The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-21


Whitaker.
" syn~ TIE nalesrh Standard p4r
lt~hes ls Holden End Wilson IRE Na
hea. teeararr Published 5. Re, !
james Jae 1nr~tInu Advocate gut
ltsht3 ly Rcf * q HsrEn Tnr ~ttr8f
- IT, Age published ~ a " Gr
.hsta The br'aarrstsr Press published
by 4 II Nhifak~~. -he r~w ttt.
Faptist published br Rrs Harrst
IeUplf The y g. Planter ruoA.trl
hy a ~ Gotsaau. THE %srth CaraHUt
statist published hs quentin H-~h~r
The North Carolina Ainan4r pub
lished IS II u Turner
Other paper were published -
t*en 1915 and the breaking out u ths
var. one ~ which " ss The state jour
nal. published hy Juhu specimen. Es4
which. Originally. was th~ B~mvrratl
Press. a paper started IN 1888
After toe Georgia Brigade ralael
he Standard ofnct auI old Marx WI
llefns aud his friends raided the state
Journa} Office. IA ~fpcA COMPANY. or
which tx-Govcrror Thomas Bragg wAs
president. started The DajN Confvd-
crate n which Cal Duncan II Nc
Rae became the editor. That paper
represented the original Sece%Sionir's
and stood Tor the last hEht III the
lest ditch"
Another paper-TNc Daily Couacrv-
ative-was published. also. during
var. Of which Mr. john j <eath.fs
was the editor. Tint paper represent
ed that class - the people Who.
though true - the south. asa rot be
lieve that Secession was the Temeds
for the evils complained or and whll"
they We're willing 10 carry ou The war.
II nothing else would do. they believed
that there might be q better WAY Ia
peace than going through the last
ditch and shedding tn" lart drop Of
blood
There were some giuEery editorials
II the two papers On the noG -
the war. but no disagreement on the
main question. to-wit. the arrnt must
be fed ana clothed and the hgnilnE
must he kept III until some ngrcc-
ment honorable 10 the south could
be reached 10y the ~heiligercntS
Col. McRae. the editor ~ the Com
federate. was pTetts HOT headed and
sometimes ne wrote very much after
the manner OF his charge AT Williams
burg. and the Conservative would re-
ply with equal vigor. but with more
caution and prudence than the Colonel
was wont to exercise. The Colonel
did not believe that Mr.. Neathcry
wrote some II those articles which
bore the car-marks OF age and cdi-
torial experience. SO. he called 10 see
the Rev. William r. PcII the editor
OF the Christian Advocate. and put
the question To him: - YOU write
for the Conservative Sir. Pe1I2"
Sometimes" Mir. Pen answered.
with a smile.
tina YOU" said the colonel. "Tlt
know better. in the future. how ~
charge my gun and how ~ aim st.
az we'll"
And sure enough the colonel was 3
little more careful. afterward
Speaking OF Mr. PcIl. brings TO mind
an incident that had its humorous
side. II occurred. soon after Mr. iIei-
den, az provisional governor. had re-
tired to private life. Mr.. pen in re-
ferrfng To him, in his paper. would
speak Of w. ". Holden. Esq. TX + ..
meaning ex-proNlsional governor
In the next issue of the STANDARD
Mr.. Peil was several times alluded 10
as the EXP g OF the Sentinel"
The Sentinel. mGdeetly declined
sharing the houors with Mr. Holden.
insisting that he. Mr. Holden. was On
titled to al the honor which He had
earned as provisional governor. ana
he ought not 10 complain a. being re-
ferred To a. EXP. O."
To which Mr.. Holden replied. That
inasrnuch as Mr.. Pell had once been
q preacher Or the gospel but had vol
unfairly quit the business ana Roua
into politics, he too. WAS an "E1-
=. Can ex-prc9cher ~ the gospel
and was clearly entitled 10 the Tx
Z. q" degree. AS for me" said Mr.
I4nldGn tl ann mol EEtIA med az hong
ey-nrovfsinral ynycrn.r. h,,, ~ ~
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800 - - 1900
r,a - - -.
80
~ tnsrn,i. &C. a,gbt 80
~a1.as - ..
bova at+afnaJ 70 ~ COMO dfs,t,r,tor .
tb.nk ~ mat.or a,,1.I 90
sm,Ie and tbe to rxp - -
81 .hn+obt, >, a.ta- ,ht,a
owe ~Titera AM s,c,i, ~, ,t, -.
tors. and If the papers which have
been published In this c!t, since the
war. wfll connne myself rs the part
| took IN the business between isc-
when began the publication or The
Friend ~ Temper@nce" ana lS4r
when sold out and retired from ihe
editorial life.
And. incidental. / -rr~t sass that
my paper vas the organ ~ the order
known as The Friends or Temper
ance." which order took fh~ pIac. II
the Sons Of Temperance AN order tht'
had been IN q YER flOurlshing cpnGi-
ton. IN North tar"iina. for ~ least
twenty Years before the war. but had