The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-04-12
TIaElY RESOLUTIONS
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Rosedale, Miss, April Am i'm
portant meeting of citizens of Bolivar
county was held in the court house at
Rosedale to-day. DIR. J. w. Dulsney,
Mayor of Rosedale, presided.
On motion of Hon. Charles Scott,
President Of the Board of Levee Com
missioners. seconded by Hon. E. II.
Moore, President of the Board of
Supervisors of Bolivar county, the fol-
loving resolutions were adopted by
acclGmation:
Whereas, great damage has been
done to the people of the Yazoo-Delts
and the country generally in the Lower
Mississippi Valley by the long and
continued high water now prevailing
In the great inland sea, that is bearing
the commerce of many States, aud
sweeps by our shores on its onward
course to the Gulf; and,
Whereas, the people of this particu-
lar section have spared neither money
nor labor III their efforts 10 build suit
able kikes to keep within its channel
the water of this mighty river, the
total amount expended by them since
1882 aggregating something over
$3,000000, and it ia now manifest to
all men who have carefully inyesti-
gated the subject that with leyees made
of sufficient height and strength this
fertilization of our common country,
rapidly developing on all sides, can be
thoroughly, lastingly protected; and,
Whereas, the inundation now pre-.
vailing and all similar occurrences moi
only do great damage to the inhabit-
ants Of the Mississippi Valley and theiI
visible possessions, but also largely
tend to damage the general public by
interrnpting commerce and the maili
on land and water; ON land by the
stoppage Of trains on the various rail
roads now located ON this territory
and on water by the creation Of shoali
and sand bars, interfering seriously a
certain seasons of the year with thu
navigation of the river; and,
Whereas, for all these reasons it is |
matter of National Importance that oul
levees be so strengthened and enlarged
as to make them absolutely safe ant
secure under all circumstances, and |
is manifestly right and proper that tn,
general government assist us In thi
work, so essential and beneficial no
only to our welfare but to the com
mercial interests of a large number o
States of the Union; therefore
Resolved, That our Senators ant
Representatives in Congress be re
quested to use their utmost efforts I,
secure liberal appropriation to al,
the Mississippi River Commission i
Its highly creditablc and intelligcn
effort to Improve the navigation of tn
stream, and especially in that part Q
Its work directed to the levee buildin
as an auxiliary in the Accomplishment
of lis benefcent and important mission
and that these resolutions by respect
fully referred to Congress as a petitio
in this behalf; be IL also
Resolved, That the aid of the pres
North and South, be invoked, and this
the great question Of the protection Q
the entire Mississippi-Delta be dii
cussed from the broad standpoint W
have herein indicated, and not froi
the comparatively narrow one of prc
lection TO the lands and property {
the people living In the Delta.
The foregoing resolutions are time
in our fellow-cjtizens and fellow-sufTe
ors Of Bolivar, which our people ,
their city and county authorities shou