The Greenville times., 1894-06-09
SOUTHERN IMMIGRATION.

F- VI 0uuutl organization. The i
resolutions adopted provide for county |
immigration officers, who are to be |
parts OF State organization. The local
organizations are TO procure options
on land and prepare information. The |
railroads promise to distribute much |
OF thls literature and to follow up the |
distribution with special excursions
for land seekers
The plan Is well adapted to euIistiug
The energies Of all whose interests lie
In developing the South. Put the
counties at work and the central syen-
cies will not only have the best mate
rial for conducting the movement, but
VIII be spurred necessarily by the &C
tivity which will be spread through
the localities.
For the next rs years the South, and
particularly the Southwest, ought to
receive the bnlk of immigration. Ger
lainly II is the South which has the
best lving TO offer, aud at The lowest
cost of money and exertiou. With
800 the immigrant eau do more there
than with $500 in the Northwest.-St.
LOUIS Republic.
The awakening TO the importance
OF securing immigration into the Delta
was no sudden and isolated action of a
few men who were led into II by un-
thinking restlessness and a desire for
novelty. II is simply our part of a
movement M wide aud broad as the
Southern States hemselves-one of
those periodical spidemics of change
that sweep over country like wave
OF camp meeting religion, or the
"booms" Of some years ago. Every
! corner of the south ia now engaged fu
the vigorous effort to induce strsng-
srs to come to 1t, and In almost every
case some success is attending their ef-
I forts. The rain washed hillsides of Mis-
sissippi, the scrub oak and wire grass
counties Of Georgia and Alabama, the
sandy bsrrens Of Texas, Florida and
the Csrolinas-all are trumpeting
their advantages and besceching the
blizzard-strickcn denizen OF the North
. and West to come and find peace aud
happiness under their mild skies. o.
{ course the whole South Is not a para,
:, disc, but there Is much reason and
truth In the claims Of even Its leas
4 favored sections. Better Is a dinne
of herbs from q red hill garden IL
: Mississippi than q stalled OK and
blizzard Herewith. This the dweller
: in the forlorn snowy desolstions o
Nebraska and the lonely decay o
Kansas "boom towns" are finding on
aud each year the tide Of southwark
migration becomes larger. A few
years more, aud the South will posses
few of the personal characteristic
that have made II distinct IN the pas
Picturesque and attractive as thes
appear, they have been repelant Q
homo seeking immigrants. Unde
.o former conditions this was regarde
ne as not Objectionable. But perretu'
ted under the changed conditions, the
~ are fast perishlng and at the sam
I'd time undermining the welfare of tb
country. The coming into the Sout
of large population of active and IL
dependent men will change all thi
With the new era the indifference
small things, tho waste aud e1trav'
gance will give place to thrifty consi'
). erations of self. The old regime an
IFS relics cannot hope TO compete wit
. tire methods of the 40 acre farme
Regret the passing away of old thing
a. We may, 1t will be the better for u
Oh South. Under the new conditions
- will attain pitch of prosperity whit
will dwarf that Of the northwest.
The following are samples Of leite
received by the Greenville P. NJ
IS indicating tho prevalence of a desire
come south; to the land where thrift
- industry can more easily than in Il
- North win bread:
DRYDEN, N. Y, May 10.
Dear Sir-I would like to locate
IRE the South, and would like some INTO
t. metiou about Grecnville and vicini'
and the price of land in the surroun'
". Ing country; what farm wages ar
i, and what chance is there for emplo
ment / have few hundred dolla
and would like 10 locate where | ca
oet a small farm and find work 10
so could make q living until | coul
,ry get started. If you have time and !
clipatiou will you please send me son
local papers and such other inform
Y ton as you can; II not, kindly hal
, TO some one who you think will, al
} oblige, yours truly,