The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-01-17
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MEssRs. EDIToRs ALLOW me to use your
cslumns to say word on most important
question of general interest. While many
persons are leaving the State to seek new
homes in Texas and Arkansas there are
hundreds of thrifty Eastern and Northern
citizens coming into our State for perma-
nent settlement. Solid men are coming
men of muscle and stable character. Not
only the Eastern part of the State is attract
ing this immigration but West Tennessee
also is being sought by these settlers, The
Southern Industries, published at Nashville,
says:
Men of wealth are coming, and are in
vesting their capital. The largest sale last
month, by one party, was S9S,OO0. Numer-
Gus investments were made, ranging from
81 900 to $4,000, Parties are now in the
State seeking for locations for colonies, and
wanting from 5000 to $4,000 acres of land.
Large stock raisers are looking ont locations,
Others want to &c Very extensively into fruit
raising, ETC., etc,
The North is getting more and more in
terested, and the Southern fever Is attacking
men OF means and enterprise. At first the
lighter and less desirable material moved.
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excursion of the latter class will come from
Toledo, Ohio, about the goth. This will
doubtless be followed by othess from various
prominent points North, East and West.
1t is reported that over one thousand per
l would particularly urge is that an organ
ization in the interest of immigration
should be organized in Hardeman county
Let central Office be established at Bolivar
with agents at the several business points in
the county. Our lands are cheap and Yalu-
able. Let them be brought to the attention
of immigrants and many tracts can be sold.
All that is necessary il to have some active
influential man to lead off in this work, and
others will sustain him. While on this sub
iect / will give your readers the benefit of
the following letter from the Holly Springs
Miss South of Jan. 8.
EDITOR SOUTH u have received letter
from DIR. L. FitZhugh, dated at Indianap-
oils, Dec. 80, 1877, in which he saws that he
expects to be at Holly Springs again about
the Goth af January, and to bring with him
twenty or thirty good families.
These parties who come with DIR. Fitz-
hugh, will be mostly persons wishing to buy
small farms, from fifty acres, upward.
Most OF them will wish to buy on time,
paying but part in cash, and paving only
a small interest on deferred payments, not
over six per cent. Some of them, to obtain
bargains, will pay cash. 1t is greatly to be
desired that such parties as come into our
country to make their home here, shall meet
with liberal and upright treatment. And it
is hoped that all who desire the welfare Of
tn: county, will take pains to see immi-
grants are received kindly and Hospitality.
Mr.. l.. Z. Mccormack informed me be-
fore leaving this place that he would return
about the middle of January with another
colony of Indianians for this county. The
immigrants already brought here by Mr..
Mccormack are of good and worthy
class of people, desireable citizens in any
community. l will give public notice as
soon as the time of their arrival here il
definitely ascertained.
HOWARD FALCoSER.
| Thisquestion of immigration being so up
permost in public attention in both
Tennessee and Mississippi. hops the poo
pie of Hardcman will also make an advance
movement in this direction, and be pre-
pared to induce settlers to seek our county.
PRoGREss.