The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-23
I:S DIX. +. f.. tINGSIiIRY.

!. TT 81 IT,
DIR. y. b. KINGsBUHY.
though my life, etc. Cquoting he
whole PASSAGE He asks this peru
rent question: by whom were the
people Of New England appointed 20
supervise conditions IL the south -
etc, %(nuoting the whole question:.
This book is a severe
Of the North in all its relations To tie
South-cs4eciallN as regards slavery.
tariff and other legislation. it's as
SUMPTION of moral superiority, its
~ivhflcc, envy, malice, ana AL UNI
chfrltablenesS, ana its browning oui-
rage 81 the Civil War. The author IL
views the events of the war. the say
aSeTN OF the Northern armies. the
cruel treatment OF prisoners, and thn
crimes Of reconstruction. The book
IS altogether the strongest, most cons
piete and most overwhelming de-
n~unciation of the North, both as to
motives ara acts, which has yet been
produced"
Why many Of the leading newspapers
in All tn" south have not noticed the
really Important historic contribution,
do not pretend to understand
CAN'T be that reconstruction" has
made them blind to the plain facts
Of HISTORY and destroyed all interest
III Is NIllllc;ltlofl, ;tnG WIN ii also
the VlndicatiOn Of the patriotic cOnSe-
Grafton and service Of the noble mon
and noble women to II great cause Of
the past?
I hop Mr.. Grady viii soon find
It necessary 70 send ont a new and
enlarged edition Of the "South'S
Rilrden.' ann really gratified that
1t has been adopted for the use Of
"iturai LiDrafics' in the Important
counties Of and Duplin. 1t
is Il good Eook SdrclY for general
adoption. our out should bc taught
the precise writer's OF Southcri his
tory and lot tn lies and Slandcr& ana
attempted insults of Northern pub
lifations Of all kinds. including news
papers, magazines, reviews, speeches,
etc.
After reading carefully '"The Sonth's
Burden, if wise, yon VIII be sure to
read his much larger book, published
some seven years ago perhaps. entitled
Tho South Against the North 1t
win Dad You with surprises Of i grave
and instructive kind.
= = s. y :" =
/ feel like one bereaved indeed.
Within a few Gays l have lost two
bosom friends i'll whom I trusted both
wisely and we'll. Two friends, very
near to each other, have within IA
fortnight or so. passed into the spirit
world where the good go and the
righteous live forever amid the an
Swallowed Slo3ies and S~plendors of an
eternity in the City OF God. Glory TO
God that those dear friends Of my
manhood-those friends tina | had so
chung to ana their adoption tried,
: and who haG been led thus TO graphic
them to my soul With hoops of steel
have but gone II the eternal home Of
the redeemed, the sanctified, the
; SloIificd. It has been already an
%nouneced in the Views ard Observer
that Rev. John B. Williams had lately
died in Washington City and been
buried in GOldSbOro. and that his very
near friend, Rev. John II. Brooks had
since then passed away in Wilson, ana
his remains .akrn to itcldsVllle foH i'll
tprmenI. The former was Il native OF
n county, and an Episcopal
clergyman, aged about seventy-two !
l think. The latter was born close by
, him, in Chatham county, and was
Il Methodist minister OF distinction
:, aged -. | first knew them in 1850,
l and was on the most intimate terms
| with them ever afte:. | never HAD
: two more faithfu friends, and IN
: whom [ confided not only to old aSe
) but to the close Of the volume OF lheIl
: earthly lives. | rejoice that l ever
. met them. and that Il casual acqualnl-
. ance grew into such an intimacy tna'
nothing ever interrupted for an ntul
or broke in the slightest degree the
4 continuity of confidence and affectloh
: Both were profoundly pious, most sin
- tt1S DtllcN | III lllt b'1'.N 49,
t and Hedeemer. Jesus Christ, the etef-
: nal Son OF God. and were constant
\ seekers after the fulneSS and com
r plcteness of Christian HNMS and al
n that true religion and unfalterlnl
4 Dicty brings surety to the anxious sou
: and blessed seekers after God-tO Hin
= who surrender all To Jesus Christ. an,
y thus S~urrendccing are titled with th'
Holy Ghost and With al! the fulnes:
. OF cod" Both were strong, clear
..,lAl $40 aud nhlh IalrlaT rnI
? lived as the preached To others. MI
h Williams was learned, most studious
- most reSolute in faith and conviction
IL and life, and unfalterinG in service ani
a obedience to God. lie was vigorous
If INDEPENDENT. candid, emphatic am
= most true every way. He was a ma
it to cOnfide in. His family were Mem
Il oaists. He Joined the Episcopal churci
L; about 1878, ] think, it was. te spen
l. many years in Washington CITY III III
II. service Of his church. DR.. Brooks wa
Of SCHOLARLY. we'll disciplined, earnest &C
e curatc in attainmentS, Il good writer
le able and thoroughly furnished. Ill
lc work on '.Scriptural Sanctlficatlon,
III first published in 1899, is n bleSse
III book, most Scripturaf, most uSe1u
~ most delightful, most comfortable.
e read it twice in the year 1903. an
81 wrote this at the end of the book
II THANK God for sending me this hooi
and may He bless dear brother Brook
aDulludIiliH 80 ~
te Amen." 1t reached the ~aStonishln
~ sale of ten thousand copies, somethin
lo that never occurred TO a religion
i. work before of North Carolina produ'
NJ tion. What other North Carolina BOO
-, 80 any kind ever had such a sale. Nj
lear friend was indeed q loveable ma
of most eaxited type OF piety. lie W;
III really one of the most intellectual az
y, best furnished of North Carolina hlil
=. listers of the last thirty years An =
tarnStino account of his burial
M Reidsvilie appeared in Webster
II Weekly and from it | taxi a Re
;ai sentences. Rev. DR.. Crawford deli
~ cred an eloquent eulogy. he sai
lie was richly s,5od ~ bis natur
and mentally' II 49," rooopnizad