Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-01-27

zalia and the woodland violet that has
 been brushed by the white trail of her
 wedding gown, she comes to meet her
 lover; the bridegroom is the sturdy
 old South, possessing the physical
 strength of Sandow, the graces of
 an Apollo, with a bold brow indicative
 of intellect, proud as Lucifer, strong
 as lion, but with heart as tender
 as that of a women. ho has made
 good on many nard fought battle field from Sumpter to Appomatox,
 never wavering once in the discharge
 of his duty, and if great he has been
 in war, equally so has heen been sub- lime in peace.
 In the valley of the South, with
 her majestic cloud-kissed mountains
 as an ampitheater, her valleys redo
 lent with the perfume of the magnolia
 and the jessamine that grows to the far South, the wedding march render ed by an orchestra composed of the
 carols of the mocking bird and the
 ripple of beautiful streams that flow
 in eternal melody and amid sounds of the deep breathing of her furnaces and engines, that are making good the claims of the South in fight for in- dustrial supremacy, and amid the
 many heartfelt expressions of God speed coming from those who live in
 the SIP cotton growing counties of the South mingling with those of the
 chivalrous and generous citizenship
 that compose the stupendous West, the ceremony is performed.
 These two splendid representative l portions of this, the lusty young re- public of the western hemisphere are l bound together for veal or woe. From the union naught but happiness, ad- | vancement, honor and contentment can flow.
 'As old time drags himself through the cycle of years to the union will be born at least five children. The first is girl, possessing all the womanly sweetness and purity of her
 mother and the strength of that fa- ther whose name is an honest syno- nym of honor, strength. capability and tenderness. Should we try for thousand years, could We name her anything but Social Supremacy? The other four children will be illustrious and stalwart sons, beautiful admix- ture of their parents, and these we will name Agricultural, Political, In- dustrial and Commercial Supremacy. When this day dawns the South will once again assume her rightful posi- tiOn. It will then be that the reins of government will be placed in the hands of men Southern born, and the destinies of this great republic will be controlled by those who years ago were shorn of power, and this nation, with victorious tread, will march toward the accomplishment of all those national virtues which we love and revere.
 Summary.
 "To attempt to give in detail what the Southern Cotton association means to the South, is task requiring pen 1 more facile than I can wield. It means, when our principles are right ly established and adopted, billions of wealth and worlds of happiness will attend the Southern people. It means that in two-years this association has been largely responsible in saving $550 100000 to the farmers of the South. This represents volume of
 money large enough to buy. either Alabama or Arkansas at her tax-book value. If this association could ac- complish nothing more. it means that it has been of incalculable value in running the hydro-headed monste,, called the bucket shop, out of Geor- gia and South Carolina and in another sixty days the same can be said of Arkansas. For the farmer, it means that this association is bringing order out of choas and putting moral backbone in him. It means that it is teaching him the beauties and bene- dts of diversifcation, and demon- strating to him that if he will use the