Friday. April 8. 1921.
STANLY NEWS-HERALD-
Paare Seven.
1 he w
ew
South
The Uplift.
Henry Woodfin Grady was
K??n 1889. He enjoyed splen-
5 d educational advantages, com
iiia course at the Uni-
'ersity of Virginia. He was an
rfTalfot. He was an optimist.
Ie was a patriot. In many re
acts he was the greatest pro
uction of the South in ages. By
,is pen and words and by his
rision, he opened out wide the
rates of opportunity in the en
ire South.
Hear him in this quotation
rom a speech he made in his na
ive state, telling of the details of
i Georgia funeral: "The grave
ras dug through solid marble,
nit the marble headstone ' was
rom Vermont. That the burial
ras in a pine wilderness, but
he pine coffin came from Cin
innati. That an iron mountain
iversharlowed it, but the coffin
lails and screws came from the
ity of Pittsburg. That hard
roods and metal abounded, but
he corpse was hauled in a wag
in which was made, in South
Send, Indiana. That a hiqkory
rove was near by, but the pick
!nd shovel handles came from
Jew York. That the cotton shirt
n the dead man came from Cin
annati, the coat and breeches
rom Chicago and the shoes from:
Boston. That the folded Hands
I . J& fM nrli 1 4-n mIaiTah nsi
vere Hicaseu in wiukc giuvcs aim
rom New York, and around the
boor neck that had worn all its
Jiving days the bondage of lost
Opportunity was twisted a cheap
ravat Irom rhiladeipnia. mat
;he country so rich in undevel
oped resources furnished noth-
tae for the funeral but the poor
Irian's body and the grave in
Which it awaited the Judgment
rump. And that the poor fel-
tow was lowered to ms-rest on ,
offin bands from Lowell, car
ied nothing into the next world
ks a reminder of his home in
his, save the halted blood in his
,-eins, the chilled marrow in his
pones, and the echoes of the
pull clods that fell on his coffin
id.
This painting aroused the in
dustry and spirit of the South.
t took pep and started. And he
:arried a story to the North in
lis speech on the "New South"
ielivered at a banquet 'of the
Iew England Club, New York,
December 21st, 1886. It follows:
A master hand has drawn for
you the picture of your return
ing armies. You have been told
fliow, in the pomp and circum-
La . i l
psiance oi war, tney came d&ck
Ro you, marching with proud
pnd victorious tread, reading
their victory in a nation's eye.
Will you bear with me while I
tell you of another army that
sought its home at the close of
the late war an army that
marched home in defeat and not
in victory, in pathos and not in
splendor, but in glory that equal
ed yours, and to hearts as lov
ing as ever welcomed heroes to
their home?
Let me picture to you the foot-,
sore Confederate soldier as,
buttoning up in his faded gray
jacket the parole which was to
bear testimony to his children of
his fidelity and faith, he turned
his face southward from Appo
mattox in April, 1865. Think
of him as, ragged, half-starved,
heavy-hearted, enfeebled by hi3
want and wounds, having fought
to exhaustion, he surrenders his
gun, wrings the hands of his
comrades in silence, and, lifting
his tear-stained and pallid face
for the last time to the graves
that dot old Virginia hills, pulls
his gray cap over his brow and
begins the slow and painful
journey.
What does he find let me ask
you what does he find when,
having followed the battle stain
ed cross against overwhelming
odds, dreading death not half so
much as surrender, he reaches
the home he left so prosperous
and beautiful? He finds his
house in ruins, his farm devas
tated, his slaves free, his stock
killed, his barns empty, his
trade destroyed, his money not
usable, his social system, feudal
in its magnificence, swent
his people without law or legal
status, nis comrades slam, and
the burdens of others heavy on
his shoulders. Crushed hv fit.
feat, his very traditions gone,1
witnout money, credit, employ
ment, material, or training, and
besides this, confronted with
the gravest problem that ever
met human intelligence the es
tablishing of a status for the'
vast body of his liberated slav
es, i
What does he do, this hero in'
gray with a heart of gold ? Does '
he sit down m sullenness and
despair? Not for a day. Sure-'
It God, who had stripped him of
his prosperity, advised him in
his adversity. As ruin was
never before so overwhelming, I
never was restoration swifter. '
The soldier stepped from the
trenches into the furrow; hors-j
es that had charged Federal gun
marched before the plow ; . and
fields that ran red with human
blood in April were green with'
the harvest in June.
But what is the sum of our.
work? We have found out that
the free negro counts more than '
he did as a slave. We have plan-1
ted the school house on the hill
top. and" made it free to white!
and black. We have sowed newi
towns and cities in the place ofi
theories, and put business above
politics. . j
The new South is enamored of i
her new work. Her soul is I
stirred with the breath of a new I
life. The light of a grander
day is falling full on "her face.
She is thrilling with the consci
ousness of growing power and
prosperity. As she stands up
right, full statured and equal,
among the people of the earth,
breathing the keen air and look
ing out upon the expanded hori
zon, she understands that her
emancipation came because, thru
the inscrutable wisdom of God,
her honest purpose was crossed
and her brave armies were beat
en. The South has nothing for
which to apologize. I should be
unjust to my own convictions if
I did not make thi3 plain in this
presence. The South has noth
ing to take back. In my native
town of Athens is a monument
that crowns its central hill a
plain white shaft. Deep cut in
its shining side is a name dear
above the names of men
that of a brave and simple man
who died in brave and simple
faith. Not for all the glories
of New England, from Plymouth
Rock all the way, would I ex
change the heritage he left me
in his soldiers' death. To the
foot of that I shall send my
children's children to reverence
him who ennoble their name
with his heroic blood.
But, sir, speaking from the
shadow of that memory which I
honor as I do nothing else on
earth, I say that the cause in
which he suffered and for which
he gave his life was adjudged
by a higher and fuller wisdom
than his or mine, and I am glad
that the omniscient God held the
balance of battle in His Al
mighty hand and that human
slavery was swept forever from
American soil, the American
Union was saved from the wreck
of war. 1
Now, what answer has New
England to this message? Will
she withhold, save in strained
courtesy, the hand which,
straight from his soldier's heart
Grant offered to Lee at Appo
mattox ? Will she make the vis
ion of a restored and happy peo
ple which gathered above the
couch of your dying captain,
filling his heart with grace,
touching his lips with praise,
and glorifying his path to the
grave will she make this vision
on which the last sigh of his ex
piring soul breathed a benedic
tion, a cheat and a delusion? If
she does, the South, never ab
ject in asking for comradeship,
must accept with dignity ita re
fusal, but if she does not refuse
to accept in frankness and sin
cerity this message of good will
and friendship, then will the pro
phecy of Webster, delivered in
this very society forty years ago
amid tremendous applause, be
veriefied in its fullest sense when
he said : Standing hand to hand
and clasping hands, we should
remain united as we have been
for sixty ya?.rs, citizens of the
same country, members of che
same gavernment united, all
united now, and united forever.
Mrsr O. L. Rigg3 and Mrs. D. derstandings. Often the acts
C. Haywood attended the Bap- of his friends can not be un
tist convention in Rocky Mount, defstood, and are looked upon
and report a very interesting as the theacherous acts of a
meeting. j covert enemy, while a designing
The Easter services at the '. deceiver is embraced as a friend
baptist Church were splendid andliis treacherous acts accept
and were enjoyed by a very.ed as tokens of friendship,
large congregation. ' Then when his eyes are clos-
( Dr. Jones did some fine led to sublunary scenes and his
preaching at the Presbyterian j body given back to Mother Earth
Church last week, the attend- some friend who appreciated his
ance was good and it is honed i untirine efforts, while here, to
that Dr. Jones will come again. ; be a friend to man. may place a
We are glad to hear that Miss stone to mark his resting place,
Ada Sedberry, who was taken to and, in an effort to continue his
vyadesboro banatonum, 13 get-! worning to prepare, carve there
ung aiong nne.
Lone Nicholson Deaton, son of
Clarence Deaton, died April, the
4th, aged about seven days.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Deaton last week, a boy and girl.
Mrs. Old Cy has been in bed
Feel bad? Don't forget that
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on:
"My friend, as you are now, so
once was I,
But as I am now, you soon must
be,
So prepare and follow me."
But those who read will not
lor a week now, yes, she can : understand and will say:
give orders just the same, only ("To follow you I will never con-
this morning she says, bring my j sent,
breakfast in here, get me some , Unless I knew which way you
water to put in my coffee, it'sj went;
too strong, get my towel to wipe 1 But up to Heaven or down to
A Woman Wrote TKo Canby News
Minn., December 10, a Follows:
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my tace, you forgot the soap
didn't you, yes'um. Well, now
feed them chickens in the coop,
go down to the barn get that
hen and better move that coop
up a little and put them in it.
Now take them rotten eggs off.
Don't you hear that phone.
What did they say, did you feed
the pigs?. Give them chickens
in the coop some water, is any
of them dead, can't . you hear,
say did the frost kill any beans ?
Who was that going down the
road? Get in some stove wood.
Hand me that paper. 'Did you
get any letters from the chil
dren? Was that phone ringing
here? Now go in the garden
and fix a salad 'bed. Looks like
you keep a lot of fuss walking
around here. Somebody is com
ing, listen at that rooster crow
ing. Now, give me the almanac
so I can see when to plant my
(cow combers) about that time
I had some business up town
with my legs about four inches
shorter. OLD CY.
Try two. The
will be better than
A 1, lOt pd.
second one
the first.
IF WE UNDERSTOOD
An Albemarle man handed us
the following article one day
this week with the statement
"that pretty well sums it up:"
"Man comes into this world
without his consent and usually
leaves against- his will. While
here it is often one continuous
round of contraries and misun-
Hell,
Ta, ta, old boy; I wish you well."
Do you appreciate cieanliness ?
Visit the plant where Chero-Co-
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The world's standard remedy for Iridrw
liver, bladder and eric acid troubles, the
enemies of life and looks. In use sinc
1696. All druggists, three sizai.
Look for ti nan Cold Medal oo wvory a
end accept pa ka:t-:3A
THE Japanese do many
things well, but in a
way that i3 distinctively
their own. and this is
true of baking as of other things. But the Japa
nese women could not produce
Pies and Cakes
that would suit the taste of the people of this
community as ours do. They are considered
essential features of appetizing lunches or din
ners in the majority of the homes of this town.
Quality and cleanliness are the twin mottoes
of this bakery at all times.
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Children must eat often, and there is
nothing nicer for them than good cookies
or fresh crackers.
And what is better for an afternoon gath
ering than some of our dainty cakes. The
pantry well stocked is real preparedness.
We carry a variety of cookies and
crackers that never last long enough to
lose their crispy freshness.
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C R. SHANKLE, Albemarle, N. C.
1 1 I
MT. GILEAD NEWS
The body of Henry Sasser, a '
soldier who died of measles in
France, came in Saturday on the
mid-day train and was met at !
the station by Company I, State
troops and other ex-soldiers and ;
marched down the main street;
to the town, with United States i
colors flying, borne by Capt. J.
A. Lisk. After-this ceremony
his remains were taken to Mel
ton Brove Church for interment, ;
accompanied by pall bearers ap
pointedbv Capt. Luck as follows,
Grady Warner, Paul Overton,
Breen, Louis Galloway, 0. B.
Austin and Walter Craven.
There was a very large gather
ing at the depot to pay their last
respects to the soldier who died
for his country. The funeral
service was conducted by Rev.
Groves.
Miss Sudie Ingram was ;
thrown from a horse while out
riding a few days ago and was j
somewhat bruised up. I
John C. McKinnon, who ha3 (
been in a hospital in Charlotte ;
for some time, is expected home
in a few days. !
R. B. Lisk, of Raleigh, came!
in Sunday night to see hi3 moth- j
er, Mrs. J. A. Lisk, who has been
right sick.
Theo Robinson and family of j
Hamlet, were visiting in tne
community Saturday and Sun
Sunday. I
Master James Bruton return
ed from a Charlotte hospital,
where he has been for treatment
of the head.
Mrs. Sarah Marbry and family
of Albemarle were visiting her
parents Sunday.
Sam Lassiter, of Tifton, Ga.,
is ih town this week as the guest
of Mrs. A. W. McAulay.
Grady Warner is moving into
the house on West Norwood St.,
vacated by Mrs. A. B. Scarboro.
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