The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-08-18

innocent white girl Of the North and
negro boy Of the South waving our
national flag, seeks for political pur-
poses to break down our social ties,
break down our election laws and force
the negro over and above the white man
of the South. It may succeed In reduc-
ing our representation, but 1t can never
force social equality between the races,
let come what may, for,
For. 10! around our Southland We draw
go. the magic circle Of Holy Church;
Set but 8 foot within that Holy ground
and we launch the curse Of Rome"
Internal improvements.
We Of the South, especially Of South
Carolina, have succeeded In the face Of
national misrule and opposition. The
Rpublican party has turned millions Of
dollars to the West to irrigate the great
fields Of the West bat not dollar has It
turned to drain the lowlands Of tho
South The Republican party has car
ried millions Of dollars to Northern har-
bors for their improvement, but spent
scarcely anything to build up the coast
defences Of the South. Vast treasures
are 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 it Is constitutional and not
pa ternal to irrigate the Western arid
plains can see no reason why the low
lands OF the South should not be drained
and brought into utility as well.
.. South caroIIna's Position.
-. Still 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
1872; first In the Mexican war; and first
to- declare our rights in the great Civil
Conflict of 1861. Just as We were great
in military history, so have we ben In
every department. South Carolina was
the first to erect a cotton mill, and 1t
was a citizen Of hers who first invented
the cotton gin, though the fruits OF that
invention went to Eli Whitney Of Mas
sachusetts. Those elemnets which made
valiant the sons Of the South and made
Lee and Jackson great generals have
been handed down to their sons and
they, following in the footsteps Of their
fathers, have made such progress o.
material lines as challenges the admir-
alton Of the whole world. Look at our
condition when the soldiers returned
from Appomatto1. South Carolina stood
az 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 cen1scated,
her homes destroyed, her plantations
ruined, negroes freed and direct taxos
laid on her greatest product and II
every way she was crushed to the earth.
But step by step she has overcomt all OF
these conditions. Destroyed homes
have been rebuilt, farms reorganized,
improved and re-equipped. We began
life anew and today We are one OF the
great cotton producing states, are first
in phosphate manufacturing. second In
cotton manufacturing, nth tn gold pro-
duction, and soon will b Arst in the
manufacture and production Of alumni
mum. All this has been accomplished
with limited resources and with much
toll and struggle.
What we now want is to build up tho
South and make her greater than she
has ever been. Within our state Is be-
ing spent for public, private and denom-
tnal education sum exceeding two ana
one-fourth millions (s2,250,0 ,00O Of dollars,
and yet it is inadequate. We have tex
tile agricultural and mechanical school,
built on broad lines. This institu-
tion is a great one and is doing q great
work, but it does not reach the masses
Of our citizens. What we need Is 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 tnat
when the child has finished its sduca-
ton in the common schools It can step
forth, trained and well equipped, for his
pursuit BY this means We can Dullo
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
II the cotton mills can produce more
eheaply ar5 largely, their profits Will be
Increased. So that there is a common
ground on which the farmer. the oper-
alive and the mill owner stand. Tho