The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-08
GONE SOUTH, YOUNG MANI

CoME SOUTH, YOUNG MAN2
President Harrison, on Ills tour through tho
South, after having seen tho wonderful
growth OF Lynchburg Bedford City, Roanoke.
Salem, Radford, Pulaski, wythcvlllo and Abing-~'
don and the industrial 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
ut bristol, Va.
MY Fellow Citizens: have found not only
pleasure, but instruction In riding to-day
through the portion OF the State OF Virginia
that is feeling in very striking way the Inn
pulse of now development. 1t Is extremely
gratifying to notice That those hidden sourcos
OIL wealth which were 30 long unobservcd and
50 iohg unused arc now being found, and that
thcsc regions once so retired, occupied by pas-
toral people, having difficult access to the Gen.
tor OF population, arc now being ron;dly trono
formctfinto busy manufacturing and commer
cial ccntcrs. In the early settlement of this
country cmigrants poured over the Alicghan,os
and Blue Ridge like waters over an obstruct-
ing ledge. seeking tho fertile and attractive
farm regions of the great West They passed
unobscrvcd these marvellous hidden stores OF
wealth which arc now being brought into usc
Having filled those great basins of tho
west, they are now turning back to Virginia
and West Virginia and Tennessee to hiring
about the full development and production
FOR which time Is ripe and which will surprise
inc world 1t has not been long since every
implement OF iron, domestic, agricultural and
mechanical wns made for you in other States
The iron point of the wooden mold boar,, pillow.
with which the early farmers here turned tho
soil, came from distant States. Dut-now Vir-
to participate in large degree in mechanical
productions and in the Lrcat awakening of
American commerce and American influence
which will lift the nation to place among
the nations of the world never before Mt
tanned
What Is to hinder lis when we have secured
the markets OF our own states that we shall
reach out and enter into successful COMPETE
ton In the markets of ether parts OF the worldp
say what is to hinder this people, possessing
by the providence OF God, all tho clements of
material wealth; endowed with n genius and
energy unsurpassed among the nations of the
earth, shall again have on the great seas NOR
chant marine flying the flag OF the common
country and carrying its commerce into every
sea and unfolding IFS honor In every port?
u 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 IL people. am glad to stand with YOU
on one common platform Of respect for the
constitution; differing as some OF us may do i'm
our opinions Us to what the law should be md
how 1t should he applied; having in view one
common devotion OF obedience to the law as
the majority OF our people, by their own repre-
scntutivcs, make it.
81 shall carry away from here Il renewed i'm
pulse to public duty; IL new inspiration as
citizen, and thnt, too OF a country whose rrcut-
ness Is only dnwning.
And now let me express to you the pleasure
shall have in every good that can come to you
as IL community. and to each of you as 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 G rowing, AGRICULTURAL md
Iron Producing State in the. United States.
FROM BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND,
Come via Merchants and Miners Steamship
Line, win 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, vim
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,
pamphlets. etc, descriptive of the wonderful
mineral and agricultural resources of tho
States OF Virginia and West Virginia apply to
agents OF the Norfolk and Western Railroad,
No. 290 Washington street. Boston; No. 3O3
broadway, New York; No lE3 Pennsylvania
| avenue. Washington, ID. c.; No. 81 East State
street, Columbus, Ohio, or General Office. Roa-
nOkc, Va. lay3:Im