The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-06-05

t4latlgn - cotton caused the state ta
neglect E.aE.fa tarla- WIN TN
Z opening If tra FIt Nti+s
thousands If THE best men in North
carolina r,eI.e4 fa Georgia Alabama
afss-lsslrI aud Louisiana. taxing thei-
slaves vim them H. raise cotton ntt
the rich bottoms Many ~ ga" taT-
Iaars Of western %orih Carolina emf
grated Ia ohin- Indiana Illinois J."
certain sections almost who'll town
e.,.s 0r~. acpouuiateI. At this time
+ IL the legislature Of 1910, iona u.
Walker. realizing that the "nls 1.-
....f.a Of North Carolina would b
) the establishment ~ public schools
n herein our citizens c"u41 get IN"
same advantages that were offered
them III other states. made a reporl
! 10 tho legislature He S~uSEo~o-i Il
/ plan whore teachers could BE- provided
and thar North Carolina could etu-
cate a certain number Of students
every year. apportipnine them y tn
various counties, and these students
could repay the state by t,achlhs q
certain length Of time This q
last before the famous memorial 81
Archibald D.. Murphy. Murphy
/ name is q household wore ~ Nprta
| Carolina and Walkers is never heard
Of.
1.-THE need Of public schools was
| continually discussed until the system
Of 1870 was adopted I'm 1870 the
property value in North Carolina
we're 5000. 100000 After the adop-
| ton Of an educational system new lir"
| and impetus seemed to be- given -
the State. The people stayed at
/ home and property increased to about
$500. 600. 600 i'm 1850. For many
years there was an agitation for in
/ dustriaI and training schools.
Labor in slave days was not re
! spected 10 the extent that it is now,
! but the value Of skilled laborers was
. appreciated and as early as 1863 we
-, find Rev. Alexander Stewart had in
HYDE county. a manual labor school
J for Indians aud negroes. Iher@ was
a manual school at Wake Forest be
fore the war, and an open address
was issued in 1856, which was widely
| circulated, urging the establishment
Of q polytechnic school capltdI!Zsa IL
100000 In 1863. Or. j. f. Tomp-
kins. editor of the only strictly agri-
cultural paper in the state. the taI-
| mere Journal. prepared for the eSt2p-
! Iishmcnt Of an agricultural school al
| Bath and an experiment farm %
| thirty acres at that place. lie an
vassed the state at his own expense
ana lectured uron advanced agricui-
turaI methods and urged the use OF
lime and the growing OF lagumeS. M
tho fall of 1853 he came to RalclGn.
Tpon the establishment of the Nortli
| Carolina Agricultural Society he pc
came ifs secretary aud edited his
| journal from this city. tie eStapllshed
at Raleigh in conjunction with j. NJ
I,oyeioy an agricultural school when
was located on Burke Square, WhtJc
| the Governors Mansion now IS. ne
taught agricultural. elementary anu
oxperfmental chemistry and analEZeo
| soils. Those students who wished 10
could take the agricultural courS1
| only without the academic. for Wnici
| they were charged $25 a session. lhlS
school was discontinued when the
great war came on. and after the Wa
were tho days of reconStfuctloh 90
| Gcsolation, destruction TO pfoPeItS'
| povcrtv and disorder Of the people.
an 1879 the property values OF the
SITE wore 100000 600. They are now
! about 500. O0o.0eo or SSoo, ooo'""';
che leaders of the State recognize
! the fact that the state was too poor
to be notwithstanding euut%'ro o+a+a
the best investment that the S'dte
could make. The leaders OF tnouSh
urged the establishment of schools anu
| the Watauga Club, OF kaielSh' aP-
| pointed a committee OF NJ
| thur WinsloW. W. j. Peele n NaIlef
rage to memorialiZe the Legislature
to establish an industrial school III
connection with the Department OF
| Agriculture as u place for training
Young men who wished to acquire SkllI
in the Wealth-produclng arts anu
| sciences. They referred to the success
Of these schools in Europe ana New
! England cities anG the advantages
| which could be obtained from them.
| They called attention 10 some vacant
| rooms at the University that mlght
be used for ClaSS-rOOmS and suggested
that such a schoo! would cost from
| So. 900 to $35.o00. the Legislature Of
| 1885 passed an Act for the establish
ment of an industrial school 60 be To-
| Gated. where the most advantages were
| offered To be under the control OF the
| Board of Agriculture: on 1t the Board
was not to spend more than 50. 600 II
year out of their surplus. In 1887 the
| act was amended and the name
! changed to the North Carolina College
of Agriculture and Arts.
| This school was TO have the interest
from the landScriDt fund and to be
| built on land which was given by Mr..
K. S. PuIlen. The penitentiary was
to furnish brick, stone and convict
labor for building. The college opened
October LIST. SO. with n building and
five teachers. Now this hill is crowned
| with magnificent buildings and the
! value of the training the boys are now
| getting cannOt he oVereStilnated The
| State now contributes $4,000 4 year
and the United States Government
| SO. 900 more in addition to which the
experiment station. which is connected
1 = ~ ttA1-28AIO9's -gr'' lIl' ~
! from the government. From one
building and six teachers here has
| grown. the pride of North Carolina,
and it means for North Carolina more
| than any college has ever meant with
IN its orders Ii provides for needy
| boys. Every boy in the State who
wants an education can get it.
"Thi is . great day for North Caro-
Ina. Instead of that one building
and a few students. you have a mag
flificent group of buildings and half q
thousand students. and if YOU had
room for them the students would
! number in the thousands.
In the beginning we were an agri-
| cultural State. as we are now. Tn TO
The war of 1872, North Caroline was
more of a manufacturing state thar
! Massachusetts. the leading a~griCultu-
raj State of the South. What his
| college is doing is the training of the
boys. training the agriculturists. apply
F, ing science to the soil. making bar
rem soil productive, and raising four
| crops where one used to be raised.