The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-09-14
YOUNG GIRL STABS MAN
TO DEATH IN A FIGHT
HOOPER AT
EXPOSITION
Delivers Speech Formally Opening
Big Show at Knoxville.

opened Monday afternoon. Governor
Hooper made his first public appear
ance with his staff. The gates Of the
exposition swung open at noon and
the governor and his staff participated
in parade in side the grounds. The
governors speech in part was as
follows:
81 recently stood upon lofty peak
of the Appalachians and surveyed the
alternating mountains and valleys of
this remarkable region as far as the eye
could reach. The panorama of wood
land, cultivated field, and winding
river that lay stretched before me,
dotted here and there with the triying
village and ambitious city, cannot be
excelled for beauty on the Ameriran
continent, if, indeed, in the world.
Inspired by this scene, my mind re-
CURED to the history of those branches
of the human family which have
peopled the mountainous countries of
the earth, and l remembered the
Greeks under the shadow of Parnassus
and Olympus, the Hebrew of Lebanon
and Hermon, the Scotch Highlanders
and the patriots of Switzerland. 1
gloried in the thought that the historic
annals and legendry lore of no nation
surpassed in interest the story of the
man who pioneered from the Atlantic
Seabord into the Southern Appala-
chians, 10 cohquer the tangled wilder
ness, subdue the savage aborigines, and
lay the foundations of mountain en-
pire. The record of their economic
stuggles, their patriotic valor, their
eminent craftsmanship, and their civic
advancement will forever shine re-
splendent upon the historic pages of
this nation.
When / Thoughts of the rugged, fear
less, keen eyed mountain men that this
section has contributed to swell the
ranks of the army In every military
conflict of this republic, loved her
rocks and rills, her woods and tempted
hills.
Our contribution to the Nation in
times of peace has been no less, for
the Southern Appalachians have sent
millions ofmen to populate and develop
Tho ,,o,,, lands IF tbo Mast oY,d Gn,,th
west. This flow of emigration to the
cheap lands of new country has been
the natural result of economic condi-
tions, greatly enhanced by the persist
ent propaganda and cheap rates of the
Western railroads. In the meantime,
but little systematic effort has been
made to recoup our losses, until now,
that Western lands are found TO be no
longer cheap, the tide of capital and
migration from the congested North,
has begun to flow toward the South.
To what extent the Southern Aappala-
chians shall profit from this move
ment depends upon our own wisdom
and energy.
). There is great opening here for the
thrifty farmers and live stock raisers
of the Northwest. This section has
long been famous for its horses, hogs
a I'd cattle, and the Missouri mule is
rivaled only here. Our country is fast
forging TO the front ss the greatest
poultry producing country in the
world. 1t should, and ultimately
will, stand second to none, as sheep
and goat country.
i The soils of our river valleys, up
f lands and mountains and so varied
that there is practically no limit to the
, variety of farm products, small fruits
, and vegetables that can be successfully
grown here.
| AS a country to live in the year
) round, ours is incompatible, exempt,
AS it Is, from the extreme of heat and
, cold, the blizzard of the North, the
cyclone of the West, and the earth
: quake OF the coast. Ten thausand
mountain peaks coax down from the
3 skies of the cooling breezes, and thous-
I and of mineral springs flow freely fol-
= the healing and invigoration o, man.
f kind. Healthful conditions such as
are enjoyed here it this mountain land
are even more important than its
, money making potentialities. There
J is hardly any other country that
. affords such combination of facilities
: for financial success and comfortable
3 living. There may be gold in the
+ Artics and precious stones in the
! Tropics, bat Nature has been more
Continued on mage n