The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-10
$50 10 Northwest mississippi and
Wake for Yourselves Happy
Homes on the Line of the Wis
~issiPpi and Tenmcs>ee RaiIrOad
BY THE HON. c. B. VANCE, BATEsvILLE, PA
NoLA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

whole South, penetrates the heart of north
west Mississippi. running from Memphis
| Iennt ssee, to Grenada, Mississippi, dis
lance OF one hundred miles Upon the line
OF this road lies a country that is unex-
| celied in point of fertility and health. and
| there is no section that offers greater in
JUDGEMENTS to i'm NIL grants with small CAPT.
| tai. The road passes directly through The
counties OF DeSoto. Tate. Pamela, YaIo-
| bu>ha, and Grenada. These counties are
composed of valley or table lands and up
lands. The upiauds are rolling and com
| posed of sandy loan, and very produc-
| tive. while the table or valley lands are
| level and of dark loan and of still great
| er fertility. The road runs pretty much
/ upon the dividing line between the table or
valley lands and the uplauds, giving to the
| settler the opportunity to select that char
| acter of land or location best suited to his
| taste and requirements. Every five or ten
miles prosperous and healthy towns dot
| the line of this road. After leaving Mem
| phis distance of ten miles, the road strikes
the State OF Mississippi and enters the
county of
DEsOTo.
In this county, upon the line of the road I'VE
| have the towns of Horn Lake, Hernando,
and Nesbits. fernando is the county site
and possesses advantages in the way of
health and good society. All three of these
towns are, however, in too close proximity
to the city of Memphis, to be of M uch i'm
| port as business points.
FOIlOWlnS the rOau south, the next cOun-
| ty we enter is
This county, like DeSoto, is composed of
both table and uplands, and possesses two
| tiOurishing tOWnS--Coldwater and Senatobia
each with a population of from eight
hundred to one thousand Inhabitants.
Both points do a considerable business with
the surrounding country and ship annually
a large amount of cotton.
The next county in order is
Pamela,
one of the banner counties of the State.
This is one of the largest and most fertile
counties in the State and possesses no less
than five tlOurishing towns upon the line of
the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad,
which passes directly through the center.
The first is Como,a town OF about two hum
dred inhabitants, and a number of Staunch
business houses aud a very intelligent class
of citizens. The country in the vicinity of
Como is a high table land slightly undulat-
ing and very desirable as a farming country
The next town is SardlS, the county site,
with pOpUfAtion of from twelve to fifteen
hundred, with churches, schools and re
fined and hosptable people. Thence a few
miles south and we cross the Tallahatchie
river, stream whose valley is exceedingly
| fertile. Ten miles south OF Sardis the town
of Batesville is situated, a town or eight
! hundred or one thousand inhabit~ats, with
churches, schools and a thrifty, enterpTiSing
and hospitable people. SardIs and Bates
| willie both possess excellent high schools,
one under the management of Prof. Rain
| water and the other under the mana cement
| of Prof. Sutton, both highly accom- pJlshed
and successful educators The lands in the
! i'm mediate vicinity of BatesVile are both
uplands and valley, exceedingly rich and
adapted to all character OF farming. Then
| follows the towns oil CORTLAND aud Popes,
| six and ten miles, respectively, south of
| Batesvile. These are enterprising towns
| of from two to three hundred inhabitants,
with good business houses, churches,
schools, etc. The country Immediately in
the vicinity of these towns is rolling, but
| rich and settled up with small farms but a
/ few miles west, the country becomes more
| level, in fact ii is feature of all the coun-
try lying west of the railroad, of more
level and fertile character. The towns of
CORTLAND and Popes do a considerable BUSH
ness in timber. The fine timber is one of
! the special features of Pamela county, com
/ posed of white oak, cypress, poplar. and
! sweet gum, and grows in large quantities,
especially in the vicinity of Batesville,
| Courtland, and Popes. This timber would
/ prove golden harvest TO the enterprising
/ lum herman, where both railroad and water
| facilities are offered for shipping to market.
! The immigrant will fad no more desira-
! BILE spot to locate than in the confines of
| Pamela county Goods lands partially i'm
/ proved, fenced and under cultivation, from
| two to ten miles of the line of railroad, can
! be bought at prices ranging from So to $40
per acre, and on easy payments. Tracts
specially desirable and nearer the towns
range some higher.
Passing still further south, on the line OF
the railroad, we come to the county of
YALOBUsHA.
| This county is more broken and rolling
than the counties already enumerated, but
the lands are productive and the county
healthy. NalObusha county possesses
number of small but enterprising towns.
The two principal of which are Harrison
and Oakland, each with a population of
| from three to four hundred.
The next county on the line of the road
is
The county site of which is the town of
Grenada, with population of twenty five
hundred or three thousand, and of consider
able Importance as business point. Grenada
is the southern terminus of the Mississippi
and Tennessee Road, and where it forms
junction with the Chicago, st. Louis and
New Orleans Railroad.
The Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad,
strictly speaking, passes directly through
the center of northwest Mississippi. No
western country offers so great advantages
to the Immigrant as northwest Mississippi,
with railroad facilities. school and social
advantages and fertility of soil, taken into
consideration cheaper aud better houses
and lands, are offered to the immigrant than
is offered III any State west of the Missis-
sippi river. with similar advantages
The principal products OF the counties
above enumerated, are cotton and corn,
yielding from fifteen to forty bushels of
corn per acre, and from one-third to one
bale of cotton per acre.
The bottom counties, or those that lie up
on and adjacent to the Mississippi river, land
are DeSoto, Tunica, Coahoma, Bolivar, Tai
lahatchie and Quitman. These counties are
all bottom lands with the exception of the
eastern portion of TallahatcAie and DPSoto,
which is upland and rolling. There are no
richer lands in the world than is found in
these counties. The soil is a black sandy
| loan, and adapted to large variety of pro-
ducts. But cotton and corn are the chief
crops grown, corn yielding from thirty TO
seventy-five bushels per acre, and cot
| from one-half to one and half bales of
| ton per acre. There is some malarial
sickness in the summer seasons, in the un-
cleared sections, but in the portions where
| the lands are under cultivation, the inhabi-
tants enjoy comparatively speaking good
health, but upon the line OF the railroad, in
| the valley and uplands the Inhabitants en-
joy unusual good good health, there being
little fatal sickness.
/ Northwest Mississippi is well adapted to
a great many different products. A great
variety of grasses, fruits and grain grow IN
| the greatest proinsion when proper care
and attention is given them, and it is cyl
dent If the same thorough system OF pre-
paration and cultivation and improved agri-
cultural implements were adopted here as IN
i
| country would be one of the most pro-
ductive and prosperous on the globe.
| The people of Mississippi are fully twenty
/ five years behind the Northern States in the
use of improved agricultural implements
| and machinery. The system OF prepare
ton and cultivation is crude and imperfect.
| Lie is \ notable fact that the soil Is seldom
broken deeper than two and half inches;
| u small mule and a one-hOrse cast pillow is
the only implsm MT used in breaking and
preparing the land yet with all this inper-
feet method of farming the lands yield we'll
but with the advent OF the Northern aud