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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA.,
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1913.
CROP CONDITIONS OVER THE STATE
TOLD BY REPORTS TO THE JOURNAL
APPLING—The crops of this county
are the best of many years. More corn
will be made than ever before. The
cotton has made a wonderful improve
ment and if it can only hold fruit it
has at present* there, will be a good
crop. More cow peas were sown this
year for hay than ever before and the
prospect is just fine.
BANKS.—Dry, hot winds a week ago
dathaged upland corn, but it is rain
ing now and conditions are improving.
^Corn on low lands is equal to the best
2rop ever raised. Cotton has stood the
dry weather and is fine. All crops have
been well worked and are free from
grass.
BARTOW—Crop conditions in Bar
tow county good. Have now had good
rains over entire county, which prac
tically insures the crop. "Cotton a good
average. Bartow county has the largest
and best corn crop in all ner history.
This year will prove a bumper for grain
in this county. This will be the cheap
est crop ever made in this county and
a reasonable yield should put the farm
er on easy street this fall.
BERKiEN—Crop conditions in Ber
rien county are still good. The corn
crop is very good. Excellent melons
have been made.
BUTTS—Crop conditions in Butts
county were never better for the sea
son, the recent rains putting new life
into all kinds of crops, especially corn.
Unless something unforseen happens,
the county will make a good crop, of
both corn and cotton. The acreage in
corn is noticeably large this year and
the several rains of the last few days
have served to stimulate the growth
of corn. Two •weeks of dry weather
damaged some early corn considerably,
particularly where it was planted thick
in the drill. The farmers have their
work well in hand and crops of all kinds
are free from grass, as a rule. This is
laying-by time in Butts and within a
few days farmers throughout the coun
ty will be done with their plowing.
CARROLL.—The crop conditions for
Carroll county are much better now
than last month, in fact, they are flat
tering indeed. Since the rains this month
cotton has grown and put on fruit as
fast as could be expected. This county
has the best prospect tor a cotton crop
it has had in some years past, but in
view of the age weather conditions will
have much to do with the August crop.
Corn is unusually good and the outlook
now is that plenty of grain will be pro
duced to supply the county. Many of
the farmers are expecting more than 100
bushels of corn per acre.
CHATTAHOOCHEE—Crops poor. Cot
ton small and very little fruit. Some
portions of county has not suffered for
rain, while other parts are very dry.
Corn in dry streaks burned completely
up. Cotton four weeks late. Bottom
land cotton smallest weed for time of
year old farmers have ever seen, due to
late planting and dry weather. Pros
pects for small yield, both cotton and
corn. Farmers very much discouraged
over present condition of crops.
CHEROKEE — Though in some
week by splendid showers. A great
deal of the early corn crops was al
most completely ruined before the rain
came, but cotton and late corn will
come out alright now. The general crop
prospects are not as good now as
they were a month ago on 'account of
the damage done by the long dry
weather, and from which they will
never entirely recover.
DEKALB.—The crop prospect in this
section is good. Cotton is about three
weeks late, but growing fine and gen
erally clean. Corn isy very promising
and much better prospect for large
yield than for several years. Miscella
neous crops are also good. Good rains
have prevailed generally here..
DOOLY—Recent rains over the major
portion of Dooly county have materialy
aided the young corn, old corn Is cut
at least one-half by dry weather In
June and July. Cotton is looking well,
is well fruited and in healthy condi
tion. Unless something unforeseen
turns up an average crop of this staple
w’ill ybe made In Dooly this year.
DOUGLAS—While a drouth of about
six weeks’ duration seriously threatened
and did to a considerable extent dam
age crops in Douglas county, the recent
rains have brought them out wonder
fully. Cotton is vigorous, and is well
fruited, and promises at least an aver
age yield. Forage crops are good. Up
land corn is to a considerable extent
damaged. Bottom corn is fine, and bar
ring floods and storms will yield abun
dantly. On the whole, the crop pros-
ECHOLS—The present condition of
the corn crop is not quite as promising
as it was thirty days ago. The con
tinued <^ry weather hurt it some, but
the recent rains helped the young acorn.
The cotton crop is much better at
present than it was last year.
ELBERT—CotAon is two weeks late.
Good rains over most of the county
timely. All , crops have been well
worked.
EFFINGHAM—Rains have been badly
needed in some parts of the county, but
pretty general rains have fallen recent
ly, and the effect of the dry weather is
not yet fully apparent; it will decrease
the yifeld of corn by at least 12 .to 15
per cent. Cotton doing well, but not
fruiting 4s well as It should. Water
melons have been harvested, and the
growers have cleared some money; in
fact, they are in fine spirits; potato
crop not as good as it would have been
had the rains have come earlier; sugar
cane doing welt.
FAYETTE.—Cotton in Fayette county
is very small, but is generally clean
and well cultivated. It is growing and
apparent good prospects for a good crop.
some sec
tions has suffered for rain. A good pea-
vtne hay crop is expected.
FLOYD.—The crops in Floyd coun
ty are feeling the effect of the extreme
ly hot weather to some extent. Rome
vuuuviviii — | apparent gooa prospects tor a
parts of Cherokee county very little I Corn is looking well, but in
rain hah fallen during the month, crop
conditions’ ar€ exceptionally fine. Cot
ton, corn and small grains are flourisn-
ing, and a good melon crop is being
marketed at good prices. Truck gar-
dens are also supplying the towns with' ^, d “7 ts " ‘immediate“vicinity~‘have‘'hau
fresh vegetables. practically no rain during th^ last 30
CLARKE—Cotton in this section is da y St but the surrounding country has
quite spotted. The early planting made had good showers. The terrific heat
good growth and has taken on fruit ^ as burned up the corn and cotton, ex
well. On red lands there is a general ce pt j n cases where early cultivation
camplaint of rather poor stands. Rains had it we li advanced.
have been partial. The extreme hot j FORSYTH—The crops in Forsyth
weather has been very trying to all , count are about 20 cent better than
kinds of crops. It is yet too early to h £, ere thla tlme last year . Cotton is
determine the effects of the weather. abQUt ^ as coula be wante d.
Shedding has not set in as yet. The There somethlng . llke a third more
Is 0r now r ?na“ry e c?itTcIfcon°dUlon prob- cora P lanted thls year than usua! ’ an 4somewhat injured by drought, but young
all except the very early planting i3
abiy very seriousiy hurt by the hot hest ever known here .
weather. Oat crops have been gather-; _____ ,
ed and turned out fhre. There is aj GREEN E The general rains through-
large area of land sown to peas and i' ou ^ Gr e © n ® county in the past two days
cane j have helped the corn crop very materi
ally. Until the rains the corn was
! drooping and turning yellow, and had
not the rain come when it did the corn
CLAY—Good rains have fallen over
the entire county in the last few days.
The corn crop in many places will be
cut short on account of the long drouth.
crop would have been an almost total
^ .. . . . ^ „ „ , - _ | failure. The rains did not come tin time
Cotton p ant has a good color and fruit- | t<> saye ^ entJre corn crop , but a ma .
ing nicely. Fine crops on the sandy assisted
lands, while it has been too dry for the ^ y CoUon is in good conm _
red lands to fruit up much. Cotton is .. ... . „
reported to be opening in the southern j tion - ™‘* h Prospects for an ordinary
^ I nvrtn Tho farmprfi oro vprv np<ssim 1 <jtio
part of the county.
crop. The farmers are very pessimistic
i over the outlook, while the merchants
CLAYTON.—-Crops 15 to 20 days late. j hopeflil .
GORDON.—Owing to the extreme hot
weather and hot winds that are con-
Cotton fruiting well; good season in
ground, clean. With late fall full crop,
if we have favorable seasons from now
on. Corn good and increased acreage
over last year. Wheat and oats largest
harvest in ye^rs.
COFFEE—Cotton has improved a lit
tle in Coffee of late, though some of
it is reported as dying from something
like black root. The crop is still be
low the average. Corn has been fine,
but the recent drought has cut it off
somewhat, some of it being badly
burned. Potato crop is fair.
COWETA—Weather conditions tlYe
past month have been altogether fa
vorable for cotton, and the prospect is
most promising. Improvement since
June 25 fully 12 per cent. Present con
dition 85 per cent. Late rains have
greatly benefited corn, and a bumper
crop Is now assured.
CRAWFORD—Corn crop in this coun
ty is about 70 per cent of crop and cot
ton about 65 per cent. 4?
DAWSON—The extended dry weather
is injuring crops considerably in this
county, especially upland corn, and the
prospect for a crop of peas is very
poor. Wheat, oats and rye were above
thq average in size of grain and yield.
Cotton is small and backward. There
are a few sections of this county where
there has been plenty of rain, and all
crops are fine in those small areas.
DECATUR—Decatur county will raise
excellent and abundant crops this fall.
The corn has come out wonderfully the
past week on account of the good rains.
Cotton is fruiting heavily, and the
plant is healthy and large. The farm
ers in the lower part of the county
have raised large tobacco crops and
are getting excellent prices, some of
them clearing as high as $400 per acre
on their tobacco crop.
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in this county has b£en broken this
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Gordon county can’t make over 50 per
cent of a crop, and unless we have a
general rain within the next few days
there are acres and acres of cotton that
won’t make anything, upland corn is
dying and can’t make anything. Re
ports s&y that bottom land corn Is look
ing well notwithstanding the fact it
needs rain.
GWINNETT.—The hot weather of the
past three weeks has brought out cottpn
very much and this crop is in good con
dition except in certain small sections.
Corn is thought to be the finest in sev
eral seasons. More grain and forage
sown and harvested than usual in this
section. The crop is a clean one gen
erally and most planters have now laid
by and both cotton and corn are con
sidered doing fine. At present rain is
much needed in certain sections.
HABERSHAM.—Crop prospects in
Habersham county are still the best than
for five or six years. While the weath
er is perhaps the hottest ever known,
still, with the splendid recent rains, and
the hot weather, every thing is growing
nicely. In fact, cotton prospects are
much better than thirty days ago.
HALL.—The outlook for a fine cotton
crop in Hall county is good. For the
past two or three weeks we have had
plenty of rain and the corn and cotton
crops are growing nicely throughout the
county. Crops generally are in fine con
dition at this time.
HANCOCK—As a general average,
would say condition of cotton crop in
Hancock county promising for a fair
crop. The older planted cotton, though
not a good stand, is fruiting wel. In
some sections the corn crop is good,
but generally this cron has suffered for
moisture and impossible now to make.
In sections where peas are planted,
:they are looking promising.
HART.—Cotton crops are good in
iHart county, except in few places where
they h^ive not had rains, and for the
last, few days cotton has taken on con
siderable fruit. Corn crops are the
jbest in the history of the county and
late corn doing well and will make
e-ood yield if rains are timely. We
are having showers around in the‘coun
ty and some of the sections that have
not had rain are getting it. Pea crops
ood.
HENRY.—The condition of the croDS
in Henry county is very encouraging.
Corn is 50 per cent better than at this
season last year and cotton 25 per cent
better. If weather conditions continue
good it is the opinion that an average
crop will be made. •
HOUSTON—Long drouth broken on
21st by general rain. Old corn crop
in about one-half the county was hurt
h adly by dry weather. Cotton, while
it is generally small, looks good and is
Trowing fast. A fine grain crop was
harvested. With good seasons, a good
crop can yet be made.
JEFF DAVIS.—It is estimated that
about 50 per cent of a normal yield by
reason of the drouth, which was ended
only a few days ago; however, the
ground is thoroughly wet now, the corn
is in advanced roasting-ear stage and
may fill out beter than expected. The
greater part of the cotton was planted
late on account of cold, dry spring and
unless frost stays away until late in
the fall, 75 per cent of a normal crop
is a high figure. Other crops are below
an average, owing to the drouth.
JENKINS—Crops generally in Jenk
ins county have suffered for rain. A long
dry spell and excessive heat cut the
corn crop short and very little over
half the corn will be made that was
expected three weeks ago. Cotton has
suffered, but not so much as the corn.
It is estimated by many good farmers
that about three-fourths of ’ a cotton
crop will be made. The hot and dry
weather has hurt all other crops.
JOHNSON.—The drouth has decreas
ed the corn prospect by at least 50 per
cent. The last thirty days has played
havoc with growing crops. Cotton has
held Its own fairly well, but is now
beginning to show the need of rain
badly. The hay crop likewise is at a
standstill, but a good season in the
next few days will put an entirely
different look to it.
LAURENS—Laurens county will
probably yield 55,000 bales of cotton
against 40,000 last year. The rains
have helped late ( corn. Old corn that
suffered from drought will yield a short
crop.
LIBERTY—The crop conditions in
this section are very good, the corn
crop especially fine; plenty of rain,
w'eather very hot.
LOWNDES.—While the crop outlook
is still very bright in this section, the
best crops have been considerably in
jured by the dry weather recently.
Where a great deal of fertilizers are
used and where they have been well
(worked and pushed forward the drouth
,has done much more damage than in
(other cases. Cotton and corn both
have suffered a good deal on account
[of a lack of moisture. There have been
ocal showers in many parts of this
nd adjoining counties, and much good
has resulted from them, though the
rains have not been heavy enough to
help the crops in all the sections. All
of the provision crops, such as pota
toes, cane, cotton and vegetables of
all kinds are in very fine condition and
are well advanced. Sweet potatQes are
already on the market here, while to
matoes and other vegetables are being
brought in in larger quantities than
ever before.
M'INTOSH—Crops in good condition.
Corn has suffered from drouth but re
cent rains have helped considerably and
results will not be cut much. Not
much cotton planted, but from all re
ports condition about 80 per cent. Only
about 75 per cent as much planted this
year as last.
MACON—Condition of cotton 75 per
cent and three weeks late. Recent rains
have caused cotton to shed squares and
young bolls; condition of corn 70 per
cent, having been hurt by drought of
last dirty days. A heavy pea crop has
been sown and crop splendid.
MADISON—The crops through Madi
son county are in a good state of culti
vation. In some parts the crops ahe
suffering for rain, but from present in
dications a large corn crop will be har
vested. The cotton crop promises to be
good, considering the late start it got
in the spring. An abundance of peas
have been planted since wheat and oats
have been harvested. Other forage crops
have t>een planted and the indications
are that a large forage crop will be
made.
MARION.—Owing to the continued
dry weather in this section the corn
crops will be cut off 33 per cent. Cot
ton is small and young, and it * * ooks
impossible to make more than 6(N per
cent of a crop this time.
MONTGOMERY—Corn crop is mate
rially injured by long drought. Recent
rains will save young corn. Old cotton
coj.ton will recover. Hay, cane and po
tato crops greatly injured. Poor stand
of peas and potatoes.
MURRAY.—Relative to crop condi
tions in Murray county will say that
they are unusually good, with the excep
tion of some sections in the county are
dry and unless they have rain at an
early date the corn crop will be dam
aged. Wheat is being threshed and is
good. Good hay crops. Farmers done
work.
MUSCOGEE—General rains of the
past few days have greatly improved
the conditions of cotton, corn and
other products of the farm and the
farmers are much pleased with the sit
uation. The fearfully hot sun of the
past ten days caused the young bottom
to wither up badly, some of which was
killed outright, but a vast majority of
the crop is now looking well and lead
ing planters assert that they will make
a fair crop. Had the hot sun contin
ued for another week without rain, the
planters state, the crops in Muscogee
would have been ruined and much of
late corn killed, out. Throughout the
county the stands are poor, but in most
sections the cotton has taken a fresh
start and it is now believed that Mus
cogee can be counted upon for near her
full share of the fleecy staple for 1913.
OCONEE — Very severe drouth
throughout Oconee qounty. Early plant
ed corn completely dried up, but corn
planted since the hailstorm has a chance
if rains sufficient the next week. Cot
ton small for the time of year. Peavine
hay fairly good that was planted after
the grain crop. Prospect as a whole is
fairly good.
OGLETHORPE—On account of the
dry weather and the hot winds old corn
has been cut off considerably. It looks
now like there will hardly be half a
crop of the old corn, though there is
some young corn which promises to do
fairly well. Cotton is from two to
three weeks late and the weed is
small for this time of the year. It
has been well cultivated and is clear
of grass. With the rains of last Satur
day and Sunday and with favorable
weather during the month of August
there is promise of an average crop.
Lots of peas planted and sown.
PAULDING—Prospects for good
crops in Paulding county are splendid.
The winds and heavy rains of last week
did some damage, though not enough to
cause apprehension. Cotton is especially-,
good and is now loaded with fruit. If
the August crop is fair the largest
crop will be gathered in this county in
many years.
PICKENS—The outlook for a banner
crop in Pickens county this year is
good. Cotton was held back some by
the cold early in the spring, but it is
as good as we have ever had here be
fore, and despite the cold spring, more,
cotton is expected to be harvested than’
ever before. Corn is 75 per cent better
than it was last year and if nothing
happens to cut off the crop suddenly
the average yield in this county will
be raised 15 per-cent. More peas and
legumes are planted than at any past
time, which proves that the farmer is
waking up to his deeds.
PIKE—Crop conditions in this locali
ty are much more favorable than at an;
time this season. .Warm weather and
plenty of rain together are responsible
for the extremely rapid growth of cot
ton. The process of laying by corn was
finished by July 1, but citton crop will
probably be cultiavted up to the middle
of August. In spite of late planting
and poor stands, a fairly good cotton
yield may be expected, provided frost
does not come early.
POLK—Although crops In the vicinity
nicely there has been a great need of
rain, the extremely hot weather with
dry winds tending to parch the fields.
However, the last few days good heavy
rains, although mostly local have been
falling all over Polk county and the
prospects «are now bright with a gen
eral rainy season.
PUTNAM—Crop conditions reported
excellent from all sections of Putnam
county. Fine seaosns have given im
petus to laying-by time, and while
money Is reported tight to some extent
here as elsewhere, with the laying-by
season at hand, farmers are beginning
to give their annual barbecues to em
ployes and friends, and an “era of good
feeling” seems to prevail. Some fine
crops are reported in Putnam this year.
QUITMAN—Crops in Quitman have
failed in the past thirty days. Heat and
dry weather has ruined corn. Can’t
make more than one-half crop. Cotton
small, but free of grass, but with fa
vorable seasons from now on can hope
for fair yield. Other crops doing fairly
well.
RABUN—Prospects for corn excel
lent. Season so far good. Indications
best since 1911. From 50 to 100 per
cent better than last year if no calamity
and seasons continue good. Prospects
of onions good. Irish potatoes excellent.
Rye medium. Cabbage good. Sweet po
tatoes fair. Peach crop failure. Twen
ty-five per cent crop early apples, but
late apples practically failure. All truck
patches in fine condition.
RANDOLPH.—The crop prospects of
Randolph county are exceptionally fine.
The long drouth will cut off to a cer
tain extent the corn crop, but more
corn will be made than was anticipated
a month ago. Imtfiense quantities or
potatoes, hay and other feed stuffs will
be made, while the cotton crop is aa
fine as the best. The farmers and mer
chants are in good spirits over the out
look.
RICHMOND—The corn crop of Rich
mond county has been badly damaged
by the ‘long continued hot weather and
absence of rain. Some declare it to be
50 per cent destroyed. Cotton, though
delayed by the early season rains, is
coming along well, the first bolls being
received by Augusta factors. The re
cently gathered oat crop was one of the
best. Richmond county watermelons
and cantaloupes fine as usual.
SCHLEY—The yield of corn in this
county from present indications will
not be more than seventy-five per
cent of a medium crop. Cotton is young
but looking well, but the excessive
rains that have been falling for thre6
days may injure it. Garden vegeta
bles are almost a failure. Melons very
scarce. Cotton has been doing well, but
corn has been failing.
SPALDING—The warm weather of
the past month, together with fine rains
just at the time needed, has caused cot
ton to grow with remarkable rapidity,
and the indications now are that the
crop will be almost a normal one. Corn
as a whole is very fine and the water
melon crop is large and the fruit of
unusual quality.
STEWART.—On account of the recent
hot wave, it is estimated by a conserv
ative farmer here that the corn crop
was cut off by one-fourth in this coun
ty. Cotton did not sqffer materially.
The rains have come, and altogether,
an average crop is expected.
SUMTER—Cotton crop conditions in
Sumter county are very favorable, and
better than at this date last year. While
the corn crop will be very short, as re
sult of dry weather, other crops will
bring up the acreage. There has been
an abundance of rain this week, and cot
ton is fruiting well and beginning to
open. A fine hay and melon crop has
been made this year.
TALBOT—Recent rains have im
proved all the growing crops. Corn is
looking well now, thougn some of it
has suffered a great deal in Talbot coun
ty for rain. Cotton has not been hurt.
People take an optimistic view of things
generally.
TATTNALL—The farmers of Tattnall
county are having quite a great deal of
trouble gathering their fodder on ac
count of so much rain. Heretofore the
farmers of this county have had better
prospects for a good crop year this
season than they have had in many
years, but the fact that it has rained
here every day for a week has turned
things around in that respect. How
ever, the crops in this county are above
the avarage of any in this immediate
section, so far as can be learned.
TERRELL.—The continued drouth is
playing havoc with crops in Terrell.
Only a few sections in the county have
had sufficient rain. Corn is dying and
burning up. Unless the hot winds cease
at an early date cotton will be badly
hurt. With favorable seasons cotton
will be fair. The corn crop will be
short. The hot spell is holding on un
usually long.
TIFT—Recent rains have caused a
great improvement in the condition of
cotton, both late and early. Before the
rains early cotton had begun to shed
its fruit. The hot, dry weather caused
about a two point depreciation of the
crops over the condition of a month
ago. Rains have stopped cultivation,
but crops generally are good. Corn has
suffered considerably on account of the
long dry spell, but may come out after
the rains.
THOMAS—Showers have been gen
eral over Thomas county recently and
all crops are in fine condition as a re
sult. The corn crop continues to be
the biggest and finest known in years.
Cotton is not far behind and is open
ing up well. Sweet potatoes, sugar cane
and all minor crops are also in good
condition. Watermelon shipments are
over for the season, which has been the
best in several years, both in the qual-
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TOWNS—The wheat and rye crop
are being thrashed. The largest and
best crop ever grown in our county.
With plenty of rain we will have the
best corn crop that has been in our
county fn twenty years.
TURNER—The latter part of June
and the first weeks of 'July were very
dry and old corn has been badly dam
aged. Old cotton was hurt some, but
new corn and cotton and peas sowed af
ter oats are in good condition. Good
rains in the last few days have put
new hope into the farmers as well as
new life into the crops. Truckers al
so were very much benefitted. The
canteloupe crop is harvested and was
good and brought good prices. Melons
are plentiful.
TWIGGS—The crops in Twiggs coun
ty have suffered for the last twenty-five
days with dry weather and hot winds.
Therefore they are not up to an average
crop. With everything favorable from
now on we can only hope for a normal
crop.
WALKER—Fine rain fell here re
cently. Corn suffered for rain and is
damaged in this county, but corn and
cotton still promise a good yield. Cot
ton looks better than usual. Fruit crop
is a failure. Wheat and oats made a
good yield. Acreage about as last year.
Other crops look well, but need rain.
WALTON.—The Walton county farm
ers are rejoicing over the recent rains.
For some little time it appeared as if
the dry weather would do great injury
to both cotton and corn. It is now
very gratifying to all concerned that
such an improvement is so perceptible,
and if the seasons remain so propitious
the harvest will be good. The report
comes from many sections that while
the stalk Is not so very large, the fruit
is especially good.
WARE.—From all parts of Ware
county the most flattering kind of crop
reports have been received and indica
tions are that farmers of Ware v/ill en
joy better yields in every way than
they have known for several years. Corn
leads the list. The acreage is larger
than heretofore and the crop in better
condition than o)d timers have known.
It is expected that the record yield of
139 3-4 bushels an acre, made by a Fair
fax farmer a few years ago, will be
broken this year. Cotton is doing well,
but there is not as much of it this year
as last. The short staple is flourish
ing and the sea island variety, which
thrives here, is advanced greater than
usual for this time of year. Sweet pota
toes are coming in steadily now and
some record results are certain. Farm
ers who planted cantaloupes and water
melons have gotten fair prices this sea
son, although at times the local mar
ket was flooded. Melons o fa late veri-
ety still command good prices. Tomatoes
have been a paying crop so far and
while the abundant supply has kept
prices down no complaints have been
made. It is estimated that a large
amount of the tomato crop will go to
waste because of the lack of suitable
canning facilities i,n the county.
WARREN—The corn crop in Warren
county is almost totally destroyed on
account of dry weather. In many sec
tions of the county there has been no
rain since the second week in June, and
the indications are now that not more
than 40 per cent of the corn crop will
be made, if that much.
Cotton is also suffering from dry
weather practically all over the county.
In a few sections where they have had
rain cotton is looking well, but in a
greater portion of the county it is suf
fering badly for water.
WASHINGTON—The rains during the
past few days, which seem to be gen
eral, continues to make the crop con
dition in Washington county look prom
ising. The three or four weeks drouth
that prevailed in some sections of the
county injured the corn crop to some
extent, but the pea and cotton crop
seems, to have been very slightly dam
aged, if any.
WEBSTER—The corn crop in our
county is greatly injured by the ex
cessive heat and dry weather, and we
will do well to make half a crop. We
are now having plenty of rain, and cot
ton is doing well, but on account of
failure at first to get stands of cotton,
it is very uneven, and we can't make
a full crop. We have no vegetables in
our gardens at all.
WILCOX—Crop prospects are not so
good in Wilcox county. Early corn in
some sections of the county has about
been ruined on account of the drought.
Cotton is all right. But some of the
first planting was hurt on account of
the dry weather. Late corn is doing
well and has not suffered from the dry
weather. Today brought us a soaking
rain. I have inquired of farmers about
crops. They report cotton about as good
as usual.
WHITE—The condition of crops in
this county has been good. Wheat, rye
and oats have yielded a good crop.
Corn is off 25 per cent owing to the
recent dry weather, and cotton is not
looking as well as it would had we had
more rain. Some fields of early corn
are damaged by the drouth seventy-
five per cent.
WHITFIELD—Although needing rain,
crops in Whitfield county are looking
unusually good at present. The county
has not experienced a general rain dur
ing the month, and the farmers have
had ample opportunity for Jarm work.
Crops are clean. The indications point
to a bumper corn crop this year, much
of the cotton land being given over
to corn.
WORTH—The recent rains came in
time to save the corn crop. The out
look now is good. The early cotton has
already a large crop of mature bolls,
and the young cotton Is coming along
nicely. Corn, potatoes, peas, etc., are
all growing nicely. The present condi
tions are bright for the farmers ot
Worth and they are all feeling good.
the com crop in Jeff Davis county is of Cedartown have been progressing
Acne attacks the glandular structure
of the skin, more particularly those
tiny glands that secrete fat
And it is here that S. S. S., the famous
blood purifier is most active in its
influence.
There is one ingredient in S. S. S., the
purpose of which it is to stimulate the
cells in the tissues that they select
from the blood the nutriment that
makes new skin and thus eliminates
all irritants, acids and parasites that
inflame the glands. There is a natural
tendency of the fine network of blood
vessels in the skin to throw off impuri
ties, but where a persistent inflamma
tory process has invaded the skin, the
natural repair work of the blood is in
terfered with. It requires the stimu
lating activity of S. S. S. to overcome
such morbid conditions. If you have
been troubled with acne, do not despair
of a cure.
You can get S. S. S. in any drug
store, but insist upon having it. The
great Swift LaDoraton' in Atlanta, Ga.,
prepares this famous blood purifier,
and you should take no chance by per
mitting anyone to recommend a sub
stitute. And if you blood condition is
such that you would like to consult a
specialist freely, address the Medical
Dept., The Swift Specific Company, 181
Swift Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
ONE DEAD, THREE HURT
IN WRECK AT ADEL, GA.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ADEL, Ga., July 31.—Henry Castel-
law, a negro brakeman. was killed and
H. P. Wrigley, conductor; Engineer S.
S. Mann and Jim Fruitticher were
slightly injured in a head-on collision
of two heavy freight trains near here
this morning at 4:45 oclock.
The wreck is said to have been due
to the failure of the southbound train
to get orders at Adel.
APPOINTMENTS MADE
BY PRESIDENT WILSON
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, July 31.—President
Wilson today made these nominations:
Collector of internal revenue Third
district Texas: Alexander Stuart Wal
ker.
Chief of the weather bureau: Charles
F. Marvin.
United States attorney eastern dis
trict Arkansas: William* H. Martin.
OLDEST RESIDENT OF
ILLINOIS IS DEAD
* (By Associated Press.)
PANA, 111. July 31.—Dr. W. T. Linn,
aged 109 years, the oldest man in Illi
nois, died at his home near here last
night. His death came suddenly. He cel
ebrated his 108th anniversary on May
28 last. Dr. Linn was born in Ohio and
had practiced medicine for more than
seventy-five years. He leaves sixty-two
grandchildren and fifty-three great
grandchildren.
Tillman Gets Magazine Article
Into the Congressional Record
That Bitterly A rous es Senators
So Many Protests Against Dr
Aibert Taylor Bledsoe’s At
tack on Northern Women’s
Suffrage Movement That
South Carolina Senator
Withdraws It and All Refer
ence Is Stricken Out
BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 31.—A
magazine on “The Mission of Woman,”
written by Dr. Albert Taylor Bledsoe
over thirty years ago, and republished
in the Congressional Record yesterday,
raised a storm in the senate today.
The paper was presented by Senator
Tillman, of South Carolina, with the re
quest that it be published in the record
and issued as a government document.
As a result of the protest raised today,
Senator Tillman withdrew the article
from the record, and the order for its
publication as a document was can
celled.
Senator Gallinger, of New Hampshire,
called attention to the Bledsoe paper to
day. After he had read just a sentence
or two of it, other senators rose in
their places to protest against the pub
lication of such a paper as a reflection
upon the womanhood of the north, and
more particularly women who believe in
equal suffrage.
THE OBJECTIONABLE PASSAGE.
The parts of the paper that chal
lenged the bitterest resentment follow:
“But the strong-minded women of the
north, .in great and increasing multi
tudes, desire a different glory from this.
They covet the power of the hustings
and places in congress. They would
fain enter the lists with pot-house poli
ticians and become the rivals of negroes.
Let them, O fair daughters of the
south, pursue their own course. But if
they will unsex their souls, let them at
the same time lay aside their ‘modest
apparel,’ let them cut their hair short,
and their petticoats, too, and enter a la
bloomer the ring of political prize fight
ers. If indeed we were the most deadly
enemies of the north, we could wish no
greater calamity to befall them than
the success, the triumph, of such a
movement. Make their women the
equals of their men and the rivals of
their negroes, reduce marriage to a
civil contract^between co-equal partners
for the supposed convenience and hap
piness of the parties, and you cause tne
history of imperial Rome to repeat it
self In this country.
“SPIRIT OF INFIDELITY/*
“Behald the awful vision oven as it
now passes before our eyes. The word
of God is despised and the laws of na
ture are trampled under foot. Tho
spirit of infidelity grows rank and rabid
even among women, as it is always
grown among female reformers. The
marriage ties are treated with ievlty, ii
not with contept, and divorces are the
order of the time. One husband, as a
Roman, has his twenty-first wife, and
this twenty-first wife has her twenty-
third husband. Finally, the marriage
relation becomes, as it did in Rome, so
‘intolerably disagreeable’ that men
would as soon marry the plague as a
member of the fair sex. Woman Is no
longer sacred in the eyes of man. In
deed, the women have become disgust
ing to men, and the men disgusting an
imals. All are brawling politicians.
The weaker vessel goes down before
the stronger, and both are buried be
neath the ruins of their country.
“Such is inevitably the awful doom
of the north if the spirit of infidel re
form, ^which, in proud contempt of the
word and the' providence of God, had In
augurated the woman’s rights move
ment, should prevail and gain the
ascendancy. The frujt may be pleasant
to the eye and seem greatly to be de
sired to make one wise, and the wily
tempter may whisper, ‘In the day that
thou eat thereof thou shalt become as
men,’ but if woman heeds the fatal lie,
the luscious golden fruit will turn to
ashes on her lips, and she will awake
from her dream of dominion only' to
discover that all her glory has de
parted.”
Policemen Score Big
Success in Role of
„ Employment Agents
(By Associated Press.)
MINNOLA'S, July 29.-—Mayor Wal
lace G. Nye’s plan to transform the po
lice force of this city into temporary
employment agents, has proved an un
qualified success.
Last Thursday morning, when the
plan went into effect there were more
than 1,000 idle men loitering about the
streets, the authorities declared.
Today Chief of Police Martinson es
timated that there are less than 100
who have not either obtained employ
ment or fled the city to escape a term
in the workhyuse.
—And They’ll Even Make A Blind Man See-—
Of course, I don't m?an one blind from birth or disease—but near-blind
and weak-eyed on account of old age.
Now it makes no difference if you’re as near-blind and weak-eyed as
the old gentleman shown in the above picture, I’m going to send you a
pair of my 10-karat “ perfect Vision” spectacles without a
cent of money, and if you’re a sportsman and like to go out hunting
occasionally, you’ll find that you can shoulder your gun and drop the
smallest squirrel off the tallest tree top at the very first shot sure, with
the help of these wonderful “Perfect Vision” spectacles of mine. And
in the evening, when the shadows are gathering in the twilight, they’ll
easily enable you to distinguish a horse from a cow out in the pasture
at the greatest distance and as far as your eye can reach.
Write me today for a pair of these wonderful
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| soon as you get them I want you to put them
on your eyes, no matter how weak they may
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beautiful summer nights and you’ll be agreeably
surprised to discover that you can again
read the very finest print in your bible
with them on, even by moonlight, and
this no matter if your eyes are so very!
weak now that you cannot
even read the largest head
lines in this paper.
Dr if you’re fond of sitting down with your
needle-work awhile at night in your spare time,
just put on these wonderful "Perfect Vision”
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as you ever did in your life.
Now Don’t Take My Word For It
hut send for a pair at once and try them out yourself for reading, sewing,
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they really have restored to you the absolute perfect eyesight of your
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Just Do Me A Good Turn
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word for them whenever you have the chance. Won’t you help me intro
duce my wonderful “Perfect Vision" spectacles in your locality on this
easy, simple condition?
If you are a genuine, bona-fide spectacle-wearer (no children need
apply) and want to do me this favor, write your name, address and age
on the below $3.75 certificate at once, and this will entitle you to a pair
of my famous “Perfect Vision” lenses absolutely free of charge as an
advertisement. 1 *
Write your name, address and age on the below coupon at once,
and mail it to me today without one cent of money. Address:—
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genuine 10-karat pure, gold, and will positively stand the 10-karat
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be proud to wear them in company and to church on Sundays) then
and then only will I pay you your special reduced advertising price of
$1.25, if in my opinion they are really worth $5, the price you have
them stamped in the nosepiece. If, however, I don’t want to keep
the spectacle-frames for any reason whatever, I am positively going
to remove the lenses and put them into my own frames without pay
ing yoif one single solitary cent for them as you have agreed in the
above announcement to accept this $3.75 certificate in full and com
plete payment of a pair of your famous “Perfect Vision” lenses as
an advertisement, and I am certainly going to make you stick to that
contract.
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