Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1894 — BOOMING THE SOUTH. [ARTICLE]

BOOMING THE SOUTH.

Capital Turning the Tide of Immigration In That Direction. The immigration sentiment in the South is taking on practical forms. Within two months, writes a Washington correspondent, three colonies have been brought from the West and settled in Maryland, near Chesapeake Bay. A few days ago a number of colonists bound together by the same creed arrived from Europe, and went down to North, Carolina to occupy a tract of land bought by them. These are signs of a general movement. The Southern Governors met at Richmond last April and adopted an address of welcome to intending settlers. They assured freedom of opinion and protection of rights under the law to all honest, well-mean-ing people. Several States have followed up this formal expression by organizing immigration bureaus and preparing facts about their lands, and the prices of them for inquirers. In a notable wav this has been done by Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama,Georgia, Texas and Arkansas. And now capital has taken the Southerners at their word and is going about the work of placing immigrants in these Southern States after the same plans and methods which settled the great Northwest so rapidly.