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April 29, 1958
The Farmville Herald
Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Editorial arguing the South's expansion through technological progress in agriculture, countering decline narratives like Tobacco Road, predicting migration and prosperity in the latter 20th century, citing Dr. Lloyd and business leaders.
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and comfortable life without being crowded into tenement-like housing.
Of Look's Tobacco Road plants he says they that you can find such anywhere. He might have mentioned the Bowery in New York for fair weather.
"It is incredible that an author should describe the South as shrinking because the advance of technology is replacing hand labor by machines, thereby enabling more food and fiber, to be raised by fewer people and with less effort."
Dr. Lloyd sees in this replacement an improved social, economic and cultural life ahead for our people.
It is a good bet that as the agricultural revolution begins to stabilize here we shall see a wave of movement, of migration to the South the last comfortable frontier. There are no deserts in the South and we have had no settlers earthquakes.
Three who dare to say with millions of dollars that the South isn't shrinking are Thomas W. Martin, C. B. McManus and Harlee Branch, whose Alabama Power and Southern Companies prove with every gesture their conviction that Mr. Martin is right when he says the last half of the 20th century belongs to the South.
and comfortable life without being crowded into tenement-like housing.
Of Look's Tobacco Road plants he says they that you can find such anywhere. He might have mentioned the Bowery in New York for fair weather.
"It is incredible that an author should describe the South as shrinking because the advance of technology is replacing hand labor by machines, thereby enabling more food and fiber, to be raised by fewer people and with less effort."
Dr. Lloyd sees in this replacement an improved social, economic and cultural life ahead for our people.
It is a good bet that as the agricultural revolution begins to stabilize here we shall see a wave of movement, of migration to the South the last comfortable frontier. There are no deserts in the South and we have had no settlers earthquakes.
Three who dare to say with millions of dollars that the South isn't shrinking are Thomas W. Martin, C. B. McManus and Harlee Branch, whose Alabama Power and Southern Companies prove with every gesture their conviction that Mr. Martin is right when he says the last half of the 20th century belongs to the South.
What sub-type of article is it?
Editorial
Economic Optimism
What themes does it cover?
Fortune Reversal
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
South Growth
Agricultural Revolution
Technology Advancement
Migration South
Alabama Power
What entities or persons were involved?
Dr. Lloyd
Thomas W. Martin
C. B. Mcmanus
Harlee Branch
Where did it happen?
The South
Story Details
Key Persons
Dr. Lloyd
Thomas W. Martin
C. B. Mcmanus
Harlee Branch
Location
The South
Event Date
Last Half Of The 20th Century
Story Details
Critique of views portraying the South as shrinking due to technology replacing labor; argues for improved life, migration to the South as a comfortable frontier, and optimism backed by figures like Thomas W. Martin of Alabama Power and Southern Companies.