The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-14
WITHOUT WHICH LITTLE.

is now beng sad about the develop
ment Of the south, which development
has already set in, it is opportune 70
cast a moments thought for some OF
the agencies which have been at work
and which Will still be efficient in
Southern progress.
However much the idea may be
secuted by some, one Of the chief fac
izing result Of the late war. 1t forever
abo ished caste in classes and put every
man Oh the same footing, namely, that
his success or failure depended on what
he might do individually. This gave ge-
MUS, which is simply capacity and
willingness for personal toll, an equal
advantage to the poor together; for
at the close of the war the entire South
was in a State Of devastation and pow
erty.
The tolls and hardships of four years
Of camp and feid-lfe convinced the
sturdy sons Of the South that they
could also accomplish something in the
field Of industry as we'll as on the field
of battle To this end they soon began
to strive and what has been achieved III
the South thus lar since 1866 is mon
ument 10 that determination with
which these ..heroes of battle set to
work and which thousands of them
have inspired in their sons and daugh-
ters All honor to both the poor from
birth, and to those who in -bellum
days were rich, for the long and steady
and determined pull which they have
made towards recuperatiDg their lost
fortunes and building new ones.
But the North and West are now
turning special attention towards the
South with a desire to come and assist
In the Gevt.vr,nent of this section and
reap their share Of the fortune that is
to come from united effort in THO VIZ, h
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great and boundless advantages? 1t was
not because any considerable number
of the soldiers from those sections re-
manned here Tor after that eventful
day at Appomattox when Grant and
Lee met, conferred and parted to be
henceforth citizens of common Union.
the boys in blue were Just as glad to
return to their lOng-forsaken homes
and people as were the boys in gray.
They returned to their ice-bound. biz
zard-swept West and North to work
out their fortunes anew as did the sons
OF the South to their balmy-land.
though under quite different condi-
tons. How then have our Northern
and Western brethren learned so mnch
of our glorious Southland in these lat
ter years. There is only one answer
IT HAS BEEN TIIRorGH THE PERSIST
ENT ENERGY AND PUSH OF THE SOUTH
ERN Press
The South to-day owes for more than
half of her good name abroad to the
gratuitous, but glad and willing service
OF her newspaper men. For the Dast
decade these men have used their iourn
ais, be they pretentious or humble. as
a fiash-light to send out intelligence in
all directions concerning the poslbll-
ties Of this Heaven-blest section of this
great country. And now the same news
paper men of the South have in their
Journals trustworthy weather-vanes
which point the South to the sections
whence come the wave of immigration
that is to fill her borders with enter
prlSng men and investors who are to
help Us IN making the South an ideal
land
The press has thus been a great and
invaluable factor without which not
half would have been done for the
South which has been done.
Do not these facts and considerations
appeal to every SOutherner who loves
his home and people to bear open
hands and slack purse-strings in his
support and patronage of this great
agency that is uoing so much for South
ern development?
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