Great Work
If the country civilization of North Carolina were organized
in every county as it is in Anson the levels of country life would soon stand
away above high water mark. The community clubs in the county number 13, the community
fairs 8, the township fairs 4, the clubs of country women 23, and the clubs of
boys and girls 22. All told, 58 county organizations in Anson. Not one of the
eight townships has been neglected, even the most remote. Every township has
from one to five country-life organizations.
And the genius who is doing this remarkable work of
organizing country life in Anson is Mrs. Rosalind Redfearn. May her tribe
increase. She needs to be multiplied a hundred times over in North Carolina.
Superintendent H.H. McLean is also lending himself and his
school forces to the home and farm demonstration agents, and setting the woods
afire in Beaufort.
The County Agricultural Association is doing the same thing
in Johnston.
The Chamber of Commerce is getting ready to do likewise in Mecklenburg.
Six thousand dollars have been set aside to do it with. What is wanted is just
the right sort of man or woman—what President Graham loved to call ‘a real
person.’ We are trying here to find such a right-hand man for these generous
business people in Charlotte.
Strange, how few real persons there are in the world. Forked
radishes was Carlyle’s phrase for the common run of men. What these
Mecklenburgers want is a man with a first-class head-piece, big visions and
policies, and effective leadership in vital concerns.
If you know him, name him. There’s a great work for him to
do in the best agricultural county in North Carolina.
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