The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-07
Journalists Who Are Assets.

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Journalists WHO Are Assets.
At Southport / listened to Ham
mer Of AshebOro as he spoke of the
Southport harbOr II l said to my
self, my boy you are a bigger as
set to your state than any harbor in
it. Hammer, physically, is a bigger
man than old Grant. | reckon his hat
corresponds in size to the rest Of his
clothes, for it overs a head with
something in it. Some Of them who
know Hammer best say he is a self
made man. Others in whose judS-
ment L have equal confidence say his
wife had a prominent hand in the
job. l do not argue the question. /
merely nov that Hammer is one Of
the substantial great assets of North
Carolina, for he is a thinker and an
outspOken exponent of his thoughts.
In a discussion on the floor at the
meeting, / do not recall the question,
Dowd, of Charlotte defended an as
sailed position. Several were after
him, and all wanted to grab for his
hide at once. He informed them that
he could not provide enough to go
around if they came together, but if
they would come in some kind Of or
der he would meet all of them, to the
finish. SpartacuS, the old Thracian
gladiator, who wOuld meet the RO-
mans in punches if they cared to come
was merely a forerunner Of DoWG
But O all know Dowd better than
l do, so it is no use for me to give
him any credentials, a thing that is
not in my line, anyway. A man
makes his own credentials. / simply
use him as an illustration of assets
A fellow who stands up before the
meeting and says turn them all loose
one after the other until / nave finish
ed the whole lot is an asset.
And SO is Jones, from up there al
Brevard, d little mountain town that is
fortunate in having such an asset
Some day Wade Harris, or Caine. OIL
H~ilderbrand or E1 Britton, will be
trying to shanghai Jones and get him
into a bigger town, but I have already
warned him to stay where he is an(
help make his own town progressive
and broad and a credit to the stat.
and the nation, and to let the bis
towns take care of themselves.
High Rank FOR Poe.
Lee and Grant did not win the bat
ties. George Pickett and Sheridan
and Stonewall and Sidney johnson
and Sherman, and Meade and thos'
fellows bearing the brunt, brought tn
victories hat were won. Poe toll,
US the editor must be a crusader.
need not tell you what an asset Clar
ence Poe is to the state. He is NOR
than that. He is an asset Of tn
South, of the whole union, Of tn
entire globe. l rank this young fel
lOw Poe with Priestly, Edison, Henr
BeSSemer, and that bunch which dis
covered things. Bessemer d~iscovere,
a way TO convert pig iron into stee
: by a short cut, and became a benefac
tor of the world. Poe is d~iscoverin
a way to convert men into more eff
: cient helpers of themselves. Men al
: or more than pig irOT
1 That's the way l classify an asset lik
4 Clancy"
/ may as we'll allude to that fierc
old tar the secretary of the navy, on
e of the editors who wrote tina at h
t last minute he found business so rush
e ing he could not &c away to join tn
party at Wrightsville. 20 DaniaI
n they call him down here, and if / ha
e as many friends as 10 Daniels woui
y feel like living a thousand years .iu.
S to enjoy the friendship. Wilson h
recognized J~osephus Daniels as an a
S set. The whole civilized world begir
q to get his measure. He is also OF
Of the assets of North Carolina.
To Wade Harris, n of the D
newspaper men of the United Stat
is due in a way the careful nurtul
e and development OF that magnificei
o character in North Carolina newsp:
it per work Young" Harker, of Ma.
e ton. A cad ringer for Col. Alex Nj
Clure, one Of the most polished, scho
r arly and dignified Of the old school
Is newspaper men, I would insist that
e MaXton did not have a thing on ear
a but this gentle, kindly soul it wou
ID nave an asset to make the place wor
20 while. My neighbor, if [ had the U
r dering of your years, you would D
d Methuselah in the infant class VIII
e, it comes to age records, for it is
mystery to me that Azrael. that u
~ merciful tyrant, should even have yo
ut name on his list.
Sc Mother BoXlin'
l. Two were at the meeting fro
IN Wadesboro, Mrs. Boylfn, who is t
he actual mother of her own flock. a.
I'd as near as / could judge, the adopt
.ir mother Of enough young folks to i
clude almost half of Arson coun
he You talk about the Father Of t
of fatherless, it is curious that the m
tie the of the motherless has been owe
Is, looked. But we found her here
C. the meeting, and besides being a go
no fellow and a good newSnapar m