Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1905-05-31
MANY STATES WERE REPRESENTED
North Carolina Executive is Unani-
mously Made Temporary Chairman
Of Gathering at Washington and De-
livers the Opening Address.

washington. Special.-Eleven States.
Alabama. Arkansas. Georgia, Florida.
Mississippi. North Carolina. South Car
olina, Tennessee. Texas. West Virginia
and Virginia are represented by dele
gates to the Southern Industrial Par
lament. which began its sessions here
Tuesday and will continue through Fri
day. There are also present represen-
tatlVes from New York, Philadelphia
and baltimore who are Interested in
the objects for which the parliament
was called. which includes the exchange
Oh ideas regarding matters OF impor-
tance for the development Df tbe
South. The feature of the day was the
address of Gov. Robert B. Glenn. at the
morning session
Addresses were made by w. w
Lumpkn, of Columbia. S. c.: NJ. V.
hicherds. of the Southern railway. who
elscnssed mainly immigration to the
south' Dr. Charles A. Cary. of the
Alabama Agricultural College. who
urged steps to eXterminate tick fever
among the cattle and advocated that
that the Southern people raise more
live stock, particularly for beef pur-
poses.
L. b. Thackston. of South Carolina
was elected permanent secretary OF the
parliament
Gov. Robert b. Glenn. OF North Caro-
INA, was unanimously elected presid-
ing officer, and delivered the openinr
| address. At the outset of his remarks
he received applause by stating that
whlle he had come to Washington with
MS heart filled with love for the sec
ton in which he lived, there were no
men living that loved. honored and re-
Vered the great Nation in which we
live more than the delegates who are
here today from South OF the Mason
and Dixon line"
After drawing n pen picture of the
development of the country during the
last hundred years. Governor Glenn
touched upon the devastation wrought
In the South by the contest between
the States. and said the people OF that
section had gone ahead with a will to
redeem. reclaim and build up He
spoke OF the enormous production of
cotton. iron, timber and other commo-
dities in the South and declared that
1t had risen 20 the place where II ought
10 Stand-"equal. If not superior. to any
other section of the universe in which
we live" But. he said while the har-
'NSI vi lilt ooulI WIS great the laDOr-
erS were few. I.aborcrS were needed
anywhere and everywhere. and he de-
clared that the South held ont oppor-
tunities, and if they would come there
was no reason why they could not have
the same returns. the same wealth
ana be even greater and grander than
in any other section OF the country
But while men of brains and energy
were wanted the South did not want
the riff-raff of the countries of the
world
Governor Glenn then aroused his au-
dlence to high pitch OF enthusiasm
when he denounced the methods of GER
tain immigration agents of the West
ern railroads to turn the tide of immi-
grafton from the South by sending
abroad maps showing the marvellous
prosperity in the West. but picturing
the Southern States in black, in order
TO show that the negroes have the s,l-
periority over the whites: that the
South Is a place where very few. if
any. whites live: where men of money
only can endure and where the white
laborer cannot endure because il is the
home OF the negro and where the ne
gro is made en- equal partner with the
whites. That assertion" he vehem-
emily declared, lis false, and I herald
1t here today. 1t is the duty of every
honest man in the United States.
whether he is Northerner. Southern
er or Westerner. to remove this calum-
nifty from the best and purest people
this country has ever known"