Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-10-05
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InOSo InlaDIIanIS OF lue luI6CtSu
districts who desire permanently to
fee the wrath to come. While we
do not desire and shall seek to avoid
saying anything unjustifiably de-
rogatory to Memphis or any other
city, yet we wish to point out some
of the many advantages which we
think GAINESVILLE, above all other
places, offers to those who, on ac-
count Of the frequent visitations of
epidemics to their homes, will de
sire a permanent change of resi-
denee. We do not desire to lure
any one TO GAINESVILLE at the ex-
pense of any other place and eul.
suggestions are intended Tor those
who have already decided to seek a |
home outside the bounds of the
fever district.
1t is a fact, patent TO to all reflect
ing minds that there are hundreds |
of families who have their homes |
in Memphis, Vicksburg and New
Orleans at present, that will remove
just as soon as they can; they are
almost compelled to do so. Few |
men can afford, every three or four
years, to stop their business for |
several months, take their families |
and fly from the scourge; and they |
would certainly prefer living ceterts
pdrdbuS, where there is greater Sc
curity of life and health for them
selves and families. We know, and |
they know, that under favorable
circumstances, the fever will come
again. 1t has made its regular |
round, every few years, for the past
century, and we have no reason to
hope that it will not again spread
death and dismay through the cities
of the South Every one with
human instincts wishes, of course,
that such may not be the case, but
we have no right to suppose that
yellow fever will not again within
a few years scourge the devoted
therefore, very natural to suppose
that many of the business men of
these cities, who are able, will seek
homes elsewhere for themselves and
families. In fact we learn that
many who have fled those cities,
assert that they will never again
undertake to live there that they
can't endure the interruption, the
expense and the danger resulting
from these frequent and terrible
visits of the yellow monster. We
invite them to GAINESVILLE. All
recognize good health as the great
est boon on earth, it is the one thing
to be valued above all others. For
healthfulness we challenge compare
son with any city of equal size in
the Union. Even now, while our
town is filled with refugees from
the infected districts, while yellow
fever is raging at Brownsville, Paris,
Milan, Chattanooga and other points,
and while fevers of various malarial
types are fatally prevalent all
around us, and while it appears
that on account of the very hot sum-
mers and the consequent growth and
decay of Iuxurant vegetation, result
ing in an immense amount Ofmalari- {
al poison, the country, as a whole, was
never so sickly, we have to say !
to-day, that even now, there is less
sickness than usual in GAINESVILLE,
and despite the fact that we have
thrown open our doors to all refu- !
gees, and that they are here by the
hundred, there has not been a single
case of yellow fever here, either i'm
ported or resident. During the
cholera epidemic few years back,
when that dread disease ragged so
furiously throughout the whole
ofTennessee, GAINESVILLE was entire
ly free from it. These facts speak for {
themselves; they need no comment.
The locality of GAINESVILLE certain
ly recommends it, being midway
between Memphis and Louisville,
and only a few hours ride from
each. She has railroad commune +
cation North, South, East and West,
and connection by river with various
important commercial points. One
can live as cheaply in GAINESVILLE
as anywhere else, it is situated in
the midst of a fine agricultural
country, the produce of which !
drifts here as its most convenient {
market. Again, GAINESVILLE is pre-
eminently the city OF Schools, there
are schools here suited to every
grade of advancement, for boys and q
for girls, and she offers superior in
ducements in the matter of educa- :
ton. GAINESVILLE is also a city of
churches, Baptists, Christians, Cath l
olics, Cumberland Presbyterians,
EpiscopaIians, Methodists and Pres t
byterians, all have fiOurishing
societies here. 3
We have an actual population of {
about five thousand, according to
late statistics by Mr.. Wood, and in t
proportion to its size GAINESVILLE is G
regarded as the weaIthiest town in
the State, and is celebrated for the 7
elegance and refinement of its
society, and the absence of vice and
intemperance among its citizens.
Much more could be said in favor
of GAINESVILLE, and we merely throw
out these suggestions to those, rich {
or poor, who may be seeking a :
place of residence. We believe that
GAINESVILLE has a combination of I
advantages not to be found any
where else, and we confidently say
to all who are seeking health,
wealth and happiness, come to
GAINESVILLE.