The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-10-21
The Log Cutters and the Lsvses.

l
against the swanapers and Others
cutting logs in the interior OF the
parish, and preparing "ways by
which they can be foased out IN tue
event Of high water and break IN I
the leyees that viii flood the swamps.
Such work the East Carroll people
think contrary TO public policy ana
dangerous. for it makes the log
cutters anxious for an oyeFfioy, ana
is powerful temptation Tor some
of them to cut the leyees. The iogs
IN the swarnls are yaiuless unless
an overflow comes, and are Liable to
rot away. VIII their owners see
their property destroyed when
small cut in the leyee will mean |
thousands of dollars to them? is the
question the people of East Carroll
are asking
Thinking it necessary to adopt
precautionary measures, they have
accordingly warned all leg-cutters,
etc. out of the parish within three
days, and have taken unusually
energetic steps to enforce their
orders by appointing an executive
committee to carry them out, ~
structing tie committee to call out
n posse whenever it was necessary.
Something of this kind has been
done before. but never exactly In
this way. There has been more or
less antagonism between the farmers
and the log cutters for years, and the
!, suspicion has always existed tH~t
the latter cut the levees. That
there has been some levee cutting III
the past, and mary attempts at 1t, Is
well known, and 1t was natural to
sunpose these we're due TO the log
gers and swampers OF TO the lazy
negroes. who want ratIons, as they
are the only two classes who vii
be at all benefited by flood. II
: the two Mississippi levee district
e last wear the farmers. finding tina
: LARGE RATS were being collected Il
r the interior, IN anticipation of
IS break in the levees, gave warning
t. that in case snch a break occurs
: thew would not allow the timber
be RATED out of til. district.
was a notice to the loggers tina
i they would not profit by any cuttIn
er of leyees.
of The people of East Carroll ha'
a adopted slightly different polio.
s. instead of waiting for high water !
of Issue this warning they have give
I'd it long in advance, and will avo1
or danger by preventing the cutting !
the lors and the construction of Il
at RATS. They propose to render lev
ad cutting impossible by taking aw'
les any temptation to it. If thelumb'
A men have no logs IN the swan
a they will not desire high waite
Of thew will not care in the least !
the an overflow.
on The East Carroll meeting call
upon the other parishes of t
Tensas district, Tensas, Maids
80, and Concordia, and the adjaee
- counties of Arkansas, Chicot a
Desha, to join and cooperate W
them and take such early action
= this matter as will remove all ten
@. tation to cut the levees.
ost The Mississippi counties OPPOSE
which are III the same condlti'
protected themselves, as we have
ready noted, some time ago. !
on action IN both cases is a somew
wn' extra legal one, but the people
'ere he riparian parishes have 50
'efe justification for whatthey have do
are Suffering as they have for ye
may from overflow, having lost mill
% OF dollars IN floods, they feel tn
= selves justified In the most eoerg
-, proceedings to protect their lev
- They believe the resolutions we h
mentioned to he necessary for I
protection. 1t is true that the
~. bermen and swampers have del
the stories of levee cutting, and
: been indignant at the accusat
= : Bat the levces have undoubt'
- been cut, and the simple fact
any class in community sh'
have interests antagonlstic