The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-10
COME SOUTH, YOUNG MANI

GONE SOUTH, YOUNG MANI
President Harrison, on his tour through the
South, after having seen the wonderful.
growth Of Lynchburg. Bedford City, Roanoke,
Salem, Radford, Pulaski, wythevillc and Abinp-
don and theindustrial development in progress
along the line OF the Norfolk and western
railroad. and viewed the country of south
west Virginia, said in his speech to the people
at Bristol. Va.
My Fellow Citizens: have found not only
pleasure, but instruction in riding TODAY
through the portion of the State of Virginia
that is feeling in very striking way the i'm
pulse Of new development. 1t is extremely
gratifying to notice that those hidden sources
OF wealth which were SO long unobserycd and
~'o NHNSSN III y liz UclilR IOu0u, anu that
these regions, once so retired, occupied by pas-
tofai people, having difficult access to tho GEN.
ter OF population, arc now being rapidlv frame
iormedinto busy manufacturing and common
cial centers. In tho early settlement of this
country emigrants poured over the Aljeuhoniea
and Blue Ridge like waters over an obstr,ot-
ing ledge, seeking the fertile and attractive
farm regions of the great West. They passed
unobservcd these marvellous hidden stores OF
wealth which are now being brought into uso
Having filled those great basins OF the
west, they are now turning back to Virginia
and west Virginia and Tennessee to bring
about the full development and production
for which time is ripe and which will surprise
the world. 1t has not been long since every
Implement of iron, domestic. agricultural md
mechanical, was made for you In other Stntcs
Inc iron pointof the wooden mold board pillow.
with which the early farmers here turned tho
soil, came from distant States. But now yir-
glnia and Tennessee are stirring their energies
to participate in large degree in mechanical
productions and in the great awakening of
American commerce and American influence
which VIII lift the nation to place among
the nations OF the world never before Mt
tanned.
What Is to hinder us when we have secured
the markets OF our own states that we shall
reach out and enter into successful competi
ton in the markets of other parts OF the wor!d2.
say what is to hinder this people, possessing
by the providence OF God, all the clements of
material wealth; endowed with genius and
energy unsurpassed among the nations of the
earth, Shall again have on the great seas mer-
chant marine flying the flag Of the common
country and carrying Its commerce into every
sea and upholding its honor in every port?
II am glad to-day to stand for this moment
among you and TO express my sympathy with
any and every interest that tends to develop.
you as people. L am glad TO stand with YOU
on one common platform of respect for the.
constitution; differing us some OF us may do in
our opinions rs to what the law should be and,
now 1t should be applied; having in view one
common devotion OF obedience to tho law as
the majority OF our people, by their own repro
sontativcs, make 1t.
II shall carry away from here renewed i'm
pulse to public duty; new inspiration as
citizen and that, too, OF d country whose groat-
ness is only dawning.
And now let Inc express to you the pleasure,
l shall have in every good that can come to YOU
as community, and to each OF you rs indi-
viduals. May peace, prosperity and social
order dwell in all your families, and the fear
and love OF God in every home"
COME TO VIRGINIA.
The Coming Wool Growing, Agricultural and
Iron Producing State In the United States.
FROM BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND,
Come via Merchants and Miners Steamship
Line, via Norfolk; Pennsylvania Railroad via
Norfolk, or Washington or Harrisburg Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, via Shenandoah
Junction.
FROM NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, PENN
SYLVANIA, DELAWARE, MARYLAND.
Come via Old Dominion Steamship Line via
Norfolk; Pennsylvania Railroad via Norfolk,
or Washington, or Harrisburg; Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, via Shenandoah junction.
FROM THE WEST.
Come via Pittsburg, or via Chattanooga, or
via Columbus and Ashland.
For all information. maps, reference books,
M phlpta nto lori tf yn of tho xyooIore,,I