The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-09
WANT TO 90 HONE.
Such Is the Cry from Hundreds Who
Have Emigrated TO Texas-A Move
ment to Enable the Victims to Return.

ment to Enable the Victims to Return.
! Atlanta COnstitution.l
/ In late copy of the Courier-,Jo
( nal we see a statement to the effect
that 800 emigrants had passed through
Louisville, KY, one day of last week
en- route from Georgia and other South
ern States to Texas and the far West.
Being somewhat surprised at these
figures, reporter Of the Constitution
called upon a prominent passenger
agent yesterday with view 10 give rs
much information as possible with ref
! erence to the subject.
The railroads having Western con
nectiOns have for the past five years
been doing a very large business in
transporting emigrants from this State
to the West.
Two years ago it was an every day
sight to see a couple of hundred emf
grants leaving. Now not more than
one-twentieth as many are going West.
They have commenced to sec that the
State of Texas is not the place that it
has been cracked up to be.
INDUCEMENTS TO GO WEST.
At present a score of inducements
are offered to dissatisfied persons to in
duce them to leave the State. The
railroads have now, and have had on
sale for reveral years past, cmigrant
tickets which are sold at a very low
rate. Whenever it is heard that 4
family has expressed willingness to
leave our State, q half dozen passenger
agents of Western railroads either visit
them or write numerous letters Of III
ducement for them to 60, with Jew
of selling tho tickets that will be re-
quired of them to make the Journey.
The Western railroads have had fam
ing circulars struck off by the thou
sand, and these have been circulated
by energetic agents i'll every section
of the STATE. These circulars represent
the country 50 rich that a superb liv-
ing can be secured at no cost what
ever. Numbers of them have cuts Of
fine cattle browsing upon rich pas
lures.
Statements are also made that the
best of land can be purchased at small
figures and on long time. These are
only some of the many inducemen,,
offered by these railroads that are fast
depopuIating our State,
TIE RAILROADS own LAND.
We are informed that a large por-
ton Of the wild land in Texas j, own
ed by the Failr, ads, and that these IN
ducements ere oftred with view to
sell the land to the emigraNts. This
speculation is making many of these
railroads very rich, and at the same
time powerful. It is good paying
business for them to buy this land at q
very small cost and selling it to emf
grants at a very good figure As am
pie time is given settlers III which to
pay for their farms, it is not surprising
that mary Of our farmers who own no
property in our State are going West
| and purchasing hands on credit.
1nNTN-,r pIcr-
I Those who nre not acquainted with
the fact would think that none of these
emigralts ever returned to our State.
This, however, Is not 81. Almost daily
We see batch of dissatisfied persona
returning from the West, heaping
abundant supplies Of curses upon the
country, the railroads, and the people
of the West. They state that tnoEe are
hundreds of Georgians in Texas who
would return upon n moments notice,
provided they could get back. This
they cannot do, as they are in Z strange
country, without either friends or
money. They cannot purchsss either
reduced or emigrant tickets, as none are
offered for sale at any of the numerous
railroad Offices in any portion Of the
State. This is done to keep the poo
pie from coming back to their old
homes, and to hold them prisoners in
the Lone Star State
A RAILROAD CoNvExTIOE.
| On Tuesday next Mr.. B. ". Wreun,
of the Kenesaw Youte, and Mr.. W. J.
Houston, of the Atlanta & Charlotte
Air Line; will leave Atlanta for Hous.
ton, Texas, to attend 4 convention OF
the general passenger agents, whose
railroads have connections with East
ern and Southern lines, This convcn
Jon is called for the purpose of dis
cussing prQEqFgl to put on sale cmi
grant tickets from Texas and the West
to Georgia and othcs Southern anC
Eastern States. Our representative
will do all they can 10 accomplish hi
object. 1t is thought that the prcjec
will meet with strong opposition by tn,
passenger agents Of Texas. They Q
course viii throw every imrediment il
the way SO - te keep the emigrant
from returning. The convention vii
assemble Oh the 9th, and viii pzob.
bly, remain in session several daTs.