The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-06-09
News and Observer.

News and Observer.
Not long ago, DR.. l.. j. PicOt, as
sistant superintendent of the North
Carolina Hospital, was called to Will
mingtOn, Delaware and there met and
discussed North Carolina aud North
Carolina ways with Mr. Jerome B.
Bell, editor of the Wilmington Star,
one of the leading papers in Della
ware. Mr. Bell Is IL native CT Eliza
beth City, and is one of the best of
native Tar Heels embraced in the
term 1.-The dispersed abroad" He has
made good in the state OF his adop-
ton, but he retains his love for the
state of his birth and, like other true
sons, reiOiceS in it's recovery from the
War and Reconstruction and is max
ing known to his readers the new and
better conditions of his native State
In recent issue of the Star, Mr.. Bell
has the following for his lending edi-
tOrial:
"YOUNG MEN OF THE SOUTH.
''In a recent conversation with DR..
l.. j. Picot Of the State Hospital of
North Carolina, at Raleigh, who has
been on a visit to Wilmington, some
facts with respect to the present con-
ditions OF the South and their causes.
which are more than mere section
al significance, were discussed. The
states and groups of states Of this
Union are becoming so interdepend-
ent, through the marvellous develop
ment of our mutual trade relations
and of the methods of intercOmmuni-
cation, that whatever tends to the
betterment OF one part of the country
is OF vital Importance to every other
part. So, the growth OF the South is
of interest here in Wilmington, for
the South is now, and will continue
to ba, a good customer OF Whining
ton products, growing more impor-
tant to us in this relation as it grows
more prosperous.
"There are numerous evidences o.
the rapid industrial strides that are
being made in the South, and many
writer's have attributed this advance
to the fact that Notthern capital has
sought investment there. This o.
course is true in a large measure, anC
while there is no disposition anywhere
to minimize this important factor o
industrial growth in the Southern
States, especially as an initial iTpe
tus, yet the significant and enduring
indication OF Southern developL' 'ent
lies chiefly in the fact that there is !
marked decrease in the tendency o
! Lo ~ fkhof coot:nn tO ON
igrate to other parts OF the Union.
Immediately subsequent to the civi
war, and for years thereafter it wa
the aim OF nearly every ambition
young man there to seek tie Nortl
or West, where he could better hi
condition so far as his material wei
fare was concerned. In his own Stat
opportunities were limited and wage
were low, the latter being due to tn
rate-wage established by the eemploy
ment of negro labor. There wa
small inducement for the young ma
to remain in or around the place c
his nativity, as there was little or n
field for the employment Of his talen
OF skill. Therefore, he took them t.
, a more promising and profitable mai
ket. Whenever he went he invariab bl
made good-so much so that in tn
aggregate his success was above th
average. In mining, engineering
architecture, construction, literatur
and the polite arts, Sourtern Dor
men have attained an eminence whic
equals or surpasses that of.the mos
y capable in other sections Of the cOur
try. Brawn, intelligence and genius
backed by aggressiveness and coul
age, are characteristics OF these me
] of the Southland. At the time t
] which we refer these men were con
I PEELED by circumstances to seek othe
I fields for their activities.
3 "But conditions have changed
q this respect, and are still changin
s for the better throughout the Soutl
The industrial awakening has revea
! ed possibilities never dreamed OF
81 this respect, and are still changin
4 for the better throughout the Soutl
The industrial awakening has revea
ed possibilities never dreamed OF
the days Immediately subsequent
| JuS NdI, anu IL 10 Ho" SCCi Shos 81
Z attributes which have contributed
the success of the Southerner in dive
other places can find opportunity Il
s profitable application at home, al
are needed there in the work waitir
to be done. The energy and abb
ty which have brought young men
- South emolument and esteem amor
strangers are of course no less vol
able and remunerative in develo
ing the resources and exploiting t.
enterprises oftheir native soil. The
at home, right at their doors, are b
ing offered Inducements equal to the
most ambitious aspirations, ev
greater perhaps than they could fiji
elsewhere, s1d these inducements q
not confined to a few lines OF emplQ
ment, but embrace IIost ever
thing which calls in requisition t
qualities that make for success in pr
fessional, Industrial, commercial a
agricultural pursuits.
Indeed, opportunities in the Sout
ern States are now so many and
varied that were a sage like Ht
ace Greely y to arise today and OF
advice to the youth it would
"Young man, stay South" Uuder t