The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-06

lealth rules and better sanitation lies
n instructing the coming generations
They will carry the principles taught
into all the homes.
Brief and Illuminating addresses
were made by Mr.. L. j. Sears, CHAIR
man Of the Wake County Board OF
Education, and DIR. NJ. c. Chamblee, a
nember of that board. Wake is for
tunate in having it's schools IN the
control of such men.
After the bountiful dinner enjoyed
by the large number present, served
by the aides Of Cary, Mr.. Judd IN
troduced Mr.. Josephus Daniels, edl-
tor Of the News and Observer, who
made the longest speech of the lay.
de spoke of the need Of cooperation
and community oneness to secure
progress in educational and industrial
life. He showed that North Carolina
had failed to progress as rapidly as
it should because in the older days OF
lndividualism the people lacked the
OOls that corporations give in indus
try and cooperation give in educa-
ton. The Woman's Betterment Work,
he voting OF local tax for home
schools, the building of better roads,
he preservation Of health and intro
duction Of better methods Of SANTA
t on were possible only by the united
work of the community and the pull
ing tOSoCneT Oh us CltlZeISIllp. =
declared that too many people had
adopted the motto Of Brer Terrapln'
who said:
Il totes my own hOuse on my own
back. l messes with nobody and
lets nobody mess with me- mat
sort of doctrine tended to civil! IN
difference and denied the progress
that is essential for the education and
development Of all h people. De-
o1orir~ tho n,,h1io cohnnl the ml1d-SllI
Of and good government, he
declared that if a Rockefeller or a
Carnegie should offer to endOW the
public schools Of Wake county the
people of the county could not AFFORD
to accept the money, nor the least
benefit Of voting a local tax is the fact
that men make sacrifice to educate
the children OF the neighborhood, and
nothing hat is worth while comes
without effort and sacrifice. C%ontinu-
ing, Mr.. Daniels said:
Il said just now. if Carnegie or
Rockefeller or some other millionaire
would offer to endoW the publlc
schools of Wake county, the people
could not afford to thus be pauper-
lied. You are not too poor to edu-
cate your children. North Carolina
is too poor not to educate them. n
only sort of help a rich man can ever
give to others is to help them to help
themselves. In matters Of education
we nave had much praise Of generous
men who have To- colleges and
universities and given money for ed
ucation, n they have done much
good with their money in this direc-
ton, when they had no strings tied
to their gifts. But recently, [ am
persuaded that some of these great
~millionaires are seeking to buy popu-
lar favor and to teach false doctrine
by eason of their large gifts to col
legeS, and l am not sure if our col
legeS are not in danger of having the
spring poisoned at it's source by the
acceptance of gifts from men whose
money came from governmental IA
voritism or the destruction of compe-
titiOn. Such eminent men as Bishop
Gambler have declared it to be their
conviction that the purpOs of the
Rockefeller millions was to dictate
the teachings Of the colleges and we
all know that a gift perNerts judgment.
1t is regarded as u~nSenerOuS to criti-
else a man who gives you bread and
meat, and l fear that our colleges are
in danger Of being silenced upon some
great questions Of the day by reason
of large donations by men who. hav-
ing won fortune by lawless methods
now wish to buy d reputation for
themselves. a we TAX this faint
ed money and not be injured thereby?
Or can We take it and use it as the
Rev. John Tillett did the money of
the bar-keeper in Burlingtony Mr..
Tillett said to the bar-keeper, ten dol
lars, "Old Ten Dollar Bill, you have
been serving the devil long enough.
I will now put yOu to the service Of
the devil If we take trust money
in that spirit, it may not faint the
college. If, on the other hand we
hold up the donor who got his money
by lawless methods. does not the
money become a CURSE
"A year or two ago the Outlook,
edited by Lyman Abbott, one of the
ablest of the men who are interested
in educational problems, declared that
the large mOu of money in the
hands of the General Education Board
would enable that board to say what