The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-10-01

RIPLEY. Sept. q, 1879.

made at Middleton, via the Ripley narrow
in 1872, its projectors receiving from oul
Legislature a bonus Of four thousand dol
lars per mile for the nineteen miles in
Mississippi. The road is twenty-five miles
long, the track three feet wide. 1t seems to
have been well built Its equipment consists
of two engines, three passenger coaches, and
ten flats. 1t was operated for some time by
the Memphis and Charleston Company, but
is now the property of Messrs. Harris and
Hines, Falkner and Thurman, who paid the
sum of one hundred thousand dollars cash
for the entire franchise. Mr.. Hines was
killed last fall while running an engine.
The other gentlemen are citizens of Ripley
! and are distinguished for their enterprise
and public spirit. The corporate name of
the Road, is the Kentucky, Ripley and
Ship Island, and it is hoped the day is not
far distant when its track will be extended
I through the centre of our State to its sea
board. This, with the extension of the
Natchez Road to Jackson, Carthage, Louis
vile and Columbus, with the great roads on
the East and West, the V. and NJ. near the
centre, and the New Orleans and Mobile
would give every portion of our territory
much needed transportation facilities. Col.
/ w C. Falkner, is Presidents C. S. Harris,
GenI Superintendent; R. J. Thurman,
/ Trustee. Cotton is shipped from Ripley to
/ Middleton at 81 90 per bale.
ARRIVED AT RIPLEY,
we received cordial welcome from our
good friends, Dr. John Y. hurry, and others,
and as soon as rested, paid our respects to
the offices of the Ripley Advertiser and
Sentinel. The Advertiser is now in its
thirty-fourth year. and is therefore one of
the oldest newspapers in the State. THE
CLARION is several years its senior. R. F.
Ford, Esq, is the proprietor. The paper
was founded, l believe, by his father. 1t is
Democratic to the core. The Sentinel, es-
tablished within the last year, is edited by
Capt. Thos. r. Spight, the talented member
from Tippah in the last Legislature. He
possesses the vim and force essential to
newspaper success. or course the Sentinel
is Democratic. The two papers make it
lively for the few Greenbackers in these
parts.
Ripley has population of about one
thousand. Like most of our county sites,
the court house in the centre of business
square The court house is handsome
brick structure, built since the war. All
the business houses, and many residences
were destroyed during the several raids of
the Federal army, but 50 great has been the
improvement since, but few traces of war
times are now visible. The place and its
people wear a well-to-do air and a more
hospitable and sOciable community 1 have |
never known. There are three churches
the Baptist, Elder Lewis Ball, Pastor +;
Methodist, Rev. F. B. Ramsey; Presbyteri /
an, Rev. w. A. Gray. The latter now in
his I'D year, has been pastor here for thir- /
ty-eight years--the oldest pastorate, l sup |
pose, in Mississippi. DIR. Stratton, of
Natchez, comes next, and DIR. Hunter, of |
Jackson, perhaps the next. The five prac
ticing physicians say the place is distress
ingly healthy" and the number of civil |
and criminal cases that come before Judge /
Watson do not occupy more than one-half I
the allotted time of court term. 1t isn't /
good place for the practice of law. /
The Murphys, too, commenced their /
reformatory operations here eighteen /
months ago, and have just. closed the last |
saloon licensed to sell ardent spirits in
Tippah county. There are about one hun
dred and twenty voters in the corporate !
limits of Ripley, and the last petit |
toner for renewal of license having failed
to obtain the requisite number of signers, |
the City Fathers have declared that no
other petition can be entertained for the |
space of twelve months. The "Murphy" !
badge is still worn here, and the cause of
temperance is decidedly in the ascendant. |
The Temperance Union meets weekly at
the Methodist church. The exercises on
Wednesday night last we had the pleasure
of witnessing. Mr.. Chas. Palmer, a nephew |
of our Col G. A. Brougher, delivered a
well-prepared address. He is a young man
of great promise. Miss Callie Stinson read
an essay excellent in matter and graceful |
in delivery. Mrs. J. w. T. Falkner,
daughter of DR.. hurry, presided at the /
organ, and with a select choir, dispensed /
stirring and appropriate music. Your cor
respondent was called upon for "a few |
remarks, and he told them what a sober
people we are in Jackson, notwithstanding
the facilities and temptations to be other
wise, and that Temperance Council was
still one of the institutions of the Capital. /
Nearly all the ladies here are members of
the Temperance Union, and those that are
not, are of course, temperance advocates |
1t was at the meeting referred to that a
committee reported that, in response to
their demand" upon the city authorities
for deliverance on the petitions before
them, the question of license was decided
as stated.
While in the court house, we were per-
mitted to examine the records in the Office
of Mr.. 7. A. Hunt, Chancery Clerk. If
competent to judge, we should say that he
is a model officer, and that he has the
timber in him for State Auditor, Secre-
tary of State, Treasurer, or other equally
responsible position, where courtesy and
capacity would be appreciated by and val
liable to the public.
THE EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES
of Ripley and vicinity are the very best
The Ripley Institute, of which Capt. J. A.
Kimbrough is Principal, is mixed school i
boys and girls-suppOrted for four months
from the public school fund, and balance of
the time by private patronage.
Stonewall Female College is one of the
oldest, and, in 8 quiet but very thorough |
way, is one of the most successful schools !
in our State. Mrs NJ. ]. Buchanan, the |
thirty years. Everybody speaks well of her
and of her school. She is assisted by her |
daughter, Mrs. NJ. II. Crockett, in the I