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Veterans Should Be Careful

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Day
23
Month
April
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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Indianapolis, April 22.- A telegram from Baltimorosays: "Ex-Governor Northcn, who is at the head of tho Georgia bureau of immigration, tolegrapha The Mauufacturers' Record, of thls city, that he has secured a site for a settlement of 14,000 veterans of the late war and their families in sonthem Georgia. ïhis colony has been organizad by P. H. Fitzgerald and others, of Indianapolis, and will comprlse old soldiers from varlous Bections. It is cal led the Soldiers' Colony club and embraces larruers, mechamos, and men in the various professions. A lurge proportion cï the people will lócate on Email farnia in the territory selected, while the balance will found a new city." At the recent encampment of the Georgia Grand Army a statemnnfe was adoptecl in reference to theimmigration of old soldiers to that state, which says that having heard that large numbers of old soldiera are coutomplating going to Georgia to flnd homes the Georgia G. A. R. deenis it a duty to cali attenüon to certain facts, which are, in brief, that thero are large trncts of land in Georgia which are held under fraudulent grants; that tho trafflu in these fraudulcnt titles and the efforts to unload them upon innocent parties has been so great and widespread that Secretary of State Cook, of Georgia, has feit it his duty to issue a circular calling special attention to these frauds. It is urged that those contemplating going to Georgia for homes read this circular careiully, and a copy of it ia made part of the statement. Old soldiers are Informed, however, that there is a hearty welcome to all who go to Georgia. The statement emphasizes the possible dangers comrades may incur in becoming freeholdors of the state of Georgia, and assures the veterans that there is desirable land in Georg.a sufficient in quantlty to f urnisli a groat army of old soldiers with good farms, tho titles of whioh are períect. Mr. Fitzgerald said that thls circular was the woik of an agent through whom the sale was not made. He said the purchase was subject to a good and sulficicnt title wliich is yet subject to tho approval of attorneys specially selected ta pusson it.

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