The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1893-02-04
GRENADA, MISS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1898.
CITIZENS OF GRENADA COUNTY READ.
Here Is Great Opportunity, if You Will
Only Take Advantage oft.

oHAy 1AAe AuVantakeO u IL.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
Office Assistant General Passenger Agent
MANCHESTER, Iowa, Jan. 80, 1898.
Editors Seutinel:-
Grenada, Miss:
DEAR SIRs:-With your permission.
| desire to use the columns Of the SEN
TlNEL in presenting matter that. to
my mind, is of vast Importance to cy-
cry industrial and agricultural inter-
est of your State. refer to an inmi-
grafton movement from the Northwest
to the South, as inaugurated by the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMpA-
NY, by which, ,-beginning with March
l3th,-MONTHLY LAND ENCUR-
SIONS will be run from Sioux City,
Iowa, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Chi
cago, Illinois, and all other ILLINOIS
CENTRAL points north of the Ohio
river to points on the lines of the
YAzOo & MISSISSIPPI VALLEY and
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROADS in the
States Of Kentucky, Tennessee, Missis-
sippi and Louisiana, excepting Mem
phis and New Orleans, at the low rate
of One Fare for the Round Trip. The
object of these low rate excursions is
to enable Southern homcscekers and
land-buyers from the Northwest to
personally visit the South and acquaint
themselves with the resources. advan-
tages and possibilities of your State.
The Eastern, Middle and Western
States have thousands of'honest home
seekers. The States of Kentucky,
Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana,
on the line Of the ILLINOIS CENTRAL
and the YAzoO & MISSISSIPPI VAL
LEI Railroads have millions Of acres of
low-priced lands, where the climate is
excellent, living is cheap, and where
men OF moderate means can easily Sc
cure u home, earn q competence, and
enjoy the pleasures of home life. In
view of all this, does it not become
every citizen Of your State to cooper
ate with the ILLINOIS CENTRAL in
this great movement to build up the
waste places Of the South, and people
the undo vrlOl nd sections oI your conn-
try with an Industrious, enterprising
and worthy class of citizens? think
your readers will see the Justice Of
such y proposition. How can it best b>
done? is the question, and as Il very
potent means cf advertising your par
ticular locality, want to suggest tAl
following: Nearly every inhahitant OF
your State has one or moro friends rc-
siding in the Northern or Western
States. Possibly they have never in
dicated Il desire to locate in the South.
but their next door neighbor--on ar
count of the cold climate, cr for other
reasons-may be seriously conttnpla-
ting change of location. \ letter to
this friend, enthusiastically describing
your advantages, products of the soil,
character of the climate. price Of land.
etc, would be read to this neighbor.
and when advised OF the Low Rate
Land Excursion, via the ILLINOIS
CENTRAL Railroad. the chances are
in favor of his making the trip, paying
you visit, and becoming Il citizen of
your commonwealth.
In this way every citizen becomes an
immigration agent for the develop
ment of the community in which he or
she resides, confidently believe, if
we can have the earnest and hearty
cooperation of the citizens on and adj
jacent to our Southern lines, 'rc con
locate one thousand families IN 1898. at
points South of the Ohio river.
Another excellent way to secure
good results from this immigration
movement is for cities and towns to at
once form local organizations with IL
live secretary to furnish printed mat
ter and general information concern
ing his particular city or town.
The present year is a most favorable
one for u movement of this character
The Worlds Fair at Chicago will be
an excellent place TO distribute printed
matter concerning the South. The
press, at points on the ILLINOIS CEN
TRAL and the Y. & NJ. V. Railroads,
South, can by editorials and occasional
locals, become Il most important factor
in making the movement grand sue
cess. And is it not a work in which
every citizen. loyal to his own state
and community. can join US with heart,
hand and pen in turning the tide OF
Immigration Southwark?
We shall be pleased to furnish Ex-
cursion Bills and copies OF Where to
Locate New Factories, Southern
Home-seekers Chart, and other print
ed matter to all who will mail such to
Northern faiends, and no efforts will bc
spared on the part OF the Passenger
Department OF the ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Railroad to advertise the advantages
possessed BY the South for the estab-
fishing of industrial enterprises, and
for the Industrious farmer OF moderate
means to secure for himself comfort
able home.
In conclusion, may we not hope for
the hearty cooperation of every Bank
err, Real Estate Agent, Merchant,
Doctor, Lawyer, Teacher, Preacher,
everybody, Old and young, women as
we'll as men. in circulating throughout
the Northwest, facts concerning your
own community, and in advertising the
illinois Central Lou Rate Monthly Lond
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