Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-04-19
HEADED THIS WAY FROM SOUlH
CAROLINA.

GARUL1NA.
One Of the most pronounced cur
rents in the stream of immigration
pouring into South Georgia is that
from South Carolina. Into Sumter
county as we are all aware, there have
come a number Of enterprising farm
ers from the Palmetto State, men with
ample means to secure farms for them
selves and establish themselves in
permanent homes with every prospect
of a successful career in their new
environments. Still others have made
investments here, but have not as yet
pulled up roots and established them
selves amid new surroundings. These
and others will eventually find their
way into the country in the vicinity of
Americas. Indeed, it is fairly safe to
assert that within the next one to
three years there will be a decided and
most welcome addition to the South
Carolina colony, progressive, expert
enced planters who will play their
part in the future development of this
section.
But Sumter county is not the only
one that is having its population in
creased from this source. Into other
counties more of the sturdy, desirable
South Carolina stock is steadily flow
ms. Many settlers iR~Ge8rgia recent
1y have hailed from that state and
have brought with them news that ar
army Of others regard Georgia as their
Eldorado and are eagerly awaiting an
opportunity to become citizens of this
state. Over in Anderson county there
is said to be a marked disposition
to dispose Of valuable plantations with
this intention. Still others expect to
come in the fall, and by next winter
a well developed movement into Geor-
gia from not only Anderson but other
prosperous communities of South
Carolina is to be looked for.
South Georgia is being discovered,
as it were. The movement this way
is but in it's incipiency. Not only
South Carolina but a dozen other states
Will be contributing to it before long.
It is just beginning to be realized
that no other part of the country Of
fers lands so cheaply that can be
made to yield so prifitably that no
other section offers greater oppor-
tunities, that here the home seeker
can work under the best of conditions
and with greater assurance of success
than anywhere else. Lands are still
to be had in various parts of South
Georgia at five to fifteen dollars an
acre. Even here, in highly developed
Sumter county with its magnificent
roads, with it's plantations presenting
one of the prettiest pictures of ag2i-
cultural progress and prosperity to
be seen in the South, with every ad-
vantage that is enjoyed by any section
any many that are not to be found
elsewhere, lands are still obtainable
at prices that seem ridicuIously low
in comparison with those of western
states where opportunities are not
half so great. No wonder that as the
facts become more and more circulated
men are sitting up, paying attention,
and getting ready to seize the oppor-
tunity:
The development of Sumter and
other South Georgia counties has been
rapid Of late, but nothing to compare
with what it will be in the next five
! years. Five to ten years from now Sum
ter county will be one of the star
counties of the United States Think
of a county twenty miles square in
which there will be over 300 miles Of
the finest highways to be found any
where, whose crops in a year will ag-
gregafe in value $8,0o0,000, with 4
capital city approaching 10000 in pop
ulation, with a citizenry unexcelled in
prosperity, in character, in intelli-
gence, and you will know what Sum-
ter county will be before the next
| census is taken.