The Brinkley argus., 1913-07-11
LETTER FROM ATLANTA
MT. Bryan, Ex-Brinkleyite
 Writes from Georgia
Atlanta, Ga. July 2, 191

EDITOR ARGUS:
 1 have just returned to Atlant; , after an almost continuous absence of five months, the time being , spent in what is Known as the Piedmont section of the Carolinas and Virginia, including a most delightful trip through the
 Shenandoah valley and a few
 days in the national capitol. l
 regard the section in which l
 spend the most of my time as
 having no superior any where in the Nation. It may be that this
 claim is superlative. but one who
 lives in Atlanta is likely to speal in exaggerated terms, since the spirit of boosting and boasting permeates the Atlanta atmos- phere. But the Piedmont section of the Southeast, it seems to me | is all that one could desire. The soil is responsive. the altitude above the average, water splen- did, climate practically ideal, and a good all round class of people. What more could one ask for? And just now this section is entering upon a period of advancement unknown to any previous generation. In agrl- culture, scientific methods are being applied, with a marvellous increase in yield per acre. l haven't figures at hand, as l make no notes of such things, but almost every where go the people are talking about what they are doing along these lines. To the agricultural schools, IS largely due the cree:t for im- proved methods in farming, and then the railroads are running school trains, giving demonstra- tions of how to make two blades grow where only one grew be- fore.
 The industrial developement is going forward with such great strides that one can hardly keep up with it. I frequently tell my friends from the East and North that within twenty five years the Piedmont section of the South will be the industrial center of the Nation. If we include Birm- |ingham in this, there is no doubt of to it. Already we have more cotton spindles than all the states above Mason and Dixon line combined. A very import ant factor in this development will be, and already is, the Southern Power Company, with headouarters at Charlotte, N. c. Already they are distributing power throughout the Carolinas, and in a short time they will doubtless touch eastern Georgia. Georgia also has two power companies who are extending their lines throughout the state. The industrial plants are taking advantage of this convenience, and are consequently. running their plants with electrical power. The towns and cities are lighted | from the same source. The newspaper plants are also usinf lit, each press being operated b,
 separate motor.
 l With unlimited power at hant | at reasonable rate, good rail roat
 facilities. a reasonable amour
 of labor, with splendid climate II fail to see any reason whl
 this county shouldnot becom : the industrial center of tn
 nation within twenty-five years
 And this combined with ou cotton, fruits, trucking business
 etc. wifi make us again tn
 richest and most prosperiou
 section of the United States. l
 we should extend the lines an { l;nch,de Arkansas, Loulsana Texas. and Oklahoma in tn
 group. there is nothing in all tn
 world that can equal it. Veriis we ought to be proud of ou ! section of our country an