Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-28

course. by this means, too, the
ports of the South Atlantic coas,
will be built up, and any difficulty Of
through and ample railroad service
must soon disappear, or this failing,
other lines reaching by the nearest
and easiest routes across the noun
tains into the very heart OF the great
Northwest will be built to meet the
increased demands of trade. OF
course we of Charleston do not hesi-
tate to proclaim and contend that
our broad harbor, capable of accom-
modating at one time the ships of
the nation; our splendid deep water
channel, our proximity to the ocean,
all combine to make this the finest
port on the South Atlantic coast,
destined by reason of its geographic
cal position and natural advantages
to be the inlet and outlet through
which this prospective trade will go
and come.
3. We should not hide our light
under bushel. The people of every
community in the South should 90
systematically to work in arranging
plans for such advertisement of their
respective resources, as will encour-
age men of capital to come and in
vest and make themselves part and
parcel of their communities, building
residences, hotels and sharing the
burdens of citizenship, and along
with this we should uso every means
of making known at the same time
the true character of the people of
the South, to counteract the well
known false impressions and notions
as to our people and their policies.
1t was a determination like this
which impelled the promoters of the
Exposition now in progress in this
city to let our slight 80 shine," by
which has been presented the great
est opportunity ever offered for ad-
vertising the resources of the South
to the people Of the world, and also
the opportunity for strangers and
visitors intermingling with our peo-
pie, resulting in bringing to our city
the Chief Executive of our Govern
ment, our President, in the person
of that energetic, active and typical
American, Theodore Roosevelt, to
whom was accorded a reception
that will probably be forever one of
the brightest days in his life-the
welcome extended him by our peo-
ple-the genuine good will was from
the heart and loyal, and his appre-
ciatiLl of it was truly evident.
This incident has brought about
more good fellowship and kindly
feeling than anything that has trans
pired in recent years. The echoes
of his visit abound in praise and
appreciation of the truly enthusiastic
reception given him as the represen-
tative and head of the grandest Gov
ernment in the world.
4. In the development of our. re-
sources let us not forget the educa-
ton of our youth in those things
which will the better fl them for the
arduous duties which will fall upon
them in the development of the
South-give them classical educa-
tion if you please, but withhold not
the industrial and mechanical. In
proportion as our boys and girls are
prepared and educated TO deal with
the practical affairs of life, 80 will
be our progress and development in
the future, and, my friends, if we
shall exercise ourselves on the lines
indicated, then in the near future
we shall truly see, with the help of
good men from all sections of the
country, the South blooming as the
rose and truly becoming the garden
spot of these United States
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