The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-08
North Carolina In
Navy Department
Continued from Page Seyen.)

t-fotic counsel. In the midst or the
most exciting disc ussion in the cabinet,
amid the seyerest conflict OF opinion,
the clear head and pure heart of Mr..
Dobbin. like the sweet South"
breathed the spirit Of Cancellation and
concord: and ne was cheered in his
course by Mr.. Dobbin's matches and
winning influence. OF such Il man, he
added. any State might we'll be proud.
Josephus Daniels.
More than half a century passed
after Mr.. Dobbin laid down the duties
OF bis office before they were again
taken up by a North Carolinian. The
career of MIR. Dobbin's latest success
sor is illustrative OF a very Significant
difference etween the ante-belium
and the p~ost-bellum South. He did
not graduate at the State University,
he did not look to the bar for adj
vancement. he did not take the
stump" AS the stage on which to
play his part. The pen, not the tongue,
has been his weapo OF warfare. He
has risen into influence and position
not through the spoken but through
the written word. Such a career was
not possible in the North Carolina
OF Branch and Badger. Of Graham
and Dobbin. 1t was Josephus Daniels
who made 1t possible in the North
Carolina of our own day.
North Carolina journalism has given
~ President Wilson's administration
his Secretary of the Navy and his Am
bassador to the Court Of st. James
In the early eighties Mr.. Walter Page
established at Raleigh the State
Chronicle, Of which he was sole owner,
editor and publisher. Financially the
entet prise was not a brilliant success,
and Mr.. Page came to the conclusion
that there was no future for journal
ism in North Carolina. Another
youthful editor. Joscphus Daniels. of
the Wilson Advance, saw the situation
with clearer vision. AS he was am
bilious to own n edit a paper at
the State Capital, and Mr.. Page was
eager to get rid OF h one he had
there. the two found no difficulty in
making a trade. and In 1885 Mr.. Dan
ie,s succeeded Mr.. Pare on the
Chronicle. Every maxi $ work Is
born when he comes into the world.
said Mr.. Daniels recently, land the
special service-tO catch the heavenly
vision, SO to speak. and is not dis
Obedient thereto-is the man who lives
after his body returns to mother
earth" Mr.. Daniels thought he was
speaking OF his beau ideal OF a states
man, Nathaniel Macon: in reality he
was speaking Of himself. Mr.. Dan
lctS Was DOTu du cQlSOE. IL OS InC
chief of North Carolina journalists.
TO own M direct the policy of a
great North Carolina newspaper-this
has been his ambition: all his other
activities, political, educational, sociO-
logical. have been subordinate to this
n consuming purpose. He has
achieved It, but not without 4 stuggle.
From that day In 1895 when he be-
came the owner OF the Chronicle to
that day nine years later when the
Chronicle absorbed its last rival In the
State capital. and even took it's name
his career was a long. continuous up
hill fight. characterized by hard work
enthusiasm. singleness OF purpose, per.
sistency. foresight, and self-confidence
"Your truly great man." said he. again
consciously speaking OF Mr.. Macon
unconsciously Of himself, has q sin
~Ele-barrel mind, travels a straight
line, reaches proper conclusions. doe
the work whereuntO he Il appointed
and seeks no fame through the per
TO him that he feels it's coInpulsion
just as surely as h man called t.
preach has always ringing in his ear
the inward monitor, Woe is me il
preach not the Gospel"
Few people can be found rho vii
say that Mr.. Daniels always reache
proper cOnclusions, but perhaps ther
are fewer still who Will deny that h
has a Single barrel mind that h
travels a straight line. that he doe
the work whereunto he Is appointed
and h a ne feels the compulsion G
duty with a force rot to be resisted
In the great political. educational, SO
Cial n moral contests which hav
u h interest OF the people q
North Carolina in recent years, he an
his paper have always been four
fighting for the betterment of cond!
lions. for progress. for the uplift {
Though he has been on tn
advance line Of every political conte.
IN North Carolina for more than
quarter Of a century. his bitterest Ell
emies land he. like every other fore
ful man has them) have never a,
cused him If organizing party IA.
tons. Or manipulating party naachil
cry to advance his own personal amb
tions Until his appointment to II
present position. with a single unin
portant exception, he has been consis
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