Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
A BLUE GRASS REGION
BANNER COUNTIES IN THE STATE
OF WEST VIRGINIA.
Plenty Of Good Things to Eat and the
People Happy and Con-
tented

Mr.. Marcellus Clay Green. a prominent
citizen of Lewisburg. Greenbrier county,
W. Va, who is making a brief visit to
Washington. In conversation yesterday
with a representative Of The Evening Star,
spoke in glowing terms of the section OF
country surrounding his locality. He evil
IDENTIFY regards Greenbrier. Webster. Poca-
hontas and Monroe counties the banner
shires Of the state. ut IL q verttable blue
grass region" said Mr.. Green. land the
people, both rich and poor, are contented
and happy. There Is plenty to eat and
the hospitality of the people is unbounded
The fine grazing land Is a paradise for cat
tie. and immense numbers are raised.
Horses, sheep and pigs are in multitudes.
and there Is ample market for all of them.
Baltimore takes quite number of them.
and the supply furnished to Ohio Is by no
means slight. Most of the spring lambs
this season." said Mr.. Green, were sent
to Atlantic City. j don't suppose" he said,
that Greenbrier and Monroe counties
could be beat for good cattle by any other
section Of the country.
THE horses are mainly draught horses,
but some of the farmers are beginning to
turn their attention to blooded stock. and
l venture to say 1T will not be very long
before an equine contingent from this sec
ton of the state will be among the stellar
attractions on leading race courses in this
country. l don't believe" continued ne,
that Greenbrier county ever produced a
There is a suficiency of -four mills in the
region where the grain IS ground The
supply rarely goes out of the state.
There is ample demand for it at home,
particularly in the mining country. Then
again the production of butter and eggs
is enormous You can readily see why 1t
is that the people are living in content
ment. They are keeping up with modern
affairs also. At Rousebert. in my county,
a large cold storage plant is In course of
construction and others will probably fol-
low II the enterprise is successful, it
undoubtedly will be.
DO the moonshiners give any trouble to
the government agents up In that region p
! inquired tie Star reporter.
We'll, not in Greenbrier and Monroe"
was the response. These are dry counties
| | hear that there are some plants in Poca-
! hon;as and Webster and those who have
RECALLED themselves with ii pronounce it a
| very fair specimen of mountain dew. AS
! do not indulge. ] can't speak of Its quail
| tiles. The distilers of different calibre
| from those operating in the Tennessee and
| North Carolina mountain Businesses. They
are not on the lookout with rifle in hand
| half the time, to put quetus upon any
man they suspect of being a revenue agent
and compared with their brethren of other
| states may be considered a fairly peace
| able set of law breakers
Hiining operations are progressing in
quite an extensive scale" Mr.. Green re-
| marked. I'm Fayette. Kanawha and Raleigh
| counties. though there is always more or
| less trouble with the miners and strikes
| are common events.
| Referring 20 the recent death of Dr. An
| drew Russell Barbee Mr.. Green said despite
the fact that for three or four years hi
| had not been n general practitioner his
/, death is keenly felt and regretted from
| one end of the state to the other and In
| adjoining counties of Ohio as well. He
| had held many positions of honor In ths
| state and was sincerely loved by the peo-
pie high and low. rich and poor. In ad
| dition to Masonic services at his funera
| religious services were conducted by the
| Rev. DIR. Barr OF Charleston, who was
chaplain IN the same re giment Of the con.
| federate army that DIR. Barbee was colone
! and surgeon OF. The funeral was enc OF
! the largest ever seen at Point pleasant, the
| late doctors residence.