The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21
BOTH WILL. DIE.
\ FATAL QUARREL BETWEEN
TWO GEORGIANS.
DYNAMITES WORK IN MEXICO
Baseball Cannes Ycstcraay-A $4,000
Fire ia DauviiIe-Labor Troubles I'm
EuroDc-Vhc Tariff Debaie-Rnssian
Army Disturbances, Exc.
Communicated,

| communicated,
Lynchburg's envious venom ut TIM
continued growth Of Roanoke ha
unsheathed itself to such an exten
lately that it calls forth comment.
Roanoke is gradually absorbin4
Lynchburg, evidence Of it aboundi
on I'LL sides, and it needs bnt q cursory
view to demonstrate it The renova
of the shops and round house here
the establishment OF the nlacfine
works here; the smiling invitation,
held out by Roanoke TO capitalist
and labor; the patronage OF Roar.
oke's wholesale and retail trade by
the southwest and mining regions oi
West Virginia, tells but too plainly
that as the Demonstrators lIcks iii
body OF his prey. preparatory 70 swo!-
lowing it, so Roanoke is quickly
clearing away all debris TO enSuif
LynchburS.
The latter knows it, sees it, feels il +,
but will not acknowledge it,
Lynchburg has Il good word and :.
kind feeling for every growing uowiI
in the southwest, except Roanoke
Whether or not Lynchbury feels that
Roanoke needs nothing from her, /.
am unable TO say, but that she will
give Roanoke every back-handed lick,
she can, know. The parchasersiof
supplies in the southwest, know thai
the travelling men from Lynclbur:,
have sneer for Roanoke and It's
wares that is positively amusing.
And when was in LynchburS, no.
two weeks ago, had an incident OF il.
Pursuing my way UP the hills OF
Lynchburg, I met an acquaintance.
Just from Roanoke are your he
asked.
Yes" answered, wiping the pers-
piration from my brow.
Il understand, he went on, tina
things are rather blue there now.
How So asked with erident
surprise.
Why" he answered. Il am infornle i
that the bottom has dropped ouI
ofreal estate"
You have been mistled," | said
smiling, occasionally when koanok',
gets TO an obstacle in the way Of her
comfortably swallowing Lyuchburg.
there is = lull ia other business, Us al
hands take hold and pull. That IS
what you are aliudin. 70. No de
crease in real estate there, except Tor
tnat purpose.
Ugh ne answered, turning aMRy.
rapid strides ahead of LynchDurs Is
attributable TO this fact: on fhe one
hand, when IA stranger goes 10 RoaH-
oke, he is taken by the hand by he
people, and il he has any energy o.
push, he will be obliged to march Wilt
The tide: nor are any questions aSAeU
him: on the oGhcr hand, if one. goes
to Lynchburg, her people first stani'
off. enduring who he is, where h.
comes from, and what he Is wo. III, Civ
jnr hi.n no helping hand until success !
in n measure CROWNS his Efforts. rue,
the former is Radicaism the latt"
conservatism, but insthe New Souti
conservatism must go TO the wall, uui II
Radicalism has reared the Srouh''
structure, on which conservatl>a;
rests. That is AT least half Il century
off
Another reason iOr iodnohe
growth in numerical population, Is
fine Accessibility, with wnlch labore1
nrocures his home Any man with
bodily strength, can own his hearth
here. whether he has capital or not.
If he ha nc means, Il home Is fur
nished him, and he pays for.It on III"
instalIment plan, sometimes as low Us
five TO ten dollars Il month-cheapef
than he can rent elsewhere. Let any
one 90 to Lynchburg, without Il dol
lar to purchase Il home, anu he VIII
find it as impossible rs to bridge III
Atlantic ocean. He must either haVt
a good bonus in cash, give persona
security, so hard for an unknown.
poor man to do. In Roanoke, the re
6uirement of either q large cash pay
ment as personal security is almos
unknown in real estate dealings. Ihl
phase of Roanoke dealing is an Edo
RADIO to the laboring man, and alter
all. he is IN great measure, the bon
and sinew of every thriving, progress
sive place. ,,, =
subscribe to any enterprise Tor I'll
material advancement OF the clGy, IL
wants TO know: What is it? Will i
nav Whose at the head of it? Wa
f. ever heard of here before? Ha
Mr.. So and So, taken stock !" ON.
by signal patience and untlring, self
sacrificing energy, can the enterpris'
succeed: but in Roanoke, when on
is asked to take stock in any enter
- tho one question asked is
twill it be put in our city?' The an
swer, yes" draws a liberal suoscriP
tion. and up it goes-a living real
material improvement-another on
Of the means by which Koanok
strikes sled se-hammer licks for for
wardlng her temporal growth.
Lynchburg, like all old, STANG SUI III
towns. has this characteristic Each
likes to attend to his neighbours BUS
mess which, in a thriving, seeth
inc pushing city like Roanoke, N
one has time to attend to anything
hut his own business. You canno
he idle in Roanoke, nor are you al
lowed to strike outside OF your Owl
concerns, because the elbow room
taken up by your neighbor busy wit
his own affairs. -,
humanity cannot exist withou
social intercourse. The loafer i
Roanoke NAV be in the world, but h
is not a part of it. He has no con