Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-19
COLBERT COUNTY, ALA.
The CrOps-POOr Prospect, Yet a Spirit Of
Enterprise PreVails-Poitics.
rom our special correspondent

From our special correspondent
COLBERT Co., Ala, August H.
The crops In this section are in the
most deplOrable condition, and we can
readily discover long faces and deep
drawn sighs whenever weather OF
crops are mentioned. The great
| trouble is the continued drought.
Corn Is already very much damaged,
and the crop crop 1T is thought, will in
many sections be a failure. But not
withstanding the gloomy agricultural
prospects, there Is a spirit OF enter
prise being manifested.
Tuscumbia has organized a farmers
club on a firm basis, and being
Officered, as it is, by some of the best
citizens of the county, we predict much
good will result from its labor5.
The Tennessee Valley Agricultural
nearly completed = their buildings,
which will be quite an ornament to
the place, and accommodate q multi
tude of people. The premium list has
been published; IL Is sufficiently ex-
tensive and the premiums will be sat
isfactory, as no bogus goods at ficti-
tiOus values will be given, as is fre-
quently the case In many instances.
A new hotel has recently been
opened, and the rivalry existing be-
tween the different hotel proprietOrs
Is quite amusing.
German immigration is the topic Of
the day in this quarter; and Mr..
Cullman, the efficient and affable I'M
migrant and Land Agent, from Gin
einnati, arrived here this week with
quite an intelligent and gentlemanly
looking lot of Germans and Swiss,
seeking homes. We trust that many
will come and occupy the desert
places. Immigration Is the only sal
walton OF the South, and we should
foster ii in every reasonable manner.
Instead OF pickering over dead issues,
we should look to the moral and
physical, as well az political redemp-
tiOn OF our desolate and oppressed
Southland.
During the 9th inst. very worthy,
hard-WOrking and peaceful young man
was brutally murdered near Cherokee
by a negro, while engaged In repair
ing the roads. Notwithstanding
several persons OF both races were
present, this brutal fiend was allowed
to defiantly escape, and is still at large.
Wonder If the Northern press can not
magnify this into another Ku Klux
outrage?
A call was made fully month
since, for convention, by the Demo
cratic Executive Committee; but such
Is the lethargy which prevails In our
midst that more than a week has
elapsed since the day appointed, and
there has been no convention yet. 1t
is true, little danger is apprehended in
the election soon TO take place here,
which is purely local, vet at the same
time it Is very essential that we keep
thoroughly organized, with our lamps
filled and trimmed, ready for the mo-
mentous struggle OF 1872. With few
exceptions, there are no New De-
parfurites In our midst. The masses
who are opposed TO Radical misrule
are a unit, and viii support the
's6imQn Pure" time houOred
Democracy, which, 1t Is to be hoped,
will be governed by reason In Its de.
liberations, and permit harmony, the
chief support of all Institutions, to
characterize Its councils In the next
national convention.
The planning mill Of the bloomsbury
(Pa.) Lumber Company, with adj0in-
ing buildings and dWeIling-house,