The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-08-10
The Development Of the Southland.

BALTIMORE, June 30.-Close OBJ
servers of movements tending to the
development of the south are con-
vinced that the industrial leagues
that are being organized in many
places will arouse new spirit Of
enterprise and establish new order
of things in the South, encouraging
the migration into that section Of
manufacturing capital which is so
much needed for the full conversion
of it's abundant raw material in the
higher utilities and for employment
of thousands of men, women and chill
dren. 1t is believed that great i'm
pulse will be given to these move
ments as result Of the present war
with Spain. Col. j. B. Killebrew, Of
Nashville, Tenn, who has been active
in industrial and immigration move
ments in the South for several years
shares this conviction, and he bases
his belief upon the fact Of the greater
diffusion of knowledge among the
northern and western people concern
ing the advantages Of the south. In
an interview published in the Manu-
.facturcrs Record he says that people
of other sections recognize more than
ever that we are one people in sympa-
thy, in effect, and in destiny. He
says. in discussing the influences that
have been active to the end:
"The railroads have been exceed
ingly active in the work of immigra-
tion. They have dissipated preju-
dices, provoked inquiry, supplied in
formation, sent we'll informed agents
into every part Of the north, and
especially in the northwest, to meet
the people face to face and tell them
the truth, until the citizens of the
north have had their eyes opened in
many matters concerning the south.
Another reason for increased immi~
grafton is the fact that the high prices
of farm products have distributed
large amount Of money among the
rural classes in the north, and they
have been able to find purchasers for
their farms. Many who have sold out
at good prices are seeking homes in a.
warmer climate, and this also accounts
for the fact why better class OF i'm
migrants are coming South. This
class wants the best lands in the
South, or, at least, lands that may be
easily restored to fertility. Another
powerful factor in this work is the
unquestionable patriotism displayed
all over the South since the beginning
Of hostilities with Spain. Soldiers
from the north by the thousands have
passed through the most beautiful
portions of the southland in the most
beautiful season Of the year, and they
have written home describing the
loveliness Of the country: the fertility
of the soil. the sweetness of the eli
mate and the hospitality Of the peo-
ple-all this has moulded new senti-
ment in the north. Intensifying this
favorable sentiment was the death OF
Bagley, the heroism Of Hobson and
the alacrity with which the South has
responded to the call Of the President
for volunteers.
After viewing the difficulties
which the South has encountered, Col.
Killebrew adds:
"In the face of all these facts, the
south has moved onward and upward.
1t has turned it's face to the sunlight
of prosperity. The desire of the peo-
pie of the South to win more glorious
place in it's country's industrial his
tory will assuredly find its ful6llment
early in the coming century. Through
much tribulation it has been working
ont it's manifest destiny. The irwin
chile spirit Of the Anglo-Saxon rules
it's councils, and though sometimes
slow to act and cautious in it's move
ments, it rarely suffers defeat. and
even turns defeats oftentimes into
glorious triumphs. The south is a
land of high spirited men and women.
1t is the land of beauty and promise
and of conserved power, rich in re-
sources, abounding in fertile soils,
cheap lands, wide forests, numerous
waterfalls, great coal and iron fields,
phosphates, zinc, marble, copper, etc.,
and possessed of climate so genial,
so invigorating, SO happy that pleas,
ures and amenities Of life are doubled
while it's cares and accerbities are re-
duccd to minimum. "
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