The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-27
LULA, MISS.
IMPROVEMENT IN PUBLIC NOR
AIS BY THE
Enforcement Of the LaWs-RellgiOus
DiscussiOu-CrOp PrOspects-lm-
prOVements and Progress.
IconnnspOsDnxoa OF rHz ArPEAL.l

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Article to the APPEAL spoke oil the
lateness of some of our cotton cIops,
and the fatality thai an early fTost
would bring. The late cotton, Whlle
we'll fruitsd. vas full of sap, and an
early killing frost would have been
disastrous 10 it. The giver OF all good
offs has been kind to us tbs seas n,
for we have had no frost to tols date
~ do any damage, and the fail has
been one Of the loveliest ever known
for outstanding crops. Inc laVora9ie
season for gathering VIII lhcIease lIo
Weld considerably, but the crop, as
general thing, will not be 20 coca ss
the crop of last year. The long and
continuous rainy epell IN the late
spring and early summer gave the
cotton crop black eye from which 1t
has never recovered.
IMPROVEMENTS.
We sre enjoying a decided boom in
the delta. 1t is percoptib.e on all
sides. There is a spirit OF improve
ment going on in every direction. A
few days since the writer CHANGED to
take a Journey OF four or five miles
through the county, and en- route he
saw five new ginhouses, built this
wear four of which were run by steam
and one by horse power. And in adj
dition to these there were visible num-
berless improvements Of minor char
sc,er. There is grand future in store
for this country. II is menaced by
Init one danger which would detract
from its being by odds the finest farm
inc country upon the bsbitable globe,
and that is the probability o! an over
flow from the Miesi;s ppi river ms
danger, il is to be hoped, Will soon oe
overcome, a. the contractors are now
hard at work repairing the breags ana
etrep gthening the WAX PLACES IN the
leyees. We have every confidence In
the integrity, sound Judgment ana
pood management OF our pres
ent Board OF Levee Oom:
missioneYs, and we believe II
there is such thing possible as levy
ing the mighty Father OF Wa'ers land
il has baen July demonstrated) that
these gentlemen, with their sagacity
and indomitable zeal, will make a
success of it. Ii is g contamination
devoutly to be wished, for good sub
gtsniial levees bring good crops, COED
health ard happy prosperous and
contented people. Overflo VS., on the
other hand, ara disastrous to crops
and the health Of sbeast as we'll rs
man, The writer knew this county
for a period OF ten or twelve years
when the levees were intact and ii
was free from overflow, and it bios
coined like the rose.
THE MORALS OF THE COUNTRY.
No country az undergone 50 radica
and rapid change in its enforcement
OF the laws and improvement OF lie
morals as has this in the past tittee
years. Then house OF God was the
M exception, and rare exception at that
but the grog shops abonnded in the
land. Now we have Churches II
almost every neighborhood, and Law
abiding, Godfearing people. U
course, the nhjor portion OF our popu
lation are ignorant, in grea. met
ure, of the laws under which we I'VE
but, considering their want OF know
edge, their obedience and respect tol
law is wonderful. History does no
teach of population Astounding in al
much ignorance as pervades the negro
race of this section who are 30 re
spec,ful snd law abiding. Indeed, i'm
pressions sometimes take possess oil
Of them that such and such is law
when, in point Of fact, there is n,
such law on the statute books, ye
thew respect it as such. The negro l
suited to this countfy-it is his para
disc. and while many Of them ar
careless, INDECENT and extravagant
they ara necessity here.
MANY years ago, during negro an
csrpetbag rule in this State, the negr
was a badly demoralized citizen, bu
now how changed is his condition.
Won wish to make him happy, instea
of Offering the traditional forty acre
and a mule, Just turn him into we
opened cotton patch and pay him
or 60 cents per hundred for picking
and my word for 1t you have a happ
soul if ever there was one. No suc
thing as politics ever enters his undi
turbed bran. He doesn't know, nc
does he care fig, when election ds
comes around, for he argues, an
wisely too, there's nothing in 1t IL
the niger" The result is, loyi
leagues are things OF the past; init
night harrangues or political dlscu
sions seldom occur. In their steG
the negro has his church, society, b
Sons Of Jacob of America and Daug
ters of Zion, his festival and immune
able other festivities that take Il
place of loyal leagues and polite
clubs.
RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION.
A few years ago this community W
composed mostly of BaptIsts, but
fluent talking and eloquent your
man, the Rsv. Mr.. McGuHey, of Il
Campbelite or Christian faith, can
upon the scene, and after few visi
here and a series OF sermons succeed,
in capturing almost the entire Bapti
congregation. The Methodists al
members Of other churches propose
Joint discussion on the mode OF ba
tsm as laid down in the Scripture
The aforesaid discussion had bel
talked of for some time, and today "
tue day appointed. Representing o.
side of the question came yesterd
the Rev. 7. W. Dye, OF the Method
Church, 1t seems that upon his
rival it was asceriained that the 9th
side had understood the discussion
be "ohI," and their TepresentatiN
who, it was learned, would be n
McGuffey, was not ON the gtoun
Mr.. Dye seemed to have COZ
with his war paint on, and
public sermon yesterday express
great disappointment at the failu
OF the opposition to meet him. T
brethren, desiring to give Mr.. Dye 81
isIsction, called the telegraph VIII
into use, aud after a time succeeded
finding Mr.. McGufey somewhere
the line of the Mississippi and Tt
nessee railroad. He telegraphed
coming, so today he arrived on the
O'clock train from Memphis, bringi
with him the Rev. ]. B. Briney,
Memphis, one Of his co-workers al, an(
man OF considerable ability. Wh
the crowd assembled at the chur