The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05

10 speak TO them. l came 10 learn
how 10 run a newspaper, and earned
much. l found more Of the spirit OF
faith and optimism and united action
than have seen in any county. taking
II as a whole. The people have seen
the money n strawberries. They are
making q bale Of cotton to the acre.
Land values have gone up. Crops are
fine. ConVicts are building better
roads. New L better farm methods
are demonstrating that farming, in
teillgently carried on, is q good bust
ness. The leading men of the county
are at work on practical lines. Every
man and every dollar here is at work
ana everybody is confident that Co
lumbus county is or the threshold OF
wonderful development and prosper
ity. The feeling of optimism and CO.
operation are in the air. The words
Of Moses That they go forward" is
the Columbus count shibboleth. 1t
Was a delight to come into this at
mosphere and TO mingle With a peo-
pie who put education. temperance.
good government, religion. good roads,
- i-oo'' iHittIi5tIlG AullINd tlpi, ana
progressive methods all together and
are advancing in every line that gives
greater prosperity and a higher type
OF manhood.
The speeches We're on DRAINAGE,
using intelligent methods in agricul-
ture, road building. diversincation-
practical topics that are uppermost
here. The people are alert. progress
siVe, patriotic. The story of the meet
ing viii be written by another. There
We're 1900 people here. 1t started
out 70 be a meeting of County Corre-
s~pondents. 1t grew into a county fair,
q farmers and teachers institute, and
an old-fashioned picnic all in one. \
more intelligent and attentive audi
e1ce you could not find. 1t was pleas
ant to hear the bright speech of Mr..
K. l.. Gray. the new editor Of the
Wilmington Star, which has a large
circulation in this county; of Senator
9. L. Clark, who was active in seclr-
ing the drainage law, which he dis
cussed with Illumination ana inter
est; the facts 81 progress by Mr.. l.
'. Grady, that were ormuIated into
q glowing eUlogy OF the county: the
happy addresses OF welcome by the
Mayor of Whiteville and the mayo,
OF Nineland; the beautiful re
sponse by Rev. a. II. Por
ter. president IF the Correspond
ents' Associations; the strong and
able address on Columbus coun-
tvs opportunities by Mr.. Joseph A.
Brown, and the kindly and happy
Editor CAN'T. whose genius rough
the county here to make q sort Of
HarNest Home season OF Sladness. IT
was pleasant to see here friends OF
other days, among them the univer-
sally esteemed DIT. Isaac Jackson,
whose grace and courtesy and long
service as physician makes him hon-
ored and loved by all. ! regretted
that the necessity of catching a train
prevented hearing the address Of Col.
s. A. Jones, Of WaynesviIle. whose
zeal for his big railroad carries en-
thusiasm wherever he speaks. h
big dinner was of the old-fashion
North Carolina sort-the little pot a
been put in the big one and every
body had a plenty Of the best that
Columbus housewives can give. The
speaking was held in the Tobacco
Growers Warehouse at Nineland.
whose proprietor had seated it and
the Nineland brass band gave inspir-
ing music.
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