The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-17

at Mr., and Mrs. Scc1yS .s
their guests for the w..
Daniels arose ne was
with = spontaneous ova-5,
pfauSe, which moved h5,~
was apparent, and Gloon.
ed his love for his HON.
expressed IL eloquent NO.
probation II the compa,
he stood-of the rcaS. )
great JOY at being asa.r ",
olina, his native heath an
own folks. The entire eatr.
with hearty vociferatior
aneou applause called
and his response was i IL.
cerity, and what he said
lose its inspiration nor t.
memories of his State-uif.
Climbing to Sunsets II,
The chmb-either hA
macadam road or nv -rh.
the plantened top of SunS,,
from Grove Park Inn is ,l.
u iteration and reIterat5-
spring scenes and suhlu.
where else to be equaleQ
and If you time your trI
mountain so as TO Toe III
at sunset the scene and tf.
ton are not TO be deSCrt.
nor painting ana never IL
ten. Two thousand feet ana n
meath you lies the cltv of
surrounded by
and fertile valleys between. r..
ed with the mellow golden n. ,.,.
setting sun, reflected bach
varying hues from tree and
and flower and m~eander.I. ~t.,
while all around you. III ,t..
jesty, all silently from out ...h
rise adamantine walls If gr4Y
finite, boar and gray III th, ..-t...
looking as old as time. SCl, .r.
foundations Of the universe III. ii
Interchangeable. Wonder, 1t. u.,-t III
line, they form some VAST t.t.....
grander than man ever dream
whose spires verge into tE. -v
heavens towards which tI,@
and over in another dlrtct ...y
stand out like some immGet t.rt.4e
with tower and turret aud N4-,. Bod
wall, against which time ura s:..r.
winters blast and ~lShtIIu- s.
might war e~ternally ana W.t t.l.
And you, upon whom tins I,1tI.tuq
of sublimity so suddenly tdrst- Sand
daZed and Silenced oVtrWIt5u,. III
the impotence Of all uttcrafo aid
you just gaze n gaze il eos iii
the whole world VaniShes frGr Y
thought, anG, entrance ut, Bts,r
you silently worship the #nf~ =
alOne-there in the gloanIn- E
far westward to The PurIIt- l.ht
along the sunsets rim. The Hlt. d
never was on sea or lanG, tht e.f-e-
Grafton and the poet : drtsg.
Development Rests on Roads
From this eminence can ~e,n.
too, modern sand-clay and i.. 4aaM
roads traVersing the mountains uf -I
!, sides or leading across the go. .tr. ia
every direction far as the e .aT
trace, and, in fact they Imlt, lo4
as being the very inSpIraiIef Ell tEt
: astounding development that olr
! acteristic Of all this section afg O.
roads building is still kecI.u- laC'
x, with the modcrn renaissance (. rht-
{ steal progress, for e~veryWheEt to-
4 turn you see large forces ot httd'
blasting the mountain sIdes tfadAt
and building good roadS Jte N"1
!, marvel at the ~lethargy Of the p'oitt
!, of the lower country throAAhr.t th'
eastern sections of the stat nf, te
I seem content to plod Then "tt Ii
f market town OF n~eighDOThooa th4ft'
or district school through aNst he (
mud and rutS and roots that i.f
q century have diSgraced the ra1 E"
county road and dWarfed TIM a"Ne0ol
,, ment and retarded the prosper. tA'
social growth and happlne-@ 4. H
q people who are alone reSroi
the existence and continuance /. .
road conditions. Would taf
self-cOmplacent, self-retarulh-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES couio
themselves what good READS
6 been and are being c~OnStr41i
q herculean effort. through
I mont and western cOuntIe
State, and what marVeloL
s have a~ppertained for the ET
gress, prosperity and happlt'
= people.
c It has come to this. Az l.r'
d without good public roads
munity may hope for pr"@ft
q make any impression worth E
n on intelligent proSpectorS l..0
inviting locations for h0mtS
n ness.