The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-07-18
THE DROUGHT
IN THE WEST.
RAD OUTLOOK FOR CuTroN
AND CORN CROPS IN MIS-
SI&lPPI AND MN
NES0TA.
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lonx-continu~d droGxhi hss r~-ei,~d
I'm the entire ruin of curn end
and oatrs crop In this srsiea
OF the country. No amount of rain
all now he Of any hsne1t 10 tAa-s
srcais. The .fuis and vsxvsabss
crops s~ also complete fsilars.. and
the pastures have dr,ed up so shas
the fArmens src paying enornous
Prics,s for hay and fssd.
Omaha, Neb., July it.-This city
aud the state has had another tosrsd
day. The mercury regtasr-d ioi
degrees. The stmu,phcss was fr~sA.
however, with an sbssncs of any.
thing that tcndcd to hot windA.
This condition In. prcvailsd fos ai.
most = week. and its Eject GA the
curn crop has not b<-en srriouA al.
though rain II nceted to insure q
fair crop.
Sioux Falls, n. ID. July IA
Heat again intolerabls; tsmp-rsiurs
log on the str~et. No great damage
has yet been done to croys On this
vicinity, but much Is fssssd.
Lincoln, Neb., July Is.-Nebraska
s~eliered In In ths beat today. The
sun beat down on the -, ched earth
with unusual nerocnes., even for
this dry season. The highest tenn
perature reported by the wesihsr
bureau WAS l02 degrees st t:s0 y.
m, but thermome, er- In the Lusl-
ness districts recorded lug. The
mean temperature Of the day wss
80 degrees, the highest of the year.
Reports show that no rain has faIIcn
in the state during the past twenty
four hours.
BAD OUTLOOK IN xIarI--IPPI.
Jackson, Miss, July I4.-from
all over the state come reports that
corn, cotton and other farm crot-
have been seriously damaged be-
cause Of tbs long drought.
Very little rain has fAileu since
April, and none 1t all, except In .
few favored spots, since the LIST OF
June. Mississippi raised no corn
last year because OF continuous rains
during June and July, and TO fAil
1.-TWO years In succession IL o serious
matter TO Thousands OF farmers. The
weather has been blistering hot for
q week.
Burlington, Iowa, July I4.-To-
day was the sixth day la succession
that the mercury went 10 100 aud
over. The humidity I'm the aimo--
phere makes II very oppressive.
There are no Indications or rain.
ArdmOre, ]. T., July I$.-Cottou
belt reports show that cotton In being
injured by the drought that has pre-
vailed In ChicaAw Nation for the
|. past five weeks. Unhes nin falls
/ within the next few days crops will
; be cut short. About 60 per csnt. OF
the corn crop has already been rum
; ed. There will be no marketabIs
corn. The crop Of other grains h q
total failure.
HEAVY RAINFALL ~ TKxAs.
, Denison, Tex. July IS.-Ths
, worst drought ever experienced In
this section was broken this after.
noon by Q terrific ninfali or ovel
two hours' duration, the volume o,
water being almost equal 90 o clood
burst. The storm was sccompn nis<
by . wind OF almost tornado forcs
|, Reports indicate that the rain d
general In this vicinity. II came
,, just in time TO ave the cotton crop
: II will benefit the fruit crop sn<
. furnish stock water, which had en
. tirely failed, causing much distress
, 1t will also benefit lowlapd corn.
d The Southern Methodist Episco
: pal Church, recently erected ct
o, cost Of 81, 900, was partially de
|, molisbed and . number or srnal
, houses In the northern portion Of th
: city were blown over and wrecked
; Shade trees and window1giaes al