The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-08
.gBRR Tells
0F IHE S1gTH
IN ADDRESS
ln5An Eloquent Address Be
fore the Southern Com
mercial Congress.
EXTENDS a COME
Great Southerne Ably Pre-
sents the Pro grsss of
the New South.


ATLANTA, Ca. 4fsr. s.-Respond
Ing to Governor Bro Sn's address q
welcome at the opening q the con.
vention OF the ssutharh Commercial
Congress, General Jniiah S. Carr. Of
Durham, y. c., second Vice president
Of the Congress, deliyesed brief trib-
ute to each Of the Southern states.
For Aferyiand, nay NIaryIand," he
said, 81 speak to you, for the state
which is honored in having been the
firsr c; all the coloaies Is grant free
dom OF religious worship: the state
which in its infancy gave to the nation
Francis Scott Key and his star span-
gIed Banner. -
Il speak for virginia, mother (
Presidents. in whose hallowed soil
rests the ashes of her great men, the
first CHIEF Magistrate soir the Gnited
States. within her borders. grim
N'isaged war reaped l7body harvest
out from her battle-stained field
sprang the seed of neS generation,
one that has placed this dear old state
in the very forefront offthrlwng COM
munities.
II speak to you for that sturdy
state carved from theS loins Of her.
noble mother-west VirsIRla, Wealth
Beyond the dreams OF avariee is held
in her mines, her forests and her riv-.
ers. The railway mileage CT West yIr-
GINA in the rapidly Of its growth
challenges comparison. and on her
rivers hundreds of steamships carry
the products Ct her iil4hstfy.l- ---.z-
For North Carolina, I cry All hail.
she has borne with dignity
and prosperity has not in her dried
UP the sources of kindly sYmputhy
with all them that struggle painfully
along the pathways OF life. Rich IN
all that contributes to make state
truly great she is keeping even step
in the grand forward march Of our
dear Southland.
81 speak for South Carolina, state
CT the Cavaliers, that state which gave
Calhoun 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 nd
versity. In those dark days of recon-
struction when carpct-baggers and
scalawags plundered her she sat ike
Patience on monument smiling at
Grief. She waited for the dawn that
usherch In the glorious day OF her
political and economic regeneration.
II speak OF Tennessee. the state IF
Old Hickory and numberless others
whose names are Inscribed on the hon
or roll Of the nations records. Her
iron and steel Industries, her lumber
trade and other wcalth-producing in
tereEts; above all the energy and thrift
Of her people give her leading place
in that wonderful progress which the
Southern Commercial Congress so ft-
ly represents.
For queenly Alabama, speak, the
development OF whose marvellous
natural resources has proceeded by
leaps and bounds within this genera
ton and is one OF the wonders OF this
wonderful country of ours. In her
leading Industries, the output and
values have been doubled and quad
rup!ed.
PROM Mississippi. bring you
greetings; from the state of Jefferson
Davis-the great leader OF the Con-
federacy, the lustre of whose name
and fame no praise can add to nor
any oaNal can tarnish. Nor can ]
fall to name that gracious son Of the
Bayou state-Lucius Quintus Cinc.n-
natus Lamar-representatve. senator
justice OF the United States supreme
court who adorned with his learning
and eloquence every public station tc
which the nation called him.
Next in the roll call is A7kansa'
whose progress In material wealth hu.
been the wonder of the last decade
ARKANSAS is a shining example Of thu
/. uuquenchable spirit CO determination
to get there which today animate.
the whole South and is bound to max,
this entire section what nature In
tended 1t should bean earthly par
adise.
The state Of fair women. swH
horses and Marse Henry wattersol
greets you through me. In all tn
forty-six commonwealths of the Uniol
there IS none that can boast ef create
glory than Kentucky has shed upol
the nation whether in the men tina
have done the state some service. o
in the aeld OF commerce and Industry
II speak to you for Missouri thai
whom none other OF all the state
bears prouder tide. Her history eve
since the Eioiis.ana base his bee