Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-05-13
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mer MattOX. He has % double chi
and his dormer window projects just
about two feet beyond that of Other
men. He is jolly good fellow, and
perhaps, is acquainted with mere PEG
pie in this State and in North Caro-
lima than is any other man. Mr. Mat
tox was in Roanoke yesterday and ate
dinner at Marshall CAFE with Manager
Becllner OF the opera house. The!
are IL we'll matched pair two OF Il kind
and when they come together you vii
see two of the best men in the couu-
try. lin the most prosecuted OF
men, said Mr.. MattoX laughingly
"Mysclf and Judge Hilton, of Ne"
York, are forever being jumped on by
the newspapers, but what do we care
If they can stand if, so can we"
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Editor Halves, of the Bramwell Mon
itor, was IN the city yesterday in the
interest of his paper. He is an ener
getic young fellow with dark nous
tache and was at one time the City
Editor of the Shamokin Herald, one
of the brightest little afternoon pnpe!
in Pennsylvania. His father is Il resi-
dent of Roanoke and Is known ms one
of the most eminent biologists of the
South. He knows every foot OF tn
country around the city ANA every
vein of ore running through The
country. He is connected with the
West End furnace, and his room III
the Gale building Is Uttered with ron
ore from every section of the country
Young Mr.. Hawes is sure To make
the Monitor bright and brilliant, and
it will do much 10 forward tie pro
grcss of the coal country.
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Mr. c. w. Callahan, of Newbcry
Mills. is again in town. He has Il
fund Of rtminisccnses about old Big
Lick and the country surrounding 1t
Just think one instant" he said 30
IA reporter Yesterday, ''of the immense
strides the town has made. Now,
take that section of the city lying to
the west. My grandfather knew
when it was sold for an old flint lock
mnsket, worth, perhaps, 50 Now it
is worth 100000 if it Is worth cent.
| tell You, the whole story Of the
town reads like Il romance of the
olden times.
Captain William H. Fry was i'll the
city yesterday. He was at one time
the deputy United States collector for
the Roanoke district under President
Cleveland, but upon the advent OF the
Harrison reign, was promptly relieved
from duty Captain Fry is gentle
man with an iron gray moustache and
chin whiskers and wears Il light suit
of clothes. He tells good story and
reads the TIMES.
~
Arnold Pierce has been in town and
| the results Of his visit will. III few
DAYS or weeks. be known in the col
uiins OF the New York Herald. For
| Mr. Pierce is the correspondent OF that
paper. and has been here among us
with the intention OF sending TO his
paper IL truthful account OF the
boom towns of the South. James
Gordon Bennett, in his home III the
other side of the Atlantic, heard OF
the wonderful progress the South has
been making. and he cabled 10 ms re-
4 preventative III New York TO SEND Il
| man South Immediately 70 search ont
! the truth. He is here and there can
be little doubt but what his letters
will be of the greatest interest.
The S0utb's Future.
Something seems to have come over
!, the spirit of the Commercial Gazette
! since SIr. Halstead left it. In an edi-
torial of recent date it said:
! The old saving, "Go West, young
man. and grow up with the country.
: is diving rapidly ont of existence, and
the new phrase, Ito South, is be
coming more and more popular each
day. For some years il has been
thought, and lately it has been dem
onstrated that the future great
wealth of the country is TO be found
/ in the Southern States, Southeastern
: Kentucky. Tennessee, Georgia, Ala
/ bama and Virginia Towns and cities
are springing upas if touched ny a
I magic hand. Enormous finds of coal.
: iron. timber and marble have opened
! up IL new era in the wealth and pros
| perity of that section of the country,
and American and English capital
now seeking investments III the South
in preference TO the west.
1t is the truth of this statement that
enables the South to defy the machi-
nations of the Republicans.
The South is destined to grow very
rich and very populous in the next
quarter of a century, and the present
political conditions will disappear
with the consumation of that happy
state of affairs.
Let MS look well to our material
prosperity. for with such prosperity
we can safely defy our political
enemies. -Birmingham Age Herald.
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The first concert of the Rosebud