The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-10-28
BOB TAYLOR ON NEW YORK,
The Famous Lecturer Tolls Ono OF
His Jokes at the Expense Of Go

The Famous Lecturer Tolls Ono ofl
His Jokes at the Expense OF Go
than.
Governor Bob Taylor's welcoming
address vt Nashville on Now York
Day, October 18th, is good reading out.
side OF Tennessee. Since tho ExDosi |
tion opened, Governor Taylor has made
on I'm average about thrco welcoming
| addresses u week. He never rcpeats
himself, and his resources never fail.
or eloquence, wit, humor and pnthos
tire Governor seems to have an incx-
baustible original PACKAGE" We
give an extract from tho New York
Day address:
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentle
men-New York is the Empire State
OF tho Union. She is tho heavy end
OF North America; she is the'great
throbbing heart OF tho Republic, and
every time sho thr0bs tho life current
OF the nation llows back and forth
| through tho arteries Of commerce and
| trade. She is the mighty whale OF the
Western hemisphere which swallows
all tho JOnahs who como within her
reach. She is the stupendous colossus
! OF the world, leading its thought and
straddline its politics.
The city OF Now York is perpetual
exposition OF tho triumphs Of thought
and industry, and one OF her grandest
products is men. She is the paradisc OF
| millionaires and en- Joys a considerable
sprinkling Of poor folks.
Now York is not only great in wealth,
great in population, great in all the
elements OIL modern civilization, but
she is great in tho knowledge of where
tho green pastures lie. Her relations
| w@'h the South remind me Of an old
Story which has been often told. Two
{ arktes sat on the bank Of river fish
ing. Ono was an old darky, the other
was boy. The boy got u uibble, his
ioot slipped, and he fell headlong in
tho surgi1g wators. The old darky
hesitated moment, and then plunged
terrific struggle, but finally the old
man succeeded in landing his half
drowned charge. A passerby, WHO wit
messed the scene, ran up and patted
Unclc tastus on the back and said
"Old man, that was a noble deed in
you to risk your life in that way to
save the lif" Of that tritllng boy" Yes,
boss,' sad Uncle tastus, 81 was
biceged 10 save that niggcr, he had
all the bait in his pocket" New
J York was the old man, the South is the
| boy.
| Nevertheless we love the old brother,
and we open our hearts and our bottles
to the distinguished Lieutenant Gov
crnOr and every sOn or that proud com
monwealth.
Mr.. Chairman, it is believed by many
Of our brethren OF the North that our
people h., re in the South are not as
vigorous as we should be, that we lack
the snap aud push necessary for the
quick and permanent growth and de-
| velOpmcnt OF our country. But they
| {
potatoes in our soil in q single season,
that our cotton grows without much
! persuasion, that we can fatten our
hogs on aCOrns, and pasture our cattle
the year round. They forget that our
pcrsim mon trees yield tons of persim-
mons per annum an that our 'possums
] hang like sugar plums OF glory hallele-
juh from the bending limbs of the
aforesaid and the same. They forget
that we can labor half tho time and
rest the other half and live better and
happier than any other people on the
| face OF the earth.
| think if we could get our New York
| friends to sec the point and furn sn
the money to develop US, we could
soon pay the expenses of the whole |
government, feed and clothc the en-
tire United States, have money left 10
| throw at the birds and rest all The |
time.
There is ono branch OF business in
which we arc as vigorous as our North
ern brethren, and that is politics. Our
annual crop Of politicians is equal to
the Gro: Of cotton bales, not in weight, |
but in mum bers. Now and then we are
blessed with a statesman, but many are
called, while few are chosen. We pro-
ducc more ma jors and coloneIs in
times Of peace than any other country
n ha
little Of that sulphurous article,
which begins with an n and ends with
an ell.
But, MIR. Chairman, whatever tho
differences between the North and the |
South may be in climate, in wealth, in |
conditions and environments, we are |
all one people with common hopes, and |
q common destiny, and may God bless |
our people of every section. Again |
implore you to feel that you are well |
come to the capital Of the old Volunteer
State.