The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-06-21
ATTENTION LANDOWNERS.
Every One Should Read the Circular
Printed Below.

III. pNAii6 ooia tgJOuI Sc
curing desirable immigration for the
South. 1t is hoped that Southern
farmers and land owners arc giving
TINS 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 Ia an influx Of a worthy
II substantial class of hOme-Seek-
| ers.
Nothing will do more to increase
ana values and the price of farm
products than Il 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-
largemcnt and creation Of new in
dustries, requiring additional labor,
all or 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
GEMS to be an underlying sentiment
uniavorablc TO the introduction of
new settlers. Students OF
who have given this subject the most
careful consideration find that such a
Feeling is based upon con
ccptions Of the advantages Of new
people and now ideas. While the
South is developing rapidly the natu-
raj resources and capabilities the
country to sustain a much larger
population warrants the incoming Of
many more people who can find
homes, the occupancy and develop
mcnt OF which will augment pros
perity and improve Southern condi-
tons i'll cvery way. More immigration
means increased land values, the bet
torment Of the educational facilities,
the Improvement Of public roads, the
addition OF markets, the building Of
more and better towns and the ell.
largcmcnt OF towns already in exist
cnCc, With all of the advantages COM
mon to concentration.
There is room in every county in
every State Of the South for many
more home builders and producers,
and until the farmers and land own
crs now living there take a personal
interest in soliciting and locat-
ing Il good class OF settlers III
their ncighborhood 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:
|. Arc their any lands in your
ncighhorhood unoccupicd or not CIV
ing the owner the returns
suratc with their possibilities?
.. Are YOU making any effort to
introduce worthy and desirable home.
makers to occupy these vacant lands?
II not, did it eve occur to you that
you arc among the numbcr RESPONSE
bic for the upbuilding Of the district
in which yOn live, and that probably
this lack of interest is one Of the
causes why development in your com,
munity has not boon as rapid as II
l should be?
Our attention is frequently called
TO the fact that in many parts OF the
United States, other than the South,
farm lands arc selling from SIS to
$3.50 per aero, while in the South
good improved farms arc for sale at
from $40 TO $35 per acre. Every
thing considered the South has the
best and cheapest lands in the United
States. One of the principal reasons
why the contrast in values is SO
great, is lack of immigration t, he
South. This condition car be Chang
ed If all will on With hat end in
view.
How much more contented the
southern farmer would be if he oc-
cupicd so acres Of land worth 500
per acre, surrounded by farms under
hlgh state OF cultivation, with fine
roads, good schools and large mar
kctS, than by occupying a farm of
,-U acres wort - tlnI nprn ono
nal under cultivation, public roads
OF the country inferior, and the
schools Of the district inadcuuaIy9pSHH1s
Is master OF the first, but thasother
is his master.
There is but littlc dGubt but what
r ~" l"rncrs Ql~fhe South would be
N.Y. o9S!ter off financially and soci-
ally II their holdings We're smaller.
some land owners OF the South begin
to realize this. An instance Of this
is seen wherein Il leading planter
located ON the Southern Railway pro
poses TO give outright, to any relia-
bic farmer, ten acres OF land, and
agrees TO sell thirty acres additional.
provided unc purchaser finds no is
ahIc to properly cultivate the ~incrcas-
ed area. This proposition is made to
induce an Industrious class to settle
in his ncighborhood. This land own
CT has more land than be can take
care OF, ON accoun of scarcity OF
labor. and he argues hat this plan
viii bring to his locality q sufficient
number Of desirable Immigrants with
families, from whom the supply OF
labor so much desired can be Sc
cured.
II every Southern land owner will
Elv" this subject the consideration il