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In conclusion he made an able summary
OF his scheme of rural progress. His
address was received with much ap-
plause.
At the close OF Mr.. Poe's address, the
chair announced that, owing to the num-
Der Of papers TO be read, it would be
necessary to limit each to 10 minutes.
HoKE SMITH SPEAKS.
The next speaker on the program was
to have been Charles S. Barrett, but in
his absence, the chair introduced former
Gov. Hoke Smith. whose subject was
why We Are Here" Prolonged APP
plause greeted his appearance.
I'VE are here" said the speaker. be
cause of that spirit of progress. of adj
vancement. of energy that characterizes
the south of today. ! believe I'm publicity
and / want to see more white men i'm the
south Let Massachusetts, do all the ex-
perimenting she wants with the negro,
but let her do IL there, and give us some
of her good white laborers in return.
I'VE are on the eve of an era of I'M
precedented prosperity. We have pass
ed away from the hampering effects Of
the civil war and have reached the day
when the white man of the south prides
himself upon the skill of his hands in
fashioning the work of his daily life
no less than upon the cultivation Of his
mind.
I'VE in the south can do as much as
any other section in agricultural pro-
ducts. Not considering cotton, we can
raise corn and wheat and potatoes as
fine and plentifully as any section of
the world We have the iron, the coal
and the hard wood. And above all. cot
ton. All the raw material. and enough
water power to run all the manufac-
turing institutions of the world.
But we must have schools. to de-
velop the skill OF our boys. so that we
can produce from our soil all it is ca
pabIe OF, and to ship these to the world
manufactured and ready for use.
1.-The association will give the oppor-
tunity for cooperation necessary to reach
this end. It will teach our people what
they can and will accomplish. Our people
must be aroused to an intensity of pur-
pose to achieve all that they can in the
development of our south.
"T believe in publicity. We broaden our
market for cotton. help intensity obser-
walton, help increase values. When we
let the world know that we have cheap
land that can be made to pay for itself
four-fold i'm a short time. then we bring
ineStimable blessings upon our portion of
the country.
when we let the sturdy white people
of other parts Of our country know
these things. they will pour i'm until some
day we shall see the south the white
mans home"
The speaker closed with an eloquent
tribute 10 the men of the south in days
past and urged the young men of today
10 emulate I'm their way. their fathers in
the battle for helping the cause of ad-
vancement in southern agriculture.
PROFESSOR SOULE'S ADDRESS.
Following the address OF Gov. Hoke
Smith. Prof A. NJ. Soule, of the Georgia
College of Agriculture. spoke upon What
Education is Doing for Agriculture in the
South" Professor Soule apologized for
the condensed manner i'm which his
speech would necessarily be presented,
owing to the brevity of the time allotted
to him. but there was no occasion for
this No man i'm the south is better fit
ted for the discussion of this phase of
agricultural matters. and his address was
received with much applause by his ill.,
terested auditors.
Professor Soule poitned out graphical
" what has been done i'm the past for
agriculture by education in the south,
and TO the unlimited possibilities pre-
scented thereby for the future. He said
that this education is absolutely nee
essary to prosperity in generations to
come out lndl Win IL, the IlCIes VI
south would be almost beyond calcula-
ton.
THE RAILROADS PART.
A. ID. Allen. president of the Interstate
Cotton-seed Crushers' association, was to
have read the next paper upon Cotton
Oil Industry's Part i'm the Development
Of Agriculture but he was unavoidably
absent. and his able paper was read by
Fielding Wallace, of Augusta. His views
upon this phase OF the cotton industry
were intensely interesting and received
applause from all present.
The Railroad AS An Economic Fac
tor in the Development of the South"
was the subject of an address by VI. V.
Richards. land and industrial agent of
the Southern railway. His paper proved
the speakers knowledge of his subject to
be deep and vitality interesting. At the
close of this paper the meeting adjourned
until O'Clock, at which time the pro-