| Show WEAKNESS WATCHED LAY AND NIGHT Louisiana Levee is Looked Upon With Suspicion MUCH SUFFERING WAS ALLEVIATED MANY THOUSANDS PED BY TH HAND OF CHARITY Prominent Planter of the Overflowed Delta Says Nearly r All the Laborers Labor-ers of His Section Have Been Cared For by the Landowners and He is of the Opinion That Government Gov-ernment Relief Will Tend to Demoralize rt De-moralize LaborAt Other Points Memphis April 15 While the condition condi-tion of affairs in the overflowed Mississippi Mis-sissippi delta is reported better tonight the situation between Vicksburg and New Orleans is causing the greatest apprehension The river continues to rise in the Louisiana levee district and weak spots are being strengthened and watched day and night O E Stihblefield the county correspondent corre-spondent of the United States agricultural agricul-tural department at Indlanola Miss says the suffering in Sunflower county which forms part of the delta has been I greatly alleviated and that most of thc countv is now dry Farmers arc busy plowing and planting plant-ing cotton and if matters grow no worse that county will not require any assistance from the government Stat Sta-t sties of the number of flood sufferers in Bolivar countv have been compiled by a rommittee appointed to look after the distribution of the government pro sicns They show 23000 people who are now or soon will have to be fed by the hand of charity in addition to 3000 head of live stock stoet The water at Rosedale has not yet receded The first train that has en ured Clarksdale for many days has arrived ar-rived there Tne trains are also being run from Clarksdale to Miner City and Phillip ana from Lulu to Jonestown The official of the Yazoo Mississippi railroad are doing all that can be done to open tre line further to the south and i is thought trains will be run as r1 far sota as Cleveland within a short time UmAt At Greenville the river remains stationary sta-tionary the gauge tonight registering 446 feet The weather throughout the T delta is c enr and pleasant Hon J A Aldrldge one of the most prominent planters of the overflowed I delta who resides near Arcola says nearly all the laborers of his section have been cared for by the land owners t and he is strongly of the oDimon that the government relief will tend to demoralize de-moralize labor 7 The river reports at Greenville forth for-th past three days have given the pco lIe new hone and courage The water may possiblY recede by 1 May 10 and if so a good crop may be made At Helena the situation is unchanged At a large meeting of property owners I own-ers of the city today they decided to I I begin the erection of a new levee around the city At Memphis tie river rose onetenth I of a foot in the 24 hours ending tonight I t An additional slight rise is looked for I |
