The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-16

900, while the values Of
the manufacturers increased from
50.000.000 il 1850, to s900.O0O,-
900 in 1890, 70 s1.45o,OoO,o in
1900, and to $1,000, 100000 in 1905
"The farm products in 1880 were
s660.o0o,000; in 1890, s770,o0o,-
900; il 1900. sl,2TO, 100000, and
1908, s2.20o,OoO,000. The exports
from the South in 1880 were $780,
100000 OF dollars; in 1880, $685.
100000; in 1900, s4S4,O00.o0o. AMI
in 1908, se4S,ooo.o0
in this marvellous growth the
manufacturers of the South now e1-
ceed the agricultural products and
thus complete change has come
over the character Of her industries.
The South has become rich, and only
the surface Of her wealth has been
scratched. Her growth has exceeded
that OF the rest Of the country, and
she is now in every way sharing in
it's prosperity.
State Rights and Democracy.
again, the Democratic party has
not preserved inriolate its traditional
doctrines as to State rights and 9th
er issues and has for the time adopt
ed new doctrines of possibly doubt
full economic truth and wisdom.
Southern men adhering to the party
and the name find themselves,
through the influence Of tradition
and the fear Of restoration Of con-
ditioRs which are now impossible.
supporting platform and candi-
date whose political and economic
theories they distrust. Under these
conditions there was in the last
| campaign and there IS throughout
the South among many Of its most
intelligent citizens an impatience, 8
nervousness and restlessness il
voting for one ticket and rejoicing in
the success Of another.
'sNow I am not one of those who
are disposed to criticise or empha-
size the Inconsistency Of the position
in which these gentlemen ind them.
selves. I believe it would be wise
II all who synpathize with one party
and It's principles were to vote its
ticket, but I can readily understand
the weight and inertia Of the ira
oition and the social consideration;
that makes them hesitate. I be-
lieve that the movement away from
from political solidity has started
and ought to be encouraged and
! think one way to encourage 1t is tc
have the South understand that the
| attitude Of the North and the Re
publican party toward it is not one
Of hostility or criticism or opposit
ion, political or otherwise; that the!
believe in the maintenance OF -h'
18th amendment, but that, as al
ready explained, they do not deem
that amendment to be inconsisten
with the South's obtaining and malu
tanning what it regards as its polit
teal safety from domination Of al
ignorant electorate; that the Nortl
yearns for closer association with th'
South; that its citizens deprecat'
that reserve on the subject Of poll
tics which so long has been main
tanned IN the otherwise delightful
social relations between Southerner
and Northerners as they are nor'
and more frequently thrown togeth
er.
"In welcoming to change o
party aflhation many Southerner
who have been Democrats We ar
brought face to face with a delicat
situation which we can only NEE
with frankness and Justice. In ou
anxiety to bring the Democrati
Soctherners into new political reia
tions ne should have and can hav'
no desire to pass by or ignore tn
com mparatively Few white Southern
ers who from principle has consist
entity stood FOR our principles in tn
South when it brought them socia
ostracism AID q loss OF all 2restage
Nor can We sympathiZe with an cnor
to exclude from the suppor.. Of Re
publicanisn in the South Or to reat
out Of the party those coiorei voter
who BY their education snd thrift
have made themselves eligible to e5
arcise the electoral franchise.
Matters Of Education.
1--WE believe that the solution 0
the race question in the South i
largely O matter Of industrial ane
thorough education. Some South
e-ners who have given exp "ssion t
their thoughts seem to thing tha
the only solution o: the ne5c3 QuHs
ton is his migration to Africa; bu
to me such proposition is utterl!
| fatuous. The negro IS essential tt
the South in order that it may havs
proper labor. Their ancestors weT&
| brought here against their will
| They have no country bet this
They know no flag but ours. They
wish to live under It and are VII
| ling to die for it. They ara Ameri.
cans. The proposition to increase
the supply Of labor in the South by
emigration from Europe, is seems tc
me, instead Of being inimica! 10 the
cause Of the negro. vii! aid him. As
the industries of the South continue
to grow in the marvellous ratio el-
ready s:aavn the demaai for labor
must increase.
Primarily an industrial educa-
ton for the masses, higher educa-
ton for the leaders Of the negro
race, for their professional men,
their clergymen, their physicians,
their lawyers and their teachers, will
make up e system under which thei:
Improvement, which statistics show
to have been most noteworthy III
the last 40 years, vii! continue at