Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-13
Buyers ''F your Lands,
PERFECTING THE INNING
ZION COMPANY'S PLANS.

PERFECIING THE IMlMIGRA-
ZION COMPANY'S PLANS.
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE-THE COM
PANY TO ADVERTISE, NOT SELL, LAND
IMMIGRATION TO BE INDUCED BY
| FAIR AND HONEST sALEs-INTEREsT-
! ING TALKs-INTEREsT IN THE RICH
MOND EXPOSITION.
&C., &C., &C.
The committee appointed by the meet
ing On last court day, to perfect plan for
! setting before the people of the West and
Northwest the lands in the Valley which
owners may wish to sell, and arrange the
details for the formation of a chartered
company to that end. met in the City
| Council room on Saturday last. Among
the members present were Maj. George
Chrisman and Cornelius Driver of Rock
ingham. Col. John H. Crawford, Capt. E.
A. Fulcher and Capt. G.. Julian Pratt of
| Augusta, and Others who had not been at
the first meeting. Rev. Samuel Driver,
the Chairman of the Committee, took the
chair and requested Judge Charles Graf
tan, for the benefit of those who were in
attendance for the first time, to explain
what had been done up to this point. Judge
G. said the object was to organize move
, ment by which immigration from the
West and Northwest might be induced TO
the Valley of Virginia. Having the same
soil as the Cumberland Valley of Pennsyl-
., vania, and offering it at 500 per acre,
whereas the other is held as high as 5000
per acre, and being free from cyclones,
drouths and insects which are found in
the West, we have thought this the prop
er time to call attention to the advantages
of our locality. Letters of inquiry from
the Northwest show that there is con
siderable percentage of the inhabitants of
that section who would like to go else
where-population moves back and forth;
while some of our people go West we want
to secure compromising immigration
here from that section. We can't make
known our advantages through our news
papers, because they are not circulated in
that section. We propose therefore to ad-
vertise our lands there through compa-
ny formed for the purpose-the company
to send out men who shall inform the PIP
ulations of what we have to offer them.
For instance, there is this year to be a
General Conference of the German Bap-
fist church near Indianapolis, and an in
telligent man sent there by the company
would be power for good. Next Fall
there is to be an Exposition at Richmond
at which many Western visitors will at
tend. A man sent to the W. est to scatter
information about the Valley in advance,
could give such facts about it as would in.
duce many of the eXcursionists to Rich
mond to stop in this Valley. We propose
to give the Western people the facilities
to see our country, and to that end to
secure for them favorable rates OF trans
portation. Again, there is to be Ger
! man Baptist General Conference in this
Valley in 1889 and we want to present to
such of those attending it, as want to
change their locations, the favorable char
acter of our country and the special farms
that are or may be for sale.
NOT A COMPANY TO SELL LAND.
MIR. Driver-The company will call at
tentlon to the farms, but each land owner
will be his own salesman.
Judge Grattan-Yes.
Mr.. Driver-You will understand that
this is no Land Company nor Land Agen-
cy. 1t offers neither to sell nor buy land,
it only offers to adYertise'it and call atten-
tion to it.
Judge Grattan-It is simply company
| to induce immigration.
| Mr.. Driver.-Yes.
] SOMETHING FOR THE COUNTY sUPERvI-
| soRs TO HELP IN.
Judge Grattan-This Committee is also
expected to take action on proposition
sent forth by the Exposition Committee Of
Richmond. It proposes that az EXPOSE
ton Committee of each Virginia county
be formed, to consist of the President of
the Board Of Supervisors, County Judge,
County Clerk, Sheriff and Treasurer, the
duty of which shall be to arrange for
sending specimens of cereals, fruit, woods.
| minerals and manufactures Of each coun-
ty, to the Richmond Exposition; also to
have made typographical map OF the
county, setting forth the conforma.
ton, character and productlveness OF the
soil of the county, and to send with it
photographs of the public buildings, pub.
lie Institutions. and special scenery OF the
county, for permanent exhibition at Rich
mond. This. said Judge Grattan, IS a
move in the right direction, and this
meeting should adopt resolutions urging
the Supervisors to take steps IN response
to it.
NOW OR NEVER.
Mr.. A. g. Gordon said that action il
behalf of immigration to Virginia now
was not open to choice, it was necessity.
Other Southern States are taking
action, and if Virginia does not
Join in, she will be left out ia the
cold. A convention of representative
of the Southern States is soon to be helt
at the Ho. Springs, to form an organiza
tion to bring immigration South. Mr.
Gordon read statement from the Vir
ginia Commissioner Of Agriculture. Thos
Whitehead, saying he had received letter
from more than LOCO families in TIL
Northwest, having the means to buy farms
and asking where they were to be had
) The Commissioner had established regis
ter at his office where farms could b
registered free, and if the owners wanted
to advertise them they could be put in
printed sheet for fee of So and sent t.
land agents at the West. Mr.. Gordon