The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-12-18

EGCSiutlt Editi>t STATE clItlbIl.
est workers and most jealous men Of
the denomination. Modest. gentle.
conservative. There is nothing polite
about the man. He has never courtad
~uCWSpapc nOtOriety. but he rather
Shrinks from the Iime-Iight. He rarely
jokes and no bit Of humOr is thrown
out during the session by hint il
business, and while courteous and
kind he loses no time in emphasizing
these matters. But you cannot but
be impressed that there is conSeCIa-
ton. energy. COnStancy. power. ire
mendOuS power and wisdom there.
Hon. Jno. {. scarborough, President
of ChOWan Baptist Female Institute.
tall in height, and "Way up" yOnder
in mental endowment, he now and
then speaks words of wisdom, and
YOU do not fail to hear him. Formerly
state superintendent of Public In
struction. he is deeply concerned with
that feature Of the convention relating
to education.
T. T. Speight, one of the old vcter-
ans from down East, in the West Cho-
a Association, when the children
from the Orphanage came upon thu
platform some began claDping and ap-
pIauding. Brother Speight rose 40
and said: "NoW, brethren, if you want
to say anything. soy it. but You JUS
keep your hands and feet still" One
is struck by the orderly manne of
the convention INC the easy goin1
temper as we'll as the deep, earnest
spirituality OF the body.
One was struck by the scholarly
look and bearing of Dr.. Poteat, Prcsi-
dent of Wake Forest College. short
ana thick, With clean face, with gen
tie. recoding forehead and strong gray
ewes. YOU are at once struck by his
physical strength and mental power.
SO retiring has he been in life. and so
little tempted by the glamour of fame.
that the world Of science knew him.
studied his books, recognized him as
authority, before his own State had
done so. Ahou fifty years ago, in
'ASWcl county Or. PotCat first saw tn"
light of day. Later he was a scholar
then Il cachc at Wake Forest. Whilst
his life has been given to the science
Of Biology, yet ne has had up to this
hour a deep conservation and faith,
which always in its subtle way
strengthened the faith Of all men who
knew him and met him for the first
time in his lecture room. Chicago
University tried to take him from the
state, but his heart, his happiness. his
lie work was at the college he loved
so we'll. Northern universities have
at different times offered him induce
mcnts to leave Wake Forest, but he
remained to do the work he had un-
dertakcn at Wake Forest. Professor
Poteat loves the fields, the woods. the
fields, the lowers. Every bug. every
tower, every insect commands his at
tentlon and he knows their habitat.
history, formation. characteristics and
the stage of differentiation in the de-
NeIopmcHt of life. Few men know
better how to study or have better de-
v"lopcd the faculty of application. H
IS " tower Of strength in his W
branch of Biology. and vet there are
rev men hCttpf' CA11nInl il, all ro,,,-
eS than he. OF a bright, sunny dis
position, he loves humor. and tells -
joke with 4 wit that makes his ny-
mon Infectious. He loves life. loves
men, IS br0ad-minded, charitable. is
always frank, sincere. candid and SONS
iIl1eS lets YOU down with q smile O,
klldiIheSS which saves him from your
resentment. His ~largeness of vision
keen insight, splendid mental ana
spiritual poISe. and his deep spiritual
Itet%. consecration and immaculate
ne, together With his splendid mowers
of language make him a most promi-
lcnl parsonage in the convention.
~ II. W. Battle. pastor Of the FRS
"Ht1St church of nsb0ro He Wa
h"Et End the Il in which h.
Hu'"e ms innate, Warm-hcartcd hos.
jl'3itE was singular}v noticeable. Or
"ltiA was educated for the profession
81 law. For about five years he prac.
'''t MS chosen profession and was a
''" TIM" a member Of the Genera
assembly of Alabama. I5c heard tn.
= IN" CAL. changed the tenor of hi
work and has made one of the mos
"eful and eloquent ministers OF Oh,
nth lie came to Greensboro from
Petersburg. Va. tie is still loved h,
tive NirE MIA congregation which n
$"rVed and has been called away man,
times to ofliciatc uoon different oc
'"'%ionS for them. He insisted uro1
tn" building of a new church q
Greensboro. when It was thouph+ h
many to be too great an undertaken
TO attempt at this time. out he Wo
his congregation around to his Way a
thinking and the beautiful e1incc i
which the convention Was held wa
the result. During the convention ID
Hattle participated very little in In
discussions and aCted the part OF no,
with a delicacy and courtesy which
characteristic of the man One
struck most by his keen penetratir