Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-03-26
BELL COUNTY.
ne T,ste.t-Bnra of the Community Or
ERnIzatIOns of the staIe-Its Ben
C6ts and Prospects.


ON an Occasional Correspondent
LAFAYETTE, March "a, lS75.-Our
|llage and the country surrounding has
ZEN considerably "stiIred up" OF late IN
gard TO the new county movement.
|eiI county, which will comprise strip
country lying along the Memphis and
Larleston railroad, taken from the
|uthern portions OF Fayette and Harde-
an counties and the southwest corner
McNsiry, it will be ememoeTed, was
.tablished in 1871, but atterwaTd, on ac-
hunt OF some illegality in the proceed
ps, was overthrOwn by a decision Of
2 supreme court. The movement has
en- recently revived, and is now meet
o with warm and earnest support from
h points falling within the proposed Inn.
The legislative action necessary has
en- secured, and as soon as a census can
taken the new county question will
again submitted to the ballOt-b0x.
hdSiug from present indications and
4 q oplnions OF men "who ought to
howl there is little doubt but it will
IsiIv obtain the requisite twO-thirds
H. IL will be voted for st the eX-
Il mes. because it is they whom it will
Iost benefit, and the people near the
Inter will give it their support because
success iusuTes them county seat IN
'eir immediate vicinity. Everybody
this section favors Bell county, and
me are enthusiastic about 1t. When l.
Y everybody j speak generally. Oi
furse there are 8 few old fOgies aveTse
a change Of any kind. There never
AIs 10 be one or two in s community so
Enstitutionally contrary that they float
stream on the current Of populsr
! a. and some true TO the selhsh H.
Iucts OF human nature oppose the
>ovsment, because il Is their indlVidual
terest to do so. But all OF these COM
he'd form q very weak element, and
Ieir opu0sitlon being based on no
s4sonabie grounds can influence
Etbiug further than their own votes.
aU county is chiefly desired on account
Iits great convenience. Lying imme-
ktqly along the railroad, the center
n ba reached from either eXtrenity ID
! rtv minutes, and persons having ousi-
T.; a. the county seat may go or re-
rn st most any hour they may desire.
,1ar the prezent order OF things the
4opIa Of this section are subject TO great
I.anyenience, their only communica-
N with Louisville being train which
live at that place after seven o'clock
4 night and departs next morning at
Ir, Thus persons living in this corner
Favette county who have business to
s,nssct az the county seat, must either
a twenty miles ride by private con-
3yapce OF spend one day and two
yhts al Louisville. The people OF the
fIfbegss corner Of Hardeman county,
order 10 reach their county-seat by
SIrosd, are compelled to take a trip
dGy miles and change cars in the
Iaantime. Another argument urged
Itbat there will be q closer connection,
a consequently more unity OF interest
n tween the sections Of country lying
nc the railroad when united under
. County organization, than at present
between the southern and north
II nort,ons Of Fsyette and HardemaR
|1nties. In special reference to the
4onIe OF this section, il is urged that
H. establishment Of the new county
n saye instead OF costing them an ad-
Sisnal tax. a new courthouse must
II I-Dv be built in SOmerville, il is said,
H. avScDse Of which they will have to
L. 4 propUrtiOnste share, whereas ia
II event OF Bell county being estab-