Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-06-11
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iW 6 ,PATRIATE yIRClNIAN

*cn' recently written and anil .,
=, Una. expatriate virginian. the on
miH on nee ding all of her SONS q,
s resent. and daughters too for tina,
ss's'S r. The waste lands of our hin,
.e plains need all the muscle an.
sH ms that virginia's Young nao,,,.
PoS sess. and that they possess these !,
S"oity and strength the late r;v;r w.,
furnished abundant evidence J.ooL;na
att from some standpoints there 10 :
ae wonder that they wander into
neids reader to develop. for II tates
fave hearts to tackle the problem OF
restoring waste and worn lands and
the fresh and fertile new oronnd, 80
tue west tempt many away. Then the
go iever possesses many. a verv
natural disease, and one that has uro "A
mankind IN all days. So il is that the
sons or Virginia have wandered f.r GA
"ice, nave invaded not only the was.
put the further South. Southwest and
great Northwest. but even trencbad o.
tne preserves of Pennsylvania and Na,,
England. Lancaster county has a visi-
Tor just now in the person of a Carr
me county man who tried his hand %
making a fortune in Pennsylvania and
succeeded. The New York City Sonth-
ern colony has many good son OF The
Old Dominion on its rolls. and as 70,
baltimore. that good-natnred city corr,
plans that Virginians go tbers and
push 'ne,r own men out of the wav
wniie the latter are taking subordinate
irue' some few of our expatriates
are reported not to have done so well
and ill-natured tales from env;o,s No.
pie come occasionally that a son Of
virginia Is making shoes or crackino
rock IN some public institution in ibe
west, but it is probable this is a ISLANDER
one thing is certain. MANY. very many
OF those who have gone from us have
won distinction and fame in the home, |
.ney chose for themselves, and il woulo
De easy to make long list of yirpin. |
ians who. have emigrated to Souths,n
or western States, have returned E.s,
as members of Congress, as LAWYERS
OF national reputation, as leaders !,
paouc NE. They have gone away from
US TO lead others, and reappear as Judges
as governors. as capitalists, as leoisla.
tors and men Of affairs generally.
Just how to find the cause of this /
'no how it is that Virginia boy. seem.
,ng'y not above his fellows when q,
nome climbs to fame and prosperity !,
otner nelds, Is a problem difficplt ,fI,
solution. Some say they get awa,
from malarial influences; some saw in,
lne nook worm;" and some saw. an,
-nese win more truth perhaps, that I
,hey get away from the influence of in /,
lo'ent home-folks. Whatever the cause
ne fact remains that In some wav tha q
virginia boy away out In the wiIds Of | {
arizona oron the plains of Texas bloom,
u. as It were and becomes prosperous e
no famous as the case may be. Tba, In,
ne oid dominion can i'll spare these q
oes without saying; we need them n
lght here, right now and urpentlv n
, nas peen shown 50 conclusiyely tina, .
u or most that Virginia soil needs is
iteiligent treatment to make the STATE a
'eh that this needs no argument. How A
persuade the boy to stay at hom. W
20 AID In developing our latent re.l o
'urces IS another matter. and one W, h,
re- Pqszing over. This seems now q {,
elo toF The peming statesman. Tn, tt
aho'date for gubernatorial honors. 70, i,
Sampie; 1t this be not work for such i,
e are mistaken. II he can so inf,oenc, !,
'e rising generation, the one thu, ri,
DIV: IN the first flush of manhood. !,
oking over the fields of enterprize and 70
'out to chose his location-if the Wiz do
n'a statesman of today can infiuenc, s.
70 minds and hearts of these. insn;r. "a
ZEN, . with sort of patri ,tism that q.
~ simulate them to work here instead I'll
yonder-such statesman will bavs ar
'stiy won a crown of laurel wortl &,
qch more than any won in Con. m