The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-05-12
The Southern Counties
All Opposed The Pro-
posed Plan.
TALKS WERE MADE
BY VISITORS HERE
Efforts Will Be made To
Secure A Govt.
Survey

#e1 The Drainage meeting advertised
Y M for May II, to consider further tn,
ee proposed drainage scheme of the Yo
~ kena- Tallahatchie Drainage District
V was called to order at II a. m., with
W. G. Poindexter, representing the
n 8 Leflore county board of supervisors
M in the Chair. and F. Herr, Secretary
Y M About $50 people from the various
sections of the state concerned in the
proposed measure, were present,
many of them very prominent cti-
= zens. A number of prominent citi-
. zens from Tennessee and Arkansas
were also present.
Mr. Harmon, of the Harmon Elliott
Engineering Co., of Peoria ILL.,, in
charge of the proposed work, was ask
ed to explain the plans in detail,
which he did, number of questions
also being asked him.
M Interesting talks were made by
M Capt, Marshall of the u. S. Engin-
eer's office, Vicksburg; Hon. P. M.
E Harding, of Vicksburg; A. c. Lange,
President of the Yokena- Tallahatchie
Drainage District; W. H. Clements,
Of Sharkey; Gov. Noel, of Lexington;
E Hon, A. w. Stands, of Boliver, and
others With the exception of few
dscordant notes from Quitman coun-
@ ty, up to the hour of adjournment
for dinner, it looked like the proposed
E plans were very much in favor. Ad- |
journment was had at one to meet
again at two p. H., with the under
E standing that the authorized represen-
tatiVes of the several boards of sup
EIA ervis0rs of the Yazoo river counties
8 south Of Leflore, would take some de-
finite action at that time. And it
E was taken. Unexpected and emphatic
opposition developed even to the ex-
& pense of preliminary survey of the Y
@ route and plans from Greenwood
lSl& SN"ch' w L. ClStuSulS, VI 1tOlllllS
Z Fork, Sharkey County, moved "Ithat
8 the counties represented at this meet
| ing, by authorized representatives of
MI their Boards of Supervisors, hereby
3 decline to participate in the proposed
drainage project, and pledge themsel-
Bs yes to stand together in self-defense
# against it, and to bear their pro rata
|3M share of any and all expense incurred
IS# by such action" Holmes, Yazoo,
|z Sharkey and Issaquena and Leflore I
3 counties voted for the motion. Hum v
= phreys county was not represented, /
@ Hon. P, M. Harding, of Warren, did c
E88 not vote, not having been authorized I
| by his Board of Supervisors to com c
nit it. Mayor ]. j. Hayes, of Vicks- '
# burg, however, asked to be recorded t
# IN favor of the motion, and as pledg- t.
ing Vicksburg in behalf of the mo- IL
I'll ton. "
III The old Horn Lake project was re-
# Vlved by Mr.. Mcpherson of Quitman
N county who wanted to know why this al
ri water should be routed three or four ir
u hundred miles through the full length 81
# Oh the State, when, according to lot 80
U OF eminent engineers, it could be de- A
ri hVered to the Mississippi through to
morn Lake with IA mile ditch, at j.
n an estimated cost of ten or twelve G,
millions against a possible hundred W
q and fifty millions the other way. Fl
u 1t was practically decided to try to W
secure, through Congressman Hum ey
phfeys, a government survey of the N
ehtire portion of the Yazoo Delta sub Fl
Il lect to overflow by the Yazoo and it's FL
4 tributaries, and rely upon that to de- G.,
volVe the most reasonable plan of re- Y.
1 lief. r
Among those who attended the &c
meeting were the following: F.
warren County-Supervisor P. M. Pa
harding and Mayor J. J. Hayes, of L,
Vlcksburg. Ga
ehafkey County - Supervisors w
thompson, T, D. Morton, Jas. Hand,
w. and 7. H. Powers; w. H. Glenn Jo'
ents, attorney. M
ssaquena County-Supervisor w.
H. Brown, w. S. Grow, J. G. Jones T.
and j. F. Weignant. Ri.
fazoo County Supervisors T. M.
nghtcap and H. D. Morgan; E. L. ant
Brown, attorney. :
holmes County-Supervisors d. H. A.
rloobs and w. P. Hammett; A. M. To
Iepper, attorney; L. F. Noel, J. R. |
watson, M. NJ. Pickett, C. L. KERN, NJ
:, +. Rogers, ]. M. Kellogg, w. N. {
rHiow, W. P. King, j. W. Logan, l.. \
" Parker, W. T. Hines, Theo. Arter- Lei
Dafy, G. w. Stigler and r. B. O'Reiley. /
;, Lefiore County Supervisors w. G. I
! arondexter, H. r. FRASER, j. L. Haley, {
:. = H. Wright and H. L. Walton; E. i. 4
hounger and S. L. Gwin, attorneys; sen