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Eutorcd April 23,1U03 nt Pickeun, S. O., ns Boooud clans malt- r, under net of Congrosfl of Maroh 8, 1879. / VOL XXXIII. PICKENS, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1904. V'1 | SPEECH OF HO At the Laying of the Corner S lis Cotton Mill, Catcecliee, III il tormnr ("Iintnnnicii! ion li>! tiiiH paper we snnl we hope I to l>o i ulile to nivr> |)io speech in full ol , \*~N - .1 m<1 u** . N. Hook, .1 u*t ice of ('leiiit-on Collet?.. IhCi-rp I'aiion and S? c* r. tarv ot till* Snot ll (' III! i :i I'V I>t!riint'ii tnl Hint ion, en (I I)c-| cum I km* 1'.><);}, on oci'asinn ol' laying of tin* cm nor hl<>no < I - Hie cxicii-i hi (1 Hi .Norn* ('<>!I ni Mills. Biiii'o tli('i), through !li?' kindness of II >ok, w<? li ivh i111 < 1 a copy ul liii hpouch :iii<l liopo f h:tt< ovi?ry hod v that ree-iv :< ;i copy o! this paper will read tint spied), ;>s it isj Wolh insti n<;liv?? it ml i 11 (?lestinj. " Vi r. IVo-iiient, ladi-'s ;it,<1 ?i?1 men: I um ?le? ply n< n-i 1>I<> <<f the honor coniaincl in t lie in vi I n t ion 10 aw niw yi?u io?iny, 11 ^iv<m in ? l>lt>?iBuro lo saint > tiiin ns-i in!i|;ig i with my most cordi-t| con^ratuln' iollfl. 1 .(oii^lMlulato you on t ho : iiQnir'iliiit event that (.m'U im fo rier. JiK.?.liiip von with words ? J. AltiiAfty, of \ slain i! went of l'lokoiis, olV'-i s hi-. taTviivs tho pubiiu as !i surveyor, all woi U tendi d to prompt I v. i! ? \Y A N r H I Vr,iA^^^ a. J. H. HOOK, tnnn nf flio I7vffmcinn nf Mah iviw ui mil uAibiioiun ui rnnS. C., December 10, 1903. I>y ili?' pn?w of (ho ship of the gallant old Spanish admiral in 1-11)2 t?s il i.i today in l'JO.'j. 1 >111 land values me envolved l?y the exertion of tln> power ol' the liurn in brain .mid intfll"et upon Ihfiu. The sites "f th?? cities of (JrotMivilie and Anderson or ev.*n the site of this I>11",( i) ft conlury nj(<> could have l?. ( ii purchased !'?r ft very small mud and Hkmo have h-on no goo* f|ral>hi<;al <>r CrfS^ntial chang<-':< in tiiosi> lo.'ftUoiiH from llial I iino l<> 1.H-; licVcriliclc.ss it ivipiires a very larg.f sum of money to nuiv.!;:ne even a vi ry email portion of tho hitt'.s i>l' either e.ity named, and of lliirt plaee may he said thai whil a paltry Mim ouiiid ha\e puie'.insed it n century ago, it now apl iv?ximates a possible value of <>ne-l?alf .??: 11: i i i ? ? i.i- ? million (iii| 1,11 S. >\ 11 < 1 1 111 COIOHHSl I onhiincement in value, nindo with nlmost clnciriciii ccluiity, is the resuit Hfilcly of tlic power of intimity, h !; i! I and intellect. In tlio 11 "r.,.ti of the rtpirit of pro^;ro6H our lot ill .S.miip YiiY?,,";H'8 l-ceii (u ih i'mI iit 11io i (?111"*bf' iii'(>, and i >)ii?l ('uiii Hi isnion, ron<loi'(!(l u.. 11 i ,>oii wouhl hav'i to understand n. lnetliinjj of tlio Athens fif Solon, j >So \\'u nuibt nltuly the South in the j broad, htminoitH pag^s of iho |>.ist i I?uL if history is s<-mot hint; mote Ithun ;i fable, if ii is a great edifice ) C r i h., 1 -; I . ? ... ? J iurvi V.UIWII il?|U ntUI lllg ' il.o Irulh lor thoee w h > como after ! in, :>n?l to w hosn <i 11 rino gen or at inns | inu?t eoino to learn tlio most illuajlrinus less:mis of human life, then ' l?'t. ns enter iis glittering thic.dndd with uny:iii'.liiN)(i fe>t and tread its I /?, ,|||||,| 1 i I . .. * . ~ - 4 ! I * ' * - I <"1|| 1.-1 miiii II'VUIUIIUIII H p I I 1 r . It 1 is out; thing I ) venoiato tlie past, land another tiling to reoognizo tlie [ dnmamls of (lie living present. It ; m tlt-TH vt ry little which way civ* I iiiynlimi llinu lw> imin . | J < " S iiilli, ftnst or West, backward or forward, tho result, will l?o tho snino t<> thofjo who will not movo with ilif procession ; they must ^ot out oI tho way or h?? hopelessly over ! wh?*lmod. Wo have n<? tinio to l1 >s>) and ii ? shciiifth to waste in snppoit of institutions and thoorios Unit l ave vanished, and to d< lend nyatem.s of eiviliz?tion? that have nri-ii swept iiw.iv by the moving J avalanche <( i n?* x o liil > 1?? power. Tho burning question of till tlio people of every community m not ' what th'?y liavo boon, hut what *1 ?> | Ihev reSolve t<> I o, not what their' 1 progt'iiiiora were, but, what their descendants will he. Slid a grout man: "1 am not t > light the hattins of mv lathors, hut my hoys. ? {i? i' ' Y?-i * ^ nr. n ''I V H ft !>"? M i f? '1 >1) ill t-t i'i 1 HIV S favored by providence than onrs, barren in soil, cheerless and uninviting in climate, with inferi >r natural jwl VfllltjlfPH hn?u ciirnfiaouil us in th) rsic-i for wealth, in po:>ulalion, in l.tbor schools, in technological institutions, in industrial colleges, and in all elements of an advancing civilization? Mi-ro than thirty years nK"> 11?i ? question wuh A K.. ? - -- I .. jo-inxnw 1/y niitb OrtJlfll' I and statesman, Senator H-n Hill | of (leorgia. lie t-aid: "It is no j 1 extravayenco of thought. nor . (draining of language* to nHirm that for two generati us Southern prog , reap, Southern development and I Southern power have hm?n in bond-1 age ( ? the nogro, and Southern ! r . i lauun", fsouiiiern ilepeiuloitc.' and Southern sorrow are the heavy penalties Wis sutler for that bondage. Kor m-ire than thirty years Southern gonius, with all itw glorious natural pridn of l'rometlienn dar-! ing and vent tiro, has beon chained by so;11<! ofl'-'iid -d j?od of jealous to tli18 solid rock of . blavury, and vultures liavo preyed ii[)on it. ' 1'is loosed! Wo inquire n<?t li >w, whi'thor by fate or N>y I'ol ly; whether in right or in hat?>; 1 nor whother tho hunuu agency , win wicked in purpose or criud in Dvinnt']'; we thank tlio gruci ?ih Vio I , for tho tiici?'tin loose 1 * * * Go into our laundries, our kitchcns. our chnmbtH'H and our pailora and t(:!! nv> how many of Lhu comfort*,1 c-nvcni"ii''C^. tjie eltitmncio* on i I school ' .stublislieil in l h-> South. I For this honor, lor this nlditi >n to i our Stato'M educational facilitiep, for tliH right mm of industrial power, wo are ind<l)>el to tlio m;tU-hl? ss l.Muloi.ship, Hiippoi l?.il by It is colleagues of ili? !>'>;u\l < i Iru-tcfp, of Clcm-ou Coll'g*', of thnt vvih?', p itri >i ic, f;ir-sijfh toil citizen, tlm Hon. I) K. X >rri?. In every ep ch making eiviliz iiion of tl.o w 11 ill, tlii-ro have b en iru?n lilcoj Limi, whoso intellect could leap to the mountain lops ol observation; in n fill d to look intotmHi w:'h , ' i ... i d??cp.m', dov<ivr vipi- n . nn many of their follow?, ni '1 lien r uno t ilth to plan for tho ? '.ovation of t ie miiHsoB ? for the uplifting of ilio groat common peoplo?t h-> linno and ?inew of nil civi11z:iC ion, ami ; to organize such iustiluti >m ot r?d- | u^ation, and tMitorprisa, commohKti- < rate with tho demands of tho ago. ' Such a man may ho culled a * great leader, hut ho wins the raro t disl:nctii.'ii of leveling hy elevation i and i<ot hy depreghi >n. ( 1 OOllfM' ll Ill.Mtft Villi Mr I'i'il-i !<" I 1 ii11'I n<<nti? iikmi of tlio board of directors upon tlio grout enterprise ' inauyurntnd liero six years ago 1 ' saluto yon with words of onconr- 1 iig>?uu>nt iiii?l hope upon all the ( stages of your past success, and 1 poeinllv upon t ho auspicious even* 1 of lOilav, that is to coiniuemorato '' Hint nimk a new oiilaigomnnt of 51 your oquipmont, t-> mat<?i i.illy on- 1 linnoo the vnlu'? of our products, liol'oiff they 1'iavo 11io hordors of ' hoppful p-ophci ' '' 1- ' ' - . 11' : Today tho pc?r <v*r?triv North -l!> 5S, Soutli 50.12. And (Ik tienfl ot tl?? spind lo cont iiili?'fSin1.! v.iird to tli?? near neighborhood nl t11r? cot t ii (ie'ul, when, within*! I.e near t'lilure, ih> largest percentage ot li.c en tiro crop will he worked into Mi ? ' n,>-' fahriet. TImjo uro n nv 7 10 c >t* (.' ii mills in the South. The StntoS c uitaining th<? greatest nu:nl>er of looms sj>iii<lkM arc: Stale. Lo'uiih. Spindles. A lahu lilil 14,2-10, (57 1,218. Geoririii ?'50.;{ IS. I 9fu? X. Carolina } 1,00!) 1,7.r> I ,221. H ( aiv.lina (>(?,lf>2 2, I4S,2T2. The feeling in favor of tin! orr-cl on of now mills is, if an) tiling, ^eater tli;tii ever l.oforo, llw n-conl ihowin^ now mills an?l spmdl 's in [>roc<?HS ol en?i!liuti in tvi-ry Soul i? - in but Arkansas an I Misso iri. In referontri t*> t!io inirtu.soj f spindloH, it, is iiUeredin^ to note li.it South Carolina :ib?ne is build- ; '/ i tj\v mills ami adding to old nes t)vol* 571,000 spi nlit-s, rtnd Voi Hi Carolina 20I.G0O. Tlioro ?iii! tliroo New Kuj'land elates, Massachusetts, llJi >di; Islan.i ind Conned ivjut, t'oit have a ^r> at r divnrsity <>f manufactories than ! \$!i !>n I<>11n< 1 in any oth-r country j ii t'if w. r'nl. Tliijy bring raw nat.-i i lis <>f ovury ?l?'sei ipt io;i from v-ry other r>iiutry of tin? globe lihI convert, them into article* of; nercliiindi.n<>. In tho innnufnctuie 1 if sonic (^f thoir cor.sets they us. itimlnuls < I tons i-f hark obtains! iom a Mexican plant. In a Cue-, ii..: i - ?i < ! 1 vi j in I'nu^'jUM-, uiu prunuui is milling hut (IoII'h sines, in o'lu-rs hiit artificially curlod hair, hurnothing but kiys for fch^lis. Conil(:Oli('U( B&tkllnm onn : niid fli.4riots. If. h.? hu<>n t:iiil *'I ?i th>? pruSMit for mole than nn\ ; pivvions age, iil ms govern in.m kind. Not individuals n<>r societii'H, ii"i kings, nor emperors, nor iluetu. iw.r ;?.? i...? : i - * 1 "..<in;n, mil, I' i!li UjJlLMJl/ U V I1UH tic*, <>v?m I urn ostiilili.shcl systems, en' vi rt and re jrgHiiiz > g >vom uu'iiU, revolutionize HOci.il t'liim ninl dir.ot civili/.^ti ns.'1 W lint ever ileal we luive of ri<r!:t (if n?. I t riot i - in, < I all line.s of industrial oducation, of economic, a< ciil ami pollti(N't 1 problems, what ever excelI <nci?-s we may possess of family of Stat", of nation, <>f race 1.1. us I>ui!d (liem into mind. Take tin ease of Closes. Thirty-livo hundred years a^o :\n lC^ypli.in piiuctSt<> ik a po( r man's child and trained him. Tim results of that cduci tion is not ov. r yot. Build our id-.wils into mind. That in an iinperi-diftble triumph. For such ft work l!? * great industrial college? hi?of South Carolina n ]>c culiarly adapted. It embraces i:i c large measure, and in many re. f-j-ects, the trinity of our li- ? agricultural, tm-'ilnnncal, lexiiU*. It is iho lising sun (>! iitihif!rml ml ural ion in South Carolina Tl? >ii#h only cin?<rg nu from bulow tli liorison u short whilu o^o, ii h iH high no the altitUilu of the heavens. Tin.' hopi- is ih.it it may 11 tvr cu! ii.imilo, hut resting in li.< /. Miilh, ( outimi*; to onlnrgo tho ?\r Ho of i:s glorious light, mnl p|io>i forili briglil -i'iiii i more roHplftu'.ei t rays for ih?? bloating of all our jiOu !>'<;, ami I h > direct ion of our grand old com in in a eul I li u pon an ox a 1 tod miswiini uf i i. "I'm > i <i'?'? ... .v.? . .iitvi iiimuun; I'n'mrri siou. 1{. \ Very ( lose Call. ' I htm-K to my engine, nltliongh ovci'a> i >ii)t <iell<> I mid mrrv iiitvc whs I with pain," writes ('. \V. Ho l imy, a lo U!oin?)t;\i- lirnnmn, ol Ihnlii'Kl Iowa. \m ak and p do. without any tip run down. A - ! was atxiiil - ??? He Is Interviowod^ National OutloolH "i think we wili^I Ncbraskan Seems to ThlnK Dark Horse Will Capture the^| nation?William R. Hears* ao I sible Candidate for NomlnatloH St. Jan. 15.? linlnta ?< " w y iuiury, Muys WlUiaHH I ilrynn, wliu spoilt an hour in St. | today, enrouto homo to Lincoln, 7 ' ','VH in answer to u question asltod by. Post-Dispatch as to tho DoinoA '.^^9 national outlook. 'V? J "i think we will win, and I um' \ J pB Convinced that a dark horao willow ) VI turo the nomination," Bo contiu ^ "Wli n t /!< ' v.., juu uuuk aooul J % lJiu,|<i>r, or X i' \v York?" ho XvtiH a& "l am not thinking about Parkc^JBBBI a11-" "How w.oi!'!^tetor OoflB am any it u prol'o^PH would write do. ?*^iQ|INjj|gBj about .Mr. Hearst.'11 o thon dictated the^H "1 appreciate the_worlc_jn hnfl for tho Dnmocratio^^^^^^H^H mnl count 111 in among my friends. hut 1 am not udy' *"*" ^ nomination or that of anj^\\\tt vV\ 'v,/' i!1'n|H 6on. 1 am avoiding any e. \>mY>o< of preforooce for anybody." -a^o { "Aro you'-n candidate, Mr.;BvyVlo y JH "1 think I Imvo already niudo i perfectly plain that I not."! {/^ V "Would you becomo ohxv If cV lions .should Indicate the my- A. ? your making tho nico7" / "1 can Imagine no oycuinBtancosM Under which It would 1>6 either wlacM or iHCesHary for l>eoomo ft dldato." v-^-m JH Mr. llryan wpuld not com m ltrHfnt itj" H ns to the eligibility of Mayor MfA Inn, of Mow York, for tho E>ejnc/Ifl. nomination. J "Old your yournoy modify way your vlewa on tiio.,'e Hon?" Mr. niyAy.. "?'/ov?.. In I wll/ now idea ,.VV ^<it sumo i\a\\TolUn^^^00^^^^