Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
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Friday. March "a 1911
"coME SOUTH. NY BOY, COME
SOUTH

Champ Clark, is talking sound sens
these days. In Chicago the other da.
he spoke of the great progress tn
South is making and held it up as tn
land for the young men. He amended
Horace Greeley's advice of "go west,
young man, go west" to ''go South
my boy, 60 South"
'The South is the place." he said
"and my advice is to go there. YOU
won't eat as much as you do here in
the north. If you do, you'll die. You
clothing must be lighter and therefore
less expensive. You won't have to
buy fuel to speak of and you can al
low your horses and cattle to Craze out
of doors the year around.
. "Believe me, the South is the poor
mans land, and you'll live to see the
day when the South is going to be
the richest part of the United States.
Why, say, 1 know a man who made
1000 in one gear off three acres of
lettuce. Sounds fishy doesn't it? True
though, for I. took the pains to find
cut. It's great country, boys, and if
you want good tip, follow my adj
vice. That is, 60 early to the South
land and grow up with its progress"
He is right and every word of his
advice is absolutely sound. No section
Of the country offers the young man so
much as the South offers him today,
especially in agriculture. Lands are
cheap, but they are advancing, the soil
Is fertile or can be made so at slight
expense, crops are more certain than
they are in almost any other section
OF the country,a wider variety of them
can be raised and instead of one crop,
two and sometimes three can be gotten
in a season.
And everything that applies to the
South generally applies to Virginia,
and what applies to Virginia applies
with especial force to this beautiful
valley Of the Shenandoah. Lands are
perhaps higher here than they are in
less favored sections, but then they are
better anc are worth more. The fruit
raising industry is just beginning to be
appreciated here and, no occupation
offers greater rewards to the young
man who will work, and work intelli-
gently than the raising of apples. This
whole valley, or the greater part of it
Is destined to become one immense Or
ehard and the man who comes in now
and buys land while it is low in price,
ard plants apples will find the value
OF his holdings increasing by leaps and
bounds, and when his orchard comes
into bearing will find himself in the
possession of splendid income.
Croakers are even now predicting
that the apple industry will soon be
overdone but they do not know what
they are talking about. There is no
fruit SO wholesome or so popular and
as the cities grow the demand will in
crease. Even now the demand for
hrst class native apples is greater than
the supply night here in Staunton, and
many Of those on the market and
bringing good prices are what is
known as culls. Augusta sold all of
her best fruit early in the season, and
here, in the heart of the best apple Sec
ion in the country we are bringing
he best of the apples we are using
rom the outside and paying for them
many instances double the prices
or which our better fruit was sold.
With the coming of good roads {
throughout the county, Augusta will
ave more to offer the newcomer in t
md, pleasant environment, delightful 4
Innate, comfortable Surroundings and
pportunities for money making than v
ny county in the state, or in the
'hole of the South, for that matter. o
o those who are outside of this land t.
promise, struggling for meagre liv-
lg, we repeat Mr.. CIark's advice: L
Come South, my boy, come South" 5
nd come to Augusta.