The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-18
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fathers and owed ones. Those We're
u;,4h uaya. Duu worse came after
1850. before those dark days after
tne War we mad fought men worthy
OF our arms ana steel. but III the
succeeding days There was misery
degradation ,t.Id the loss or properly
lhrust uJon US. days III which men
ana women tealeL TO walk abroad
we We're $26o,UUv,U0v poorer IMAM ii
1860. but To-Day. thank God, we have
thrown oil our SWadd.Ilg Clothes aud
HhoenIX IKE nave risen above the
ashes OF past. horrible as a night
mare. and are N.5.,.. b. double
more than in lSou, and four
tunes as much as i'm 1870; a
per cent. OF increase that is
worthy of ali commentator in
COO. made SO by dishonesty that came
in those dark days, but TO-DAY we have
risen above this and only owe $6,S7G,-
900, While the State owns in railroad
and stocks $7,02S,O0U, u balance IN
our favor of $156, $50" (Here came
great aDDlause.)
I'm 1880 there We're 40 cotton
mills valued at S2,S35,O00. Now we
nave 332 cotton mills, worth SO mill
lions of dollars. In 1890 there were
1884 looms and 1000 spindles,
while in 1904 there We're 1862 looms
and 2,17S,000 spindles. In 1904 we
had more cotton mills than any 9TH
er State. and in value these stood
third. with only Massachusetts and
South Carolina in advance. In 1890
the value of our manufactured pro-
ducts was $40, goo while in 1905
it is estimated at over one hundred
million, an increase of over 100 per
cent.
I'm farming we have shown a Won
derful increase, our fertile lands rails
ing all products. In 1890 the gross
value of these was $50,070,638 and in
1905 the estimate is $4,000, 600, near
ly 100 per cent. increase. How great
will this be in the future if our far
mers stand together in their sales of
tobacco and cotton, and demand for
these their full worth.
IN education we have also made
great strides. Our State University
can not accommodate the applicants,
and the A. & NJ. College has to de-
cline hundreds to thousands because
of lack of room. At Trinity David
son, Wake Forest, Elon the accom-
modations are all filed TO overfio wing
and running over The common
schools have never been in better
conditions; the terms are longer; the
teachers better prepared, and the
people are voting special taxes. Last
year had in it 365 days, and there
were $50 school houses built. This
year God helping us, we will build
over 400 new school houses. In 1880
the receipts for the common schools
were S523, 700, in 1904 it was over
two millions The expenses in 1890
were 1852. 900 and in 1904 the amount
was $1900,000. The value of school
property in 1880 was $220.442, While
in 1904 it had grown to $2,300.000,
an increase of 500 per cent. for North
Carolina, While in the United States
the increase was only 1S7 per cent.
This shows wonderful educational
impulse in the State
Then Governor Glenn spoke of the
moral progress of the State, declaring
that the statement of Congressman
Foster of Vermont. that morally it
stood first was true. and that the
churches and school houses had
welded a great influence. North Car.
olina," he said. sis the most moral
State south of Mason and DiXon's line
and is fast becoming the first in the
Union.
l"The past and the present tell their
what of the future?' Are we to stand
still or retrograde or march on to
greater and grander heights? / am
no prophet or the son of a prophet.
but for North Carolina l see great
progress. one in which corporations
and individuals are being welcomed TO
the State, and invited to aid in its
development. To all corporations we
saw come, we will protect you as long
as you protect the weak, but when
you attempt to destroy these we Will
Law a hand on you and say you must
obey I see i'm the future the day
when all North Carolina VIII De aStil
with activity and with the greatest OF
advances in education, for nothing
will build it UP more than the work
of its schools and colleges.
CAS- to morals / don't know how
We will work to attain higher moral
sphere, whether by vote of the state,
or by counties. or by the will of the
people who employ but temperance
and sobriety are coming in North car