The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-05-02
IT Is HANDSOMELY SAID.

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Certainly we take off our hats to
Deacon HemphilI, the esteemed editor
Of the ichmond Times-Dispatch. who
for. so many years. kept things on the
lump while editor of the charleston
News and Courier. In yesterday 5
Times-Dispatch he said SUCH NICE
things about North Carolina that botn
his stock and that Of his paper is way
above par in this State.
Editor Hemphill is to visit North
Carolina in May. for he is to deliver
the address in Raleigh on Memorial
Day. the Tenth Of May. having ac-
| cepted the invitation of the Ladies
Memorial Association of Raleigh to be
the orator ~on that occasion. He was
already assured of a hearty welcome
in the Capital City, but his kindly REL
erence to North Carolina is certain TO
enhance his, and he must get READY
to shake all the glad hands that Will
want to grasp his when he is " in our
midst" "-t J.
But now to that beautiful bouquet
which Editor Hemphill has so grace
fully sent across the line from the
tIRlHTd NdpIUd1. ~ 12 obAS I'M
little thorn in it, but in this era OF
good feeling we will overlook that
if Editor Hemphill will not do SO any
more. He incidentally remarks that
North Carolina vas originally a part
of South Carolina To keep history
straight is he purpose OF this
d~igression, n we commend the
facts to the. pfayerful considera-
ton OF. the former South Caro-
Iinian. To begin with. both North
Carolina and South Carolina. were
originally a part OF the Province OF
Carolina, neither being a part of the
other. The Province came into exist
ence somewhere about 1856 in the
time OF King Charles. In 1912 there
was first recognized a physical dis
Of North and South Carolina,
and about 1929 when the Lords Pro-
prietors sold out there was a full
recognition Of the line between the
two States. II there is any seniority
in the matter Of which was which,
North Carolina, named first in
The charter, would hold the ranking
place and it would be more correct
to say that South Carolina was orig1-
rally a part of North Carolina.
But what is history among friends!
Let's back to the bouquet SO hand
somely presented. Here it is:
North Carolina is one or the great
est States of the Union. 1t is really
n Of the richest States, not only in
material but in the charac-
ter of it's people, and in their
q h IA NJ Mt 1Indar MANY o6Norco
conditions. The North Carolina State
Fair Association has assembled in it's
Fifteenth Annual Report many facts
setting forth the enormous material
wealth Of that great State, which are
briefly summarized as follows by the
Raleigh News and Observer:
NORTH Carolina has raised 1%29,6O0,-
600 pounds Of tobacco.
North Carolina has 11,216 teachers
in the public schools.
North Carolina percentage of en-
rolled chool population is ~ per
cent.
North Carolina raised $1,000 OO
North Carolina raised 1889 bales
Of cotton.
North Carolina raised $4,000 tons
of hay.
North Carolina raised %7,433,0Oo
els of wheat.
North CaroEn a raised 3~,45S,OOO
bushel Of oats.
North Carolina has assessed 366,7e7
horses and@mules
North Carolina has assessed 683,93O
head Of cattle.
North Carolina has assessed $780,
$50 hogs.
North Carolina banks have 1885,
C58 in deposits.
North Carolina was originally a
part Of South Carolina. It has been
spoken of by one of it's most illus
trious sons as " a valley Of humility
lying between two of con-
ceit"-Virginia on the north and
South Carolina on the south; but it
has been pegging away at a most en-
C~Ouraging pace, and nearly everything
that it has done in the way of indus