The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-10-16
SOUTH! YOUNG HAN


4. President Harris son. on his tour through
Tho South. fter having seen the Won
llerf.l, Growth of Lynchburs, BedIofu
Ecity. Roanoke, Salem. Radford. Pulaski
" stl,eyifse anu Abingdon and the INDUS
trial development in progress "lons tue
I;ue ar the Norfolk L Western Railroad,
and yiewed the country of Southwest
virginia. SAID in his speech to the people
OF Bristol. va: -
NV Fellow Gitizens:-l have found not
only pleasure, but instruction in riding
to-day through the portion of the State
| of Virginia that is feeling in a very strlk-
/ ing way fhe impulse OF new Development.
1t is extremely gratifying to notice that
| those hidden sources of wealth which
were 80 long uuobserved and SO long un-
L sed are now being found, and that those
regions, once so retired, occupied by pas
| toral people, having difficult access to the
center oil population, are now being rapid
| " transformed into busy manufacturing
and commercial centers. In the carly
settlement Of this country cmisrants
! poured over the Alleghallies and Blue
Ridge like waters over I'll Obstructing
ledge, seeking the fertile and attractive
farm regions OF The great west. they
passed unobscrved these marvellous hid
den stores OF wealth which are now being
brought into use.
Having filed those great basins OF the
West they are now turning back to Viz
ginia and West Virginia and Tennessee
to bring about the full development ard
production for which time is ripe and
which will surprise the world. 1t has not
been long since every plcment' OF IRON,
domestic, agricultural and mechanical,
was made for you in other States. The
iron point Of the wooden mold board pillow,
with which the early farmers here turned
the soil, came from distant States But
now Virginia and Tennessee are stirring
their energies to participate IL u large
degree in mechanical productions and IL
the great awakening OF AIMEE lean COM
merce and American influence which will
lift the nation to place among the ma
lions Of the world never before attained.
"W hat is TO binder US when we have
secured the markets OF our own States
that We shall reach oat and enter into
successful competition in the markets OF
other parts Of the world: | say what is
|, to hinder this people; possessing by tic
Providcnce OF God, all the elements oi
Material wealth; endowed with Il genius
and energy unsurpassed among the ma
tons of the eartli, shall again have on the
great seas merchant marine lying the
flag of the common country and carrying
its commerce into every sea and uphold
ing its honor in every port:
81 am glad day to stand for this lio-
mcnt among you and 10 express "y sym
pathy with amy and every interest that
tends to develop you as q people. am
glad to stand with YOU oil one common
platform Of respect Tor the constitution;
differing as some Of us may 90 III our
opinions as to what the law should be and
how it should be applied; having in view
one common devotion Of obedience 20 the
law as the majority of our people, by
their own representatives, make it.
81 shall carry away from here Il re-
newcd impulse to public duty; new in
spiration rs Il citizen, and thai toe, OF a
country whose greatness is only da"nlnS.
"And now let me express to You the
pleasure shall have in every good that
can come to you rs community and to
each you as individuals. May pence,
prosperity and social order dwell in all
your families, and the fear and l0vc OF
God in every home.
Come TO ViRG.NlA.-'l'hc coming wool
growing; agriculture! and iron producing
section OF ihe United States.
Come via Merchants and Minors
From Boston Steamship Line, va ,;cr;olk. Tenn
and cyyania H. H., VIA Norfolk. or wash
New England, ington, Or Harrisburg: Baltimore u
(Chio L. H., via Shenandoah Junction.
From ~ Y, Corlc via CID Dominion :s
a. j. Line via Norfolk, Pennsylvania K.
& Penn. r.. via Norfolk, Washington, OF
g Del Harrisburg; Baltimore & Ohio i. X.
g Md. via Shenandoah junction
From the Come via Pittsburgh, vir Chat
| West tancoga. via Columbus aud \ shland
For all information, maps, reference
books, pamphlets, etc. descriptive OF the
wonderful mineral and agricultural re-
sources Of the States Of Virginia and
West Virginia apply to Agents OF the
Norfolk & Western railroad. $50 v ash
ington, Street. Boston, 3G3 Broadway,
New York; ,433 Pennsylvania Avenue,
| Washington, d. g.; ti East, State Street.
Columbus, Chic, or General Office,