The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-21
GONE SOUTH, YOUNG MAN2

CONE SOUTH, YOUNG MANs
President Harrison, on his tour through tho
South, after having seen tho wonderful.
growth OF Lynchburg, Bedford City, Roanoke.
Salem, Radford, Pulaski, wythevillo and Abing-
don and the industrial development in progress
along the 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 i'm riding TODAY
through the portion OF the State of Virginia
that Is fooling in very striking way the i'm
pulse OF new development. 1t is extremely
Rfatiiying to notice that those hidden sources
OF wealth which were so long unobscryed and
SO long unused are nov being found. and that
these regions, onco so retired. occupcd nv mas
toral people, having difficult access to the CEN
ter OF population, arc now being rapIdlv trana-
formed into busy manufacturing and CONNER
cial centers. In the early settlement of this
country cmigrants poured over the Allcghanics
and Blue Ridge like waters over an obstruct-
ing ledge. seeking the fertile and attractive
farm regions of the great West. They passed
unoDscrvcd these marvellous hidden stores OF
wealth which are now being brought into se
Having filled those great basns 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 cyery
Implement 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 Vir-
ginia and Tennessee are stirring their energies
to participate in a large degree in mechanical
productions and in the great awakening of
American commerce and American influence
which will lift the nation to place among
the nations of the world never before at
tained.
what Is to hinder us when wo have secured
the markets OF our own states that We shall
reach out and enter into successful compcti-
ton In the markets of other parts OF tho world?
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by the providence OF God, all tho clements of
material wealth; endowed with genius and
energy unsurpassed among the nations of the
earth, shall again have on the great seas mcr-
chant marine flying the flag of the common
country and carrying its commerce into every
sen 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 rs people. am glad to stand with you
on one common platform of respect for tho :
constitution; differing as some OF us may do in
our opinions as to what the law should he and
how 1t should be applied; having in view one
common devotion OF obedience to the law as
the majority OF our people, by their own repre-
scntativcs, make 1t.
~ shall carry away from here renewed i'm
pulse to public duty; new inspiration as a
citizen, and that too of country whose great
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 Woodworking, 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; Dalti-
more and Ohio Rairond, 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,
pamphlets. etc, descriptive of the wonderful
mineral and agricultural resources of tho
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