The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-23
TO SAIL FOR LIBERIA.
Thu. Iaurada TO Leave Feb. - With
,tout 100 Negroes and a Cargo.

IT.. raurada TO Leave Feb. - With
about 100 Negroes and n Cargo.
ID Howard, treasurer Of the Interna-
..-.r Migration Society. arrived in the
~ Yesterday and viii be here, he says.
~ slout two weeks making arrange
-~.-ts for the departure from this port on
e.. y of the steamship L4aurada with
-,,-- 400 10 $50 Liberian enFgrants.-
The I.aursda, he says. has been char
..~.5 through Theodore Ruger z Co. OF
rrra1elphia and New York. agents, and
sss viii arrive in Savannah Feb. p in
---4r 10 give the society two days to
r~ere all preparations TO sail.
eve would have sailed in September,
,sa--. Mr.. Howard said. but for the fact
-tar the people in Arkansas and Mis-
si--fepi could not dispose of their land
and crops in time. We had this explain
Il 10 those here who Joined the society
and think they thoroughly under
stood Il.
II have just returned from a trip
..rourh the west where 1 have visited
Arkansas, Mississippi. Indian Territory,
oklahoma and other states, and at our
sssrcies in those places there are S25
NEGROES ready to set sail at once. They
have disposed of their property. paid in
their dues, amounting in all to SAL, and
are ready to embark as soon as the no
ti.a is given. There has been no hitch
and no trouble of any kind except such as
7 have stated, and I am certain that this
vss all explained and there was no dis
satisfaction on that account
"llr. d. ]. Hummer, president Of the So
cisty, will go over to Liberia on this
trfo. and take a stenographer with him.
ne will remain there for four or five
months and gather all possible informa-
TON with regard TO the country and the
condition of people there, so that he Will
r. in a position to put the exact facts
before them on his return. He will return
either on our next trip or by the way
u IN n j. Jenkins of Athens, Ca, who was
ir 7 liberia a few months ago, Will be here
when the parties arrive, and Will make
tax to them before the departure of the
Iaurada. He has made a thorough study
Of the country, and we have a long letter
from him advocating everything stated by
tious surrounding the people of the coun-
fry and the good chances they have to
make their livelihood. He will give the
passen gers a talk on board the snip be-
fore their departure"
Mr. Howard will make all necessary ar
rangements for the departure of the par
tv he SAYS before he leaves here Among
those who win go are thirty-five or forty
Savannah negroes, who have paid their
full quota OF S4l Tor aQultS, or 81 Tor
children between and u years old. There
is a great many other Savannah negroes
who have made small payments into the
fund. but who have not yet paid up all
their dues, and consequently cannot go
TO Liberia on this trip. There are about
tWenty-eight negroes coming down from
Newberry, S. c., to join the party, but
Arkansas win send 157, which will be the
largest number for this trip furnished by
any state Mississippi will send some fifty
or sixty and Florida will send small deli
egation, but the rest are all pretty well
scattered over different states and terri
tories.
The firm Of Bailey, Mcconnell & How
ard Of birmingham, Ala, will probably
send over a cargo of something like $1,000
or $1,000 worth of goods to be sold there
as an investment. in which case Mr.. j.
W. Howard, a member of the firm and a
brother of the treasurer will go on the
trip. The departure of the last cargo was
a good thing for the Savannah merchants,
or many Of them, at least, and it may
prove the same in this case. Hard
ware and provisions were the principal
purchases by the last crowd, and as this
one IT. is claimed. win be larger, it may
be that the purchases will be still greater.
The Laurada has a capacity of LOO tons,
and in addition to the 400 to 450 passen myers,
she will probably carry over Cargo of
about 500 tons Of freight.