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E.H. AULLt EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New berry, S. C., as second class matter. TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1905. "The South Not Indictable." The people of the south are grati fied in the better understanding of conditions prevailing in this the greatest section of a great country which has gradually dawned upon and is taking hold of our northern brethren -gratified, not because the erroneous view which has largely prevailed has hurt the south, for the southern peo ple have those qualities of mind and heart which can not but make a peo ple great, in spite of all obstacles which may be thrown in their path: way; but gratified. in that our north ern brethren are gradually becoming more enlightened and less deserving of contempt for their little knowledg< of our common country. The follbw ing editorial, taken from a recent is sue of the Buffalo, N. Y., Evenin News, shows this better understand ing of southern conditions which ha: 'gradually been brought about in th, north, and is written in a spirit of tair ness which makes it worthy of repro duction in southern newspapers: Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, historiar man of letters and professor of his tory in Harvard University, cheerfull undertakes a task that staggered th mighty intellect of Edmund Burk< He indicts a whole people. In the It -dependent Dr. Hart condemns th south for sluggishness, scantiness C rsources even to grinding povert: uncertainty of labor, race antagonisn ignorance, lack of educational facil ties, exclusiveness of the 5000 '0 families and race mixture. Such an assault as that of Dr. Har directed against a vast population. much discussed and with no litt warmth in many instances. In trul it is hardly worth that attentio When the United States reached tl point of being able to laugh at tl slurs of foreign writers on the uni it marked the -beginning of the per1< of real national independence. Ai in this case though many replies cor up from the south with something the odor 'of the bottomless pit abo them the general feeling is one coL .mpt for-such a caricature of th -section as Dr. Hart has drawn. For nothing appeals more strong to American pride of country a: passion. o,f achievement than the pi gress mad'e-by the south in.. for years, or since the close o'f the Ci war. It is without parallel in histo: and in itself is the.anni.hilating arisv to ~tJhe indictment of all such writ< as Dr: Hart., Whenever disparagi statements' of'-ihe kind he- has pririt are given any notice at all it is 1 opinion of the News that the bri est recitals of, what the south has; complished in the last four decades material and intellectual directions at once the best and th.e most instr tive way to .overcome assertions sentially false however well intenti< .. ed. Henry W.. Grady, in the .m eloquent speech that ever fell fr American lips, described the condit of the south ini the first hour of feat in terlps as profoundly truti as they were passionately sympati ic. In brief, the south then lay un a curse.e{'poverty and dem.oralizat deeper than civilized men eveir before and .all the more intense ir contrast with -the .easy abundance generations preceding the furn blast of war. Make comparison way you please between the souti 1865 and the south of i9o5, and Hart is answered in a fashion to fute him utterly. The test of a I pe's quality is never found merel: the position it holds at a partic1 moment. Its starting point, its di tion of movement and the distanc has made' are even of more wel than that in forming a sound 31 ment of the question of gen achievement. Take a few details as illustrativ the entire argument for the gen' advancement of the south since close of the wvar. In thirty years take the latest figures available, population of that section has creased by 12,000,000. The incr< in number of farms is 95i,ooo, gcreage of improve-d lands in doul * the esd valuation stands at t' thle fimures of the earlier epoch. aild the accumulation of wealth is risen to z50ooo.ooo annually. The cotton r c:op alonc is worth the sum of $525 000.000 a year. Tihe asses3ed valua ,n exceeds six billions In mnuifactures the south has out .,rippcd the world in recent years in tlhe progress it has made. especially in the manufacture of cotton. The i Dr.ce of iron in world markets is es tablished by the cost of southern pro duction. because it is cheapest and 1 mo-;: eaily hemdled in that region. Suoth Carolina already rivals Mass achuesetts in cotton mill output. and must soon surpass her completely. Georgia and Alabama are hot on the inditstrial track of Pennsylvania, and in Texas there is limit neither to zhe pace at ---:9ch she is rus}lin: forward mndustr- 11 - d comri . V the r r..... - of her 'n.rmcs d.) But ever, more remarkable than her r. -.erial -r gress is the advance of the :- th -i the depari neiz of c*1 cation since ner busine- ' their feet and became able to turn their attention to schooling the rising eneration. Many of the ablest north ern educators who have visited all parts of the south testify to the ex cellence of the school system of every state for both white and black child ren. Prof. Sneath of Yale. is a typical example of a mind trained to north ern methods and results. and yet warmly enthusiastic over the admir able work he finds going on in the south, and especially in the higher in stitutions of learning. It is possible in a brief newspaper article to touch on this subject of southern development only in the most general terms. The News has given it careful attention for many years and feels qualified by study at first hand to oppose the conclusions of Prof. Hart, squarely and without compromise. The south is stronger than ever in every way. She is deal ing with tremendous problems in a . thoroughly rational way, and needs but to be understood in the rest'of the e United States to be appreciated as a e magnificent element of the glorious union that is the great mother of us )d all. d__ _ _ _ _ _ e The Good Roads movement will re of ceive encouragement from the news t that the state of New York is soon to Shave an election on a constitutional a at rnendment for the issuance of $50,000, ooo in bonds to build good roads. Rep 'l resentative Brownlow and Senator : Latime r have been after the small ~sum of only $10,000,000 from the fed ty eral treasury for the same pvrpose. 1 Spartanburg He raid. ,,The state of New York cannot rmake a beters in vestment, the state o: sSouth Carolina could not make' a bet ngter investment, than to put money ir ed permanent country roads. The coun het of Newberry could not do anythms~ that would pay as big returns direct c-lv and indirectly as money put ix is roads. Yet people who would pay s< little tax as not to feel it if you advo cate a small tax for this purpose wvil say that you are an enemy of the peo pl and that you will bankrupt th county. The people who would b sstthe most benefited are the ones mm strange to say, who oppose any- ta: ion for this purpose and they are the one de- also who would pay the least part c uUlthe tax. We may talk about goo' t-t-roads and the advantages and all tha err but until we decide to put up th ion money we will not have any road w worth calling roads. In some of th om counties they are going about th of matter in the right way. They ax ace building what they can in a substar any tial way and if it is only a mile or tw~ of a year it will be there to testify t Dr. their good judgment for year-s t o-o-Tax for roads is not to be compare ininto a tax to pay the ordinary expense ararof the government because it is an ii c-c-vestment that will pay dividends I ititthose who pay it. If we had 40o mil< htt of good smooth road in this count idg-hat a blessing and what a saving caal ould be to the people. ofofThe Columbia State says thi neneCapt. Richmond Pearson H{obso the the hero of the Merrimac and of sui to dry kissing matches, is engaged. I hee might now blow up a whole Spann inn- armada without causing the least b tseseof excitement in milady's boudoir heheWe venture the assertion, howeve ed,d,ttat for awhile, at least, the kissiri Our Spartanburg cotemporaries A isagreed very ma:crially as to the endition of Elijah" during the May estival in that city. Both agreed. owecer. that the M%ay festival was a uccess. aiid the visitors say they had delightful time. So let our Spartan murg cotemporaries agree that no khere was there room for improve nent, and we will all be happy. Tomorrow is Memorial day. and he manner of its observance in New. )erry will be proof conclusive if any xere needed, that while full forty rears have passed since the day of the outhern Confederacy was closed, he memory of the heroism and the sacrifices of the men who wore the gray is still fresh and green as in the dark hour when the gloom of Appo mattox enshrouded the south.nd. The Catawba Indians. Columbia Cor. News and Courier. A complete investigation of the conditions of the Catawba Indian tribe, and of the recent requests made by some of the leaders will be made for a report to the general assembly. It will be remembered that some time ago Chief Harris came before the governor and asked that the tribe be allowed to go west and settle with the other Indians. This is a matter, however that would have to be con sidered by the general assembly, and the proposition will have to come before that body. The state now makes an appropriation of $i,5oo for the support of the tribe, and accord ing to Harris this is not enough for them to live on. It may be of in terest to some to know that the first contract made between the Indians and the state was in 1783, and that up to a few years ago they received about $5,ooo a year from the state. There was a tract of land about four teen miles, which was owned by the tribe, and the proposition accepted by. them was that the state was to make this annual appropriation of $5.ooo in lieu of the quit claims which could be collected from the white people who had settled on the reser vation. There are only a few of the full-blooded Indians left, and it is U very probable that,the State wil.-.ac cept their proposition and allow them to go west. One year's appropria tion would pay the expenses of the trip, and with the aid of the federal government enough land could be ob tained to allow thism once more to' follow the occupation of farming. At present they do very little work andI are gradually daying -out. nrgGr.totheeeaadli'asa, ,.L ..cong-roffe] A Barefooted Wedding. It is not far from Washington to the mountains where people live in the most primitive style. J. C. Mof fatt, the well-known' correspondent, went into McDowell county, W. Va., on a professional trip,,.and among the stories he did not write, but preserv ed for private friends, is one too good to keep out of print, says the Wash Iington Star. He stopped at a 16g cabin, and was s'oon on good te'rms withi his host, Swho after supper said': "Stranger, I reckon ye' won't hey a Sgood, time tonight' "What is up?" queried the newspa fper man. 1 "Gin' ter he~ a veddin'. Reckon yo' tt kin go with me an~ the qle woman."' 'The invitation was accepted, and s the three started 'for a five-mile walk e over the mountain. When they reach eeed the cabin that was the centre of e festivities, a cracked fiddle could be -heard, and several 'men hung around o the doors and windows, for none but o the dancers could be admitted inside. They were met-'by a rough moun taineer; to whomn the newspaper d man's presence was explained. s "That's all right," said the new i-comer, "but there's one thing. Yu' o see the bride and groom air po', very ss po', and they never, wore no shoes be y fore Christmas in thar lives, an' haint tt tnone now, so them as had shoes didn't wear 'em. 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