Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-28
DUNKARDSP
CEORCLACOLONY
Expected To Settle On
Cut-Oyer Lands Near
Valdosta

ALDOo A, April 26.-By next
iali hundreds Of new settlers will be
making new homes for themselves in
Asome South Georgia county. per.
aAaps not great ways from Valdos
TIA, and certainly close enough for
Ytnls clty's commerce to feel the
added impetus of the activity. Ten
tatlve plans for this new develop
ment have been made and agreed TO
land later in the summer they will
ave the official confirmation need
p TO close the deal.
| TINS new activity will mean the
coming to South Georgia and the
| development of ten or twelve thou-
| sand acres of cut-over lands by HIM
dreds of Dunkards from PennsvI.
Vania, Ohio, California and Other
sections. Early in the wear an elder
of that church came to Valdosta and
made tour of lands suitable for
Ihat purpose and since then three
othef representatives of these people
nave been here and gone over the
. same ground and all have agreed
That IN this section they find in
!ahds, climate and other advantages
Just what they want and the tenta-
tive agreements have all been SION
ed up for this new movement in the
early fall.
The matter will be officially
placed before the Dunkards when
they meet for their annual confer
ehce IN pennsylvania next June. II
is stated upon excellent grounds that
upon the recommendation of the
leaders who have been here to "spv
out the land" that the conference
VIII accept the report and the partv
desiring to come South will then be
made up
As soon as this is done the active
WORK OF development will start. 1t is
Planned mat large financial syn
dlcate will take over the land select.
ca ana proceed at once with clear
ing The ground and erecting on the
prospective farms such buildings as
VIII form the initial units of the
MONIES and by winter these will be
ready tor occupancy and the new
corners will take possession and com
mence work preparing for the next
years crop.
These people all have money!
Whlle they are not regarded rs
wealthy people, yet they have means
TO make their new homes with and
along with them will come the i'm
mediate development of their com
mumtles, churches and schools.
Ihey are a class of religious peo
pie who believe in education and
progress, and they are not cranks or
1lghty IN any sense. They are re-
garded, wherever they have settled
as being excellent citizens, law abid-
ing, devout as well as progressive
ana their motto is peace and prog
reSss IN whatever lines they under
take.
The railroad development people
who have been handling this move
ment are much pleased with the
prospects and declare that the mat
Ner is now regarded as a practically
settled one and the late summer is
expected to see the activity we'll I'M
der way.
One or two of the members of this
faith came to this section more than
year ago, spent a season here
farming, became thoroughly salts
fled with all the conditions and made
a favorable report to their fellow
churchmen, which resulted in the de-
velopment of these larger plans.
According to present plans and
agreements entered into this move
ment is regarded as one of the most
important in the history of South
Georgia and will be followed by sim
liar movements of other good citizens
to come here and help develop idle
lands.
In succeeding with this movement
the promoters have had to do much
toward disabusing the minds of cap
italists that they have right to eX-
pect greater returns from their in
vestments in this section than else
where. But once this has been done
the way now seems easy.