The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-09
TELLS
OF THE SOUTH
IN ADDRESS
In An Eloquent Address Be-
fore the Southern Com
mercial Congress.
EXTENDS A WELCOME
Great Southerner Ably Pre-
sents the Progress of
the New South.

ATLANTA. Ca, Mar. S.-Respond
ing TO Governor Browns address q
lwelcome at the opening Of the con
vention OF the southern Commercial
Congress, General Julian S. Carr OF
Durham, y. G., second vice-presIdent
tof the Congress. delivered a brief trib-
ute TO each OF the southern states.
For Moryland, my Maryland" he
sad Il speak to you; for the state
which is honored in having been the
first a all the colonies 70 grant free
dom Of religious worship; the state
which n It's infancy gave to the nation
Francis Scott Key and his Star span
gled Banner.
Il speak for Virginia, mother +
| Presidents. in whose halowed soil
rests the ashes of her great men, the
first Chief Magistrate cf the United
States. Within her borders, grim
yisaged war rcaped bloody harvest
but frcm her battlc-stained field
sprang the seed Of a new generation.
one that has placed the dear old state
in the very forefront Of thriving com
munities.
4 speak 10 you for that sturdy
state carved from the Ioins Of her
noble mothcr--,Wcst Virginia. Wealth
beyond the dreams 81 ayariee is hello
in her mines, her forests and her riv-
ers. The railway mileage OF West vlr.
GINA in the rapidly OF its growth
challenges comparison, and on her
rivers hundreds Of steamships carry
the products Gf her Industry.
FOR North Carolina, cry All hail.
Adversely she has borne with dignity,
and prosperity has not in her dried
up the sources OF kindly sympathy
with all them that struggle painful!
along the pathways Of life. Rich ii
all that contributes to make a stat.
truly great, she is keeping even ster
in the grand forward march Of on;
dear Southland.
Il speak for South Carolina, state
Of the Cavaliers, that state which gave
Calhoun to the nation and could rest
her claim to recognition and fame OF
that 'ne fact alone n there wee none
other She has been steadfust in nd
versity. In those dark days q recon.
,struction when carpet-baygerS and
IscalaSags piundcred her She sat like
'paaence on monument smiling at
G'riet' she waited for the dawn that
uShefSu IN the glorious day OF her
pol't'eal ana economic regeneration
I speaE of Tennessee the state u
ola AaekoFN ana nnmoeriesS others
whose names are inscribed on the hon
or ron oil inc naaons records. Her
IRON ana steel industries her lumber
trade and other weaIth-prodacing M
terests; above all the energy and thrift
OF her people give her Leading place
in that wonderful progress which the
Southern Commercial Congress so MT
~ represents
For queenly Ala6amn, speak, the
development CT whose marvellous
natural resources has proceeded by
leaps and bounds within this genera
ton and Is one of the wonders of TINS
wonderful country of ours. In her
leading industries. the output and
values have been doubled and quad
rupied.
Prom Mississippi I bring you
greetings; from the state Of Jefferson
4 Davis-the great leader of the Con
federacy. the Iustrc Of whose name
and fame no praise can add 10 MOI
any eaval can tarnish. Nor can
fail to name that gracious son IF the
Bayou state-Lucius ou'ntus cnoin'
,natus Lamar--representattve, senator
justice of the United states supreme
court, who adorned with his learning
and eloquence every public station L