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

that are closest to the people ard are
down in the trenches Iaboring for the edu-
cationaj uplift Of the State-is on record
AS not only endorsing the mission AND
work OF the Jackson Training School but
is quietly and slowly bur surely raising
the funds for the erection Of a cottage,
which they shall name after some dis
tinguished North Carolina educator. The
foundation of it is now made. as SHOWN by
q nicture IN this issue. The Press Assoc1a-
ton resolved to erect a memorial 70 bla
Nye, that great American humorfst. Who
from choice came to North 'aroi1na and
here died. The committee IL charge re
solved that the memorial should take a
practical form aud they decided TO erect
a building at the Jackson Training School.
What we hope to>call the Bill Nye Memo
ria is our administration huiiaing, u pie
tnre OF which appears in this issue. The
walls arc about up. but the building IS
far from completion.
Request for Information
From all over the State there have come
hundreds OF letters of inquiry. They seem
10 have come from every walk Of life. Run
ming the Institution On IN economical basis.
it was a physical and financial impossi-
hilitS to answer all these letters AS they
deserved to he. An institutional journal
was conceived. so i'll June. 1903. there 3H-
peared the first nuiihe, Of The Upfift. This
paper is set III type by our own boys,
printed on our oWn press and the entire
mechanical get-Hp IS the product Of the
boys 1T the Jackson. Training Sctoo by
boys. mark yoH. " no at their several homes
were regarded by many as being hope
81 u ditu u al
1t is not SO. One OF the boys that have
been making The Up1ift has discovered
himself. has earned the confidence of tie
officials Of the institution aud is now at his
own home making good. Those now pro
ducins The Uplift are following in the
same Footsteps. and they too see a light
and it beskons them onward and upward.
The Tp1ift mourning only the cost Of
blank paper and postage is in reality q
source OF revenue And it has carried the
story Of the great work Of the institu-
non Z q C6P alntC of tRA Sfnf 0lH aNr
hesrts have been made glad at, the number
OF Kind expressions Of approval and In
terest that constantly COME TO rs Regarding
The Uplift and the institution aud the
spirit it represents.
! Hearts Respond.
! News of the struggles. needs and hopes
OF the institution went here and there III
the State and touched hearts. The times
were not propitious for the giving Of large
sums: but in spite of the times practica!
evidence Of 3 public sympathy were not
rare. On a day in July, 1902. there rode
mp 10 the institution Il gentleman who in
trcduceI himself rs i citizen of Eikin,
\. {. IT was not long until he had made
known his mission. and the result was that
Mr.. and Mrs. &. J.. Roth, of Elkin. N. G..
voluntarily donated the sum Of three thou
sand five hundred doFarS for the erection
of ii building III which to install the in
dustrial features Of ,fhe school. A picture
Of the Roth b%uilding is in this issue. In
this hHllti.n= are one very large room. two
stories, in which the ood-workiu. nlanf
wv Itb4f1
IS made: above this room are two smaller
fooms-1or the present one is used for
schcoi-roon because we have no other
place oiid tie other for q sleeping room for
some help. These two rooms. however are
nn'ehaeH fef Il sewing room and for a
SHoe SEop- When once we have ..the room
- tnfil around in In the umner Of
i'io Mrs. ". \. Reynolds, Of Winston
Salelh, made inquiry OF The most pressing
hesn AZ that time IN . few days her
nuSoahd, Mr. ". \. Reynolds. sent his
meek Tor the erection or barns. You will
Sc, 'he picture Of the said barns. in the
course or erection, i'll this issue. We ,,aye
tetn using :ih old barn found on the place
out II IN no wise IS properly located ner
uoeS Il meet the requirements for tie
housing. Of The stock.
The Responsibility.
II must be borne in mind that this i.
tht only one of the educational instit ntioDx.
lostered and maintained By the State where
; every item Of expense falls upon the insti-
tntiou. Ihe. boys must be clothed. they
: must be fed. they must be directed. thev
must be taught. they must be ~Sresste.i in
sfckhess-in fact every. cent OF cost fer aiI
titese things comes cut OF the treasury of
'hc 'hSti1asich- Not so IN other cages.
Conservative Needs.
An lhfeiiSe love for. the cause has a ten.
f(0nf1nHAl an p.-. G.