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

Scit, "ullC lIic lucIcitSC 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, well worth looking after, espe-
clally rs thos" countries consume
large quantities of cotton mill pro-
duets such is are manufactured in
the Southern mills.
We celebrate this day as the one
hundred and scvcnty-eight amiver-
sary Of the founding of the ST. An
drew's Society of the City of C.lar-
lesion. We also celebrate it as the
anniversary of the martyrdom Of
your patron Saint, the apostle st.
Andrew, who, we are told in crcles-
1aStlcal history, was crucificd in
Achaia on the 30th Of November,
eighteen hundred and thirty->cvcn
years ago. According TO tradition
dear to every Scot. lnr remainS of
the apostle were removed in the third
century to Scotland, where they we're
cntombtd in a church built in his
honor by Il Picti$h king ON site
where the ancient city of ST. An
drcws now stands Hence, nc 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 Mccklcnhury
Declaration and Inc birthplace of An
ircw 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 American.
Charles Gilbert Stuart. whose Dor
traits, painted in the early DAYS Of
the Republic, have established his
lasting fame. and Throughout, the
highlands and the lowlands, castles.
rathcdrals. and abbcys bear witness
I" IN" nobility of the Scotch arcai-
lecture, which. perhaps. found its
highest expression in Mclrose Abbey.
one OF the finest examples Of the
British Gothic. It is. however. in
literary art that Scotland has cyccll-
ri. AS long as the English language
shall endure. the intense human in
1rrc>t OF the poems Of Robert Burns
Will appeal to the hearts Of mel. and
the 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,
and others, have worthily upheld the
standard Of Scotch literature. while
among our own American authors,
two of the most shing-
ton Irving and Edgar Allen Poe
We're 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 t" fight. they could always be
relied upon TO fight among thcmscl-
YES. Their courage and daring may
have been approached by that of 9TH
or races; they have never hcen cx-
c"llcd. The tide Of Roman cunuucst.
ald the advance Of Caesars con-
NucrlnG lcHionS were Staid ut the
Scottish highlands and lIaIrian IS
wall WAS Il monument to Scottish
valor. For Is centuries after Caes-
ar'' invasion of Britain. Scotland,
though often l. It by internal strife,
maintained an almost constant war
fare al"n" the border. In the Ian
gua"e Of Burns beautiful tribute to
Caledonia.
"a lambkin in peace, but IL lion in
war.
The pride of her kindred the he
rome grew;
Her @randSirc, old Odin. triumph
anily Sworc.
'Who'c 'cr shall provoke thee th' en-
counter shall ruc.'''
Generations Of English kings, Of
ten taking advantage Of di>Scnsions
among thc Scots. were unable to sue
crrd where the Romans had failed.