The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-18
SETTLERS WANTED.
Earnest Men Attend the immigration
Convention in Columbia.
TIE PLAN OF WORK ADOPTED.
There Were Delegations from Nearly
Half Of the Counties in the
State aJ the Meeting
Last Tuesday.

that city last Tuesday week what n
time may be one Of the great agencies
for making the State as great COM
mercially and agriculturally as it is
in its manufacturing interests. This
object they hope to accomplish
through immigration, the ENGRAVING
upon the citizenship OF this State OF
sturdy settlers from the old country
who will populate the agricultural
section now being deprived Of its citi-
zens in order to give them employ
ment in the cotton mills.
MANY COUNTIES REPRESENTED.
There were present representatives
from Is counties when the delegates
assembled in the hall Of the house Of
representatives. Col. Knox Living
ston, of BennettSville, was called to
the chair and Col. E. J. Watson was
made secretary. A committee On
nominations proposed the following
list Of officers which was adopted by
acclamation:
President-A. J. Matheson Of Ben
nettsville.
Secretary-E. J. Watson Of Colum-
bia.
Vice presidents from the congress
Sional districts in the order named:
J. E. Tinoal of Clarendon, T. S. Will
lianas Of Aiken, Fred G. Brown Of An
derson, J. T. Douglass Of Union, Le-
roy Springs Of Lancaster, DR.. J. H.
David Of Dillon, F. q. Hyatt Of Co.
lumbia.
The attendance was gratifying and
the personal interest Of the delegates
inspires the belief that the meeting
together will not be in vain; that
there is a lofty purpose and that the
representative men who were present
will do what they can to bring to
South Carolina settlers who in the
years to come will become a part Of
the States best citizenship.
The original purpose was to discuss
the plan proposed by Mr.. a. j. Mathe-
son Of Bennettsyille, who had sug
geSted in letter to The State that
an agent from South Carolina could
find in Scotland sturdy folk of thrifty
habits who would give new life to the
farm work wherever they might be
colonize0 if brought to South Carolina.
Mr.. Matheson's idea was not acted
upon, but all such concrete matters
were left to the general committee
which was appointed.
A committee on resolutions was
then appointed and the convention
receded from business until o'clock.
When the committee reported, there
was some confusion. Many Of the
delegates wanted to digest the report,
but the Charleston delegation-want-
ing to leave the city at 4.30-carried
it's point and the convention remained
in session taking up the report para
graph by paragraph until it was dis
posed of. The feature cf the day was
the strong and statesman-l;ke speech
Of Col. Jno. P. Thomas. Col. Thomas
has been deeply interested and was
present as a delegate from Charleston.
When the report was presented he e9-
pressed his disapproval because Of it's
limitations.
A PATRIOTIC SPEECH.
The meeting was called for high
purpose and that purpose had been
lost sight of in the report. He want
ed the document amended so that Mr..
MauheSon's proposition would be
taken up in concrete form. Col.
Thomas then discussed the philoso-
ply Of this movement. as he spoke
a number Of young men became deep
" interested, for be brought to their
attention racial and economic ques-
tions which they had regarded as but
secondary. Col. Thomas told Of the
immigration in 1870 with Gen. John
son Hagood as the moving spirit. 1t
had been inaugurated by PROSTATE
State. The movement now on foot
has a bright future. He thought the
matter deserving Of more delioeration
and very careful Thought.
A number Of others agreed with
Col. Thomas, but Col. Gadsden de-
clared that all that is necessary at
this time is to organize, and then the
details can be worked out by the COM
nittee. The convention then pro-
ceeded to adopt the resolutions para
graph by paragraph. When the mat
ter of having a representative at St.
Louis was reached Mr.. McMahan Of
fered opposition. He preferred to
send a man to Scotland. The tide OF
immigration cannot be turned back
from the west, but We should catch it
before the tide comes in. Mr.. E. J.
Watson disagreed with Mr.. McMahan.
1t has been shown by Mississippi val
lev States that immigrants can be
brought this way from the west.
At this point Mr.. J. c. Hemphill,
editor Of The News and Courier, pre-
sented Mr.. NJ. V. Richards, land and
industrial agent of the Southern and
a delegate through the courtesy
Of the Columbia Chamber Of Com
merce. Mr.. Richards spoke earnestly
in favor Of having man at St. Louis.
,rhe best returns will come from the
northwest. A great many people
there are dissatisfied. The effort is
being made to bring them to the
south and is succeeding.
The Southern railway has colonized
600 families from the northwest on
ore branch OF the Southern in Vir-
oinia and every now and then this
colony brings IN a good family from
the old country. It is better to bring
from the west dissatisfied people who
will learn to love the south than to
bring in raw em,grants who have
never learned our tongue. This was
the only point in the resolutions which
occasioned debate and the paper was
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