The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-21
PLANTS ATTRACT
IMMIGRANTS.
l,i stsy
q Magyar Farmer Would se-
cure Farmers From
Abroad.
FOR AN INLAND |. WATERWAY {. 4 a (
Dcnials Made by Coal Agents
FOR AN INLAND WATERWAY
Dcnials Made by Coal Agents
That Norfolk Is Being Dis s.
cl>il1inated Against.
Special to Tho Tlmes-D Dispatch,

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NORFOLK. VA Dec. Job. s. Lind-
folk county, will lay his plan OF bringing
immigrants to this section before the
State Board Of Agriculture. He has
talked with leading members of Norfolk's
commercial bodies and With others who
are Interested in bringing to this section
desirable class Of immigrants. ind he
believes he WILD able to point the way
TO accomplishing this end. Mr.. Lindsay,
who Is himself Il Magyar, said to-day:
MY suggestion Is not to bring here
immigrants who have settled as farmers
elsewhere, as this would be difficult, II
not impossible, but to secure for this Sec
ton that class OF immigrants born and
laiscd on firms in tho old countries and
worked as farmers up to the time Of
Il their coming to this country, lured by
agents away from their happy and peace
aful surroundings to mines and factories
4 IN this country. There are many OF these
unfortunate foreigners, and under the
most adverse conditions some of them
have saved enough. money to buy land
and sarc looking for suitable land on
8.whichsto settle.,'s III &
a5 William III. I.umsden, secretary OF the
4 Chamber Of Commerce. has receiYAda;t
communication from Congressman John
! II. Small. OF North Carolina. in reference
TO the movement In the interest Of an
Inland waterway route from Norfolk to
Z Beaufort Inlet. An invitation las also
been received by the Chamber OF Com
smcrce from the Columbia Is. c. Cham
bcrEof Commerce to send 5delega ties to an
Interstate convention. which Will be held
In Columbia on December 2stli. Repre-
4 Bcntatives from the y commercial organi-
zations In all the principal cities between
Baltimore and ucksonyile are expected
5to$be present.
Captain Charles II a Nelson, wrecking
agent Of the Merritt ana Chapman Com
pany. arrived In Norfolk this morning on
= he Old Dominion steamship Monroe from
New York. s. Captain Nelson fell sick
while engaged In the work OF floating the
s big ship Massachusetts, which was
stranded near Kingston, Jamaica. He
was sent to Nassau and later TO New
York, but az his Illness became more So
riou.s 1t was thought best to bring him 10
!. his home. i 75ls
Mr.. Charles NJ. Barnett. OF Cashier.
II Cnrran e Builitt. agents for Pocahontas
steam coal. den led this morning a sta te-E
ment coming from Philadelphia to the
effect that a shortage In the supply OF
coal here had resulted In the departure
OF n fleet OF vessels for that port TO-
y secure en- rgf,Ns. si5 III IN
y. " /. Muldangh. soliciting agent OF the
Atlantic Cast Line. denies tic report that
n tho company IS discriminating nGaiast
Norfolk and other ports ii favor OF VII
3 ming ton, N. g. So
Tho Atlantic Coast Marine Fire..
mems Union, which has Ia branch here
a has given up as dead orfamong the miss
INK Harry Gibson. the business agent Of
athe Norfolk union. who mysteliousy d. -
appeared nearly two weeks ago and has
not been heard from since December Sths
4 The International union has Just n p
& pointed Jack Brothers. OF this city.
3 business agent for tho local union to-
succeed him. AZ farsas can be asccr-
talned. all efforts ITO locate the missing
3 manor learn his fate have been discon-
5tinued for the reason that all that could be
done has been donc.$and Gibson's friends.
as we'll have no material
1 with which to work to enab bic them to-
find anything Of d tangible nature.
Miss j. Madeleine Higgs. for some
time head nurse in the Sarah Leigh Hos
98pital and latterly being engaged In spri-3
yatn nursing in Norfolk, will shortly en-
ter "Aii Saints 9 Home" In Baltimore,
with the intention OF becoming mem
Der of the Episcopal sisterhood there es-
4 tabished. She will ]cavc for Baltimore
b on January; goth.