The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-09
SOUTHERN STATES
 ARE EULOG|ZED
Tribute Paid to the GeniOus of States Represented
 at the Congress

Atlanta, March S.-Responding to Gov ernor Browns address of welcome at the opening of the convention of the South ern Commercial congress. Gen. Julian s. Carr of Durham, N. C., second vice pres- ident of the congress, delivered brief tribute to each of the southern states.
 For Maryland, my Maryland" he said. q speak to you; for the state which is honored in having been the first of all the colonies to grant freedom of religious worship; the state which in its infancy gave to the nation Francis Scott Key and his Star Spangled Banner
 q speak for Virginia, mother of Pres idents, in whose hallowed soil rests the ashes of her great men, the first chief ma agistrate of the United States. Within her borders grm-visaged war reaped bloody harvest. but from her battle stained field sprang the seed of new generation, one that has placed the dear old state in the very forefront of thriv- ing communities.
 q speak to you for that sturdy state carved from the loins of her noble mother West Virginia Wealth beyond the dreams of avarice is held in her mines. her forests and her rivers. The railway mileage of West Virginia, in the rapidisy of Its growth challenges comparison, and on her rivers hundreds of steamships carry the products of her industry
 For North Carolina I cry All hail! Adversity she has borne with dignity. and prosperity has not in her dried up the sources of kindly sympathy with all whom that struggle painfully along the pathways of life. Rich in all that con- tributes to make a state truly great, she is keeping even step in the grand forward march of our dear southland.
 T speak for South Carolina, state of the cavaliers, that state which gave Cal houn to the nation and could rest her claim to recognition and fame on that one fact alone, If there were none other. She has been steadfast in adversity. In those dark days of reconstruction when carpet-baggers and scalawags plundered her she sat like Patience on a monu- ment smiling at Grief She waited for the dawn that ushered in the glorious day of her political and economic regen- erations
 'T speak of Tennessee, the state Of Old Hickory and numberless others whose names are inscribed on the honor roll of the nations records. Her iron and steel industries, her lumber trade and other wealth-producing interests; above all, the energy and thrift of her people give her a leading place in that won derful progress which the Southern Com mercial congress so f1tly represents.
 For queenly Alabama, speak, the de- yelopment of whose marvellous natural resources has proceeded by leaps and bounds within this generation and Is one of the wonders of this wonderful coun- try of ours. In her leading industries, the output and values have been dou- bled, trebled and quadrupled.
 From Mississippi I bring you greet ings; from the state of Jefferson Davis the great leader of the Confederacy. the praise can add to nor any cavil can tarnish Nor can I fail to name tn 1t gracious son of the Bayou State-Luclus Oulntus Cincinnatus Lamar-representa- tive, senator, Justice of the United states supreme court, who adorned with nis learning and eloquence every public sta- tion to which the nation called him.
 Next in the roll call Is Arkansas whose progress in material wealth has been the wonder of the last decade Arkansas is a shining example of that unquenchable spirit of determination 70 get there which today animates the whole south, and is bound to make this entire section what nature intended 1t should bean earthly paradise.
 "The state of fair women, swift horses and Marse Henry Watterson greets you through me. In all the 46 common wealths of the union there is none that can boast of greater glory than Ken lucky has shed upon the nation. whether in the men that have done the state some service or in the field Of commerce and industry.
 q speak to you for Missouri. than whom none other of all the states bears prouder title. Her history ever since tho Louisiana Purchase has been an unin- terrupted procession of civic triumphs. There is not page in our country's his- tory on which Missouri has not stamped her impress.
 Let me speed to the state of sunny breczes-fair Louisiana New splendors will come to that state after the Panama canal is opened. for. exposition or no ex- position, New Orleans Is the port from which tho bulk of this country's com merce with Latin-America will so forth.