The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-07-08
ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI.
In Interesting Letter From the Herald
Ripping Waves"

In Interesting Letter From the Herald's
Ripping Waves"
LUXoRA, ARK, June 3d.. This is an
exceedingly warm day. The clouds
foretell a shower, which will cool the
atmosphere, we trust. Notwithstand
ing the intense heat, the plowmen are
Flooding away, and the cotton chop
pers seem more determined than ever
to finish up the long rows ahead of
them. With the exception of a short
while the rains have been all that should
be desired, falling frequently and just
before vegetation really needs it, Mr..
Nicholson requests me to say that he
never saw crops so fine at this time of
the year. The cOrn-helds are truly beau
tiful to behold Cotton began blooming
here about the 10th of June. Our luS-
cious peaches are nearly all gone. Othe'
peach ana apple trees are loaded. The
Irish potato crop yielded from 40 to 80
bushels per acre. The rain seemed to
suspend operations little too early for
this especial crop, and the farmers were
much disappointed. The OSceola Times
editor says, "they would have had
money to throw at birds, if it had been
seaSOnable."
We are indebted to Mr.. Hayes, the
Landing, for the statement of ship
ments from there, of the potatoes. This
place is situated on the Mississippi
river, three miles north of Osceola and
is the shipping point for an area of
about u miles south and west. This
season, potatoes yielded about two
thirds what they should have done,
and from this landing the shipping be-
gan first of June and closed June %
during which time twenty-seven thou,
sand sacks and one thousand barrels
were shipped. OF this amount Mr. w.
p. Hale has shipped from his several
farms inside of this area, seven thou
sand sacks. Corn and cotton are the
principal crops here, so that not many
acres were planted in potatoes; but this
crop will return to this shipping point
alone, in round figures, thirty thousand
dollars. Much of the potato ground
has been planted in corn, which is
growing nicely and has been plowed
over once.
Some of our late rains were followed
by heavy winds. About three weeks
ago the storm was particularly hard
and destructive in LuXOra One barn
was blown down, killing one mule and
two hogs and gripping two nice saddle
horses. "rhe LuXOra Hotep was built
about four feet from the ground, and
she was gently blown off her blocks.
Much damage was done to table ware
and other articles of a delicate nature,
and fine velvet carpet or two were
ruined by the rain pouring in. The
building was left tilted to one side, and
the inmates were terribly frightened,
but no one hurt. Several buildings in
course of construction were also some
what damaged.
Luxe, a is fast growing little town,
about ten new residen ces having been
built and some nearing completion
within the last six months.
The citizens of Osceola and surround
ing country have lately put them up a
telephone, and the counting characters
are having deal of fun.
Albert Yeargen, the negro of whom
we wrote killing another by the name
of Addison Tobin in January, was con-
victed and sentenced to be hanged at
the last term of the Circuit Court,
which penalty he paid in private in
closure at Osceola, June 18th.
Master Joplin Hale and sister, Miss
Beulah, have recently returned from
Asheville Y. c., to spend vacation at
home. The former had for school-mates
there some Maury County boys; and
Miss Lillian Hale came down on "The
Sunshine" from Evansville, Ind, to
spend vacation with her parents also.
Bonnie Nicholson is certainly enjoy
ing himself at home, too. wish those
parents of children with impaired Wis
ion, could hear this child of just nine
wears, talk of the kindness of mis- teach
ers at the Blind School, the good times
he has there with the other little boys,
how much.h he has learned and howanX-