The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-26
SOUTHIS PROSPECTING
EVIDENCES OF BIG RUSH OF BUSI-
NESS DURING FALL SEASON.
AMONG AGRICULTURALISTS
PROSPERITY is ALSO GENERAL,
AND CROPS REPORTED GOOD.

Cane Yield Greatly BENEFITED by
Near Here Uninjured by Rains.
Truck Farm Products Good,
Especially the Irish Potato Crop.
Merchants Preparing for Fall and
Winter Season - Practically no
Evidences of the Recent FURRY in
wall street.
The fall business rush is expected
by merchants and business men gen.
orally to begin within the next few
days. Already there are many indica-
tons that there will be an unusually
large amount Of business transacted.
The evidences of prosperity throughout
the country are everywhere found, and
preparations are being rapidly made
to take on the fall and winter bust
ness.
A travelling man who has been work
ing in the South for a Northern firm
for number of years said yesterday
that he has halfway completed his
circuit through the South with his
fall and winter lines and everywhere
he found the merchants waiting for
him and buying freely and an almost
unlimited variety. His sales thus far
are equal to more than half the entire
amount sold on the first fall trip last
year.
The Savannah merchants have al
ready laid in their fall and winter
stocks and several Openings" have
been held. One merchant conducting
a large establishment on Broughton
street stated yesterday that there has
been a steady demand for the fall
dress goods. The indications are that
there will be a greater rush than usual
to-day, and preparations are being
made to handle all customers.
At the hotels there has been a no.
ticeable increase in the travelling men
who registered during the week. this
being a sure indication that the large
houses of the country have started
their representatives to work. The Sa-
Vannah wholesale houses have sent out
their representatives., and those who
have not yet done so will have them
on the road within a few days.
Farmers Prospecting.
Among the farmers there is general
prosperity and crops have been I'M
usually large
Cane growers are beginning to send
their cane to market. and report that
larger consignments will come in later
The rains of a week or two ago had
the effect in some cases of bending
the cane somewhat out of shape, but
this has in no way harmed it's quail
tiles nor injured it's growth. The cool
snap of the past week had a good eff
feet on the cane crop, and FASTENED
its maturity.
THE cotton crop" he said, lis not
so badly injured as was at first re-
ported. The heavy rains of ten days
or so ago washed out the bolls that
we're open. In this section of the
country, fortunately, the cotton was
late, and few bolls were opened, these
few We're along the bottom of the stalk
The loss win be very small per-
centage Of the entire yield.
THE plants have grown rapidly and
it may be that this will injure the
quality of the cotton. though | do not
believe that it will do SO. On my own
farm, l planted the rows five feet
apart while it is customary to plant
them only four feet. In spite of the
extra allowance. however. the leaves
have grown rapidly and reach together,
making an almost thicket like appear
ance of the entire patch. Whether
this tendency to run to leaf and stalk
have injured the cotton, cannot be said
at present, but believe that if the
present weather continues, and the sun
continues shining hot and steadily.
that any retarding effect of the rains
will be entirely counteracted."
The Irish Potato Crop.
The crop of Irish potatoes promises
to be one of the largest in a num-
Der of years. In many sections there
was some washing caused by the rains
but little damage has been done. An
inspection of the fields shows that
the hills will yield the usual number
of potatoes. and the present conditions
means that a reasonably large profit
will be realized.
The other products of truck farming
are also showing up we'll, and the
farmers in this section have little about
which to complain. A truck farmer
living near Sylvania was in Savannah
yesterday and stated that in Screven
county there is every prospect Of
good yield and of good profits to the
farmers.
Money is comparatively easy in that
section, and the stores are all doing
large business, larger in fact, than
they have done in number of years
One of the facts that indicates the
general prosperity throughout the