Yazoo City herald., 1888-08-31
BOOMING PLANTATIONS AND
PLANTERS.
An interesting I.eIter From
Herald Correspondent.

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! Ihave been so busy Of late TIA
/ ! have had but Atlle time TO wrise
9 To day would have been lone
Z some day but for a copy Of lh'
HERALD, and ! believe I and I
everywhere l 90. was sorry 4
learn, AZ guess all the good peo
pla Of Yaxoo City are, that thI
Rev. DIR. j. Bardwell breaches BIZ
farewell sermon 70 his congrege
! ton to-day before leaving FOR biz
late appointment a. Professor ol
Metaphysics and Biblical study ii
The sonthweaiern University al
ClarksvilIe, Tennessee. The good
people Of Clafksville are 70 be
congratulated o. having ssch :
SCHOLARLY gentleman and Divine
with them. But the Doctor will
find clever people in Clarksville
as well as Kazoo City; is the
aeighborhood of my boyhood days.
They have bean having too
much rain In this neighborhood
The last week. Inotice about 2 or
. rotten bolIs to the stalk in All
len cotton. AS have only motto.
ed II iu Allen Improved cotton
could not say whether il Is the
case generally speaking or not.
but Il is Attributable to too much
wet weather. There is some she'd
ding OF the early crop. But with
the heavy fruitage OF the cotton
crop the prospects are very en-
eouraging for fair crop ihis sea-
son, Ooru is looking well. / 4
have spent the best portion OF the
last three weeks with Mr.. Peter
James at Bee Lake and Gen. B. s. |
Kicks at Egypt, and witb tkese
gentlemen suppose / see more
than the average crop Of The VA
zoe Delta. have heard il saId
that Mr.. Peter James was one or
the most successful planters iu the
South. Judging FROM his corn
and cotton crop and improvements
on his three adjoining plantations
| guess the accusation aboni cor
rect. With Mr. John Gordsn as
manager Of bis bonanza planta-
iien. and Mr.. j. A. Henderson
manager OF his Stonswall plaDta.
lion. ig evidence thai Mr. James
ais success as a planter.
1t was my pleasure to ATTEND
Sabbath school last Sunday week
on the Bee Lake plantation with
Mr.. James as Superintendent and
Mrs. John Gordon orgaaist. They
nave a very neat church house.
Rev. J Il. Woodward breaches ev
cry second and fourth Sunday for
them. Some Que has been teach.
ing The young gentlemen IN Mr..
lanes employ that tbey are uol
lbs rIgM day as The
and really some Of TIVE
boys believe il. i believe ihey
saut two holidays, bui Mr.. James,
after his reiurs homr. soon pat
stop to his impression, Il bripg
10 foreign to his belief and leach-
ng Of he young men under his
,are.
You frequently hear Of town be.
ng on a boom. but sou scarcely II
.ver hear 81 q plantation being on
! boom. Jadgine from the amount
II Dsw land being cleared for cuI-S- !.
ivation Instead Of heaping the
ogs and burning them rs they |
Use 10 do. They pnt up saw mills
snd saw these valuable Iogs into
umber 60 improve their plausa-
ion, and with good cabior. barns.
ences aud bridges. / have just
aud started yesterday .
Jaw mill for Gen. B. 3. Kicks on
lis Egypt plantation that will
compare with our YazOo oiis saw
Mill. Gen. Kicks believes 10 i'm.
sroving, and through the manage
neni Of Ar. J.F Rogers, ,hls agent.
hings have the appearances OF mo.
Fing on il The right directions. The Z
General win saw 100000 ieei d
Iamber 10 build cabins, cotloa
houses aud frnces. You re ~
more new log cabins viih stick
bat nearly every plan
Ter now has. Or will soon have, bic
ovu saw mill and ssu lumber 10
build good and comfortable eabins.
Tie General ha. siofs-honst
hat would be On ornament On ihe
main streets Of Memphis or fazoo
CITY. By close seilipg and con
lent ritb small profits. am IN
formed by Mr. 7. b. TatdS. bic
salesman. that they - q good bu
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