The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-15
! Atlanta Constitution.

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have given much thought TO the prob
.lem, that all you have to do is TO get
the young folks to mate of and then
wait. The same will do to apply to the
whole Southern Countrywide rural dis
tricts may be depended upon toperform
their part in this good work.
This is no wild speculation and there
is no wild experiment in the order of
population it will give-like produces
like. We have figured that it would be
the nice thing to do to establish a bu-
reau for the encouragement of matrl-
mony instead Of bureau for the en-
couragement Of emigration. There is
no doubt but what there is growing
tendency among men to remain bache.
lors and it is just as true that the young
women have learned to dread the re-
sponsibilities Of motherhood. The
causes which create these conditions
should be sought out and remedled.
France was upon down grade to
decay, because of this disposition to live
single and even now thinking French
men are alarmed for their country. We
want Americans, and Brown and l
have figured that the government
should furnish forty acres and mule
to every young couple who marry and
wish to settle down and prosper their
country. We don't want so much talk
about the hard times and we don't
want the question of ''style" to affect
the matter of increase. We know some
couples who would scorn to have more
than two children because they have
heard some fool say it was ''unfashion-
able" and naughty. These same SIM
lin heads would break their necks for
twenty children if some other fashion,
able authority was to give out that
twenty was the proper number. This
following of the fashion is mighty
strong in some people and mention it
here TO show the wisdom Of encourag-
ing fashions to the. best results.
The great old plantation will soon be
a thing of the past in Georgia and
think of all the South. "A division
among heirs is the cause Of this. An
old plantation Of a thousand acres di-
vided among ten children builds ten
homes, and pretty soon the birds be-
gin to fly from their nests,n as it were,
and other little homes are built about
on the hundred acres as they were
upon the thousand, and so as a natural
increase Of families the great old farms
decrease, till the South will bloom and
blossom under the touch of her own
sons and daughters, and rejoice that
providence shielded them from taint
of foreign ''isms" that have already, be-
gan to blight in other sections. Castle
Garden poured her stream of humanity
into the great West until even that
great section, with all its ''roominess,"
groans under the weight OF a too speedy
and unnatural increase. The South has
received class of emigrants, in the
meantime, of which any country csn
be proud, and these same emigrants
are as much opposed to an over-exer-
ton in this matter of emigration as is
any native born Southerner. Every
shipload OF the riffraff Of Europe that
goes to other sections the more surely
secures to the South an influx Of the
thinking, better class of elnigrants
The South is the coming section, as she
is the best, if we make haste slowly in
emigration schemes and keep we'll in
view the motto for our guidance,
Wisdom, justice and moderation"
There is no "nothingism" in these
remarks. Some of my best friends are
foreigners, and I am sure that every
one would join in hearty welcome to
as many more such as are already here.
But we need not tear our hair about
getting more here. A plenty will come
without any great demonstrations from
US, and they will come after thorough
investigation of the field. The rushing,
restless sort, who act without thought
or reason, are welcome to carry their
discomfort to other climes. If you will
notice the names Of persons in accounts
of dynamite plots and outrageous acts
of violence in all the disturbances, you
will feel the wisdom Of going slow on en-
jgration. Strange that emigrants from
the most tyrannical government, the
Russian, are dissatisfied in our govern
ment. The Russians won't be satisfied
with anything, while the subjects of
more liberal governments in Europe
come here and live in peaceful content
ment. Respectable foreigners every
where remark upon the Generalization
of the great cities of the West, where
the population could best be denomi-
mated as ''conglomeration." It is
mistake to presume that these restless
spirits are the men who fought mid
Siegel." True that Siegel had a lot
with him and there were many besides
in the Yankee army, but all of these
now living are drawing pensions or
laying up in soldiers homes. These
restless spirits are emigrants-emi-
grants who were run after by agents
and loaded down with flaming adver-
tisements of the great \ orthwest. With
the results seen so far, l think that in
this emigration matter We should let
moderation" be our guide.
Brown thinks that if We will Just 90
slow the genuine Yankees will move
down South-move away from the con-
ditions they have brought about. Now |
these are the fellows; let them come.
There are already some of them in our !
settlement, and such workers I never
saw before. They never tire and they |
have a good chance to get tired, for |
they have to do their own work-the |
negroes avoid them even in passing,
and not negro in Georgia would work |
tor the IN more than d day. a long
New Yorker, by the name of Grant |
Dorn--named after General Grant-has
laid more negroes up for repairs since
he came down 10 Georgia than the
most vigorous kluklux of the X. K.
period. He ''doesn them in different
way, but the negroes say they'd as leave
be shot to death as worked to death.
These are the sort of men to come
South--a little money with their Yam
kee energy soon puts them on a solid
foundation and they are as ready to
praise the section as any one else.
But, 10 return to the natural Increase
the Southern white man
is the man for the South. want TO see
them al! with homes of their own and
the children playing at every door. Go
We and multiply and cut the great old
farms up and divide and keep on divid-
ing. A father should not be slow in
settling bis children in homes around
hIm--give them off a few acres and
watch them prosper. There are fathers
not ten miles from me now who are
for emigrants to come ard
help them farm the Thousand -acre
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