The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-11
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS


of the northern portion of the State
only light, scattered showers prevailed
throughout the week. Cotton contin-
ues to improve slowly. Much early
| upland cotton and some bottom cotton
is now fruiting well, but late lowland
| cotton is small and just beginning to
bloom. The cultivation of the crop,
| except in the extreme southwestern
counties, generally progressed well,
and over the greater portion OF the
State laying by is nearing completion,
In Jefferson, Franklin, Adams and Will.
kinson counties cultivation has been
%hindered, and crops somewhat dam
aged by excessive to heavy rains. In
| some localities crops have been laid
by in a more or less grassy condition.
"A few grown cotton hollis have been
noted south. Complaints of rust, blight
and shedding are increasing in the
| eastern and northern counties, and in
a few localities over the northern por
ton of the State rain would be bene'
fetal for cotton. AS a rule, late corn
| continues to do well. but is needing
| rain north. Fodder pulling has com
menced south. Peas, cane, sorghum
and potatoes are generally making sat
is~factory growth. Haymaking is in
progress, with excellent yields.
The following data, covering a per-
iod Of seventeen years, have been com.
piled from the Weather Bureau rec
ords at sixty-six observation stations
in Mississippi. They are issued to
| show the conditions that have pre-
| vailed in the State during August for
the above period of years. but must
not be construed as a forecast for the
month:
Temperature-Mean or normal TEN.
p%erature, 80. The warmest month was
that of 1902. with an average of SO.
The coolest month was that of 1889,
with an average of IS. Some of the
highest temperatures recorded were as
follows: LOG at Canton and 107 at
Pittsboro in 1902. Some of the lowest
temperatures recorded were as fol.
lows: 40 at Corinth. Kosciusko and
Pontotoc in 1891.
Precipitation = Average for the
month, 4.44 inches. Average number
of days with Dol inch or more, 8;
greatest average monthly precipita-
ton was PIP inches, in 1891. Some OF
the greatest monthly amounts of pre-,
cipitation recorded were as follows:
189.0S inches at Biloxi and AL inches
at Holly Springs, in 1888. Some OF
the least monthly amounts of precipi-
tation recorded were as follows: OH
inch at Vicksburg and 0.40 inch at
Edwards, in 1900.
Clouds and Weather-Average mum,
Der of clear days, Is; partly cloudy
days. 10; cloudy days. 6.
. Wind-The prevailing winds have
been from the south.
Assistant Acknowledgement Flowers
has rendered a very important opinion
to the Board of Supervisors of Gren.
ada county relative to the division of
responsibility between counties and
municipalities for the burial of pau.
| pers. This is a subject about which
disputes are almost continuous in Mis-
sissippi, and the opinion from the at
torney-generais Office will have the eff
feet of settling these controversies,
for it is general in it's application. In.
stances are frequently reported where
6NCCIpS VI pdupSlo nave DCCH oil
lowed to remain unburied for several
days while county and municipal
boards disputed as to which body
should defray the expenses Of inter.
ment. MI. Flowers points out at much
length the circumstances under which
the county is the responsible party,
and also shows circumstances under
which the municipality in which the
death occurred must bear the ex-
| pense. He also cites instances where
a county is justified in calling upon
| another county to pay expense of pau
per burial. should the pauper be a re-
cent resident of the county. The opin.
ion will serve as a valuable guide for
county and municipal boards in future
disputes of this character.
Hon. l.. B. Moseley, clerk of the Fed
eral Court for the Southern District of
Mississippi, received notice from
Judge H. C. Niles that the regular Au-
| gust term for the Biloxi division has
been pretermitted on account of the
guarantees. No date is named for
the term. but it is likely a session will
be held after Improvement is shown in
the situation. The civil and criminal
dockets at Biloxi are usually very
light. Notice is given to witnesses,
litigants, jurors and defendants that
it will not be necessary for them to ap-
pear at Biloxi, and if they do so their
expenses will not be betrayed. 1t is
not likely that there will be any court
terms in the southern part of the State
during the next few weeks. Several
sessions have already been pretermit-
ted.
Manager Mckay, of the Mississippi
Industrial Exposition, is endeavoring
to get the Mississippi Pet Stock Show
and the Mississippi Horticultural So
ciety to hold their meetings at Jack
son during the exposition, and it is
possible that the Mississippi reunion
of Confederate veterans will be held
there then. The Industrial rally of
the Greater Mississippi Association is
going to be held in Jackson on Sep
TENDER - and 20.
Circuit Court for Madison county
has been pretermitted until further
notice.
Profs. Lloyd and Ames, of the A.
and M. College, held a farmers insti-
tute at West last week. Their adj
dresses were attentively listened to
by the farmers and others present.
They explained many things in regard
to farming and stock raising that will
be of much benefit to the farming and
truck-growing interests of this sec