The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-10-29
ANOTHER TENNESSEAN
Distinguishes Himself With the Pen
Walter Houston Henderson.

! DISTINGUISHES hllnSGll WllE tuS EeI-
Walter Houston Henderson.
Walter H. Henderson writes book
pertaining to the Manufacturing, Com
mercial and Agricultural advantages Of
the South, for the Central of Georgia
Railway Company, and whilst it treats
principally Of the territory through
which that road runs, it is bound to be
of inestimable value to the entire South
and as the Macon Telegraph says HE
wiclds the pen of an enthusiast, but
lays bare the facts as they actually ex
ist in this our prosperous and happy
Southland" " and further adds 'Mr.
Henderson further distinguishes him
self by producing piece Of literature
of which he may well be proud, but he
has distinguished himself in previous
articles regarding the South's future,
and being man of education and
travel, his articles in this publication
will have considerable weight with
northerners and conducive 10 the loca-
tion of capital in this section.
The Montgomery Advertiser, an in
huential paper situated at the capitol
of Alabama, says: "It is unquestion-
ably one of the handsomest publica-
tions of its kind that has been pub
lished by railway in the United
States, aud reflects great credit upon
the Central of Georgia Railway Com
pany, as well as upon Mr.. Henderson,
proving him to be as it does q writer of
great versatility and possessed of ac-
curate information on the manufacture
ing and commercial advantages of the
south as they actually exist"
The Augusta papers are exceedingly
complimentary, one of them quoting
nearly two columns from the book. On
the subject of Manufacturers, he fash
ions the industrial situation into poeti-
cal attitude, and we quote from one of
the papers mentioned, his remarks as
follows:
"The Central of Georgia Railway
| Company has issued a book on the
manufacturing, agricultural and COM
mercial advantages of the territory
traversed by its line. Walter Houston
Henderson, of New York, edits the
book and in its shows the hand of a
geniue with the pen.
Mr. Henderson says: "When we
look around us and see on all sides
smoke ascending heavenwards from
, the roaring furnace, the steady pace Of
the begrimed moulder in the foundry,
the towering building battling with
the clouds, the course of mighty
streams changed, tremendous water
power converted into electrical energy
and harnessed to the wheels of com
merce, the passing of the heecy staple
from its downy whiteness inty lightest
fabrics for barter to the world, theI
there fits before our vision a seen:
which appeals to the admiration Of al
promoters OF industrial progress.
"When we hear the hum OF th'
j, spindle, the grinding of the gristmill
the wall Of the reluctant log as the re
lentless saw converts the forest int
homes for the people, the song of th'
planer, the echo of the hammer, tn
y shrill whistle of the locomotive as i
: drags its heavy load through broad ex
panses of green fields and over noun
- tain heights, then there is create,
s sweetest music to our ecrs.
"The ascending clouds that are noy
seen floating upward from the souther
plants point the signs upon the time
of the sky, and there will soon exis
one long chain of industrial clouds ez
n tending from the Atlantic to the Mis-
sissippi.
Here every day in the year is to b
found the gospel of sunshine baskin
in its reflection we also find the CONVEX
x from the north, now triumphant in hi
recently acquired domain. Here b
may reyel in q new religion of labt
- whilst the sun is toiling for him amid,
the savory, budding and nodding fru
Mt trees in plentitude, and preaching as
8 were, from aloft sermon of bounteoU
nourtshment to thousands of stalks
waving grain in the green fields of nj
ture's wonderful prodigality.
"The south's cities are becomin
cities Of smokestacks, rocked in crt
Z die Of iron and coal, aud timed in un
- son to the rapturous melodies of pic
= and shovel, or surrounded by lumb
mills all but as numerous as the san(
upon the seashore, where the echo
the woodman's axe, the buzz of the r
volving saw and the hum OF the plan
make O melodious music, all keepiI
- step in perfect time, thus permittir
OF Interest to Women,
Women who have themselves su
fered from the evil effects of constip
nd ton and Indigestion will be INTEREST,"
in the following letter from faith