The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-05-15
A FULL EXHIBIT.


10 oI .he honorable BoarI of revee Commi-sIon-
'ra' uIeenylllc, Mississippi,
We beg respectfully to call yonr u.
Irhlion to the fact that the Mjssjs.inni
Fiver Commission is likely 10 he caIlnd
ID session at an early date 10 consider
matters relative to our present emer.
9 hcy aud probably to make apnor.
llohment Of funds to be mado ayaila-
esunder or by the Sundry Civil hin
no" pending before Congress. Gen.
Oatchlngs and Capt. Henry have called
upon Col. Gillespie, President of the
River Commission, urging au immcdl.
ate session. We are aware that moth.
lng comes to those who fail 10 make
lhelr wants known and forclbly pre-
sent their claims upon the dispensing
power The efficiency of a strong.
practical, and Intelligent presentation
9l our necessities is patent in the oh
tanning of handsome apporlioument
under the appropriation of which we
r. colyed SSO0,000, III presenting our
claims we deem It of vital moment
that your honorable board should not
TAIL to select the best possible talent
available to state our cause.
Without dlsparaging anyone. we re-.
specially suggest That among others
" hom the Board may select to repre-
sent it at tho approaching meeting of
the River Commission in our iudo.
nent the Interests of this levee district
cannot be better served than by hay
ing Mr Leroy Percy one of those se-
lected to make our plea before the
Commission.
We therefore hope that in your bet,
ter judgment end wisdom you NAV
coueur III this idea, and, if possible,
secure his consent to, in part, at least,
represent this Board when the occa,
sion arrives. Respectfully.
j II Wynn, Fred MetcaLe. D c Montgomery
Jas RobeltshaW. $ Z Bull Jr, W Cummings, "
w Stone, Dan Head. 6 Beardslee, Nathan
GOidsteinI Henry L Ireys, Z Phillips ID G
Thomas, w l. Ray, w IL Hood, Alexander,
Z II st4llng3 j. ! Currie, Il Hawkins, p & c
calto, j. Wiczlnskt, Nelms x Bam, I Isenbelg
\ Z skinner, l. HeXter, ii L Ireys Jr, Henry "
Startling, Chas f Muller Fred Roth, + W An
derson, j NJ Lewis, L Gahoury, Alfred Holz-
man, Romansky & Co, | Isenberg, Sam
Brown, l. Gwn, IL Graham, geo Holland
a Newman, w II Reed, Edw d II Darlington
L klingmau, Nathan Wilzin, Joshua skinner
Geo M Helm, II b Campbell, Greenyile Hard
ware Co, Romansky Edw'd Holland & Co,
Co, II Holmes, II f Wetherbee, Frank w
Riggs, w lsenbeag, I,eys & Stone, Alfred II
stone, John q Archer, Geo Il Alexander, j b
Hebron, W X Gildart, w W Wilson, G q Bell, +,
Conley, } George Jr, w j Yager, NJ Gems
berger, w II Neal, Edmund Taylor, manager
Goyer Cos G . Greenlee, P McCutchen, d j
Davis, Ii q Vincent, j G COoyert, S ROsenfeld,
r L Ransom, IL w Ball, W i Randolph. r Ii
Lake, j Ii Lake Jr, A S Oln, b Scruggs,
Plttsburg Coal Co, Bell Jno Vaughn,
IL Caneman, J liogen, II Ioombs, e NJ Curel,
Newman, Ernest Hyner, Henry Critenden,
Frank Binder. IL Robinson, Jordon Bros, L
W Baker, Weiss, strauss Co, IL Scott w
Everman, W A Crouch, I ID Ransom, j Har-
ty, S S Cosens, j A Long, K Ransom, John
ii Moore, l. Clark, Merchants and Planters
Bank, by j walker president; Citizens Bank
by Jas ROberlshaw, president; First National
Bank by Jas Ne6us, president; J Grecnley,
|. Laurent, Wallace Arnold, Hood, { K
Hood, 4 II Hood, b + WassOn, Perry Nugent,
\ T Winter, } \ Cannon, A I IOrian, p
shelby, Percy Bell, Il Dunn, Hanway & Ken
ledy, The Waldauer Co, by l. Waldauer, mgri
Jos lIirsch, J Scott, Delta Grocery Co, W
Van Dresser, IL f kriger, 5 Pepperman, IL VIM
3tin, Joe Siyerstein, Nilzin, o Crttenden,
Bowen & Rucks, John IL Bowen, Beadel &
1ampbell, h W Beadel, Give Campbell, Il NJ
Hlmbiin, Il IL Wray Jr, w Lawler, I Giar
lima, VIM Griffin, r GBrner, Harvey Miller,
J a Winter, president Board Supervisors, J W
Abel, lhos Redd, J ID nythe, NJ Ham, II
B sommer VIM Heathman, B / Lee, IL I
8ucks, Wood, W IL Moore, W Tlnnn,
" Yerger, Mayor of Greenville; Worthng-
on Jno Z Finlay, b d Finlay, L Catlall, Jas f
clark Chas Halter, VIM Urquhart, w Green,
Mississippi Cotton Oil Co, by K W Fort, mgr;
ieo Kittle, IL + Wetherbee, Nj D Eyerman, J
II lee, NJ Marks, w w WorthingtoD, L l.
smith, Z B Pool Geo f Archer, NJ Rosenstock
Il Rosenberg, Saml Hurris, D + Hunt, j B
stirling, Leyser & Co, John II Evans, $ Rite
man. Herman Seamons, \ Heidlngstelder, Il
NJ Goldsmith, IsaHc IIechnger NJ
,erg, L q Marshall, Lee Hartman, Camp
Wheeler, 4 b Shaw Ernest kellner, Clarence
Witt, / Young, & Turner.
John Hebron Jr, n taaEr50' Garrlson'
}ell, 6 II Kirkland, W rate Jr, W II Tate,
c Franks, j c Iooney, J II Collier, PEN
Iletou, K G smith, + GREGG, A Duncan
leo Pope ,I5eal hert 7 s3b MoMa50n W@ kiiDg IGan
nan, + S Stoyall, 1he storal Co, per
,tovall, president; W T Sloyall scott, J |
Dean, Neal Connolly, w ii Jones, } Grego, |
A Feltus, John b Thompson, { A Heard,
: f Turner, w L Freeman, Il Askew, + |
salts, W e Weileman, Gordon & Richardson, |
,er Chas Richardson; Nm w Gordon, Delol- |
ne Land and Planting Co, per VIM Il Chahe, |
resident; VIM Richardson, Richardson Il |
DAY Land and Planting Co., per Alfred Penn, |
ecretary, w Il Moore, & b Dickens, o
Brown, Ed Heagler, j IL Cox, j z TonnaIl w
1 Brown, Alex Brown! W Z WestGott' W
)rump, f Birdsong, Robt Wood, r. 4 Allen Allen' |
reamans Smith, j e AIdrldge, L W Crozier II |
Williams, NJ Spencer, q / WortAington, y |
Edwards, w q Brown, Jno Il Gage, l. NJ |
age. j Haber, Chas Scott, 1 a Harris, W I |
Wright, b n Miller, W Stone, Il NJ Scott, |
lscar McDayitt, II Nj Edwarns, II Chany, L !
, Chady, IL Wilson, Mcclure. } John, |
c Roberts, Nj f. Howe.t, W u klttgerald, d
'bomas Caldwell II Smith, The MldIleseN
,anking Co. by.W Graves, western manager |
outhern Planting Co by W F Graves, pIesl- |
enti Colonial and Y S Mortgage Co, Lid, BY |
u F LeMaster, managers sledge Norheet,
,odfrey, Frank n Co, Stewart, Gwynne Co, |
,lbert 5 Caldwell, Delta Cotton Co, by A , |
;aidwell, president, II w Harris, manager, Ii /
caldwell secretary; A w Benolt, Hlll, tOn' |
aipe & Co, w \ Gage & Co, DiHafd conn, |
;rooks, Neely n Coz Geo Arnold n Co, by neo |
ruoid prasident; j A Dcaton, } X ward 81 |
: ~ smith b G blackburn, Humphreys, |
Ierritt Williams. Ira McGehee Jr, Ira Z Nc
,ehee. Chas 2 Williams, Dunbar Marshali
raves & Vinton Co, by | NOrhnglQni > |
,ompton, A Trieber, A Jacobs, K bloohs' u
Fnbapks, 5 W Gidlen, Chas 7 MoFnlnst9n,
Chlldress, Patrick Henry, A Moote' Ja9
ia j e Jarvis, j Z Martin, NJ Basket, lhos
yorthington, II Turner, u Lawson, W
Vorthington. John Peal, Il b saunders, II Is
beve, /, Eikas, 4 Frankel, n Weillenteldt