The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-10-05
The Southern Settlement and
Developing Company viii Be
the Means OF Developing Hum
dreds of Acres OF Land in
This Section.
The Depleted Pine Forest Will
BE Utilized and It Will Be the
Means of Bringing Many New
People to This Immediate
Section of South Georgia.

Alex *. StissmonS, of CCgdell near
Waycross, chairman of the Georgia
Land Owners association. recently or
gan1zed at a meeting at Waycross,
and r, M. Pindell, Jr vce-president
OF the Southern Settlement and De-
velopmtnt organization of Baltimore,
were In Brunswick yesterday in con
terence with Major c. Downing. treas
urer and a member of the board of
control OF the Georgia Land Owners
association. other prominent land
owners and A. NJ Smith, secretary of
the Board of Trade, and working on
plans for the extension of the Geor-
gia Land Owners association to the
point where OF least 100000 acres
of cut-over pine lands are represent
ed in the organization.
The purposes for which the Geor
gia Land Owners association was or
gan1Zed in accordance with ideas
worked out by the Southern Settle
ment and Development organization.
OF which S. Davies Warfield chairman
| OF the board of directors. and financi-
| al mead, of the Seaboard Air Line
| railway, is president, are the develop-
| ment OF the cut-Over pine lands of
georgia and particularly South Geor-
Sla, IN hCg and cattle raising and 9th
er agricultural pursuits and the in
Guiding of settlers to colonize these
| lands. In order to bring these things
| ABOUT a three year campaign of pub
| llclty for Georgia, stressing the possi-
blllties of agriculture is to be carried
| On throughout the north and west.
| This publicity will be secured in the
| newspapers. especially those of the
rural sections of the middle west, and
will be directed toward enlightening
| the farmers of that section as to the
| truth about Georgia, and the removal
OF erroneous ideas and the correction
OF m1sapprehenSions regarding the
possibilities of this section. such as
healthfulness, fertility of the soil the
| long growing period permitting at
least two crops year to be harvested.
the fact that cattle need little feeding
| during the short winter and work can
be carried on in the open air during
the entire year with no injury from
! either the heat Of summer nor the
| cold OF winter. The opportunity for
raising cattle and hogs. and the fact
that the cheapest land in the United
States lies in the Southeast, will be
| stressed
| Following the formation at the in
stance of the Southern Settlement
and Development organization. of a
land owners association in Florida
efforts to organize Georgia owners of
large tract were made. The meeting
| at Waycross was the direct outcome
OF the cattle show and conference held
in Moultrie in June. which was arrang-
ed and handled by r. NJ. Pindell. Jr.,
and Clement S. Ucker. vice-presidents
OF the Southern Settlement and De.
velopment organization. and a large
number of owners of big tracts of
land were present and joined the as.
sOciation.
The land owners have pledged them
selves to subscribe a fund of twenty
| thousand dollars per year for each
OF three years to be used for the
purposes stated, and have agreed tc
do all in their power to further the
work of eradicating the cattle tick
in Georgia. The subscriptions are or
the basis Of one cent per acre pei
year for each acre of land owned by
each land owner who joins the as
sociation, which is an insignificant
tax for them to pay individually but
in the aggregate, will provide a fund
sufficient to thoroughly advertise the
advantages Of Georgia for agriculture
purposes to the people who will make
the most desirable settlers. No sub
scriptfons are payable until 1000 ,00(
acres of land are represented in the
membership of the association and
payment is then to be made in install
ments.
"In moving along this line. the
Southern Settlement and Develop
ment organization has adopted a thor
cughly sound and logical plan" said
A. M. Smith, yesterday "As the pine
forests are depleted, the owners are