The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-04

pare WIN l1them, ana most OF II can
betmi6od with pick-a single hand
jtaking out six tons day"
After inspecting many kinds of
ores and minerals such as iron, man
ganeso, bauxite, gold, silver,
ochre, corundum, ETC., much of
which was from the county of Bar
tow, we were shown the greatest
variety Of useful and ornar. entail
woods that has ever been exhibited
in this country. And also tho var
iety of farm and garden products is
admirable. just think of ono farm
or, on q little plat of twenty five
acres exhibiting seventy eight speci-
mems that were grown upon his farm.
Seventy eight different products,
useful for man or beast. And an
other man sends specimens of sixty
different woods that grow upon his
land. Then there are several hun
dyed botanical pictures of the fora
rof Tennessee that were, gathered and
painted and, framed by General
Kirby Smith. But it would take too
much space to describe or even to
catalogue tho hundreds of interest
ing things in this magnificent rail
road show. It would make a good
exposition of itself. Of course it has
cost money-much money to get up
such an extensive collection, but it
indicates tho far seeing policy of
MIR. Thomas, the best railroad mag
nate of the south. For two years
past ho has had in his employ Col
/ Killebrow, who is without doubt the
most efficient and best educated
teacher and promoter of agriculture
and mineralogy IN the State, man
of large and liberal enterprise, cul-
tured scholar who can talk science
with the scientist and practical farm
ing with the humhlest farmer. He
had charge of, both these depart
ments i'll the first Atlanta exposition.
He has travelled mule back over
Mexico, Inspecting tho silver mines
for their owners. He has moro re-
Gently invaded the homes of the
settlers in Colorado and Kansas and
other northwestern states and com
muned with them about our climate
and lands and laws, and they listen
cd to him gladly, and the result has
been tho location Of 1900 families
along the limo of this railroad from
Nashville to Atlanta. Fifteen hun
dred families within tho past two
years, and the cry is, "Still they
come" He is tho most ardent and
most successful colonizcr in all tho
south. lie is the Do It. talker 1 ever
listened to, tho most earnest, con-
vincing and entertaining; and yet he
has no land for sale nor any interest
in the sales. His work is for the
railroad and for humanity. The
condition Of thousands Of those west
em settlers is most pitiful. Think of
100 horses selling at auction for $87,
less than 81 head. Think of 1000
sclling far less than $4,000. And so
these people are closing out and
coming to Tennessee and Georgia
and buying small tracts of land with
in easy reach Of the railroad and in
five years time these 1900 families
will probably ship their products of
grain and hay and meat and mules
to an amount that will give !or each
family an average of 500 in freights
to the road. This alone will make
$l5O,O00 per annum to be added to
the freight business Of tho road.
This is Mr.. Thomas's far.s seeing
policy. Within five years time it is
expected that 10000 families will be
located transferred from the eye
lones and droughts and billiards of
tho west to tho genial climate of the
south.
We SEQ that the Seaboard line is
now pursuing the same policy The
Georgia Southern and Florida be-
gan it years ago, and improved Cyc-
lonetta rs an object lesson to emi-
grants to show them what could be
done. 1t was n successful expert
mont, and Mr.. Sparks showed his
wisdom and sagacity, but the road's
creditors forced it into tho courts and
criDp1ol its rasOurces and eyan