Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-04-22
UTOPIA UP TO DATE.
rHE ROMANTIC DREAM OF A YOUNG
INDIANA 1EpAooGUE.

Remarkable Colony That VIII Soon Leave
Hoosierdom--To Occupy Five thousand
Acre Strip In TeLnessee-The Leader
Tells of His Plans.
A queer cavacadc will wcnd its way ont
OF Anderson, Ind, early I'm tho coming
fall. IL will Do composed Of men and
women who go out To build homes for
themselves. Unless plans now almost per-
fectcd fall through Tennessee will bo tho
objective point, and a strip Of 5000 acres
OF uncultivated land 40 miles from Nash
Vile will bo made to blossom into land
of beauty and plenty
This glowing picture of what is to De
originated I'm the brain OF Truman l..
Stewart, n schoolteacher.
Stewart first made known his plans at a
public meeting three months ago. In IL
speech upon that occasion he pictured tho
misery OF mankind In large cities and told
Of the many men who were willing to
work II they could only find employment.
He then stated that he, for one, was de-
termincd to act and invited all Anderson
to join In with him. His scheme was TO
raise by popular subscription n sufficient
sum OF money with which TO purchase a
tract OF land upon which to locate those
who are willing to make home for them
selves and then to get them TO that land.
One of the best established merchants,
Rufus H. Williams fell i'm with Stewards
plan and was selected by the gathering as
proper person TO receive contributions.
1t was decided to accept contributions Of
cents, no more nor no less, from all who
felt called upon to assist. Up to the present
time 5000 persons have sent In their mite,
nd ha hua IN xyit
Mr.. Williams 5000
All announce their willingness to take
chances with him and anxiously inquire
as to the date OF his departure
In his plans Stewart has taken the great
Ballington Booth as his guide and will
follow out about tho same course as was
pursued when Booth took a colony from
overcrowded London and located 1t In
Africa. The land that has been accepted
practically Is being donated by M. NJ.
Finny, landowner near Lawrcnceburg,
Tenn, who owns n strip of 90, 900 acres.
The body will move from Anderson on
the morning of Sept. /.
"What Is your aim and also your plans
after reaching Tennessee?" Stewart was
asked.
"The aim Ii to take men who are out OF
employment and who are willing to work
and give them home," he said. "The
idea Is to educate the poorer class Of chill
dren to a sense of right and Of right doing
Though we will not discourage money get
ting, as we must have money, yet it ought
not to be tho chief aim In life. In fact, 1T Is
our aim to have as near as possible a per-
feet community"
"a sort of Utopiar'
"Tcrm 1t that II you choose but our
ideas are all practical. 1t Is our intention
to allot each family 80 acres Of ground
upon which to build and to farm. Each
family will have to occupy this piece Of
ground one year and show the proper dis
position to improve 1t before we will give
them deed to 1t. II at the end of year
everything Is satisfactory to all concerned,
then the strip of ground will be decided
over to the head Of each family"
'tAre you going to endeavor to try a
separate govcrnmentr' no was asked.
Nothing Of the kind. We will operate
for the first year under board of trustees
or managers. At the end of the year those
entitled to homes will be permitted to
have them, and we will then operate just
as does any other community Of law abid-
ing citizens, under the laws Of Tennessee. T"
--Cincinnati ENQUIRER