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VOL. XXXVI. NO. 22.
IN AN INFERNO OF FIRE ANO WATER
,>nREDS OF KANSANS MEET DEATH
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Topeka, Kans.. May 31.—'<? -Rain
Sias been falling for two hours, nd this
has had a tendency to oheck the fires
In the dwellings.
Absolutely no reliable estimate of
the lives lost can be made for the
reason that the flooded district can
not be traversed. It -s at least two
hundred, and may be larger than
this. People were cooped up in their
houses and could not escape from the
fire or flood.
If there :s no further rise in the river
tonight it is possible for a i.i-ge number
of the beleaguered people to be rescued.
Boats have been telegraphed for and a
train load will arriv, . i a : w hours from
Ottawa and others from Emporia. It
will be impossible, before daylight to
make a really reliable report about the
extent of th*? d iinagp. Alrr.-'M sup- rha.-
iri.Tn esf 1 ' ’.- have h»'cn m•• L * to r»
those remaining. hut t!.* - task has n
too great for ‘li p f i ’.it'' S at hand.
Fire Chief Wilrnarth says th it the fire
on the east si tic of Kansas avenue, In
North ibp ka, sk:ng 'ac re-
maining b -Hidings. The fin* is going to
ward : !-■* wind a i : ’• - v -• v* to
check its progress, but th-r t - is so much
burning wreckage t’-’a'iiig about that the
destruction of the remap mg h ures is re
garded as < .-rtain Peopb on the roofs of
houses ire yet heard cub'ng frantically
for help. It is said that two boats loaded
with people weio sw.imp'd and that a
dozen or more pcr>-'us wire drowned.
HOUSES FULL OF WATER
FLOAT ABOUT ON FIRE
Topeka. May 30. -The tire, which
began in North Topeka, already sur
rounded ;.v water, this afternoon, l« still
raging at l-i o'clock tonight and the
entir- ity will go.
Four hundred houses have been
bin ne:l and as near as can be learned
about one hundred and fifty persons
are dead.
Most thes were burned to death.
P-.i.’tig h-tnscs ?<re floating ab-Mi, set
rhe burning bn;!-Jngs contain feet of
v -ts! The current Is so strong that no
, • rin aprr-a • h any of the burning
bn Mings r. >pi * are gathered on the
; . ..f in-, j.-ps and will meet death either
. ‘ir ■ or bjrnlrg. ') :e crFs tor help can
b- ouinotly bard a mile away The
v. Mty is v.itl'.y exulted be’.i u : e of
tbu f i<t that no aid (‘an cx-iouded • -
prk is 5 miles wide. No possible esti
,, >t- of th’’ financial h>s is obtainable
■ tated that it will reach into
ALL GREAT FACTORIES
HAVE BEEN DESTROYED
N -re ■; .1 was th., manutacturlng
mills t!irc< w -len mills and otic r man
itt.jn.g e; terpri.-m are entirely de
stroyed v. r supply of the who e
mt. ba- been it on. The waler troni
rivr extends :.e.<rlv a mile on the
F" ith sin ■ ■ Rock is .nd depot nis
bad t b" abandoned, and more than
five hundred p- on this side of tn-
Jif. has resulted .. South T.ipek't. The
p.-ross the river for miles and the ap
.. to that bridge a.- f! >od«
put-,lie builnieg"- Topeka is • rev ablejo
tak' ... re of ' t: ■: ' ’’ a •t- • ;
per 1 with .■ • repiuii
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! i PREDICTS CONTINUED •
j • RISE TN THE RIVER •
t St. Louis, May 31.. Weather c
• ?
• Forecaster Bowie, of the St. a
o •
• Louis bureau, has predicted a e
O o
• continued rise in the Missouri o
B f
• and Mississippi livers ami has »
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» sent warnings to various points e
i threatened along those streams. 4
• From reports already received, q
i it is feared the conditions that 9
i i prevailed during the great flood ®
• of 1881 may be repeated. g
• •
• O-»C*-O *0 o -s-G a.O • •■© o-G
day The names nf the <lro\vned cannot
; be given tonight, as it is impossible to
, as; ertain the correct numb'-r of vi iims
| W ill W’rMht. who manned one of the
I boats, told of the death of a mother ami
j liild whi' h h- witness*-,]. ami whi« h so
* nff< ted him that he could not continue
! his work. His story is is follows:
I ‘ I was lust i< turning with a woman and
; two chiiure’i from a house near North and
; Harrison streets. As I was coming ba--k
in Van Buren street, a woman with i
card climbed out. on to the por* h and
attempted to get into th- lioat The small
boat I had was tilled to its capo ity, ami
>t would have been impossible f<>r me t«'
haxe done anyti iag if I had trit I The
woman wait swept away in the current
before* my eyes."
| The insane asylum !r very near Ihe rtvor
. on the south side, and on at'count of the
rapidly rising water it Is not iuiprobaid«?
i the whole institution may ’nave to be
abandoned before morning. Th< asylurh is
< ■•iuposed of ten buildings, and is the big
gest public institution in the stat*.', with
about inmates.
NORTH TOFEKA A SCENE OF
THE UTMOST DESTRUCTION
l ivery part of N «rth 'Top* ka is
I 3 s-i'cnr ot utmost desolation. Not a
square foot of land can be seen la ■•• u
. this art<' .j >on There is but
a small <'han\p oi any of the residence.-
* ; bring l r n. stamllng at li.*- end of-the fr- d
t j period. She; ry, (.‘nkland and tli«* region
about, the’reform schotd north of North
’ • Tor- ka ;ire all under th<- r.; dung wa --r
. ; but the situation is iavorubie in these
k ! jdacus. t-omyarud With what w--. ? N'U t-h
. T ‘p-k.l is undergoing, 'idle plan of try
- 1 i:.- t cross th-, river mar what remains
, • o- Kansas avenue bridge nag been a *• -i -
. I d.
I Nearly all th" fires have been put out
: by 'll'' r.iin which tins lallcn nearly all
, j ni'-tut. IHe sKy 1- overcast and the rain
i bids rair to continue ail day. it was
j soon I* ■•"giiiza n tii.it row boats would b*
i oi nn use in battling with the cum-nis.
' THE AWFUL WORK OF
NORTH TOPEKA FLOOD
: Briefly stated, the present condition of
; tii.- T"od is this:
One hundred and seventy to two'
hundred people drowned.
' i Eigth thousand people without
I homes.
Four million dollars’ worth of
. property destroyed.
Identified dead five.
Floating bodies seen, twenty.
People missing, two hundred.
Houses burnt, result of fire from
slacking lime, probably t wo hundred.
Banks Collapsed, two.
Wholesale grocery stores flooded,
two.
Big Business blocks almost ready
to crumble, fifty.
Wholesale commission houses de-
i serted, six.
Rock Island train containing' one
hundred and fifty passengers held
here by high water.
City water works plant useless.
The known drowned:
KARL RUPP.
CRIVILLELE RUPP
TWO RUPP GIRLS.
[ G. H. GARRETT'S 5-YEAR-OLD
SON.
TWENTY BODIES UNIDENTI
FIED.
TWENTY-SEVEN WENT DOWN
WITH THE RAILROAD BRIDGE
Kansas City, June I.—A message
to The Times from Kansas City,
Kans., byway of Leavenworth, at 2
o’clock this morning' says:
“Twenty-seven men were on the
Union Pacific btidge, which spanneu
; the Kansas river, when it went down,
and all of the men were drowned.
••It is said that many persons
saw the helpless men drown.”
THE CITY IS WITHOUT
ANY ’WATER SUPPLY
i t'liy M" . May 31.—With
, tiie K w ii -I Missouri rivers
nearly fain f'-'-i above the dis
usti ■ .s lev-1 of PsM. and their sir l!- n
till.' sw-.id oi-' 12 square miles of the
eily and its ‘ iburli«. Kan-as i'it,-. tonight
lis in the worst flood of its history. In
Tie v.-illio nf th. Kav,. or Kansas river,
Ir-tw i-n tbiseii.r and Kansas City. Kans ,
' a report lias It feat a number of lives
■ |. is be"i lo'-'t. One report says fourteen,
’ id another Inly. Twelve bodies were
-ninl i as the, floated prist during the
Tb>- fin.' n al 'ass has been increasing
ail d-i and I'id : fair to continue. The
he.i vi' t loss is at X rniourdale, where
th. !o sos to the packing industry nnd
j at $2,500,
I Argentine, another suburb, iias suf
fer.-q .si s estimated at $500,000. Cither
la ■ ivlii-11 cannot now be estimated
will ins: o-a- tiie total very materially.
i A i ni"’.irdale r witli a population of 16.000
| "pi, is deserted, and its site marked
■■ni ? ' ii.v tin tops ~f buildings and a num
| lier of fires,
1 i- layees from Armourdalo for the
i most p.u t are huddled together in the im
mense aii'i:i"rium of the convention hall,
a '.li" -rh sec hundred found refuge
wii i fra i.ds in more fortunate parts of
tin- ' ll T.i-i liiirds of Argentine fs un
ibr v. :i-i-. More than 4.500 people in
|: i iburb f • :,u oty In the higher
part ;'if the town.
All brid-.'- s over t",' K.iiv river arc
■ down, and tiie onli < "iiimunlcation with
Armourdale is by boat.
1 <.i tj ■-"i • i ity tonight Is without a water
; supply, the flood having disabled the
. mpimr .-tai ion, and the utmost care is
mg talo-n that no fires shall break out.
E'-’ on.ill fire, it I- fear' d, would start
.-'iiiflagration. Only one street car line
j in tin i-ity is running tonight, owing to
tii. -.il'ling of the power plants by the
11.1011.
Th- ranr.'.'id \ards are blockeded with
ti. ins unable t ■ get out. Not a train has
goti" out "f tin ity ex, ept to the east
tod.n and It Is said that, there is little
yr spo. i of an improvement In the situa
tion fur several days
The stage ot’ the river nt 6 o’clock to
night wi's o fe, t I in 'hcs. The previous
high record was made in IRSI, when the
riier ros<- to 26 feet 3 inches. By tomor
row morning .i«- nrding to the prediction
• Si'.p -rinti ndent O'Connor, of the wrath
; el lune.. U. th-, love! will b" 31 feet
T!.- union passenger station, by the
rise of the lioo'l todriv, was rendered prac
ti- ai -. . ss At one end the water was
throe feet deep and at the other four feet.
In the baggage room baggage was fas
ti neil to tackle and suspended in tiie air
oin of the r> icli of the iv.'iter. Numerous
t rescues, some of them made by the nar-
■ lowest of margins, occurred during the
WORST FLOOD IN
KANSAS CITY’S HISTORY
i K - is City, M.■ Mac 31. The greatest
j ‘lo.hl in th-- t:i't >ry of Kansas City,
I K. i- . .nd tin bottoms of Kansas City,
I M - , piv-vails h-r ■ today and millions of
: dollars’ loss wilt result.
A gr.-at body of water coming from the
i west swelled the Kansas river at Kan
. as City, Kans., and rn-hr-d with terrific
' force over the outlying railroad tracks
i and the crowned wholi's.'ile districts of
i the west b'itloms. and finally into the
I union depot
i Shortly aft"r noon the Third regiment,
ATLANTA, GA„ MONDAY, JUNE 1. 1903.
Missouri national guard, 800 strong, was
ordered out, both as a preca tionary
measure and to stop looting.
FIFTEEN DROWNED IN
KANSAS CITY BOTTOMS
Fifteen persons have been drowned in
the west bottoms during the day. Be
cause of the difficulty of recovering the
bodies Identification of m- st of tiie dead
is impossible. The dead as rep-.i ted are
as follows:
i JAMES DEB.MAN, drowned on Osage
avenue.
UNKNOWN -MAN WITH TWO CHIL-
1 Dlti-IN drowm-d at Mill and i. . ag.
UNK.NUW.X WU.uAN, ue.d In a mass
of drift.
WILLIAM HERBKKT and TWO
OTHER PERSONS, d ow’i-d at Second
and Osage.
THREE MEN and TW<i 'AOMEN.
i drowned by tiie capsizing of a I at mar
■ the Union Pacltle bring
A man on a belt iin ■ engine which
! was surrounded by wat- r w.i ■■ en t "
! disappear.
I The flood d district c- .'i .irea 3
i miles long by 4 miles wide. ’> flood
forms a semi-cir.-k. re n ting . ,t!i and
I west, and from tin- u.ii 'U depot, which
|is located under high alls tic- mark
i tiie dividing line b-.two u K.i. si, City,
Mo., proper, an" what l-.nov . i- the
west bottoms i'll" prill "pa il'iui . d'-m
--up to last night was at Xrm i
Argentine, in the p.o--.;: g' h"i - . •tri. t.
on the Kansas ri.c . on the eMremc
Southwest iiord' f of tri'- C IT.-- lil 1
Early tills mornn-g the r e m . Kan
sas river met tiie w
sour! on the nortliW' st and nu , timid
ly at tiie highest point at lb union
depot.
ALL RAILROADS ABANDON
THE LINES IN THE CITY
J Des Moines, lowa, May Si Eight au
thenticated fatalities have oi-yurr- d in and
about this city from the flood, ei.d tiie
property loss will mount into t-. million.-
At 6 o'clock tonight D s Moines river
had declined 14 Inches from its maximum
height of 24 feet early this m■•.’ tilr.g. Nut
withstanding the steady rain that has
fallen tor three days it is b- i v"I dan
ger of further rise is past, as reports
from points above L>< Moln-s r:: the
river has been falling for twenty-four
hours. The extent of suffering among the
several thousand Hood refuge, s lias been
reduced tc a minimum by tiie better or
ganization of relief work and now they
are nearly all free from extreme arufter-
I Ing.
' The few remaining .oca will hold,
i The river continues o !>■■ fr on half a
I mile to two miles >vi< ! - . how- i'.-r. effoct
| ually cutting pff comm giieat’-ci between
the main part of Dis Mob. from the
east, north and south. T! ter 1? filled
■i with debris ami boating -.cis. it will
i be several days before the ■ - I uavs will
resume schedules or the street railway
can operate. Tiie police report thieves in
boats are plundering stocks of merchan
dise in the business district to an alarm
ing extent and several . rests have been
mad'''. One officer had a li.it tie with a rob
ber who escaped. Neith-r was wounded.
! Not a. wheel Is turning in the frutory
j district and no effort is made to open
■ business houses. The (ir- c Western W.-i
- bash and Burlington reads have com
| pletely abandoned their lines in this city
j and the Northwestern, 1: -ck Island and
| St. Pau! roads are very badly crippl' d.
! The water and electric igiit and power
i plants are still running, but it is only by
: the employment of several hundred im n
i to man pumps and work on tiie levees.
' For over two days it lias rained epnstant-
IJy and the mercury has stood close to
j the freezing point.
I Scores of men. women and children have
] spent hours at a time in su.'.king wet gar
ments, sitting on the roofs •( their homes
awaiting the arrival of ri mers. The last
of these was removed at D o'i-.oek. Mme
' fatalities will result from xr-m-iire Ilian
i from drowning
j This afternoon the relief authorities
i announced that they were i-onfronted with
a food and fuel famine. M. at markets ail
i over tie- city declare they have oniy two
: op three day s' stock on hand Tln-r< is
no train entering the city and no pros
! poet, of getting a shipment of freight into
Des Moines in less than three or four
I day s. There is only a nv a ''-r coal supply
and tiie light aid power plant and the
i waterworks have an insufficient supply.
‘ Notic was sent to i-v<-ry r- sid'-nt. in the
I city to draw an extra supply of water to
: provide against the closing of the plant.
ARKANSAS RIVER OUT OF BANK
Muskogee. Ind. T.. May M The flood
j condition is growing serious. Tiie Arkan-
I sas river tonight ig out if Its banks and
lowlands arc flooded. The river is now
. even with tin trucks of the Missouri,
i Kansas am! Texas bridge It has been
I raining all day and theje is no Imme
| diate prospect of relief.
| CYCLONE IN LOUISIANA.
I Welsh, La.. May 31 -At 6 o'clock Inst,
j' night a cy clone started about 3 miles
south of here and swept everything be
fore it for a distance of 2 miles.
The two-story house of E. Carroll,
a wealthy farmer, with all the outbuild
ings and barns, was completely wrecked
Ed. Burgess, a hired man, who came
from Crystal River. Fla . was killed, and
Carroll and his wife seriously Injured.
Their daughter was slightly injured
It is reported that two whiti men and
a negro were killed by lightning west of
this piace.
STORM HITS ATLANTA HARD.
One death, three Area, the disruption of
the street car system nnd the crippling
of the telephone, electric light, telegraph
i and police signal systems were the more
: serious results of the storm which visit
ed Atlanta yesterday afternoon.
Miss Lula Higgins, who boarded,
at 721 Marietta street, while eating
a collation on the back veranda at
that number, was struck by llght
: ning and almost instantly killed.
The Georgia Avenue Presbyterian
| church, which was located at the cor
ner cf Georgia avenue and Grant
: street, was struck in two places by
! lightning and was burned to the
I ground.
The residence of E. D Nealy, 376
Georgia avenue, which adjoined the
: church, was badly damaged by fire.
The residence of Mrs. Nera Strauss
; 391 Grant street, which also adjoined
i the church, was also badly damaged
| by fire.
I Thirty-right trolley cars of the Geor
! gia Railway and Electric Company had
| their fuses burned out and became in
, operative. Four others w re derailed by
j sand and mud being washed upon the
! track. The entire system was disrupted
i for about two houm.
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I THE S’T"OF«2< FJLATFORM. i
WHITE OFFERS ADVICE!
TO HIS RACE. |
j Says Negroes Should Buy Stock in i
Railroads and Get Control.
Should Own Their Thea
ters and Hotels and
Employ Own Race.
Washington May 27.—-(Special.)—“l will ,
’ probably vote for President Roosevelt, ■
i but 1 am not enthusiastic.’'
This declaration was made at a colored i
people’s meeting here last night by
George H White, a negro, who was for
merly a. member of congress from North
Carolina, lie was the orator ata meeting
: of the Historical Association In the Metro- i
poillan African Methodist church. Ills
subject was the ''Trend of the Times,''
and bis remarks were devoted to the race
problem from tiie viewpoint of an ex
i congressman with a grievance due to
! not obtaining recognition by the present
administration after he lost his congres
i sional job.
lie drew a doleful picture tf* the future
for the negroes. He did nut think the
j trend hopeful from the negro's point of
I view. White spoke of the comparatively
■ insignitii ant problems confronting the
■ negro prior to tiie act. of emancipation.
! j Io"’ referred to the activity of tiie colored
i -.nan since then, especially along commer
l cial lines, and his loiaity tn the American
■ flag, and gave considerable data relative
i to what he has accomplished In business
! fields.
Tells Them to Try Commerce.
' "Whatever solution there may be to the
; colored man’s problem.” said White,
i ‘'none will come through moral lines of
i right, but instead as a matter of neces-
I sity. That necessity will weigh as heav
i |lj upon the white man ag upon the
negro. My advice to negroes, as I am
• able to see their necessities. Is for them
i to advance all they can commercially.
! Open stores of your own. Become pro
; prietorg of your own theaters, your own
I hotels Rpn them for yourselveg, as you
: now run your churches. Own your own
railroads. Buy stock in railroad lines,
obtain controlling interests, and make the
policy of those roads to suit yourselves,
In accordance with your own views. Be
come self-reliant.
"There is no hope for the negro In par
ty politics. We must create Industries
for ourselves, become employers ot our
own people. I myself, in New Jersey,
am employing twenty colored men. arti
sans. and work such as this, now being
I started on a small scale throughout the
- country, wjll grow to great proportions."
White criticised the recent speech of
I Senator Simmons. In regard to the educa
' tlon of the negro, and added:
■ rhe trend of the tiiQes is against the
; negro, and the time has come when he
must' curve out hjp own destiny. He
must wait no longer for his 40 acres and
a. mule, but must get control of business
interests, however small. He must be- I
come a landholder. There is no color in
a greenback. No question of race Is
there in land, a forest or a farm. The
man who. in these days, gets gold and
property [s tiie man who succeeds, irre
spective of his color.”
No Hope front Republicans.
"The negro has nothing to hope for
i from the republican party. Since the
Dred Scott decision there has not been
hande 1 down from the supreme court of
the United States a decision that I can
call to mind in favor of the negro.
"The cutting down of negro representa
tion in the south has not been proposed
by democrats, but our so-called repub
lican friends I am not a democrat and
there is no place in the democratic party
for a seif-respecting negro The negro
today is without a party. He has but
few friends -n the. 'e-aibl-.-an " irty the
party which he helped to put in powei.
“To tiie letter of President Roosevelt
with refernce to keeping ajar t.ia? doors
of opportunity for deserving colored men.
1 take off my nut. That subsequent bit
tor of the president to Mr Clark Howell,
at Atlanta, and his act in turning down
Samuel Vick as postmaster at Wilson,
N. made me weak.
"I will probably vote for President
Roosevelt. He will he nom'nat.ed arid I
will have to vote for him. But 1 am not
enthusiastic."
DUPONT GUERRY CHOSEN.
SUCCEEDS DR’. ROBERTS AS WES
LEYAN’S HEAD.
His Election Is Received with Ap
proval by the Friends of the
Great Institution.
Macon, Ga . .May 29.—(Special.)- Hon.
Dupont Gnerry. of Macon, succeeds Dr.
Roberts as president of Wesleyan Female
college, and will assume active manage
ment of tb.it institution at the end of
the present week.
The vote which made Colom' Gnerry
president was taken at 3 o'clock, and at
5 o’clock Colonel Gnerry sent the board
a letter accepting the position.
Twenty-three votfs were east, and of
that number twenty two were for the col
onel.
Election Gives Satisfaction.
The election of Colonel Gnerry has mot
with the full, free and emphatic indorse
ment >f tiie pi iplo hi re. Ail Macon is
sa.tis!i• -d that the board has done wlsc’v
and has done well. Uj's adaptability to the
work before him is universally conceded,
while his capabilities t. > faithfully and
successfully discharge the duties are In
dorsed by all.
The salary of the president at Wesleyan
h.as been $2,000 a year and a living at the
college During the session of the board
today the salary was increased, but the
figures now in effect are not given out.
the members of the board asserting that
that 1s a matter with which the people
have nothing to do.
Faculty Members Elected.
The election of the faculty and officers
for the ensuing year resulted as follows:
James C. Hinton. A.M. dean of the
faculty, Lovic Pierce chair of mathemat
ics and astronomy.
Rev. AV. B. Bonnell, A M . secretary of
the faculty, chair of natural science.
Rev. Charles R. Poster, A M., chair of
ancient languages.
Daniel Koets, A.M., chair of modern
Languages.
Mrs. J. B. Cobb, A.M., chair of English
literature.
Miss Emily M. Allen, A.8., rhetoric.
Mrs. M. M. Burke, A.8., history.
Miss Eloise Pickett, A 8., principal of
academy.
Miss Anna Pittman Prosser, drawing
and painting.
Edouard Hesselberg, A M., M.A, M. 8.,
director of music.
Miss F. Eva Massey, A.8.. M 8., piano.
Miss May Hollister, piano, guitar and
mandolin.
Miss Ira Van Metre, piano.
Miss Marie L. Skidmore Conner, violin,
harmony, theory, history of music.
Miss Sal-lie Turner, voice culture.
Miss Florence E. Ramsey, voice cul
ture.
Miss Charlotte M Brown, elocution and
physical culture.
Miss Carrie 1., Miller, bookkeeping
Miss Annie E. Lyle, stenography and
typewriting.
Miss Josephine M .Skaggs, matron.
Mrs. M M Burke, librarian.
Miss Annie E. Lyle, secretary to the
president.
Miss Carrie L. Miller, bookkeeper.
James A. Camp, steward.
Bubonic Plague Appears.
Santiago do Chili, May 26. It is rumor
ed that the bubonic plague has appeared
at the seaport of Iqulque.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
OF W
COTTON CROP.
I General Agreement by Correspond
j ents That the Seasen Is from
Two to Three Weeks Late.
Increase in Acreage in
Georgia Small.
New York. Mhy 28.—(Special.)—The
■ Journal of Commerce will tomorrow issue
i the results of a careful Investigation of
i the acreage planted in cotton the condi
-1 tlon of the plant and the progress of
i farm work. These results in brief are:
First, An increase, to be exact, of eight
i tenths of 1 per cent in the area under cul
i tivation; second, a decrease of 16 * pqints
l in condition, and, third, agreement that
the season is two to three weeks late.
In other words, an increase of 224.-122
acres is indicated while the crop's av- r
age condition is 75. compare! with 919
reported last year by virtually tiie same
correspondents.
The returns .ire from 1.3 W eorrr-sp ■-!
ents whose reports bear av rage date • f
M.iv 24. North Carolina reports an in
creased area of 6 per cent or i'5..443 acres.
South Carolina 4 per cent, or 5i 1 .671 acres
Georgia three-tenths of 1 per cent or
H. 572 acres; Florida 1 per cent or jpl
acres; Alabama a dr crease of 3 per cent
or 109.769 air -s; Mississippi a deerea of
' 1 per cent, or 22,701 acres.
I.ouisiana and Texas, no change from
last year; Arkansas, Increase of 6 pre
cent, or 120,418 acres; Tennessee, increase
of 2 per cent, nr 12.'50 acres; the Indian
Territory an increase of 5 per cent or
33,685 acres.
In condition. North Carolina reports
a decrease of 10 per cent; South Carolina
of 17 per cent. Georgia of 22 per cent
Florida of 10 per cent: Alabama of 15 per
cent; Mississippi of 9 per cent: I,"ins
lana 12 per cent; Texas 21 per cent. Arkan
sas 15 per cent. Tennessee 10 per cent, .f.nd
Indian Territory 10 per cent.
MISSISSIPPI FEARS CUT WORM
Crop Outlook in Delta Section. Now
Very Gloomy.
Jackson, Miss., May 28.—(Special.)—Re
ports reach here from the delta that cut
worms have destroyed thousands act-:’
of cotton In that section during the past
week.
The ravages of the worms have been
especially bad In Issaquena county. Ihe
warden of the. penitentiary received no
tice from the sergeant of the Watson
convict farm last night that 400 acres o:
state cotton had been destroyed by the
worms and replanting of the entire f i--'
will ba necessary. The sergeant stal J
in his letter that the other farmers in
the vicinity are in the same plight.
The outlook in this section is - ■“
gloomy. A portion of the count.v w.,
overflowed during the break in the level
below Greenville, and farming opera
tions were thus made from four to s <
Weeks later than last year. Fully two
weeks will be lost by the replanting, and
unless there is a bate fall this year the
crop will undoubtedly be cut shoe,
The delta planters have a record, how
ever, for never making a tot il tilute
of the cotton crop, and as the acreage
has been somewhat increased tins season,
conditions are now favorable for a noi •
nial crop unless there should be a spread
I of the cut worms to other counties.
LOWELL MILLS MAY RESUME.
Lowell, Mass., May 26.—1 t was officially
announced here today that an attempt
■would be made to resume operations at
the cotton mills here on June 1 The mills
were shut down on Saturday, March 28.
