The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-12-16
9uaersoa gateIIigemees.
TO RAISE SUGAR BEETS.
Some Information about the Hartman Colony in
Abbevllle County.


Abbcrlle County.
The Abbeyille Press and Banner of last
week contains The following interesting
information concerning the prospective new
enterprise that is to be located near Calhoun
Falls:
a reporter for the Press and Banner called
on Mr.. VIM. p. Calhoun, of Atlanta, Ga,
who was in Abbevile last Tuesday looking
after the interests Of The Hartman Colony
Company, to learn what progress was being
made. Mr. Calhoun stated that he was here
to aid in making the first payment on the
lands bought.
THE enterprise is now an assured sue
cess" he said land it will bring many dol
lars into Abbeville county, and will open
to the people of the county an entirely new
industry,-the raising OF sugar bcets and
the manufacture of beet sugar..
What about the capital at the back of
the enterprise?" was asked.
Mr.. Calhoun stated in reply to that Gnes-
ton, that the company would have ample
means to carry the matter through; that
the principal money invested would come
from Chicago and Atlanta persons from
those two cities being the promoters"
"When do you expect TO begin to locate
families"
"There are some families already OH the
way to Hartman, and While | am not q
member Of the company, my close relations
to it enables me TO say that by the middle
of February, 1897, about twenty-five fam
lilies will be on the ground ready to COM
mence work, and from that date on, fam
lilies will be continually coming in till the
whole of the eighteen thousand acres pur-
chased and to be purchased by the company
are settled up
II would like to call your attention to
an important matter" Mr.. Calhoun said,
that has been overlooked. Sugar beets
are worthless unless there is factory to
extract the sugar and refine it. I am in.
formed that in order to erect factory 1t
will take several hundred thousand dollars
From this statement some idea of the mag
nitude of the undertaking can be formed.
"You ask me about accommodations for
the immigrants when they reach here. In
this connection I will say that the com.
pany will at once begin to erect neat two
story houses that will be ready for oc.
cupancy ms soon as the people reach here.
None will be allowed to come without hav-
ing proper accommodations ready for them
This will require, also, very large outlay
on the part of the company, but, of course,
these houses will he paid Tor as last as taken
by the Immigrants. In this connection it
is we'll to state that the company does not
intend to bring over paupers. Every one
that comes will have enough money to
start anew or. cannot give you all Of
the details of the company's intentions as
l am not familiar with them, but what l
have stated is very good outline.
''Who came over with me? Mr.. Carl
Stroever, of Chicago, and Messrs. ]. r. Col
Inns and Julius Hartman, of Atlanta. Mr..
Hartman has recently returned from Sax
ony, Germany, where he went to make ar
rangements about the coming of the immi.
grants, and for the further purpose of estab-
fishing an agency to handle the business
on that end of the line. Mr.Hartman re-
ports that his trip was eminently successful.
He was will have the active management
of the business at Hartman and under his
management success is sure"