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

prof J. II. Car].le. II Wax Fores,
college. Was seen here and ther dur
NJ the session whilst ~ work upeu
the committees 10 which he belong "a
IL is d good politician. II TaTetE 4p-
poses. but If 80. c~leEeTiy -. IL Is am
| bilious ana no man knows Cars.
future. II is q ~fnaucleI ana mas ac
Gmulatsd quite an estate. though s-c-
4pyinE the position uf teacher. rs
familiar with the hlstorS ~ politics
ana keeps abreast tHc political pres ut
nd ngure- on the aeveIopng MS of the
future. lie is unsurpassed az 4 {
dent Of human nature. n sI.endIl ora
tar. scholar and business man ana POS
sesscs marked aDllltN-
Or. EayIus Cade was there n much
n evidence. Brother C1dc speaks
often ana is not sparing rith his ad-
/ vice, which is always good LaFE. a.l
commanding in his presence he oek-
| The statesman all o. T. He was al
| one time made secretary to Governor
| Russell. but IL now a pastor in West
e.n North Carolina. and is DONG great
things for the Master.
state Superintendent J. y. Joyner
was there. He is a strong and influ-
entail man whose purity IF life aut
| character and magnificent a~ttalnncnt@
! nave made him one Of the strong men
Of the denomination. though Its most
modest and unassGmlnG.
Louis y Grant. Esq. Of Goldsboro.
| a ~dt!t3dlc. II a VEL thu11A'tr St'4'i
looking man. He Will be remembered
as the gentleman whom Mr.. E. Spencer
| Blackburn appointed postmaster at
| Goidsboro.
! Rev. J. w. Lynch, the pastor a,
Wake Forest College, one OF the most
/ spiritually-lninded men of the owen
E, ton. His thoughtful and brilliant ser
mons at Wake Forest ave given him
= high place in the ministry of the
| denomination of the state. DR.. Lynch
is q man of power. retiring. modest
unassuming. almost to timidity, but
uithal a man Of tremendous power.
Or. w. Z. GWaltney. of Hickory, the
great church builder, was here. He
buiIt the Tabernacle in Raleigh, and
others not SO prominent all over the
{ state, not least Of which was one OF the
| earlier churches Of Greensboro. Mr..
GWaItncv has attended the convention
for forty-six years, missing only a few
times during this long period. lie is
a man of great piety and a minister of
the old school.
DR.. a. T. Robertson, who spoke on
the Southern baptist Theological Sem
the convention pledged a large o
TO the seminary. DR.. Robertson mar
ried the daughter of DR.. John A..
BrOadus. and now occupies the chair
made vacant by DR.. Broadus' death.
He is a native Of North Carolina and
was educated at Wake Forest.
DIR. r. T. Vann is president of the
Baptist University for Women. DIR.
Vann is one Of the intellectual and
| spiritual leaders of the denomination.
He was born and reared in Hertford
county. In early life he had the ter
rible misfortune to nave both Of his
arms rUsheG in a cane mill. At that
time it looked as if the light had gone
out and that his usefulness was for
ever cut off. Those who knOW him
.-- +l,+ l;- r,o+hay. G. n n - him - + 4 hic
time: "That's all right, my boy, youIl
be mothers preacher boy The words
sunk deep into his heart and its fruit
age is Known throughout the land.
Educated at Wake Forest, he was for
many years the caIlege pastor. and
the boys lovingly called him "parson.'
His touch is warm and YOU leave him
With increasing tenderness as acquaint-
ance grows apace. He has force de-
veIoped to a remarkable degree and is
a man of great executive ability. His
sympathetic nature, kind heart and
wise counsel and great intellectual at
tainments give him a superior place in
the denomination.
Rev. j. B. Eoone, a native of
Northampton county, is a graduate of
Wake Forest College. He has been at
tending the Convention for between
thirty and forty years and is now at
H"endersonville. He was formerly SUI
perintendent of the Baptist O~rphanage
at ThOmasVille. Mr.. Boone has oc-
cupicd many positions of prominence
in the State. He established the first
graded school which was at Charlotte
and had a bill passed providing for it
which has been amended several times
to meet the needs of n work. He
was afterwards a president of JudSOn
College at Hendersonville which he
filed ably and we'll. He has preached
in StatesNilIe and Salisbury. where he
built churches. and at Mobcrly, Mis-
souri,. He returned to the State about
ten years ago to become financial sec
rotary of the Baptist Female Universe
ty at Raleigh, which position he re-
lgned to accept the place Of Supcrin-
tendent of the Orphanage. He held
the pOs-+5On at the O~rphanage for ten
years and the institution progressed
greatly under his management. He is
a man of conviction and much intel
lectual power.
DR.. {. L. Taylor was not in attend
dnCe upon the Convention. Pressure
Of work prevented his coming. Whilst
always one Of the dominating spirits
of the ne Vas never given
to much speaking. DR.. Taylor was
always able to command attention and
his counsel was much sought on ac-
count of his great wisdom, prudence
and foresight.
ton was Mr.. William D.. Upshaw, Of
Atlanta, editor of a new Southern
weekly, the Golden Age. Despite the
fact that he was for many years in
bed as the result of IL spinal injury,
and is now supported by plaster paris
brace and clutches. he has done and
is now doing such work in the realm
Of Cducation and religion as to make
him one Of the notable young men OF
the South. For a number Of years tho
inspiring letters sent out from his bed
side through the sunny u and At
ianta Constitution gave him the wide
~ known pen name of Earnest Willie
Later he got out into the world and
on the lecture platform, being known
as the rolling chair orator of Georgia
For four or five years the papers OF
Georgia have been teeming with the
stories of Will d. UpshaW's heroic
work for the education Of worthy
aspiring girls. He helped to cree
buildings and open the way for hun
dreds of girls to be educated. over.
work told on his voice and nearly {
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