Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-06-30
TWO MARTINSBURG LADIES
GRADUATE WITH HONOR TO THEM
SELVES AND THEIR LITERARY
EFFORTS DO CREDIT TO
THEIR TOWN.


SELVES AND THEIR LITERARY
EFFORTS DO CREDIT TO
THEIR TOWN.
Among the graduating class Of 1873
at Wilson College, Chambersburg,
were two of Martinsburg's most &C
complished young ladies. Miss Lorena
Flick. only daughter of Hon. w. 81.
H. Flick, and Miss Belle Stewart,
daughter of VIM. It. Swewart. Esq,
President of the National Bank.
From the reports in the Chambers
burg papers THE HERALD makes
some extracts, as a matter of pride
and encouragement not only to the
young ladies and their friends, but to
the people of the town and county, SO
devoted to the cause of education.
Much of the force and effect of a
literary production depend upon its
delivery, and are therefore lost in the
mere reproduction of words; and
further injustice is done the merits OF
the whole by newspaper reporting
and condensing.
1.-THE NEW SOUTH"
was an appropriate subject for the es.
sayist coming from its borders. bound.
ing the told" by memory and
descent and the "new" by birth
and associations. 1t was a practical
subject,-one that allowed the use Of
a wide range of information, and one
that gave plenty of latitude to
thought in the ripening fruits of a
general hope and desire.
Miss Stewards style of composition
is pleasing, and her words and senten.
ces clear and full of meaning.
When the civil war ended the South
was PROSTATE, and manufactures except
such as were absolutely necessary for
the wants of an agricultural people had
no existence. An industrial system bas-
ed on slavery had been overturned.
Whatever of capital there was, was lying
idle at home, the owner distrustful OF
investing it. After such an experience
the south was necessarily backward
having had such drawbacks and discour-
agements. Confidence, which is the soul
of enterprise, is of very slow growth.
The Southern people are now arousing
their dormant energies, and every day
becoming better able to compete in the
various manufacturing enterprises. The
new and mightier South is rapidly
emerging from the blight and dessola-
tion of the civil war and promises in q
short time to attain a high degree OF
prosperity. The south has advantages
for agricultural pursuits, for manufac-
turing and for mining the precious met.
ais, which are the substantial foundations
of prosperity. Thousands of entsrprising
immigrants from the North and other
parts of the Union and also millions of
capital, are rapidly pouring into the
Southern land. The milder climate, the
cheaper lands and the improved condi-
tions of the country are good motives for
immigration. Whatever will
promote the welfare of one portion of
the common country cannot fail to bene-
fit all the rest. so that the evidences of
Southern progress instead of exciting
sectional jealousy and apprehensions,
ought to give cause for sincere congratu-
lations. 1t is for the South to
show that land that prospered during
slavery, shall prosper yet more during
freedom, and that people devoted in
war shall triumph in peace.
What an enormous resource the royal
cotton plant brings. The world waits in
attendance upon its growth. The sun
that shines upon it is tempered by the
prayers of all the people. The trespass
OF little worm on its green leaf is more
to England than the advance of the Rus
sian army upon its Asiatic outposts. 1t
is gold from the minute it puts forth its
tiny shoot, Birmingham has arisen from
little town to city of about 30, 600 in.
habitants. 1t has sprung up so quickly
that it might well be called the mushroom
city. The iron makers of Birmingham
are not refusing to tell how cheaply iron
can be made. They have ceased to re-
gard Pennsylvania as rival. How does
Alabama gain this advantage2 Stand
ing on the mountain property owned by
the Sloss Iron Company, we notice that
1t is scanned through and through with
exhaustless veins of red ore. In the val
ley below is limestone and in the noun
best coal. Here you are viewing a sight
that can no where else be seen on earth.
1t seems well calculated to enlarge the
views and expand the conceptions of
every beholder. Fortune
wheel is ever turning, and now
there has come to the Sunny South
brightest joy and firm and settled pros
perity. Clouds and darkness have roll
ed away and in their place stands all
that is conductive to the best interests Of
a happy and enlightened people, y
and that God may speed her in such feel.
ing and work is her prayer. and it is, we
trust, the sincere hope of every lover of
his native land. be he of the sturdy
North or of the growing newborn
South.
"LETE PECTORE.n
Every fitting, altogether pleasing
and attractive in every division, was
the valedictory address of Miss Lorena
L. Flick, of Martinsburg, w. Va. 1t
had the great merit of brevity of all
the addresses, and was as comprehen-
sive as any one could wish. The
opening plea for human fellowship
was decidedly apropos, and the de-
livery and tone throughout were al
most perfect. Miss Flick was most
fortunate in the phrases used in ex-
pressing the words of farewell, and
her address was indeed a finished pro-
duction, showing that the honors had
been most worthily bestowed. -
Franklin Repository.
The part of a valedictorian is one
more of feeling than of expression, as
all know who have ever bid farewell
to friends or kindred, in life or death,
and who has not? The hand on the
cold key never touches the sweetest
chords, and the poet never finds ex-
preston for his best thoughts and
hestaspirations; they are unconsci-
ously felt and silently understood
There is world of meaning in the