The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-19
ATTENTION LANDOWNERS.
Every One Should Read the Circular
Printed Below.

To the Farmers and Land Owners Of
the South:
A great deal is being said about Sc
curing desirable immigration for the
South. It is hoped that Southern
farmers and land owners are giving
this subject the attention it merits
and appreciate what 1t means to the
South. Without doubt the farmers
and land owners are, or should be,
more interested in this proposition
than any other class Of people; one
of the reasons being, the evident pc
cuniary advantage to the section IN
which there is an influx Of a worthy
and substantial class Of home-seek-
erS.
Nothing will do more to increase
land values and the price of Iar1
products than growing population.
AS population grows, the consuming
capacity naturally increases, which
condition is met through the develop
ment of new land and the better cul-
tivation of older farms. Increased
population gives stimulus to the en-
largement and creation of new in
dustries, requiring additional labor,
all of which depends upon the farm
for subsistence. The more and the
better the farm products, the better
everybody lives.
In some sections Of the South there
seems to be an underlying sentiment
unfavorable to the Introduction OF
new settlers. Students Of economy
who have given this subject the most
careful consideration find that such a
feeling is based upon erroneous con-
ceptions of the advantages Of new
people and new ideas. While the
South is developing rapidly the natu-
raj resources and capabilities Of the
country to sustain much larger
population warrants the incoming OF
many more people who can ind
homes, the occupancy and develop
ment of which will argument pros
perity and improve Southern ccnd1-
tions in every way. More immigration
means increased land values, the bet
terment OF the educational facilities,
the improvement Of public roads, the
addition Of markets, the building OF
more and better towns and the en-
largement OF towns already in exist
ence, with all of the advantages COM
mon to concentration.
There is room In every county n
every State Of the South for many
more home builders and producers,
and until the farmers and land own
ers now living there take a personal
interest in soliciting and locat'
ing good class Of settlers IL
their neighborhood the best results
cannot be obtained.
The following questions are asked
and suggestions made with the hope
that every progressive farmer and
land owner will heed the appeal:
/. Are their any lands in your
neighborhood unoccupied or not CIV.
ing the owner the returns commen'
surate with their possibilities?
2. Are you making any effort tt
introduce worthy and desirable home
makers to occupy these vacant lands:
If not, did it ever occur to you thai
/ YOU are among the number RESPONSE
! BILE for the upbuilding Of the district
in which you live, and that probably
this lack of interest is one of the
causes why development in your com
munitv has not been as rapid as i
should be?
Our attention Is frequently called
to the fact that in many parts Of the
United States, other than the South
farm lands are selling from $50 tt
$3.50 per acre, while in the Soutt
good improved farms are for sale a
from $50 to $50 per acre. Every
thing considered the South has the
best and cheapest lands in the United
States. One of the principal reason:
why the contrast in values is sc
great, is lack of immigration to the
! South. This condition can be chang
ed if all will work with that end IL
view.
How much more contented the
Southern farmer would be If he oc
cupied so acres of land worth s1u'
per acre, surrounded by farms undel
high state of cultivation, with fnt
roads, good schools and large mar
kets, than by occupying farm o.
$50 acres, worth S25 per acre, one
half under cultivation, public roads
of the country inferior, and thu
schools of the district inadequate. HI
is master Of the first, but the othe!
is his master.
There is but little doubt but wha
the farmers of the South would bt
much better off financially and soci
ally if their holdings were smaller
Some land owners of the South begi1
to realize this. An instance Of thi!
is seen wherein a leading plantel
located on the Southern Railway pro
poses to give outright, to any relia
BILE farmer, ten acres of land, anc
agrees to sell thirty acres additional
provided Lne purchaser finds he i:
able to properly cultivate the increas
ed area. This proposition is made tc
induce an industrious class to settle
in his neighborhood. This land own
er has more land than he can take
care of, on account of scarcity o1
labor, and he argues, that this plar
will bring to his locality sufficient
number of desirable immigrants with
families, from whom the supply o1
labor so much desired can be Sc
cured.
If every Southern land owner will
give this subject the consideration II
deserves, he will find home seekers
coming to enjoy the opportunities
which exist in his neighborhood; but
he should take no undue advantage
of the man seeking home, by charg.
ing an excessive price for land; or
the contrary he should aid the pro-
spective new neighbor in obtaining
property at the lowest possible price,
and upon most reasonable terms.
The Golden Rule should be guide
in this as in all things.
Throughout the Northern part OF
the United States there are thousands
of honest, law-abiding, intelligent
and industrious families anxious to
own homes of their own; they will
make good citizens, be a credit to the
community in which they locate, and