The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-05-18
THURSDAY, MAY 19. 1893.
IMMIGRATION mEErrNc.


Sevcral.of our citizens met Mr.. r. T.
GruObs in the Court house last Thursday
evening to hear his plans Of inducing ,mmi-
grants from the east, west and northwest to
the South, buy land and settle. The plan
seems very feasible and if carried out win
40 doubt be of great benefit to tho South
generally.
MIR. Grnbbs stated that MIR. Camp, the
originator OF the scheme, Ind been in the
business for eighteen gears and done more
than any other man to settle up tho great
west. Hc had been the means Of inducing
over one hundred thousand families to 20
TO Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota
and settle. A party of four hundred from
Ohio were recently induced by him to come
10 Georgia and look at that country. While
In middle Georgia they bought over $S5 =
600 worth of land. Much of this land will
he improved and cultivated in fruit, peach
es especially.
Hc said the people "f the west had got
tired OF cyclones and droughts in the sum-
lncr and tho cold, severe winters and biz
yards. Everything was against them except
the soll.licre in the South everything was in
their favor. Tho people down here dom,
KNOW anything except to raise cotton. We
need new men to give us new ideas, tc
SHOW us how TO raise sheep, hogs, goats
cows, horses and diversified crops Whcr
ever an industrious, energetic, string pco.
pic exist capital will be there. Capital is
bound to follow labor.
This IS what this country needs II VIC
could settle five hundred families in Pick.
ems county in the next twelve months in
five years frCm that time we would not rc-
coSniZc tho county. We would see IN
dnetrlcs, woolrn and cotton manufactures.
The barren hills would be covered with
fine stock, the valleys would yield an abun
cant harvest of clover, timothy and every
'hins else which would be shipped by us
10 'hc north and west instead Of its being
shipped south, ms now.
Every place Mr.. Grubbs visits he makes
tfc same propositions; and every place he
has visited has taken hold of the work and
is pushing it. The proposition is this ::
MIR. Camp, whose headquarters are at
Chicago, publishes forty-eiSht column
paper He wanted fifteen subscribers 10
that paper, which is called the "Emmi-
grants Guide" ut this place at II. per year.
Each subscriber has the privilege of send
ing HIM the names IF from one to fifteen
men who live in any other state than this
ana he Will mail copy of that paper to
thosc men free of charge for one year with
lie compliments Of the subscriber. III
other words: There are fifteen subscribers
az this place TO Mr.. Camps paper. If each
subscriber sends Mr. Camp the names of
nftcen men in other states the papcr will
60 into the hands of two hundred and
twenty five northern or western farmers
for one year Sol our subscription of one
doi'ar. The paper is monthly paper and
II 70 contain an article in each issue dcs-
crlblng Iickcns county, its minerals. rail-
roads facilities, schools, society. churchcs
"hat can he produced, the advantages to
nome seekers and var.0,ls other things. |
The club Of fifteen was easily gotten un
and we would be glad to see more join it.
lhcrc arc no political or religious features
ABOUT II. 1t IA simply business move
meht and as many can go into it as wish
Ihe club OF subscribers at this place arc
). IS Boggs. j. III. Amber, j. Loopcr, ].
>. Lewis, Rcy. III. VI. Allen, Rev. J. r.
Lewis, j. II. G. Mcdaniel, Mai. J. NJ.
Stewart, w. &. Bramlett, DR.. G. w. Earle,
capt J. J.. Thornley,. VI. +. Hester, J. p.
Carey, 4. il. UollingSwOrth and G.. f. Rob-