The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-10
GOOD AM ERlCANS.
Continued From First Page.


does not behave himself, then he is a
poor citizen, North or South, or East
or West There is no royal road to
good citizenship. The qualities that
made a man a good citizen a hundred
years ago will make him a good citi-
zen a hundred years hence" CAP
plause)
At Connolly Springs the President
also made a short address, thanking
the people for their greeting. One OF
the largest crowds encountered on the
run from Asheville was at Hickory.
The President was introduced by SEN
ator Pritchard, who accompanied him
from Asheville, and the short speech
he made to the people was enthusiasts
tically received He said
travelling to-day through North
Carolina and yesterday through Ten
nessee, I have been struck by the evil
dences of industrial growth of which
this town is itself an example. The in
dustrial awakening of the South, of
which there have been so many evil
dences during the past few years, is a
feature fraught with great benefit to
the South and to the entire country.
(Applause) Because, remember, EEL
low citizens, we are going to go up OF
down together. C'Thats right" came
from the crowd) Some of us feel the
good times more than others, some less,
but we all feel the good times somewhat
and when bad times come, we Will all
he put back Bad times do not stop
at state lines, and the Industrial awak-
cning of the South, which is going on
and which [ believe will go on with
ever increasing rapidity means goou
fortune not merely for the South, but
for all the American people. 1t al
ways happens that a good year LOT
crops is a good year for weeds. Wnen
we have prosperity some people Tor
whom we do not much care prosper
more than others. but it is a great
deal better that some people should
prosper too much than none of US
should prosper at all. The gospel of
intelligent hard work is the gospel that
pays and of all the gospels the one
that pays the least is that of envy and
rancor, whether it is a gospel preached
TO infame class against class or sec
ton against section. (Applause) And,
my fellow citizens. I hail your indus
trial growth. l hail the manifestation
/ see here in this state and which 1
saw yesterday in Tennessee; the man
Hesitation of the rapid approach of the
period of tremendous industrial deVel-
opments in the South. l hail it for the
sake of the South, and 1 hail it for he
sake of the nation"
The President was heartily cheered
as the train pulled away. AT States
vile, where several hundred people mad
assembled the President was intro
duced by CONGRESSMAN Blackburn, who
accompanied him from Asheville. He
addressed the crowd for a few minutes,
and then a picture was taken of the
President and his party on the rear
platform of his car.
More Talk of Industry.
Notwithstanding the rain which
was falling steadily, large crowd
greeted the President here. He was
introduced by Congressman Blackburn
and spoke as follows:
II am glad to have the chance OF
saying even a word to you to-day. IL
is a good thing for any American to
travel through different parts of the
country but it is an especially good
thing for the American who is Presl-
dent to do so, so as to realize the fun
damental unity of our people. nave
been particularly struck to-day IN go
ing through North Carolina with the
signs of your great industrial deVel-
opment. The things that DIVIDE one
American from his fellow Americans
are very small compared to the Things
that unite them. A difference or sec
ton, a difference of party, is of no con-
Germ if we can develop decent citizen
ship in this country, and to do that we
need as the foundation, but only as the
foundation, industrial prosperity. That
which brings it to one part of the coun-
try will bring it to all. The way you
have been building UP the industries
here in North Carolina, as in Tennes-
see, is a thing that cannot but rejoice
the heart of every American
who realizes, as we must If we
are wise, that whatever helps one part
of the country helps all. II we see
North Carolina prosperous the very
fact of that prosperity will tend to
make the other sections of the country
share more or less ir it, | welcome the
signs of your prosperity not merely be-
cause every decent American should be
glad when any of his fellow Americans
are prosperous. but because II means
something to all OF us.
] am glad indeed in passing
through your beautiful country
of Western North Carolina, as / was
in passing through Eastern Tennessee
yesterday, to see how you are taking
advantage Of your opportunities, for
the opportunity can be turned TO ad-
vantage only when there is the man
OF brains, the man OF perseverance,
the man Of physical hardihood, who
can take advantage of II. believe in
you, ] believe in your stock. and,
therefore ! believe that you and those
Ike you are going 10 make u this re-
gion one % the greatest Industrial CEN
ters Of all the United states" (Ap-
plause)
An Ovation ~ CFrsHssb0To, =. G.