The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-04-02
And its Advantages are to be
Pointed Out
Issue Will be of 10000 Copies and
WHl be Circulated Throughout the
World-Many Cities Have Auansed
for Special Space-WiImington
Chamber of Commerce to Take the
Matter Under COnsideratiOn-Rep-
resentative of the Magazine i'm the
City.

North Carolina is to receive a great
deal Of attention in the special south
ern number We are making of The
Worlds Work for June" said Her
bert l.. Houston, one of the publish
fishers Of the magazine. to The Mes
senger yesterday. Mr.. Houston was in
Wilmington yesterday to meet Mr.. w.
e. j. Craig, of the Atlantic Coast
Line, who has taken a deep interest
in this southern number, and Pre5i-
dent Taylor. of the chamber of com
merce.
CAS- o know" he continued. my
partner. Walter H. Page, the editor of
! The Worlds Work, is a North Caro-
llnlan q as a true son of the south
| he has long had in mind a special
issue that would describe the tremend-
u development Of the southern
states. The jamestown exposition offers
an admirable occasion for such an is
sue. SO we are making it. Mr.. Page
has Travelled all over the south giving
his personal attention to the prepara-
ton of the number and We expect tt
make it the most attractive. cOmpre-
hensive and authoritative edition we
have ever issued.
This great trucking development
which has grown to such vast prOpOr-
tons will receive a good deal of atten-
ton. So will the lumber, cotton and
all other interests of the south. Clar~
ence Poe. of the Progressive Farmer,
Raleigh. has gathered much of this
data for Mr.. Page and Mr.. Craig has
helped greatly with fine pictures 50 we
can illustrate the text fully,
! This big issue will have a circuIa-
ton of at least $50, 900 copies. 1t will
| go t. all parts of theworld, telling the
story of the south's progdess. A num-
| Der of cities have arranged for space
in d section to be called Southern Cit
les of Opportunity in which they
can tell their own story as to ad-
vantages offered to investors and in
dustries. Charlotte is taking eight
pages Winston-Salem four pages,
High Point two or three pages, COlum-
bfa fOur and among other cities to be
represented are Birmingham, Mont
| gomery, New Orleans. Nashville, Pen
sacola. Tampa and several more.
You see behind such a speciel story of
| a city there will be the whole force
Of this big number focusing a world
wide attention on the south. Today I
outlined our plan to President Taylor
| of the chamber of commegce and he
| said that he would promptly bring
| them to the attention of the chamber
| Of commerce, SO lit might be decided
what representation Wilmington would
| take.
This isue will be in effect an i'm
| migration manual or the south. What
you need-every city needs-is capital
and people: We shall help you get
them. The whole number is to be
! focused on the most practical aims. 1t
will tell specifically by figures and by
| the actual experience Of successful men
how farming now pays in the south
pays big. AS soon as that fact is
made known with authority through
out the United States it will bring a
large immigration of the class of fam
| lilies that are wanted in the south.
! Then, too, the chances for manufac-
turers will be pointed out, with the
| same aim. of attracting the best class
| of men. men of money and men of
skill. r
I'VE are spending many thousand
| dollars and months Of time on this big
number and we believe it will render
a ~far-reaching service TO the south.
For one thing We shall announce a
! clearing house of information for the
! south and arrange to get for our read
ers any information they may desire
about any southern city, section or
product"
Mr.. Houston left for Goldsboro last
night where he is 10 meet the chamber
of commerce today and then he goes
to Durham. enroute to New York.