The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21
SOUTHWEST KINDS ITEMS.
BY TAI .-AHALA.

UTICA, MISS, May ~, 1919.
1t is said Edwards has two candidates in
soak for County Treasurer.
Wiley Jones, Esq. of Crystal Springs, was
in town last Wednesday.
Mr. Baskins. student from Clinton,
preached in the Baptist Church last night
The cool nights are damaging to cotton and
it does not look thrifty. Corn is doing better.
gentleman here, visited Louisiana west
from Nicksburg last week and reports bad
stand of cotton and backward crops, &c.
Preaching here first Sunday and night OF
second Sunday, each month in Methodist
Church. Church third Sunday in Baptist.
The bridge to be built across Bayou Pierre
at Burtonton, eight miles south of here, is not
contracted for yet. Copiah Supervisors ut last
meeting postponed final action.
This. the Vicksburg District, Methodist
has fourteen circuits and stations, from Natchez
| to Rollinr Fork, under charge of Rev. w. l..
c. Hunncutt, ''esiding Elder.
Mrs. f. J. Brock here, poor wid3w with
FIVE small children, last week got $1,000 life
insurance for her husband, A. V. Brock, de
ceased from the Winona Mutual Company.
Our people have to get lumber, when needed
from mills in Copiah and on the railroad
about Hazehurst, Beauregard, &c. twenty and
thirty miles off. We buy mills and machinery
in New Orleans.
Next Quarterly Conference, (Methodst,) of
this, the Cayuga Circuit, is to be in July at
Bear Creek Church, eight miles southeast,
where there is tbs best and largest church
building on the circuit.
Persons from here who propose now to do
business at Martin, are to be there only tenn
porary. As the railroad progresses they will
gradually work back and locate permanently
at Utica in the great future, DC.
Rev C. A. Powell OF this circuit, has four
churches, viz: at Cayuga, Rives' Chapel, Uti
ca and Bear Creek-all good buildings, and he
breaches at three school houses Mt. Auburn,
near Kelker's Shop, Catawba, near j. l.. Nc
Geheeis, and Alabama, near A. b. Weeks in
all seven or eight appointments each month.
G. w. Mimms, ST., and lady have gone to
Browns Wells in Copiah, to stay for their
south of Gallatin, noted for medicinal
qualities of the water. Several invalids are
there already, and hotel accommodations
very good.
l am informed by gentleman who has made
inquiry, that nearly half the business men and
voters OF our town without a copy OF the
Bible. 1t appears too that most of those
without Bibles have six-shooters. Now let
a showing be made on these matters by Gin
ton, Bolton Terry, Edwards, Raymond and
Jackson.
James Little an Englishman near here, has
recently inherited S15, 900 in England. He Is
a hard working man, with large family and
little means, and it was hard matter to make
a living. His brothers widow here also gets
a valuable part OF the same legacy, together
with house, land, &c, in England. last week
she sent check for e29 sterling to Vieksburg,
and got $40.
Two of our citizens J. B. Ross, Esq, and
DIR. J. c. Terrell caught a great many fish
several days ago from pond in the swamp or
valley of Tallahala. They drained the pond
or lake OF two or three acres extent, and two to
four feet depth, by cutting ditch a few hun
dred feet, and then gathered up hundreds OF
nice perch and some buffaloe, cats, &c. They
also killed II snakes, some terrible moccasins,
and it not good day for snakes either.
Many of these ponds or lakes exist this
| season along our larger streams and usually
with fine good sized fish
Among many successful farmers and bust
ness men among colored citizens, l may here
| mention a few:
| Henry Coats, near Cayuga, owns, land paid
| forl a farm of some two hundred acres, has
horses, stock, &c. makes his own supplies,
| buys for cash. is sixty years old, has famil y,
drives fine horse and buggy, is a blacksmith
| and runs his shop too, and is intelligent dig
/ nifed, &c.
Andrew Miller, also, near Auburn, owns a
good farm--not quite all paid for-makes 10
bales of cotton has plenty of stock, grain &c,
| large family is very energetic and reliable
and of some fifty or sixty years. William
! Ross Tor Loydl II miles from here in edge of
/ Claiborne, has 500 acres paid for, and good
| farm owns u head of mules and horses, has
| gin house and fine improvements, makes 80
/ bales at a crop, loans money, some 40 years
| old, raises home supplies, sells corn, and rid
| icules idea OF going TO Kansas &c.
| Ned Burns, miles South in Copiah, owns
200 acres paid for at s. acre., plenty of
stock. grain &c, makes 20 bales. and sells
| along during the year, out of debt and lends
money, old man. and has grown children to
| whom he has given good education. His sons
| have been students at Tugaloo and Shaw In
| stitute, Holly Springs.
Alex. Tillman, on Mrs. j. B. Yates estate
four miles north, is a steady, successful farmer,
runs three or four plows, owns stock, has
credit on open account of $500 to 500, etc, old
man and family.
Lawrence Yates, same place, younger man,
| has family and owns stock, raises corn, hogs,
| &c, and forty bales of cotton, sustains good
credit &c.
Edmund peasants, five miles south, in the
edge of Copiah and Kinds, is IS years old
makes 100 bales of cotton, wheat, corn hogs
and all home supplies, and runs Is plows. He
4 is good, steady, reliable citizen of excellent
/ judgment, has his sons in business with him and
| rents lands on Brecount place, is blacksmith
| ham plantation. His merchants have adj
| Yanced him probably as high as s., 600
/ OF all these Andrew Miller is an active Dem.
ocrat-the Others probably Republican in sen
J timent.