The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-14

shepherds staff as implements of peace full industry.
 It is well known what influence the Norman blood has exercised on the hu- man race.
 The Norseman, Northman, Norman, was an inhabitant of ancient Ccandina- via. It is needless to follow the line age through the transmission of years, yet therein may be traced the germ of race characteristics.
 These Mortimer have always loved freedom. They have always been stall wart defenders of liberty. No king or kaiser can treat them as slaves or serfs. They are brave soldiers, They have
 been distinguished on all great battle fields for the past eight hundred years. They have swept over Europe at times like a tornado and given laws to yan-
 quished nations. They have fought in the wars of the erusades. The history
 of the Scandinavian people is crowded
 with the names of men eminent in arms and arts. There was Gustayus Adol- phus, a Christian hero, whose reign
 was brilliant with great achievements
 won on many hard-fought battlefield; there was Charles the XII, brave, the victor in hundred pitched battles, en- inent both in war and peace.
 In the fine arts, literature and learn ing the Scandinavian scholars ranh with the foremost of the refined nations
 of Europe. They have adorned the friezes and porticoes of temples and
 palaces with immortal workmanship.
 The sweetest melody foated from our
 northern skies, and warbled from the lips of that great singer, my ewn fair 1 countrywomen, Jeny Lind.
 For centuries the Scandinavian has
 been the foremost race in Europe. At
 Athens Scandinavian is the inaugura- ted king of Greece.
 England's Queen, Alexandria, is of Scandinavian ancestry. History in- forms us what Scandinavians have ac- complisned in the past and the present i is full of the exploit of the race.
 However, you are more concerned with the character and capacity of the
 common people, the famous artisans, la- berers, mechanics, etc, who are coming
 for permanent homes: those who per- form manual labor, and develop the re- sources of country, county or state.
 These are healthy lass; rounded arms,
 full face, soft blue eyes, ruddy eom-
 plexions and rosy cheeks; very pictures Of health. The men of full physique,
 strong -limbed, sturdy, honest, open-
 faced frank and ready for all honora-
 ble work.
 They are plain in manner, but of ster- 1 ling worth They are unacquainted I with the language and customs of the
 country. but take pride in quickly learn ing both. They are keen in letters and
 generally well educated. They are faithful in the performance of contract cd obligations. whether manual or pro- fessional, labor or money. They are good agriculturists, shepherds, stock raisers, .dairymen, mechanics. These various trades and professions are thor
 onshly learned at home. They are no
 shams, and do not profess to perform
 what they cannot do. Coming to new country, they must be patiently taught what is expected of them, They ac-
 quire knowledge quickly, and readily adapt themselves to new surroundings. They come in no disguise, but simply as
 honest, resolute and earnest workers. 1 If these people come and settle among
 you, know they will be welcome. The farmers among them will want to pur-
 chase farms, not large ones generally,
 but, say, fifty, one hundred, or one hun 1 dred and sixty acres, to be added to as feeds demand. These farms will be
 titled like garden; their work will be 1 well done.
 i How can these people be induced to l come to South Carolina? A like ques- ! ton was asked some thirty. years ago, l in the northwest. It has been answered satisfactorily by the settlement, of over a half-million in the United States. I In some countries the entire popula- i ton are Seandinavians who occupy all | official positions, from secretary of
 state down, including the judiciary. They settled there with small capital generally, but their patient, continuous labor has brought them large rewards and their well-eultivated farms display thrift and industry. The change from
 the old to a new country has in many ways been beneficial. From small be ginnings these people have accumulated good estates; their dream Of prosperity 1 has been more than realzed,-Enil
 Lindburg in the Charleston News and 1 Courier.