The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-07

Letter from Franklin.


Letter from franklin.
MoRGAN's Fork, June 18th,
EDITOR BRooKHAvEN LEDdER:-
l wish to give yon a few items for
publication, if you see proper to do so.
Crop prospects are good, although it
has been I'VE two months since it has
rained enough to wet the ground. Yes
terday We bad a fine rain. which was
much needed by the planters. Nor
gan's Fork is a Furnishing little village
with one sto.e, steam gin. grist mill.
rice mill, blacksmith shop, post Office,
one church, public school and one den.
fist. E. B. Scale, the merchant and
proprietor of the gin and grist mill, who
began business hero some ten years ago
on a small capital, has, by energy ana
perseverance, become wealthy and is
respected by all. John Chambers, the
proprietor Of the rice mill, is Jogging
along slowly bat surely. ever ready ia
clean his customers rice or do any other
act of charity. j. J. Robertson, our
worthy dentist, is not behind in the
discharge of his dnsy to his friends and
customers. The doctor is a widower
and wants to marry most desperately.
Candidates are quite numerous, n OF
whom I will speak at length. DR.. NJ.
G. johnson, our worthy fellow.citizen.
is = candidate for Representative. A
better man could not be had in the
county. The doctor has been success.
ful in all his undertakings in life: first
in the practice of medicine, second III
planting. He is the largest planter in
the county, is generous almost to
fault, and has ever been q Consistent
Democrat. In fact there are more good
qualities combined in DR.. Johnsonthan
any man in the county. He is a repre-
sentative mau in every sense of the
word. He has a warm and devoted
heart. directed and dedicated to what,
in his Judgment, he believes to be the
true interests of his county. Should he
be elected the people vii! eve regret
it. There are many other things J
would like to mention, but for fear
may become troublesome I will close by
saying the BRoooHAvEN LEDGER is
welcome visitor to our little village and
adjoining community.
P~oTAwAMUT.
T.. Barlxsdale, o Governor.
MEANWHILE. MISS, June 26, 1881.
EDITOR BRRooHAvEN LEDGER:
I notice au article in your paper OF
the % d ult., headed. Governor Stone
and his competitors" and purports to
hail from Franklin county, Miss, of
date of the 21st ult. The article incor>
porates many valuable truths, and
while that may occur and necessarily
go to establish a good reason 50 far as
APPLIES to the Gubernatorialship of a
State, l am more than willing to con
coed to Gov. Stone all that he Justly
merits, but / do not pretend while this
statement Of "Justice" in substance is
correct, that there is not oth4ss who
sveii deserves the position. anefpho is
so very well and favorabiy knowa that
he need no introduction to the people
of Mississippi His life long and faith
full services truly devoted to the Demo
cratic principles in the power of bis
pan and speeches, aud whose decllna-
ton of advanced aga might wind up
without rendering the usefulness that
awaits the commonwealth of the State
of Mississippi by the guardianship Of
his worthy abilities if postponed. Who
has been so very kind to wave his
claims for position for Others when at
the same time has been the choice and
in the very hearts of the people of this
section of the State, and who has been
the chief instrument of thwarting fa-
vorably the disastrous rule of Radical.
ism from this State. The individual
I aliude to is in every way the man
of ability to meet opposition success
fully without fear or favor. This gem
tIemau is in the parsonage of Hon.
E. Barksdale, of Jackson, Mississippi.
ShonId he consent to let his name go
before the State Convention there will
be no doubt of his nomination for
Governor All due Difference to tho
other worthy gentlemen whose names
are mentioned, I think Maj. Barksdale
is justly entitled to the Nomination.
MORE JUSTICE.