The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-21
POE URGES PAGE
FOR CABINET POST
Strongly Endorses Him for Posi-
ton of Secretary of Agri-
culture.
Isnecial to rhe Times- DIspatch.

Especial 70 The Times Dispatch
Raleigh, y. c.. December 20.-Editor
Clarence II. Poe. to-day telegrapneo
President Woodrow wilson at
Trenton. y j., urging the appointment
Of DR.. Walter II. Page as Secretary q
Agriculture in the Wilson Cabinet.
This action on the part OF Mr. foe
Is especially significant because he has
himself been prominently mentioneu
for the agricultural secretaryship. and
declined to seek the appointment on
account OF the candidacy of Editor
Josephus Daniels for a place in the
Cabinet. The telegram that Editor
Poe sent to President elect Wilson
follows: while a score Of papers have
been generous enough to urge my APP
pOintment as Secretary Of AgricultGie,
1 do not wish the Office myself, but
DO wish most earnestly that you shaii
appoint a man OF extraordinary VISION
ana ability. There is nationwide
awakening 20 the possibilities of rural
cooperation and better marketing
methods, and you can win the ever
lasting gratitude OF the American
farmers by naming a man who viii
broaden the department and make ~
not only an agency for increasing crop
production. but an agency for rernaA-
ing country lie and solving the psess-
ing problems OF rural cooperation,
rural credit and more economical dis
tribution.
After thoroughly canvassing all
names suggested. / believe If you should
delegate Or. Walter II. Page. formerly
Of the country life commission. TO per-
form this epoch making task. the ma
ton would approve While IL may Re
that DR.. Bailey or President Waters. IL
equally well, 1 most respectfully, but
very earnestly. urge the appointment
Of a man OF this type. instead Of an
ambitious politician or department
chief. AM convinced that the appoint
ment OF Burleson or Moore would be
most deplOrable.
The annual meeting OF the State
Historical Commission was held to-
day, and q gratifying showing OF
things accomplished during the past
year made in the report submitted by
Secretary r d. W. Conner. The COM
mission Is composed OF Colonel J.
Bryan Grimes. chairman; l.. D. w
CJSnor. secretary. DR.. D. H. Hill, w J.
Peele. VI. c. ). Noble.
Achievements in the past two years
by the commission include publication
OF the Christopher de Grafrinier. the
H3HQpIpn SDOLHeIis 1Hlrl Ju5llNc
TN and Archibald d. Murphey papers;
the installation or marble busts Of Gov
errors Morehead and Johnson and Sem
ator Ransom in the rotunda of the
State house; the publication OF num-
Der Of bulletins and a manuel of North
Carolina: acquisition OF the Graham,
Pettigrew and Aycock papers. The COM
mission has provided a division for
mending OLD State and other historical
documents entrusted to the commits
sion.
Editor II. p. Warmer, Of Southern
Good Roads and Davidson Dispatch.
Lexington. writes TO Commissioner of
". 4. Graham that there
is a campaign in full swing in David
son County. whereby the yield of corn
for 1918 will be fully 100000 bushels
more than ever before in the history of
the county. The special corn growing
competitions in progress the past sew
eral seasons have developed farming
very greatly One old Confederate vet
eran grew ia IL bushels on an acre
He was seventy years old. The record
for the county is 15s in 1911. In 1912
the record was 1873.