The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-12
AS aAGo00 saw IT.
The Impressions Made By the Speeches
at Mondays Msetina.

The Impressions Made by the Speeches
at Mondays Meeting.
Hagood, April 6.-I have been re-
uuessed to write up the meeting OF
HE farmers in your city on the 3rd,
hard task indeed, but as friend
OF the movement. will undertake it
with che hope not simply to entertain
menS but to further a canse that Is
Che hfa Of our southland. Our own
Southiandi how the mere mention
of it thrills the heart Of its humblest
citizen, especially after scuh meetings
as were beld in Sumter Monday.
There is q Divinity that shapes
our ends, rough hew them as We
may Yes, there is q providence OF
nations as we'll as individuals, and
when NE remember this with what
force dc those words of Cowper come
home 20 rs:
God moves in mysterious way,
His wenders to perform;
Deep m unfathomable mines.
OF never falling skill,
He treasures up His bright designs,
And works His sovereign will. .
}ur South land has had schooling in
Nhch she received such chartisement
as falIs to the los of few; may she
iearu we'll the lessons assigned her
and when the hour comes may she De
fully qualified, thoroughly furnished
for the task assigned her is the prayer
of her every true son. We were made
80 feel as NE listened to the able adj
dresses that great future was before
ker. that all the past was but the
daWning OF bright bright Gay.
When the Spaniard by conquest
acdHired territory in Mexico he found
there plant. which after century's
grow Ga produced flowers and fruitage.
The slow processes and hard usage
were uisagreeable, trying, but ii In the
end ne have the golden harvest, who
viii complains m hat II for the time
man sets Gods purposes away is He
not almighy and will He mo- make
mans wrath TO praise Him? When
tae great railways OF our land. IN
stead Of betting it from East to West
shai conform to what seems the de-
slgnsof the great architect. then OF ali
tines viii be the Scuthiand's oppor-
J stunsty for the world will come with
tier uferings to enrich and crown
her So empty their treasures into her
1ans ben may it not be with her as
hss been with some that her fortGne
Is Ser greatestsm:sfortune. 81
fSslng down the great Mississippi
what ina prAasss one most sof all Is
&h6s r7ch ness an q epth Of the soil OF
3t ra3 When the isthmian canals
When Charleston, Savannah.
x3e New Orleans, ETC.. become
Rateways for our commerce, what
else win be the outcome of it all
bus our enriching, = History repeats
itssl cities great IN wealth and size
hare dwindled away and died and
others thSt once struggled for bare
exitsence como into their place. !
hear that the boom of Sumter is over;
who fspeaks so misstates; the enthu-
sissm incident onthe boom has passed.
buss the real growth aud development
ha5 inst set in. Hear me, hencefcrth
values II Southland dirt whether IN
city or rural district are going sky
mard because OF two facts, the one
already alluded to and the monopoly
ne hare In tie production OF cotton.
JA ptysician. when called Id FIRST
aeoks 90 know the disease, then
the remedy. then the cause and with
this knoWledage he may safely expect
torecoyer hiH patient.
For long time ne Thought our
trouble was oyerproduetion. bnt find
it under consumption and the remedy
not reduction though for the time
that is necessary but EXPANSION OF the
field OF consumption That 8 little
ssste Of Europe not 50 large as some
conntries should export more cotton
than the great state, that produced 1t
Is remarkable indeed. shame on Us.
What is the cause? Lack OF proper
fransportatioa facilities. What is the
first dnty Of government? To foster
ifs industries and protect its people.
May not the time be at our door when
ffae worlds greatest battles Will be
waged along the lines OF peace, when
: ffse greatest conquests will be In
friendly rivalry. when honesty will be
the policy Of all successful adventure
whether of the individual or the ma
tioa, when eVerryshing will go upon
merit, When integrity and uprightness
viii be at premium everywhere!
Yhe farther we advance the surer
we-s are OF the success of this farmsrs
movement. Rome was not built In
{ one day No human organization
In perfect, especially In its genesis:
Everything attains perfection and
strength with growth and age. Shall
ii;Fk not be SO with the farmers move
nient?
am sure that every thinking man
attending the meeting Monday was
helped and his faith in the movement
strengthened. AS time advances the
success OF the movement becomes ap-
parent to even its enemies, its maeni-
tIde and growth attracting world
wide attention. COMMANDING the con-
sidera.ion and winning the respect of
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