Evening star., 1925-06-17

South that had risen from the ruins
OF slavery. He has proved a true
prophet. The things that have ma
terlallzed are probably greater than
even he ever dreamed Of
The next task declares the Bir
mingham News. "is to educate our
own people into a fuller appreciation
Of what they have, and to train our
own youth to be able to serve. not as
heWers OF wood and drawers of water.
but to take leading parts and not be
pushed aside to make way for those
from a distance who have been edu-
Gated so they are competent to do the
necessary big and we'll paid work"
Recognition of the fact that there
is little less materialism in the
South than in the rest of the coun-
try is given by the Altoona (PaD
Mirror. Every American" saws the
Mirror, should consider the South a
glorious part of our common heritage
and cordially indorse the efforts of
its people to contribute to the Nations
prosperity" OF the absence of ma
terialism the Mirror offers the judg-
ment: "A bit of the dream spirit, a
good slice of romanticism, is essential
TO the perfect symmetry of our national
life" The Knoxville Sentinel further
reveals of the spirit of the new South
in it's admonition Ito make sure we
haven't lost all individuality and be-
come safely strait-waistcoated into
'drab uniformity" However. the Sen
tinel holds that the Southern Exposi-
ton in New York furnished ocular
| demonstration, not only TO North
erners. but TO Southerners themselves.
that the great stride the South has
struck in the industrial race Is no
dream or figment of exaggeration"
That success has crowned the strug-
gle of the South is acclaimed bv the
Charlotte Observer, which declares
that the induStrialiZation of the
South has become a subject of an
alysiS by the financial and economic
authorities of the Nation; the marvel
Gus development is now a matter of
common acceptance" pointing out
that "once more the ancient port of
New Orleans promises to become. If
not our greatest port, not far from it -
The Canton. Ohio, News accepts this
verdict of the. Charlotte Observer.
whose enterprise and industry" it
says, give proof of the development
to which it calls attention"
1.-THE time is coming on the wings
of industry and experience when the
difference between the sections an
proaches the vanishing point" re-
marks the Houston Chronicle, and the
Atlanta Journal rejoices in the fact
that far men elsewhere pro-
claim so great a faith in what orr
region is and is to be. If others he
lieve thus in our destiny, shall we moi
believe in it ourselves, and work
loyalty to speed its fruition?" Further
evidence of this faith comes frona
Michigan, where the Ann Arbor Times.
News declares: ''The North is glad
to hear that the South is awakening
and more than glad to welcome the
proof that the report is true. Because
after all. there is no North nor South .
and the praiseworthy pride of the
Southern press 'is just another thing
to make us rejoice that we are
Americans"
There is no question that people
of other parts of the country are com
ing to look upon this as the land of
opportunity" in the opinion of the
Charleston Post, which finds justifica-
ton in the statement of the New York
Times that, ''the old South, which
was exclusively agricultural, is dis
appearing before the new South that
is well balanced between agriculture
and industry" 1t is cause for pride
in every section of our common coun-
try concludes the New York Post.