The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-26

Columbia, April 24.-Commissione
Watson returned yesterday fom a high
ly important trip to the east. Speak
ing of the results of his visit to your
correspondent today he said:
'tI have been in the East for the
past month for the specific purpose OF
launching a work that has never yet
been attempted by any State in the
Union, and what we have done has
attracted attention not only In New
but throughout the Eastern States.
Our efforts have been directed to the
securing of investments Of northern
capital for the fullest development OF
a rich field of mineral resources as yet
merely scatched over, and to the turn
lug of the tide of the most desirable
immigration from the congested cen
tres of the East to our sparcely settled
Southland. 70 this end I have ap-
pointed as special representative and
attorney of my department. IN New
York city Mr.. Raymond L. Grif1iss,
former Southerner who is a member
of Che law firm of Fetzer & Grifiiss,
Fifth and Broad streets, and Mr.
Francis A. Dugro,a nephew of Justice
Dugro of the New York suprmes conrt
has been commissioned as his assls.
tant. In 4S hours after the announce
ment of the fact that we were to
have a resident representative IN New
York city the number of callers at
the Office was such that it became
necessary Immediately to open another
Office at 1S Broad street for the pur-
pose of attending to the hundreds OF
inquiries in the labor branch OF the
departments work and for the pur-
pose OF giving information to small
purchasing farL cts. In two days
time nearly a hundred people we're
shipped to South Carolina.
During my stay in New York / met
and talked with hundreds of the most
influential men, including representa-.
tives of the German, Hungarian and
Holland governments, and large
number of settlers of the most deslr-
able north European people, as well
as New Englanders are in immediate
contemplation as result. La regard
to undevefoped mineral resources the
department has gotten into the closest
touch with people who handle these
properties, and l believe that we, will
accomplish a great work in the near
future
81 have made arrangements for the
sending of several natives to spch
countries rs Holland, Germany and
the Scandinavian peninsular to do
active work for US in the next few
months. The first of these will sail
within ten days, and will carry with
them full supply of literature printed
in Dutch
81 was somewhat surprised to find
that the metropolitan press was deeply
interested in the work we have launch
ed in South Carolina on behalf of the
middle South, and the heartlest CO.
operation has been extended to us.
The New York Herald in particular
has taken up this work and great re-
suits should follow. Among others who
have manifested interest in the work
We are doing is Mr.. William Benbough
the famous war correspondent and
cartoonist, who with his accomplished
wife, the authoress, will visit South
Carolina within the next two weeks
with a view to preparing series of
magazine articles dealing with the
possibilities of the New South.
"We have things now thoroughly
organized both at home and in the
East, and in a fortnight the work in
the untouched territory abroad will
be put in shape, and then for month
or more my Undivided attention will
be given to the northwest.
Columbia, April 24.-Governor Ter