The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-02

A. and NJ college. at Raleigh. ard -
University Of North Carolina 7
graduated in medicine in Richmose
Va. and New York. so he u
qualified for the position.
l have examined the buildings
have been erected. There az,
dormitories that will
sixty-five children each. and q
building for dining room. kitchen
teachers. the cost OF which was SEA-.
enty thousand dollars. The buiId5-
are plain and substantial and
worth the money. There are floss.
ing wells furnishing an ample Sill
Of pure water. The western ut
regard the east as a graveyard
fore We had flowing wells and dr
pumps, we had the old styla W.
and the surface waters run into Fl.
wells. consequently We had sickre-
l nave on my plantation. in Ler..-
county, a driven pump thirty fee
deep. n the water is as pure as sru
l ever drank in the White Mount
of New Hampshire. in the moupra3r.
Of Virginia and North Carolina
am sevepty- three years old, and ther.
is not a man in the mountains nf
this State with a ruddier color or NJ h.,
is healthier than l am.
DR.. Hardy showed a plan OF tha
grounds and future buildings To s..
a SS1&N AiiAi -. Ali4t FI
erect, and when they are erected ara
with fountains playing in the parks
and refreshing the grass and flowers
it will rival the famed Elyson fields
OF course, it will take time 10 deyeia,
this property. There are now oyer
five hundred ready for admission o..
this school, and l learned Their. -.
over two thousand five hundred chill
dren Of this class in the State. Many
are grown up yet with minds Of yoauy
children. The mistake the last Lee
stature made was not in making an
appropriation to start the school. for
the building could have been read
for the reception of the pupils ers
this.
Kept to the Purpose.
| noticed tina during he recent
extra session of the Legislature. :ha
a proposition was made to convert
the SchOO for the feebie-mindnd .nta
an institution for the blind. but am
glad that wiser counsel prevailed ans
that an appropriation of Sos. 9341T
was made to open the school, which
will be done about April. 1t would
have been an insult to the generous
people of klnstOn, who donated 900
acres Of land, to have diverted the
property from the original purposes
Of the donors.
AT the regular session Of the last
General Assembly, q committee oil
three, composed Of Marsden Bellamy
Jr., on the part Of the Senate, and
T. j. Gold and w. p. White, of the
House, were appointed to investigate
the condition Of the institution. Thi.
committee visited the institution anc
made a thorough investigation ane
found everything correct, and in ac
cordance with their report the Legis
lature made the appropriation boy,
named. The Board of Internationa
Improvement detailed expert account
ants to come and audit the books
which were found correct and tn
Board of Charities investigated an'
made a favorable report. All of theS
: reports are Of public record.
[ confess l had never thought OF
t school OF his kind, and the first tim
!, l was impressed with the necessity O
such an institution was last spring.
! was walking on the streets of Noun
Olive and saw three children on tn
o street, the oldest a boy about tie
: years the next a boy of eight and
! girl about six. The older seemed t
be near-sighted and / stopped an
: talked with him, and l at once though
that he ought to be in the schoo
Tor n feeble-minded, so / wrote t
5 Dr.. Hardy about the case and he ser
: me blank application papers for ad
mission. l sent for his mother an
: filled u the papers and returne
them. and l hope that when tn
school opens he may be admitted. y
Hardy may fail to receive a just al
g probation for his labor of love f.
= humanity, but a kind. b~enignant Fatf
a er Will amply reward him. May tn
charity hat he projected. shed imper
shable lustre on his fame, may il /
!, a blessing to the unfortunate chi
= dren Of the State, and let US all che
q ish the hope hat it may enjoy bri
liant skies and golden sunshine foI
ever.
Mt. Olive, Nov. IS. 1913.