The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-16
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THE lHImIGRANT SHIP wITTE-
KIND ARRIVES Ar
Charleston from Germany With Near.
" Five Hundred Passengers
Who Come to Stay.

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The long expected and much talked
of North German Lloyd steamer Wit.
tekind arrived at Charleston from Bre.
msn on last Sunday with ATS passen.
geIson board, being the frat of at leaut
Two vessels which the big steamship
corporation 10 to run to Charleston,
IN Ii movement inaugurated by
State Commissioner Watson to divert
tho Gide OF immigration from northern
ports to Charleston, that these people
may be distributed through South
Carolina, supplying much needed ag.
flculbural, mechanical and labor
hsncs, whore they are most desired.
tits probable that tho Wittekind will
prove the first Of o regular and per.
manent line Of steamships for both
passengers and freight bstween Char
lesion and Bremen, the permanenoe
OF tho line being In o measure depend.
ene upon ahe auoceas OF the swo first
Vessels. The second vessel Ia duo TO
sail fTom Bremen on Deo. 81 for Char.
lesion.
On the Wittokind were twenty. five
cabin passengers; nineteen adults, i've
childron and ono infant. In the STEER.
ago were 394 adults. as childyen and
eleven ipfAnts. There wore 112 fam
lilies, rs single men and two single
women. 1t is worthy Of note that the
number Of married people grew sud.
denly IN n day, early Sunday morn.
ing Commissioner Watson marrying
no less than twenty-nino couples, re-.
ductpg to his extent the number OF
0! gloles for bachelors and maids at
nome. There were 126 adult Belgisns
ana 20 children, eight adult Hollan.
ders and three children, and tho rest
OF The party was made up OF Auslri.
ans, Franch, GoImans and other ma,
tionaliti0s. Worry few Of tho immi-
grants speak English. Tho religion
Of the immigrants ia mostly Catholic,
with, however, q good number Of Lu
therns.
All tho cabin passengers left Char.
lesion Sunday afternoon for Columbia
and the greater part Of the storage
passengers will also 60 to the capitol,
and There be distributed by Commits
9ionor Watson's ofico. The places to
which immigrants are ticketed are rs
follows: Anderson, , hester, Darling.
ton. Columbia, Fort Mill, G.endalc,
Greenville, Hartsville, Lancaster,
Greer +, Lockhart, Wexford and War.
reuSille, as far 20 can ba now stated.
Tho departure OF tho passengers was
facilitated by tho Southern railaay
having Eunber Of cars on the East
Shore terminal tracks under the per.
sonal iirection Of Division Superin.
tenden6 Hunt. Tha pzssengera are
generally OF a fine class. Several of
tho cabin passengers are particularly
vol to do, II of the number being o
wealthy farmer Of 40. 600 frarc), who
ID going to prospect in this state. Very
few OF the passengers will remain Ia
Charleston, Notwithstanding the large
demand for the help.
The number OF immigrants would
have Oaen Htiil larger but for tho fact
th-t the agricultural paoplo arc undo
contracts anu could not leave their
farmS. These contracts will, however.
have lapsed by tdo time thot the next
steamer departs. The present law
also fDrbids the carry ing Of second.
claas passengers from Denmark, who's
vii not be In eff:cb at tue time of
HAS v nai'LJR' luG DuUUDT Oh paD-
s7ngers would have bsen still larger
rom the northern part Of Elropa but
for 8 publication In y ST. Nichols pa
p3r OF the mos6 exaggerated accounts
Of the Atlantis riot.
IL SHOULD be ntsted to Col. Watson's
crt dit also that he has secured what
no Olher national or state Representa-.
tive has ever been able to secure-5be
sanction OF the Belgian government
Tor the emiRraii q CT the people from
chat 60 lntry. BAron de Favoreu wac
especially helpful and cooperative, as
VS. the Olmmessalro D'Enigration
Cnapelle In assisting him to socure the
sanction OF the government. The Bel
CLAN people are especially hne weav-
ora, and Dol. Watson stands commit
cd to return them to their country T.
they are not satisfied with their lot
here; but no IS certain that they viii
ell be well placed and will not desire
TO roturn.