The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11

were in The great war from Ais native
State, and getting them printed in five
large. handsome volumes. II not done a
they were it would have very soon been
late.
whats past. and what's TO come. i
strend with huSks
The iormle~s ruin Of oblivion"
Shakespeare.
Judge Clark wrote much Of the volumes
besides editing al.
Before turning from Granville. I mus
mention briefly. two distinguished men
who resided in that county. Hon. Abr9m
W. Venable was a Vitginian. born r
Prince Edward county. He came To Gran
vile in 1925. and lived there until his
death, which occurred at oxford IN 1S-a.
He served with much distinction for three
terms in the Federal Congress. He was 4
man of many gifts. and commanded
genuine e~loqucnce. He WAS really au
orator. At hi- request I wrote some f-e
or six columns IN the oxford Torchlight
when he had departed forever. aged about
-. regret to know that nave no CODY
Of that carefully wrought sketch OF him.
Hon. Josiah Crudup. a Baptist minister
served one term in the United States COW
gre>s. was a great speaker on the hu~t
ing-. was a remarkable logician in the
pulpit, was a Wing in politics. had great
reasoning powers. was we'll read, a man Of
high type, of exalted ideals, CT command
ing force and personal impresslvenes~. was
a rich planter, lived not far from KittrcIl
Springs. in Granville. and died there. I
also wrote an article on him. but have no
copy. | wrote at the request Of his able
J,O+ Ma. - l,y- fIa 1,+o Hon. bartholomew
f. Moore. 1t was a grateful task TO pen
form. for l held Mr.. CruduD in high adj
as a gentleman of the l%oftlc-t
and authoritative abilities. He
lived to old age very greatly esteemed and
venerated, but l do not recall the years
of his life. I am sure he was more than
seventy. President Swain told me when
| was at the University that the canvass
for Congress between Hon. Wiley p. Man
gum and Mr.. Crudup attracted more at
|tention than any other campaign he had
ever known in this State. He spoke par
ticularly of the great ability shown by
Mr.. Crudup in the canvass. He said he
had heard Mr.. Mangum, himself a great
political speaker, say more than once, that
a hard August rain elected him by some
twenty odd majority. The last meeting
was at Laws Store, in Orange. Nh.
Mangum led off. Just as Mr.. Crudup be-
gan his reply a great rain began to fall
and broke up the meeting. Mr.. Manguln
said that Mr.. Crudup would have been
sure to change more voters than were ne
ceSsary to elect him. if he could have dc
liVered his full speech in reply.
In this connection I refer for a moment
to the gifted and able sons OF Wake coun-
ty. l would like for some Raleigh mar
IETth ~ fprv n nt1np nprnJtInltN and n
dustry to gather the list. 1t would prove
interesting to many citizens at the capital
and elsewhere. ] mean a list Of men Of
force as we'll as of reputation. Some
year or so since, l published a few names
in the News and Observer, OF Wake coun-
ty natives. | repeat all or nearly all Of
the names subject to corrections: PrpSl-
dent Andrew Johnson, Chief Justice John
L. Sneed, Col. Edward Graham Haywood.
Joseph w. Holden, Col. William L. Saund-
ers, Dr.. E. B. Haywood, Rev. DR.. William