Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-06-14
HOLLY SPRINGS, MISS.


CORRESPONDENTS Of The APPEAL.I
HOLLY STRINGS, June 10. - After
leaving the little gem of a home
the Acadia, spoken of in our last, we beat
around frofa hoii6e to house in the pursui:
of our business, and about shutdown
Intentionally happened in at the old
gentleman's place from whom the young
man had bought his 100 acres, to get q
nights lodging. As we went up we
noticed poor fences, rickety gates, large
| fra ned house which had once been
painted white, but was now iingy
| numbers OF psnes OF glass broken from
the windows-in a wotd, everything in a
| dilapidated condition. An old gentleman
people are all hospitable. We took sea;
on the front gallery; the outer ends OF
the planks were quite rotten. We
| remarked:
"You have large and fine plantation
| t,ere, sir.''
"Well, 900 acres; had 1000, but sold 100
| to a Young man over there. 1t used to be
fine but it's all gone to the devil now
| Can't get the negroes to even keep the
| fences up, hillside bitches are all broken,
the valley overflows and is about covered
| with sand and willows. Why, my neigh
Dor doitg better on the 100 acres than
am on the 900, and his 100 was the poorest
had
why don't you reduce the size of your
place? ?"
"Wish l could, but can't. I'm being
ruined every year by these cut throat
mortgages and fear shall lose my home
| Nearly all of US are going down hill every
year. / wish we could get more such men
| as l sold that 100 acres to-"
Would you have Northern men?'
81 don't care where they come from SC
| they are industrious and clever. / am
tired of the thriftless laborers have"
Now here is man land poor-too much
land. Ii there could be five or six little
| farms made out of this large one, how
much better it would be for this despond-
| ent old man, and for the State, too. Il
would give good, interesting society
! churches and schools. There is grea
desire of this sort among most of the land
| holders. They would sell part and i'm
| prove the balance. Some think this coun
| try is worn out, but that idea is preposter
| GUS. Some of it is very much hurt, but G
| great deal of it still produces well under
| the reckless, careless cultivation of the
| negro, but it will recuperate rapidly with
a little help. England has been cultivated
| 1000 years, we know, and she now makes
larger crops than 100 years ago. This land
the Oldest of it, has been cleared but forty
| five or fifty years, and it is perfectly absurd
to say it is worn out.
| A good many of tho owners are goins
into the cattle and sheep business. Tha
will bring their land up. Some ere begin
ming to raise fancy stock, notably Mr.
| Frank Wall, whom we interviewed. Hi
| has some very beautiful Jersey stock
particularly the male animal. He is jus
| superb. He is registered. He has also
Southdown sheep. One of his bucks il
the largest we ever saw. His sheep arc
also registered. He will also raise fancy
saddle horses. Mr.. Wall has fine plac,
F! for this business He is getting bis place
| set in bermuda, orchard grass and clover
! in clover. His neighbors say he is a young
| oats on his place which appeared to us tC
!; be equal to any we ever saw North. Fifty
or seveBty-five bushels to the acre will b,
| gathered, we guess. The land had beeI
/ moderately fertilized, he told us, but tsT
| ribly plowed, narrowed and rolled
| We knew this land wanted only
little help and carel We found at hi
house the APPEAL, a church paper,
lady's magazine and a number of agricul
tural papers, and a remarkably interesting
| lady as had of the house. Such men a
this and the intsnsive small farmer we al
luded to in our last are the hope of thi
country. This is fine place for such, too
! Not so rich as the Mississippi river bot
toms, but here there is no dread of al
| overflow which will float your house off
i there are no buffalo gnats to kill you
4 stock; no mosquitoes, etc, to annoy, sn'
then much better health and society.
We knocked along from place 20 place
and Sunday we were near Pine Mountain
church. We were glad of it as we love /,
attend preaching on the Sabbath an'
, wished to see a country congregation
The church is on q high hill-a beautifu
place, and a neat frame house, paintet
white. 1t is just such bill as the SUI
worshipers would have built their tenn
pie, where it would catch the first rays o
the great orb, We always had more re
spect for the sun worship than an,
heather worship. At about 1890 o'clocl
the congregation commenced coming
They came in buggies, wagons, on horse
and on foot, until the church was nearl,
full. A fine congregation in size and ap
pearance, well dressed, but not dude o
duiess there; happy, Independent lool
ing people. The young men were sta
wart in appearance, the young womel
healthy, rosy-cheeked snd neat. The sing
ing soon began. and such singing. On
hundred people or more joined il