The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-05

makers name IN the crown Of the hats 10
Theodore Clark. Will nav The above Re
ward TO any person who VIII deliver said
apprentices 10 me in Raleigh. or Will
give the above Reward for Andrew John
sen alone.
All persons are cautioned against har-
boring or employ ing said appren ticcs. on
pam or being prosecuted.
JAMES ]. skLBY. Tailor.
Raleigh. y. G., June -. 1924.
Says Savage. drawing upon his
fertile imagination: In the autumn
OF 1924 the term OF his apprenticeship
expired; and he entered the world
w1thou a cent as a basis Of action.
but with a trade. rich in energy. n
sensitive with the anxieties Of an edu-
cation ECU and continued under ex-
acting difficulties" He might
nave added that the honest appren-
,ice. who waited until the term OF
apprenticeship expired" before bid
oins his master goodbye, entered the
world well clad" and with a brand
new hat. The fact that Andrew was
only sixteen Years of age AT the time
and thus had five more years Of his
apprenticeship to serve, while his
brother vas then twenty and had less
tnan a year, accounts for the greater
value which their master seemed To
set upon Andrew Services than upon
Williams.
The runaways went to South Caro-
,Ih@ ~nere Andrew remained until
May, 1926. Returning 10 Raleigh h.
found that Selby had retired from
business and moved TO the country and
that his old friend Litchford had set
up IN business for himself. Accord
tnslE, he applied to LitChford for
work, but "a he was still bound 10
Seiby who had warned ali persons
against employing him "on pain of be
ing prosecuted" Litchford was too
discreet TO take him into his service.
1t then occurred TO Andy" that 1t
was his duty TO make due amends
Ito Selby) for his nIisdemeanor.' so
he walked twenty miles 10 see him
and tried TO make arrangements TO
pay him for his time Selbs de-
manded security which Andy could
not FURNISH, and as his master indl-
Gated no desire to detain him, he
bade goodbye TO his friend Litchford
and set out for Tennessee. MIR. Itch
ford heard nothing further from him
until he was a member Of Congress.
Even then the good hearted old
gentleman could not believe that the
Honorable Andrew johnson. NJ. g,
was his boy Andy until he saw 1T
advertised in the papers. about the
mechanics in Congress, and saw the
word tailor after his name.
Forty-one years later Andrew John
son returned to Raleigh as Presloerc
of the United States. The OCCASION
| Of his visit was the unveiling of a
which the citizens OF his
native city had erected over the grave
/ of his father. The Raleigh sentinel
gives a picture OF his reception in
curious contrast with that given by
its predecessor of his departure in
June, 1924. AT the stations betUeen
Weldon and Raleigh says the SENT
nel,@* crowds OF people were col
lected to see the President, and he was
everywhere greeted with the most
cordial demonstrations. As The
President and his suite emerged
from the cars cat Raieigh) they
We're received with a round OF en-
thusiastic cheers, and with appro-
had departed at night a fugitive: he
had returned the ruler Of a mighty
nation.
The President was presented 10
the throng that gathered to see and
hear him by the Governor OF the state
and in response TO the Governor 8
cordiai welcome, he said:
1T would be foreign to my nature
10 affect or to feel Indifference on the
occasion Of his. nay visit TO the city
of my nativity. More than forty years
ago | left these scenes, a Pennies
and friendless boy; il does not become
me to speak Of the circumstances IN
der which return. Through an me
mutations Of my life, though North
/ Carolina has not been, in the IAN
alma mater. still she is nay mother.
and God bless her. ! am proud OF
her.
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