The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-19

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keeper played his game OF Cannon
until it was over and then waited upon
his customers. There Is no
part to that day now, he said, but he
wished not for the old lines.
Washington As Distributor.
The city as a distributing point was
the theme of G. G.. Norris, another
young man, who is business to the
heart. The peculiar advantages Of
this well watered place, making all
the inland towns tributary 70 it, prom
ises it a future hat few can hope to
have, he said. There are seven coun-
ties fed By Washington and with wise
work. the city should supply them all.
"Roads. Not GOD Roads
County Commissioner George t.
Leach was asked to speak 10 the sug-
cesti0u. Incorporation for Good
Roads He rebelled. He said: I
would be willing &c talk about Dads,
| but not good roads. We have none
And then Mr.. Leach proceeded to
| apply the hamnle generally to the
things that make for the ugllhcatlon
Of Washington and Whereabouts. The
road tax didn't improve the Old Situa-
, ton, he said. for the worker Of the
roads formerly had to do six days Ia
| Dor. now he pays e. 1t was an exe
change Of So for 50 he said.
HackncN's Plant
And then Mr.. Leach told the physi-
cal story Of the Hackney factory
| built four years g at a cost Of $3.50
600, a building 100 by 435 feet and
a maker Of 100000 in business each
year. No one attempted to go n
a detailed story of this young mans
triumph.
Tidewater is Defended.
Underwater North Carolina, It's Gil
mate and Healthfulness,' was the
subject Of DR.. D. T. Tayloe. who re-
PEELED the ttacks upon a section
which he matches against any for
salubriOus climate. The personnel
Of this banquet tells an eloquent story
Of the health Of this locality" he said,
and he declared hat science had
come to know that malaria, more than
the concentration Of wealth in the
hands Of the few, and the impOver-
ishment of the many, had caused the
passing Of the grandeur Of Greece
n the glory Of Rome.
Great in Lumber.
Angus Dhu Mclean, one Of mi
gratory God-blessed Macs, told Of the
lumber industry. He was knocked
hard enough by Congressman Small
to have come to his text groggily.
But he didn't He Waded %squarely
into the subject after Mr.. Small had
declared that McI1ean's sole &C
Qu%aintance with lumber was the
fleeing, as a lawyer, Of those who
did engage in it. The crowd roared
joke.
He had seen on a recent trip tC
New York. three boats loaded off
the coast Of Norfolk, n they Were
boats that he saw in the Washington
harbor. h town is doing business
Twenty years ago, the speaker con
tinued, there was q great deal OF
talk of destruction Of our forests, bur
since that time. we have cut a secone
crop Of timber, the forest appear tt
be unhurt and the price of lumber
has doubled itself twice.
1.-The lumber industry OF Washing
ton and territory, must furnish one
fourth, if Q one-third, of the banl
deposits in the local banks. w
and progressives.. Let us apply thos'
words"
Some Railroads.. These.
Col. X. S. Neal, who explained tina
he never was a soldier, never drew
sword Or a pension, didn't want t.
fight, wasn't going to fight, vas pu
up to tell something Of lou Rail
roads," He told it.
He recalled the popular attitude to
, wards the road. The line to Scotlan'
, Neck looked promising until it strucl
! a certain cut and "a to cross Fisher
, creek. He brought back the oil
days when the stage brought the new
Of the election and weeks after it wa
D over. the oldest man met the stag
: and asked: What the news abou tn
: election? And the driver in mourn
: full tones, replied: Henry Clay ha
been defeated and can never be elect
I ed to the presidency"
l Mr.. Neal ~convulsed his hearers wit
y the story Of the hotel Of fifty year
ago., who was to get a uest off q
A o'clock, called in the neighbors t
help the landlord to sit up and sta
e awake. When the hour came, ther
t was snow. The guest wanted
back down, but the landlord ordere
him away. 1T has cost me $40 t
stay awake for you, o you've &c
e to CO." the colonel said.
e The Financial Growth.
The financial growth Of W~ashingto