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w 'THE HOUSE OF OUR FATHERS; CAN THE SOUTH COME BACK?" The following is the address delivered by Pr. J. E. White before the U. D. C.'c Wednesday evening of last week: "With a Southern man eight successive years in the presidency during the most momentous period of American history a majority of Southern men in his cabinet, and with a congress of unparalleled legislative achievement, under the leadership of Southerners, the people of the South have now the right to say in sincerity: "'We are in the house of our fathers, our brothers are our companions and we are at home to stay, thank God.' "With this fair fact established let us put congratulations aside and face the question which it now submits to the South. The question is, whether the South had come back or can come hack to a permanently great and constructive influence in the nation comparable to that she once enjoyed. Are we as a people prepared to reassume on/1 m ti i ?t o i ? 1 1 b ' ? - unu inaiMiuiii a naiiwiull lUUUer.SUip 111 the affairs of the whole country ? Has . the capacity of the South to contri-. bute consistently a successful national t leadership suffered the loss of any of c its vital elements during the half cen- ( tu^/V i which we have been aloof from 1 any i?..*ge interest or place in national 1 affairs? a This question is of great practical ? concern to every forward-looking I Southern man. It may be that our c present conspicuous position in na- I tional affairs is only an accidental I turn of the political wheel of fortune, i We should think of that and begin to ? scrutinize our chances of national ? prominence when we no longer can I depend on a Woodrow Wilson to se- m cure it for us and we have to rely upon ^ our own actual capacity as a people s to produce continuous lines of lead- i ership big enough to claim and hold v national attention. If it can be got- c ten abroad in the South that we are 1 called upon to reassume the South's I anripnf: crlnrv in +Viia ronnKl!/i T n.w.^ ... v...u 4V|/uuuu aim iiium * pet ready for it, it will prove to be t the best impulse for our industry, t education, politic and morals. <3 "The South's approach to its oppor- i tunity, if it is intelligent, must begin 1" with two facts: c "First: That his American nation a is the house of our fathers; they not e only lived in it gladly, but they built t it. I "Second: That the Southern peo- t pie must regain the attitude and spirit t our fathers had Nvho built this house r and made it big and broad for hu- F manity. a "The House of Our Fathers." I "The nation in which we live is the F house of our fathers in deed and in f truth. Whatever this nation has a amounted to or may amount to, its ii original idea and its persistent ideals> t were mainly Southern; horn. The part r c^.av. _1 I it. n..i wuc uuuui jjiojcu in tue L/ecittraiion i of Independence, in the War of Inde- s pendence, and in the formation of the r Federal Constitution, upon which the d American Republic was founded, is e acknowledged by all historians. Bancroft and Fiskes were not Southerners, but in their histories they have put v beyond any disposition of dispute the c fact that the Southern States of the a original Thirteen Colonies contributed s the largest share of the patriotism and political genius which established S the nation. It was out of these South- t em colonies the spirit of Revolution x broke forth most fiercely, and it was 1 in these colonies that the roots of the s Republic found their richest soil. That t may be said with all applause for 1 Massachusetts and New England. The p concert of colonial unity was not ral- v lied around Massachusetts as it was > around Virginia and the Carolinas. v Before the Pilgrims launched the May- c flower, Virgignia was in the field? c an organized social and political a fabric, with a representative assembly, c making laws for the government of a I Dominion twice as large as the New s Eneland States afterwards hocumo H c included the great Northwest terri- s tory, out of which have been carved f the commonwealths of Ohio, Indiana, v Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, North ( Carolina, West Virginia and Tennes- t see. In 1790, the Southern section 1 constituted in area and in population s throe-fourths of everything involved s under the government of the Federal Constitution. Tt the time the Constitution was adopted there was no question at all of the predominant responsibility of the Southern section for the new Republic, not only as to the principles on which it was founded but as to the energies by which it was 'uieved and the actual administrations of its government. For fiftythree years the Southern States furnished its twelve presidents in an almost unbroken line of succession. Its congress was controlled by Southern representatives, and its Supreme court was held firmly in Southern hands. It was a great time in the world, and a great time for the South when our forefathers were raising the banner of hope for humanity everywhere. "This is the history against which we lift the question, 'Can the South i ome Hack'/' i "Arrested Glory. I "When the future historian of the 1 South entirely free from all passions except the love and candor conies to 1 retrace the record of the South in the 1 building of the nation, he will he met I by the fact that somewhere in that ' story of events the glory of the South s was arrested, and that for more than ' a half century Southern leadership < went into eclipse. We are ourselves almost, if not quite, at the place where we can look at it calmly. From 1850 1 to 1900, the South stopped short of i the destiny which the fathers had : marked out for her as a national facV 1 mw ^ BO MOVAt^ a X t1 Kg J^uda ; *mi?6 : POWDER Absolutely Pure j Made from Cream of Tartar ? NO ALUM-NO PHOSPHATE [ == I or. Apparently Southern thought he- I1 ;ame estranged from the "House of ? )ur Fathers." It was a desperate c loud and the saddest thinjr that ever 11 innnpnprl in fhic on.l ;? ....... T i period in which Southern character c ;hone forth with unsurpassed glory. r ^o true history has yet been written t tf the inward honesty of the Southern t >eople in the War Between the States. I ^mid all the baffling misunderstandngs and outside all the unworthy pas- f ions, which were in evidence on both h ides, the keenest truth of that terri- I >le time was this: The South never f villingly made war on the "House of ^ )ur Fathers." Lost sight of in the u moke of battle, obscured in the crimnations and recriminations of contro- ' 'ersy, the truth was that the Southrn people loved its liberty, and the ight it pave to the world. If one asks I >roof of this, let him look at us now. f the heart of the South had not been rue all the time to a deep devotion o the nation which Southern men had lone so much to found, would it be mpossible only 50 years after all the I lorror of the Civil war and the Re- t onstruction era for us to be saying a ,s General Gordon said, and as South- a >rners say everywhere, that we are a hankful to God that the American Jnion was not disrupted? We who t lave suffered so much deserved to be J lelieved when we assert that there t lever was a time when Southern peo- a >le had any war in their hearts J igainst the "House of Our Fathers." s t was the fate of the South to make a t >rotest. It was also our fate to de- a end Southern soil from advancing c irmies. Looking back at it now, this i s our only lament: "Would to God I hat some way had been found to ecognize States' rights according to a he terms of the constitution, and that ome way had been found to rid the lation of human slavery without the Ireadful cost of war and the horrible ntail of its pain and bitterness!" "What Have We Lost?" "The question to face is this: Have ve lost seriously as a people our apacity to serve the nation which we .re so glad has been preserved? If , o, what is it we have let go ? "If we recall to that period in which Southern men were doing so much for he world, we will mark that they , vere men of great human breadth and luman sympathy. They felt themelves in the founding of this nation 0 be engaged in a work for mankind. ^ They were doing something great and * rood for everybody everywhere. They vere looking beyond themselves?be- c rond their narrow interests. They } vere consciously the exponents of lemocracy and the very incarnation c >f its genius. Such an attitude, such 1 spirit, reacted upon the character >f Southern people and ennobled it. j >Jo\v, when we turn to look at our- j :elves, their grandsons and their j rranddaughters, we discover that the c ;um of Southern thought and feeling j or more than a half century has been | rery much narrowed and depressed. c Jut of the defensive habit engendered t he war and the bitter experience of Reconstruction we came to be a sentitive people and our motive chiefly j self-regarding. It is impossible for a f )eople to fall into this temper with>ut a serious reaction upon character ind capacity. But the most injurious leritage of the conditions which t, ledged South about following the war t vas the fixing of our social and politi- < ;al thought upon the negro in our nidst. Our political energies have >een absorbed in our fear of what night happen through the presence >f millions of negroes. It has pre- ' rented us from taking counsel of our \nglo-Saxon force in a generous hunan way and nas confined uS to our 5 \nglo-Saxon fears which have not ^ permitted a broad outlook upon man- * cind and world concerns. Our souls ( lave not been as free to think and c 'eel as our forefathers thought and w 'elt. Thus we have been chained to a | sathetic sectionalism, very different 'rom that unselfish sectionalism in ] vhich our forefathers loved the South < 'or what the South could do for the ? lauun and ine world. It you ask me ? low this situation could have been 4 ivoided I cannot answer, but I know ( ,hat we have suffered sadly for it and 4 that we must in some way get free to 1 think outside ourselves and be able to iweep without sympathies a bigger lorizon if we are to develop great national usefulness. > "The Vital Questions. \ "The ability of the Southern people 1 to maintain national influence will And i its severest test in our own local civili- i nation. We cannot take a big part i at Washington if we permit ourselves j,i o play a little part at home. These C re the vital questions, the real prob- ^ sms of the South: "First. The question of education? he relief of illiteracy?a safe civili/.aion of town, county and State. The | endencies of lawlessness and mobs without an indignant and powerful iublic conscience for their suppression .'ill completely deny national power nd international influence to South- , rn people. The problem of illiteracy s our burden. The fact that our poplation in the Southern States is 1G 4 ier cent of the national whole, and our lliteracy 3-1 per cent, is one that bears irecuy on ine outlooK oi tne South, ipon its political opportunities. "Second. The question of self eritcism and responsibility demands atention. The South can no longer be ectional in the sense of not caring chat people outside the South think, rhe whole world sits in judgment ipon ourselves and frankly confess to me another our own faults as sources if weakness to be lamented and corected and not eccentricities and foiilcs to be condoned, we are in the way o power through progress. "Third. The question of ideals and eadership cannot be neglected. We lave to define what it is to be a true Southerner. Shall we go back to the ool, steadfast, tolerant, thoughtful nen who built the "House of Our 'athers," men nobly just, sincerely onservative and passionate for the ight; or shall we set up for our ideals he demagogic type, the waspish, agiated intemperate type, indifferent to irutalities. appealing to prejudices, vho rally ignorance and passion, and attcn on factions. Both these tvoe lave played a distinct part in the hisory of the South. There is no future or us as a people unless we shall iavp good men and great men to lead is." SIS FRIEND HURT; HE HELPED HIM njured Man Laughed When Simple Treatment Was Suggested, But He Thanked His Comrade Later. Once upon a time word came to fenry A. Voehl, of Plainfield, N. J., hat a close friend had been injured, ind full of anxiety he visited the ifflicted man, who was suffering from l sprained ankle. "It was so bad that the leg had urned black," said Mr. Voehl in reating the story. "I told him I would lave him out in a wppIc anH Vio lannrViori it me. But I took him a bottle of ^ Jloan's Liniment, that night he put ome on and noticed the ankle felt bet- ^ er. I told him to use it every day, j ,nd in three days his ankle was practi:ally well. In four days he was work- j ng. He gladly admits that Sloan's t jiniment "put him on his feet." ^ Sloan's Liniment can be obtained at ' ill drug stores, 25c, 50c and $'1.00. t H ^1 rA\>.l ' ?% i i ii r# 11 K] i I 3 s | R | I I I I ( I CJ III BEZSBShZE&QHH 1 WILL OPERATIVES i TO RECEIVE MORE PAY I i Augusta, Nov. 27.?Twenty-two t lundred Augusta cotton mill opera- 1 ives employed in five factories here 1 oday were granted an increase of 10 1 >er cent in wages. These combined j >ay rolls foot up $12,000 weekly. f This increase is by mills nol in- \ luded in the Savannah ralley mills, vhich increased wages 10 per cent on 1 November 10. J ?tate of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County, ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that le is senior partner of the firm of J. Cheney & Co., doinp: business n the City of Toledo, County and 5tate aforesaid, and that said firm will av the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case >f Catarrh that cannot be cured by he use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed n my presence, this (>th day of Decem>er, A. D. 1880. A. VV. GLEASON, (Seal) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inernally and acts through the Blood on he Mucous Surfaces of the System. >end for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills for constipation. LARGE AREA IN SOUTH IS CLEARED OF CATTLE TICK Washington Nnv 9?; ?A Woi 57,172 square miles in Alabama. Arransas, Georgia, Mississippi and Texas vill be released from cattle fester tick juarantine December 11, under an >rder by the secretary of agriculture, innounced today. .ax-Fos, A Mild, Effective Laxative t Liver Tonic Does Not Gripe nor Disturb the Stomach. in addition to other properties, Lax-Foe :ontains Cascara in acceptable form, a stimulating Laxative and Tonic. Lax-Foa icts effectively and does not gripe nor listurb stomach. At the same time, it aids ligestion, arouses the liver and secretions ind restores the healthy functions. 50c. THREE THOUSAND MILL WORKERS' WAGES RAISED | Durham, N. C., Nov. 25.?The Ervin Cotton Mill company announced .onight that 3,000 workers in their West Durham and Duke establishnents will get wage increases. The imounts will be apportioned accordng to the faithfulness and length of < lervice of the employees. /I NGINEER GAINS 68 POUNDS; TOOK TANLA L.ost Health Completely an Had to Lay OIT Work 15 Months. VLMOST LOST HOI*] fow Hack on Ro^ular Uun?Saj Tanlac is Only Remedy Ever Helping Him. "My name is J. R. Watson an<l m ionic is in Mobile, Ala. I am thirty hree years old and bv profession ai i railroad engineer. I have a reguU un on the work train between Sehv ind Mobile. "Up to only a few months ago?thj s, up to the time I started takir ^anlac?my health was broken clow ompletclv. When I commenced ta! ng Tanlac I only weighed one hui I red and three pounds and had ni teen able to work for fifteen month 'low, after taking only three and lalf bottles of Tanlac. I wcierh or lundred and seventy-one pounds at lave actually trained sixty-eigl lounds and never felt better in m ife. "I suffered for several years wit he worst kind of stomach trouble at onstipation. T kept dropping down i veight and losing strength, and final! broke down completely. I had se1 ral attacks of what was called acui (oisoning of the stomach and nobotl mows how I suffered. "I took treatment at the Marii fospital at Algiers, La., and at Ti ane Hospital. New Orleans. I ah ook treatment at Hot Springs, Art ind ak Lookout Mountain. To tell vo hoj^CTulfti, I tried everything I cou bnil^f and spent hundreds of dollar mt4l just kept going down hill, ar or fifteen whole months I was unab 0 run my engine or to do any oth< ;ind of work. "Of course, I was awfully discou iged about myself, as I could see bi ittle hope of ever being well agai Vhile I was sick and unable to wor 1 brakeman gave me a half bottle < Tanlac. I took it and began to fe letter right away. My stomach fe letter and I got so I could eat ar injoy my meals. "When this was gone I bought a ither bottle, and after finishing it elt so much better I went back vork on a switch engine. I cou ust feel myself gaining in weigl ind getting stronger every day, at ifter taking my second bottle I wei jack to running an engine on the ma ine. "Now, since taking three and on lalf bottles of Tanlac, I am workir egular, running a work train betwe< Mobile and Selma, the swampie :ountry in this section of the State. "Now, what I have lold you is tl ;ruth, and hundreds of people wl enow me and know how I looked b 'ore I took Tanlac will tell you tl tame thing. Another thing, you ci ?ee from my picture, which I hi ;aken while I was sick, how rnu stronger and hea'thier I tool; now th: [ did then. "They can say what they plea ibout Tanlac and patent medicine >ut I can truthfully say that Tanl s the only medicine that ever d ne any good and I want everybody tnow about it. If people do not b ieve you, just tell them to come ai ook at me now and then look at n >icture, which was taken while I w; sick. I will show them mighty quii vhat Tanlac has done for me." For sale by Palmetto Drug G Jnion: Buffalo Drug Co., Buffalo; ] ~>. Bailey, Carlisle; B. G. Wilburn ton, Cross Keys; Jonesville Drug G lonesville; Lockhart Mills Stoi iOckhart; R. J. Fowler, Monarch. I1 "Cured" \ ft Mm. Jay McGee, of Steph- A ^ enville,Texas, writes: "For " J nine (9) years, I suffered with J womanly trouble. I had ter- I rible headaches, and pains in I my back, etc. It seemed as if I 1 would die, I suffered so. At J last, I decided to try Cardul, fl ft the woman's tonic, and it j ft helped me right away. The J if full treatment not only helped I me, but it cured me." | TAKE Cardui | The Woman's Tonic ] Parent h^trvi ufnm?n In timA IJ Ik of greatest need, because it M contains ingredients which act 1 K specifically, yet gently, on the Yfk weakened womanly organs. 14 So, if you feel discouraged, Ifl blue, out-of-sorts, unable to " do your household work, on M account of your condition, stop I W worrying and give Cardui a " E trial. It has helped thousands 3 E of women,?why not you ? j W Try Cardui. E-71 P Mrs. B. G. Clifford spent sevei days last week with her daughb Mrs. H. S. Adams, at Chester. c I Work - Lab Y d ! What good will it do ?* reach seventy and you A provident while your e V was at its best? E s *? Start To .* A Savings A % iy A and in your old age, \v A unable to earn a living m ~4 * ir A dependent on your ch ia A ity, but the interest o A will keep you and you ^ A of care and worry of h . | Citizens Nati( s. a A R P MORGAN K: A President id ,y *? State, County and Cit V ? A Card to ( ;; of Rural Telep ie i?o We are anxious to see thi ^ other parties and connected wi id condition as to furnish efficien *j owners of rural lines are respoi ie we want to co-operate with th ir All lines require a thoroi [[ sionally if the best service is n. recommend that every line < overhauled at least once a year ei experienced telephone man ass cost of this work when divide< of the line, makes the amoui "i small, and this cost will be mc f? improved service. Id If the owners of rural telep J,t tion are experiencing trouble "l will appreciate their talking th< o- Manager or writing us fully. ^ what we can toward helping : st dltion of your line. i e e. SOUTHERN BELL TEMLI ;,1; AND TELEGRAPH GO id ch _ in ~~ rii _ a :i r loors th ac to easy to c as reCOmnlCn I STONI^-JCW^^ 1 UNION, S. iu N D E R T i In All Its Brs FINE FUNERAL FURNIS iDEPARTM Up-to-date Equipment?Cas fessional services rendered ar ?same as in town. Phone < where in the county promptly Phone 106. al Bailey Undertakii or - Toil ? f you when you have not been ! arning capacity % day ? .ccount hen physically A you won't he A lildren or char- A f yc ur savings A r helpmate free A ow to live. ?nal Bank i v C C SANDERS A Cashier A X ;y Depository O 4% 4% % % 4% 4% Dwners hone Lkies it all lines owned by ith us are kept in such t service. Where the isible for their upkeep, em. ugh overeauling occato be obtained. We :onnected with us be and that at least one 1st in this work. The 1 among all the patrons it paid by each man >re than offset by the ?hone lines in this secvith their service, we 3 matter over with our We will gladly do rou improve the con5PH0NE (f]E\ MPANY ygfojp at are lean ? hard work and it will deice of most varnished floors, d the easier and more pracof preserving the natural id floors with To clean you simply apply a little Devoe PolishingOil accordingto simple directions. Devoe Marble Floor Finish water-proofs the wood and enables it to withstand the severest wear and tear without marring. In clear, dry weather it will dry in 24 hours. Of our many customers who have used Devoe Marble Floor Finish, all report satisfaction. We'll guarantee that you'll be pleased with this easyto-clean, long- lasting floor varnish. RDWARE CO. . c. irk i N G inches HINGS IN EVERY [ENT iket delivered and prolywhere in the county )rders answered anyr, day or night. ng Company