The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-31

sn equal number Of ideal sites for which
they asked froUI $500 TO $a.13a. Jhis
turn OF the matter did not suit the finances
or the purposes of the board. The absolute
donation OF a suitable site was what the
beard desired. The necessities of the cause
demanded as much.
Site Offered and Accepted.
The matter was called to the attention
Of a few noble hearted men, who had great
sympathy for the new work into which
the State had entered. with the result that
the citizens of Concord raised funds SUI
icient 10 purchase three hundred acres OF
land. beautifully located and suitable for
the instftntion, and rendered TINS site % me
| board, which later held g meeting III
Greensboro. The site offered by Concord
was unanimously accepted with appret.ia-
ton and thanks. This site, predicated
| uDou the selling price Of surrounding land.
is worth from, ten thousand TO twelve thou
| sand dollars.
The Location.
None has yet been found who does not
think that the location is ideal. 1t is
three and q half miles from the centre OF
Concord on The main line Of the Southern
Railway. just two and one-half miles south
of the Concord station. The building size
X several hundred yards away from, the
railroad and Is probably fifty feet higher
than the railroad bed. Though Charlotte
Is seventeen miles distant. from the second
story window of any OF the buildings Il
TAIN may be watched pulling oct OF Char
lotte by the headlight at night and the
smoke in the day. The institution is
reached by a graded and macadami.e6
public road. which ut the time Of Il" be
ginning OF the institution ended several
hundred yards short of the site; but since
then the pnblic-spirited officials nf ca.
barrUs county have completed the rad TO
and through the property just where The
officials of the institution desired the road
located. 1t Jn.s be worth while To sas
that this road forms a link in the \
tions1 Highway from Atlanta to New
York Scattered throughout this number
, Of The Uplift d nurni,er OF pictures sh W
iIO nnfNtS III tho tiYJyn 70 fhn jRSfitt.t5aI
may be seen.
i Observed Rre.i uiremenis Of Law.
The Jaw required the location, and wisely
SO. t"~Ae away from hat near snInc town
The selection Of this site was i:n: to SCI
something for nothing, but il offered IL
r every way all that the officials Of the in
sti;ution hoped for. 1t IS i'll The mids: OF
D splendid farmia. section ef spteudit
thrifty people. The land itself has ,cei
abused by the old methods OF fdrnin.
but has~in ii the making OF splendid lard
which always yields TO kind and intelligent
t treatment. We are removed from The an
e noSances of city life and ways. and We
/ close enough 10 enjoy such convenience.
] which we may need.
Other Donations.
e From the very start we have not wantet
G for kind words and expressions OF sym
: patty. Il was at q time. however. whel
most men who make donations and he'll
: along worthy objects like this. were then,
/ selves confronted by conditions that di
not give the usual returns for invast e
capital. and for this reason alone we az
constrained TO believe that we missed sex
+ sral very large donations from our ovY
people. Ii IS to us an Interesting bit n
j. history TO record that an official of The II,
Il Stitutiou having met Incidentally in Me-
York Mr.. ". y. Cooper. OF Asheviiie. j.
: whom he answered some questions regard
ing the work. brought forth the first eff
q Upon our return home and before we la
actually received = fc, sim pie deed for In
property MIR. Cooper had shipped rs
10 large car Of lunsher-thiS was the fr.
ii actual donation. That car Of lnmler eli
Us moro good than it could have done fo
} an ybody else.
X Selection OF superintendent.
$, On January /. 1908. Mr.. Walter Tho1or
sou, a successful teacher aud school suual
% intendent. having before beeu elected, TOO
charge as superintendent OF the inStit,
ton. He very wisely spcn, some time
visiting other similar instr utious. viii,
O. We're regarded ideals, and made S mirni
Of and careful study OF tho plants and It
I'd methods. Our good friend. Mr.. + +
ID Nihecker. Of the Glen Mil School ne,
tie Philsdelphia. turned Mr.. Thompson loo
in his ma gnircent Institution ami told hi,
at to investigate everything and not 20 hos
tate TO ask ANY questions that might .,
H., cur TO him. He visited other ins;ifutior
ar He. together with the board. adonted .f..
re mature consideration and Investigate
~ what Is known among such iustitpf;ons .
id me Cottage Plan The Uplift is n,eass