The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
,S'EIsfIffL ERS5. S { N AN TED. Ed
Earnest Men Attend the Immigration
&: convention ii Columbia. }i3
THE PLAN OF WORK ADOPTED.
There We're Delegations from Nearly
3sSs.ls 3ssls Half OF the Counties In the #
3 State az the Meeting
SIS Inst Tuesday. ]. /. q
Last Tuesday.

a that city last Tuesday week what In
Il time may bc one OF the great agencies
e for makinGNthe State as great COM
merctallys and agriculturally as 1t is
an Its manufacturing interests. This
3 object they hope to accomplish
i through immigration, the ENGRAVING
upon the citizenship OF this State Of
s. sturdy settlers from the old country
S who will populate the agricultural
3 section now being deprived of its citl-
( zens In order to give them employ
ment In the cotton mills.
5sssSS MANY COUNTIES REPRESENTED.
There were present Representative,
3 from 18 counties when the delegates
assembled In the hall of the house of
representatives. Col. Knox Living
ston, Of Bennettsvllle, was called to
Il the chair and Col. E. j. Watts IN was
y made secretary. A committee on
nominations proposed the following
q list OF officers which was adopted by
\ acclamation:
President-A. J. Matheson of Ben
nettsyille.
Secretary-E. J. Watson OF Colum-
: bia. 5
Vice presidents from the congress
s1onal districts in the order named:
J.5E. Tindal OF Clarendon, It. S. VIII
llams or Aiken, Fred 6. Brown OF an
derson, ]. T. Douglass Of Union, Le-
& roy Springs Of Lancaster, DR.. J. H.
David OF Dillon, Il. Ii. Hyatt Of Co.
i lumbia.
The attendance was gratifying and
the personal interest Of the delegates
insnires the belief that the meeting
together Will not be in vain; thai
there is q lofty purpose and that Lhe
& representative men who were present
3 will do what they can to bring to
South Carolina settlers who in the
1 years to come will become a part OF
the States best citizenship.
The original purpose was to discuss
tue plan proposed by Mr.. "A. ]. A1athe-
y son of Bennettsviiie, who had sug-
gested In q letter to The State that
an agent from South Carolina could
q find in Scotland sturdy folk Of thrifty
habits who would give new life tx. the
y farm work wherever they might be
yssc colonized Il brought to South Carolina.
gssesM Z r.als Afath heson's idea was not acted
upon, but all such \ con ncrete 4 matters
lssssWets The general committee
ts@s SEl''s'
ofSI 5Wls
hen ppointed 4 and the y con- nYention
Y recede from business until q o'clock.
5f hen. the committee reported, there
was some confusion. Many OF the
"a delegates wanted to digest the report
81 but the Charleston delegation want
Ing to leave the city at 4.3O-c carried
Its point and the convention remained
! In session taking up the report para
graph by paragraph until it was dis.
e posed of. The feature of the day was
the strong and statesman-like speech
or Col. Jno. 2. Thomas. Col. Thomas
has been deeply interested and was
Z present as a delegate from Charleston.
Y When the report was presented be ex-
pressed his disapproval because Of its
limitations. nm
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..
Y Matheson's proposition would be
taken up In concrete form. Col.
Thomas then discussed the philoso.
ply Of this movement. AS he spoke
q number Of young men became deep.
\ ~ interested, for he brought to their
attention racial and economic ques-
tions which they had regarded as but
Z secondary. Col. Thomas told of the
Immigration in 1870 with Gen. John
son Hagood as the moving spirit. 1t
had been inaugurated by a prostrate
State. The movement now on foot
has bright future. Hc thought the
matter deserving Of more deliberation
and very careful thought.
4 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
mittee. The convention then pro-
ceeded to adopt the resolutions para
graph by paragraph. When the mat
ter OF having q representative at st.
Louis was reached Mr.. McMahan Of
fered opposition. He preferred to
send o man to Scotland. The tide OF
immigration cannot be turned back
from the west, but we should catch it
DeIofe The tide comes in. Mr.. e. J.
Watson disagreed with Mr.. McNlahan.
1t has been shown by Mississippi val.
ley States that immigrants can be
brought this way from the west.
At this point Mr.. J. G. Hemphill,
editor OF The News and Courier, pre-.
sented Mr.. nj. v. Richards, land and
industrial agent Of the Southern and
q delegate through the courtesy
of the Columbia Chamber OF Com
merce. Mr.. Richards spoke earnestly
In favor Of having man at St. Louis.
The 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
( one branch OF the Southern In Yir-
ginia and every now and then this
colony brings III u good family from
( the old country. 1t is better to bring
from the west dissatisfied people who
will learn to love the south than to
bring In raw emlgrants who have
never learned our tongue. This was
the only point In the resolutions which
occasioned debate and the paper was
then adopted, first by paragraphs and
then as q whole. Following Is the
report OF the committee: