Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-09-16
Correspondence Huntlngt on Advertiser.
GREEN BOTTOM.

CABfLL AOl ! , CSpAj ~ iO'''
Mr.. EpIToR.-lhinking a few items
from this rather isolated section OF old
Cabell might not be unacceptable at tins
time.-I have concluded TO trespass brief
" upon your time and space to enumer-
ate some of them. During the prolonged
wet weather and unprecedented floods IN
August, Green Bottom, or great portion
of it was entirely submerged. The farm
owned b. Mrs. 5. l.. jenkins, was all I'M
der water with the exception Of about Ill
teen or twenty acres.
Prior to this event the large rich bot
toms upon this always extraordinarily pro
ductivc farm, were literally teeming with
the most abundant crops OF corn, potatoes,
hav and grass, | have ever seen grow
and when say notg that these same felds
are absolutely barren, and vegetation OF
every kind in them, utterly blasted, you
NAV be abe t. CLEAN sorac slight concep-
ton Of tie immense damage created; a
Kansas grassloppers would stand but
r,or show for a breakfast off If a hundred
acre field on tniS fIrm now. The larIh an-
lining tins, next above. was ard is IN Il
similar Might. though not quite 80 bad; II
belongs 20 the heirs 81 General 4. u. Je'l-
kins, and is rented to a number OF persons,
some Of whom are doubtessly ru'ped, a.
they had agreed 10 pay cash rent, and have
lost tAelr all. The damage and loss -
fsnc.. on these two farms was also very
treat; the loss in the aggregate on the en-
tire Is rtton cannot fall far short Of he
tween twenty and twenty hive thousand
dollars. Considering th.Sr facts, would II
not be we' tar our Legs alive representa-
tives upon the rea-sembilng OF that o'Hy
- advocate the passage oi an act exempt
ing from taxation Tor the year 20 a.
persons who have thus proy'dentlai'y Il =
the tota' products 81 tAe'r Ish'' s',u 80,
Dor Tor that year: tIihk II """'", -i'u
am sure by So q lihS t"ey VIII ''S'.t t.'e
lasting gratitude 81 very NAM - ,'''.'
ierng conSIit'Eh''' ana - Sec'''S nv
W'u!G pe o"' J"'' a." ""''''' '.
legislature u 'IN' H"V' a" ~. -.
In your issue some Two vt ',''1e We
since y'u pu'"s'ed an accom-. 81 " D'
berry committed III va. II" I.""'i' c |m
"hercpE c't"e,' ~ ''"' ,''e "'''i
~ was c'mPe''G'' H'''"' ,'.''1 - 80
several hundred 81 nara F' "H.c' u'
lad doubtless ia.d away Tor rainy cay
thinking the time faPI,E aI l,', J., +
when rag money as !i'c t'r'uo.'o'''.s WI
insist upon deh''n'nat'iS 'i,eF own """.u
ruin Tie country, o"' !e! mp Y.u ia
not heard that many oil Ih's same gang u
outlaws committing 'he d"s'arH.y u'I''
above referred to are now tnou THOUGHT 10 Dc
lurking IN the roads ana uePreuAurE up
on West a. s'i opposite. OF heaI' -. ~
TIC scenes OF t'e'r ia'e "e!l''i'JN u. " ,t.
y warrant hay'ng oeei' is'u'' o w. '. nvJ
persons eitheF DEAD OF awe "a on,u' 'l ~.
beng h"tIY driyeh IRON 'ne.t . S c,un'' ~
the cheers oi tHe Jaw III tIat ~ - 10y
have He'd to the lore't' ana ci'uS uio"
this side Of the river i,r refuge ana u en-
act deeds similar 10 those co',"''', IsS. ~
Ohio. Only lew DAYS since MI E''S"4
Nc 'omaS who resides III the upper ehG "i
this County was stopped IN broad DAY
light by party oi twe'Ve or nI'eeh 81 ne
bandits whilst riding Pfaceao'! anu f"'e'-