The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1895-08-17
COMING SOUTH 10 LIVE.
iillnois Farmers Bay Lands In the Great
Delta.
tUommercial-Apnesll

lSommeFciAl-Appeal
W II. Barnes and T. 2. Barnes ol
LII ldaboro, ILL.,, aud q. S. Glas.co OF
useols, Ill, In company with w. Ap-
person, who 10 the agent of the lii
noh Central at Arcola, III Were in the
eisy yesterday, and were seen at the
ounce OF Major McGlunis, sssistsn,
,and commissioner Of the Yazoo and
An.slssippi Valley road, by . CONNER.
eial Appeal representative.
The three gentlemen ffrst named
nrvs Just purchased q tract of 1000
acres OF land from the railroa., which
lles in Bolivar county, Mlsslssit pl, and
VIII come with their families tai \ win
Ter 10 I've in the South. Every one
nM me appearance Of belonging, to
the beat class Of farmers, and are sst
suen A. the South is pleased to h., ,s
remove to her lands. All were an
'nnslastic over the Memphis district
ana talked freely Of their feelings.
M. uiasseo. who, BY the way, Is inter.
es'ed IN the newspaper business At hls
nome, acted a. spokesman for the party.
IL inc course OF bis remarks, he said:
am frank TO say that coming 10
'ne South from the rich prairie couStry
OF Illinois, to which the entire country
mas been taught to look a. the grand.
os' corn-raising section OF America.
We carried chips on our shoulder. be.
cause OF our corn production. Amer
gomg through the Delta, however.
ano The country Of which your city Ia
.ne center, we are compelled TO admit
Ine all-round superiority OF ihn ccun-
TJ as Oh agricultural territory. No
ONE can justly maintain q contrary be.
llci alter seeing the corn fields Of the
iselta, seeing corn and os,s being
raised in the same year on the same
iAnd, two crops Of potatoes produced
on the same acres, gra.ses growing
tnroe times as rapidly and heavily a
on our lands, horses, cattle, sheep and
hogs being raised with the maximum
success, and every garden product
known growing about the Southern
homes, while In the latter there live
men and women who arc as healthy in
appearance n any people seen in the
entire country.
we believe" continued Mr.. Classco,
shat our return 10 Illinois, the report
which We will make Of our prilgrimags
and purchase, and finally our removal
South, will influence many Others In
our localities 10 follow us. The move
u.s. The movement southwark has,
IN our opinion, begun In earnest and
Northern people will CONC from now
Oh In great numbers.
THE migration of our people TO this
more favored land would hive begun
much sooner, but the truth is that until
comparatively recently they have been
positively deferred by a prejudice
against the South and her people,
which prejudice was aroused by dis
honest politicians and permitted to
grow strong because our people were
Ignorant Of the true conditions Of life
and feeling existing here. Never In
my life have | received kinder, more
hospitsble treatment at the ha nls Of
any people with whom | have met
than that which has pleased. me
throughout my trip In the South. |
will say to you that the day has pasA,d
In the intelligent districts ofthe North
when men can ride into Office or In.
fuence any mass Of voters by waving
the blood shirt This change has fol-
lowed naturally upon the gradually \
intercourse between the
sections. Our people have learned
that In the South, a. everywhere else,
the good citizen, the honest man, 10 |
treated with the warm courtesy which
be deserves. II Is only the vicious,
the depraved, the perversc, who re.
ceive hard treatment IN the South, and
that hc merits here AZ elsewhere. We
are delighted, and not only will we
come ourselves 10 make our homo In
your midst, but we will bring all others
whom We can"