The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-26

N]annino :, responded q gentleman sit
ting near by. And hls IS tlle ms
spirited and discussion 81
that question that / have neafo ioi
nan days.
How do you stand. for pure water
or straight liquor" | one "ahe
county Democrat.
Tn for pure water" he replied.
And how do you stand l ASKED
another. -
I'm for straight liquor" was his
response.
Mass meeting or primary? ask
ed the first gentleman.
Mass meeting" he b~oisterously
replied.
PRIMARY" said the other gentle
man with marked eaTnestness anu
candor.
And how do you stand?" I asked
another by-stander, pure water or
straight l%iquor?'
ALI and 'alf," was his response
Mass meeting or primary? 1 querl-
ed, Either or. neither he said. Il
am a Democrat
And he's the fellow hat is going
to save the day il it is saved, re-
marked a by-stander.
Right you are said another.
"Them's my sentiments said still
another, and the "'Alf and Aft man
was already in q pronounced MAORI
~.
"Consider the lilies of the field" [
heard a lady remark as she was
peeping out Of the window on a Nor
folk and Southern rain. And then
consider the apple blossoms and the
dogWood blossoms" said another
lady.
"And the queen OF Sheba in all her
-~J
compared with a field or forest Of
these" said a third lady.
why are all these refrigerator
cars si~de-tracked here?' l asked the
conductor Of an Atlantic Coast Line
train, as we were passing a station on
the Coast Ill train between Colds
boro and Wilmington. waiting to
be loaded with Strawberries" was his
reply. And then upon further inNes-
tigation and reflection l found that +
had seen since boarding the train at
Wilmington more than an hundred
refrigerator ears standing on the side
tracks at the different tations-an
waiting to be loaded with the de1ici~
III Strawberries that have, during the
past few years, developed into the
most important factor in the CONNER
cial and agricultural uplift Of his
splendid section of the State. They
go from these stations to all those
tecning cities and communities of
fankeedom which would starve to
death for spring and summer deli
cacies but for the products of his
sun-kissed shower-sprinkled South
| happened to be in Goldsboro on
Tuesday last and witnessed the NOV
ing of the first electric cars that ever
traversed the streets of this venerable
metropolis OF North Carolina sub
Eastern section. They moved from
point to point with ease and speed.
and ANYBODY 0 d that cared to ride,
regardless Of the nimbleness of those
nickles that Will become essentials as
the system grows older and of more
import in the capital city of the cen
trail section of our eastern border.
There was cheering, singing and en-
thusiastic huzahing, all Of which
formed a fitting welcome to the cleo
trio current that is to hereafter revo-
iutlonize the going and coming of the
people Of this pushing and progressive
city and community.
A few days ago I spent a while in
the capital of the Cape Fear, the
charming and delightful city Of Will
minSton. and, oh yes. / went to the
beach, the famous Wrightsville beach,
and Toasted on bushels Of roasted
~ ISAo aht III dtlicdticS OIL the
sound and the sea. One of my com
panIons was Prof. j. j. Blair, the Off
cial head and acknowledged genius Of
Nllmlngton's public school system,
and one of the most amiable and
genial gentlemen in this section.
We u h music of the hammer
and the saw mingling with the re-
QUEEN Of the rushing and surging
ocean waves from one end Of the
beach to the other, all in preparation
Tor the comfort and pleasure of the
thousands who are to go hither when
n heated term begins to scorch the
lnland towns and cities, and in the
midst OF 1t all | hard a persistent ru-
nor to the effect hat within a little
Whlie a summer hotel and other de-
NelOplnents to the tune of a round
million of dollars was to be inaugu-
rated at and around SCOTS Hill, one
OF the most inviting and enchanting
points along the South Atlantic sea-
board.