The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-29
The Sandhiiis Crowd Live
Wires and Short Circuits.
Continued from Page One.)


and each other. The other
day they had Secretary Houston, of
n Department Of Agriculture, dow
to attend a meeting and make an ad-
dress at Aberdeen, and the Secretary
told the story when he said that be-
fore his appointment to the Cabinet
he had never heard Of the Sandhills,
and that since his appointment he
heard from them every day or two,
either in regard to some scheme for
farming or a request to come down
and ak to the people, OF something
else to let him know the region was
alive and doing something.
Another Big Occasion.
People came for miles from ali
around the country to hear the Sec
rotary, and he stirred things up prop
erly. Two days after he had been in
the Sandhills at Aberdeen the Board
Of Trade arranged for a banquet at
the Highland Pines Inn at Southern
Pines. Any where here is in the Sand
hills Board Of Trade belt, and that
spirit Of community effort afforded
DR.. Clarence Poe a theme for his
talk at the banquet at Sout. elm Pines.
DR.. Poe and DR.. D. H. Hill, Of A. and
M. College were the speakers, and
they caught the sentiment of the
meeting and Of the situation in most
happy style. They spoke of education,
Of specialization, Of the accomplish
ment of purpose, and Of immigration,
and gave the Sandhillers something
more to think about.
The banquet was out Of the regular
order, just as most Of the things these
folks do are out Of the ~stereotyped
style. In the first place the Highland
Pines Inn is q big tourist hotel, fine
in the hair and costly in it's appoint
ments. But it is in the hands OF two
Of the most cordial men ON earth,
Creamer and Turner, and they know
how to TX up a dinner to fit the man
rom broadway and the man from
Quewhiff1e township sitting side by
side at the same table, and how to
ADAPT h atmosphere to the crowd.
All kinds Of gear were present from
spike tails to khaki and Van Dyke
WhlSkerS sat opposite billy goat chins
and both were sociable and glad. They
came IN from the farm and villages
for twenty or thirty miles, and prob
t ably It was the most democratic din
ner that was ever served in any hotel
, IN this section of the United States
That is one Of the results of this
Board Of Trade. The people are get
ting together. Another thing abou1
the affair is tina it was organized or
q hase OF making every fellow feel a
home. President Derby and Score
tary Davis arranged a schedule thai
was appreciated.
Distinguished Visitors.
AS the soup was arriving Mr.. Derb,
: arose TO read two kilograms, one say.
ing that w. J. Bryan would arrive or
the eight O'Clock train but not to keer
dinner waiting for him, and the othe,
signed by Theodore Roosevelt convey
ed the tidings hat he would pop 500,
7 after the trouble had started.
e Presently an usher called out at tn,
door that w. J. Bryan had come an,
/ q distinguished looking statesrna,
with a big fur coat and impressiv
l. bald spot was received by Mr.. Derb'
and led to a chair at the side Of d.
e Poe. AS he had made his voice IN
dependable 1ecturing at Guantanamo
e Col. Bryan could not talk. but in ex
X tenuadon he had brought some hun
e dred bottles OF grape juice, and a doy
OF peace hovered over the Wheelbar
u row IN which be brought the gran
'e juice 50 ell was forgiven. About TN
II time Col. Bryan and DIR. Poe had he
: come r~ecoEciled to each other a ma
q or s~pectactes under q Rough Wake
e Rat, over a bristling moustache An
. San Juan smile, surrounding a khal
~ UNIFORM and a pistol big enough I
IT, pound stone with, breezed into tt
hall, and an usher introduced Co
=" Roosevelt. The colonel insisted ON
rev words, and pulled his GIN