The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-19


Farmers Meeting DIR. Moore Did
Not Stop Thcre-He Didn't Leave
the Inference That Any Glass Can
Do 1t, But He Emphasized the Ad-
visibility Of "A Return to Farm
Life by the Strong, Educated
Young Men OF Our Own State.
Especial to News and Observer.)
the best addresses delivered
during the session Of the Farmers
Union in this place this week-and
there were several big speeches-was
made by DR.. E. G. Moore, of Elm
City. who was requested by the local
Farmers Union to express their well
come to the visiting farmers. He was
felicitous both in the matter and de-
livery of his speech. which was in full
as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen of The Farmers
Union: Polk Miller in his "reminiscences
of ante bellum days, describing the char
scteristtcs Of the Ole time darkey, tells a
story which applies with much force and
a great deal OF truth to me today.
A gentleman accosted an old darkey sit
ting by the road and rendered him a five
dollar bill with the request that he change
1t. The old darkey, stunned by the sud
den surprise, lifted his face and said
BOSS l ant got no money! can't change
your five dollars, l can't even change five
cents. but | thanks you for the compli-
.nent Just the same" So it is with me, |
am here without a speech. but with the
same gratitude born in the heart Of the
old darkey-I thank yor for the conpli-
ynent just the same.
l am at a loss to know what process Of
reason, or faith or prophecy your COM
mittee expected me, incidentally a coun-
try farmer and accidentally a country doc
of welcome, after being SO cordially and so
gracefully welcomed by two Of the towns
best citizens and best speakers.
1t does seem to me that they have fully
covered tie ground, and it has been q
matter OF my observation that when two
lawyers have spoken, and more especially
when they both occupy the same side Of
the question, there is not much left to
say. [ recall a number Of years ago our
then genial and popular Sheriff Crowell
was usually present at all speech making
tician he had the diplomacy to let others
speak first and he usually smoke last. His
speech became proyerbial with me, and is
still a matter Of pleasant memory which
occasion. 1t was this: my Friends. /
don't know that I can add anything more
to what has been said. / think the ground
has been fully covered. and I only wish
to add my hearty endorsement to what
has already been said" Should I adopt
this, and stop l feel that I would do you
a great Justice and add honor unto my
self. But we are unwilling for you to
take anything for granted and in behalf
Of the farmers Of Wilson county, whom
l am hidden to represent, we want you
TO feel and to know that you are not only
welcome to the town and it's accessories.
its homes and its people, and sl the
business and commercial interests that
conserve it's life and make it great: but
that Won are pUpollV valcamo IN tho cYn
try air, whose life giving ozone breathes
a newness and freshness to life, and to
the genial warmth Of its gladstone sun
shine, whose sh!mmering rays bleach the
whstened fields and dances in the golden
harvest of ripened grain. to its homes and
to its fresides where peace and content
enter into the joy OF a simple life. To
the home of the husbandman. n place
where the larder is never enpty and where
men never beg bread. a place where chill
dren's voices gladden. each new day, and
wears q royal crown.
Such a place is Wilson county. Not the
patriarch nor yet the infant among her
sisters, but the modest matron of maturer
years. whom nature has blessed with la-ish
hand. aud breathed upon her soil a fer
tile kiss. Too old to be gay. but young
enough to sympatlliZe and love. and con
scious Of her own fertile strength produces
every agricultural product enumerated in
the census report Of our National Govern
ment.
Such a people are It's people, who have
thrown wide open their gates. and stand
ing upon their thresholds with unloosened
latch-strings, bid you a sincere and fra
ternal welcome. In passing. lest / forget
1t. I ne reminded to say if there is any
thing you wish that you do not see. SIM
ply ask for it, and it shall be yours only
for the asking: and should any OF you
become enamored of our section, and de-
sire to live better and do better. we will
take you on probation and instruct you
in the science OF sowing aud reaping.
= An experimental year has taught us thai
those farmers who raised tobacco have al
the money they need. and those who raised
cotton have all the cotton they want and
those fellows who raised Cain" ar
still begEars OF bread: and It Ia only tht
"Caia- rafsers" who are forbidden an i'm
migration ticket among our sturdy settlers