The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-05-24
60vERh0R TILLMAMS ADDRESS.

Ladies and Gentlomen: This is
a great and glorious day for South
Carolina. 1t is day of promise
and sbright hope for York County
but the mon and women whose
breasts should swell and throb
with deepest emotions of gratu-
lation and pride arc tho mon and
women of Rock Hill--thoso whose
pluck solf-reliance, far-sightc(l
business instincts and patriotism
made thom enter tho race for tho
prize and come out winners. If, as
ID already clearly apparent, tho
prize is creator, moro valuable ono
than they themselves over dream
ed, then | know everyone Of
you who comes to celebrate
tho public installation of this
grand institution will join mo in
congratulations to people Of this
ambitious, progressive littlo city,
and your heart sympathy is shown
by this outpourng of people to
witness her triumph.
Wo find, whom We como to- rcca-
pitulato, that tho Sonth Carolina
College, hoary with ago and rom
derod lllustrious Ivy the famous
mon it has educated, stands strong
and sturdy among its clustering
elms, in our capital city. The CIT
adel, equally honorod by its alum
nj, IS dong it's special work in
Charleston. Clemson, which is
spanned by such a bright rainbow
of promise, is famed by the noun
tain breezes of Oconco. All for
boys.
What hnvo wo dono for our wu-
mon? Whero does the State vdu-
cate its future mothers? Tho AN.
swer to tho ono question is ''noth
lng;" tho answer to tho other i
alas! too often, "nowhorc." But
thank God, this great wrong vii
: soon be righted. This rcproac
on our justice and our statesman
, ship will no longer cause us t
blush. We havo waited long-to,
long-but tardy justice will b,
done to the sisters of tho boys fol
whose education the State has spcnt
hundreds of thousands Of dollars
while the girls hnvo received moth.
ing.
Grandor in design than any O,
all of thom, larger and moro clab
crate in architecture, moro bcauti
full and ornamontod, as is fitting
the Winthrop Normal and Indus
trial College of South sCarolinG
will ere long pierco tho sky with if
stately splro, and tho sky Of York
Will be spanned by another bright
rainbow of promise, that will at
tract tho gaze of the pooplo, not
only of this State, but of many
States. The building, whose cor
ner-stono wo lay to-day, is ono Of
the largest single school odiliccs in
the South, and whom tho two dor
mitories, which arc required to
complete tho plan, alo oroctcd, It
will bo tho largest fcmalo college
of its kind in tho Union.
Bo it said to tho credit of tho
men of tho State that, whclho,
from shame at their long neglect
or from sturdy realization Of th'
necessity and Importance of th,
systom of training which we pro
pose to inaugurato horc, that thcr
has been ono dissenting voico thu
fur raised against the building an'
equipment of this college, since tin
idea first took shape three year.
ago.
This school is to DO known as the
Winthrop Normal and Industrial
College. These two words "Nor-
mall" and Tndustrial' are the twU
lode stars which must guido our
pooplo out Of tho Wilderness OF
poverty, Ignorance and stagnation
which surrounds US. Within th"il
meaning lies our only hopo.--tho
one says educate; the other means
work. / would not DO understood