The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01
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in North Carolina reached by three
largo rnilroads-the Scaboard Air
Line. the Atlantic Coast Limo
and the Southern. Then comes
Aberdeen, the terminus of two Inn
portant railroads.&c. Aberdeen and
Asheboro and the Aberdeen and Rock
fish. Almost in sight are the famous
Pinehurst and Southern Pines and
Jackson Springs. three famous winter
resorts, and there the Boosters VIII
see splendid peach orchards and vine
yards, and farms on which is made
balo OF cotton to the aero.
Then will come Hamlet. railroad
centre and a commercial town or I'M
portance Just on the threshold OF big
Development. From Hamlet the
the pioneer cotton mill town or the
southern part OF North Carolina. The
next stop Will be in Monroe, one OF
the biggest trade centres in that sec
ton of tho State and from thence tine
train Will go to Charlotte. the largest
city in North Carolina, where the
Boosters will spend the night and De
cordially entertained by the citzehS
of that progressive city.
Up Again on Tuesday.
That will complete the tour for
Monday, and on the next morning the
Boosters will go 10 SALISBURY, arriving
be found a commercial. manufactur-
ing and transportation centre. the ter
minus of the Western North Carolina
Railroad.
next stop will be at Lexington, the
capital scat OF Davidson county. the
furniture producing section OF North
Carolina. And then 1t Will DO on TO
porium of the world, town that has
developed with tremendous strides in
the last four years.
And So hitting the high places.
Point, once the depot of Trinity Col
lege. but now ono of the biggest
towns in North Carolina, and one that
ships moro furniture over tho South
ern Railway than any other town IN
tho South.
Then will come Greensboro the
transportation centre OF Piedmont
North Carolina, a home of education
and nrc insurance business that has
revolutionizcd Insurance In North
Carolina, and city noted for its big
cotton mills and factories.
Great Tobacco Centre.
One more stop Will be made IN
North Carolina before the train
swings homeward again, and that Will
be in Winston Salem. the original
settlement OF the Ntoravians. with its
ancient academy for the edi alton OF
young women. In which was educated
Mrs stoncwall Jackson. Winston
Salem Is n tobacco town. the plug
tobacco metropolis OF the South. There
the Chamber OF Commerce will tender
the Richmond Boosters smoker. Then
the Boosters will go to bed on North
Carolina soil, and when they awaken
again they will find themselves back
on home soil once more
Like receptions Will be accorded in
Virginia, for Richmond belongs to all
Virginia, and is the Mecca OF all her
sons. 1t will he a trip through tho
New South, through two of the old
Southern states, which are now keep
Ing stride in national development
with their more fortunate sisters of
the North and West-morc fortunate
because they We're not forced to en-
durc the trials and fluctuations through
which the Southern States went before
the new nation was born. Even then
all eyes were turned to tho little city
by the James, and the chief part of that
struggle was to save the Virginia city
from the hosts OF the North. And
Richmond is not forgotten, now that
those trying days are over. She lived
through them somehow, and Is to-day
better and stronger and richer in her
resources and the earrestness OF her