The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-07-22
"The Palmetto State !mu:irratipn

Agency has settled hundreds vf fari-
lies in the faln"us Piedmont Districts
OF South Carolina, and now desires
tailur<. house carpenters, painters.
hlacksnliths and tradesmcn Of every
kind, WHO viii u" furnished with
places and employment in ''rccnv!llc
Sparta,bur. and otl,r pI:scs oA tie
Great Piedmont Air I.i"a Railroad
where lands, mines, water lowers aud
everything can be bought cheap
References required. Gil! at I06
Hudson Street, corner Of Laight, or
@'ld!c>S the Agent, same place."
This notice has brought in various
tradc>mcn, officers ci' the ..TraI~<
In!c'':" capitalists. &c: n"a'.y If
whom will 20 with m", p"y:r: H. il
OWL EXPENSES. I';I:y vii! b. "l!".
with the cooperation ot our people,
to set W a#d 10 business for ticl"-
selves, aud macy OF them will buy
property.
Now it DOES seem that it is not
necessary tDr lac TO be- "y cTn native
people: whom am trying " serve, to
aid ne in this great work d. MOI
ask for a SALARY: an ai.pointln"it from
so::ic hambu. S;ri"tI. :1E su6Scrip-
tion<. ror anything Of tho kind. !
w"nt the people to help mc to lccatc
and settle these people where they cali
get business and do well. 1t will !.ut
cost much !or tie leading lncn in each
community to write letters telling me
where lands can be bought or rented,
where mechanics, carpenters, &C., can
be cmploycd-in fact. amy thing or
any place which will add another good
citizen to community. desire now
to ask each South Caroliniam t. ,ir his
duty. and that at once. This bust
ness is costing me il great sacrifice,
aud the property owners and the
Commonwealth arc to be the gamers.
1t was very unfortunc that certain
papers in South Carolina, and other
parties, have attempted to battle my
work down. For time their attacks
injured NE aud cost me several hun
dred dollars. But my work is still
before the public, and though my
spirits and credit arc some what shat
tered, l ain in the field for a bold
campaign this fall and winter.
Another thing has discouraged me.
If big-sounding scheme, in the
hands of some foreigner from Castle
Garden, Or some other ringcd source:
entered the field with some new propO,
sition to humbug the people ON the
Immigration subject, his circulars and
announcements, with free editorial
putfs. were gratuitous!y published i'll
ali the papers; but if I, i poor pro,
phct i'll my own country, applied to
somc Of these papers, | must pay 70.
every line, and then probably see my
plan badly criticised in the same mum,
ber Of the paper. The plea was, Its S
nobody but-- and his scheme is
his own. 1t is endorsed by no Grange
or Taxpayers Convention" Woe tc
that South Carolinian who ever at
tcmpts to follow III my footsteps in
trying to serve his country. But
having put my hands to the plow, ]
shall not yet lcok back.
am sending this communication
to various papers in South Carolina,
not to complain Or to justify myself
or to moropoljze their puis; but tc
ask them to aid me, and all others
who attempt to do fair and honora
bic part iii this colonization work.
an now ready to receive orders fol
people of all kinds, trusting to hcal
as soon as possible from such as desire
to cooperate with NE.
Truly for my people,
TILNAN Il. GAINES.
l6G Hudson St.,
July 10Th. 1871. New York