The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-25

died recently, was d very
I4;e narents were natives OF -
Carolina. and l believe were porn ~
the county lying just beyond "Hllhi7
+ar and in Brunswick county near
cane Fear river. They removed
to Mississippi before the Blshop was
horn. Bishop Galloway was nue."
Q preacher and writer OF very ~
markable qualities. II was o'" aS co
-wsnaper soon after his death, so
nrofnnndly regretted in MISSISSIPPI
and thropghout the South, that ne
u-oo REGARDED as the foremost man
1vino in his State. Perhaps n laSt
~nr0duction of elaboration ana iloo'
admirable power that came from nus
gifted pen, vas the very FeTnalhdoio
Daper by him that appeared IN the
October number Of the Soulheln
Methodist Review, the scholarly anu
excellent quarterly, published from
The Methodist Episcopal Church OF
the South, and issued at NashVllle,
Tenn. by Smith and Lamar. 1t is
on the late President of the southern
C~onfederacv Jefferson Davis, a truly
great statesman, orator patrlot. L
read it with greatest attention anu
~nrOfOundest interest. To me 1t SEEM
ed q most memorable production, d
superb. noble and eloquent tribute TO
one of the South's nOtablest patrlotS
and greatest men. After readlnS 1t
I wrote at the end of the splendid
discussion that lit should be read
more than once and treasured among
the really precious productions of our
people" Since then | read, and on
the 8th January. what the able,
scholarly editor Of the "Review" had
said of it. I quote a few lines to show
DIR. Gross Alexander's %judicious esti
mate of it's excellence. He says: In
deed it is the fullest and ablest state
ment of the whole case hat we have
anywhere seen in the same space.
The paper is a vivid study of the
political situation before, and at the
time Of the beginning OF the great
Civil War" Long famil ar with the
record and fame of President Davis,
from the time in the Mexican War in
1916, when as Colonel Davis of the
famous Mississippi cavalry reSim 1t,
he led on its splendid charge in he
valley of Buena Vista, and all through
his most able and grand political ca
reer in the Federal Congress, and as
Secretary of War, and later as the
~Slngularly able, pure, and wise preSi-
dent of the Southern C~onfederacy. l
read with fascination and most in
tense interest the study of his career,
as we'll as exalted character, so distin-
guished for it's many and most con-
splcuous virtues, as presented to ably
n j~udiciOusly and mastery bv
bishop Galloway. It is a most con-
summate and enticing and fair foun-
dation of the life of the great Ken
tuckian, who was SO true to his peo-
pie and their aus Read Bishop
GallOway's presentation of Jefferson
Davis If you would be greatly inter-
eSted and charmed by the discussion.
It is indeed a most fascinating and
humorous study that is presented. 1t
Is rep1ete with instruction, truth n
illuminating power. I know of no
more attractive paper of it's kind in
the libraries of our country. Study
the article carefully, and o will un-
derstand why l have written so en-
phatically and t~endatorially. To me
ii is mastery and inspiring. I feel
persuaded hat men Of intelligence,
culture and taste will read what is
written with correct appreciation Of
its meaning, power and excellence.
The style is certainly excellent and
the taste and Judgment displayed most
able. 1T is q contribution OF
excellence and richly merits consid-
Grafton and praise.
A recent article in the Baltimore
Manufacturers Record is full of in.
Struct1on as to the crops grown in oul
Southland a very progressive section
of the American Union, but often I'm.
der-rated and misrepresented. Tht
report given is not only very instruct
i've but highly gratifying as we'll. TIL
main crops are dealt with. The en-
tire country is dealt with and is full O
instruction and entertainment. I onl,
wish to refer briefly to certain South
ern crops. In the year 1908, som
crops in the South-corn. tobacco
wheat, hay, oats, Irish potatoe
and rye-aggregated s739,6O3,56
while in 19O9-last year-tha-
amounted to sS21.726.O95. In the las
min years-between 800 and 1908
there was a great increase. In 100
the seven crops were as follows:
Crops 1900 1909
Corn .....s234,s4s,000 s557.sss. 90
Iobacco e. 4O.193.OOO 72,67O. 90
wheat 5000. 6S.2o5,000 71.4o1 90
Hay '...... 42,466,OOO 61.473,OO
Cats $1,000. s0.371 O08 32,576.OO
l. potatoes 1e.254,o00 24.496.O0
Rye ....... 10000 la140o