Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-19
A Prominent New Enslander called


For several years it has been known that
the Southern sectioNof the Union was be-
ing rapidly pushedto the front, but few
people Of the North really know how much
enterprise, pluck and determination those
people have. Before the Civil war between
the States their surroundings and customs
were different to ours They we're 50 much
different people ms though they lived in n
foreign country. They were surrounded
by slaves who did all the work and 1t was
not necessary for them to exert themselves.
The young men grew up as large land
owners with hundreds of slaves Each
had as 1t were a little kingdom Of his own
over which he prevailed. They thought Of
nothing but cotton and rice culture They
made cotton to be shipped TO the Northern
markets to be made into cloth and reship-
ped back to the South and elsewhere They
were farmers, we up here the manufacture
ers, But the freeing Of the negros have
changed things. Every man was depend
ent upon his own exertiong They were
left without money and without means
and for thirty odd years it was a hard s'rug
gle for those people with nothing but tho
soil rs their capitol, but this hard life has
sho yn that the Southern people are made
out Of the same material, with the samo
energy Of the Northern men and all they
needed to develop into first class business
men was the opportunity.
The climate is not rs many suppose, the
cause why the white people did not work
The fact is that they did not have to work
while they had slaves and even now it is so
easy for any one to make money down
there that they do not have to work as hard
as we do up here.
The Southern people are not so slow to
catch on. They are not opposed TO Yankee
ways as some say and this prove" by the
fact that they are getting Nothern men
and women to go down and teach them
how to do things in the Nothern way and
this shows they are up to the times and
ready to learn all they can
Among the foremost people in the work
of development are those along the great
Seaboad Air Line Railroad which travers-
es what is known ms the Piedmont section
from Portsmouth and Norfolk, Va
through Virginia and the two Carolina.
into the heart of Geoegia, Atlanta. Tt
guide people in the work OF development
the Seaboard Air Line has at considerable
expense secured the services Of former
citizen of New England a real live hust
ling Yankee Mr. e St John native o.
Connecticut who went West with q younf
man and built up reputation as Rail
road Manager and developer, for abovt
other persons that had anything to do will
the development of the great Western
States The fact that those people are sc
curing the services of such man is pos
tive evidence that they are not behind il
the march of progress Mr.. st. John il
located at Portsmouth, Virginia, and has
put up at the Soeboard Air Line and he i
inducing many people from the North t.
go down South. He has opned officers il
Boston at 3O6 Washington street, in New
York at 371 Broadway, in Philadelphia a
30 South Third ST., in Baltimore at 207 e
German St., in Washington at 1434 New
York Ave and at each of these place
North, men are empl -yed to give differen
information to those who desire to g
South and during the past twelve month
more than four thousand persons have set
) tied along the Seaboard Air Line, AM
/ those who think the Southern people ar
slow are badly mistaken. The Seaboa'
Air Line is owned by Southern mon am
they are showing by their acts that the
are going to have the territory dcveloDe
in the most substantial way, and they ar
employing competent Northern people t
help them.