The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-09

southern Commercial i
....qBa-ters in Washing
..que tour--''swing' 1t
. r. Prcsident-Of the
.....a~ Director G. Grosye-
..-1 Washington news F..
- ...- If what he had seen
.stes representative OF
. Dixie. Mr.. Dave. who
....l-u Of the congress.
...-ou through q greater
.....5 With the seeing
earned with the under
....-- and though he gave
f..v 20 each place, he
...... information that is not
.a-- disseminated through
.... -.ara
..... hast. preached the doctrine
... south must know her own
.a and resources and powers"
=. Dsaa said. Then the Nation
o. .o.s. them. And the South is
--.,g them. The people of the
..r are thoroughly awake. They
r.a-rfrg that the Nation needs
South As much as the South
-. the Nation. that the resources
,.he South are so varied, so nearly
r-s.res. that the question Of devel-
.,nert is not one Of how, hardly
~ when, but of by whom.
Development to BE Marvel
Southern men are marching
.,rrdiIy in the line Of progress. The
,ornr men and boys are preparing TO
,.to mn their work. In town and in
.onrtrv men, women and children
.re alive to their privileges and adj
var,ages The development or the
contb within the next few years will
10 me of the marvels of modern
history A tide is going to sweep in
that will be irresistible. Southern
men are face to face with the PROB
lem Of whether they will be prepared
10 control or have to stand aside and
lot the incOmers rule. Every sign
saw led me to believe that the South
srn men will rule. The idea Of a
greater Nation through a greater
South has magnetized, hypnotized
them"
Then Mr.. Dave who zigzagged al
the country between Raleigh, in the
Tarheel State, and as far as Ell Paso
in the Lone Star empire of the
South. told of every place and situa-
ton ONE of the things that people
outside the South had not learned
He started with Beaumont, Tex.
Beaumont suggests oil to those
who do not know better he SAID
There was Beaumont before OF
vas discovered, and there will be
greater Beaumont when oil is eX
hausted. Spindle Top means bu
little to this city; agriculture ant
trade territory mean more. 1t con
trolls it's dock front on the Neche
River, and will soon be an importan
port
Galveston is just another way o
spelling human courage. | arrived
in the city exactly eleven years afte
the great storm. There is almos
nothing there to remind the V1slto
Of that disaster. Ell Paso is thriving
An immense impounding dam tina
will bring 100000 acres under cult
yation is being built northwest OF tn
city. San Antonio possesses the mos
skillful citizens in Texas. They nav
capitalized climate and romans
successfully that the last censu
showed San Antonio to have large
population than any other city
Texas.
Following Washington's Example.
Houston is following Washing
tons example, and burying wire
Unsightly poles and sagging lines al
disappearing. Houston expects to
the metropolis of the Southwest al
is preparing to hold the title VII
dignity. Dallas is alive and thr1Vln
A boulevard fourteen miles loI
skirts the city, and is lined WI
beautiful homes. Fort Worth NJ
become the great packing-house ce
ter of the Southwest"
Mr.. Dave paused. He had told
only one Southern State, and had n
even related the whole story OF tina
He admitted that he must omit q
description of the vast fields al
ranches and the hundreds OF sme
farms through which he rode, L
mills and factories he passed, al
the roads he crossed.
Praise for New Orleans.
Mr. Dave had most compliments
things to say Of the metropolis
the South, New Orleans. at is CT
that should make America proud
he declared. Its location render
drainage difficult, but it will now
with any other city in the country
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