Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-05-08
FACTS ABOUT EAST TENNESSEE.
a word Ia Immigrants and TO
East Tennesseeans.
No. I.XIN


who, If they find the climate people, and
advantages of our section as represented
will permanently locate in our midst. In
view of this fact we want to make some
plain statements that are intended for the
good of all concerned.
We are firmly impressed in the belief
that our people need more capital and la
Dor to aid in making East Tennessee what
we all feel it ought to be. We can secure
this additional population now, if we act
honestly and wisely. We will tell one
way in which it can be secured. Many of
our farmers realize fully the fact that
they are trying to work too much land.
Iheir halfway work is wearing out their
land and actually making them poorer co.
cry gear. They feel that they would be
better off if they could sell part of their
land and secure good thrifty farmer neigh
bors. They are right in this. Now, we
believe they will have opportunity to make
such asles, and we ask them for their own
sake and for the sake of East Tennessee.
not to drive good people away, when they
have such opportunities to sell, 6y asking
unreasonable prices for their land. We
hear complaints on this subject that arc
well founded. We hear of men Offering
land at reasonable prices until they hear of
a few people coming in their neighbor-
hood to buy, when they get excited, and
all at once put up their price. We know
OF good men driven off by such practices.
Now we think fair dealing and a regard
Tor the best interests of East Tennessee re-
quire that our idle lands and large farms
be sold Off at reasonable prices. People
who have large tracts of land that are not
yielding enough to pay taxes, because not
mar worked, are doing themselves and
tneir helghbors great injustice by holding
AT such prices as drive off immigrants and
discourage all efforts to build up our coun-
try. Such men are drdWJucks to East
tennessee. They are selfish, short-sight-
ed citizens who will retard the growth of
our section. They are like the large real
estate holders that dwarf or kill off cities
ana towns by a miserly, selfish policy.
WORD TO IMMIGRANTS.
We have a word now for our friends.
North. When you come South keep your
eyes and ears open. You will see enough
if you are shrewd, to satisfy YOUR own
judgments as to the truth of our articles
If you are shrewd business men, we need
not tell you to keep your own counsels.
The best way to buy real estate or to trans
act business of any kind, is to quietly
make up your minds what YOU want and
then strike for it. We are principally in
.ierested in getting good citizens to come
here and help us build up the country.
We are therefore anxious to have Won
come here to buy farms, but we want You
to be satisfied, and therefore we want TO
do our full duty by you. We have no in
A. terest directly or indirectly in any specu-
lations or real estate agencies. If you do
not want to take our word for this. en-
quire about it of any of our people when
you come here. There is much valuable
p property in the hands of Real Estate
Agents for sale. Some of this they have
mad in their hands some time. We learn
on inquiry that their practice is to make
contracts with the owners, whereby the
agents are authorized to sell at n fixed
price within certain time. This proper
ty is advertised. 1t is described and the
price fixed. 1t seems to us that strangers
would be protected by these contracts from
hasty advances in the price, or from un-
reasonable conditions of sale. We know
people sometimes prefer to buy direct from
the owners, but in many cases more salts
factory contracts can be made through the
third parties. We make these suggestions
because we know there are always croak-
ers and grnmblers about, discouraging peo-
pie from buying or selling.
What we are interested in is to get good
people to locate here, and we want to do
everything we can to bring this about.
We want to do right by our own people,
we want to see strangers satisfied and en-
cOuraged. Visitors from the North will
find our people hospitable and kind. We
know many good citizens who are interest
ed with us in this work. We have had
them come to us and offer to show visitors
about, and give them information. They
are men who are honest and public spirit
ed, and want to build up East Tennessee.
Immigrants will find many thus friendly
disposed, whose information would be of
value.
Our Real Estate Agents, so far as we
know them, are honest men, whose repre-
sensations may be relied on. While IL is
to their interest to sell, il Is also to their
interest to have persons who buy content-
ed and fairly dealt with.
HOW TO GET TO KNOXVILLE.
We are frequently asked as to the best
way to get to Knoxville. Those living in
Pennsylvania or East of it should come by
the way of New York or Washington.
From New York they can go by steamer
to Norfolk; thence by railroad TO Peters
burg and Lynchburg; or by the way of
Washington to Lynchburg and Bristol to
Knoxville. The fare from New York to
KnoxYille is about SCI. Persons can buy
q ticket from New York via Knoxville to
Nashville for about S34, and If they do not
wantto go further than Knoxville, they
can easily sell it for about ten or twelve
dollars. This makes the fare to Knox
Vile about So. -l
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