The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-23
Tennessee Crop Report.

OF crop conditions in this State:
Warm days, cool nights and gen.
orally light rainfall were the features
OF the week, and while favorable 70
the work Of saving hay and fodder
cutting tobacco, preparing winter
forage, and where the condition of the
soil permitted, Of preparing for the
seeding of winter grains. the weather
was adverse to the proper maturing
of rlpening crops and the proper
growth Of late products.
Some of these are being shortened
in prospective yield. This is true no.
tably of late corn in the middle and
western divisions, cotton, potatoes,
turnips and other fall maturing crops
Late corn is perhaps the most Sc,
Tiously affected and the crop will be
greatly lessened, as it is now almost
eft. Early corn generally is remark
ably fine and is maturing rapidly.
Cotton under the effects of dry
weather is opening rapidly and pre-.
maturely. and is suffering material
loss from rust and profuse shedding
Picking is now in progress in some
sections of the western division.
Tobacco cutting has progressed
rapidly and most of the crop is already
housed, and is curing nicely The late
portion of the crop has felt the need
OF moisture to marked extent
The work of saving millet and pea
vine hay and fodder progressed salts
factorily under the favorable condi
tons, and large quantities of these
forage products were secured in fine
condition. Good progress was made
also in preparing and filling silos.
Sweet potatoes are maturing fairly
well and the second crop of Irish DO
tatoes has made good growth, except
in the dry districts, where both these
crops have suffered to a greater or
less extent. This is true also of tur.
nips.
Where sufficient rain has fallen to
keep the soil in proper condition,
blowing for the fall seedlings has pro
crossed favOrably In many sections
an increased acreage in wheat is con-
templated. Some winter oats have
already been sown. In many sections
blowing has been seriously hindered
by the dry and hard condition of tho.
soil. Pastures in the dry districts
have failed to great extent.
Peculiar Damage Suit.
A peculiar trial was had before
Squires Turner and Alexander in
Jackson few days ago, in which
a claim was made for damages by
j. E. Dean against the Nashville,
Chattanooga & st. Louis railroad.
He charges the agents of the road
with negligence in putting, off the
corpse of his 7-year-dld son4at HUI
ron, when it should have, gone to
Lexington. The remains of the
child were shipped from Euray, and
to Lexington. The body
was put OF at Huron, and the pa
rents did not know of this until they
had reached Lexington, causing
them much mental anxiety. A spe-
cial engine and cabooSe were sent
after the remains by the company,
and it was finally delivered at the
right place. The suit.was for $500
damages, and the magistrates
awarded $500.
Waiting for Government Permit.
The proposed new steel bridge
across the Forked Deer river, two
miles east of Halls, in LaHderdale
county, has never been begun on ac-
count of waiting for permit from
the war department. Crockett and
counties appropriated |
$4,000 for the construction of the |
bridge and the contract has been
awarded and would have possibly
been completed, but for the delay |
caused by waiting on the war de-
Dartment. As soon as the pre-requi-
ties can be obtained the work will |
begin at once. The citizens of Halls !
md vicinity have subscribed money
70 purchase a private roadway from
The town to the bridge.
Forrest Monument Coming.
The magnificent equestrian statue
% Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest,
which is to be erected in Forrest
Park, Memphis, at an early date, is
1ow on the high seas. According
o a Letter received by the Forrest
Memorial Association from Charles
q. Niehaus, the sculptor, a cable
yram has recently come to him
rom Paris to the effect that it has
been shipped, and by this time it
6 on its way across the Atlantic.
The huge piece of bronze will come
@ this country on a 'freighter,"
md it is hardly expected that it
Will reach Memphis before October
10th.
A Paragraph Worth Reprinting.
Home is a place of refuge.
Tossed day by day upon the rough
md stormy ocean of life, harassed
~ the worldly cares and perplexed
" worldly disquietudes, the weary
pirit yearns after repose. 1t seeks
nd finds it in the refuge which
lone supplies. Here the mind is
It rest; the hearts turmoil becomes
Iuiet, and the spirit basks in the
delights of domestic love.
Medina Herald.