The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-10

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preacher the first year NJ was in the
conference. William E@rriEger. MS
neizhhor and friend for years. and y
r Reid, n from the day that the
III preacher on his way TO his hFSi
work had stopped To spend the nignt
with the old prea her and had met
and loved his two promising boys al
through those days when common
tolls and suffering had drawn them
together. had been one Of MS dear
est friends. lie chose wise and Wei
on that occasion IN selecting Tor ms
text st PauIs pean Of triumph; I am
now eady TO be offered and n ufne
OF my departure is at hand. l have
my course. / have kept the faith
henceforth there Is laid up Tor
me a crown Of righteousness. which
the Lord the righteous judge. viii give
at that day. and not TO me only. nut
unto all them that love his ~ppearing
2 Tim. 1872.
In 1870. while James Reid was the
revered senior veteran Of the confer
ence and y. F. Reid its idolized leader.
Frank Lewis Reid. q boy Of nineteen
years was received on trial Born IN
Rocking nan county, June 18TH. 1901.
early receiving wise mental ana spirit
ual training. he had developed almost
prematurely. He was early convert
ed and while a student at Trinity Col
lege was licensed TO preach by the
quarterly conference of High Point
and Trinity College, over which ms
father presided. After his graduation
and a short term of teaching, he
joined the North Carolina Conference
at Greensboro.
The first three years of his ministry
were spent successfully on the Madi-
son circuit in his native county Here
he married Miss Minnie F. Cardwen.
Next he filled a full four year term to
the satisfaction and edifcation of the
cultured town of Louisburg. during
the last year he was elected president
Of Louisburg Female College, but re-
signed after only one year of service.
Brother Reid seemed upon the TIRES
hold of a pastorate of eminent useful
ness, but with his inheritance OF men
tai and moral strength had come ply
steal weakness. WITH him it tool the
form of & weak throat. which made
the longer continuance In the pastor
ate impossible. so in october of
1872, lie with DIR. w. s.. Black, bought
the Raleigh Advocate from DR.. j. b.
Bobbitt, and entered upon the real
work of his life. Twice afterward he
was temporarily in charge of other
work. In 1881 he filled out Rev. A.
A. Boshamer's year as pastor of Eden
ton Street church, Raleigh. and in
1898, lie became, at my her death,
presiding elder Of the Raleigh dis
trict. During 1894 he purchased DR..
Blacks interest in the Advocate and
he accepted the presidency of Green's
boro Female College in 1898. He,
ike his father, was a member of the
Masonic fraternity and was twice the
chaplain of the Grand Lodge Of North
Carolina. He was appointed director
of the ~penitentiary by Governor Scales
and a director of the North Carolina
Railroad by Governor Carr In con-
nection with the Penitentiary there oc-
Cured an incident which showed
Frank Reid's wisdom. moral courage
and tenderness of heart.
For some reason a guard had
knocked a convic down with a heavy
Weapon. The negroes, seeing the
bloody and apparently dead body
borne by, became possessed with an
insane fear that they all were to be
bhtchered. When ordered TO their
sells they refused to CO., and, tearing
up the pavement of the prison they
We're ready to meet force with bloody
resistance. The military companies
of Raleigh were ordered out to Quell
the mutiny, and the Raleigh negroes,
and bitter, began to gather to
help if possible their brethren within.
The train seemed laid for a tragedy.
DR.. Reid, the only director in the city,
was summoned. and with authority
to use the military to the utmost, was
in charge. A foolish public clamored
for the order to gre to be given, and
if I am rightly informed, the State
officers and the officials of the peni-
But Frank Reid was resolved that not
one of the poor frenzied prisoners
should be hurt. He sought to reason
with them, but that proved of no avail.
Knowing the nature of a negro we'll,
he hen called them to prayer. For
this he was the butt Of ridicule to
certain people, but more things are
wrought bv prayer, than this world
dreams Of In a short time the
frenzy was over, the soldiers disband-
ed and the sullen negroes without dis
persed.
My personal relations with DR.. Reid
began under circumstances which viii
When his father had died and my
father became his successor, being at
that time a mar Of means. he ave to
Mrs. Reid and the children the full
salary for the year. SO lei my
father died. DR.. Frank Reid desired to
do as nearly as possible the same thing
for my mother. But as his health
was not robust he conditioned that l
enter the office as his assistant. He
paid my salary from the district sal
airy and later when I returned to
Vanderbilt the salary of DR.. Whitaker,
~ SoCCccOed IISs Oul Tie salary
above his extra he paid to
my mother. He always thought that
the double work of this year was the
cause of his broken health. At the
conference he was taken vio-
lently i'll. I we'll remember the day
when. without warning, after only
three weeks experience, with the
work behind. because both of us had
been out of the office, the whole re-
sponsibility of the paper was thrown
me. For the first time since
Reid had been editor the paper
went to press without the careful
scrutiny of his eyes. 1t thus became
a custom for him to secure my help
during my vacations. A part of the
time he would give to lighter work
and a part to perfect rest. BY rea-
of the resulting intimacy, I came
to have an almost ~unequaled knowl-
Of the man. When he was first
asked to accept the presidency of
Female College. he urged
me to surrender my pastorate al
to become the managing
editor of the Advocate, he to remain
owner and editor. His PROPOSE
were not only fair, but f1attering,
and there was no one with whom /
would more gladly have been asso-
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