The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-23
ADVANCING RAPIDLY.
What tie Ohio State journal
Thinks of Virginia.

OF Virginia. The Ohio State Journal
says: There is no section OF our country
tlat is advancing more rapidly in the
Developments OF it's natural resources
thTn Virginia.
Two hundred and Fifty years have
passed since the ssctions now coming so
prominently before the wsrld were first
settled
The immense deposits of mincra Ia
were kRown to exist at that early
period, aTd each generation, since has
given them more or less attic ation. But
it has BEEN left for ITO active mcn, of
to-day to Bring these great stores of
wealth bcfose the pubMc in such a for
chile way as tn claim elso attention OF
the manufacturing world These i'm
n,ense deposits may soand fabulous,
but investigation proves that they are
more valuable Shan they we're firsosup-
posed to be, and each expert renders a
'uorc favorable report than his prede
ccsSor as to their extent ard value
to-day vast sums of money are pour
ing into Virginia from our Northern and
Eastern States and European countries.
Capitalists have sent their money West
until that entire section has been de-
Veioped to an extent far in advance of
many sections of the South. They arc
now finding that places nearer the mar
kcts OF the East are Offering adyantarcs.
far ahead of Western Investments
This is changing tho flow of money
from the West to the South. Tho
movement has just begun and it's full
f.NIp trfi1 l,.,f e. l..
come. but each succeeding year will
sec the channel of this stream of money
widen and deepen until it is ono that
VIII overcome all sectional barriers. So
much capita has now been placed that
skilled laborcrS are likewise turninr
their attention To the South and scores
Oh inquiries are pouring in upon tho
various Southern development CONF
panics from men of this class who desire
to buy lot and build II home for their
families i'll this highly favored section.
Industrial towns are springing into
existence throughout the entire mineral
sections, with manufactures to utilize
the raw materials that are so abundant.
and cheap a tour through the Old
Dominion will surprise oven those bcst
posted in the development going on.
, Inc growth and improvements so rapid
that a knowledge of it to-day leaves You
a stranger almost tomorrow. This
movement is in the hands of the leading
| men of tee State, who see that through
| her mineral resources Virginia will gain
her pristine glory, The result will be
the building upof Il score or more OF in
land industrial towns, while her tide
water cities will become among tho
most important on the Atlantic coast.
Go to Virginia and look over its situa-
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the time and expense, for YOU will see a
State whose namo but recently was
synonymous with poverty to-day on the
algh road TO becoming one of the richest
in the Union
Compare THE TIMES news columns
with those of any other paper published
in a radius OF 200 miles If you want the
news you cannot afford to be without it,
WHOLESALE HORSE STEALING.
Gans of Thieves Fired On snd Two
WICHITA. Kan, Nov. DE- Spcciall-
Some days ago twelve horses wore
stolen i'll Osborne county, and last even
ing tho thieves were found in. onmp.
eighty miles west of here, near Cairo.
posse Of thirty men was raised at
Cairo and they went out to capture the.
gang.
| When within II short distance Of the
camp the posse was fired upon. and ut
that moment the gang mounted their
horses and started up tho creek, followed
by the posse.
After II running fire of two miles. two
of the thieves fell of their horses. and
the horses of two others fell. The
others escaped.
The two men shot died within half an
hour, and refused TO give their names
/ or any information.
THE TIMES is the only paper IN Roa
noke which had the courage and enter
prise to invest money in Geographic
| franchises.
a FALLING WALL
! Kills One Man and Fatally Injures Seven
ut Jersey City.
JERSEY CITY, n. j., Nov o. Spc-
cial Ono wall of the new brick build
ing in course of erection for Wells,
Fargo e Co., on Pavonia avenue, sud
denly fell this morning, burying IL large
number of men in the ruins.
Tho police, fircmen and ambulances
were soon on the spot and the injured
| WOrkmen taken ont. One man was