The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-07

OdAS bfiHS Ndti Sitib 6oObt PSoNhNa Adii' shipping begins.-J. E. Allums.
 Chambers, Waverly: Much work done on corn and cotton; squares forming; wheat cut, yield poor all crops doing well.--Monroe Jones.
 Chiffon, Maplesvile: Cotton small and grassy; corn better; oats and melons good; wheat injured by rust.-W. Y. Nix.
 Choctaw, Yantley: Much land still too wet to blow; all crops grassy; oats being cut, yielding well fruit promisng.-J. A. Dawson.
 Clay, Ashland: Favorable for work and condition of crops improved; upland corn fine, lowand not so good; wheat cut, yield average.-James L. Carwile.
 Emore, Coosada: Cotton doing fairly well, though grassy, some blowing done this week; lowland corn being planted.- H. F Anderson.
 Greene, Tishabee: Ground too wet for much blowing; all crops grassy; corn do- ing well where worked. George II. Da- wis.
 Hale, Powers: Cotton dying in places, some fields still very grassy; corn laid by; oats cut. yied good; weather fine.- John Findley.
 Lee, Opelika: Cool nights causing lice and rust on cotton; oats and minor crops doing well where not overrun with grass. -E. H. Floyd.
 Macon. Tuskegee: Cotton in fine "ondi- tion some blooms, lice in few places; corn and minor crops doing well; rain needed.-C W. Greene.
 Pickens, Reform: Cotton half chopped and very grassy; corn all plowed, but small; weather fine, but ground getting very hard.-H. P. Richardson.
 Randolph, Napoleon: Corn and cotton ding we'll where cultivated; feds very grassy, but none will be bandoned in this vicinity.-L. w. Townsend.
 Russell, Heard: Grass very bad, crops making little growth; damaging rain on 30thi washed land badly.-John F. Bush.
 Shelby Harpersville: Some cotton land replanted to corn; wheat and oats har vested; oats good yied wheat poor; fine week for work.-R. B. Posey
 Sumter Sumterville: Weather favor able, but crops still quite grassy; corn and cotton doing wei where worked; good crop of apples.-W F.. and E. D. Godfrey.
 Talladega, Fayetteville: Lice on cotton. some squares; corn doing we'll; wheat and oats light; bugs on melons.-W. M. Waters.
 Tuscaloosa, Fosters: Corn and cotton doing well, early planted very grassy; oats being cut, yield good,-L. E. Hill.
 Southern District.
 Baldwin, Magnolia Springs: Corn fine, some laid by; melons not bearing well; grapes, figs, and plums Ientiful.-Henry F. Romund.
 Butler, Garland:. Some cotton dying, cool nights causing lice; corn and cane doing well; oats cut, yield poor.-J. c. Mcclure.
 Clarke. Gainstown: Cotton good, but grassy; corn doing well, some worms; hay and oats cut. yield light.-J. s. Lam- tard
 Conecuh, Melrose: Corn and cotton grassy; corn small; field peas being planted; fruit llght.-J. l.. Jones'
 Covington, Red Level: Corn and cotton in good conditlon fruit prospect good; gardens fine som damage from wind.- ". C. Smith
 ' .cambia. Nokomis Heavy rain on 31st; much complaint of grass in cotton and corn; labor scarce-J H. Wilcox.
 Mobile, Oak Grove: Beans and Irish potatoes about all marketed; sweet pota- toes making good growth meadows i'm proving; gardens hne-T w. Swingard
 Monroe. Jones Mills: Nights rather cool for cotton, lice bad in places; corn fine where worked, some laid by; oats cut. yield fair.-W l.. Middleton.
 Ike, Ansley: Cool nights causing lice on cotton: oats and hay being cut. yield good; corn doing well.-J- M. Carter.
 Wilcox. Annemanie: Favorable week for cotton; upland crops doing well; some lowlands may be abandoned through lack of labor-J. H. Mcclellan
 Closing Exercises Are Held.
 Sheffield, June s.-(special)-The closing exercises of St. Joseph's Catholic school were held at the opera house and were most creditabIe. The sisters of this school deserve much credit for the good showing which the young pupils made. Next year an academic department will be added. giving diplomas to all who successfully pass the required examina- tions.