The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-27
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.


}MiSSlSSlPpl A IERSS
The Government weeSiy crop re.
port for this State follows.
Rain was quite general over the
state ard was heavy TO excessive inthe
eastern and southern counties. The
following ara among the heaviest week.
ly raintallS reported: KoSciusko. 30,
inches; jackson, 500, aud NiCksburr,
$50, Over the whole port'oa of the
State cotton has been somewhat in.
lured by heavy rains, aud picking has
been much retarded. The frost did no
material damage, except in three or
four northwestern counties, where
some young cotton was frost bitten.
In lowlands bolls continue % open
slowly, but over the eastern and south
ern portions Of the State bolls are prac.
tically all open and picking is well al.
Vanced, being about completed in some
southern counties. Worms continue
their ravages in the western counties,
and there are scattered reports OF bolls
anS ! W io t"P CROP
INV M, ~, LEI IL" w Improvement III
VI, ao.u ouv,"oN,
Ga1lorins oori Is generally making
satisfactory progress, and in some To-
c~alittes the crop has been housed.
Nv g~3'lei5HE OF minor crops mas com
menced, and good Yields are generally
indicated. Potatoes are making a fine
yield. Pastures and fail TarJrns CON-.
tinue in good condition.
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Travelling Sergeant Dodds placed in
the p]enitentiarv last veak n b,tch of tho
v]opnroat ,o,ci,,s .na,.i.. ,,l1,
a,Ht,,t '~''r''" Nv v''"'
''.''"''ou az oic tiihe' 'he theln
Is Gus STACK, a White boy eighteen
years OF age, who was sent up from
llPPail county 'or twelve years for
arson ana robbery. Stack has been
married Two years. Another of the e
arrivals Is Nll "ray' colored' seven"
Ieeh years OF age and who has been
toui.S, "hu Was sentence 70 inc Pehl-
u1lvi"ia iot pLEalhl ne leaves Two
Tn,SS a,I oli9 oaoy, me 1ltLa Is wa
VIII oioieu, lIou' NlaTsllaii county;
hna ""o scnl up iof burglary ana
thin otl'S CWei'y'one years Oh age
tin,, 10 MS se'ohu IeFu' III Vae Pehl'eh-
'i''!'
q Hammond IN ola r,,foaor,,o
ooro1.rn,o. ,,,t, ~, So"a
~ mani "r''es " Sile secretary Oh
oloIe from the lholah territory, where
he has been living since his removal
from the vicinity of Winona. in this
State, ~narrating the circumstances M
der which he had a very fine horse shot
the war hntwnon tLa Stotns "",
Of how tLe St,ta NJ MI In,i
Maid him s9Oo fo, ,ho onin,ai Xxx
navmnnt wac maja II, CanEodarot.
and State Topoy and he |no,an ,oaT"'3
ANYTHING IN no ~nro,n igne to nav IT,
i now Old and feabIn and ma seSs , NV,
tbntin anneol to tbn loniolatuno ~ H.,
STAT of Wisgiseinni ~ roinh,,. hIno
tho 1nss oF Lisp horso
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n. . ,tnCaTnm
Oct, 10 DR. MrCoIInm had hanr n
resident of Doho oriv a few montbs
but had endearnd himself 70 tbo ]nnouln
of the community Inv his many kindly
nets and skill os a nbysinian Ito was ,
native Ni~ssissinnian son of tho lotn
Rev. Anous MrCalhlm ono of thpenrIv
oionnnr niniators nj he snuthn,n mart
Of the State. He lroyes a wife and Sow
araI children. all Of whom have reached
.be ACE Of MATURITY He was ~ yaara
age. n member of the Methodist
walks of life.
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A carload Of Italians reached Rose
lale last week and will make their
on the plantation Of Hon, Cha5.
Scott, who expects to work his planta-
ion entirely with Italian labor next
Mr.. Scott spent some time in
Italy during the past summer and made
ny and personally selected this colony.
n u recent letter he expresses the
that Delta planters can get all
he labor they need from Italy,
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Chancellor Fulton gives official notice
mon ita pnNt uosGipn M, tbn frat Iap ,F
loyombar nd rani,osts OH who I,o
,ose 60 enter to no on hand that 5apy NJ
'o,cIocL so thot ,bara nav Lnno |Sslo"
nd No combustion In any denart,nanf
he DELAY in ~openinp the usual vacations
lin he shortened, and that Il win not
necessary TO extend the term more
han one week O June.
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