Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-07-10
CLARKsvILLE, TENN, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1886


interests as well as the interests Of 9TH
ers by lending a helping hand to all
efforts that are being made, to put Geor-
gia among the most progressive and
growing States
The advice given to business men OF
Georgia is applicable to those of every
other Southern State.
To any one who win study this mat
ter, either by personal investigation in
the North or among thenorthern settlers
in the South, shere will come some
what OF a revelation in finding how
widespread is the Southern fever. ="
The Commissioner of Immigration in
one Southern State alone now has the
names Of 5000 or 10000 people who
have written to him in regard to set
tling in that State. The tide Of immi-
grafton has turned southward and it
behooves southern people to be ener-
getic and enterprising in making the
attractions Of their country known.
Florida has received the bulk Of this
immigration 50 far, mainly because
Florida has been so widely and liber-
ally advertised. Florida is very attract
i've to many people, but there are
equally as many who would prefer a
different kind OF country, and this the
South offers. In this lies one of the
South's strong points. It has all varie-
tios OF soil, minerals and timber, and a
climate to suit all,
1t has millions Of acres OF land that
for fertility cannot be surpassed; it has
its rugged mountains and its rich val
leps, its high table lands and its low
country along the coast. 1t has eli
mate-and therein has no competitor in
this country-of marvellous salnbrity
Where in all the world can be found q
country surprising in beauty, in climate
and in natural wealth, the country that
extends along the mountain ranges
through Virginia, the Carolinas, Geor-
gia and Alabama? There will be found
every variety of soil, capable of yield
ing in abundance the widest range Of
agricultural products. The wheat and
corn grower and the live stock raiser
need no better land in which to cast
their lot than the world-iamed Shenan-
doah Valley, and all a long down
through the Piedmont section, through
much of Tennessee and Kentucky the
same excellent soil, we'll warterod by
the purest OF mountain streams, is
found. The horticulturist will look in
vain for better fruit country than can
be found in the same section. OF the
mineral wealth OF that country, Bir-
mingham, Chattanooga, Roanoke, Po-
cohontas, Admission and many other
mining and manufacturing centers will
give some idea, but even they have only
barely touched the hidden riches which
are destined TO make that country the
scene Of the greatest industrial activ-
ty ever witnessed in America if not in
the world.
And then the climatel II you want
to appreciate that spend a winter in
the North or West aud note the differ
ence. II the mountain section of North
Carolina and georgia had no other at
traction than its health giving climate
it would attract from year to year an
ever increasing number of healLh seek
ers. 1t is this climate that caused a
prominent physician, who has studied
the matter IN Europe and America, to
say to the writer few months ago that
the mountain section of'North Carroll
ma, is destined tobe the sanitarium Of
the world"
Impressed with these facts we are
working for the South, believing that
it is the best country in the world, and
that in making known its attractions
and thus inducing immigration, we are
not only doing the South good, but are,
moreover ,conferinga a benefit upon every
one who through our labors is induced
to settle in this section.