The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-01-16
4 Negro Colony.

With contract in his pocket call
ing for 5000 negro colonists for Mexi-
co, "Peg" Williams turned up in town
yesterday, smiling. He was fresh
from Mexico and is now ready, SO he
announces, to solve the race problem
by sending all the negroes to colony
in Mexico.
The company upon whose property
the emigrants will be colonized and
who will furnish the necessary funds
to carry that number Of negroes from
Georgia and Alabama to Mexico, is
the Mexican Coffee and Cotton Coioni-
zation Company, whose general Offices
are located in Boston, Mass, with
branches at New York, the City of
Mexico, Santa Fe, N. NJ, and At
lanta, according to their letterhead.
The company was organized in 1894
and claims to have capital stock Of
81, 100000 and owning 100000 acres
of agricultural, ranching and mineral
lands, situated in Coahulla county,
Mexico-a distance Of AS miles south
from Eagle Pass, Tex, and, as stated,
on the Mexican Central railroad.
W. q. Ellis, Of San Antonio, Tex,
is the director general Of the company,
and it was through him that the con-
tract, signed by "Peg" Williams, to
furnish them 5000 negroes during this
winter and spring, was made. The
inducements offered by the company
to secure that number Of negro labor
ers are embodied in contract to be
signed both by the agent Of the COM
pany and the person acceptingits con-
ditions, which are, in substance, a
lease Of the laborer to the company
for period Of five years.
In consideration Of that lease or
contract being signed the emigrants
are offered long list Of inducements,
as set forth in a flaming circular, an
advance copy of which was seen yes
terday. 1t will be distributed broad
cast over Georgia and Alabama by the
exoduster agent, "Peg" Williams.
The FIRST consideration Of that contract
or lease is that the company agrees to
furnish the emigrant sixty acres of
land, situatedin the State Of Durango,
Mexico, forty acres Of which land is
to be planted in cotton and fifteen
acres in corn, all Of which is to be
worked in skillful manner by the
emigrant.
Within sixty days after their arrival
the company guarantees to furnish
emigrants comfortable quarters and
rations, such as bread, meat, beans,
coffee and sugar, in such quantities as
may be deemed necessary for their
sustenance by the company. The
same section Of the contract states
that medicines will be furnished in
case of sickness and closes with the
stipulation that all Of which is to be
paid back to the company when the
first crop is gathered.
Free transportation will be furnish
ed to all persons over twelve and not
over fifty years Of age from their
homes in Georgia and Alabama to the
colony and the colonist is to receive
one-half of all cotton, corn or other
product raised by himself or family.
The negroes are required to pay
back all money advanced for transpor-
tation or other purposes within one
and two years, and in security for
faithful discharge Of that agreement
he is to give lien on all the crops
raised by him, his baggage and effects,
and the period Of the lease is for FIVE
years, beginning in January, 1895.
That is the scheme of emigration
and colonization undertaken by "Peg'
Williams, and it is given for what it
is worth.
Mr.. Williams returned from Texas
yesterday and went at once to work
arranging for the great exodus, which
is to begin on January 18th, he con-
tracing to start 300 Of the darkies on
that date.
"Peg" Williams claims to have
solved the race question by his emil
grafton scheme and announces that he
will rid the South of her surplus col
ored population. n.-Atzanta Constttu-
ftOn.