The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-11-25
10 the Land Owners of Anderson County

A. NJ Carpenter, Secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, yesterday sent
the following letter to number of land
owners in this County. The letter is
published in these columns in order
that the matter may be given the pub
licity that its Importance deserves:
Dear Sir While in Columbia two
weeks ago in attendance upon the i'm
migration Convention met with Mr..
agents of the Land and Industrial De
partment of the Southern Railway, and
mad very interesting and instructive
talk with them on the subject of imni-
grafton in general and the details OF
securing immigrants in particular.
They gave mo the name of gentleman
in Chicago who has been working as
an immigrant agent for q number OF
years. His b,lsiness is to gather up
Northwest who are dissatisfied with
their homes OH account of climatic and
other conditions and induce them to
settle in tho South. He has settled
several large colonies i'll the South and
has been very successful. They sp Okc
very highly of him, testifying to his
reliability, etc. and suggested that
him in u general! way of the resources
and advantages of Anderson County,
and have received the following re-
ply:
Chicago, Nov. 20, 1908.
"Dear Sir: ! have your letter of
Nov. 12th. for which am greatly
obliged. have been selling lands for
several years in Southern Alabama,
but that country has not proven to be
entirely satisfactory to our Northern
people. The soil requires too much
fertilization, and it il not adapted to
general farming. | hope within the
next few weeks to make q visit to An
derson, when ! will take pleasure in
accepting your invitation to show me
over the country. 1t it is then thought
advisable to undertake immigration, we
can no doubt talk over the details and
come to some agreeable understanding
on q business basis.
Yours very truly, etc"
think this matter OF immigration
is one of great Importance to the land
owners of Anderson County. The
building of 80 many new cotton mills,
and the growth OfOur cities and towns
5arms to the cities and towns. Most
Of the white tenants, and great many
ef' - small land owners, have already
,"r.. ilunu tho farms to tho towns, and
III many sections of tho county the
farming is done entirely by negro labor.
Negro labor is unsatisfactory and is
becoming more and more BID every year.
We are confronted with this propOsi
5iLn: We must get more white farmers
IN Anderson County. or many OF our
farms will have to be abandoned or
turned into cattle ranges. Those who
have studied the question are of the
opinion that we can moro quickly build
up our waste lands, and settle up the
sparsely populated communities, by in
ducing q thrifty class of white immi,,
grants from the bleak North and
Northwest than by any other means.
Understand, am not going into the
real estate business. The work | am
doing along this line ia simply part of
my duties as Secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, and my Compensn
tion is already provided for. am not
going to ask anybody for II cent. The
gentleman wiiii is cunning mere. how
ness Tor his health. II he decides to
undertake to bring immigrants to this
County he will doubtless want pnv for
his services, but that may be arranged
by commissions on the lands that he
may sell or by some other means
That, however, is h'detail that will
take care of itself and will be arranged
later.
WhatI want to do now is to get q
list Of lands for sale In this county as
fully ae. possible, with information as
to its location, CD araoter, impro ve-
meuts, price, terms. ETC., 80 that may
have all this ready for the gentleman
when he comes. This will enable us
: to reach decision as to what may be
done. and 1t will also enable him to get
In touch and communication with the
Band owners Of the County who have
hands for eale more quickly than may
DO done otherwise.
IL this matter Is Of any interest to
yOu would be glad to have you reply
m writing as quickly as possible. II it
1s not Of interest toyou, will you please
hand this letter to some one in your
community who may be interested7
The success of this Undertaking will
Gspend wholly on the interest the
landowners of the County will take in it.
Yours very truly.
A. NJ. Carpenter,
Secretary Chamber of Commerce.