Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-05-17
is full of men in search of the me-
gro. If be is caught nc will surely
ewing to the nearesJ limb
Ho FOR THE SOUTH,

Ho FOR TEE SOUTH,
What are the practical advantages Of
emigration to the Southp Among many
] will present the following:
1. The soil quickened and enriched by
al ahu ndant, annual rainfall, is geners
ally of the most fertile character and
capable Of growing the most exuberant
crops (often two in one season), with
less labor and greater certainty then
elsewhere.
2. The climate, except in low malar.
lal districts, is pleasant. salubrious and
healthy the weather being tempered at
all times by gulf, lake rfYer or noun
tain breeges. The heat of Cincinnsti
and Central Ohio, though less contln.
uous. is more oppressive than the heat
of Memphis, Mobile or New Orleans.
8. Excepting 10 few isolated portions
ot country, good well or spring water
for drinking PURPOSES is abundant,
Awhile there is no necessity to feed
stock of any kind longer than one month.
the winters being mild and the gras-
ses ever green, juicy and suoculenh it is
necessary in the more rigorous North to
feed from six to eight months of the
year. This is highly important to stock
growers.
5.eOn account Of the numerous nayi,
gable streams and lines of railroads,
whatever is produced can be easily and
caeaply transported, aud as conse-
quence, the markets are excellent.
s. As general rule, although the
average Southern people do not seem to
appreciate the fact. the cost of Lying 10
less than in the North.
I z. Families removing South, unlike
those who formerly emigrated to the
extreme West can locate in good neigh
borhoods, where there are churches !,
schools good society, court houses. and
where all the machinery oflaw apd good
order are in full and successful essera,
tion.
s The families that may settle in the
South, will be all times, BY railway or
steamer, within cheap, speedy and con-
venient reach of their Northen friends =
much nearer than in Nebraska OF Col
orado.
8 While farms in the North rate in
value from $50 to $3.50 per acre, accor-
ding to location. improvements, build
ings, &C.. the very best of the Southern
farms with view exceptions, can be
bought at prices ranging from 80 to SIS
per acre. Any farmer who understands
the value of money will appreciate the
difference.
10. The manufacturer can find IN the
Sonth, IRON coal and limestone for MAX
ing the best qualities of iron and steel;
cotton, wool, wheat and cane whore they
are grown, for running his spindles,
loom. burrs and refining apparatus, to-
gether with the finest waterpower for
propelling engines and machinery, ma.
king this, what God intended and des
tanned TO be, one of the finest and best
paying manufacturing districts Of this
continent.
IL. Summing up the case in q single
paragraph 1T is my deliberate conviction
that there is no territory OF equal pro- .
portions to that of the "Sunny South"
that is blessed with SO many natural ad-.
vantsges. and that has so many posi-.
hilities Of materaial prosperity.
But those persons who desire to pur.
chase these wonderful lands ut cheap
prices must do soquickly. The gigantic
Mississippi-the great Father Of Wa.
,ers. Through Eads' ietties furnishes
unobstructed navigation to the largest
steamers from the Mississippi Valley to
liverpool aad all parts Of the CONNER.
cial world. She and her numerous
tributaries will bear on their broad bos.
SONS the grain. fruits cotton, sugar and
manufactures Of this immense interior
basin much cheaper than is possible to
other means Of transis. Railroads will
multiply rapidly in proportion to de-.
mand and supply. The observing en-
terprising young men Of the North and
West will do well to prospect in this
Southern Eldorado. purchase farms,
and manufactures and settle down to
business assured that the rich and Ger.
tain rewards Of skill and honest labor
in csnnecsion with the ineviable rise il |
the value Of lands, will realize wealth,
Independence and happiness OF lhem.
selves and their posterity.