The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26
nv BOB MATTHEW'S
staff Writer

var of W. heii
rser agriculture for North Caro-
pD~ worked as statewide assis
cl,b leader with the state col
TAU extension service from Sep
ssy nor 1917 to September Of 191;
eA wilmington and vicinity or
10 limo All clubs, with the oh
s"4ire of stimulating food produc
FV ~to win the war;"
u%a ott volunteered for the .Unitet
army in Wilmington in 1911
s Sssn but % years of age and wa
WV ontpd for the officers training
Nv" Sn at Louisville, Kentucky, oh
tS|h honorable discharge in De.
amber of 1918.
cF1 rolloving discharge from tn,
ar he was assigned to the NORTH
r,rolina department of agriculture
sor the supervision of the lat,
r+t R Parker, who was director o.
-. Farmers Institute, with the
s,ific assignment to promote the
If family milk COWS in East.
~, North Carolina.
Honeymoon At Beach
IN July of 1919 he was honey.
uaonins at Wrightsville Beach
ND while here at that time, q
..rload Of cows arrived from Union
.,nnrv and an auctioneer was need
~ hit none was to be found.
scott convinced the stock owners
+bat he knew something about dairy
s,inals and they prevailed upon
hin, to auction the cows for a fee
n SIS. Mrs. Scott granted per-
mission.
In 1924, he returned to Whining
nm as Almance county farm agent
with the extension service on a
MIR of Eastern North Carolina
with fellow Alamance county farm
orc The Wilmington Chamber OF
commerce gave Scott and his far
msr tourists a fish fry.
Scott was born on April II, 1896,
At Baw River in Alamance county
tp son of r. W. Scott and Eliz-
soeth Hughes Scott. He attended
the Hawfields high school from
1909 10 1918 and the North Caro-
lima State college from 1913 to
1911. where he received the bache-
III. of science degree in the School
II Agriculture.
He has served as president and
rce-president of the N. C. Dairy
association, president of the state
tarners convention in 1884, vice.
PRESIDENT of the State Jersey Cat
lie club, member of the World War
,eerans loan fund commission,
member of the Rural Identification
Authority from 1885 to 1887, and a
member of .-.e N. C. Cotton Grow
ss Cooperative association.
n. c. Grange Master
Scott was master of the II. c.
State Grange from 1881 to 1888,
during whloh time he accomplished
The leading organization record for
the past 81 years of the Grange,
which is the Oldest farm organiza-
ton in the nation. He was elected
E commissioner at the Presbyterian
General Assembly at Montreal in
1889.
A pioneer advocate of rural re-
habilitation on a statewide basis,
Scott was the first person in the
state to make a public address ad-
mcating the same electrical service
for rural people as that enjoyed by
those who live in thee cities. He
made this address before the
Statesville Chamber Of Commerce
in 1881,
Scott served as Alamance county
agricultural agent from 1920 to
1880, during which time he organ
lied the worlds largest Jersey calf
club. This record at present leads
the world.
While serving as regional chief
Tor the Farm Credit Administra-
ton, he organized five southeastern
states in the Farm Debt Adjust
lsnt program, saving thousands
Of farmers in these five states
nom foreclosure and dispossession.
His father was Robert Walter
Scott, a prominent farmer and
statesman, serving in the general
assembly five times as representa-
i've from Alamance county and
@lce as senator from the Sixteenth
district, and served for 27 years on
Inc state board Of agriculture.
Family of Educators
Ills mother, Elizabeth Hughes
scott, belonged to a family of edu-
ca'ors, A great uncle, David Kerr,
was one Of the founders of the
s'ate fair and was one of the first
exhibitors.
AS a high school senior, sixteen
seafs old, Scott was manager OF
@e Hawfields Community Fair,
"aich was operated on a success
~ financial basis. The next year
S'en a freshman at State college,
~ was manager Of the Hawfields
Immunity Fair, directing activi-
'Es from the college campus.
AS a college senior with a group
y" fellow students without faculty
mSlStance and direction, Scott held
"e 1lrst agricultural fair at State
wAege. This event became the
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