The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-16
r. d. WINSTON.

soil, the heroic sons Of New Jersey.
side by side with the heroic sons OF
North Carolina, fought and dled Tor
the freedom Of the Colonies. On TINS
field North Carolinians have cherished
| the m of those dead heroes OF
| New Jersey who marched to glorious
death on her soil and helped TO drive
the British from her borders.
Our Association has rendered to the
| National Government the patriotic
work of preserving this park. we
make this peace offering to the nation
in the dawn of the twentieth century.
Well may the nation receive 1T with
it's treasures Of patriotism, emblem OF
q. united country, a country based
upon those enduring principles of lib
erty for which heroic sons Of North
and South shed their blood on that
hallowed spot.
No Stranger in New Jersey.
l have said hat l feel but little a
! stranger in your midst. The fact is
j., the average North Carolinian feels
pretty much at home in any State Of
our Union. You find her sons every
where. delight to find them here
where they dwell in honor. / am sure
my friend, j. Warren Davis, your dis
tinguished North Carolinian, United
States Attorney, will take no exception
to the story l shall tell. In some I'M
accountable way my meeting with
him and many other North CarOlin-
ians residing in your State recalls a
story Of Private John Allen, the
Mississippi wit. When it was rop
I'd to celebrate the one hundredth an
niversary of the Louisiana Purchase
by a great exposition at ST. Louis,
John Allen was made a member of
the Congressional Commission having
the enterprise in hand. The Commits
SIGN was making heroic efforts to in
duce the different state legislatures to
make appropriations for the exposi-
ton. John Allen was sent to Arkansas
to see what he could do with the leg
iSlature then in session at Little Rock.
When he reached there and had beer
introduced to the members, he found
that many Of them were from his own
5 State Of Mississippi. When the two
houses met in joint session to heal
r what Mr.. Allen i have to say or
the subject in hand, thinking some.
! what to ingratiate himself with them
: he remarked that he was surprised tt
S discover that SO many members pres
r CIT were from the good old State O
Mississippi and while he was glad t
meet SO many of his old neighbour
v and friends again, it caused him sor
row to know that SO many of then
had left the State of their nativity. II,
e referred to the past proud history Q
O their State and her %boundless re
Y sources awaiting development, an,
IF said that he thought possibly they ha
" made a mistake in emigrating and h
ir wanted to assure them. confidential,
d that if they had all staid at home an
g stood trial, most of them would hay
been acquitted.
People One and the Same.
I'd When | see these North Caroliniar
r. adjusting themselves to your life an
merltlng your confidence; when 1 Sc
ne hurd1 of the enterprising sons {
So New Jersey putting on our ways ar
ur becoming part and parcel Of OF
IS, North Carolina life, | conclude tn;
OF your people and our people for a
al practical are one and tt
lel same. We are all come of the SAN
4. sturdy stock. We profess the san
he religion. We speak the same lal
lal suase. We read the same literatur
n We set up the same ideals in If
Ier and the same standards Of characte
I'd TIE men who were honest in Nor
or Carolina ave remained honest VIII.
they have located in New Jersey. II
mp men who were honest in New Jers
have remained honest when they ha
I'D located in North Carolina. Put Nor
Carolina here, surround us by yo
conditions and environments and up,
tie, the Sreat fundamental questions
lite, of morals, of government, '
IN would not act as you have acted. p
TO New Jersey there, surround YOU
ers our conditions and environments, a
les upon the great fundamental qut
ord tons of life, of morals, Of governme
led you would not act as we have actt
led Q would become intensely I
OF Heels: hundreds of your far sight
m sons have become SO. Put New il
sey and North Carolina in India a
both would do AS the English ha
me done there: and both would do as t
tile English have done in Australia a
South Africa; they would unite a
lelv establish those standards of fam
nu- Of religion, of duty. of citizenship.
our government best suited for the VIII
body of the people and which in
ma long run would bless, and not cur
mankind.
pri- Meet Tai Heels Everywhere.
/ remarked just now that you {
Hills meet North Carolinians every whe
5 of presume You Will conclude the
fed from that North Carolina is a 20
re- State to move from. The color