Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-01

init tuiS century Will see her
strengthened by universal education
1ieh In her own resources, strong tr
diversified and intelligent agrlcul
lure. slill expanding in commerce and
manufactures. crowded with school
houses anu colleges and universities
can we doubt that she Will agalt
lead the Nalion In peace ana in war
Can We doubt that Washington and
jefferson and Madison and Monroe will
live again in unborn statesmen ana
heroes, who will wisely shape the lar
ger destines Of n larger Nation?
Figures and food make :, moor com
nination but so amlzing are the fig
lires representing t'he growth of the
south in The last five years, asl,
yoiir indulgence while ! give you d
few per centages based on figure,
taken from the Manufacturers Rec.
ord
The figures represent the increase
In industrial lines from 1900 to 1905:
Capital Invested in Cotton Mills,
27a per cent; Number OF Spindles,
$40 per cent; Number OF bales Of Cot
Ion used, 800 per cent; Value of Cot.
Ton Crop. rs per cent: Pig Iron mined
Toms. % per cent; Coal Mined
Tons. ESQ per cent: Lumber produced
i7d per cent; Capital Invested in Man.
iiiact'iries. 100 per cent; Value of
Manufactured product, 100 per cehl.
value of Exports, rs per cent: In.
crease in Railroad Mileage. 40 per
cent; Farm Prodnct--v Value. so per
cent; Capital In Cotton Oil Mills,
$50 per cent; Number of Cotton on
Mills, 500 per cent; Phosphate Mined,
ESQ ner cent; Coke Produced (Tons),
200 per cent.
we are a work In education, in
manufacturing. in railroads, in press.
In pulpit. The true leaders OF the
south are men and women who look
To the future. They are under no
sort of bondage. Their passion Is for
ccnstructiveness. their method is ed.
hcntion, their falth is in the people,
their purpose, as grim and stern as
those OF Cavalier or Puritan. Is 10
put tile Snth where IT,, or right be.
longs in This national life of Ours: to
heal Its sectional differences ia place
me South through training and self
sacrifice In the front OF American
life and American hope and Amerl.
can destiny
H. Will demand the exercise OF faith
and patience. and enthusiasm, and en-.
ergy and love. God give lis strength
for The work.
Nothing will so prosper it as your
approaching celebration, in fact It
will sound The chorus of reunited
Country.
] was not a confederate soldier.
] knew the confederacy in weakness,
not In pou cr; in defeat, not in vic
tory; not entwined with the cypress.
not crowned with laurels.
| knew It's desolated homes its
new made graves. lis weeping women
It's sightless eyes, its armless sleeve.
] thank God for those memories.
would not let them fade.
Yesterday ] saw bhe thin grey line
OF Confederacy fade away in glory
at Anpotomax. Today see IT. reap
near in Blue. fighting under the Stars
and Stripes Of my Country for Cuban
independence led by Fitzhugh Lee.
There was an old South.
There is a new South.
James Russell Lowell, and a Ger
man friend stood on the highest peak
Of the Alps. The American poet,
turned his face towards Italy and
lifting his hat sadly and reyerently
exclaimed "Glories of the past ! sa.
lutte You"
The German Turned on his heel and
lifting his hat toward the father-land
joyfinly exclaimed. "Glories Of The
future | salute YOU"
"Glories of the old South" the
world in generation and reverence,
salntes you.
"Glories of the new South" the
world in astonishment and admlra-
ton. snlutes you