The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1894-12-01
SOUTHWARK UOl

] #8t~lN ANAtN Was a
penod when cyey msn aul ,.on.as
in 4 50 eagerly welcomed the stranger
to share in their OVID magnificent In.
hertance.
There IS underlying the Southern
character bred ana born out of ftt
conditions, bona ddo hospitality. q
kiadly consideration fer the stranger
that will prove acceptable aua an.
couragng to the uew conner. as il is
ceriaiu TO prove Of the utmost practi-
cal value The lime Is AZ haud. there.
fore, when in lieu Of Westward, llo,'
there is the more grateiu. bidding Of
SOUTHWARK, HOp
No oae can sean the current mum.
bers Of TIE Southern ana Tho National
press without Laiug impressed with
the growth of me Southern lmmigra.
ton sentiment And that tho senti-
ment is t las actually baeoniaa Il
movement Our own readers are con-
stantly made aware tint tbuaueution Of
immigration agents and farm seekers
from the Nor.l-west arc Of growing
frequency. The best service that the
local press can render i to promote
this tcndeucy--to give circulation and
application 70 immigration views and
incidents.
We copy thc following from the
Plcayune correspondence,
The mooliug Of tho Mississippi i'm.
migration convention was called 10
order by Governor Stone, chairman.
this morning IN the Senate chamber,
aud Mr. +. L. Bellengcr elected secre-
tary Governor Stone stated that
the obiec. Of his meeting was the
compiling Of pamphlet descriptive
Of the sell, climate ant resources of
Mississippi, to be distributed IN tho
Northwest, with view Of inducing
immigration 10 lhc State, which PAM
phlet was to have the endorsement Of
the Governor, Mississippi rot having
q commissioner Of immigration. Cap.
taip j + Mert,, Of Manchester, Iowa,
addressed the convention, stating
that this wa most opportun9 time
for the distribution Of such a PAM
phlct, and urged It's immediate publ
cation. General Stephen ID. Lee,
of the Agricultural and Mechanical
College at stafkviIlo was present., aud
also spoke Ia favor Of the publication
Professor Tracey, Of ,he Agricultural
experimental station, also favored the
publication, aud agreed to compile
the dela necessary Before the meet
ing ahjanraed tho prealdout OF the
convention was authorized 10 name
one vice president from each cougres-
sional district In the State.
The preparation and distribution of
descriptive pamphlet is q valuable
ard necessary forerunuer if succeeded
by practical aud specific action. In
other words, particular lands must be
located and priced. 10 be followed by
sales and colonization. 70 rest the
movement upon the pamphlet without
9 definite policy or plan as TO The
subsequent proceedings, Is much like
drlug good ammunition into the air,
The following from the Atlanta
journal, while probably over eolored,
is not only valuable as news, but
as suggesting what land owners
mus. do, aud what if they possess The
energy they eau do;
Brunswick, Ga, November 20.--
Colonel Thomas /. Stoyall, of Atlanta,
representing o German syndicate, has
closed deal for the Burbage tract of
land, embracing about 10000 acres,
some twenty miles from this city, on
the Brunswick aud Western road
The deal was completed Friday eve
ming, and The parties at interest viii
visit Brunswick IN short while to
complete arrangements for colonizing
The property with German farmers.
They will be brough! from Castle
Gan4eu by The New York steamer,
sneciol ra',.a having been already Sc.
cured for The purpose,
This is but the first step III q glgan-
tic immigration scheme which Colo
mel stoyal has on foot Within the
next year, be expects TO have ten
thousand ruddy checked, thrifty Ger
mans iii Georgia.
The syndicate that is backing Col
onel stoYall is said to number its cap
ital by The millions aud now has a
number oi agents III Germany work.
ing up immigration 10 Georgia. Re-
ports from their agents say that they
find no difficulty in getting the Ger
mans interested aud just as soon as
the syndicate gets possession of the
land. wol-to-do German farmers are
ready TO come aud settle.
OF course Il viii take the syndicate
several mouths to get in shape for The
coming of The immigrants, as they
have vet to purchase the grealsst por-
lion Of the land, and get the titles
perfected, but just az soon US this Is
done, the immigrants will come and
settle for the most part on the South.
efn between Macon aud brunswick,
The southern railroad authorities