The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-06-06
Impressions Drawn from the Southern
Immigration Congress.

gates from ANDERSON, EeuulStVA huu SoA'
shoun Falls on their return home from the
Southern Immigration Industrial Con-
gress, held in the city OF Augusta, here
by submit for publication through the col
sumns of your paper their, as well as my
own, views regarding the importance OF
the movement which is calculated to pro-
duce desired resnlts. That the delegates
were very much delighted and highly
R1eaise e ysrv wn mildly, mild indeed They were
not ONLY delighted and highly pleased
with the treatment they received and the
:courtesies SHOWN them by the leading bus.
5iness men and railroad officials while in
the city of Augusta, but they were rejoiced
TO see and learn more of the vast resources
7of the South, and witness 80 example OF
suntiring energy, perseverance and strug.
gle for industrial supremacy, which has
imbued them with the apirit Of at least
Initiating on smaller scale in our own
Town and County.
3 Now that the army of industrial work.
/ ers have opened the battle for industrial
supremacy now that those in line are
beginning to gain inch by inch towards
the point where all the forces will be con-
centrated; now. that modern warfare has
adopted more humane contrivance for
I the accomplishmento of good, and discard
5 ing old methods; now that printers Ink Is
the ONLY weapon intelligent men have
learned TO use; and it is being used very
effectively, can You refuse, Mr.. Editor, to
step forward and enlist In cause that Is
calculated to- benefit, improys and build
mp your own dear country the South .
Can Anderson County Or the City well
afford to remain silent when the sound OF
the bugle for progress, advancement and
material development Is heard over the
length and breadth of our land No, MI:
Editor. you cannot, and hope You will
not refuEe enlisting in this grand army
which Is marching onward and forward,
and continue to march until the gates of
nrosperity are reached, and that when the
column will be ordered to halt, you and
Anderson County will be in the procession
and at the head of the column. To per-
-petuate happiness and discharge our du-
Ties wa owe to posterity we all have ample
Opportunities, II we will only do 1t.
The South to-day is only awakening
from q long aud dreary dream-just begin.
ming to realize what our possibilities are.
five only avail ourselves.
We have become impatient with croak-
grs, howlers and broken-down, dissatisfied
politicians, and we must ignore the pessi-
mist who is always ready to tear down in
stead of building up community.
79 What we mostly need in our County Is
an organization for the purpose Of letting
other portions cf the United States know
cur onderful resources, and to carry this
on successfully printers ink will take the
p,ace OF powder magazines, and, believe,
with higher results. To illustrate or con-
vty an idea of the force of my suggestion,
/ will quote q higher authority than my
self. Mr.. e. w. Ferris, the inventor of the
great Ferris Wheel at the Worlds Fair,
and an expert engineer, who says: ''The
condition which will determine the re.a
tive expansion Of towns and cities in the
next decade is the presence of water
power.n The whole problem Of electricity
ID one Of chesp generation. Now, any
CITY or town which has got water. fall
within available distance, and that dis
tance is q. large one, has, SO to speak, q
gold mine Water power means the min.
imum of cheapness in the generation Of
electric power. You can easily see, there
fore, that any city which possesses this ad-
vantage must take the lead over any city
that has not.
The ablest men are now considering the
coming motive Observation-Disclosures
the experimental stage, and an absolute
ceitainty; hence, We must wake up and
at ,east see for ourselves what can be done
in that direction. Of course. some Of our
chronic. cane bottom. chair indulgers Will
say--sYou can't get up boom Tor An
derson." Well, we don't want boom.
Anderson has never had boom, and, f1r.
tbermore. She don't want one. Her
growth has been slow and steady, it is true,
but q very hea!thful enc. show me a
town on this continent that is tearing
down. for the purpose Of rebuilding, more
solid and substantial buildings than are
being erected in our town now! Show
nee town. whose banking record will COM
pare with the results of the Anderson Ma.
tionsl Bank when IL ceased to continue as
national bank! Show me- town that
has built better Cotton Factory on home
capital, home management, increased its
facilities slow bat sure, aud on a frmer
foundation than the Anderson Cotton
Mills! Show me town that has finer
Hotel. which has been built through the
liberality of its wide awake, public>spirit-
ed citizens. There Is no town or city in
this State that has anything to compare to
IL! Show me town that has better and
more influential set Of business men than
Anderson has 10 This one can only appre-
ciate after such trip as made With the
leading business men of Anderson, and I
am more convinced now than ever thatw We
have plenty good material here, splendid
resources and highly propitious season
for accomplishing something in the right
direction.
Let our people quit fooling with politics
and study economical questions, and they
will soon find ont that the only thing
g. fos 60 30 So SoA-
for the benefit of building up our great
country and our wonderful resources.
With your permission, Mr.. Editor, I
will continue my article next week.
o. GEISBERG.