Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-02-06
GOING to-

DO you see mucn difference be
tween the southern aud Northern
people" asked a lady of our town
Ola genuine Down Easter who
had migrated South and was hold.
lug down an excellent position.
~Only in one thing And
what Is that p The capacity you
SoItherners have OF going TO do a
thing aod putting it off indefinite
~. When We yankees have any
;hing 10 do. We do il, while you.
ahO have just as much brains and
bottled up energy. spend the force
OF both IN talk.
II was a back handed lick. but.
IN many respects the accusation
i only too true. Most of Us have
Intended TO win success or fame
IN some line or other. all our lives.
tut We sit down. MicawbrrHke
aud wait for something To turn up.
when We could turn up splendid
opportunities on u very hearth
stones If We would only combine
brains aid muscle. and 90 to work.
When ty hook or crook. or
strenuous effort. we manage to
accumulate a competence. We
forthwith pack up our worldly
belongings and seek more Congo
, uisi society and location to dis
/. tribute our cash. Perhaps there
vas a time "heu we promised
ourselves If fortune smiled on u,
: We we're going to- do great things
: for those whose humble toI. and
: patronage contributed to ouf sue
cess. but our good intentions aud
ioitiest dreams of philanthropy
never made IA native town OF
friends one Wilt better off. W,
j were simply going to-. but didn't
D Many have been The boasts au,
prOphes,es. and even declaration.
IN good printers ink, that Missis
n sIppi was going to- build U,
, prosperous towns and cities
. manufactures and railroads /,
wholesale, but up 10 this good da,
y We all know that there isn't a sin
Gle real city IN the state. aud az
tories and railroads. while not a
III scarce as hens teeth, are certalul
1t few and far between. but the go
Ie ing to- has probably sustained u
IN bearing the deficit.
After our boys and girls oftaler
or genius have imbibed all the en-
= ture TO be found in our Souther
colleges and universities. ami l.
bo;el to become specialists i
their chosen professions. does tn
- South reward her sons and dauyl
tiers with the soft Jobs aud fat sal;
Ties. as a recOmpense for sci
K development Not a biz of II
i S1me glib tOngued stranger. win
= probably ranks fuurthIy or fifthl
upon his native heath, is usual
preferred aud gets the big pa,
while plain homefolks. ike Ton
Dick and Harry. cultured thong
u they be, must strike out anon
strangers If they want Just con
m pensation for their work. q
n course there are exceptions. bu
generally We are going to- kee.
our talent at home but offer suci
l. meagre inducements that the,
adDrn some other state.
Probably one halt of the resour
ces OF Mississippi are lying unde
yeiOped-valulsss 10 owner a
e we'll as any Oue Use. because Their,
> are no home factories to put til
raw material into marketable
shape. and no railroads convent
: ent for conveying TO market. 5,
n We have everything imported
+. from an axe handle 10 a set of fun
: niiure, or a pair of socks To a SUI
Of Clothes. True, all could b
1t produced at half the cost. an.
Is money would be kept in circula
ton the year round in our state
but as the New Highlander said
We spend u energies in talk an,
: not in doing. Most of us hay.
enjoyed genteel poverty ever size,
u the war closed. ami faithful,
handed II down u our children
but if We would remember.
1T isn't money, il isn't Fate.
But get up and get, that makes u
great"
we could afford 10 dispense will
supertious talking and do som,
getting up. before somebody els,
l. does II for Us and wins the great
t ness and money too.
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