Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-20
Atiseellaneuus &eaaing.
SENSIBLE ADDRESS.
President Wittkowsky Invokes the Spirit
of General Cooperation.

President Wittkowsky Invokes the Spirit
of General Cooperation.
OFFICE OF BLAcKsBURa LAND AND
IMPROVEMENT COMPANY,
BLACKsBURG, S. c., February 13, 1897.
To tbs Citizens of York county and es-
pecially those of Blacksburg and vicini
ty:
I feel it duty as we'll as pleasur @,
to address you. The stockholders of the
Blacksburg Land and Improvement COM
pany met in your town on the 4th instant
and elected me president of the COM
pany for the ensuing year. The atten d.
ance was large, bringing together men OF
means from several states of the Union
who had, in good faith, invested large
sums of money in the enterprise in which
we all should manifest deep interest.
To YOU the success Of the company
means the success of Blacksburg; the de-
velopment of her resources in which the
restless arm of enterprise must extend
beyond her boundaries and benefit the
whole county by contributing to its rev.
enue and increasing it's population, and,
incidentally, the enhancement in value OF
your property. The holdings OF the Land
company lie within your borders and are
an integral part of the territory which
gives you local sovereign rights. Thus
it appears our interests are identical, for
we cannot move in the direction OF sue
cess without your participation in the
gain. and to this must be added the per-
manent nature of results, should we have
the hearty cooperation Of those whom l
now address. The close student OF the
signs of the times can already discern the
return of life, activity and the develop
ment of the material resources OF the
country in the near future, and the revl-
val of the prime object of our company
can be the more readily assured, II we
stand together, shoulder to shoulder.
Those who come in your midst, drawn
thither by the salubrious climate, the
rich deposits in Mother Earth in your
vicinity, the healthful reputation OF the
county, the hospitable record OF South
Carolinians, must be impressed with the
fact that you are ready to aid with moral
support at least, in all laudable enter
prises, and that what you and we claim
for Blacksburg and vicinity, are indisput-
able facts.
Let me happily illustrate what enthu-
siastic communities can do. With pride
J point to you to my own city-Charlotte-
and to Atlanta on the west Of you, and
Rock-Hill in your own county. These
places are progressive in the most tatter-
ing sense. The people sing the praises
and inspire others with the faith in their
respective cities, which is in them.
Kindly pardon me for now making some
personal illusions. For nearly 40 years
1 have been in touch with you through
my business career in Charlotte, and now
the pleasant tie draws me nearer through
my official position, and I do ask your
hearty co-operation-the assistance of
every man, woman and child in York
county, in the furtherance of our mutual
interest in this cause. In conclusion, L
beg to say that Blacksburg has golden
opportunities, and in bringing about the
harvest from these, may l not look Tor
loyalty from every direction
Your most obedient servant,
S. WITTKow
President Blacksburg Land & Improve
ment Company.