The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-02-22
LOOKING FOR HOMES.
How the Centennial will Multiply the I'M
migration to Tennessee.


migration to Tennessee.
Memphis Commercial.l
Col Robert Gates, formerly of Mem
phis, and now of jackson, Tenn, who
holds the responsible position of mana
ger for West Tennessee Of the Tennessee
Centennial Exposition, was in Memphis
yesterday looking after the interest of
the great display. Colonel Gates has
been very active in his department Of the
work Of the exposition. He has travelled
extensively, has interviewed many Of the
influential men at the Mississippi end Of
Tennessee, and generally has done those
things necessary to work up an interest
in the big enterprise.
"The centennial exposition is every
day growing in favor with the people of
Tennessee" said Colonel Gates yester-
day, 1T is certainly destined to be the
most popular enterprise ever undertaken
by the State and the people. The fact
that immigration is already flowing into
the South and that cotton factories and
wool working mills must come, and are
coming in increasing numbers, is stimu-
lating our people to efforts to get the
rich share that belongs of right to Ten
nessee.
"For many decades there has been en-
igration from Tennessee. Where people
have moved into this State they have
gone to the cities so that whileurban COM
nunities have expanded the agricultural
districts, except perhaps those lying
close to the larger towns and cities, have
actually decreased for the past twenty
years. Now, again, immigration IS pour
ing into the agricultural sections, and
our people are awakening to the fact
that there must be immigration to cure
the evil Of emigration.
"The centennial exposition will afford
the needed, the supreme, opportunity to
advertise the State and increase the vol
ume of immigration and capital running
in this direction The immigrants who
have come and those who are coming are
thrifty farmers. The capital that has
come and the more that is to come in
still greater sums, is seeking for the most
part investments in cotton mills, facto-
ries to manufacture wooden wares and
lands for colonies. This means great
things for Tennessee, and especially for
West Tennessee, which is the best agri-
cultural portion OF the State, and pos
sesses the cotton mills, the timber for
the mills, making articles for various
uses from wood in the greatest quantity
and variety
"The people of West Tennessee are
fast coming to appreciate all this, " con
tinued Colonel Gates, "and wherever
go and present the facts to individuals,
groups or crowds, the centennial expo
sition is endorsed, and the general as
sembly urged to make the enterprise a
matter Of Che first consideration.
"Not week passes by but from 100
to 200 homeseekers are in Jackson,
Tenn, or pass through or the Illinois
Central and Mobile and Ohio Railroads.
There were 105 in jackson Wednesday
oflast week More than 100 went South
during the week, and nearly or about
100 came down the Midland to Somer-
vile, Memphis and other points. Ho-
tells along the line of the Illinois Cen
trail, Mobile and Ohio and Tennessee
Midland roads are fill nearly every week
in Tennessee and Mississippi, with pros.
pectors, q prosperous class Of farmers,
Who bring with them the money to es.