Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-11
ODD-FELLOWs DIRECTORY
our MIssIssaPPILEETER.
CHAPEL HILL, CALHoUS Co, Mss, :

CHAPEL HILL, CALHoUx Co, Mss,
May 3 lss.
Editors Memphis Appeal:
Doubtless, you would not be dispiessed
10 bsvs an account Oi few OF the eur
rent events Of our bsckTOOds country
Oar county you know, Mr. + iIt5r, Is
verv Euuch 10 the interior, aud We are
seldom, heard from through the pEess O.
Otherwise. We nave had quiet, pesce-
sb,e time within our county since the
war. No troops have ever been stationed
near Us, with few freed nsn snd no on
Eesu. cOBst quenly We have 9sen peace
sble and q iaw abiding people. we now
ars without county officers, IS yet quail
fed and I dcn'J know that many or the
appJintees can do the business after they
are qualified otherwise
We ars going 10 have railroad
through OUr county, however, and then
things viii not be 50 quist, The ieglsis-
ture Of or state, IL 1881, granted us 3
charter for q Esilrosd f5Om GrenE6s, to
some Point OF the Mobile sEd Ohio
Railroad. st OF near OkCiOns, TO be
called the Grenada, Houston and OEolO-
na Raurosd. Its length gill be about
seventy miles, and opening up the finest
region OF country in North Mississippi,
ana can be bUil5 ETith less money tnan
any read % it length ~ the Seutn. Tue
commencing point viii be GRENADA,
thence uo the Ysl.0bushs Eiver to
Girsyspoct, thence across ssid FlysS TO
the north sits, theBee up the river
trrrr,s \ Calhoun county 10 he Chicks
ssF cruusv line, whore u Uiii strike 3
bait of Il st eCCntry, passing through HAT
a sfsteDra a. .C1e twelve miies, then
into the prairie ab'suE fifteen uiiles vest
of OSoIGns. thence 10 the lass nameG
point. Sc yen can see, LIZ, Editor, that
We have 8 line CT seventy 1liles Tor
road through 81 almost entirely isgel
country. The entire people s.clg tae
urgposad fiEeE5sm ~ be alive 70 lIs use
fll1rss. We seem % be slow about hEV-
iDg the exact route located. Ihsve very
reeguIiv learned, frCu good authority,
that 5 proposition has y 5eE mGGe 10 C0I-
Sam late, and u SUswer be sGgs Il me
people sionE the line OF said roAa E4H
grade the road, aud put down the uesr
tEas he viii furuizb tbs iron and the roll
ing stock, and II inst % true, Calhoun
county Sil ship her crop o. ls1O uslcn
the proposed road II there is lot another
war The people Of Calhoun co0nty
don't seem to Be thinking Of WEr or poll
tics. We read the APPEAL, which Is
Conservative iu its views, Uut have quit
reading Brick P0nsrOy'5 paper. De
seems 70 want u ID fight somebody
sgsin, while he stays St home and makes
money.
Our county is generally settled With 8
class who Use indus p, fTugaiitg Glu
economy. We have an Sb0BdSncs u
the substantial necsssaries q lie, such
as corn, wheat, bEcoD, etc. lean, within
four mics Of this point, buy ten thousand
pounds Of good bacon a. cheap as IL
were 10 bay lB Memphis. We sTeraisinS
our own syrup iEOm the sorghum Of
superior Quqlity. We have but few
freedmen, and they generally WORK well,
having never been contaminated with
the influence OF the fTsajmsl's bureau,
or the low Class u the United States
troops. No carPet-tdggers have ever
come into OCF county 70 instruct them
in pOliiies-Chey ali vote ttSDenoerauc
ticket.
We hsve had 3 heavy time on farmers.
For two weeks is hss been raining 81
most every day. Very Nttle cotton is
planted - YET. Our wheat is looking
nicely. Fruit trees are all loaded. Ez-
cuse this hasilREOtten up contribution,
aud il you ever hear from ms again i
will try to do better.
Yours, s1NkER.