The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-27

1t was with the idea of rendering
more valuable service to the State than
the mere passing interest connected
with the issue Of a newspaper that the
News and Observer lately presented to
it's thousands of readers two great spe-
cial editions.
These editions. 1.-THE Charleston Elk
position Edition" and 'North Carolinas'
Ten Years of Progress were distributed
not alone to our regular subscribers,
but were sent throughout the entire
country by the thousands of copies the
one calling attention to the magnificent
exposition at Charleston and the superb
exhibit made by North Carolina there
and the other to the universal indus
trial development made by North Caro-
lima during the last ten years. Special
representa- tons of the News anc Obser-
ver placed copies in the hands of thous-
ands of visitors in Charleston, S. Z. dur
ing North Carolina Week at the Expo
sition.
The record of the State as told in the
last edition was one that surprised even
the people of this State. They knew,
in a general way, that North Carolina
was steadily forging ahead, throbbing
with new impulses and alive to the op-
portunities Of the present, but to have
it presented to them as it. was made
them realize that truly the progress had
been an unprecedented one.
SO great has been the qualification of
the people and the press of North Caro-
hEa at the presentation of the splendid
advance of the State that hundreds of
letters have been written and articles
published concerning the great service
rendered the State by the News and OBJ
server in publishing the information it
had neglected no expense or labor to
collect, and that the expressions have
been so hearty in praise and commenda-
tion of the work has been a source of
pleasure to the entire staff of the paper
and its manv friends.
Some of these letters and articles are
published in this issue, not for the mere
matter of the congratulations contained
in them, but in order that the good re-
suits accomplished by the first publ
cation might be accentuated by letting
the world know that all over the State
the officials. the private citizens and
the newspapers recognized that there
OF the progress and opportunities of the
State. That our own people recognize
this and speak in unmeasured terms of
the vast possibilities of the State is in
itself an advertisement to ali beyond
our borders that all is well within the
State, and that those who cast i'm their
lot with us will find that no error has
been made
Though the State has made material
advance, it will be seen by those who
read these letters, coming as they do
s from every section, that but beginning
has been made and that the future has
concealed within it still greater adj
vance IN ell our material interests.
Moving forward thus in a material
way, the advance in educational oppor-
tunities has been no less marked, and
this aspect of our advancement has
likewise been presented to the world
and is being recognized, far abroad. as
at home. the North Carolina is recos-
nized today as standing on the very fir
ing line of progress, his face to the fu
ture, and with the vast resources of a
great State lying in abundance about
him, the development of which is stead
lily being accomplished.