The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-15
Margaret Busbee Shipp
By ARCHIBALD HENDERSON
IRON SKY LAND.

- losing. nay, has already we'll
sb lost. those ~inalienable and Iowa
ia traits which throughout Ameri-
,s, history ave flooded it with the
balo and glamor of romance. The
4a~,assioned oratory of bygone days
Welding place To the cold, econo-
n;. demonstration of contemporary
In,i.IatiOu-a Simmons n an Under
a.ood supplant Il Lamar and a Grady. |
The classic, spendthrift hospitality of
orte bellum days is impossible in our
oga of fierce competition ana relent-
t..s business: there is no time left for
the Iordly ease and leiSured grace of
a.. DAYS when the dusty traveller re-
snouled with quickened gratitude to
,'t,.h whole-hearted h~aspitable in
.ariptions as "Welcome ALTO Bun
comhe Hall" The attitude Of shrink
INC modesty. OF shamefaced self-de-
nrrriation. characteristic of the South
for almost q half century following
The war between the States, is yield
i'm. place to quiet reserve and that
assured self-confdence which is the
child of real power and true great
moss. The nation looks with mistaken
confidence to the South. and above
all To- North Carolina, for leadership
If his nation. both at home and
abroad. in the fulfllment Of her high
plrnuSe and prophetic distiny.
with the turn of the century, there
has come q change. inlperccptible
though il appear in orr attitude to-
wards those higher things of life-art,
literature. music. culture. the realm of
tne spirit-so inevitably obscured dur
.us The era Of twilight, when the
South. in the dimnesS of anguish,
Struggled to lay anew the foundations
nf her civilization. Everywhere to-
day. in North Carolina, in the South,
jhe eyes Of the people, are upward
turning, forward lOoklng-intent upon
,hose higher things Of life, the en-
a~nations Of genius, which measure the
true enlightenment and culture Of
any civilization.
North Carolina's constitutional in
difference to literature in the past
places her in unfortunate, indeed dis
Creditable, contrast with the New
England Of an earlier period. with the
Middle West of our own day. Orr
quiet self-satisfactiun with what is
immediate, our absorption i'll the pure
" local. have kept hidden from our
sight the larger contributions to the
real thinking and art of the time,
made by our own native writer's. The
North Carolina reaches the country,
and Europe, through the pages of the
North American Review, the Atlantic
Monthly, or Harper-s Magazines; he OF
she can only reach North Carolina
through the pages of the daily and
weekly newspaper. The nearby. the
familiar, touch u people most init
mately. The person whose writings
appear most frequently in the &C.
ceSsible medium is the best writer. be.
cause he OF she is best known. Man,
Il reputation is thus won by default
Many 81 local celebrity, as Bernard
Shaw once put it. loves his emf
hence to the fairness of the sur
Founding country"
I'm the days when the name Of Mar
earet Busbee Shipp was often signet
To stories which appeared in tn
charlotte Observer, she and her writ
ing was a theme Of constant com
ment and discussion. Yet, no soone
was she graduated from the school o
local Journalism into the broad lii
oil the American MAGAZINE world, tina,
the general public Of North CAROLYN
loSt close touch with her writings
ihoSe who know the America of tC
aay' and drink deep from the spring
oil her Astounding life, know Mar
earet Busbee Shipp. And those VIII
are concerned for the fostering Of tn
literary spirit in our midst have take
account of her work and awarded
pubic acknowledgment. The Stat
Literary Historical Associate
WIS honored with her name as secOn
'ce-presldent in 1908, as first vice
president in 1876 and she is now
nnerlper Of the executive committe,
.ne hrst woman who has ever hel
tu't position. There is Somethin
nlStaken. erroneous, in the act thu
Ne wider the national reputation {
native writer, the narrower is tn
.1nSe OF acquaintance of our own pee
:" win that writer, the smaller tn
'"edl circle of readers.
es, | do recall that Mrs. Ship
rllteS' remarked a man of statewid
,eputatlon recently. But Of course
ne'er recognize her work when l Sc
=, because l don't know her nom {
paa"e.' That remark, as the Frenc
& gave me to think f~uriously
sh 70 laugh c~onsumedly. For MI
boonPp mas no nom de plume, and q
. "ritlngs are boldly signed Ma
e'1vt busbee Shipp."
a rue most difficult art 1 know is II
VI writing successfully for IL