The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-13
SOUTH! YOUNG MAN

s President Harrison, on his toRrfEreu9h
the South, after having seen the woh,
derful growth Of Iypci1barg, ssehfo ,is
civ. Roanoke. Salem, Radiord, Puiaskl,
w ytheville and Abingdon and the lnan U;
trial development in progress along tue
line OF the Norfolk s Western Railroad,
and viewed the country OF Southwest
Virginia, said in his speech TO the people
of Bristol, Va:
"Mv Fellow Citizens:-l have foand not
only pleasure, but instruction ID Fidihs
to-day through the portion OF the state
of Virginia thai is feeling III q very s''i"-
ing way the impulse of new development.
1t is extremely gratifying to notice tiiat
those hidden sources OF weailh Wh'ch
were SO long unobserved and SO long IN
used are now being found, and that those
regions, once so retired, occupied by pas
toral peopIc, having difficulty access to the
center OF population, are nov being fap'u-
| i, transformed into busy manuIacsurlng
| aud commercial ccnters. In Inc carry
settlement OF this country emlSran's
poured over the Aleghanics and biuc
| Ridge Ike waters over al obsiructlno
! edge, seeking the fertile and atffaclFe
farm regions of the great West. they
passed unobserycd these marvellous hid-
den stores of wealth which are no" oc'Ho
brought into use.
"Having filed those great basins OF the
West they are now turning back TO IT.
ginia and West Virginia and Tennessee
TO bring about the full Development and
production for which. time is ripe and
which will surprise the world It has not
been long since every Implement of iron
domestic, agricultural and mechanical
was made for YOU III other States. lht
iron point Of the wooden mold board pillow
win whicl. The early farmers here ;urneo
), the soil, came from dietant State.. bu
now Virginia and Tennessee are stirring
their energies to participate in large
degree in mechanical productions ana II
tho great awakening Of American con-
mercc and American snlnenee Whlcll WI
lit the nation to place among the ma
tions Of The world never before attained
"What is 10 hinder us when We have
: secured the markets Of our own States
!, that VIC shall reach oNt and enter int
/ sascessfu! competition in The markets 0
other parts of the Aora: ! say what i
; to binder this people; possessing by IN
Providence OF God, all the clements o
!. material wealth; endowed with a Geniu
, and energy unsurpassed among the IA
e tons of the earth, shall again have on IN
great seas merchant marine flying III
; Nag OF the common country and carrying
+ its commerce into every sea and uphold
ing its honor i'll every port?
Il am glad day to stand for this nc
t ment among you and to express my sym
I pathy with any and every interest thl
tends TO ie:eiop you ;:s y people. al
: glad to stand with You Oh one common
platform OF respect for the constitution
differing as sono OF uH niay DO IN on
) opinions as to what the law should be an
t how it should be applied; having in ylc'
! one common devotion Of obedience to tn
: law us the majority of our people, b
their own representatives, make it.
81 shall carry away from here re
ncwcd impulse to public duty; new in
{ spiration as citizen, and thar TOO, Of
| country whose greatness is ONLY dawnine
"And now let me express to You tn
pleasure l shall have in every good tina
d can come to you as a community and t
each ofyou as individuals. May peace
o prosperity and social order dwell in a
{ your families, and the fear and love
: God in every home"
: CONE TO ViRcISlA.-'Ihe coming wool
growing; agricultural and iron product"
section of the United States.
Come VIA Merchants and ii::o
: From Boston STEAMSHIP, Line, via Norlcli:. Pen!
and sylvala i. T., viz. Norfolk, or Wa9I
: New England, ingion, Or Harrisburg: Baltimore
Chic L. t., via Si.cnandoah Junciio
y From n. y, Come viz Old Dominion S;eainshi
4" n j. Line, Aia Norfolk, Pennsylvania
g Penn. r., via Norfolk, or Washington,
GO Del. Harrisburg; Baltimore d OHIO i.
d 6 Md via Shenandoah Junction
From the Come via Pittsburgh Ma Cha
= West lanooga, or via Columbus and is.''"i
For all information, mars referenc
books, pamphlets, etc. descriptive Of iii
{ wonderful mineral and agricultural re
sources of tic States OF Virginia All
West Virginia, apply 10 Agents Of Ill
Norfolk & Western railroad, $50 Wash
ington, Street, Boston; 1868 Broadwa.
| New York; ,433 Pennsylvania Avcnu1
Washington, D. c.; G7-East, State Stree
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