Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-05-18
THROUGH WEST VIRGINIA.
interesting Description 81 she psagsess
ofthe Mountains state.

| who are not thoroughly American !;
Few there are in orr own town who
are not thoroughly interested in the
levelopement Of the States material
interest, its wonderful resnrces, its
rapid advancement and its splendid
position in progress as 60 the rest of
the States. West Virginia Is ever
lastingly coming TO the front. should
more correctly say she is already
there, First in the production of
lumber, secondly In the production of
| coaL What state il there TINT in the
| incredible space al a quarter Of a cen-
tury has earned such record : Not
vet a half century old, and behold
her progress Travelling as / do over
a great portion of her area have
an opportunity of observing her ire
mendous strides forward, and casting
her manifest destiny. Mountains she
may be, but in her are millions, aud
millions vet to be. These are being
distributed and felt throughout the
State. The coal, 60 warm our people,
comes from her hills: the lumber to
build our factories and dwellings from
her forests; the leather from the hides
of her cattle; the beef we eat, from
the cattle themselves the paper our
merchants tie up packages from the
pulp made into paper from the wood
of the hills and mountains. And so
on il space permitted | could nnmer-
ate product after product and would
not be done. | see the Auburn
wagon in many of orr towns notice
on the counter the Shenandoah =
Pants Company's goods, OF many
merchants, / see the wooden fabrics
made bv the Crawford Mills and the
hosiery made by the Kilbourn Mills
and observe what our own town,
Martinbsurg Is doing. | go a little
farther to Thomas aud note our friend
II. G. Berry conducting the largest
general store in the state and en-
| ploying some Martinshurg boys. He
| is the same clover Neal as ever.
Mr.. Will Thompson and others and i
would say with much emphasis and
admiration. Wherever You find Mar
tinsburger you will find them not dis
gracing themelves but measuring up
to the requirements and alwbys proud
of their town aud ever anxious Of
its welfare.
find Virginia people mp here in
business. | find them employed MS
| laborers. | find hundreds of our
colored people from all over the
South, employed here in the mines
aud forests and walking up proudly
to draw their forty to sixty dollars a
month instead OF lettering around the
storeboxes in idlencss or robbing at
night the hen roost 20 make n living.
Having something to do they rise toa
better manhood and stand as the
sinew and bone of our country in
stead Of as despots, lnurderers and a
race of ignoble people, as viewed and
living in the Sonth.
To mention few of the enterprises
along this section of the State, at
Davis there are too very large saw
mills, the Beaver Greek and Black
water, both employing in their mills
and in the forests cutting lumber
each about four hundred men The
Beaver Greek il under the efficient
management Of Mr.. J. A. q. Allen. q
clever and genial gentleman and
thoroughIbusiness man who came from
MARYLAND, and about year ago
married one of Hagerstown's estim-
able ladies, Judgei Alory's daughter.
This mill usually has about 2. 600. 600
| Get OF lumber sawed on hand and il
running full capacity. There is a
large tannery here and pulp mill the
tannery has at any time about 1000
tons bark and tans about four hundred
sides day.
A young merchant by name Eugene
Coffman, who came few years ago,
from the Valley above Winchester,
Va, with comparatively little money
HIS hihdC uutit a III tuhS ~ hiSAthhh-
dising. He welcomes everybody
with that characteristic urbanity
found in true Virginia hospitality
alone.
former townsman, Mr.. Eugene
Herring also was here for time but
could not succeed very we'll the eli
mate was too cold for him ! sup
pose (?)
H. Hamilton. the Otto Greek Lum
Der CO.. burned down a few months
ago, having about3. 600, 600 feet Of lum
Der on hand. They have since built
up a new mill, one of the largest
along the road. Mr.. Clifford is a
:. Maine" man and Yankee like isneyer
man daunted by adversely. He Is
sound, robust, sturdy business man