The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-10-17
NORTHERN PRAISE OF NORTHCAR.
DINA

NOlk L 11h ~ L XkoAC1Z We XNOAb IL IN H
OLINA.
| An ex-United States Army Office
lives at Southern Pines, A. M. Clark
He is we'll impressed with North Caro-
lima and writes an enthusiastic letter
of Endorsement to the Baltimore South
ern States. He praises the climate
the natural advantages, the wonder
full resources. He gives very diff
ferent account of the State from that
which appears ip the warlike and
hating and hateful newspapers in the
North. We make a few extracts from
his letter hoping that Northern eyes
may see it that have not seen in the
magazine. He writes first OF the we'll
earned and proverbial hospitality Of
our people,. He says:
II have lived here in. the midst OF
North Carolina people for the last nine
years. and I have found them gener-
Gus and honest in every particular,
while their hospitality is unexcelled.
They seem to feel that they cannot be
too kind or too thoughtful to the
stranger who is within their gates.
In truth, the newcomer does not long
feel stranger"
He mentions with special common
dation "that innate. refinement which
will not allow them to attend to the
affairs of Others" which is a most ad-
mirable trait to any people. Paul
Pryeism is distasteful and indeed dis
gushing. Many a man has made, a
fortune by attending strictly 10 bis
own business and not supervising the
affairs Of his ,neighbors. Referring g
the manifest progress Of NORTH Card
ina, Mr.. Clark-writes:
"In regard to my opinion. of the pres
ent and future of our country, 1 am
free to say that this part of North Car
DINA has made rapid strides in the way
Of improvement since came here, and
it has improved much more in the last
two years than it did in the first seven
of my stay. I feel confident that North
Carolina and the South generally have
glorious future before them. How
could it be otherwise with her broad
acres stretching out laden with fruit
age, which acres bring their owners
large incomes annually? It is to fruit
culture that this section is most par
ticularly adapted, as the frost does not
retardl its growth as in the sections
either just North or farther South. I
think l am safe in making the asser-
ton that the wonderful resources of
the Old North State will very soon be
The gates stand wide open, and
any we'll disposed man from the North
or from Europe can ever enter with the
assurance of kind treatment. The
good will, the easy access, the cordial
greeting of North ,Carolinians are not
excelled in the Southland. The eli
mate is particularly inviting, especially
in certain sections. If the energy tact,
and judgment of Northern people can
be combined with the marked and best
characteristics of the native Carolinian
it will not be long before this goodly
State will advance with accelerated
speed towards the goal Of plenty and
prosperity. 1t is land of corn and
wine, of fruits and flowers, and it
will more and more attract the wide
awake men of the North. Mr.. Clark
must be drawn upon for one more clip
ping:
"It is the country for the farmer, the
fruit raiser, the manufacturer, and in
deed for almost every branch of indus
try. I want to say that am a
Pennsylvania, and that I love the
Northland as my native home and love
to speak of it with its grandeur and
developed wealth, but I am glad to say
that many of my friends from Pennsyl-
vania are fast becoming acquainted
with the facts herin stated, and in con-
sequence thereof they are moving
rapidly in this direction, where biz
cards, frosts and floods are unknown in
a damaging way, where water is good
aud land is cheap-where there are
good schools, good churches, good
aeighbors- Everything good that an
American can wish for. ''-Wllming-
Ton Messenger. 3: