Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-07-16

yons colored through endless ages by
sunlight and shadow while the stream
cuts its way silently through the rock
an image of the triumph of unceasing
effort.
! with delight we view the ripping
waters of your bay, making shining
pathway for the commerce of the
world, and overwhelmed by the males
ty of nature as revealed in varied
manifestations, we humbly exclaim,
"Who is like thee, o, people blessed
by the living God"
A Fitting Celebration.
"The Panama Exposition. magnili-
cent in conception and execution, is
Il fitting celebration of the greatest
engineering accomplishment in all his
tory, marking as has been well said
the greatest liberty man has ever talk
en- with nature. 1t brings California
and Virginia close together by water,
makes Hampton Rhoads and the Col
den Gate neighbors.. Its opening has
tens the day when the Orient will take
its stand by the Occdent in all that
tends to progress and development,
when the two will be working together
for all that maks the world better
and lifts humanity closer to Divinity:
when nations that have been sleeping
for centuries will be aroused from
their lethargy and will become potent
factors in an unceasing stream of in
tcrnational traffic on the Pacific Ocean
which will make it n highway of trade
rivalling in Importance that of the
Atlantic.
The Dream of Jefferson.
THE dream of Thomas jefferson
was that this country should become n
refuge for the oppressed of all na
tions, but we cherish the brighter hope
that through the spread over the earth
of American ideals oppression and
war shall cease, and that the fundn-
mental right of mankind to life. lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness
shalt be universally recognized. On
such eternal foundations, broad as hui
manity, lofty as heaven itself. rests
potential reason for the Panama
Canal, the completion of which wn
make memorable here.
THE Pyramids commemorate the
Pharaohs. the Tai Manual immortal
ICES an undying love, the Sucz Canal
brought fame TO dc Lcsseps, the AL
pine tunnels are marvcls. the Kiel
Canal is monument to German fore
sight, but the Panama Canal is rrcntar
IMAM them all, not alone because il is
the supreme triumph of the genius
OF our race, but because it is the
greatest contribution of all time To tba
means of communication between tbc
nations of the earth. 1t represents
an normous Investment held by the
United Stats primarily for its own
purposes, but held also in trust for
the benefit of the world, and as such |
1t lncarnatcs Il new and vital Thought
derived not from prccedents and din |
plomatic notes of premiers. but from
the heart of Il great people, seeking |
TO bring us closer together, not only i'm |
trade and commerce, but in sympathy |
ana common striving for the better |
ment of mankind
I'm Spanish romance California oC |
old is located near the terrestrial
faradise. Surely the wonderful parks |
OF San Francisco, sloping down to the
azure waves, the myriad courts of the
exposition buildings filled with treas
ure from every cline, the icwcled
splendor of your towers, the airy grace
and dazzling richness of your domcs
ana mlnaretS surpaSs the tabled love
mess of that land of mystery and
seem the embodiment of the fnirest !
iancies OF poet, painter and sculptor. |
Such is the splendid vision that
greets our eyes in city which has
risen IN statelier beauty from fire
winch less than decade ago dcsolat-
ed its high places.
Distance forbids us send to your
exposition an elaborate exhibit of Vir-
ginla's resources. We have sent Won
however, IN highly condensed form. n
collection of the products of n sinrle
virginia farm, showing possibilities
poth IN variety and value, thus demon
stfating versatility of soil and eli
mate unsurpassed by any State in the
Union, all from Virginia land which
we venture TO assert represents n
higher degree of immediate and ulti-
mate productivity and earning power
IN proportion to purchase money cost
IMAM any now left on this continent.
brings FlrgInia's Greetings.
we bring you from Virginia not
only greeting and assurance of good
VIII and material affection, but fri.
Dute to your glorious courage and
thanks for the service you have done
America and the world. Confronted
with calamitous war, involving Gle
ven OF the nations of the earth. which
deprived you of exhibits and attend
ahce you had every right to EXPECT.
you nave illustrated the best and
highest fortitude of our race; YOU have
turned disaster into victory and fur
ilshed an inspiring example of the
triumph of exalted courage and in
domltable will and energy; you have
wrought wonderfully; you have CON
quered splendidly; you have won adj
miration and gratitude never to he
forgotten. De
May the promised blessing of the
hour flow in unceasing volume on
your shores and find their high tid,.
IN the Golden GatnD