Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-05-15
PURvIS PLACE. 20 MILES ABOVE }
VICKsBURG, on Miss, RIVER,
Nav r.. 1885,. \

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VICKsRURG, on Miss. RIVER,
MAY IL, 1885,.
My OLD FRIEND FERRIs:-l write 10
know why you do not send the Bea-
con; being Il subscriber t0rnearly ihir-
ty years, | cannot be satisfied without
il. Send il along old boy. have SO
many letters to answer wanting to
know so much about the Bottom. |
will make this letter answcr for all,
This county is not as sickly as its
reputation indicates, provided a per-
son will take care of his health. One
| half of the sickness OF this valley is
brought on by imprudcncc aud intern
france, rather than the climate. Ev-
cry store has a bar, and reiails drinks
at five cents dead shot 10 the health.
Men expose themselves by riding in
the night air and drinking 10 excess,
Ny advice is to keep out of the night
air and bad weather, eat before going
to the field, take n little quininc, two
grain capsules, trink coffee and cistcrn
water, rather than too much milk.
Climptc is more healthlul for adults
than for children, yet there are many
healthy children in the swamp, cspcc'
tally at thc.rivcr, front place healthy.
The negroes stand tins climate better
than the whites. They are almost OK
cmpt from many diseases 10 which the
whitcSa are subject. llcmaturia is a dis
ease which! is fatal to the whites. Ne
grocs die in winter, principally from
pneumonia, consumption, s%croiuIa, sy-
philis and the sequences. Nearly ev-
cry family Of the black race is poison
ed with this terrible disease.
The land will compare with any land
the most fertile on earth. Its latu-
raj product in this section, from here
to Memphis, is one bale of cotton to
the acre, on fresh land, and half bale
on lands that have been in cultivation
for Il long time. No boil worm owe
here to i%lilrc tho crops, some cater
pillars, and often they are an advan-
,agc, eat off the leaves when the cot
ton is lar-e. Black birds iniurc stands
of cotton. On such lands everybody
ought to get rich, but the greater mum.
Der are poor, because they rent at
eighty pounds lint cotton, because they
do not work as God intended; poor,
because they spend their money for
whiskry, and buy supplies at credit
prices. Great changes ~ill take place
in this cotton country.
Send us good preachers Sam Jones,
Small, o. other good rcyivalists, close
up saloons. White people must wor-
ship God instead of the cotton bales.
Farmers must raise stock. This coun-
try is for stock, but in high water, we
lNyc to build mounds. NotwilhStand-
ing all the drawbacks. this is the bcs.
country | know, if YOU desire to make
cotton and work freedmen. They are
easy to manage in this section and o..
yer OF Deer Creek country. The
lands are better Oh Deer Greek. ! cul.
,iyatc river front lands.
My serious objection i. the morals Of
this country. But send us preachers,
aud these will change. This mission.
airy ground work for all. The whites
have int few churches or schools ,My
advice to all my friends is this -comc
aud lnnl. nnI vigi, l"...i:.'
Their own selection: he can then as.
certain the draw backs tor they are
some in this country. A trip over
here is soon made. will take pleas
urc in showing my friends this coun-
try. Kind regards to all NoXubee
friends. MATT CLAY.
Come TO Nicksburg on Monday or
Thursday. The Issaqncna will land
yOu at Clay's Landing.