The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-23

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~-omrartsu on tAo barN 5f resting A.
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bic ard ~ horne ~sg~ays- UnF~stratre1-
coryeuial ana enthusiast iHs
meeting neared ia close. 1ut 81
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eminent turtst anc questioned H+m
Tell me. Judge. nave you faaa 500
trrt. The Judge unh@s4t&t ntls tr
sponder with suirft never ha1
pleasant : tine .a All M Hte AHt
az meant 4 When tae ass1tt#len
IN 4,oouent cheers anI sincere re~t4
Mons had expressed tAe deHSAt II sa'
members IN having Judge Parker
ent as It's CUES TIC Ju51- T ("
ilo0r with tears IN MS eyvs ANA fn"Esl
b. a feeling - rea. arertAilen f"r
North Carolina aud the So1ih. uttered
~ords tnat Viii ever p" rem o"fea p
every on. who heard MIN IL
was greatly affected
Parker. Tie Man.
Parker. tho man. j. nor known BY
the people. A. q lA"g er Ar M tuttA
appreciated only by member = that
learned profession The average per
son believes him 20 80 sold n dis41-
h4tlQL. At~AeAEts Az 1893
is a mixer. mingiing with the people
and astounding Ia those who had pre-
viously formed Ideas ~ - MS bFfs'h
altty. lie Is a mar OF dtgnined simpi'-
city, AMI his features indicate q hlnd
heart and a liberal hand. when ne
was on his way 10 Lake ToxaMa> Win
a mpa of friends and the engine
and q car were deralled one mlle De-
yond Brevard by striking a CIV. he
alighted from the parior car and be-
- ,,V~E,~ - 4. GOOD ala farmer lie
learned from the native that a 1TpNer
bov vas driving cattle down the
French Broad River TO pasturt. but
the cows had been permitted - wan
der UP the track, and one or them
prevented the train from teachilS
Toxaway The owner was greats ols-
tressed more with breaking ZIP the trip
of Judge Parker than with he loss
Of the COW, but was quickly put al
ease by the warm words Of the Judge
state senator VIM. +. Breese. Jr.
of Breyard, one Of the COMPANY. IN
vited the party to Rrevard, and Judge
Parker spent h day IN that beauuiuI
town, meeting the citizens and visiting
some of the scenic wonders neat the
town lie was enthusiastic in his
praise of the mountain scenery Of TINS
/ section, declaring that X excelled IN
beauty and charm the maSnlflcence OF
wonderful switzerland.
While in Brevard the distinguished
guest met some Of TransylEAnid :
country people. one expressed IN ms
mountain tongue the sentiment Of all.
'Ill be darned." exclaimed a patriarch
farmer. EFF ne amt the biggest man /
ever seen, an he's Jest Ike our own
people
Republicans and Democrats. some of
/ whom could not tolerate his name in
1901. and before they met him, We're
taken py storm by his genuine great
ness. and there was formed a univer-
sally favorable impression OF him
He talked freely with everybody. boys
and girls, men and women, ana seem
ed to receive as much pleasure from
his conversations with the humble as
he did with talking TO the notable.
He visited the famous vanderbilt
estate ut Biltmore and Was greatly IN
terested in the COWS and hogs
Judge Parker is one Of the most
charming personalities | ever saw. His
face is kind and his countenance be-
%nignant. Ais complexion is clear and
rudy, glowing with strength and
health. He possesses the air and dig
nifty and poise of a statesman and
scholar, a man of the people and a
! democrat of democrats. He is n fine
specimen of III There IS moth
ing dic1atorial, bossy or overbearing
about him, but he IS very modest.
The North and the south.
Perhaps Judge Parker was most in
! teresting when he talked about the re-
lations existing betWeen the North and
the South when he discussed the part
the South should take in national
politics. n declared that he was con-
| WINGED that the time had come when
the South should produce a Democratic
Presidential candidate.
1T is a fact, in the
north" he said. that the races
[whitel are greatly mixed. and it is
recognized and frequently commented
~ ir tho north th2t tho south Sc n q
best section and the only section that
has the real, pure Anglo-Saxon blood
in it. The owe of the people of the
north for the people of the South. and
especially for North Carolinians, is