Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-26
HELENA, ARK.
The Droufb Becoming se~riOus-PisHt-
ers and Merchant Alarmed.
the Summer Exodas-Young Men NOV
ing TO Texas.

Regular Correspondence of the Appeal
HELENA, July 24.-The drouth is becom-
serious. Planters and merchants alike
are alarmed at its continuance, and the
grsvest predictions are heard from every
One gentleman, a leading business
msn Of this place, after a pretty thorough
canvass OF this sector, goes 30 lar as to as
sert thai there will be no cotton made at all
should the drouth continue two weeks longer
OF course some allowance must be made for
a natural disposition to complain, and some
quarter given the chronic croaker, but with
Goth these Deductions made, the stu alton is
pregnant with impending disaster. Corn in
many places is actually burnt up, cotton
Swaziland ceased growing, go thatev=n with a
good rain now but a half crop al the utmost
would be all that could reasonably be ex-
pected. Nothing short of q yard-stick could
measure the faces Of many of the hill plant
ere, who look inexpressibly tired.
The summer exodus has fully set IN from
Helena, and there is a much larger per CEN.
of our population now away and preparing
TO leave, than has been known before in
years. From the resorts in the mountains OF
Tennessee to the furthest Northwestern re-
treat, this place will be represented, while
the seashore and sweet valleys of Virginia
will get quite d number. Whether this un-
usual hegira indicates an oppressive sum-
mer or a better feeling financially smopg
our people, l an not prepared to say, but
certain il is that not before in years has there
been such a general flight.
The Iron Mountain and Southern is stead
lily improving the Knobel branch of the road
ceptering here. Recently a change OF sched-
ule shortened the time between this place
and Knobel one hour and twenty minutes,
running through trains now between Helena
and CaIrO The II nOnitta Duftnua- now
spanned BY t~reetle, and rather rickely, is TO
be filled up to the grade, solid abatments put
on both banks Of the river, and a substantial
bridge added.
Helena and Phillips county are to be pretty
literally represented at the Louisville Expo
sition by visitors, but from present appear
snces by very little else. Like "DundresTy's
Brewer Sam'l,'" 1 suppos we'll forward 9
sample of sail in a piIl.box. Irs a pity
however, to neglect the rszor-bsck, gsr-snoui
hog, mud turtle, and omnipresent cur.dog, il
the latter of which this section excels.
Quite a number of our young men have
recently gone 10 Texas, and all, 30 far Al
heard from, are doing we'll. One OF them
for a time quite a large planter near here, il
located near Abilene, engaged in sheep rails
ing. His glowing account of the business
snd prospective profits have created a desir
on the part OF a great many Disguised plant
ers hereabouts TO follow suit. Thus the OLE
regime of the Mississippi Valley is gradual!
seeking new fields of labor aud new enter
prises, and its place being supplied by a for
eign snd, can it noe be said, a more thrift
people. Is it not a fact that the redemp tiol
and development Of this country, if it is eve
redeemed and developed, depends upon al
entire uprooting of the old-a sort of gen
eral clearance movement-and the iutroduc
lion OF a new people, with new ideas, pe'
methods, a sturdy grip and cesseless perez
verance. The change is in steady progrts'
The tRo big saHmlllA-one above, the o;he
below the cify-are about the only animate
sffairs near here Just at this time. Both al
rsa-stsadilE gsss.~e assA ---h -L~~hs< hahn
under contract TO Moline (Iil manufsctur
ing companies for many millions Of feel
Already several million ieet Of lumber hs
been shipped 10 Moline and other Northwest
ern manufacturing ~centers, and it is pre-
nounced the finest of timber. Every branc
of wood manufacture, both in this country an
Europe, has its eyes upon our Southern forest
and it behooyes the proprietors OF larg
wooded tracts 10 husband their valuabI
timber, as at no distant day this now uns
vailable commodity will become a source {
princely revenue. Negotiations are no
pending, l am told, between parties in Dut
lin, Ireland, and this place, with a view
utilizing the vast forests Of Eastern ArksI
sSs in manufactures. The scheme is EN-
nently feasible, aud if it only falls ini
proper hsnds-hands that can and will pus
tive may reasonably expect at no distsl
day to 6nd European capital at our Yer
dosrs, seeking tbs splendid timber in whic
cur forests so richly abound, and which "
have for so long looked upon as PRACTICAL
OF no account. BARNABY.