The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-17

Il Bcharman; II. M. Pollard, of Petersburg
G. g. Vaughan, Jr., Of Franklin; Tenol
L. Tllghman, OF Norfolk, aud i. r.. Mott
Ing. OF this city.
Mr.. Maddox Speaks.
! With this preliminary business disposed
of, President Habllston very felicitously
] presented Mr.. Robert It. Maddox, Of At
| lantn, who addressed the association In
| n speech of about half an hour TINT
enlisted enthusiasm. Replying to Mr..
! Habliston's references to Atlanta. Mr..
Maddox stated that lie had thought when
! the Virginia bankers were In Atlanta
! that Richmond and Atlanta were about
| TO get together, President Habliston hav-
ing shown decided penchant for ar
Atlanta young lady, He had heard moth.
ing moro about the union, however. there
having been no new development. but the
| young lady was still single and in At
| lantn.
| Mr.. Maddox then proceeded with his
| address, '"rhe South In tho Saddle" a
| contrast Of the conditions Immediately
| following the war and of the present.
day conditions OF reunited country, ad-
! vancng by leaps and bounds TO-.
wards a great Industrial, commercial and
manufacturing future. Indeed, his al.
dress reminded one of Grady, the herald
| of the New South" and tho cloquence
OF the speaker heightened the analogy.
In the course OF his address, Mr., Maddox
said In part:
I wish 10 acknowledge at once my sincere ere
appreciation of the honor Of addressing TINS
forded me OF renewing tho delightful neauaint.
n,cc of many Of your members. maze maize Whe. .
few years ago the bankers banker q and
tho spirit OF our cause and the cordlaiity
between tho bankers of the South was given
new life and greater power by the presence
In Gcorgla of so many OF your members In
my native city Of Atlanta We nre proud OF tne
on ha sa yrsna society hs
OF some OF our best and most distinguished
citizens who have added much to me s tom
and have been an Inspiration to US
all, for they teach us how n man may prove
himself good citizen IN one section ,vh 81 9 ,he
his native heath. We remember how only y
came o our rse ety the guest Of tho virginia
Society, and With his matchless eloquence
charmed tremendous audience ana .aug q, ,n us
llfe of Lee. captlvatcd our city and won ting
hearts Of all our ladies.
people and studs the dadem OF Dixie with It's
brightest Jewels We OF the South can never
forget the debt the republic dead and a, z, the
debt the republic living owes to the Old Do
minion state. and we shall ever rel, cherish the the
memories OF your past and glory IN the
fsaa ms s. 50 rapidly
are to-day for the first time facing n scarcity
OF labor, and all industrial bodies art! are Sc, Sc,
tide OF the higher class OF immigrants south
ward, to furnish US labor to carry on the
cotton is truly king. mot the fleece that
Jason sought can rival the richness Of this
plant as 1t unfurs its banners in our fields II
is gold from he instant 1t puts forth It's tiny
shoot. The shower that whispers to It is
heard around the world The trespass 90
,ny England the s" Of the
on her Asintc outposts." Its fiber and seed
now renders back TO the South nearly $7Go
900, and tho 1000, 900 bales we spin ndds
500. 900 900 more. While the world is producing
more than $1,000, 900 Of gold daily It Is only
about half tho value OF our cotton crop and It's
hyproducts The home. Of the cotton blossom!
Never was rare pearl placed In more glorious
setting. bounded on the north. by the fertile
fields of blue grass, which makes the face OF
nature smile as In eternal spring and gives
to the South the finest horses and the fairest
women; on the west It reaches out to the
abundant harvest OF golden, grain; on the soutl,
1T breathes the aroma OF bossomins orange and
the matchless magnolia; on the east our cotton
where we catch, the never ending sea song,
bidding us bear our product upon the oceans
clothe nations yet unborn. God gave the South
indeed glorious blessing when He gave us
the cotton plant. matchless soil and
yeomanry which is tho admiration OF the
While the banking fraternity is proud Of the
patriotic services our profession has ever rem
dered our matchless country both In, Its de-
Tense in time of war, and in It's development
In time OF peace we can also claim the historic
fact that after Isabella had pawned all her
Jewels. 1t was the banking house Of the
Pinzons who furnished Columbus the money
the way for that intrepid explorer, Ponce de
Leon. to find our shores which he first touched
on that prophetic Easter morn and rolled back
the stone from the tomb Of our. past and opened
the way for sleeping continent to rise In |
glory and teach a lcsosn OF liberty TO all man
OF the praise for that beacon fire OF liberty, |
which was first lighted In this new world, |
which has the way for
ness In this LAND OF tho free and home OF |
the brave - s ..s
Praises President.
3 We have much hope in President Theodore |
Roosevelt, that natehless man, whose integrity
faltered; whose fairness to our section Is |
promised. and believe that before his term
OF office has expired he will have proven hm-
self friend to the South, and the whole coun-
try will unite in singing his praises. and his
10 evsr citizen saare
/ The South has, indeed, played no small part
republic. 1t transformed wilderness into fer
tile fields builded cities and fought Its way
indian, French and Spanish wars. It drove
England from our southern shore, and in the
halls OF Congress 1T furnished a large part
Of the United States. and has
ever been; found in the front ranks OF Its de-
tenders. While for four sad years 1t suffered |
IN mn honest difference OF opinion with our
brothers of the North when that Issue was de-
c BY an on,iscient Father, we accepted as
final the arbitrament OF the sword, and no
southerner To-day would fail TO shed his Iife's
blood to save one foot Of this reunited republic
from the conquest OF any nation on the earth,
AS an evidence of this. when the first call for
volunteers came to fight our countrys common
Zoe. Georgia sent, In proportion to her popula-
Ion, more troops to carry the American flag
INTO Cuba than any other State In the Union,
While the South Is In tho saddle, and In
he development OF her mines and manufac-
ures, and the diversified products OF her soil,
9 thrilling with new life, the greatest Joy
which comes to us In this glad hour Is not that
We have trumPhed over the adversItes OF the
,ast; that VIC are prosperous and our harvests
ire great; but that the South In her growth
md achievements Is adding wealth and glory
Q this splendid republic In which wo live,
md 1t makes more enduring the spirit of unity
which surges in all our hearts. am glad
he time has come when
afig "Those opened eyes, tt4s.5F
Which like the meteors OF a troubled heaven
III OF ono nature, of one substance bred,
Did lately meet in tn intestine shock
'hall now, in mutual well beseeming ranks
farch all ono way" T.
Mr. Henry T.. Schmelz, Of Hampton,
leegate to the last American Hankers,