The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-05-16
Melbourne News.

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month killed all early planting of
corn, and the most of the crop was
to plant over, and this makes the
corn crop very late, and the prospect
for corn crop at this writing is
anything else but good The cotton
month of April making it matter
of impossibility for the farmers to
plant cotton. Some early planting
was killed by the cold wave of last
month, and had to be replanted. If
the weather is favorable the cotton
and corn planting will be completed
in the Melbourne territory in the next
few days. To take the crop situation
as a whole at this writing, it is very
late and is far from an average at
this season of the year. The fruit
crop was seriously damaged by the
cold wave of the 9Th of last month,
and will almost be a total failure.
There will be few plums and few
apples, but the peaches will be a to-
tai failure. The plums and apples
tically marketless. The gardens in
this section made rapid progress dur
ing the month of April the cold
weather gave them a set back and
they are very late. The prospects
for fine gardens are far from good.
A good garden and a good milk cow
are two things that every farmer
should have. 1t would almost be
impossible to caluclate their actual
worth, for when a farmer has a good
good COW he can have plenty to eat
and that is pure, good and healthy.
and at the same time it is cheap. and
he can hardly miss the time that it
takes to have a good garden.
Mr.. L. P. Gentry, of Star, in COM
pany with Mr.. Wash Harrison, made
a business trip to Fernbank very re-
Gently, and also paid the writer an
appreciated call. Mr.. Gentry is a
prosperous and progressive farmer,
Alabama, and is a reader of The Dis
patch, and prominent Odd Fellow.
Mr.. Murray Rector, popular en-
ploye of the Southern Railway Com
pany, who is located at Birmingham,
spent several days of last week with
friends and relatives at Melbourne
and Steens.
Mrs. A. J. Mordecai and her son,
Mr.. John Mordecai, of Melbourne,
were the guests of the Dams one day
last week.
Mr.. w. B. Dollar, of Melbourne,
made business trip to Millport last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. c. Rector, of Mel
bourne, spent one night last week
with the formers brother, Mr.. D. r.
Rector, at his home in Steens.
On last Monday, about high noon,
we found ourselves at the hospitable
w. Ridgeway, near Fernbank, where
we were greatly pleased to meet with
his amiable wife and to enjoy fine
repast Mr.. Ridgeway is a substan
and is a whole souled, jolly good
fellow.
Prof. Clinton Green and Messrs.
L. B. and Winston May, of Steens,
were visitors to Sunnyside recently.
= Miss Inez Hutchinson, an accom-
plished and refined young lady of
Melbourne, was on the sick list for
a few days of the past week.
Messrs. B. S. Mordecai and Ed
Dollar, of Melbourne, paid us a pleas
ant call one day last week.
Profs. F. NJ. and J. T. Glasgow,
two very popular young men, who
hail from Vernon, were Melbourne
visitors recently.
Rev. T. A. Hancock, of the Fern
bank circuit, filled his regular ap-
pointment at Asberry church on Sun
day, the 5th, at IL a. M, and also
preached at Nails chapel at four p.
m. of the same day.
Hon. r. n. Moore, of Fernbank,
of Lamar county, was in Melbourne
one day last week on official business,
and while here paid the writer a very
pleasant call.
Mr.. J. o. Gartman, of Melbourne,
in company with his lovely daughter,
Miss Nettie Gartman, spent a few
days of last week with friends and
relatives near Vernon, and also at
tended the memorial services at Pine
Hook church last Sunday.
Mr.. Birch Hays, of Star, spent one
day of last week at Vernon on bus
mess.
Messrs. Jack Beasley and Palma
Shelton, of Sunnyside, made a busi-
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