The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-09-10
SOUTHWEST KINDS ITEMS.
BY TALLAHALA.

UTICA, Miss, Sept. 8, 1879.
The Methodist church intend to have pro-
tracted meeting here soon.
s. D. Mimms and lady are up again after a
continued spell of sickness.
Mr.. Graves Kelly, of Utica, has just returned
from months visit to relatives in Texas.
Gathering the crop is the big work now. In
some places cotton is found to be light and scat
tering.
A new steam mill and gin is going up on J. c.
Canaday's place, some nine miles from here on
Edwards road.
The county quarantine will have effect to stop
the way several lots of goods for mer-
chants of recent orders.
Some weeks ago a Director in our Natchez
railroad company went North on business with
capitalists, but we hear nothing yet of the re-
suit.
tracts, some leaving crops, and hiring for shor-
jobs of work with others Considerable cont
plant is made of this.
1t is stated now that many negroes over this
country will make move for Kansas this fall
and that negro agents for that purpose are
around urging it, etc.
Number of new members received at late
Baptist revival was twelve, and some Joined by
letter of transfer from other churches, and a
few old members reinstated.
De-
at Clinton, and will rejoin his class there next
session. He is a young man of much promise,
and designs continuing the course through till
he completes thorough education.
The Utica Democratic Club had large meet
ing Saturday before last evening and S. NJ
Shelton, of Raymond, addressed them in one of
his able and happy efforts. Mr.. NJ. J. McSween
also made campaign speech. Some fifteen
twenty new names enrOlled-and a committee
appointed to enroll many others
IL. Il
mond, is one of the large and successful farmers
of Hinds He has fine crop this year IN 800
acres of cultivated land, and fertile as any in
the county. His water-melons this year
the largest and sweetest, and he found ready
sale for many wagon loads of them at high
prices. Besides large cotton crop, Mr.. Futch
always raises largely of corn, peas, turnips, po-
tatoes, sugar-cane, etc., with large numbers OF
hogs and cattle.
In view of the situation, prospects, scarcity
of labor and inferior farm work, etc, the neces-
Sity occurs to our people to invite immigrants.
We want more labor-farm hands that are effec-
tive and reliable, and it is believed they can be
had. The extraordinary movements in England
now and Germany, for emigrating TO the United
States by the working people there, should COM
mand our immediate attention. They are pre-
pairing to come by colonies. and by thousands.
There is, too, in the upper and interior sections
of the Carolinas and Virginia, very thrifty in
dustriOus population that would leave there
readily for better soil if inducements be offered.
Those people make a mere living where they
are, and have no reasonable hope of doing bet
ter in life time. But few of them are able to
close up, move to distant country and estab-
hsh themselves anew in business with enough
means, etc. Nor they able to travel over
the Western States and select choice locations.
The great majority of them are reliable, honest
and capable workers, both men and women.
Farmers here might combine, and by some sys-
TEN of cooperation, get large numbers of these
people. 1t will take time and effort and those
people must be correctly informed of what they
can do here, with assurances too that they are
dealing with reliable parties. This Dutch pop
ulation of some upper counties in both Carroll
is superior people, and would soon double
the wealth of this part of Mississippi.