The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-06-10
'eIls North Carolina Society
That It's Being Grown
FRIGHT SPEECH MAY 20
;oes to Gotham and Gives
Good Account of State
Does Not Talk Finance to
FinanCjerS.

y 8AhNllS'O'O
The New Declaration Of Independ-
~ which Acknowledgement Thos.
~ Beckett delivered to the New York
Horth Carolina Society May 20, is an
buarance that gratified the newspaper
r,"1 II that city.
vas something new. The attOr-
n, General was speaking for a new
fr.cdpm which North Carolina is not
vrulne. but growing" as he termed
b. The short speech made to the
k,rth Carolina Society must be inter-
estiac 10 North Carolina people and
To- that reason it is reproduced
thbugh two weeks old.
II was the kind of delightful utter
anen that made him encouragement
After the convention heard him NOM
in,i" col. Ashley Horne. the same
kud of bright. ut philosophical
speech that ~convulsed the Supreme
EC,Grt when he too off near-bear, the
sane kind of humor that enables him
q, entertain the late morning parties
when others talk to the sleeping. Be
i.N II is given in full:
The Folks Down Home.
NJ POSTMASTER, Fellow Tar Heels,
and friends of less lucky stars:
pr. Talmage once said: THE scien-
ttSt may puzzle us about when VIZ
came. and the theoloSian nay worry
AZ about whittier we are going, but
neither scientist nor theOlogian can
rob rs Of the satisfaction of being
herr"
Tonight | can give a hearty amen
~ the words Of the preacher. Fresh
from the land OF the Cornu-copia, ant
happy III the warmth of your recep'
iion. I am in a superlatively Optimis'
IL mood. ana subscribe to the full
equalization Of the hour. The com
mon sense Of today pleads the statute
ot limitations against the worries O
thu past. and the laws of North Caro-
lima make dealing in futures a crime
Dear John Charles Mcneil, in line
that smell and smack of the soil, ex
V"ses he folly Of making all our de
ppsits in the Bank of Tomorrow:
| knowed "a OF man died powerful
Two mules, en- lam en- a cow.
J lis soon die fun fallin' in a ditch,
ser h. went to his grave fun
IL never had nothin' t wus good t
N"r no piller upon his bed;
IL never took time to dance wild hi
feet.
Eat he's swine a take a long tim
tn"wed "a OIL CONAN wut scrubbe
en- roe
In never didn't go nowhar,
Ea when she died de people knowed
Dat she had supp'n' hid bout dar
~" mought a dressed up en- "a dor
snpp'n' wrong.
IN had her a cOht-case pied.
Eat shed idn't have time to live We
long.
Nh"'s gwine have a plenty dead.
y" says. if | manage to save enous
I'm dew ages | gifts dis yur,
) - right den takin' a few days off
A. one thing en- amer.
"a y. while | is got my mouf en- ey
I'm a little wheel in my head.
Is wine a live fas'. fer when l dies
II sho be a long time dead
Authority On Money.
oI'on being asked to speak to
WV York audience. my first impul
sas to talk about money. Now "
aot that a singular contradiction
1ne law Of association Of ideas?
:"ppoae the thought must have be
born or a Su~beonaciOus cOnviotiOn
my ability to handle the subject
~oASteftni faahi0n. Questions OF
nance. high or low, frended or friS
e1e ~ easy Of solution to the N
mo lives In q village Of two thouaA
people. He can approach their C
FEDERATION with an absolutely gu
mind. Take the knoktiost probI'
Cnat vsxes Val street. and on Z MI
this l can easily dispose OF 1t
Cweea soup and cigArA. The>secSek
ay power Is this: A. IN old maid
inc ultimate authority On children.
IA North Carolina StxAe o16cer
~tnOafe authority on money: ne4d
nas a0y. But i shall refrain ~
0acidatins the subject. 1t II Apl
rent that it will be Of no interest
you on this Occast0n. I can see q
you all feel and I realise that J
nave a constitutional rfght to fed
oat Tor a single night that you ID
p'enty Of money and nc poor kin.
10. eschewing everything that