The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-29
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BUT AU REV0IR.
TIE new ENGLAND EDITORS.
They spend thc Day in Town md
Take ~ Ride Over the City-Their
Views orSouthwesi virginia-Off for
Natural Bridge.

Natural Bridge.
The Suburban Press Association of
New England spent just about six
hours in Roanoke.
When they left, however. they
carried away Il much better idea of
the city than they ever had before,
and remembrances. they say, of anex-
ceedingly pleasant trip.
The party numbered just thirty
seven, including the ladies, and though
the association bears the name Sublr-
ban and grew from nucleus of papers
in the vicinity of Boston, its terrific
res now embraces six states and its
membership is about one hundred and
City. The papers represented were
principally weelllies They have an
extensive circulation, however, and
were represented both by their edi-
tors and owners.
The train bearing the party from
Salem arrived at , O'Clock. 1t WAS II
special, and the visitors occupied Two
Pullnlans They had had dinner be
fore reaching here, and after climbing
the hill to Hotel Roanoke, they rested
tor two hours or SO Oh the vine COW
cred porch They We're then driven
in carriages, by II number of repre-
sentative business men of Roanoke,
to various points of interest about he
city. When they started out they
thought the town had about 5000
people: when they returned they were
willing TO admit that it must have
10000.
Through the business part of the
city, up Salem avenue and by the
court house, out Campbell street, with
it's beautifully shaded lawns to the
West End, with its sweeping maSniii
Gent views of mountain and valley.
some of them were driven; others
viewed the city from the summit Of
Terry's bill, while still others in
SPECIFIED the various industries.
Just as the sun was beginning to
east its shadows in the west, they
were given supper in the hotel. They
had lust one hour TO train time.
James \. Pugh, president OF the Viz
ginia Press Association, presided, and
Mr.. Hinton Helper made neat little
speech of welcome in behalf of the
city. He spoke of the duties OF the
host of the guest, and of the pleasure
of greeting the visitors. He referred
TO the feelings that animated the peo-
pie of the South and OF Roanoke and
- Y ri Ic len "a
alluded TO the cordiality with which
he had been received during Il visit
TO Massachusetts, and expressed the
desire TO see the two sections better
acquainted bespoke of the industrial
development of this section, and of
the rapid but solid and heating
growth of Roanoke. He hoped that
the visitors might carry away pleas
ant impressions of Roanoke, and that
they would visit us again.
A. StarbucIs. Of the Waltham
(Mass.) Free Press, responded. lie
alluded to the kind treatment they
had received during their trip and
spoke OF how Virginia had far sur
passed what they had expected to
find Their preconceived opinion was
not ilattering, perhaps. They had
looked upon it as section devoid of
industries, and had no idea that its
people were so full of enterprise and
push. They had had All exceedingly
pleasant time.
George w. Davies, of the Everett
Mass Herald, also made brief
speech. He said that the occasion
reminded him of the breaking of the
morning Of light coming out of dark
ness. H. then alluded to Il pretty
little incident that had occurred ut
Pulaski, when Confederate soldier
had asked permission TO pin badge
of the Lee unwilling ceremony upon
the lapel of his coat, and how he had
granted it cheerfully. The badge
bore the inscription in honor OF K. b.
Lee. Above this were pictures of the
ornaments of war and the cross flag
stalls of the stars and stripes and the
stars and bars. Mr.. Davies said that
he was not only glad, but proud to
wear the badge. He referred to the
wonderful natural resources they had
seen in Virginia, and said that they
recognized that the manufacturing
interests of the North were to have
strong competitors in short time.
They welcome this development,
however, and many of them would
come to share it.
After supper the party left for Nat
ural Bridge where they will spend
the day, going thence to Luray,
Washington and Norfolk.
Mr.. A. Starlick the president of the
association is a small man and will
not turn the scales at much, if any
over 100 pounds. His paper has q
good circulation, however, and his
looks indicate man of active brain.
Virginia is far ahead of what /
thought it was, he said
w. h. Cook, of Melford, Mass, is
the editor and owner Of daily paper,
the Journal. He is a well built man
and his face is clean shaven. He is
about middle age and is broad and
liberal in his views. If you take all
the members of both parties who are
trying to keep alive animosities of the
past and put them in single State
the deficiencies. whatever they are,
between the two sections would be
settled at once. and the State to which
they were sent wouldn't be very large,
either
Education and surroundings make
up peoples ideas, and if the people
of the North had lived in the South
and been educated in the same school
they would no doubt have acted as the