Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-27
HOLLY SPRINGS, MISS.
The LibeIs Of the Correspondent of the
New York Sun.
A Prompt Defense of the Jews-Ihe
Weather-LOcai Gossip.

Regular Correspondence Of the Appeal
HOLLY SPBINGs, February % The letters
OF Frank Wilke rson in the New York Sun,
concerning certain customs and statute laws
OF this State, have excited an amount OF in
terest among the people of this city and
county, ss well as elsewhere throughout the
commonwealth, which seems TO be altogether
disproporioned TO their intrinsic value. In
Tact the amount OF attention they have re-
ceived from both the press and the people is
in an inverse ratio to their merits as e1-
amples OF hOnss. and discriminating criti-
cism. OF all the farmers in the United
States, the Mississippi planter is, according
10 this writer, the most poyerty-siricken aud
miserable. This may or may not be true,
but ss the soil OF Mississippi is one of the
richest IN the world, many causes have been
assigned in the past, to explain the fact OF
this poverty and 10 account for il, but il re.
manned for Mr.. Wilkerson to discover the
true cause. This he finds in the trust-deed
system, ss taken advantage of by the "He-
brew Jew" az honest "Jack Falstsff' would
say. The luckless planter falls into the
clutches of some Jewish vampire, and like
'Sinbad," indorsed by the "Old Man Of
The Sea-" unless by some miracle he
can free himself and escape, he is ridden
to death. Now, all who know anything
about the workings OF the trust deed system
know that no more vicious mode Of trans.
acting business, both for the planter and
merchant, was ever invented; and all who
know anything about its workings and its
history in this State know that it is taken
advantage OF by the dishonest planter to de-
fraud the merchant fully as often as it is by
the dishonest merchant to cheat the planter,
and that the rsscally merchant is Just as
often Christian as an Isr aelite; and further
more, that the law was passed by Leg isla-
ture composed of CHRISTIANS. 1t speaks we'll
Tor the Jewish portion of our population
that nowhere else has this uucalled for
assault upon their race been more indig-
nantly denounced. In fact, many of our
most enterp;isipg and fair dealing merchants
belong to he same race as did Christ.
The weather kduring the past week has
been damp ard dissgreesble, and the roads
remain in an almost impossible condition.
The Two bright pleasant days of last week
deceived a number Of people into tine belief
that spring was at hand, and they begsu
gardening, "but the third day came frost, a
chilling FROST" and our early gardeners
awoke to find this earth wrapped in snow
and heavy sleet falling. In spite of the
bad weather, however, cur merchants report
business as very good this week.
On Tuesday night Mrs. J. Ellen Foster
lectured at Masonic Hall on the subject of
Temperance. Mira. Foster was g eeted with
large audience, and her lecture proved 10 be
one OF the most entertaining which has been
delivered in this city fer lorg time. Total
abstinence for The individual, constitutional
prohibition for the State, and, incidentally,
the right of suffrage for her sex. These
were the main ideas of her discourse. She
is highly entertaining speaker, and is evil
dently a lady Of considerable talent. Her
powers OF sarcasm are especially 6ne, and in
several portions of her lecture she displayed
them to great advantage, moi ably in her
reference to the urfedged lawyers aud ply.
sitians who oppo,e the temperance cause,
and in her digressiGn upon woman suffrage.
Burglars entered the store of r Shum sker
on last Sunday night by boring hol around
the lock Of the door. In the morning all the
money drawers were found open, but luckily
nothing hsd been left in them. As nothing
hss been missed from the store, except a
couple Of hams, it is supposed that money
was the sole object OF the burglary. This
makes the second attempt OF the kind within
short time, and our policemen are upon
the alert.
Mesars. Patton and Hunter opened skat-
ing rink for roller skates at Masonic HsIl,
last week, and it has been well attended
every night since.
The Literary and Musical Circle met to.
night al Franklin Female College. The at
tendance, on account OF the extraordinary
Indictment weather, was small, but those
present spent very pleasant evening.
We are glad 10 learn that Col. jones
Hsmilton "expecls TO complete his contract
on the Memphis and Holly Springs division
OF tee Selma road by the LIST of April, and
will have the cars running on eighteen miles
OF i!-irom Holly Spripga-this month";"