The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-18

tnan perhaps any other Southern
State, and I believe the next fa.
years Will witness even a greater do
THAI the last few years.
Delighted With Raleigh.
As to Raleigh itself. we have ~
ply been delighted with the Old o.
ARD it is so Different from our nortb-
ern cities with it's broad streets and
attractive buildings that We have been
very nuch pleased with 1t and we find
the people OF Raleigh, like the peopJe
every where throughout the entire
|Sootn, nave been charming in their
hospitality n we like the southern
spirit and the Southern people very
much We find no sectional feeling
here are just as friendly and just as
courteous as they are any where IN
the country.
we have frequently heard OF The
News INC Observer up North, and in
Tact. particularly more Of Mr..
Josephns Daniels than OF the paper
itself. because up u way Journalism
sonal and the individual editors are
disappearing under modern condition
through which newspapers have
largely become big business PROPOSE
tons and to US up there, Mr.. Daniels
IS one Of the fast disappearing class
OF Col. Henry Watterson and the late
lamented Henry w. Grady and others
OF h class. We believe that the
SeC ti1ern have a stronger
individual tone because the editor is
more Of q personality IN the pages Of
his paper than he becomes in the
Northern mediums and for this rea-
son.. the editorial utterances In The
News and Observer and other papers
Of its class in the South have more
worth to the people at large than the
r nAFSnn Al nYYfncciGrG fnt1-1 Is,
Northern newspapers. The Northern
newspapers at large are efficient bus
mess organizations and carry a great
influence 1t that, but not the diStinc-
tive influence felt from some such
Southern newspapers as The News
and Observer.
Impressed With New and Observer
Since leaving Pennsylvania we have
visited a number OF Offices
on our way South and are pleased to
say that we have found nothing bet
ter adapted to the needs and require
n1ents than the plant and building OF
The News and Observer. We, our
selves. finished a building for our own
use and purpose At about the same
and we find that the plant and build
ing Of The News and Observer about
as fine and well equipped and Well
adapted as any puDiica-
tion building we have visited.
Building and Equipment.
Touching informally on the present
day movement in affairs, it is pleasant
to note that Mr.. Daniels and his paper
are in the forefront OF the new era Of
American affairs. There IS at present,
and has been for some time, going on
q marvellous change in public Senti-
ment. The people are getting more
o}n~H3. 3- fn11cH with, fhnip ny1h1io off,
Gals and are holding them to closer
account for their services to the peo-
pie. This is not q destructive spirit,
but rather OF a constructive character.
The revolt against existing conditions
is somewhat fippantly characterized
as insurgency, but l DeileVe It's true
term should be ''progressiyeness,' n
it is pleasing to note that the South,
as we'll az the West. is in line with this
new movement. The movement. go
called "insurgent," but really pro
eressive," seems to have originated IN
the West, and attained its earliest n
fullest development there. but the
South has been quick also TO respond
TO this new expression OF public sem
timent. It might seem strange that
the progressives are not also getting a
foothold in the North, but the leaVen
is permeating the lump political up
there, too. Pennsylvania. he rock
ribbed banner Republican State OF the
Union. almost broke loose from its
moorings last fall. 1t gave Roosevelt
a majority OF one-half million in 1904.
b,t last year the Democratic-f1ls1on
candidate almost carried the State. In
our own congressional district a Re-
publican majorit yof 5000 was changed
to 1000 for the Denocratic-Fusion
candidate who was elected to the pres
ent Congress-all within a year. This
..-too-o1 uroc nor GO much a Demo
cra+ic victory as it was q Republican
defeat and it showed what / felt Tor
some time, that even our Westmore-
land county, as we'll as Pennsylvania;
is progressive at heart If it a mo
expression at the polls. Perhaps rauit
should not be found with past OF exist
ing conditions that nave pronsht aooo'