The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-27

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briefly OF the history o. hi connection
with the Fair ever since he first served
al the request OF Nh. Battle, and said
that his own private interests had slf-
tered bv his work for the FAIR. However
na accepted the office on condition that
i any one could he found TO carry on
the work. he was TO be relieved OF the
office. before these elections were ratified
H. the Executive Committee.
Then Mr.. Pogue pad . high tribute y
Mr.. Long. and very gracefully rad that
hi- only consolation for the loss OF Mr.
Long a. president was IN the election that
had just taken place, which put Mr..
Horne IN the position. Mr.. Pogue va ap-
plauded a he concluded
Gen. Carr then. after congratulating
he society upon the selection Of the Off
GERS already chosen. and those that had
always served it. nominated the worthy
and gallant son of a loyal and true North
Carolinian, Mr.. Claude 3. benson.
Col. Cameron seconded the nomination
Mr.. benson was unanimously elected by
2 rising vote "a treasurer and correspond
ing secretary.
Gen. Carr called attention TO the pres
eLce Of Capt. s. B. Alexander. CT Meek
.~lenburg. and he was greeted with applause
as ne arose.
He laid that il ancient times the first
Fair was held in the days Of Alfred II"
Great, when times were exceedingly hal.
and that wise Prince called our Agr!cui-
tural Fair for the purpose Of giving the
people an opportunity 70 exchange then
products. The first Fair IN Europe, ~
! 600 A. D.. some two hundred years late,
was in the time when the Barons We're
robbing the people through their retain
ers, and the edlct went forth that III"
farmers could 60 back and forth to MS
great Fair along the public highways 10
absolute safety from robbery. No ono
wa to be molested as he took his wares
to the Fair. Here 200 was the idea Of
exchange, of selling products OF the farms
And a. we go on down through his
tory to the present day IN Ireland, for III
stance We see this exchange feature. BIZ!
our Fair seemed to have become q sort
OF menagerie or circus. He had on yes
tcrday sat in the Grand Stand and viewed
| The vast crowd with pleasure because he
! knew i meant the success OF the Far
Put all these people came TO see and not
to buy and sell. It seemed TO him thar
something might be done by this soclet1
II bring back the old days and the Old
customs practiced at Fairs Of former
| days, instead Of having 50 much Midway
and high dive, and other amusements II
all kinds.
the difference in color CT the
hair OF Captain Alexander and his W.
perhaps accounted for his desire to re
vert TO the customs Of the past. And
then he had not been able to sleep wall
the night before. But those days are
past and those WAYS cannot be brought
back. AS for me, said Gen. Carr. I
stand for the Midway, ! stand for the
high dive. I stand for the races.
Commissioner Patterson was called upor
by President Long. at the suggestion Of
Gen. Carr. He said that the best cattle
from the western part OF the State coulC
not be brought here on account OF the
quarantine line. In the past il mad beer
dangerous to bring the cattle on account
IF the fever caused by the cattle tick
That was Why the Department OF Agrlcul
ture had devoted so much attention to tbs
subject OF exterminating the cattle tick
under the direction OF DR.. TAFT Butler, tht
State Veterinarian. Before the stock Law
went into effect practically all the stocl
farms in the State were infested with tn
tick.
DR.. Kilgore was then called upon an(
said this seemed to be a day OF pests, a
least so far as farming was concerned
He spoke Of the boil weevil that was at
tatcking the cotton OF Texas. The State
Of Louisiana had been forced to quaran
tine against Texas on this account. Thl
weevil attacked other products besides
cotton. There was soon TO be at Dallas
gerat meeting to discuss methods OF ex
terminating the boil weevil, at which al
the Southern States would be represented
The State Of Texas had offered $50, 900 &c
anyone who could eXterminate this pest
DR.. Kilgore thought that North Carolin;
Should, like Louisiana. establish a quar-
antine to keep out all grains and othe
products that could bring this infection
into the State. 1t was believed by som
in Louisiana that this boil weevil had aC
tually been distributed at the instance 0
certain New Orleans cotton firms with tn
object of affecting the price OF cotton.
Col. Bryan said ne considered that thi
society could look into the question 0
labor. In his section of the State, j
Craven and neighboring counties, it wa
practically impossible to secure labor
That seemed to him the primal matter Of
Importance to the farmers of the State
at least in his part OF the State. In HI
country they could not get a man to plo,
on account OF the high prices paid 70
labor by the lumber mill men. And the
were even putting up their prices on tn
timber people. These timber men wer
literally skinning the country. The pes
| pie who had sold their timber in that cour
try We're actually poorer today than the1
we're before they sold it. These timbe
men would estimate a piece Of timbe
land at tour million feet and get eighr
and in some cases eleven millions. Tha
timber wealth was literally going out {
the country, and most Of it was goin
North. That eastern part of the State wa
actually retrograding.
He spoke Of splendid, rich plantation
abandoned, and the country going bacl
, just because labor could not be secure
He thought this was the most appropriat
body to take some action to stimulate tn
, work of the State in getting immigration
/ Ii we go on as we are going now, it wi
? not be many years before we will nee
: more white men in the State to take COZ
troll OF affairs. If this matter could M