The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1883-03-31
LeTeeS and Planting.
Editor Greenville Times:

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Editor Greenville Times:
The accounts which we see in
the papers of the injury from over
flow in the counties ofTunica, Goa
homa, Sunfower and LetiOre, call
to mind your able and continued
efforts last Spring to induce the
dwellers Of those unfortunate To-
calities to unite with us in an effort
to fight the common enemy upon
the rivers margin. They refused
in almost every county to cooper
ate with us, and in several. did not
even send delegates to our con-
vention. They seemed to regard
the high water of 'S2 as "only a
Summer shower In view of the
fact that we secured timely and
valuable National aid, and of the
further fact that our people went
to work with indomitsble pluck
and energy, closed the gaps and
strengthened all the weak places,
we are not disposed toregret their
action at that time. The present
high water, however, appears to
have effected them almost as seri-
ously as that of last year, and
many places are now under which
then escaped. AS one of the chief
organs of the Delta, would it not
be well for you again to urge upon
them the Importance of a general
Levee District, composed of all the
counties in the Deltag 1t is prob
able that the proposition would
now be more favorably considered.
Even Gov. Alcorn might be in
clined to Oin us in the next effort.
as he is reported to he entirely
under.n The towns of Austin,
Clarksdale, Greenwood and Eure-
ka are all oveifowed, and from
the latter came report on Mon
day that the new Courthouse there
was about to float away. DO stir
them a little upon the importance
of making united defence against
the common enemy.
l am gratifed to see in the Vicks-
burg Herald that "one of the ex-
ceptions to the common run of
cotton planters has been found.
1t is rather depressing, however,
to know that he was not discov-
cred at his post, carrying out his
advanced ideas with homemade
/
grain and hay, and domestic hog
and hominy. We get his views
between the sherry and the cham.
pagne,n and mingled to some ex-
tent with cigar smoke and tooth
picks. If the genial and accom-
plished President of the Calhoun
Land Company had given us these
views under the head of " Advice
to Planters,n or allow to make
cotton pay" | could endorse them
fully and unhesitatingly, and would
put mm down as a lirst-class con-
tributor to the agricultural litera-
ture of the day. If he had told us
that this season he INTENDED to
absolutely require" his tenants
to raise corn, grasses, poultry,
hogs, cattle and mules, aud to fur
ther require every family to pro-
duce sufficient quantity of milk
and butter for domestic use, and
that he INTENDED IN FUTURE
YEARS to eleminate sardines and
whisky from all his "recounts,' |
would exclaim, Bravo, Captain! do
this and next winter you will reap
your reward. But when | am told
through the columns of tbe Great
Conscientious that these things
have actually been done during
the past season in the State of
Arkansas, am sorry to say that
well, that am not the correspond
ent of the N. Y. Sun.
BY the way, what change is be-
ing made in the methods of our
home plantersl If there is any |
have failed to see 1t in preparing
for the coming crop. Indeed there
appears to be no way to avoid the
/ old ruts. If we travel the road at
all we are forced to follow the
beaten track. The Loan Agencies
MAY show MS a smear cut" in a year
or two, and ! really think they
WILL. The.commission merchants
now and then give a fellow a start
j in a new direction, and they should
be thanked for it.
RIP VAN WINKLE.
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