The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-06
CONSULTATION OF THE
GREATEST COLONIZATION
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vertise the resources of the state by
large exhibits In the land shows at
New York and Chicago next fall. This
alone will cost them $4,000 and the
people Of Mississippi, who, first and
last will be most benefited by this
colonization movement, are not asked
to put up one cent of the amount.
These exhibits will all be from Missis-
sippi, and the state will be represent
ed by larger and more expensive ex-
hibition spaces than any other state
south Of the Ohio river. The exhibits
in these spaces will come particularly
from South Mississippi, and many of
the leading farmers and horticulturists
have already agreed to provide cred
table exhibits. An invitation will be
extended to others to join in this great
advertisement by furnishing exhibits.
1t viii cost them nothing, and every
exhibit will bear the name and the
address Of the man who sent 1t.
Railroads viii Cooperate.
The railroads of the north and east
have already been sounded as to cheap
rates for the land allotment, and next
October every road in the great states
of those sections will be quoting and
advertising cheap rates to the Land
Allotment at Hattiesburg," and from
that on regular colonists rates to South
Mississippi will be advertised.
Promoters Not Selfish.
These gentlemen back of this great
plan are not selfish They have a
great plan, and they have gone at it in
a broad, big way, but they do not hope
or expect to pre-empt this territory.
They frankly and fully admit that
there Is room for all" and if others
who may have practical plans for the
settlement of the three million acres
of cut-over lands of South Mississippi,
wish to "get into the game" they are
more than welcome; for the more
agencies and colonization societies
there are, with proper backing, the
more advertising the country will get;
and the more there is of that, the more
people will come; and the greater
number of people to come, the greater
number there will be to buy; for after
all, there is no scarcity of good land,
they argue, but the one great thing
needed is, PUBLICITY. So, the more
agencies there are at work, the better.
The Men Behind Movement.
Mr. Thompson, Mr.. Shearer and Mr..
Sullivan are not adyenturers. They
are business men of large affairs, seek
ing desirable and useful employment
for their talents, and naturally seeking
to improve their private fortunes.
Fully realizing the magnitude of their
undertaking and anticipating the ques-
tons that would be, asked as to their
character, their past and their finan-
cial backing, they requested thorough
personal investigation. when they first
came here, and the investigation was
thorough and was entirely satisfactory.
They were found to be without re-
proach from a standpoint of integrity;
men of experience, successful men,
and possessing ample financial means
and backing for the carrying out of
their big plan.
Mr.. Shearer and Mr.. Sullivan have
had fifteen years experience in some
of the most important colonization and
development propositions in the west.
Mr.. Thompson is a publicity expert
and highly successful newspaper