The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-07-18
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TARHEEL LIVING
s.sI Written Specially for The Semtiael.]

Fit will dtsiy be after great sacrifices
and years of effort. '-- -
r do not wish to be understood as
drawing any comparison between the
excellepcisS or defects Of the people of
one State rs against another in this
j Union, or rs approaching within a
million miles of the sectional border,
a term which, sincerely trust, will
speedily become obsolete, SO FAR rs its
application to the North and South
Fare concerned. -
| am merely pointing out . reason
that, to my mind, should Influence
any young man in remaining at his
home, among a people whom he un
derstands, appreciates and is in sym
pathy withssg~ -
"a Second. Stay at home because the
glowing accounts that come to you
concerning the phenomenal successes
of.the West are untrue, and because
] thousands of young men, relying upon
the truth of thes reports, have hocked
to this supposed Ell Dorado until
every avocation of life is overfowing
with disappointed young men,. whose
only weapon against the lynx eyed
wolf that is eternally watching them
is work, and who, in consequence. are
working at any price obtainable.
l speak whereof / do know and
testify of what 1 have seen. My trav-
els in the west have been extensive
and my opportunities for observation
and comparison great. As result of
it all tell you that have seen more
unemployed, disappointed, debt-bur
dened young men in the West than I
have ever seen or, l trust, will ever
see, in the South.
That there have been successes, and
remarkable ones. too. in the West, is
/, f course true, but Except in specu.
lation, where you will find dozen
wrecks to one fortune) / know of none
! that have not been attained by close
confinement to work, unremitting toll,
strict economy, self deprivation and
eternal vigilance, which, if put forth
in North Carolina would have pro-
duced as good and sometimes better
results.
1 could cite you thousand instances
in proof of this assertion, but ifI did
so I should fill up too much Of the
space of this paper. Quidquid praeci-
pies, es 1revjssis, you know, the mot
! tosof the modern newspaper and
dare not sin against the editorial COM
mandment.
Third. Stay at home because
| North Carolina offers to you as MANY
natural elements Of success and pros
3perity as can be offered to you by any
State in the Union.
. Youls is a State whose natural ad-
vantages are equaled by few and ex-
eeeded by none in the Union. Its su.
perb climate sends the rich blood
rushing through the veins and gives
\ to you that greatest of all earthly
blessings-physical health. In its
b.,som reposes every variety of miner
al wealth with which God has blessed
the race, impatiently awaiting the
sinking Of the miners shaft; its mag
nifcent rivers, rolling their liquid
wealth into the sea, are signing at
[every turn for the music of the factory
spindles: its smiling valleys and ver-
[dure- crowned hilltops await the SOW
ling of the see.ls to return TO you y
golden harvest. - E 81
4 "A Build! BUILDi BUILD! That is
the song sung to. you by the waving
branches "a its mighty forests, while
J Its ample harbor at Wilmington
awaits the Incoming vessels that hasten
q thither to bear its rich cargoes to :eas
favored landss In addition, this God
4 favored land is inhabited by an Eng
lish speaking race among whom An
, archy is an unknown thing and So
cialism is q foreign curiosity; people
/ whose sturdy industry and Scotch.
Irish integrity has gained for the State
that grandest Of ali encomia-"HON.
, EST NORTH sCAROLINA."
f These facts are forcing themselves
3 upon the attention of the better classes
in the remainder of the Union and
Y rapid as has heeu the material devel
j, topme1t Of North Carolina within ths
], past decade, she bids fair to far out
e rip her former record within the ter
e years to come. North Carolina ant
Georgia now lead the van of Southern
e States in material prosperity ane
e North Carolina, south western Vir
e ginia, eastern Tennessee, northern
e Alabama and Georgia are destined t
. become one of the richest portions o
4 this country.
4 North Carolina is to be congratu
f lated that she has been spared the in
e fux Of that population that has beel
). flowing into the Western States. Yo,
: have the negro with you and it is vel
you have He is the best agriculture
, llaboxer that can be had for the South
The kind OF migration that is need
:, ed and the class that will come to yo
is composed of capitalists and skiile'
i artizans of the wealth-producing clasl
= North Carolina is advancing.
al SBdt," hear the young man n
: sWer, "North Carolina hos NO gres
4 lcities that invite US to action"
lel III knew how to sigh over this pr
81 Off& insanity of the America
81 youth in printers ink. would Gel
n tainly do it. But, as I do not, say [
q, You this fact Is in favor Of my argl
= lmSuf. The comparatively small citi,
,s and towns of North Carolina offer