The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21
Butler Answers.
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As the river opened before us sud
denly without giving much time to
think | answered him that without a
minute or two for reflection L could
not of hand say whether | regarded
IL as pathetic or a crime.
What a picture flashed on US from
the turn Of the road az we approached
the bridge,
On either side a steep. high bill.
Below us the rapids OF Deep River.
the water tumbling over the rocks in
it's furious haste to get away.
What | saw in the fash was power.
Power that had been running away
there day after day. unintermittently,
since the days when the morning
stars first sang together. Power to
turn wheels unlimited. Power run
ming away with just the same sublime
Indifference that has characterized it
for countless ages.
Pathetic? Think Of the work that
river could do il it had a master.
Think OF the service it could perform
without worrying it in the least. for
it would just as willingly surge
through a wheel pit and pay its toll
in achievement as to tumble aimlessly
over the rocks.
Not a Crime.
\ crime? Hardly. for this neglect
70 use q mighty force is simply one OF
omission. People have not been aware
that il is here and available. Yet
you shake your head as you look at
it and hin that certainly where Ma
ture has been SO prodigal man should
take advantage of the opportunities.
We entered the old bridge. and
crossed TO the other side, and followed
the road up the river. Tumbling over
the rocks comes the river, power de-
veioping at every rocky obstacle.
Power. power, power, the river roar
inceSSantlI Ora yitV the law tina
swings worlds. unceasing in it's inf1u-
ences. unlimited in it's tremendous
ability. is there. ready to become the
willing slave Of men, and asking moth
ing but that the obstacle in its way
shall be a size sufficient to concen-
trate the power instead Of break i
up into useless little units.
Deep River is a place to study NORTH
Carolina.
To study the river some knowledge
of the geology of the State is neces
sary. North Carolina geologicaIly il
Of the widest interest. In the ives
end OF the State are the primary for
man. At the coas are the most re
cent creations. On the coast ney
land is making every day. In tn
Piedmont is the dividing line.
Deep River rises in the high groun'
IA flows toward The sea through on
III ne EothleSt SetllOnS OF the StaJe
Farther west the mountains are high
er. but Deep River rests on the sub
stantial rock floor of the State.
In Sone of the gigantic struggles G
Nature the central part of North Car
DINA experienced violent agitations
the surface. Rocks that had lain i
docile fashion flat in their beds, wer
distorted in all ways. and along tn
Deep River channel the schists al
standing on their heads instead {
quietly stretching out like order
rocks should.
The Deep River rocks are no inits
ton kind. They are Of the endurin
sort like the hills around about Jerl
salem. that stand fast and abide fol
ever.
Power. Power. Power.
SO for ages the torrents of Dee
River have tumbled over the endul
ing rocks. which defy weather. wat'
or anything else. and mile after mi
Of the stream is whipped to a frot
by the continual rush of the currel
downward toward the sea.
Power, power. power. was IL
ceaseless chorus that rose from ii
restless stream. What a wealth
energy is here to be bound down f
the service of mankind
Deep River is not one Of the fir
magnitude streams of the State. Y
il is big enough to illustrate its ov
story. IT comes down from the u
lands of Guilford county falling fro
the time il leaves the Southern raI
road in Guilford until il enters Il
Cape Fear. which with the Haw
forms. a distance of almost six hu
dred feet.
The average fall OF the river is
tri'e less than six feet to the mi
This fall is right uniform all the wa
The stream catches the rainfall
over thirteen hundred square mil
N brings to the Cape ear any
that water that does not e~vaporate
escape into the soil.
\ Force OF Enormous Power.
II brings a force capable of exc
ing an enormous power. | have
idea how much. | know ii is enou
to drive wheels in vast number a
TO make of this wooded valley t
seat of marvellous industry.
The Deep River has been the see
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