The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-05-31


our great industrial army each timo that
an OLD, lingering mortgage is cancelled /
each tiino that lo soos q now roof nut
\ upon the house and u few moro comforts
Tor tho old mothor at tho iircside: .eaoh
fimo llo sces tho burdens OF domeatic & i foii
for tho weary wife.(to bo com
gxpllod to hayo q chill for foar Mr.. Bryan's
sjiE:aiicss %oa!a be l:!nae.ed ~ each and
atsal OF these varied circumstances during
tho last three or four years, would have
Kept mo In a perpetual sliiyor. For NV
1solf, rathor than bo sufferer from an
imaginary aguo, / shall prefer to glory in
those evidences Of prosperity and happi-
moss, rather than conjuro thom M ms
| ,sPectefs ovon If some politicians chances
aie thoroby lessonod.
When TO bo approved by "tho lattor-
Gay saints OF Democracy as q consistent
party man, ono must turn his baol, to tho
rising sun and watch alono it's setting.
and when, Instead of viewing the glories
OF tho morning, llo must conjuro ,ip tho
phantoms of night, shall rest content
TO place my faith In those immortal prin-
ciplcs, which tho fathers Of Democracy
promulgated, ut tho rmation Of our
government and which have boon scaled
ny tho devotion Of patriotic men and con
secrnted by tho blood Of horoes.
Whom marching from condition Of
misery, when ilooing from land of
Sodom, must ono needs look back with
yearning? ~ -
When, like the chosen OF God, escaping
from tho task-nasters of Egypt and
mnarching towards tho land Of promise
lowing with milk and honoy, with wealth
Of corn, vine and oliyos, nbounding in
fatness, must wo still attompt to satisfy
tho morbid cravings of that appetite
which yet ycarns Tor tho tleshpots OF
Egypt
GIVE THE YOUNG MEN Of THE SOUTH
CHANCE.
When pig iron was stacked up in the
yards at Chattanooga and Birmingham
unsalablo at six dollars por ton, furnaces
cold, men idlo, and ! now find furnaces
blazing, yards empty, mon working, and
customers knocking at tho door to buy
that iron at prices which havo ranged
from sixtccn to twonty dollars pcr ton !:
whom, instead Of four cents. sold nv
cotton this year at clovcn, shall L. as n
loyal citizen Of this glorious Southland.
With the visions Of tho greatness that lie
oefors her, standing as sho does at tho
open door Of opportunity, shall follow
the leadership of q Pcttigrow, Altgclt, or
Iillman; or shall l exert evcry honorable
effort in my power to make the present
measure of prosperity but rs q faint
glimpse Of the coming morn, compared
with tho splondor Of tho sun at its mo-
ridian2i
Am to he tnrnnd from nv course.
conscious of tho absolute unselnslness
OF my purpose, to do all TINT may lie in
my power for the welfare ard happiness
Of the people whom loyc; am / to bo
deferred from my course, because some
political wolves arc heard howling upon
my track?
I see boforo mo mother, who oycr
and again has with bowed head and in
! SO rear my son that he may 20 out into
tho world and achieve successp" This
has boon sternor problem in tho South
than in tho North. Tho diversity OF
manufacturing industries has loft tile
avenues Of success wide open for tie
young men of tho North, while to tho
young mon Of the South thero have been
but few avenues open for those rightful
ambitions which iiro tho heart of oyorv
youth. | would, IL in my power, before
am called homo from my labors, pro-
mote q condition whore might sec these
boys--ono, perhaps, tho president Of a
great factory, the other perhaps tho trea-
surer or secretary, another the manager,
and another perhaps as the sales agent.
establishing markets for South Carolina
products throughout tho world. All
mon cannot be lawyers, clergymer I,
bankers, but cvory bow re tra;,, =,
OF good e65fhcr, and tho education az
+ f6fded by our public schools, has a rea-
sonablo right to aspire to tho proudest
positions of ominonce i'll the world, finan.
cial, Industrial and commercial. would
II IN my power, promote the condition
where your sons might go out into Tho
| broad avenues Of life with eycry impcnd-
ing barrier torn down, whore tho bov
| upon tho poorest farm in South Carolina.
OF tho son of the least paid operative at
The mill, could march out with hopo and
courage, and, having boon taught those
| lessons ut tho mothers kncc which must
evcr be his guiding star, find that oppor-
tunity for SUCCESS and cminencc which
his qualities command.
with tho great race problem, which
has for so many years confronted us.
happily settled, rs 1 said aE Charlotte.
why should VIC bo miserable slaves Of
one party and n football for the othcrp''
Let 1t be understood that tho industrial
and commercial interest Of tho Soutl,
como before tho intorest Of any noliti-
clan. cannot believe that narrowncss.
bigotry, prejudice or tho arts of tho wily
politician, should bo permitted to swcryo
us from q course which leads to tho at
tninmcnt Of those objects, which bring
in their train blessings to every farm and
| iircsidc, to every hearth and homo, in our
grand old commonwealth.
Why should tho achievement of some
narrow political ambition stop the young
mon of tho South from tho opportunity
OF winning the same success Which is
open to the young mon Of the NorthP
Some twolyo years ago, a boy of German
parentago just out of u little school near
Pittsbnrg, wont to work in an iron mill. !,
Quick, active, willing, obliging, lie was
soon promoted to position in tho
draughting Office. A short timo after
wards hc was promoted as assistant fore
man, tbon as foreman, then as suporn-
tondont, then as manager, thon as presi-
dent, and to-day ho stands as president
'of tho largest corporation that tho
world has cyor known, and by common
report draws a salary Of ono million dol
larh 'por yoar. This is an extreme case.
Dlt merely an example Of thousands and
tens of thounnds of similar cases in the
North. | cannot boiieve that thorc are
higher intelligence, greater capacity or
truor worth, to be found anywhere than
among tho youth Of our State. The dif.
terence arises alone from conditions and
environment. ~
What fathcr or mothor, what good pa
triotic cltizon, what Christian man. then.
To"it ,oono"ro Ino, rcnli1ing as I do thu
marvellous advantages that South Caro.
ma possesses for manufacturing. and