The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-03-26
ALL EYES TURNED TOWARD THE
SOUTH.


Horace Greeley, the great eol'or
and philosopher OF a generation ago.
had one standing advice to ofer 10
all who asked it concerning the most
promising field for investment, or
the most desirable location for any
one who sought a change that prom
ised the best opportunities for ad-
yancement and business success. IL
was GO west, young man, go west
The wisdom of this advice has been
abundantIv justified by the results.
At that time the west was booming
Farm lands were taken up. Home
steads we're located. Railroads were
built. Cities sprung up almost as Il
nv magic. The natural resources OF
that section were exploited, and state
after state was carved out OF the
wilderness. The foundations for sub
stantiaI fortunes we're laid, and many
of those who took Horace Greeley 5
advice are now the men OF wealth OF
that section.
Were Horace Greeley living today
he would change his advice to GO
south, young man, go south Hor-
ace Greeley was a wise man. tie
would see that the west is practically
closed to new enterprise. All rs
lands have been taken up. All heT
resources are being developed. There
are no specially inviting opportunl
it's. greater than are to be found else
where. It is the south which offers
these now. 1t is in the south where
lands invite the tiller, where the
natural resources are just beginning
to be developed, where towns are
growing and where the door OF op
portunity stands widest open to mer
of enterprise. It is the south which
presents today the most inviting tielC
for settlement or investment.
The people of other sections ar'
beginning to see this Their looks
are turning southwark. They arr
commenting upon what they see, ant
all this will be followed Oy
movement southwark as the sam
5 discovery in regard to the west LEI
= to a movement westward a half GER
fury ago.
p Says the Cincinnati Enquirer o
: this subject: 1T must be most graf
= fying to the inhabitants of the soutf
D ern states to observe the prosperlt
= prevailing in their section and to not
+ the change in the opinion of the yer
h brightest business men of the couI
!. try relative to their future.
g For fully thirtY-fve years nortl
o ern sentiment gave no credit I
r. southern thrift, energy or progress.
e Swept by the devastations of tn
e civil war the southern people stru
" gled bravely against appalling ODD
e after the contest. and have at las
h bv their persistency, won out, and t
" day. man for man, are as well pr
8 yided with the necessities and COZ
ic forts of human existence as the pc
O. pie of any district, region or sectiC
ic of the world.
above and beyond that fact Il
ar men of the greatest experience al
as of the utmost keenuess in affairs s.
to future for the south that is mo
g. glorious, and the manufacturers, Il
r. bankers. the fnanciers and the M
es at the head of the great transport
IN ton lines are flocking to the sout
i'm not for simple inspection, but wi
to the purpose and determination to
of vest and add to the rising tide
ch southern Improvement and growth.
ch They find climate, soil and peoI
as combined to produce wonderful
se. suits. and the money makers of
ch next twenty-five years will be lar;
M " the products of the south.
he ut is no longer the poor south.
at 1T is the well-to-do south. the ri
his south. and soon in all the states
,of will be the wealthy south.
en- thousands of northern farmt
to are now moving to the fertile fe
Ter of the south'-Augusta Herald
,er DEATH OF AN EDITORS WIFE