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Cotton Bolls Are Now Beginning
to Open.
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MUCH ““SPOTTED COTTON”
With Continaed Drought the Crop Will
Be Ready for the Pickers in
Ten Days.
Memphis, Tenn—The Commercial-
Appeal's weekly cotlon summary
says:
Moderate showers fell over north
ern and eastern Texas on Saturday
and Sunday., No other rains of cou
sequence fell during the week, and
the crop suffered severely, Central
and middle west Texas is exceedingly
dry, and it appears doubtful if rains
now could repair more than a part
of the loss that has been suetained.
Owing to the very dry, hot weather,
the plant is shedding, and the bolls
are beginning to open. With contin
ued drought, considerable cotton wiil
be ready for the pickers in ten days
or two weeks. In sections where rain
fell the crop was benefited, although
in some of the territory the precipita
tion was light and entirely insafficient
to put a ‘*season” in the ground. Fair
crops are promised in eastern and
western counties., The great central
belt has suffered most severely.
Out side of Texas the entire west
ern belt, with the exception of south
ern Louisiana, is in need of moisture,
In Oklahoma, the progress of the
crop has been arrested and rain is
fmperative to prevent deterioration.
In Mississippi rains were scatiered
and insufficient, a general rain being
badly needed. In all states east of the
Mississippi the rainfall was abundant,
and with the exception of North Car
olina, where some excess fell, was
beneficial. The crop in Alabama has
improved wonderfully, and in South
Carolina and Georgia promises well.
Montgomery, Ala.—Based on re
ports from the cotton counties of
Alabama, The Advertiser says: The
cotton crop in Alabama is in an un
settled condition, from very good to
very bad, all depending wupon the
amount of attention and cultivation
given it, and the amount of rainfall
received. Nevertheless, the crop, on
the whole, made some improvement
during the past week, The weather
was generally favorable, but com
plaints were heard from some sec
tions toward the last of the week that
the crop had too, much rain. The
term “spotted cotton” is embodied in
almost every report, and character
jizes the crop in almost every county.
Caterpillars are giving some trou
ble, but with this exception cotton
is free of insects. .
New Orleans, La.—Generally favor
able reports as to the condition of
the cotton crop in Louisiana and Mis
sissippi have been received by The
Picayune from several hundred cor
respondents in these states,
In summarizing the conditions, it is
.stated:: The rapidly maturing cotton
crop in Louisiana and Mississippi en
joyed a favorable week. Complaints
of boll weevil continue to be received,
though the ravgz2s of the pest have
béen mée or 185 dscounted. Thé
érop in Mississippi is holding its own,
with the reduced acreage well culti
vated and the plant rapidly approach-}
ing maturity. Some complaint is
made of the boll weevil in several of
the extreme western counties. |
PHILIPPINE TOBACCO GUARANTEED.
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Government Will inspect the Weed
as to Quality and Cleanliness.
Washington, D. C.—Purchasers of
Philippine tobacco will hereafter have
a government guarantee as ito its
quality and cleanliness as a result of
an arrangement made by the bureau
of insular affairs, with the Philippine
government, designed to insure the
strict enforcement of the new tarift
bill providing for the admission into
the United Seta't'és, free of duty, of a
limited quantity of cigars and tobacco
produced in the islands,
" All lobacco factories in the archi
pelage are to be praced under the
gtrict observation of the islands in
regard lo revenue bureau and health
department, so as 1o make certain
that the tobacco used is of native
growth, or if any of the foreign pro
ductions manufactured, that the quan
tity may be definitely ascertained.
The intervention of the health ofti
cials is to assure the public that the
manufactured tobacco will be made in
ganitary factories by healthy opera
tives. :
Every package of Philippine tobac
co or cigars imported into the United
States which has undergone the in
spection provided for, accordingly
will be labeled. Furthermore, the
Philippine government will attach to
each package of tobacco or cigars a
certificate indicating the quality of
the material used and the class of
workmanship.
POWERS WILL KEEP PEA®E.
Turkey and Greece Won't Be Allowed
to Fight.
London, England.—The acute stage
reached 1n the dispute between Tur
key and Greece over Crete is causing
anxiety in the European capitals,
such as always accompanies any dip
lomatic difficulty in that section of
Europe; but as M. Iswoldky, the Rus
gian foreign minister, said, in an in
terview: “If there is any awkward
development in the situation, we will
' gee that no mischievous effects re
gult therefrom,” there is no idea that
- hostilities will result and there is ev
["ery Dellef that a satisfactory settle
| ment_ will be arrived at. Turkey has
el ted an ultimatum to Greece.
Corpses of Nuns Torn From Sepulchers
in Barcelona.
Paris, France~~The Figaro's staff
correspondent at Barcelona reports
that the rioters violated the sepul
chers of nuns, but, generally speak-
Ing, did nat harm living nuns, The
monks, however, were chased from
convents and monasteries, while the
women in the crowds werg especial
ly engaged, cried: “Away with you!
No longer will you steal our needle
and our ’'broidery; no longer will you
prevent by your unfair competition
our women finding employment,”
In one convent there was a big
stock of candles, Women and chil
dren lighted these, and held ¢ mock
procession, and two mummified bod
fes of nuns arrayved in magnificent
rafmert woare carried with mock
pomp before the residence of a mil
lionaire citizen,
The correspondent says that while
forty blazing convents formed a colos
sal fire, which sufficed to illuminate
the city at night, the rioters indulged
in furious attacks upon convents
The Madrid correspondent of The
Echo de Paris estimates that 7,000
chauren have been made homeless by
the destruction of religious institu
tions in Barcelona, The museum of
natural history, one of the most beau
tiful buiildings in Spain, and the art
echool were destroyed.
BLUE LAWS REPEALED
Connecticut Legislature Passes New
Laws for Sunday Observance.
Hartford, Conn.—Both houses of
the Connecticut legislature passed a
bill repealing the so-called “blue
laws” relating to Sunday observance,
which forbid almost every form of
recreation and secular activity, The
laws, which have been seldom en
forced, are relics of enactments by
the law giving body of 1722.
The new Sunday bill is short. It de
fines the Sunday and prohibits all
sports and secular activities “except
such' as are demanded Dby necessity
and mercy and such as are for the
general welfare of the community.”
The penal section provides for fines
and improsinment for violation. Under
the words “general welfare of the
community.” Sunday welfare of the
community.” Sunday baseball is prob
ably permitted and the advocates of
the bill admit that the courts must in
terpret the wording in several places.
SCHOOL FOR TUBERCULAR CHILDREN,
Novel Institution Ogened in Chicago
Has Thirty Pupils. |
Chicago, lill.—Chicago has the dis
tinction of being the first city in the
United States to open a school for
tubercular children, maintained and
supported by the board of education.
Tnis novel school, which will resem
ble a tented city, was opened on the
grounds of the Harvard school, Sev
enth street and Vincennes avenue.
The board of education will supply
tents, grounls, equipment and teach
ing services, while the Chicago Tu
berculosis Institute will furnish the
food, transportation and medical serv
ices,
The school opened with thirty pu
pils, selected from a large group of
so-called “physically sub-normal chil
dren,” after a careful examination to
determine those best fitted to makel
the experiment. . : |
Newsy Paragraphs.
Objections to the new Lincoln cent!
are being heard although the coin!
has been in circulation only a few !
days. Cojn collectors assert that the |
initials of Designer Victor D, Bren-l
ner have no legal right to be on the
coin, and it is understood that the|
director of the mint will be asked
to rule upon this point. There are,
those who contend that the face is!
expressionless and lacking in the dig
nity which is always associated wi..
the former president.
A prominent life insurance com
pany has perfected elaborate plans for
conducting a fight against tuberculo
sis, not as a philanthropy, but as a
cold business proposition. Permission
has been asked of the New York state
authorities to establish a large rural
sanitarium for the benefit of their
policy-holders. The company will
spend SIOO,OOO a year on this project.
Announcement was made that a
daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Dickey of Canaan, Maine,l
which is the twenty-second child born
to them in =eventeen years. Mrs.
Dickey was married when she was
fourteen years old and Mr. Dickey
was only a few years her senior. Not
one of the twenty-two children has
ever been sick except with childhood
ailments,
It is stated that the wireless tele
graph station on the Eiffel Tower in
Paris has been receiving messages}
from the station at Glace Bay, Can
‘ada, a distance of three thousand two
‘hundred and fifty miles, A new in
stallation is being fitted 2t the Eiffel
Tower by means of which it is hoped
to establish wireless telegraphic com
munication with Saigon (Cochin
China,) a distance of six thousand
eight hundred miles.
In recognition of services at the.
time when Canada was threatened
with an iavasion by the Fenians in
1866, the Canadian government is
about to award to the one hundred
and seventy-five living members of
the impromptu ‘“army” of. Toronto,
grants of one hundred and sixty acres
of land each. The grants are all from
the publie lands of the Canadian
northwest.
It was announced that November 1,
2 and 3 had been definitely decided
on as the dates of thé lakes-to-the
guld deep waterway convention to be
held in' New Orleans this fall, The
latest change is made i order to con
g otlm ident Taft,
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Wednesday August 18th, 1909.,
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ROUND TRIP TICKETS WwWiLL BEE SOLD FROM BRUNSWICK, GA,
FOR AL!. TRAINS ON ABOVE MENTIONED DATE TO WASHING
TON, b. C,, CHICAGO, ILL,, LOUISVILLE, KY. 81, LOUIS, MO., NOR
FCOLK, VA., AND RESORTS IN GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA,
SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA.,
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THESE TICKETS WILL EE HONORED IN EITHER COACHES OR
PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS AND WILL BE GOOD LEAVING DESTI
NATIONS RETURNING ON ANY REGULAR TRAIN UP TO AND IN
CLUDING SEPTEMBER 2ND, 1808. AMPLE ACCOMMODATION WILL
BE PROV!DED FOR ALL.
FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, WRITE :
E. L. McGOUGAN, G. R. PETTIT,
General Agent, T. B A,
BRUNSWICK, GA. MACON, GA.
JNO. L. MEEK,
A G P A,
ATLANTA,. GEORGIA.
