The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-11-05
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taken to arouse the entire Delta to the
importance Of defeating the plans Of
tho TalIshatchie Drainage Commission;
accordingly, , committee was appointed
to draft resolutions expressing the SEN
timent OF the meeting. This committee
consisted Of c. L. Townes, B. T. Sayre,
Dr.. ]. III. Lucas, A. T. Jennings, 8. r.
Jones. The committee retired and pre-
pared the following resolutions:
Whereas, the Greenwood Business
League has called . general meeting of
the land owners along the Tallahatchie
aud Yazoo rivers, for Monday night,
Nov. l, 1909, to consider the effect on
the lands Of this section, Of the plans
approved by the Tallahatchie Drainage
Commission; and whereas,
We have SEM . special invitation to
the president Of the commission t. be
present and present his side of the mat
ter, and he has not done so; and where
rs,
We are reliably informed that the en-
gineers of the commission admit that
the effect of the work on the channels
of the Coldwater and 1allahatchie riv-
ers will be to raise the flood level and
below Greenwood; and whereas,
The report of the engineers adopted
by the commission contemplates short
ening the flood distance between Phil
ipp and Greenwood from "a to rs miles;
and whereas,
The contemplated bypass across the
TT. Pemberton bend endangers the
river facilities of Greenwood and vi
cinity; now, therefore be it
Resolved that, after a full discussion
Of the matter, we, the landowners along
the Tallahatchie and Yazoo Rivers, are
u~nalterably opposed to the plans
adopted by the said Tallahatchie Drain
age Commission; and be it further re-
solved,
That we hereby respectfully request
the q. S. engineers in charge, Capt.
Clark S. Smith, of Vicksburg, the Chief
Of Engineers and the Secretary of Wal
to refuse permission for the changes
now contemplated by the said drainage
commission or any similar changes, as
they would raise our floods now al
ready too high, and also endanger our
river commerce.; be it further resolved,
That we hereby pledge our support
to and cooperation with the Tallahatch-
ie Protective Association in their fight
against the proposed drainage plan; be
it further resolved,
That the chairman Of this meeting is
hereby instructed to appoint a COM
mittee of five, of which he shall be a
member, to cooperate with said as
ISOLATION; be it further sesoIved,
That w hereby request the Hon. e.
F. Noel, governor Of the State, to en-
body in his call for the approaching
session of the legislature a clause max
ing it possible for that body to con-
slider the T~allahatchie Drainage pro-
ject; and be it further resolved,
That we request our members of the
legislature and those from all over the
State to give us relief from our present
danger by repeating the said drainage
act.
This resolution was unanimously and
enthusiastically adopted. The following
committee was appointed to take active
charge of the work of enlisting support
and cooperation for the Tallahatchie
Protective Association; G. l.. Townes,
chairman; ]. L. Haley, Il. ". Baird, S. r.
Jones, DR.. T. r. Henderson.
The meeting adjourned, it being then
close to midnight.