The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-15

goes to that North Carolina writer
each year who is decided upon as hav-
ing made the best cOntributiO1 to tne
literature OF the State, be it to prose
or in verse, be it long or short. h
association has done a great work in
the past and it will do a greater
work in the future.
The meeting this year viii be of
especial interest in that there viii be
present as the principal speaker Hon.
Hannis Taylor. a native of the state,
who has attained the highest position
as an authority on constitutional his
tory and constitutional law. He was
the Minister to Spain in 1893 and has
rendered high service TO the e. 8, be-
ing enc Of the most eminent citizens
of this country, and Raleigh will give
him q most hearty welcome and q
great audience when he speaks here
on Tuesday eight
noa. lEannis Taylor.
In a sketch of Hon. Hannis Taylor
the North American Review has the
following 70 say:
"i5annis Taylor, who is recognized
throughout the world as one OF the
most eminent living authorities on
constitutional history and constitu-
tiOnaI law, was born in New Bern,
North Carolina in 1851. Having grad
tated at the University CT his native
state, he was admitted to the bar, and
achieved great distinction in the prac-
Uce Of his profession. He was ap-
pointed Minister to spain by President
Cleveland III 1898. The liter
airy fame gained for Mr.. Taylor By
his great work on The Origin and
Growth OF the English Constitution"
was materially enhanced by his trea-
tise on "interrational Pubic Laws"
which has been declared by a high
authority to be "the most exhaustive
N.-n7rI--nf itr I-in1 5-.-,nI :. $50 -, -,
since Dana's Wheaton In recogni-
ton Of the service which he had rem
dered to literature and learning by
the publication of these works, the
universities OF Dublin II Elm
burgh simultaneously conferred upon
LID. He recently published a third
treatise. OF a like scholarly conpre-
hen&iVc character, on the "JIrisdic-
zion and Procedure Of the U1ited
States Supreme Court upon which
the Justices of hat court have put
the i~nprinatur OF their high approval
and commeEdation. Mr.. Taylor repre-
scented the United states before the
Alaska boundary Commission.
Tie Program @; the Meeting
The program of the meeting shows
that it Will be a most interesting one
throughout from the time that Hon.
A. Nj. Scales, of Greensboro, the pres
ident. calls it to order. Many prom
inent North Carolinians viii speak as
VIII be seen from the program, which
is as follows:
400 p. injecting called to order
by President a. NJ. Scales, Green's
boro. Prayer-Rev. NJ. A.. Barber.
Raleigh, \. c..
4:10 p. m.-Address. The Tower
of Babel"-John Charles Mcneil,
Charlotte.
4:3o D. m.-The Outlook for the
Fireproof State Library and Hall Of
Records-Judge H. G. Conner, Will
son.
4:40 p. m.-North Carolina Bibli-
ography for 1907-Prof. D. II. Hill,
West Raleigh.
4:50 p. m.-Resolutions, Reports
and Discussion of Plans Promoting
Objects of the Association. -.
$50 p. m.-Adjournrnent.
Night Session.
500 , m.-AddrCss: Culture
Values in Present North Carolina"-
Prof. i. *. Graham, Chapel Hill.
$50 p. m.-Address: THE Creator
and the Organizer of the National
Idea: Pelatiah Webster and John Mar
shai-Hon. Hannis Taylor, Wash
ingtOn. D. c..
$50 p, DIFFERENTIATION Of Patter-
son Memorial Cup to 1907 Winner.
Hon J. K. Richardson, M~urfreesboro.
Tenn.
9:45 p. m.-Election OF oficers for
1907-0S.
1890 p. m.-Adjournment.