The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-29
Told of South's Indus
trial Development.
A TRIUMPHANT FAIR
North Cardinals Executive Trusted
Exponent OF True Southern Senti-
ment. Gave Expression to
the S0uth's Greatest
Impulses.

The browning glory of all that has
been done for North Carolina in New
England. was the tour through those
States by Governor Glenn. At every
city he visited and made an address,
he pictured his State in irresistible
words telling of its prosperity. rapid
development and growth. Among
the exhibits at the various New Eng
land fairs he attended were many
North Carolina products of the farm
and factory. showing the results of the
ability and intelligent efforts which
are more and more being put to hu-
man endeavor. Making North Caro-
lima i'm this respect the equal of any
State, and as for its resources and
possibilities of achievement, second to
none. These exhibits We're evidences
of the industry and skill of the men
and women who are upbuilding North
Carolina, and they gave supplemental
strength to his arguments.
Heretofore sect on has been afrayed
against section the result of informa-
ton which was Incorrect and state
mcnts without foundation in fact.
The object of the invitation extended
Governor Glenn to visit New England.
and his object i'm accepting it, was to
Glenn representing the South-face to
face. SO that the North could get un-
based and uncolored correct knowl-
edge of the SouthS attitude to New
England. The expression of the
Northern press on his tour is indica-
tive of the fact that the result of this
tour will be vastly beneficial to North
Carolina and the South. The indus
trlal and commercial relations of the
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strengthened.
The far State of Maine, in the citv
of Waterville, Me-, where the State
Fair was held, was hospitality itself
in its kindness to Governor Glenn.
Among the decorations there was the
beautiful horn of plenty, emblem of
North Carolina, while at a conspicu-
Gus place were the words: North
and South"
The WaterVille Sentinel in its re-
port of Governor Glenns address,
said:
Governor Glemn's Speech.
The great Grafton of the evening
was by Hon. Robert B. Glenn. Cover
nor of North Carolina Every per-
son present was captivated by the
beauty of his voice, by the eloquence
OF his language and by the power and
vigor and earnestness of his words.
His theme was 1.-The Industrial
Development of the South A part
of his remarks We're:
"Mr. Toastmaster, Friends Gentle
men all: | am happy man, tonight
in the Pine Tree State standing De-
meath the cornucopia, the emblem of
my own North Carolina, and before
me | sec not North against South
but those blessed words. North and
South | have tasted your unfailing
hospitality In Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Vermont Maine, sisters
all in Gods grGndest nation.
My theme tonight is one of Sc
robustness rather than mirth. Once Que
differences drove us to war. but
Z North Carolina cast her lot still with
the Union, voted not to secede, and
only changed her vote when called
to help states of the other section
fight those of her own section.
To-day the President of our one
nation stands, by his deeds for peace,
the most notable ruler in all the
earth.
"On the field of battle, North and
South learned that they are not UNI
equals but equals, and brothers.
81 love this Union, but is it treason
that I best love the land of buck
wheat cakes and cornmeal batter my
own Sunny South?
The war lett us deSOlale ana the
deserter from the army the scalawag
of all the land and the carpetbagger
came to prey upon us in our poverty
and mock us i'm our desoltion.
But men the equals of you could
triumph as you, our brothers, could
triumph over even that.
Before the war our industrial IN
vestments were $500 100000: in 1870
$2,5O0.000,00O and now, according TO
the estimates of some, we are worth