The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-08-28
ON THE RIGHT LINE. ]
Strong God Fearing Men From the
North Of Scotland.
Nv! WHAT SOUTH CAROLINA NEEDS


for bringing Them TO
H This Country.
To the Editor Of The News and
+ Courier: Possibly there is not citizen
Of this State engaged in agriculture
: certainly not thinking onc-who
4 has not given the matter Of labor con
T siderable Thought.
What with the emigration to the
lumber mills and turpentine farms Of
Georgia and Florida and the incflici-
ency and indisposition to work OF the
growing generation Of negroes, the
problem Of field labor is one of press
ing moment-one that must be met
and, IL possible solved.
l am not one of those who regard
the building OF factories as an all l-un-
mixed good. UnQucstionably the mills
(; have, drawn and are drawing from the
country. q large proportion Of the
s yeomanry Of the land--the hardy sons
of toil-and are leaving it and its
health-gtying occupations to the ne
gro.
Instead Of remaining upon and till
ing our fair fields, drinking the pure
air of heaven and following those oc-
cupat!ons conducive to the highest
moral as well as PHYSICAL develop
ment, they congregate in close fac
tory villages and breathe only putrid
air Of crowded houses filled with
inert, pale and dwarfcd factory child
Sbut4 must wonder Of what class will
be Lie generation three ur four rcmoy-
ed from the present!
THE NEGRO DETERIoRATINu.
Itmnst be admitted, too, that the
negro is fast dctcriorating in point Of
efficiency, TO say nothing of his morals
and irrcsponsibility. The "old-timc
darl1y' is dying out and the younger
generation Il speak in all kindness,
for have nothing but good will to-
! wards the negro,) shows no disposi-
tion to improve himself
With due Difference to Booker
Washington aud his crusade for the
Yankee dollar,' venture the asser-
tion, and such Is my.infOrmabiOn, that
not 10 per cent Of the graduates in
the several departments OF manual
labor of ofiTuskegee Industrial College
follow their several trades after leav-
ing the College grounds.
What, under these circumstances,
sshall sSweSs5d o2s1 Abandon our lands,
ssssSS our famiii to tile towns
a and forsake this, the first as well as
h the highest, nOblcSt and most import
3, ant of al occupations? Teach cur
+ children other pursuits and make of
them poor preachers, shyster lawyers,
quack doctors, or precarious mcr-
chants?
While not a great admircr Of MIR.
Bryan in some Of his ideas and
fallacieS, yet there was never IL truer
utterance than when he said, Burn
down your cities and leave our farms
and your cities will spring up again
asiifjby magic; but destroy our farms
andrthc grass will grow in the streets
of>eycry city in the country"
Being largely engaged and interest
ed In farming, ] have given this mat
ter considerable thought and believe
that by concert Of action and the cx-
penditure Of a few dollars, which will
In a short while return tcnfold or
more, scheme can be adopted which
will procure many, if not us many rs
we need, Of the best agricultural
laborerS in the world.
Though not native and to the
manner born" Of Scotland, l am but
one generation removed, and 1 have
visited the old country several times,
besides keeping up communication
with several persons there. The north
OF that.
Land Of The brown heather and
shaggy wood,
Land of the mountain and the flood !"
is densely populated with il class of
people. the finest specimens OF man
hood and womanhood ever saw. The
country is rugged and infertile, and
hence the people, as Il class, are very
poor. Who has read Ian McLaren's
inimitable stories but has in his
minds eye a picture Of these people,
poor but proud Of their blood and
descent: honest from principle, not
from policy; intensely patriotic yet
cosmopolitan in their ideas; religious,
but not fanatic; Industrious, frugal
and as fine labOrcrS us the world can
produce:
Many Of these people wish to emf
crate and would, did they have the
means; and at times the bare ncccS-
SarieS Of life are so difficult, to obtain
that the public authorities encourage
emigration. America is the land OF
promise and OF plenty to these hard
working people, but heretofore the
colonies Of Great Britain especially
Canada and Australia have received
majority, owing to the aid given
them by those colonies and the effort
made 10 direct emigration in those
dircctions. am satisfied that we
can direct TO our own State this most
desirable population if wc make the
proper effort.
MIR. MATIEsON'S PLAN.
The plan | suggest is as folloTs:
Let the citizens OF each county hold
a meeting on the first Monday in
November next and form an aSsocia-
tion to be known as "rhc County
ImmjpratiOn SOcicty y clcctjn.r tho