The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-11
THE COTTON CROP.
Ne Ground for Big Reports from Southwest Alabama.

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 Southwest Alabama.
 Monroeville, Ala, Sept. g, 1907. Editor The Advertiser:
 Ilearn' through different reports that biggest crop in 1907 that ever was made. One of these knowing men makes the estimate of 13,5I0,000 bales I would like very much to know where all that cotton is to come from.
 I live in the southwestern portion of Alabama, portion of the State that has always been noted for making a normal crop every year. have been here seventy-four years of my life, and this is about the worst failure I have ever known outside of the years back when the caterpillers ate the crop up Now we have the next worst pest to the caterpilier. which Is the boil worm, and bug that looks something like Junebug, only he is about one-fourth the size. These worms and bugs have devastated the crops throughout this portion of Alabama. Now don't mean just around Monroeville. The terri tory speak of takes in all the south ern portion of Monroe, all the south western portion of Conecuh, all of Es- cambta. good portion of Baldwin and very good slice off of the northern portion of Escambia, Fla. I have not seen all of the section, but my infor- nation all over the territory Is from reliable parties. To give you some idea of what, is done the last examination
 
 never has for several years failed to make from one to one and a half bales per acre. This year l can't think it possible to get over 800 pounds of seed cotton. We examined a great many stalks, counted the bolls that had been pierced by both bugs and worms, the bolls being from the size of the end of your little finger to speckle boles that were nearly ready to open, and we found anywhere from ten to fifty-three bolls to the stalk. hear no flat tering report from any part of the cot ton section. Three FVeeks ago we had very good prospects in my section, but our destruction Is recent thing, and we are suffering from a drouth of three weeks duration with the ther- mometer ranging from 90 to 9S degrees. which has about burned up our late crop as we'll as the top crop on the cuse for those big reports and that Is to pull down the price of cotton and keep it down until all the poor and unfortunate farmers will be compelled ligations I would to God they were all just like myself. When they get mine they will pay me Is cents, or 1 will shelter and let my administrator
 John l. Watson.
 Montgomery County High School. Editor Advertiser:
 Township 12. range IS, Montgomery County, Alabama, Is going to make a strenuous effort to locate the county school on section Is of said township at or near a place known as Aurora for more than forty years
 Said location Is three miles from Ra- mer and two miles from NafteI Being far enough from the main line Of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad on inc east and out of reach Of the bliChtine effects of all railroad influences on the west makes the location an ideal one for county school.
 Three-fourths of the county's chi1- dren could drive to the location in one half a day through the country, if tbev preferred this mode of transit, or if rail road transit Is preferred Banner, Gady or Naftel afford excellent ways over good roads to reach Aurora.
 No other place in the county pos sesses superiour advantages over Auro- ra. If a location is sought free from the computing influences of railroad travel etc. As soon as the prelimin- aries can be arranged, the citizens ad- jacent to this place will present the matter to the proper authorities and they expect to show good and sufficient reason for locating the school on this Ideal spot where every child, who has the honor of attending the sessions Of the school, will be free from all mala- rial influences or anything to hinder or interfere with the hours of study or ex- ercise.
 The five acres of land which must be provided for. will be ample room for school room and a first class boarding house and vegetable garden, thereby furnishing pure and fresh vegetables for all boarders every day of the ses- sion. J. R- McLehooR