The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-05-11

wealth. OF the state and to free her
from her economic dependence on Nir-
sinia and southern Carolina. Thu
leading features ri his program We're.
First. the Improvement OF means ~
transportation IN the State. second.
the building up Of markets within
North Carolina by developing com
merclal centres at advantageous
points: and third, the drainage II
I te Swamps OF the East and the re-
~clarrAtion of their lands for a~sricul-
turai purposes.
In education Murpney> program
appeared in two reports to the Gen
efai Assembly. one in 1915 and the
other in 1917, and in a bill introduced
in the senate in 1877. These formed
the model for he public school sys-
ten later established.
David Lowry SWANS name i in
separately connected with the great
struggle for constitutional reform.
Western man, he had, nevertheless.
the confidence and esteem of the Fas,
and was thus enabled TO play a lead
ing part in occurring the needed re-
vision OF the constitution. He was in
tereSted in education and in internal
improvements: but. an eminentiv
practical man. he realized that neither
were possible while the outWorn on
Stltutlon remained a barrier to State
unity, State consciousness. and State
progress. His chief work Of the pc
rlod was in promoting the cause and.
as Il member Of the convention, when
finally secured, serving as the leader
of the Western forces in that body.
; Election Not Popular One.
In 1883 his political career ended
E and he entered upon d third of Il
century service as president of the
University. His election was not a
popular one. for he seemed to tn.
p1h1jc linfitra1 for L;c toSI- H. 81,
cation was not Of the sort that usually
qualities a man for the presidency OF
an institution of higher learning: but
Swain was no usual man. His sue
p cess was remarkable and, as Mr.. Con
nor says, amply vindicates the jude-
ment of those who placed him at its
head. He gathered around him the
> ablest faculty in any institution of the
!. sla~ve-holding States, he extended AND
enriched the courses of study, he in
creased the number OF students from
~ 80 to upwards Of 400. and he place.
N the University first among the collie
> glate institutions Of the South. Blu
NC his greatest service was his persona
: influence on the young men witt
whom he came in contact. AS grea
as had been his own personal shar
% in shaping the history of the State,
= was as nothing in comparison wit
what he did through his influence i
= lIioINlhS tIc d11 pm
rs the careers of her future leaders.
no Wiley Practical Builder.
is With Calvin H. Wiley we come t
one OF the practical builders VIII
erected the edifce which Murpphe
of had planned. A lawyer and an ed
in tor. he vas in addition a close stu
dent of the social characteristics, ter
,r- denotes, and conditions Of the CON
w. munity. D~isheartened and disguise
&c, with many of the things which /
ief ound existent. he came to the COZ
in clusion that public education was tt
he remedy for them and the only on
'rk A study OF the workings Of the schO'
he law convinced him of the necessity f
It's, the creation of the office of Sta
ess superintendent, and he thereupon d.
ew voted all his energies to securing IL
vas reform. Elected to the Legislator
as he failed the first time TO secure II
of passage Of his bill: but in 1852 he W;
OF successful and. although a Wing. /
ia was at once, by a Democratic Legi
nee lature, elected to the position and
of January |, 1858, at the age of thirt
ing four, he entered upon his great tas
&C The limits of this paper forbid a
discussion of his work here, but
t a one is better qualified than Mr.. Co
nor TO discuss Wiley. and his sket,
4. a includes a vivid picture of Vile,
ties work and accomplishment.
nd John Motley Morehead.
;, a In JOh Motley Morehead is fOuI
of the man who holds the same positi
t, a with respect to internal improvement
,at- that Wiley holds to public educate
her A practical man Of affairs as we'll
a successful lawyer. Morehead W
of more. He had lighted his torch Wi
ank Murphey's fire and in a later and mo
in fortunate time. il fell to his lot I
ne only 10 plan, but to build. AS &C
be- ernOr, he proclaimed his gospel TO I
eat State, but it was not as governor tf
-ual he built, but as a private citizen. I
hat messages educated, but MOrehead n
,uld retired when they bore their fruit.
true was in a real sense the father Of I
and North Carolina Railroad, for he v
lib largely instrumental in securing I
oya- charter nd Thp npCpSSarL Sli DSCrlDt