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to flght a battle aearoc laaa heroic
than had been hia clash at anna. 1b
Mr. Morgan tha factory where to
■hnpj H area aew merited. by a Mae
■tjvtoa, tangled and tortetadmttha
tha hwi'erte aa it wafted h
aaaobi, tha aad af everythin* material
«■ winch be bad builded hto hopes.
Ufa bad to ba began over. But to
tha paurtdoueo of Gad a Uttla eon
eaUl to the arijt—hud bad saved
• —aP. dilapidated factory, Beaver
Crash r—p bp a—a, tba twa betas
aa near together that tha vwadal aoi
dtavaaaM not bat tba factory with
out dastroying tha min, and be need
ed the mill to grtod Ma meal. When
tha Brill was no lngir aaadld, the
factary aaeaaad to ba forgotten, and
to aa— arrange way H stood oat
anaodg the ilrvartaliaa around, saved.
Ban Mr. Morgan found emptoymaat
•» «— atotoat, aad far a year ha ro*
patoad. ndttod and rebuilt tba ma
cbteaa la Ola factary, aad me with
hto awn bands buiH m machines for
it.
Haw Ihw tendered Mr. Morgan the
eupertatendency of Granite MM. on
Haw River, whkh poelbon Mr. Mor
m Md for awreral yearn. While
ham he invented the Bret aaeeaaafnl
appliance of Hs kind and auwafM
•■•I to a Maeksmlth ahop, with only
tha naaea aatflt of nek ahcpe, a
| new** for heavy water-wheel gataa
jta tufefoaa, which govaiaoe gave par
faet aathfaattoa. a thlag not therato
to* aiinnillik it. Oaa af exactly
tha aaaa patten ia at thia day to ear
Haa ai Rfchaaoad Cotton Mille in Scot
toad Coonty. Tha capacity of thia
Itoto Mr. Morgan waaagad H; bat tha
waa vaay heavy, and Mr. Mar.
(••n't health failed ta- aocfa aa axtent
. *• *•*. a*ti»H to give it op
j “ioT1' " tondaaod hie raaig
MB la mama .ilM a _ - - a ^ a a •
ry »• my productive in cottoi * which
** bringing a high prica at that
*«aa. Tha work in cotton fla da was
aaaa attractive to meat labor! Kg peo
who wage hard to gat ink • eottoa
aUk. Mr. Morgan walked Jtraagh
ha aaneundlag country p« -aaaally
alkitiag tha services ad and 1 labor.
ira aa were property opaa so. each
«Pmh and by hia parsot al eaa>
act with prospective labors ra pro.
acting tea character of the l UD eet
kamat by act taking paaph whose
ippaaraaca seemed to Indkat i crtml
ad tsndenoka. In truth, whi la soch
wracaal soUcItetion has loa« 1 tinea
■aanad, ha hna always aadaai wad to
»rateet tha character of hk p< opts by
mtadteg tha vteloes. eeiaoeh ao that
t k a matter sd pride often referred
a by hk more experienced her ids that
key won with Mr. Morgan aw long.
War k this confined te hk mill' epere
dvns, bad applies to hk term laborers
md tenants aa wall.. »
The product of tha factory a^aa sold
In these days in flvo-potmd brinks or
rtaribaa to small mawhaata afld avaa
lag tha prablam af disposing td*tke
thread quite a diflteult aaa. Ha hk
trevering through the ahmfaadlag
——My took the fora ad aoekar
after laborers and alas natnaimn On
aaa occasion, approaching aa foot a
mbmantial farmhouse near Bight, ha
lodging for tha night, which
l, contrary te the Waal
Scotch custom. Aa Mr. ITn».
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stockholder and was irssillssit of the
Rod Springs Cotton Bead OU and Pnr.
tOixor Company. He was also enga*
•d largely in agriealtare, ami had
achieved success In this aa well ea In
his ether pursuit*. But for hie greet
<* reputation aa a manufacturer ha
would be widely and favorably known
aa a prominent farmer of the Bute.
The same thoroughness that ha dis
played In hia favorite vocation
marked hia operations in every other
field of endeavor. HU eminmrtly
practical mind, correct in judgment
and unflagging in attention to detail*,
united to n superior Intelligence,
made him a asastar in every line ef
work that ha tapk up, while the sx
aaapU of hU success and the {aspir
ing result of hia bnslnoei operations
hava bean of great and permanent
benefit fa developing confidence fa
those industrial enterprises sad pro
meting the establishment of more
factories fa Us section of the State.
A factor that entered largely into
hia success waa hia genial humor, droll
and quiet, often hitting off a subject
with an incident aptly illustrating the
ease, provoking laughter and good
haaor without in an^ degree lotting
down the high tone of Ms conversa
tion. In kls dealings with his em
ployees the kfadUntes of hia nature
was ever assertive. Those of hia aa
ployees whose three and characters era
worthy looked open Urn as a true
friend and benefactor after they got
to know hint and thoroughly under
stand him.
■**»« te struggle for his own
practically without in
struction m soch as hi* uiated
mother fare hiss after their day's
cams had drawn upon their strength,
timd, with no trained f sac her to guide
hiM, he learned well the value of an
education, and te his death daplorad
the fact that the daor of the aofaooV
rooaa waa dosed te. him almost hefosa
•• — ■ — —_-_ - _
trust-os to Ms sum acquirements ah
taMsd under such dlficaltiee bod
helped to give his always modest na
ture a dHBdcwcs which made him
Mow to assort blame* in public, and
has often deprived these who meted
hear Mm gladly of his Aim insight In
to mottoes when in deliberative as
semblies. He always had a lively
intorest ia schools, and had aided aa
analty in girisg educational advant
ages to Ms community. His children
he sdunatod Uberally. It la Iaeidaat
aAy a matter of pride that his J
sr. Mrs. Margaret Morgan MoOtera
Atoefner^eTBeTlMriUs, HhrifeCwI
Hardly ever a /oar passed that Ms
means did not spaa the door for earn*
I thought I would help thorn to larger
accommodations and greater usaful
noaa, and ao I gave than tha monos
for the bonding.”
The building Is known as "Morgan
Halt" On May 18, 1BO*. ths Grand
Lod*» ■ <* Maaoaa laid the corner
atnna, on which la the following- in
scription: “Morgan Ball. Eroctod
toy Mark Morgan in Honor of kte
Wife. Margaret, and aa a Gift to tha
Woman of North Carolina."
Let ao otto consider that this gift
indicated lack of fine church pride in
Mr. Morgan, for sack is not ths case.
U« was broad enough to look beyond
and above all church lines, but waa
wall known to thoee about him to bo
faithful and true to hia own church,
the church of Us fathers.
Mr. Morgan had asvsr hold public
oJBee until 1*08. Ha was the hen
ored representative of Scotland
County in the General Assembly of
Nerth Carolina, being chairman of
t*w Committee aa Manufacture and
I*bor, besldea holding other impor
tant assignments. Ha had cast
•gainst him only sixty-five votes out
»f ■ ‘««*l Population of nearly 18,000.
Mr. Morgan was a Master Mason, af
WMting with Laoriaburg Lodge. No.
Mr. Morgan’s home lift wsi that
of beautiful devotion to hU wife
•hd child ran. Ha was meat happily
*• “•* “> Mite
Maigaicl U Cameron, daughter of
Mr^AngaaCaiaaroB of Johnsocrtlle,
Harnett County, North Carolina. Be
tween then) there was a blending
** kite, a molding of soul, that t—d
»ted* the twain one in hop^ heart, as
piration. purpose; the one strength.
«nmg the other, sharing and lighten
ta» the burdens, bowing together over
the Mar of the little daughter, able to
«7. "It k wall with the ehlMi" later
beyond and bohold kin glorilled
beckon teg them to their eternal homo
. To •MM Mr*. Morgan wero bore
four children; M. Lander, who mor
riod Mlm Eugenio Mirrtnon. She
in February. IBM, to bo followed
by him Mar 1*. IBM. leering lire
*|WW»-a-ele. Mareu, Montooo.
■dwin, William Lauder and Eugene
Arrowood.
* **'*bUr- Mioo Lean, married
Mr. WUham H. Mocrinoa (brother ef
Mm. M. L. Morgan).
The yoangeot child, a daughter,
Miea Margaret, Bret married Dr. K.
A. Blue, and after Mo death married
Mr. A. F. McGwire.
Mr. Morgan aloo huOt and garo
to fee atomic to the choceoo of
Meath Carolina on Eptoneeal Chareh
to the tow. of Laretohreg, to -emere
•d Me tea, ML L. Morgan, Mo tort
wife, Mm. —gnu MrngM. and Mo
totoHWar, Ida MaOoy Morgan, do
WHKN A. D. CURRIE FINANCED
LECTURE TOURS.
(Continued from pen X.).
Whan ha did gat than he found that
a hig picnic, had bam arranged, and
despite tha fact that the lecture had
ham advert! led for • o’clock that
night, and without consulting him, tha
hour had beau changed to « In tha af
ternoon.
“Whan I arrived In Long Pood,"
aajru Ur. Currie, “they hud changed
ail my plant end I could sea my ruin.
Dinner waa aver and BUI wai having
* rtwat time and had evidently over
teoked me entirely. The folks began
toBoek about me and brag on am for
BIU to Long Pood. Nothing
would do but that I must hare my
dinner, and air, they turned me into
one of tha finest dins ere you ever
“w. There woe u great big turkey
that had never been forked, and they
juet turned it over to me. 1 knew
that I waa not going to gat any
money, and m I triad te recover some
of tha value that I knew I was gulag
ttat tUno«’ Md whan
' ***? *cUh»d *•» turkey eras e ruin
ed bird.
“I took Bill off, talked to him sod
to convince him that since the
•aetnre had been advertised for tha
night, we had better efuit, but' ha
•aid that Bod Adams thought tha
afternoon waa tha lime to hare K.
aad that was when It would hare to
1 eouldut change hie my
“Altar paying all my billa amt my
«thar BUI hU |70. 1 had jart »* laft
to aatiafy tha big ambition I had whan i'
I atartad oat."
“Whan tha Lang Pood lactura ha- !„
«*» to gat toward tha waak apd, I ;
nddlad up and htt tkt pflta for Allay 4
as laat aa I could."
“Wall, Mr. Ctirria,
dJ b L&\zWg83m
■« atfltlar tho Rip Row, which
w*0 published in Naibrfllo, Toon. I
*r«d to |!t. him «60 to eomo to
ntacorald. I eoacatrod ftp idn that
ataea Diek wan aoeb a r»d hotwzitm'
tint ho oo«M leetoro aad majrbo with,’
■aooo omen than Bill. I than Uv*l‘
at Oaierfiold, and chartered aa exeur~
■ion train to run from Ootoriiold to
VitiCaiak) for tho nceoboa. Nobody,
not on tho train, nobody cam# to
haar Diek; bo «ot and aad tamed kin
betare into a aodaliotle mooch aad
I bat fn-" ‘ ”,
*“*• yoo qtdt ImiwIm lootuio
bn foe oditpn. Mr. Currikr*
"Taa, aowr no non for mo.- *