The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-12-10

cent, willie luc increase IL the value
Of expor's to all other parts Of the
world amounted to only &c per cent
The Latin-American trade is, there
fore, we'll worth looking after, espe-
cially as those countries consume
large quantities of cotton mill pro
duets such as are manufactured il
the Southern mills.
We celebrate this day as the one
hundred and seventy-eight anniver-
sary Of the founding of the St. An
drew's Society of the City of Char
lesion. We also celebrate it as the
anniversary Of the martyrdom Of
your patron Saint, the apostle ST..
Andrew, who, we are told in eccles-
iastical history, was crucifed in
Achaia on the 30th of November,
eighteen hundred and thirty-seven
years ago. According to a tradition
dear to every Scot, the remains Of
the apostle were removed in the third
century to Scotland, where they were
entombed in church built in his
honor by Pietish king on a site
where the ancient city Of St. An
drews now stands. Hence, ne be-
came the patron Saint Of Scotland
and Of the Scot in whatever land he
may be found.
"Scotland in Art, Arms, and In
dustry." What an opportunity this
text offers for laying the foundation
for historical controversies beside
which those as to the Mecklenburg
Declaration and the birthplace of An
drew Jackson would pale into in
| significance. My only safety lies in
generatities.
In the arts, The genius Of the
Scotch race has tended to the indus
trial arts, rather than to what are
termed the fine arts, though there
have been Scotch painters of note,
including the Scotch-America1,
Charles Gilbert Stuart, whose por-
traits, painted Ia the early days of
the Republic, have established his
lasting fame, and throughout the
highlands and the lowlands, castles,
cathedrals, and abbeys bear witness
to the nobility Of the Scotch arcni-
lecture, which, perhaps, found its
highest expression in Melrose Abbey,
one Of the finest examples of the
British Gothic. It is, however, in
literary art that Scotland has excell-
ed. As long as the English language
shall endure, the intense human in
terest Of the poems Of Robert Burns
will appeal to the hearts Of mel, and
tne chivalric romance Of the poems
and novels Of Sir Walter Scott will
inspire high thoughts and honorable
deeds. In our own day, Robert
Louis Stevenson, James NJ. Barrie,
ano others, have worthily upheld the
standard Of Scotch literature, while
among our own American authors,
two Of the most brilliant Washing
ton Irving and Edgar Allen Poe
were men Of Scotch descent.
The history Of Scotland has been
the history of the Scots in arms. In
the older days, When they had no one
else to fight, they could always be
relied upon to fight among themsel-
yes. Their courage and daring may
have been approached by that Of 9th
er races; they have never been ex-
celled. The tide Of Roman conquest,
a1d the advance Of Caesars con-
quering legions were staid at the
Scottish highlands and Hadrian' s
wall was a monument to Scottish
valor. For l6 centuries after Caes-
ar's. invasion of Britain, Scotland,
though often r.~t by internal strife,
maintained an almost constant war
fare along the border. In the Ian
guage Of Burns beautiful tribute to
Caledonia
"a .lambkin in peace, but a lion in
war,
The pride Of her kindred the he
roine grew;
Her grandsire, old Odin, triumph
antly swore,
'Who'er shall provoke thee tn en-
counter shall rue.'''
Generations Of English kings, Of
ten taking advantage of dissensions
among the Scots. were unable to sue
ceed where the Romans had failed.
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