The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-24
RICHEST MAN IN NORTH CARO-
LIMA.

-. LIMA.
Raleigh was honored on Sunday by
b visit from the richest man in North
Carolina
Whe is the richest man in North
Carolina? He is the man blessed with
the greatest wealth. In this age of
coTtlmercialism, when What is he
worth ?" is the first question asked
when q new name is mentioned. there
has arisen a jaundiced view of what
wealth Is and in what it consists. This
narrow and sordid view has caused the
dollar mark to be regarded as the only
wealth, when, as every thoughtful man
Knows, mere money is the poorest
standard for measuring true wealth.
The richest man i'm North Carolina,
Che visited Raleigh Sunday has pass
ed the three score and ten allotted to
the human race, and is rich in years
and in, ripe experience. Wisdom comes
only with length of days, though young
men .vatniy persuade themselves that
ifIF found in the strength of the arm
ar.fleetIless Of the foot. Young men
for war, old men for counsel' is a
maxim that is based upon the exper-
iknpe Of the world, and to the truth of
Which all observant men give their
tsRttmony. .si,
iN1The richest man in North Carolina
htsnMs that all wealth grows by the
GaTnppund interest rule. Riches grow
ky leaps and bounds. ga mortgage
works ON Sunday and holidays" Early
tn life Mr.. Rockefeller found out that
he gould get as.mueh interest for $50
loaned out at q per cent as he could
barn by digging potatoes Ten days.
That marked the change in al MS
plans, and he became Tie raster mon
ey man III the world. The ricl es. mar
In North Carolina quite as early found
but that good deeds and loving serv'ee
multiplied more rapidly than, any
arithmetical .pregression could lf1di-
cate. lie nasgdevoted his Y ars life 10
doing good and, so. now thai he is
seventy his hanl,oac oimt in Love ana
Respect is thousand times greater
than the money credit upon which
Hhckefeller can draw. And the best
tiAft BIT that bank account is that the
fAfgst the checks he draws upon it,
tbb bigger the surplus grows. 1t is as
Jhsahaustible as the Love and Faith
5 IN sNbrth Carolina manhood and wo-
lsaHhb5d.
III This Fiphest man in North Carolina
hhs never troubled himself about say
, HUI, hpput Investments, about stocks
stp hbHdE lie has kept no books no
3hHHk Sahries his name as directnr and
i5tb soof Filtration asks his advice about
iRsulhg Katered stock. But he has
stieett aayipg and investing all Ills life
dksthnkest things which perish not with
dfkeukijig until his ,hccgmulations are
5baf afsAt Ma, those SUMMED up by Paul
tEtiHn> tina shadows of life were falling
Ibm Hin.
Fsgss NE artghest man in North Carolina
jpkiepared himself when the good
safefflh sfSilows detnahded his SERVICE
fAe HIl& gone from mountain to sea-
Shore. in perils by land and sea. in
physical weakness to preach the ever
lasting gospel of grace. He has poured
himself and His master into the hearts
of thousands, enriching their lives and
strengthening their good resolutions
and in all his giving has himself grown
richer and richer until today he is
easily the richest man in North Caro-
lima.
Who is the richest man in North
Carolina? He is, of course the man
who has done most in the best ways to
serve North Carolina. That man is
the venerable Rev. j. d. Huffman, d.
D., who preached the baccalaureate
sermon at the A. and M college on
Sunday morning. 1t was sermon that
cannot be reported, for what reporter
could fifty live the depth and heighth
and the fullness of illustration, Incl
dent, and exhortation that touched
every heart and kindled the fire OF
faith i'm every young man of that
splendid student body? 1t took seventy
years of pouring himself in the lives of
his fellowmen to produce that sermon
Ia sermon that touched only upon
the things that are elemental and
great. 90
North ICarolna" live to bless his fell
lows, to encourage its youth, to dig out
and preserve its history, to teach polit-
zeal wisdom, and to illustrate the
truths of Christianity in his Cody
walk and conversations.
Why not get the doctors in session
al d. H.