lose their heads over edu-
cation and public debts, as do Republi-
can and Democratic members of the Com
gress, and enter upon a dangerous career
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07
AT GETTYSBURG.
P~ettigreW'S Charge.

the hillside we sweep.
tReady, readyD
Time with our h~eartthrobs we keep.
Steady. steady!J
Hark to the cannon's boom,
Tones Of Thunder.
Stern as the trump Of doom,
Souls 20 sunder.
Swing we across the vale,
Quleksteps ever.
Meeting the deadly hail.
Falter, never.
V4;
Cod how they now Us down,
Dear CHRIST save
Glory a soldiers crown?
Aye. then the grave.
Close up the ranks again.
Forward Forward,
Foes dare to call these men,
Never, coward.
What be the need Of IT.?
Shock on shock.
hurting a Death at Fate.
Stormlng a rock!
Back now the way they came.
Mourn. an, mourn,
Back now but not IN shame.
Heroes return.
MRS. +. l.. TOWEIE+.
Mt. Airy, y. G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07

any act IN the category OF crimes.
would sooner trust myself in the den
of a hyena than in his arms"
This brother advised his congregation
and all other negroes to take up arms
and defend themselves and members of
their race against the white man. His
excited sermon followed a week of ex-
element, during which white men hunt
ed negroes through the streets of Will
mlngton and negroes, forming themselves
into gangs, insulted and defied the whites.
At the same time we find the National
Colored Immigrant and Commercial As
soclatlon in session at Montgomery, Ala,
asking the government to appropriate one
hundred million dollars to transport ne
groes to Liberia; and low country negroes
in Savannah petition the Georgia legiSla.
ture to make al Appropriation to help
them return to Africa, "the home OF their
fathers
In our view, these things are symp-
toms of the beginning of an inevitable
end. The white man IS a savage IN his
dealings with people of other races, and he
IS ten times a savage where any member
OF those races undertakes to interfere with
or wrong his women. That~is in his blood,
a savage. primeval instinct to defend and
vindlcate at all hazards and with frantic
rage every assault against the purity and
the sanctity of his Womankind. We may
as well face the facts honestly. The
white man does not brook opposition or
rivalry. He has subjugated or exterminat-
ed all the darker races which have at
tempted to occupy the same territory with
him. If the advice of the Wilmington
preacher is followed, and if the negroes
undertake anywhere to resist with yio-
lence, the solution of the problem will be
found in the horrible word ''extermina-
ton" with all its frightful incidents and
results. If the spirit of the Alabama and
Georgia negroes prevails, we shall have
here presently a peaceful and gradual sep
~aration of the races which will give both
an equal chance for self government and
progress. The Alabama negroes ask a
hundred million dollars. 1t would be
worth five hundred million dollars to this
country to send the colored people away
IN peace and plenty, giving them a fair
start and such kindly protection as might
be needed to establish them. We would
be glad to see them go on such terms to
Liberia or any climate or soil suited to
their characteristics. to be established
there with land, animals and implements
and to have them insert in their conStitu-
ton, as 1T is in the constitution of Lii
berla. that no white man shall ever be Il
citizen or property owner in that country.
In our view, events are fastening the
separation of the races with wonderful
rapidity.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07

The Manufacturers Record charges
William j. Bryan and the New York
American with the responsibility OF all the
riots, mob law and anarchy that visits
this country. Who vas responsible for
these things in Pittsburg when Bryan and
Hearst were in their dresses, and at Home
stead before either had national reputa-
ton? The Record makes itself absurd to
prefer such a charge. These terrible
things are due to many causes and con-
ditionS. but chiefly to the predatory
trusts,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07

The talk of a paper factory IN Eastern
North Carolina has deep interest for this
paper as well as all others. The paper
trust taxes the News and Observer over
two thousand dollars every year. Phlla-
delphia and New York capitalists are said
to be buying up large tracts of cotton
wood timber near Washington and will
establish a paper factory.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07

The Pennsylvania editors practice the
theory of heaping Goals of fire on the
heads OF their chief enemy. They have
invited Governor Pennypacker to their
annual banquet. They YAH treat him with
all cleVerness and on the next Sunday fay
INN alive IN speaking cartoons.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07

All honor to Mr.. John WILDER Jenkins.
whole State owes him a debt of
gratitude for his intelligent, patriotic and
successful management OF the celebration
at Gettysburg. Though living in Balti-
ms heart beats first and always
for his native State.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07

The Atlanta Constitution says that Rev.
John E. White may be elected State Sec
letary of the Baptist Home Mission Board
Of Georgia. He would fill the position
with signal success.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07

The people of Saddle Tree, Robson
county, have given a high honor to TIE
late Mr.. d. D.. Carlyle, one of the county's
most useful citizens. They are to build a
new school building and call it Carlyle In
%stitute.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07

me l"m-City Sentinel estimates that
roiaS'NH taxable property this year Will
De increased one million dollars. The tax
aDie property aggregated last year &c.
Geo, 900.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-07

TRIAL by jury is the best system that
me wisdom of man has invented to secure
Justice The able paper of Hon. Clement
MANLY at the State Bar Association IS Oh a
timely topic and we invite attention to
copious extracts printed today.