Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-18
THE STORM IN
The Destruction il Worked and
Some Ofihe Capers IL Cat.
Cor. courier.Jourpal.

HARRIS. ALA, September 1.-THE
equinoctial storm of Saturday night
played havoc with the crops, timber
and fences OF this section. The clear
weather and hot suns of several pre-
ceding days had caused the opening of
a vast amount of cotton. Many fields
we're literally white again within three
days alter being picked over early 10
the week. On many plantations from
one-halt the crop was open in the balls
and in need of picking. A steady
rainfall from Friday night continuing
during Saturday, made the STAPLE
Heavy and thus more susceptible to
fall from the bolls. At Ii O'Clock
Saturday night a wind began blowing
from the northeast, which within
thirty minutes had increased to the
force of a gale. From that time until
$50 the wind blew great guns"
while rains came down in sheets.
Houses shook to their foundations,
and many went down or overturned
before the blast. Your correspondent
was induced to leave his bed by a tree
crushing down on a corner of the resi-
dence in which be was a glest-that
OF Mr.. John NJ. Aston, an extensive
PLANTER of Barbour county, six miles
from this station. That species of
bombardment was no less effective
than would have been shells from an
IN clad, in dispelling sleepfulnes,
The household was soon dressed, ready,
IT necessary, to beat a retreat. Day.
light discover d to US no less than
twenty three shade trees, in the ward
and "roye, blown down, while paiings
and lie ices were leveled to the ground.
and in places rails were carried to
considerable distances. Coming TO
this station | had to circuit around
trees living acI oss the road in numer-
GUS places. A disconsolate faced
darky, rebuilding a wreck fence, told
me that he had Two stacks of fodder
blown TO all parts Of the airth."
Arriving here, the station agent tells
me that no train has arrived from
Macon since Saturday afternoon (for-
ty-eight hours), A score of planters
are mere from all parts of the sur
rounding country, relating their re
spectiye observations. A canvass of
their opinions authorizes the state
ment that the cotton crop is damaged
twenty-five uer cent by the storm.
The lo"ses by damage to fences and
overflow OF streams is considerable.
| consider the estimate of the loss on
the cotton crop by the planters here a
low me-. To the dama.e to the staple
blown from the oils and now living
on the grouOd-- making it to be claJsed
as storm" cotton is to be added the
rotting Of unnatured bolls from all
tall stalks being uprooted and lying
fat on the ground. If the storm pre-.
vailed over the cotton belt with any
approach to the fury it attained in
this section, the cotton crop is cut
short from twenty to twenty-five per
cent. Mr.. W. A. Malloy, supcrin.
tending a plantation Of Mr.. B. B
Conner of?)00 acres, declare The loss
thereon not let than twenty per cent.
The telegraph lines are down in
both directions from here, 60 that no
communication by wire is poss bic.
The negro tenants are to be the
heaviest sufferers by the storm. as the
land owners rent to them. as a rule.
TOR a specified number OF bales Of mid.
ding cotton. RUSSELL.