The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-27
The Blind In the State
And the Work Done
B Y
" G Holmes in An Address in North Carolina.

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blind. would teach the art OF sales
manship, just as much as | would
any other line OF study. | WOuld nave
practical statesmen in the various ilheS
come and give occasional talks 10 me
pupils; l would have prominent NE
insurance agents come ana ak NE
insurance as a business proposition
TO the BOYS and girls. Life insurance
offers one of the very best openings
| for the intelligent, bright, t%actful, en-
ergetic blind man and roman
The field of craftsmanship is so big
| and so broad that there is almost no
limit to it, and 1 could talk for an
| hour on it's possibilities, but let me
urge those who have any talent along
| this line to undertake it, if they are
not already engaged in a profitable
business.
But right here let me suggest that
the average blind person must have a
little assistance from some friend to
get started in his line Of work. He
not only needs a little money but also
needs suggestions as to O best to
succeed. There are no more progress
sive blind people in the world than
right here in the State Of North Car
DINA, and it is the State in the union
which shows the largest percentage Of
it's blind who are self-supporting, or
partly SU. I1lS SpcdhS well 1O1 yum
State school, for the energy of the
blind themselves, and for the support
they have been given bv the seeing
public, but when the public knows
your needs and your possibilities it
will do more towards helping the blind
Of your great State to help hem
selves.
A few weeks ago in New York in
attending a meeting Of the Men and
! u nJiUioy- nno nuoniny wa
devoted to the subject Of universal
peace. William T. Stead, the great
London writer, was to speak that
evening, out the previous week he
had gone down with those 1885 others
on the Titanic. AS a substitute for
Mr.. Stead at that Interesting meeting,
Mr.. Mcdonald, the editor Of the To-
Donald had long been a great friend
Of Mr.. Stead. They had talked Of
some of the things Mr.. Stead was to
say at the meeting IN the subject
Of universal peace, and in his speech
Mr.. Mcdonald would say, Il think if
Mr.. Stead were here tonight, he would
say this, and would say that" and
like the voice Of that great m COM
ing from the bottom Of the ocean
which made it wonderfully impress
sive. In closing his address on uni
versal peace, Mr.. Mcdonald, a mar
of powerful build, paid a beautiful.
tribute to the valor Of the Southern
people in our Civil War. He dwelleG
especially on North Carolina, telling
that big audience in Carnegie Hal
something hat few Of them knew
about your great State and great PEG.
, pie. He said: THE people Of NORTH
: Carolina are largely of sturdy Scotch
: blood, (the same blood, which I an
: proud to say, is in my veins) NJ
. greater people exist in the world thar
, the people Of North Carolina. and i
3 is appalling and yet inspiring tt
> know that in the Civil War, with
men, North Carolina sent to the Civil
t War $4,000 Of it's best men and boys.
e The wives and mothers Of North Car
r DINA alone know the great sacrifice
g that cost them, but the people o
n North Carolina made this sacrific
willingly.
: There is just as great a struggl
right here today in the great Stat
of North Carolina, among a littl
~coterie Of blind people, who are strug
Cling to be placed on the same plan
with the seeing. so far as earning
livelihood is concerned, for the grea
d feeling of independence should be tn
first aim in every heart. These bin
people are making just as great
= C4 ~ kAACA1 INDEPENDENCE Do =
n great men who sacrificed their a
d in the Civil War. A little more sac
rifce On the part of the seeing publi
t. will make it possible for these bin
people to help themselves, and tn
# work which you do here will sprea
If to other States, and the nex ger
d Grafton will see a happier and bright
h er time for the blind OF this countr,
. I know the State Of North Carolin.
when it realizes the needs and whs
it can do along this line, will NJ
at hesitate to do. as she has always don
in the past. She will consent to I
ig taxed a little more, both from publ
Id and private funds to help you to he
An yourselves. All Of you do not nee
as help. There are some Of you VT
can be kept down, but all blind ha,
not a the same opportunities an
to many need a little nancia helm. ar
and suggestions to be .,
Ut on tneir feet Interest your publ