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

COME SOUTH, YOUNG MAN?
President Harrison, on his tour through the
South, after having seen the wonderful
growth of Lynchburg, bedford City, Roanoke,
Salem, Radford, Pulaski, w ytheyillc and Abing-
don and the industrial development in progress
along tho line OF the Norfolk and Western
railroad, and viewed tho 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 to-day
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 long unonsorved and
so long unused arc nov being found. ma TINT
these regions, once so retired, occupied by pas
toral people, having difficult access to the con-
ter OF population, are now being rapidly trims
formed into busy manufacturing AMI CONNER
cal ccntcrs. In the curly settlement of this
country cmigrants poured over the Alicphanics
and Blue Ridge like waters over an obstruct-
ing ledge. seeking the fertile and attractive
farm regions of the great West. They passed
unobserved these marvellous hidden stores OF
wealth which arc now being brought into use.
Having filled those great basins of the
west, they arc now turning back to Virginia
and West Virginia and Tennessee to bring
about the full development ana production
FOR which time Is ripe AMI which will surprise
the world. 1t has not been long since every
implement OF iron, domestic, agricultural and
mechanical, was nude for you in other States.
The iron point of the wooden mold board pillow,
with which the carly farmers here turned the
soil, came from distant States. but now Vir-
ginia and Tennessee are stirring their energies
TO participate in n 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 at
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 compcti-
ton i'm the markets of other parts OF the world?
say what Is to hinder this people, possessing
by the providence OF God, all the elements of
material wealth; endowed with genius and
energy unsurpassed among the nations Of the
earth, shall again have on the great seas n mcr-
chant marine flying the ling OF the common
country and carrying Its commerce into every
sea and upholding its honor in every porty
81 am glad today to stand for this moment
among you and TO express my sympathy with
| any and every interest that tends to develop
you rs II people. | am glad TO stand with YOU
on one common platform OF respect for the
constitution; differing some OF us may do in
our opinions as to what the law should be and
how it should be applied; having in view one
common devotion OF obedience to the law us
the majority OF our people, by their own repre-
scntativcs, make II.
~ shall carry away from here II renewed i'm
pulse to public duty; new Inspiration rs
! citizen. and that, too, OF country whose great
ness Is only duwning.
And now let me express to you the pleasure.
Shall have in every good that can come to You
us IL 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 Norfolls 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. viz
| Norfolk; Pennsylvania Railroad, via Norfolk.
or Washington, or Harrisburg; Baltimore and
! Ohio Railroad, via Shenandoah Junction.
FROM THE WEST.
via Columbus and Ashland.
For all Information, maps, reference books
pamphlets. etc, descriptive OF the wonderful
! mineral and agricultural resources OF the
States OF Virginia and West Virginia apply to
! agents Of the Norfolk and l,stcrn railroad,
( No. ae0 Washington stree>s Boston; No. SOB
J broadway. New York; Mo- Ri Pcnnsylynnia
avenue. Washington, ID. G.; No. 81 East State
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