The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-14
WEST KINDS ITEMS.
BY TALLAHALA.

UTICA, Miss, May y, 1879.
Plums are ripening, and rasberries- but
early crop Of figs viii not be this year
There will be thirty-fve miles of the Match
ez and Jackson Railroad in Kinds county
Utica is on an elevated ridge, or divide, .
between the waters of Bayou Pierre and Big
Black
Ii Vicksburg and Ship Island Road is ex-
tended by Port Gibson, it is expected to cross
our Natchez Road at Martin.
Many people are going into raising horses
and mules, and likely in two wears or So road
and farm stock may be supplied at home.
Eugene Currie of our village is employed
for the year as saeman in store of S. ID. Cur
RE, his brother, at Edwards.
Several persons from this end of Kinds were
in Vicksburg last week and say the Labor
Convention failure.
We need small manufacturing establish
ments, and little capital would start two or
three. Who will begin the movement?
Farm hands and stock are better fed and
furnished this year and at less expense, and
Deeds OF Trust are fewer and for smaller
amounts.
The deepest cut of the Natchez and Jackson
Railroad in this county willie be seventeen
-thirty-one miles from jackson.
From the house where write water runs on
south side to Tallahala Creek and into Bayou
Pierre, and the rainfall from the north part Of
the roof flows into Big Black River.
Mr.. f. f. Mmms is soon to move store
house from Auburn to Martin where he and
Mr.. Saml CASTOR are is to keep a stock OF
goods, &c.
l. L
H. c. McPike near Edwards whose crop has
been some $50 bales, and largest in Yazoo is
B. 5. Kicks who makes about 200 bales.
Our roads are now superb, and the scenery
among our rugged bluffs, moss-hanging trees,
magnolias and deep tangled wildwood, is pic
turesque and inspiring.
In recent notice OF new mail routes. two
lines appear where one will supply the same
Offices viz: "Clinton via. RAYMOND Utica,
&c, to Martin" and Raymond via. Auburn,
Utica to Natehez."
Barnett's Well is four miles southeast a
noted mineral water and resort for invalids
and pleasure seekers. There are cabins,
houses, &c, and boarding comforts will be
increased
There is about 60 miles of railroad in Kinds
county, and 1860 miles in Miss; 1900 in Ala,
1900 in Tenn, 2300 in Ga, over 1900 in each
miles in United States.
OF the old settlers many years back were
VIM. and James Roberts, and Stephen w
Osborne, near where Edwards now is, and
Mr.. Baldwin who established the ferry and
Flowers, Yates &C.
In 1924 and % nearly all of Kinds from
Raymond to Big Black public land,
finest of soil, timber, canebrake &c, Thos.
Wells, DIR. Gibbs, Askew, the Morrisons,
Daniel, Angus and John, and a few Others set
tied here then and selected their choice of lands
and locations. Mr.. Wells alone remains and
he settled on poorest body OF land. All be-
came wealthy.
| Every day or two some long foot passenger
passeth by, with or without baggage. How
tramps remind one of the stragglers in Lees
army, who always got cut off from their rige-
ment" and couldn't find their rige-nsent'' &c,
| till long after the battle. The true citizen
works for his living and has home of his
own, while the tramp shirks duty and keeps
s'eut off from his rige-nseat."
Good farm land here is IS to s. an acre, or
| binary lands near Big Rlack SO to S12 and
| best farms on Big Black $40 and not for sale
4 great many of more inferior tracts in this
section would be readily sold at = to s..
Farms here well managed will average a hall
bale to the acre, and spots bale to the acre.
There is much talk as to negro laborers
leaving the country, though few have left this
| immediate section. It Is boldly announced BY
large river planters that they will fill up Their
rich river bottoms with thousands of Chinese
| if necessary. This can and may be done
/ Then cotton can be made at 4 cents, the crop
be doubled, the large river planters newell in
/ snlendor, and hill people and piney woods
folks be poor white trash again.
business partnerships are often remarkable.
| The old firm of Mimms & Dudley prospered
here for many years, and maintained warm