The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-20
TO SETTLE GERMAN FARMERS.
Mr.. BrObstOn's Big Scheme for Col
Onizing south Georgia Lands.

Mr.. BrobstOn's Big Scheme for Col
Onizing south Georgia Lands.
Brunswick. Ga, Dec. 19.-Mr. Edwin
Brobston returned from a several
weeks business trip to New York to-
day, and was asked to give out the
particulars of big colonization deal
that his firm is known to have been
working on. The deal is said to in
clude the almost immediate removal of
hundreds of German farmers from the
fields of Russia and their colonization
at first on 1000 acres of land in Glynn
county, to be followed by the settling
of thousands in various counties OF
South Georgia. all of whom are TO en-
gage extensively in truck farming. The
deal bids fair to rival in magnitude
that proposed by the English syndi-
cate which has been so much talked of
in recent days for South Georgia and
it is rumored in this instance that the
land has been bought and agents of
the colonists are now in Russia gath
ering the immigrants who will be
brought to this country via New York
city. The first detachment
of about twenty-five families
is to start very shortly. and these
will he followed by attachments each
NFch VI UW6Ity -llNG IdIllltlCSs uiilll dil
aggregate of several thousand is
reached for this Immediate section.
Mr.. Brobston declined to discuss the
matter to-day.
1t is said that the first purchase of
10000 acres of land has been made
from Mr.. ]. F, OShougnessy of New
York, who owns "a vast quantity of
land near, Brunswick.
The colonists are to be brought from
IN he n ief, ~ lar
mans are oppressed. They are de-
scendants of a people who about $50
years ago went to Russia from Ger
many. AT that time the Russians gave
them good treatment. OF late the
Russians have been oppressive. so
much so in recent years that
the peasants have determined to seek
other climes. Mr.. Legler being made
familiar with the conditions and the
desires of the people commenced bring
ing them to this country and to Mexico.
The owners of property near Bruins
wick, and in other portions of South
Georgia, sought him out to turn the
tide of immigration this way. The
present deal is the result, and as a
consequence, it is more than probable
that in the next few years this section
and all Of South Georgia will be tenn
ing with first-class German farmers.
Inc southern halfway immigration
Department is said to be also largely
interested in helping to locate the col
onists in South Georgia.
Secretary Ogg of the Board of Trade
has been confined to his room for sew
eral days with erysipelas of the foot.
He IS suffering much pain.
An incipient fire in the Phoenix Club
came near proving disastrous to the
handsome sitting room of that organ
ization at an early hour this morn
ing, but prompt work by Chief Green
and the department put it out in time
to save all except smoke damage.
Mr.. 3. Brink, president of the Mich
igan Company that bought the Okee-
fenokee swamp property, is in the city
for the winter, ice and snow making
1t impracticable to do much business
up his way.
Representative Symons' bill, known
as the Compromise Fish BILL is now
law and it prohibits anyone to seine
in any of the waters of Georgia during
the months of June, July, and August,
and the catching of sturgeon is made
unlawful for five years.