Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-03
.ATTALA county, MISS
The CrOps-GottOn-The Railroad Fever
Politics and Properly.
From an Occasional Correspondent.l

From IN Occasional Correspondent
KOsCIUsKO, MISS, July q, ISL
My reports of crops in Mississippi
have generally been favorable, but
after visiting my old home in Cen
trail Mississippi, / regret to say that
the unfavOrable prospects in that part
of the State, and especially Attala
county, forces me to make quite a diff
ferent report. The prospect there
six weeks ago was encouraging, but
a drought Of five weeks has changed
the aspect very much, and I fear a
short corr crop will be the result. All
/ the first planting is seriously injured,
and the only hope for plenty of corn
is favorable seasons Tor the young
crop, which is looking very well at
this time, and if it continues to i'm
prove, the planters will probably
make enough to do them. The pros
pect for a cotton crop IS not near so
good as in North Mississippi and
West Tennessee, but it is hard TO tell
the value OF a cotton crop until it is
gathered. However, think the peO-
pie of Attala win mike enough to be
in 9 better condition this tall than
they were last, allowing a mOder-
ately good crop, as they have
generally been very economical and
will not owe halt r mnch as they did
last fall. They have more than
enough meat in the county to supply
the demands of the people, if disease
does not kill out the hogs. To the
contrary, lastfall they had a great deal
of their meat to buy, and the same
amount of money that went North
last fall to purchase meat will be in
the hands of the farmers this fall for
home investments, which will be no
small amount.
The railroad fever is very high in
this county at present and on the in
crease. The people are having barbe-
cues in different parts of the county
every day ~ two, and the prospect
for having more funds than usual this
fall causes the people to subscribe
literally for the extension of the New
Orleans, jackson and Great Northern
railroad, from Canton, via KOsciuskO,
to Aberdeen. l think the amount
the company desires Attala to give
will be raised easily and in a very
short time. The spirited little town
Of KOsciuskO, with six or seven hun
dred inhabitants and only about me-
fourth of that number property own
ers, proposes giving twenty or twenty
five thousand dollars, and l am GER
tain, from my knowledge Of Attala,
that the remaining thirty thou
sand will be raised in 9th
er portions of the county. |
And the great inducements that are
being offered by the people living
along the proposed line, from Jack
son, Mississippi, up Pearl river, ria
Carthage and Louisville, requires
those in favor of the road to KOscius-
kO, TO subscribe without delay, and
secure the amount asked for by the
company, so there will be no excuse
for a change. l have been informed
that Winston county has offered the
snug little sum of three hundred thou
sand to have the road come ria Louis
vile, and 1 certainly think that Attala
will not be so far behind Winston as
to tail to subscribe One-siXth Of the
sum proposed by the latter. There is
a chance now to secure the building of
the road to KOsciuskO, possibly in one
year, and certainly within two; and
my advice to the people here is to
the amount by all means, while
everything is favorable to the cause.
The Democracy Of the county have
held their convention and nominated
their county officers, and the race has
commenced. The opposite party have
not held a convention, but il is under
stood who their candidates are, and
they are already hard at work. II
think there has been quite a
in the political ranks of
Of the county in favor OF the Demo-
rats. From what 1 could learn, there
ire quite a number of men who voted
he Radical ticket last election that
will go tooth and tOe-nsil for the 9TH
II party this fall; and, in addition,
here are a large number of the whites
Who have not voted since the surrend-
r that will vote at this election, If
hey are able to get to the polls, for
he Democracy, and all they have to :
10 to elect their entire ticket is for
.ach and every man TO put his Shout i
Ter to the wheel, and give his influ- ,
nee and energy to the glorious cause, {
md in November next old Attala will J
brow of the CALLING yoke Of Radical !
SIN, and once more be a free and hon
st people. ,
y