The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-19
EVER KEEN FOR THE BEST
Its model Community Will
Become Notable All Over The
Country Something About
The Unusual Work Being
Done at SaIemburg-Rura
School Supervision
(By T.. 4. OLDS.)


In the town of Clinton, in The
court house square, there is to stand
Al Confederate monument, of granite
and bronze. OF course there are Such
monuments in many other places, and
they represent in a way the scenes of
more than SO years ago when at the
court house the men rallied to the
colors, were organized and marched
away. the court house green typifying
the central point of activity of the
county.
But this monument, Of which the
corner-stone was laid last Friday, was
thus begun under the shadow, more
or less faint. but yet a ado OF
another impending war. that with
Mexico, and this put q truly national
spect upon the occasion in all its
features. The national flag ffoated
here and there, children, marching
with hands full of flowers, carried also
the flag Of the united country. and
the Confederate veterans cooked at it
with Il new tenderness, and at their
young men in khaki. who might be
called upon to depart at any hour, as
their minds went back to the scenes
Of 1S61-5.
And so during the ceremony it was
beautiful 10 see the battle flag of the
one-time Confederacy laid in the re-
cess in the cornerstone by an officer
in the army of the Lost Cause, which
after all was not lost. since it taught
fortitude, bravery and loyalty, and to
see "Old Glory laid beside it in the
same receptacle by the captain Of the
local company of the National Guard,
sturdy and manly. a type of the men
Of 1914.
1t was worth while to walk down
the ranks of the veterans, standing
there, TO see a smart sergeant of the
present day making a roster of the
names. and to hear them say how
glad they would be for an opportu-
nifty to serve Uncle sam against
Mexico.
SIMPSONS County Commencement.
Fifty counties in North Carolina
have had this yea what have come
TO be known as county
ments. This idea originated in the
mind of l.. J.. Matthews. the superin.
tendent of public education of the
good county of Sampson. 1t was {
JOY to see him Thursday at the fourth
county commencement which tina
county has held, and to hear the trib
utes paid him by such men as DR.. A
y. Bourland, the secretary of tn,
southern Board of Education. Alert
keen-eyed, resourceful and yet a
modest as a Mr.. Matthews re
ceived the just compliments and ap
plause which the thousands Of people
gathered in the new and specially ar
ranged tobacco warehouse, which vii
be the auditorium of the county TO
the next five years. gave this modes
teacher, thinker and doer.
The county commencement idea i
a gripping one, as Raleigh and WAX
county know we'll from their frs
taste Of such an event, for in no wa
can the people of city, town and coun
try be so thoroughly united as by thi
simple, yet effective method. TIL
idea is spreading not only over tn.
state but over the country and tn
county, commencement has come t
STAY.
Sampson county is nothing if nc
hospitable, n the people there, Nc
content with a mere parade, provide
dinner for the great throng. Every
thing showed warm-heartedness an
old-time neighborliness, for thes
things have not gone out of Mort
Carolina life, thanks to the most n,
mogeneous population in all III
United States. In ANorth Caroiir
there are as yet zone of the banefr
influences which have unsettled tr,
Americanism IN SO many sections
the country.
A feature of the parade was IL
floats. these being put on by the rur
schools. and they showed many thing
among them intense pride in IL
schools. taste in decoration and in IL
dress of the children, and the +
Elected the ever growing sentiment
favor of public education as truly
did the big and handsome scho
house in the town of Clinton, a bull
ing which would be bic to al
city in the State. In a dozen yea
wonderful things have come to pa
in the country sections and they a
an influence Of vast effect. T.
chool are femaking country II
The high school is giving the ccun