The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18


national nag. seeks for political pur-
poses to break down our social tfes.
break down cur election laws ana force
the negro over and above the white man
OF the South Il may succeed In reduc-
ing our rep- ssentation. but It can never
force social equality between the races,
let come what may. for. ~
For. lol around our Southland Ne draw
-l1sp the magic circle Of Holy Church;
Sat but q foot within that Holy ground
cd zandtwe launch the curse OF Rome"
-DGoq internal, improvements.
We OF the South, especially OF South
caroiina, have succeeded In the face OF
national imisrule and opposition. The
Rpublican party has turned millions OF
dollars to the West to frrfgate the great
fields OF the West bat not a dollar has Il
turnedSto drain the lowlands OF the
South. y Tho Republican party has car
ried millions or dollars 10 Northern har-
bors for their Improvement, but spent
scarcely anything TO build up the coast
defencess OF the South. Vast treasures
ara expended. annually to develop the
rivers OF the North and the East and the
West but the proportions for our section
OF this Republic have been exceedingly
small II ir is constitutional and not
psternall to irrigate the Western arid
plains. can see no reason why the low
lands of the South should not be drained
end brought into utility as well
oi 81 South caroIIna's Position.
ais sun we are proud of South Carolina.
We are proud Of the history that we
have made. We were first In the war
for Independence; first in the war OF
1S12; shrst In the Mexican war; and first
to declare. our rights In the great Civil
Conflict of 1S61 Just as we were great
In military history. so have we ben In
every. department. South Carolina was
the hrst to erect cotton mill, and It
WAS citizen Of hers who FIRST invented
the cotton gin. though the fruits OF that
Invention went to Ell whitney OF Mas
sachusetts. Those elemnets which made
valiant the sons OF the South and made
Lee and jackson great generals have
been banded down to their SONS and
they. following In the footsteps of their
fathers, have made such progress o.
n1Ateriaf lines as cf1aiie1xes the-akss.--
alton Of the whole world Look at our
from Appomattox. South Carolina stood
as the second State in this Union In
point OF wealth and intelligence at the
opening OF the war. When the war
closed her wealth had been conascated,
her homes destroyed. her plantations
ruined. negroes freed and direct taxes
laid on her greatest product and -
evs:y way she was crushed to the earth
But step by step she has overcomt all of
these conditions. Destroyed homes
have been rebuilt, farms reorganixed,
improved and re-equipped. We began
life anew ana today ve are one of the
great cotton producing states, are first
In phosphate manufacturing. second In
cotton manufactures. nftA = gold pro-
duction, and soon will be nrst In the
manufacture and production Of alumt..
mum. tAn this has been accomplished
with limited resources and with much
: TON and struggle. shit
What we now want Is to build up the
South and make her greater than she
has eve.' been. Within our state is be-
ing spent for public. private and dsnom-
inal education sum exceeding two and
one-fourth millions (s2 $50, ,00O) of dollars,
and yet It Ia inadequate We have a tex
tile agricultural and mechanical school,
built on broad lines. This institu-
ton Is a great one and is doing a great
work. but It does not reach the masses
OF our citizens. What we need Is q sys-
tenn Of special training, whereby there
may be taught In the public schools OF
our country the principles Of agriculture.
mechanics and textile knowledge. SO that
when the child has finished its sduca-
ton in the common schools II can step
forth, trained and web equipped. for his
pursuit By this means we can build
up both the agricultural and manufac-
turing interests OF our state II the
farmer is enabled to make two bales OF
cotton grow where only one is now pro-
duced, his profits are doubled and II
the operative working in the mill Is en-
abled to earn double the wages which he
now receives, he is vastly benefited, and
the cotton mills can produce more
sheaply ans largely. their profits win be
increased. SO that there is common
ground on which the farmer the oper-
ative and the mill owner stand. The
farmer desires the highest price for the
raw material. the operative the highest
price for his labor and the mill nxxnar