The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-07
The Beginning Of Development.

The Beginning Of Development.
The Wittekind With her cargo
of human freight has at last ar
rived, and We hope the expert,
ment Of bringing to cur South
ern shores these people from
across the Atlantic will result in
being the beginning Of a tide OF
first class immigrants to the
South, where respectable and IN
telligent white labor is so sadly
needed to take the place of the
shiftless negro who is fast leav-
ing the fields to loaf IN the towns
and cities.
Col. E. J. Watson: commits
sioner Of immigration, deserves
the we'll done Of his fellow clti-
zens for the valuable service he
has rendered the State in this, the
initial step of a great movement,
u movement which if successful,
will be the material salvation of
the South. But while Colonel
Watson has done much. and de
serves the major portion Of the
credit, for he will be expected
to see to st that the people he
l,ronoh4 from their far away
homes are given proper treat
ment, there are others deserv-
ing of praise for their encourage
ment Of this great work. The
News and Courier, and the Co
lumbia State have at all times
strongly advocated the holding
up of Commissioner Watson's
hands, and we believe the many
well written articles in these
two newspapers on the subject
Of immigration had much to do
with allaying opposition in the
State, and was factor IN aiding
the Commissioner in his work of
showing to these aliens the ad-
vantages the South had to offer
them. We rejoice with the News
and Courier in this progressive
movement. and find pleasure in
reproducing its first editorial af-
ter the arrival Of the "Wltte-
kind"
WATSON BRINGS IN TIE WITTENISD.
Hats of to Col. E. J. Watson. Com
missioner of immigration for South
Carolina. He has performed the most
valuable service for this State. a ser
vice that entities him to the thanks OF
all our people. He came into this port
Yesterday morning on board the North
German ship WiJtekind, bringing with
him about FIVE hundred desirable peo-
pie for settlement in South Carolina. A
more carefully selected, promising COM
panv of Immigrants has never been
landed at any port in theUnited States.
There was not one anarchist among
them, not single pauper or dependent
person, not one who will find the pro-
cess of assimilation into American citl-
zenship other than pleasant exercise.
They came with their trunks and boxes
and baskets, filed with such store OF
household goods as they could trans
port with them to this land Of promise,
not as contract laborers, but at the IN
vitation of this State, and with the as
surance from its official representative
that they would find abundant oppor-
tunity here for profitable employment.
Coming under such auspices they are
entitled to receive. and will receive,
ample protection and encouragement
from the State.
Among the immigrants there are
men, women and children, entire fami-
lies and single persons, all intent upon
becoming citizens of this State and
country and aiding in the development
of our marvellous material resources.
There were skilled operatives in the
cargo Yesterday. all of whom have al
ready found work IN the cotton mills OF
the State. gardeners and farmers. work
ers in iron, machinists, GLACIERS, car
penters, 3aborers and servants, men
their callings and who will find work
exactly adapted to their several talents
and q fair reward for their services
wherever they are placed. One superb
family OF nine persons was lalded as
soon as the ship reached her wharf
that, in the opinion Of the UnitedSuaJes
Commissioner Of Labor, are worth at
least $4,000 to the State of South Caro-
Ina, and there were other families IN
the lot who will make ideal citizens.
They were all in the best humor and
it was noted by those who saw them
how many refined faces there were
among the voyagerS and how many
wel-dressed people came ashore. They
did not all speak the same tongue, but
they were all evidently moved by the
same spirit OF enterprise, the spirit
which has built up the great West. the
spirit which will build up speedily the
greater South. One of the immigra-
tion officers who came to Charleston to
show US how to manage the business,
said yesterday that he had never seen
a finer shipload of Immigrants and he
rejoiced with the people OF this State
that so many potential American citi-
zens had been added to the population
of this Commonwealth.
There was a great deal of animation
at the immigration pier yesterday. The
wharves and all the ap-
we're filed all day with an in
terested crowd of spectators and on the
head of the pier at which the Witte-
kind lay there We're groups OF men who
had come to Charleston from different
points to talk to Commissioner Sargent
about further immigration to theSouth,
manufacturers in search of weavers for
their mills, the immigration Commis-
sioner OF North Carolina, to take notes
OF now easy it is to handle Immigrants
at this port, housekeepers in search of
good servants, farmers looking out for
Intelligent foremen for their farms.
lumber manufacturers ready to give
to any competent men who
would like to engage in this industry,
and men who were ready to find profit