The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-07

/ and strive to make something Of himself
| bv his own work. he began al the very
/ bottom with those who lahoreti with their
hands and by his zeal and tact he rose.
/ until to-day. on a salary of sl5.tlof he is
/ ssusht for to run iron furnaces. because
/ 70 can make them turn out more iron |
/ than any other managers have been able |
Ito do.
1--WE cannot take time to mention other !
I cases But actual experience teaches us
| thai boys from this class are soon to be
/ the real industrial leaders of#the material |
/ c.ev elopment of the South.
There is no field on earth where great
4 err good can be accomplished tn-dayttfan /
/ among this class of DOOR white boys OIL
| the South They have a long line seftrue
honest ancestry Their fathers ccnstitut-
/ cd the hulk of that grand remnant thatt
1 remained with Lee TO the last. They
| went from Appomattox equally poor.
/ fltt,t they went with Il sense of duty Well
/ done. They We're not entlced from work
| With the hope of q pension nor by the
] dream OF forty acres and a mule They
] had loved ones to live for. and they.
i krew that the endurance and strength
THAT had sustained them IN the hivouae
and on the march and on the battlefield.
/ when sore. naked and hungry they held
! lack for long years the millions OF the
/ North, would sustain them as they toitef.
| and as they toiled they grew stronger
/ Eut the large majority of them with
/, homes destroyed or sold for debts. and
/ without any experience in the art OF
rEor,ey making could only get together
/ enough through their remaining days to-
.ialSeep the Wolf from the door. l he&t chit
/ dren inherit their Vim and devotion TO
/ duty. their loyalty. their faithfulness for
| 10 not mistake ii. my friends OF the
/ North. these men We're loyal as they saw
i LOYALTY. ana one day. and it may not be-
1 atar Oft this country will need that
Ilayalty in. their children which knows
lllething but free. independent America
/ What these hoys need to-day IS 10 ne
| trained in the art of doing PfopefiF
/ directed efforts among this large class
i of BOYS; in the South will result IN the
| greatest good TO our common country.
! They desire to do. but they do not Know
/ how The opportunity is there The boy
| is there The need is that the two be
introduced to each other
No Rad HABITS
4 These poor boys have no vicious. vile
habits They have been brought UP IN
/ poor homes. where opportunities for de-
i veionnlen,# are not good: where the talk
/ is tr,o much 5of the glorious life OF days
| now gone forever. rather than Of the
i future swhera hope should point to@everl
/ grander DAYS. Rut these ire trained by,
! noble mothers who have the traditions
..,t, 80, ,,l,,,,a4 an earth where truth
/ !. 49,, .,,d r,1rft,- Of life. swan
4 amid extreme poverty arc Instituted INTO
/ the yerv fibre OF these poor HoS.S helaG-
! We would that we could show you !e ~
| ,-,.,-s e,,,d II freedom
,,,,,pra horoes doing
i = vt'. .,f,' 1,sar,-s washing cooking.
;,n,, working their own
,t,b s,7r,yv their deep solicit
t,,f,a - ti..ir children. their careful
j training Of them. and the nobility Of
I i, ',,r,-artv,s garb
: ...Iiat. @t5,,r4ans, horne. gentlemen
i J.. o,,,. en,,tr,a,,a vaf that YOU people
i KNOW nothing of There are many,
49," .,,,iIis.s Ii,,inp, even inra homes
80 +,a;sto,,.n p.hara#,,ll is gone save
fo,o,- t,,,tn and Christ. ,rhays do not
80, - !. 10 meet ~ EXT
NV o-dsr could these
! -. ,,,.sa b,,n,hIa homes all
j 80 -. 5e,sT,.rS ~. oiren rbe rich and
80 ,II.,. a,.,. t-fysl through
,sro.ity of @Santet AI.ier to one
5I-irr,nis,6 there would come
fo-,I,l. >.,st army of workers that wouitt
. =. 10 syutI, and from the
I 49,, ~ ~. 5r4st there would come a
I I,,.;,,,,. "a rno,a fs.,1,tifJ1I South
,l 49,, l.,,,,,,,r a.nt, i t,f,,,1|t-g
1..ntries sIliS
1o,l5, lf,e ,tf. il1iw,r of8liherty
i ,hroi,srho,,t Ill coming ages
,rtTE- TtyIF,D CLASS
rt ,,i f,s s.t,s 81 : no moor bows is bv far
the lni ,ate er.ss5 :. 1' The sS beys come
..le noo bye been 200. through
centuries Thgy sart,5a steady. easy going.
i,orast naere They seem 10 thrive best
amidst tile mountains They mad. In, me
1 best az soldiers during the civil War.
They We're found on both sides EflaS
had no negroes to fight for. But their
hatred for the negro was. only sufp-t'
by the hatred OF the negro Ter tiAsn1
trash. because he owned NJ negroes
and was therefore not worthy Of re-
spect
--sese poor whites have evsr been a
I pleasure-seeking, rollicksenes Joyous pee
i pie. happy in a hut and honest on q
4 crust. They aspired TO nothing great great.
They We're the descendants Of PEI 2 E ..
1 good blood who came from Tire ola WORT F
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