The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-09-16

the New Yorker have never heard
of that state. Where Is it?' Tie
North Carolinian replied: & viii
t"und 1t. Virginia lies at the north
of it and South Carolina lies at the
south of it, and to tell the truth.
stranger, between so much lying on
both sides Of it the rest Of the world
hears but little of our truth loving
State
You are an editor, an adviser of
the people, Mr.. Daniels. Horace Gree
ley, another great editor, advised the
young man of his day to go West
What would you say?"
GO South. The South is the West
Of today. Lands are cheaper there
| than they are in the West, and that
| is the coming part Of the United
| States. If you have any doubt as to
the part OF the Souh, I would say go
to North Carolina. Our people there
are kindly and humble. They still
live, to some extent, the simple life.
| Besides, as Bancroft said of them,
they are free and independent and
will not support any government but
one Of their own creation"
| But, Mr. Secretary can one live
the simple life today?'
"Yes, l believe the nation is too
extravagant and that prices are too
high. Nevertheless, one can live on a
dollar a day if he has to. [ know
could. Almost any one can earn the
necessities Of today. We all want to
live too high. and prices have gone
up accordingly"
lis it so in the South?''
Yes. The cost Of the necessities
has risen and our people also demand
luxuries which no one thought OF
having in the days Of my boyhood."
Tell me something about your ca
reer as an editor?''
There is not much to say" re-
piled the secretary. II can't remem-
Der when l did not desire to be a
newspaper man. | used to hang
around the office Of our village pa
per when l was quite a small boy
and at the age of fifteen l started
an amateur journal called the Cor.
nucopia. Two years later my mother
mortgaged her house for 500 to buy
for me a third interest in the little
weekly OF the town where we lived
and shortly after that / was able II
buy out the other tWO-thirds and owl
the whole paper. From then on / hae
many ups and down, but l finall,
bought the Raleigh News and Obser
yer. 1t was sold at auction for $40
600 and I got it with the aid OF
friend. 1t was hard shedding at first
but after that We made it pay well.
DO you find that your career a
; a newspaper man has fitted you 70
your present position ?'
1T seems to me that the news
lpaper is a good training for almos
any position. A newspaper man come
into contact with all kinds of people
, He learns human nature and how L
handle it, and people are much alik'
the world over. They have not change
greatly since Adam. This Navy De
partment is a big thing, but after al
| it is something like a newspaper eS
tablishment Just before / left Raj
eigh one of my friends said 10 me d
a dinner: How can you be Secre
tary Of the Navy? ou cannot sail
| ship nor shoot a gun. / replied tha
I was the editor of a newspaper, al
though / could not run a printing
{ press or a linotype. 1t is the sam
| | in this department. One does no
, lhaye to know every detail in orde
to direct it. When l came in | dit
: not know q living soul ! did no
: know my aids. nor the heads Of tn
bureaus, but | found that they wer
> men just like those whom | la
/ known in North Caroina. The mos
of them We're patriotic, nearly a.
I were fine spirited and all seemed t
! love the service like the love OF God
, The machine is good one, and
E have not seen reason to make man
t changes in il.
, But the job is big, is it not. NJ