The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-13

and If it was necessary it wouldn't be
| long until substitute would be found
ior coffee. It is in short, sufficient unto
itself and about as near paradise as
earthly conditions can make it,
Found Many Relatives.
The senator's visit to the south was
| evidently filed with. delightful expert
| ences. In Wilson county, Tenn. near
| Lebanon. where he was born November
IL, 1888, and where his youth was spent,
he visited his birthplace, went to the
/ old school house he used to go to. to
| the river he fished in and to the ftenti-
cal spot where he had his first fight as
a school boy.
| I'm middle Tennessee half the people
are relatives of mfne," he said, land the
| same is true of sections of Virginia.
| South Carolina. Georgia, Alabama. Mis-
| sissippi. Kentucky and Texas The
Martin family is large one, my grand
father rearing nine sons, who, as they
l grew to maturity, became scattered
through the surrounding states Origf-
/ nally, the family were Scotch-Irfsh
coming from the north of Ireland, and
settled in Virginia in 1884 Ny great,
great grandfather, Abram Martin, was
| captain of a company of Virginia MI
1itia that served under the command of
Colonel George Washington in General
| Braddock's campaign, when the latter
set out to conquer Fort Duquesne. on
| the present site of Pittsburg, Pa. Prom
| that Ill fated expedition he returned in
safety and later moved to South Caro-
| lima and became the founder of the
| Martin family
Senator Martin. who left Topeka
| about the first of November, 1906, was
met at Nashville by his daughter, Mrs.
| Charles r. Martin of Macon. Ca. and
Thanksgiving day was spent with
friends in that city, after which they
went to Huntsville, where, as he says,
| Nearly everybody is related to me and
| near where I was born
In the following April, some time
| was spent at Chattanooga, where the
senator went over the famous battle
| fields OF Lookout Mountain. Waldon's
Ridge, Mission Ridge and Chicka-
manga. This proved a rare treat and
| is recalled as one of the most enjoyable
| features of the trip.
| They are all beautiful Places said
the senator. made more so by the ex-
| tensive improvements undertaken by
both the federal and state govern
ments. The landscape view from any
Of these points, looking down upon
Chattanooga. is, I think. the hand
| soonest ever saw. These great battle.
| fields simply surround that city on the
| east, west, north and south-in fact, 1t
| is one vast battlefield from there to
Atlanta. Monuments and tablets mark
| every spot made memorable by some
| feature of the struggle between the
| contending armies, and some of these
|
the New York troops, on Mission
Ridge, for instance, is fully 100 feet
| high. Those representing Iowa, Ken
lucky and Georgia are about the same.
/ Those contributed by admirers OF
Union and Confederate valor are alike
grand and Impressive.
| And Chattanooga is a wonderfully
developed city. I saw it first in so.
| then struggling village Of less than
| 500 inhabitants; it is now a magnificent
metropolis of $4,000 population, with
| all the modern conveniences. such as
| paved streets. street, cars, electric
1 lights, buildings five to seven and even
| ten stories high, lovely residences, etc.
The whole city looks as il 1t had just
stepped out of a handbook, SO new and
neat is everything. Nashville. too. in
ten years has grown from city Of
10000 or $4,000 to $4,000 population,
with all the latter day convenfences.
The south generally is progressing
rapidly-more rapidly I think than we
1 are up here. They were SO far behind.
/ you know: new blood is coming in and
| they are. waking un. Manufacturing
! Industries of every description are
there, especially of agricultural implies
| ments, plows and wagons, wood and
| iron wares, household goodsEwhy,
| Nashville Is turning out enough to sup
| ply all the wants of ten states and SUI
| perseding to large extent northern
manufactures formerly shipped in. The
facilities for manufacturing in wood
1 other region on the American CONT
| nent; iron an dcoal lie in parallel veins
| as evenly as the fingers of your hand.
| inexhaustible in quantity and of the
| best quality. When I was a boy the
| country was heavily timbered with q
| variety of woods, including the best OF
| hard woods, but it has been cut and
1 shipped until around my old home it is
almost as barren of trees as Kansas.
| In the manufacture of textile fabrics.
/ too, the growth of the south has been
| wonderful, the percentage of growth
being much greater than in the north"
| Touched by the Panic.
Asked as to the effect of the recent
panic in the south, the senator said:
'The panic was felt there about the
/ same as here; the embargo was not re-
moved when left. Business men were
| embarrassed by the money stringency
and the banks were still close as far
| as loans were concerned"
He recalled with much pleasure two
visits he made. to THE Hermitage" the
| home Of General Andrew Jackson, He
also visited the tomb Of Polk Both
| these resting places of former presi-
dents are marked by handsome oval
| tombs.
| Accompanied by Mrs. Martin Miss
| Bessie Martin and two nieces who live
| in Chattanooga, he went over into
Georgia and Alabama, making four
/ states, with Kentucky and Tennessee,
between which his fifteen months jour-
neying and visiting was divided.
| Leaving Nashville January 2, he came
| through direct to Enporia, arriving
January s. There he has been most of
| the time since, with hts son, Charles e.
Martin, though this is his second visit
| to Topeka, where he Is at present the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. James f. Goings,
527 West street.
IT shall spend the spring and summer
| here, and no doubt part of the fall,'' he
said, "but my daughter will Join me