The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-09
GEORGIA IS THEIR KLoND1KE.
Several ST. Paul People Purchase
Land There,

Col. Edward Tietz, city editor of
Die Volkszeitung, is home again
from trip to Georgia. Mr.. Tietz
spent two weeks in that state, which
has become the Mecca of many immi-
grants. as the guest of the officers of
trust company Of Cordele, Ga.
'The trip to the land Of King Cot
ton" said Mr.. Teitz, yesterday, twas
made in company with seven gentlemen
residing in the Twin Cities, who were
all DESTROYS of doing a little investigat
ing in Georgia on their own account.
If we had headed for the Pacific coast
our party would unquestionably have
been regarded as possible Klondikers.
AS it was, we reached Nashville on
our way South over the Burlington
road without being waylaid by any
members Of the newspaper profession,
although Southern journalists seem to
have as keen a scent for news as their
Northern brethren. In Tennessee's
metropolis we stopped. over for a day
or two in order to get a glimpse of
the exposition now in progress there.
It's not a worlds exposition by any
manner of means, but the exhibits are
of such a novel and striking character
as to require several days time for
proper inspection. A great many
Northern people were in Nashville dur
ing our stay in that city, and the hos
pitality peculiar to the folks below
Mason and DiXon's line prevailed
everywhere.
ITO my mind Birmingham, Ala, with
its dozens Of rolling mills and hundreds
Of monster chimneys belching forth the
blacklist of srnoke-a smoke-conSumer
is a rarity in that region-is the great
est marvel of the New South. In passing
through this rival of Pittsburg one
comes to a realizing sense of the causes
that inspired Henry Grady's pride in
the enterprising spirit Of his country
men. A pleasing feature of the labor
situation in Birmingham is the fact
that the negro problem there seems to
have solved itself White and black
men work side by side in the big iron
mills and there is not the slightest
friction between the two elements.
prom Montgomery Ala, we rode on
to our journeys end, Cordele, Ca,
where we met with cordial reception
on the part of the officers of the
trust company and the townsfolk in
general. Strange to say we were not
bothered either by mosquitoes or flies,
with which our lake residents are so
familiar.
wonderful beyond comparison are
the fertility of the soil, the variety and
luXuriance of the vegetation and the
beauty of the flora. The region near
SCIueIe may w llllOul SAcSSS d.
ton, be classed among the most promis-
ing from an agricultural standpoint in
the entire Union. L saw, for example,
two carloads of peaches from an
orchard comprising 100 acres and bear
ing fruit this year for the third time,
sold to a New York dealer for $4,000.
also saw Indian corn with stalks
fourteen feet high, cotton plants five
to seven feet high, watermelons weigh
ing seventy-two pounds, cantaloupes
twenty-five pounds, etc. In that part Of
Georgia peaches, cotton, corn, sweet
potatoes, oats and peanuts are grown
principally, but every kind of farm
produce seems to thrive. A farmer
named Offenbar, who has only lived
three years in Georgia, showed me with
great pride and satisfaction over his
farm, on which, in truth, everything a
farmers imagination can conceive
seemed to be growing. 1 have great
faith in the future of that region, and
to prove it bought a little plantation,
just to try my luck. Three other mem
bers of our party did the same, and
we all intend to lay claim now to the
title of full Pledged colonels."