SECOND SECTION,
Pages 9 to 16.
SECOND SECTION.
Pages 9 to 16.
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VOL. 22.
OXFORD, N. C., FRIDAY DECEMBER 17, 1909.
NO. 14
FUTURE BF THE SOUTH.
GEORGE T.
SPEAKS IN FAVOR
TRIAL EDUCATION.
WINSTON !
OF INDUS
Christian Science Monitor Reviews
tr,e Problem of Modern Living, and
Finds Glorious Future For the
ioitth Things That Make For
G rea-tness.
The two greatest forces of modern
are education and machinery.
I'tu' elevates man, the ether sub- j
-i nature: together they develop I
A'.A.aiion and determine the destiny!
r.tious and races. How for re- j
, e. is the American Indian in ;
bark canoe from the
nio
rn
. :'v . r in iron steamship! Stretch;
and Indian in endless chain '
; e e:d the globe, each w ithin call of
... ieoct. and the sum of their pow-!
a ill not equal that of a tran.sat- :
..;..:, steamer. For t00 years the
'.ard was building' in -the Pacific;
. , ray-ire based upon ignorance and ;
: k i )i labor. In a single hour it
; overcome by education and ma- ,
Acery. The little Commonwealth of
A-aehusetts, with its machinery:
, vdrcation and its education for;
aeAve ry, is more potent in the I
oi the world than the whole con- j
--:. o i South America. The cottoi
i
evp produced this year by the Sou ill-
:.. A.ates could not have been growr
!; :! d. housed, spun, woven a cen
ay ago by the entire population of ,
. . - i o o e .
The groat est industrial changes ev
wr ought i within a life-time have1
witnessed by the generation
.aw living in the South. For more
'..an a hundred years we maintained ;
:i industrial system in opposition to
industrial forces of the world.
The long struggle between 'north and,
on tit. although waged apparently in
.alls of congress, in pulpit ami draw- :
::g room, on deck of ship and field
:' battle, was not political, nor legal,
.r social, nor military, but educa
a n and industrial. It was a struggle i
tween the educated Yankee median
- astride the steam engine and the
h: rated southern planter, carrying
: As shoulders hten egro slave. The
.nreis-.ii of that struggle, the courage,
fortitude, the skill, the energy
.d the power with which the south '
.knained it in peace and war, are
:v, pita else d, beautified and almost
: rifi' d into martyrdom by the abso-
r : rtainty, rhe preordained neces-
'T of its total failure.
TV:.--re was no need of Gettysburg
A priom attox. The contest had al
vAv been settled bv the mills and
. ; .ific,-., the railways
V'ns. the power loom?
German goods are filling the markets And then to the hii-n .-cn e.; 1 . 'I nose
of the world in spite of tariffs and were happy days. And 1 knew thai,
hostile legislation. Great Britian is ' in a certain seat, a : tain girl had
no less active; Japan, after her Jrleep a bright smile and blr.s:: ft.r :ne wltei
of centuries, has awakened to life I finished a I said:
through industrial education. Even "They tell us Sir.- that we are
Russia is preparing for the struggle. weak, but when will v. e be sn ong-
The South is awake to her neces- er! Will it be the nc xt w:ek?or ; ho
sities. She is entering upon a career
Her resources are pactically undevelo
ped and unlimited. She is amply en
dowed with all three requisites for
the production of wealth ; with natural
next year?" And ei:di;-.g fiercely:
"I care not what others may say.
but as for me. give ,;-; liberty or
give me death!"
These, then, are the steps' upon
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Resources, capital and labor. Her nat- v.hich my oratory mounted. and,
1 ural wealth is the greatest on the coi thinking it over, it see;n.. to me i hat
, tinent. In varietr and fertility of soil they are, though well worn, precious
: in diversity and health fulness of cli- because greater orators than I have
mate, in abundance and variety cf worn rounded surface of tho.-samo
minerals, in forests and fisheries, in steps. I have oft n wondered w hat.
! water power and fuel, she is rich Demosthenes talked about wiii.i the
beyond power to calculate. She h- : pebbles in his mouth.' "
accessible to the world markets both LEGEND OF BOB V-'K!TE.
for raw material and for finished pro- The Meridian Dispatch Attempts
ducts. Her capital is abundant and to Account for the Origin of Bob
j easily increased by foreign import! - Whits.
! tion ; her white labor is native, of En The Meridian IMsps !-. in some
: glish, Scotch and German stock, re- manner has run afoul of an ubl b.
. liable. intelligent. abundant and gend which gives the origin of "Wob
.cheap. All conditions are. favorable White" whose shrill piping is 'daily
' to the production of enormous wealth heard just before nihAril. Ituus
and with it the promotion, to a high the legend:
'degree of popular happiness and pros "A great many years ago. 'in a
j per it y. The one thing lacking is in- wigwam south of town, tlvre livi d an
; dustrial training and skill. Supply Indian maiden of high birth. ; Her
; these, and the South will be the par- father was chief of the irihe and
; adise of the world, the realisation of ' built great hopes on h is only duugh-
' perfect democracy," where labor is so ter. She scorr.ed any Indian Jaae
productive and wealth so abundant who offeredh er fat.lifi- leys liian I no
i that there is leisure and opportuni- ponies for her. and in proud and, ban
ty for universal culture and universal ghty manner broke the hf a.rt of r-ver
progress. young brave in the section. Hubert
White, a young whitr settle;-, i aiiie
! THE RISE OF THE ORATOR. out to buy skins of the India ns. a ud
th' maid n fell desperately ia love
Various Steps in the Growth of the with him. Kottert While l.ad c.te
Gentleman cf the Silver Tongue.
Mr. R. LA Loquacious,, a gentle
man who is so 'modest that he is sel
dom heard from, in the University
magazine, gives a bit of his life his-
Vv A; a- V' :A'.AA:Vw 'i'k--
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or was
ja':a:aa; : . p
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taste ?;nd didn't like the smell of
deer oil on her hair, and scorned her
love. In true Indian fashion she., shot
him in the back with a poisoned ar
row. The girl, overcome with re
morse, fled from his cold :nd cla.'nnnv
; tory, telling of the various steps in corpse into the woods, calling a.4 she
.oratorical progress. He says: went in a pt.jfi way: 'Mob While!
My first speech was made from Bfb wite!' The hills s-nf hack th"
.my father' knee, and was said upon e:.ho and the hinLj (.a,ip'll(
! all state occasions amid applause and rofrain. and from that day to this
; kisses from the female part of the i you are in the woods. yon may
congregation. I could pr;t up with hear a pitiful note with a sob in it
these because 1 knew Graiidmch- r calling out Dob While: Mob White!'
had some candy for me when it was What became of the maid 11 is noi
over. I'ne oration was juie tms
"Had little dog
Name was Rover;
' When he dieri.
Died all over."
iCnown. She was never seen in flesh
again, tbouah a dnsky-Ioo!:i 114 form
may be seen stealing in the even-
BEAM CHILDREN:
I will certainly be around again this year about the Z5th, av.d will be sure to re
member all good boys and girls, mind you, tiie gocd ores, ' Most cf the little folks
and steam- in Granville County are good, Imi there are some few bad ones ai?.d woe unto them
and spinning I bave s number of headquarters in Oxford and von little folks had better lock c-
the reapers, binders, thresh- vere paper, see wbat you wbni9 and drop a. note to zne, telling in whose store you
saw it, If you airaid mat you can't mane me understand, show it to your lather or
mother and" ask tiiem to see me.
Be good and a merry Cliristmas to you.
When 1 became
went to the public schf
day we had to m: V-
which always drew a:;j:l
"You'd yea roe e .-:;. ci
To speak nt ;u;. u- ,-.
And if I fail, or i
D? mo-svl.-en? v r-A i
little redei- and
ing when the birds are eal
Wh &l rich White!
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,oi
1 i'i.?
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:ard my
mi otner maenmery 01 a peopie
:.g the world in mechanical in
o;;. in use of machinery, in in
:;:1 progress and in public edu
ii. Had the South possessed re
s of skilled and educated la
o f shops and factories, of mills
Vk". ;i. 'jl
eTA CLAUS,
voice now tirm.
hands in the -v
0:1 :n v tee-::
i US
are the admiration and wonder of the
world. Exit there is nothing won-
furnaces, of ships and iocomotiv
of accumulated wealth such as derful about it. The iKop-e who were
A!:rth possessed had the victory great with slavery and unskilled la
: possible by endurance and for- bor are become greater with free
A. bv courage and heroism a- dom and education. The apparent
Ae l-ovs in gray, under Lee and emancipation of the negro slave was
; -n. would have been invincible, the real emancipation of the South-
only by the north but by th
nan;, controji.ng her
repressing her dove Id.
Tiie greatest need
life.
this :s toe age 01
Lie chemist and the
Dioi
Loaav
01
in;
southern stat
pet-naps ci t
t n
out
union, is industrial education. The
industrial life of car country muj:
be based upon education. Cur e-:Iu-
The educational system of enr coun
try needs to be greatly char.gy d if
not reconstrucred. For 1 00 years our
schools have manufactured orators,
statesmen nacl universal geniuses. The
building til) of th- South since
'ertiirow in war: the revival
Ah s and the estvh;i;Ai-
n e w.
and
eeip.
1 t e
1 he
! ( ; r-
aoer.imua 1 ton
mull
u :ir
em vehiie. By Lincoln's proclamatioi
the South was freed from slavery. and
ilie road was cleared to educated la
bor and industrial development. Wc
realize at last that slavery was not
our riches, but our greatest poverty.
We dare not picture the condition o"
the South today with slavery donA
of
ry.
iai:0.l
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we must
jstttute
cation a l system must ieau to ir.aus
trial iif. The old school boy dream : supply now exceeds the demand. ;
of statesmanship jnust yield to de- a change of ducatlonal machin
sire for workmanship. Oar children is net
must be taught to express their dialoti
thouglits hi work as we as in words ; croscopo and ih laboratory., the
the lasting '. clraw;ng uoaru ana toe macainie ; ..o;i.
iiy cf yen- ! We need workers, trained and skilled
a bor wrought into 'o every drpartmf nt of indu-stry.
and value, must sun- Kud.? lal:cr will not suffice, even in
-. !; the nervous excitement ol mere 1 agriculture. Our cotton crop has tr .L
iu:cilee.:;ai gymnastics and the tire- -'d in thirty years. Improvements
;,. in sou cuiiiu e, in li.acniuer;, , 111 ie. -
The heal
utiiitv an
(.i. eae
r. of
b ;.
i 1 '
eal
if", it on the neao.
Strike wiih all yo
While the iron is :
Stand: eg a? t he to
C5 axing at the sky.
I low cr. n you g
Tf you n -ver try?"
After this I be.jran. ic
pants, and v. hen they
I put on my most crow
with num. err. us g- snire
"Friends! li-mans! (
Lnd me yon;- ears!
Cr'-'sar. not ') ;;;-ai'
Tiiat men do livs- s a
tro-.d is oft ii t - red v
en."
is eft in: '..in- d with
ev :
:;ol. ev, ry Fri- 1 . A ,
-; spf-c-cn. Oi:c ;
lause v ;.s: Christmas is ahno.-i ai iiand.and
on.- f)- ;-..y ag th':e will be name-tons emo- 'ainiiienf
,.7i the s1 going on all over the connry. The re
I Aeiev,- porter . foi 1 1 ; Lder w iil. of course,
! ':." fe. it," 1 to h' a." e : a : , a J ;...,;y i . i e .. : ,
.: ' ry sooi: I CC nseniie:; i i'. we v. a 1 ; to -: o- j,
ir. a .ch:; tig- d a'Aancf' that all snea anna.'":;: ov r-.-r:r.-e.
ii n tay s;;;hts. if th cc'iir, :ii he e n
witu my eye s ' tirely "ro no- knovving t.-f 1 be : 0 0
ing. We will deei.'y a pj; i-' c i ; 1 1 an"
Alt, boys; rows of this natm.- tl; ii a. ty !.-
S ; 1 In. A e e o t i 1; ' s ( ; i . . . ; , 1 ; ! , a i " '
; 'i.iir.;.;. have. wan': 1, item tie ' :iai .e ;!. r-
.. a in; s of tie. Ii: 1 1 f : -. :!.',' a 1 I
l-jv.. er iv i n . i 1 is a A a e a , . ; ' ' r o ; ; :-
c. l'e v gt -t v. . -. . . e (-'' 1 1 ' . i i : 1 a
rn vs, of this t.a'are a;; ; ; , . . ' n.na
. hnt i;e-k ' f informs t !.. f : i e-'c of
;(,.. f r he -r 0;-e-! U:h y '.; - ' '- '
.;.,,,;,. It sl'lOit i ' ie. ; he t; :: !'" '. ! t e(t
n up air, and T:"'v'' r- 5;i:';V; " ; ' !'-' ' ; '; ; U:l
..-.. An ".;:vi' ry, they :."'! 4d be t'rj
:oi'r:rVm. n! as U 1,!t'v i:"v' r 'i:'y
f eame ,0 hnry -'i ---- ;!.
llioi. Tee v! I - . . -r
and
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r V K' K ti -f-
5
Ski S
& f ss k
proriuets
miii. Our present system o: euuca-
tun; a; r.or. in tcrrii vifii sue. iiie : i
Ir.ghesT eynressicn of tr world's pow ' ful result. Th
er today is not literarv
trial. The world's work
daiiv in character, value and intensi
ty, and is demanding for its perform
but indus- would
is c;rowiiis; tv veai
f 15 (7
have produced this wo mi - r
methods of slnverv
ran bankruptcy today. Tier
hence the crop will be treh-
led again, and the methods of todcy
v
oankruptcy
7
3::-.
m
nace not only labor but genius, gen- is true cf all our industries
m
hen. The saru
To re
ins of the highest order and thorough main stationary is really to fall ho
ly trained. hind. As ginning
x '.
T r-rr - ryj- w
s
y W .iA jit A5.
i cd w fi i 3 ?
h a s s v. pp 1 a n e d
. ... r:'
Hni' ic Qn n o'o r f nr-iiin l1 'I nv. ? 7 !,,l.;iin-. -.irlinff nnr'hinr T';T'e .v
Wt4iO till V- l V. , i L U 1 t' lia.li'U t" -- -'--''O ? k.it. 1A .4 V Ai 1, V. . I . i
V
TT1
BECAUSE it Is not only Mice a letter from
Iicime5; it is a "letter, frzn 'Iiois2.e,?. BE-
11 formanoe. The Ayorld's
fM rot for skilled talkers.
demand is cards: and power loams,
but skilled so the plaids nad sheetings of tod a
workers. -Mountains must be tunnel- must yield to lawns and laces and
CAUSE wa waul to ei me news ana see
wliaf Is'fioto os. imCMJBE you cannot
rf-xjFd ncA t kscp psstca- Willi alie wosi
eTf el s-irlcisItisFa'l eisd ki?I?isf rial growl Ii
?w tjeiiliMdi?- Ssliscrlfee now- wMIe
over
r.-.-A n '
. cities built
-'(.!
l:-Ai?
into air an
filth, enemi
reiicea rates ixre
1
tcii ed, rivers bridged, oceans led captLe muslins tomorrow.
c .j ' . . ...
continents, deserts irrigated The weavers or Asia are sun using
ruarded from hand poorer. u hen tney rise o
fire and filth, enemies of life de- steam and newer looms the taonei
teCLcU UUU i.ati:ujtu .i li;t l-iuat mu c i- i'i-
oniv.l o-fsl ArAKsnro hr rw-a.-rt the r"ino;l Tv dusri a f (IcCIiOl! 1.5 Ola
ends ci the eann. nautre s Areas cr.
harnessc-d to In -.man service, and her i
c-vMfl'-- material. infinite in variety dostries. Genre
and extent, fashioned into forms of dcAria! schocls, of
t-.i-:-:-..
e.
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ru-iiea. .
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Mi
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I fie iescieF,
l9issiiess inm people want but lliey snir
no know flist ymi have liiesc. ElCAUSF:
Ii y-o"a clo hoI create e aiemsncl lor tEiei
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Oth-r people
7 r p volution izir
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far 191 a and. I?e rosperos.
'Ac
CA'.
trr: culture.
!e3 j .mcreasing uesires
rxl utility to gratify tie ever fcrstry, of metal and wood working. -.,y
of , weaving, bleaching, and dyeing. ..
necessities
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