The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-07-22
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tho American government IN 1915. There
Is but one thing in our way. We must
not have discord, civil war among our
selves. God forbid that there should be-
distrust between the country and the
town. Each is dependent upon the other
Make North Carolina a great State
Make 1t noble State. Make these sweet
homes pure. Keep them pure l pray
that work, work, work, may prevail in
all of them.
Governor Aycock, gentlemen of the
convention, if you viii, you can quell the
conflicts between labor and capital
There is one thing ask of you, Pursue
your husbandry, cultivate your farms
make them honorable. Ii you do right
you can make labor honorable and es
teemed That will end the disputes be
tween labor and capital
Il see before US picture of universe
benefaction, with not a shadow of evil
over it, if we will do our duty in all these
ways. Let US make North Carolina the
home of us ALL o home. sweet homel
Once more he thanked the convention
for the honor done him, and paid mag
nificent tribute to the president OF the
A. and M. College, and told the conNen-
ton that in every crisis they could come
to the college and never fail to get help
and inspiration.
Great applause greeted the aged states
man as he closed.
DR. Winston then made the announce
ments of the program and said they had
Just received letter from Commissioner
Patterson, saying that his physician hau
forbidden him to leave home until the
middle OF August He had been Ill ior
a long time with fever, and it would be
at the risk of his life almost for hlm TO
undertake to come to this meeting ano
make the address assigned to HIM.
THE GOVERNORS WELCOME.
President Winston then introduced Gov
ernor Aycock. who was greeted warmly
as he came to the edge of the platform.
lie said in part:
II was told by DIR. Winston when |
Joined with him in calling this conven-
ton that / would be called upon to say
osmething in the course OF the exercises l
told him the only thing / could do would
be to tell them how glad we were to wei
come them here.
more than 50 per cent OF the people OF
North Carolina are dwellers IN the coun-
try. and the other Is per cent. that 1--we IN
town and cities are indirectly interested ID
agriculture. So it is no small occasion
when the representatives of the farmers
of North Carolina meet together.
Last June at the commencement of this
college we heard Mr.. Walter II. Page
,omnare North Carolina with Iowa, and
show that we get out of our farms only
about II of what I once did, and infer
from that that Iowans We're seven times
more capable than North Carolinlans. But
7 am unwilling to admit that there is any
body anywhere under the sun seven times
az capable as a North Carolina farmer
Mr.. Page forgot that Iowa Is a State
whose soil is SO rich that guano Is an Of
Tense to it. We must acknowledge that
our soil is poor, and we have therefore
more difficulties to encounter.
Il hope to live to see the day come when
we will get as much out OF our soil as
Iowa. even with our handicap. And that
won't be enough. either. 1t is not enough
to do as well as anybody else. We must
do better In this day and time we are ID
competition with the world. and any place
that produces more than we do is men
ace to US. We can't help its producing
more. but be can learn from it how TO pro-
duce more ourselves.
..The day is coming when North Carolina
viii have good roads, and all other I'M
movements. and that day viii require
deeper insight into the hidden mysteries
IF nature. We have a people capable of
ANYTHING There are no soldiers on earth
ike North Carolina soldiers. The fact
that man can fight CALAMITY and be will
ing to die for his country Is little more IN
itself than TO show that the man is cap
able Of doing something else. The TACT
that your fathers made the best soldiers IN
the world proves that you can be the best
farmers in the world. That makes me glad
to see YOU here.
1T is a good thing, too, that we are to
have the greatest living North Carolinlan
10 preside over our meeting. 1t has been
my pleasure to know him for quarter OF
a century. and I never had an ambition
that he did not push it on. His is gen
tie soul No man has ever heard from his
Inns any word that would harm the gen
tIe nature OF a woman or the delicate soul
Of a child. Truly he is gentle man.
"vvhen he was sent to the Senate of the
Tru;.ad states. he made there in defense OF
the South the most magnificent speech of
the age. and then silence. not because he
had nothing to say, but because he saw
he could do more for his people by work
ing than by speaking Then at the close
of his career as a Senator he delivered a
eulogv on his dead comrade. Zebulon B.
Vance. such eulogy as those halls had
never heard before.
His is a gentle soul. In war, gallant
soldier: in peace, a gentle citizen. leading
rs always Alright. 1t is pleasure to wei
come him to preside over this magnani-
NOUS people.
1--WE are glad to welcome here, too. on
account of your distinguished President
lie i today our greatest eitizen-a scholar
without the ostentation of learning; dip
lomat who has learned that politeness is
better than rudeness and that love wins
more victories than hate; Statesman who
was able to wait without murmuring fol
the calm judgment of the people to dis
place the misconception OF the passionate
moment-a gentleman always and every
where who never spoke words in public
or nirvate that could offend the ear OF re
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