The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-06-06
POPLARvrLLE, MARION Co, Miss

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May 10, 1883.
EDITORS CLARION: Upon the night of
the 18th OF May your correspondent boarded
the Vicksburg q Meridian train at Jack
son depot, and under the safe care of Con.
duetor he was in due time landed in
Meridian; good breakfast at the RAGS.
DALE HOUSE put me in good travelling trim
for New Ellisville, to which place had the
pleasure OF being taken upon
THE FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN
that ever entered that embyro CITY, upon
the New Orleans and North Eastern Rail.
road The train consisted of two passenger
coaches, combined Baggage and Postal
car and several freight cars every one was
full, passenger coaches as well as freight
ears, ght good beginning for a new Rail-
road and new town. Our train left Meri-
dian at 81 o'clock in the morning through
the schedule says ~ o'clock, and arrived
at New Ellisville at u O'clock p. NJ, pass
ing over a magnificently built road bed,
with very substantial bridges, many of them
being iron, and the whole road laid with
the heaviest of steel rails when | think how
quick this work has been done it seems al
most incredible; it has saved me those
dreadful forty mile rides on horseback that
used TO take from Shubuta to Ellisville.
The distance to Ellisville is about 63 miles,
and in the transit you pass through Lauder.
dale, Clarke, Jasper and Jones counties,
entering the latter near "Erata." Several
new towns have already sprung up on the
new Railroad, "Pachuta," "Vossburg,"
"Heidelburg," 'Sandersville' and New
"Ellisville," but only Vossburg, Heidel-
burg and Ellisville gave evidences OF gen
uine growth. At the latter towns the lands
of which belongs to Capt W. H. Hardy, /
was surprised to find so many store houses
erected and so many merchants already in
business, or getting ready to meet the large
trade that is coming there. 1t is the trade
| that has heretofore gone to Shubuta,
| Waynesboro, Meridian, and Enterprise and
built up and sustained those places so well
Now everything is changing out here, and
the merchants of the towns upon the Mo
bile d Ohio Railroad SO seriously affected
by the construction of the new railroad,
finding that they we're losing trade, they
have removed in whole or established
branch stores at various points upon the
new road. BY this proceeding they retain
their old trade and gain new custom, as the
new railroad is drawing trade away from
the New Orleans & Jackson Railroad, a so
NEW ELLIsvILLE
is only about three quarters Of mile from
the old town, (which only consisted of half
dozen old houses and the Courthouse, J
and is located upon beautiful green knoll,
and from the way the place is growing
think it is going to be considerable village;
it certainly has good prospects before it,
had no opportunity OF obtaining the names
OF the firms doing business at The upper
towns, but at Ellisvlle ] did, and among
them will be recognized the names Of sever
al from Shubuta Meridian and other points
on the NJ Il 0. Railroad. The business
firms Of Ellisyile, are B. DuBose, j NJ.
Bradley & Sons, Kelly Il Miller. j. 6, We'll
born 4 Co, N. B. Shelby, Jesse Myers,
Champenois & Vanslyke, A. ). john
merchants DR.. w. A. Lee, and DR.
w. NJ. Peacock, each a drug store
John Ryan, confectionery Derrick 4
Davis, restaurant J. w. Barber, watch
maker. This is the showing that Ellisville
, makes already, besides two steam saw mills,
and steam gin and grist mill, and brick
yard, gotten up in the very best style Of
| the business The railroad company, toe, il
about to build fine large depot 46Xll IL feet
Mr.. Du Bose, the rafting wide awake young
merchant of Ellisville, the largest and old
est fl rm there, has not removed from The
old to new Ellisville yet, but will soon as hi,
A hnt al e 81
hsyille more than any other improvement
that know ola new church edifce having
! already been erected, and well kept hOte
} would do a good business at Ellisville
t Right in the midst of abundant supplies o
: beef mutton, chickens turkeys, eggs
. honey, Louisiana syrup, rice, sweet potatoes
! etc, any man who would open a hotel a
Ellisyille and not feed well there, ought Il
be cast into Tallahala creek. 1t was really
amusing to see how the large number of pas
!, sengers upon our train skirmished around Il
: get something to eat and places to sleep
3 Having "a claim" upon a good fellow there
! put my name in the pot on my arrival, 81
could not help commissioning with tn,
, other fellows who acre left.
THE ELLsvILLE EAGLE.
; To DR.. W. L. Lee, the indefatigable edi
: tor and proprietor of the Ellisville Eagle
: who commenced publishing his paper year
I ago upon very small scale and upon aver
! small lob press, and who was the subject o
!. ridicule from the very beginning, Ellisvill
' and Jones county are due an everlasting
+ debt of gratitude, for he has worked assid
uously to bring both to the notice OF tn
! world at large. by which they have secures
. and will continue to secure both population
and capital, which they were SO SAD
i nv in need Of and which will make ther
al prosperous communities. DR.. Lee has assC
4 lriated with him Mr.. MeLemore, a practices
! lnrinter, (which he was not has enlarge
Z His paper and got new dress and will 500
= build up good circulation.
vi JONES COUNTY.
+ 4 IN any county Of the State Of Mississippi
has been maligned and slandered more tina
q Zones county in the past then pity 1t. Fo
q time immemorial Jones county has bee
represented as one Of the poorest in ne
! lands In the State, with sandy soil mt onl
q ~ produce sweet potatoes, feas and gopher
nut how con traryt TO truth. have traverse
Jones county in all directions and l yentul