Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-26
HELENA, ARK.
Equality in ASsessments-RaiIrOa Re-
pairing shops aud Trade Com
necti0us.
The Crops Rather Backward, CbOked
by the Grass-A Notable Social
Event.


Regular Correspondence of the Appeal
helena, June 24.-The Phillips County
Board Of Equalization, composed of J. P.
Moore, A. G. Jsrman and M. K. Key, three
representative and subst artial citizens, has
announced itself ready for business, and to
administer the subioined searching oath:
do solemnly swear that the value TO which !
have asked the above mentioned property 10 be
reduced is, in my belief its true value in money.
and not what it would bring at auction or at
forced sale, so help me God.
The unequal and sbnormsl assessments
frequently the result Of malice OF assessors
under carpetbag rule-has rendered such
commission necessary in this and many other
counties throughout the State. Thus ouesby
one the evils imposed upon the people OF the
South during the reconstruction period are
being eradicat d and the energies of the
new South springing forth into an era of new
hope and new life, fraught with possibilities
incalculable.
1t is now confidently believed that the ma
chine and repair shops of the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern railway will be To-
Gated here. Every inducement will be held
out by the city to lead the company 10 in
vest in Helena, and certainly no better site
could be found for the purpose than that Of
fered at this point.
There is pretty general complaint through
out this section because OF the backward con-
dition of the cotton crop, aud the energy with
which grass is struggling for the ascendency.
Day lsborers are 10 active demsnd-com-
mandiug good wages-to clean the growing
staple of this most obnoxious foe. In re-
cent trip on one OF the roads emanating from
this point your correspondent was surprised
to find many fields of cotton containing large
areas not yet chopped out, and scarcely any
where had cultivation extended further than
"dirtiug." Stands are every where deficient,
and the general status of the cotton crop
back ward and unpromising. Corn, however,
is generally good, and what is better, there Is
plenty of it,
Much anxiety is manifested by our mer-
chants as 10 the effect the building OF the
Memphis and Vicksburg railroad, which
runs within ave miles of the river, will have
upon the Mississippi trade, now given to this
place. A move lie on foot, and 10 substantial
hands, TO plaza a free ferry on the river, to
run 10 conjunction with the Mobile and
Northwestern railroad, the western terminus
of Which is directly opposite Helena.
A notable social event OF recent occur
renee was the appearance OF Miss Jessie Al
corn, the accomplished daughter OF Elk Gov.
Alcorn, OF Eagle Nest, Miss, at our opera
house in that sweet pastoral of Charles
Rssde's. entitled, Dora, Mics Alcorn assum-
ing the title role. Miss Alcorn is too we'll
known to the cultivated people OF Memphis
10 require any introduction. Her recitstions
upon several occasions in Memphis have al
ready been warmly commended by the AP-
PEAL. 1t only remains to be said that in
the delineation of characters Miss Alcorn il
equally as finished and capable as in the
enunciation of lofty lines. In the galaxy of
distinguished and cultured women of our
sunny cline, Misc Alcorn is certainly
destined to occupy foremost place.