Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-02-03
CONDITIONS IN SOUTHWEST DISTRICT
Full Report of Superintendent John A. Tay-
Tor to Anti-SalOOn League of Virginia,

Anti-Saloon League of Virginia, Broad
Street Nj. E. Church, South. Rich
mond, Va, January 1920, 1910.
The Anti-Saloon League subdivision
of the State, known as the Southwest
district, is comprised of the 20 counties
in Southwest Virginia, a territory Dor
dering on North Carolina and Tennes-
see, ir direct line from east to west. q
dista' zee of 225 miles. Its greatest width
from tbs south of Henry to the north of
RockbridgH is more than ITO miles, and
following the Sypothenuse of the tri-
angle from Allegheny on the northwest
to the extremity of Lee on the South
west, bordering on West Virginia and
Kentucky distance of about 800 miles.
The Southwest district in shape is like
one-half of the head of great barbed
spear, thrust in between North Carolina
and Tennessee on the South, Kentucky
and West Virginia on the north and
west. As though Providence would
protect the Mother of States in the davs
of her prodigality when she was lavish
ly giving away her territory to all COM
ers, there is reserved in these &c coun-
ties the greatest repositories of wealth
OF all her territory, past or present.
The foundations of her everlasting
hills are laid in imperishable granite.
Their framework is built of iron. the
joints of which are soldered together
with lead and zinc. On the north and
west each elevation of their ten to fif-
teen stories has floor laid in black dia.
monds. On the east and south their
walls are OF limestone. The pockets of
these hills are lined with copper and
filled with silver and gold. In one vest
pocket, for use in emergency, is carried
vast deposit of arsenic. Bursting
from their breasts and leaping laughing
ly down their sides are innumerahle
healing and refreshing springs and rills.
over their ample proportions is a cover
ing of the finest limestone soil on earth.
From their bosoms wave the sturdy oak
and stately poplar, and upon their cool
heads sigh the evergreen balsams. Up-
on their backs they wear a robe of blue
grass, and upon their sides rustic the
laughing corn and the golden wheat.
Once year from their plateaus rain
shower of Albemarle pippins, Virginia
Beauties Winesaps, that do not stop 60
ing until they reach the tables of the
epicures in al parts of the world.
From Wythe and Smyth they fur
nlsh heads Cabbage heads) for all the
rest of Virginia, as well as to manv
other States north and south. From
their bluegrass pastures are marketed
the best beef and mutton raised in the
United States, and their Thanksgiving
Day and Christmas turkeys have Cob
bled around the world.
Without mile of navieable waters
within our borders. from the shoulders
OF our mighty hills we furnish the DOW
er to drive the United States navy ON
all seas, and furnish power for much of
the maritime and railroad commerce of
the earth. Roanoke, the Magic CITY.
and Bristol, the Border City, are no
mean cities.
but, OF all our resources, our greatest
wealth lies in our citizenship From the
stately mansion on the foothills to the
humble cottage at the mountain ton
dwell the purest Anglo-Saxons in this
nation. From the auburn or f1axen COW
erlngs on their polls and the CLINT of
steel In their blue eyes, to the indomit-
able purpose that controls their lives
tney are every whit Anglo Saxon. Their
inherited independence has been foster
ed and enhanced by their association
with the everlasting hills and they have
out to be shown the right to do it.
Every saloon that remains to disgrace
the civilization of the Southwest dis
trlct IS there against the protest of the
majority of her interrupted, incorrupti-
bic citizenship.
Bristol went wet by an apparent ma
Jorlty OF u, but it was based entirely
upon the technicality of constructive
citizenship" by which wet voters from
Bristol, Tenn, were allowed to vote in
Bristol, Va, largely in excess of this
apparent majority.
Pocahontas voted out the saloon, but
upon mere technicality, that in no
way touched the fairness of the cleo.
ton, the will of the people was set
aside.
Rocky Mount voted wet by an appa-
rent majority of 8, but collection of
overwhelming amount of the most con-
vincing testimony shows conclusiyely
that the result was obtained by fraud |
Our forces were denied the right of re-
view by the courts on mere technical. |