The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-22
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
Magical Progress OF This Section During
the Pact Year-Max Meadows.


MAX MEADOWS, Va, Oct. pa brief
sketch Vt the Industrial development IN
Southwest Virginia for the past year would
read like Munchausen story. These are
curious times. Ii is the age OF a hamlet TO-
day and city tomorrow, and the question
is often asked! How long this game Of put
ting.down one dollar and picking up two OF
five. and even ten or twenty, VIII last! The
Southern states are on the threshold Of an
immense industrial revolution, and VIZ
ginia il fast taking her place AT the head OF
the procession. Take time to gather your
data carefully and write an article without
reference to elegant description or poetic
imagery showing what has been our pro-
gress during the past decade in commercial
enterprise, agriculture, in popula-
ton and building property, every
phase Of productive capacity, and every
aspect of resource and wealth, ana the facts
proclaim that the Sunny Southland is the
land where truth bears the semblance OF
fiction and history reads like a medieval
romance. go West, young man! Go
West!v has sunk deep into the hearts OF the
American people, and the clarion note has
penetrated transatlantic realms and the
ambitious and enterprising youth OF all
climes have adopted the advice OF Horace
hItblcl .tctuihuldttuE ihlt piiN htt ~ NN"N"
and founded mighty empires that axe
rapidly taking their places in the sister
hood of the Union to forever glitter with
Respondent brightness on the. folds OF our
national ensign. But if the great journal
ist were alive to-day he would unite with
Chauncey Depew and other far-seelng
capitalists Of the North who are pointing
young men to the South, where the mighty
movement Of capital, the rush OF llnlnigra-
ton and other gigantic forces that are
swiftly coming 10 the front, will place this
section far ahead in the race for wealth.
OF all the new towns which have taken on
a new dress, marvellous Max Meadows pre-
sents the most striking illustration of that
irresistible energy and pushing spirit which
characterize Americans. Six months ago
Max Meadows was quiet, sleepy little
country town with about thirty to fifty souls;
to-day she is live, bustling, weaith-pro-
ducing town with large, elegant hotel oil
beautiful design, l50ton blast furnace, a
handsome new depot, and a railroad run
ming out TO refund the money
its engagements are not met within SIX
months after date OF sale OF lots, which taxes
place on October 18th.
Thus the growth OF Max Meadows mas
been marvellous, and stauds forth without
precedent in the annals Of Southern pro-
gress, and points to the dawn of dlstlnc-
lively new era in the SOuth's iron and steel
history. Already the grass lands near the
Norfolk and Western railroad have ad-
vanced in value, and some parties from
Pennsylvania are paying ashigh as $500 per
acre for land for farming purposes that lie
two miles from tue rail- Dad; and steep,
rough grazing lands that could be bought
two years ago for $lj will now bring S25
per acre Railroad routes from Danyille,
Va, and Kentucky are being surveyed
hitherward, which will probably tap the
Norfolk and Western at this point or AT
Kents mill, station three miles west OF
this, and midway between this place and
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