The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03

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Carolina Conference. Mot Of the peos IL
in thu territory favored The transfer. tat
otLcr~ we're bitterly opposed 10 Il. many
OF which class lived ia Wilmington. and
SO bitter Was their bitterness that they
sa.d and dld I great many u~nhecom.ns
things. The men Thought the Norfn
Carolina preachers Were not SO welt cln-
Gated and could not preach 70 well a.
preachers VINO had been reared IA Col
umbla or Charleston. while the women
Just knew that the North CafoAna
preachers were not and could not b. hal.
so nice ana good looking as the south
Carolina preachers. ana OF these tNo
classes arose the opposition which slapped
DR.. Helm IN the face with a wet rag.
when he set foot on Wilmington SOL.
as the preacher in charge Of Front Sire;
church. Dr. Gloss had heard what the
women sad Of the good looks 81 the
South Carolina preachers. A. compared
With the North Carolua preachers. and
remarked. The reason the good women
think the South Carolina preachers axe
better looking than we IS because they
have not seen US"-emphaslzing tht
US. The humor OF which Ie.aa4A was
III the tact, that while the Doctor vas a
great and good man. lie never was cor
sldered Il beauty; and was alwavs -
so when he tried to look so. IL ,ne Nc
men could have seen nm when he saio
they have not seen Us their opposition
70 the transfer might have been intensl-
fed. But they did not. as good luck would
nave IT. and so the transfer was made.
But they did see him after awhile and
liked hlm, too, and became satisfied that
the transfer was the right thing.
What a history Methodism has made in
1IImi nDtnn' / F.. ta 1F.or 1911. 49,.
instead OF charging the people with dis
loyalty. because they acted a little rude
ly when their longtried pastors were
about to be taken from them, their con-
duct only showed how deep seated were
their love and reverence tor those who
had been their spiritual guides. and how
sacred to them were the memories Of the
early struggles of Methodism in that
town. through Which those preachers ha1
led them. and after all, their conduct
was commendabie, and not c~ensurable,
as 1t might have seemed in that day.
| do not now remember who began the
publication Of the Biblical Recorder, but
when l first knew anything OF it Rs.
Thomas Meredith was publishing it in the
country, -four or five miles west OF Raj
eIgh. III tact. / remember but little OF
lts history until Rev. J. j. James became
49, tuIlOI, duO L OecuLDS the puDllSlGr OF
it in 1858, about which time was also
the publisher Of The Churchman," edited
ty DR.. Mott as well as l nave already
stated, publisher of the advocate" Mr.
James was an old bachelor and | knew
him only in a business way. seeing HIN.
perhaps once a day, and talking only 81
business when he came. He never sat
down, but moved around carefully as If
he feared he might soil his clothes, hand
in the copy. take or return proof sheets
and depart as slowly as he came. The
only tine he ever showed any animation
was Saturday morning when he came &c
settle tor the weeks work. Although lie
was considered a 6tlngy man and a great
lover OF money, be seemed to be really
glad to be able to pay his printers, an
often as he came bringing a roll OF bills
IN his hand. he walked brlskly and wog.
a smile on his face that even the printer
devil interpreted to mean: Here cone
your money | do not remember when
he died or who succeeded him rs editor
as the war. with its many changes aLj
surprises, etfaced much that l might have
remembered otherwise. Later On / vii
refer to the Recorder again and write
some pages to the memory Of Rev. c. r
Bailey, between whom and myself a very
warm friendship existed, and who l vii
take the time here to say, was q most
excellent editor and very amlable Chris
tIan gentleman.
As | have referred to the fact that
was a publisher of other papers, it j.
material to a proper understanding of the
situation to say that | was the proprietor
and the editor OF the Democratic Press
from 1858 until in 1860 1 sold it to JohI
SEelman, Esq, who changed its name t.
the State Journal, and published 1T as the
official organ Of Governor Ellis, and OF
the secession wing OF the Democrats
party, after Governor Ellis death, unit
in 1862, the office was demolished by {
mob. And thereby hangs a tale which
may be new to some OF your younger read
ers. It must be remembered that tn,
Raleigh Standard, Of which the late Gov
ernor Holden was the editor, was looked
upon by many during the war as beint
IAN Union paper-that Is opposed to tn
fight which the South was making for II,
independence. and it was therefore lookcc
upon wherever read as being opposed t
the interests of the South. So intens'
was the fehng against the paper that
Georgia brigade when passing through
Raleigh on its way to the front, went Il
the Standard office and overturned til,
cases and pied all the type. BY way o
retaliation some of Mr.. Holden's friend
a few nights after, Went to the Stat
Journal office and not only threw all tn
type into ''pi," but, with sledge ham
mers, broke the presses to pieces, com
pletely demolishing the Office, SO that n
effort was made to publish the pape
again, but a joint stock company was or
ganized, of which Governor Bragg wa
the president, and a new paper, til
Daily Confederate was established. o
that paper Col. Duncan K. McRae wa
editor in chief. A. NJ. German bushes
manager, and this writer was proof
reader and q mailing clerk, at a salary G
six thousand two hundred and forty dol
lars a year, Confederate money, equal a
that time, to about sixty-two dollars an
. forty cents in gold; but it would buy lot
of bread and meat and that was the mai
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