The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-01-27
IMMIGRATION SOUTH.
Large Parties Attracted to South Car
OIinn and Elsewhere.
Washington Star,

The work of the last decade in induc-
ing immigration to the Southern States
by the land and industrial department
of the Southern railway, assisted by
the residents and the various indus
trial organizations of the south, is
bearing results that surpass expecta-
tions. Large parties pass through
Washington almost daily on their
way to the south to take up new
homes. Special attention is being
paid to the farmer immigrants. They
are being attracted from Canada and
Europe.
Representatives of party of 200
PROSPECTIVE German immigrants OF
the north states and the fatherland,
companed by officials of the rail-
way company, passed through the
city last night to make tour OF In
spection of the south. They are de-
sirous of getting an option on lO,GOn
acres of land, and will visit the more
productive states to- find n suitable 10
cation. The land will be selected
with a view to its fertility, advantages
and the healthfulness Of the COM
munity. i,
Mr.. M. V. Richards, head of the
land and industrial department of the
railway, is pleased with the results
attained in South Carolina. He says
there are a number of feasible and
we'll considered colonization projects
under way in the south at the present
time. =.
ards "feels the effect of the eXtraordl-
nary factory development, develop
ment which for several years has at
tracted to itself not only the most able
and energetic men of the state, but
the better class of farm labor as we'll
The mill men have reached a point
where they realize that the source OF
their labor where they realize that
the source of their labor-the rural
districts-must be replenished with
people to meet local demands for the
raw stople, as well as supply the mar
ket which the mills have brought In
TO existence with such marvellous ra-
pidity.
"One of the movements referred to
contemplates interesting Scotch I'M
migrants. The Scotch figured pro-
minently in the early colonial settle,
menls in both the Carollnas, and
many of their leading and most pro-
gressive citizens are of Scotch or
Scotch-Irish extraction. The environ
ment is highly favorable to Scosch
Immigrants. !,
"Another movement looks to the
provinces of Canada for reinforce
ments of the rural population. A
considerable colony of French Ca
uadians has taken up lands near Sum-
merville and it is expected that many
more will follow ia the near future:
| These p.ople like the French and
Italians of the continent are exceed
inglv close farmers and skilled vint-
yardists. and are especially well
adapted to conditions in the Carollnas
Other communities are making ef-
forts to attract German immigration.
While different sections have their
preferences, the German farmer is
everywhere acceptable. No more
wholesome influence can be intro
duced into siDgle.crop sections than
the methods of the German farmer,
illustrated by the German himself:
1t is a method which has retained and
conserved the fertility of the soil OF the
fatherland through hundreds of years
devoted to constant cultivation"
The officials Of the Southern Rail
way Company are in receipt of infor-