The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-28


away in droves, like troups of rats
from a sinking ship, but Jackson
stood immovable, as the Rock OF
Gibraltar, and emerged from the con-
flict with flags waving and colors fly
ing.
Who remembers Except in chron-
illogical way) the kinu!y ole gentle
men that defeated Clay in the mem
orable struggle of 1S4S? Where
stands Thurlow Weed the treacher-
Gus and envious engineer and conduc-
tor, according to Oliver Dyer of the
under ground train which railroaGed
Clav away from the White House
Clav, who would rather be right than
PRESIDENT; who placed the public
welfare first, friends second and self
third, will live on through the ages as
a great statesman when his jeal-
Gus detractors have been, long for
gotten We can not all be Jackson,
Randolphs, and Martin Luthers, who
nI Igure6 in great actions which write
themselves in lightnings across the
Yskies, but We can be heroes in the
smaller spheres where God has
placed US for wise and useful pur-
poses. It is high time for the old
notion to be obliterated from the
: minds of students and the public, that
a college diploma, presupposes en-
trance into one of the so-called learn
ed professions A man should enter
that calling where he can do his best.
The addition of a textile depart
ment to Newberry college was a wise
and judicious step, towards the ac-
complishment of this end. Twist the
matter as We will, the question OF
making an honest and decent sup
port in life, like Banquo's ghost, will
not down. The tide of immigration
which has been flowing from, the
North to the West and Northwest,
will soon turn to the South, and the
men of the South must be prepared
to meet the demands of skilled labor,
or 60 to ffthe wall. A successful and
scientific farmer, mill superintend-
ent, civil engineer or tradesman, is a
philanthropist, compared to the fail
ure in one of the learned professions.
The South has been chained to the
ground long enough. If she lies there
supinely, it will be her own fault.
For nearly century she raised the
cotton of the world and sent practi-
cally all of it, elsewhere for manu-
facture We began to take On new
life as soon as this suicidal policy
Vas checked. But we should not stop
The. trouble is, there is too
% cotton on the brain. There is
ething radically wrong when our
lumber and other material can
Rshipped North, converted into fur
IRE, buggies, wagons and carriages
returned to US, cheaper and bet
than we can make them at home.
e south is being drained of mil
Sof dollars for automobiles alone.
sbnse fortunes are being piled up
bis industry and yet there is no
mobile factory-With the excep-
of small plant in Atlanta, pos
Sy, in all this broad Southland. It
ga great reflection upon this section,
Nat it can not build such worth ess
~ wmachine and reap some of the bloat-
ed profits which would have opened
the eyes of Aladdin, in his palmiest
days. carry 10 animosity against
the North. I have been there a num-
Der of times, and the oftener I go,
the better like it. But the fact re-
mains, that for nearly so years the
North has had the bull by the horns,
stripping him to the bone, while the
South has been returning thanks for
the hide, hoofs and tallow, as her
share of the funeral meats. But we
can now see the dawn of brighter
day. We believe that there is a great
future for the trained and educated
brain of the South, if properly put to
work
One of the burdens which every
college carries, and which has work
ed untold harm, has been the indif-
ference and incompetence of too