The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-01
RAIN DAMAGES
 TIE COTTON CROP Planters Are Advised to Work
 Lands Wet PAVING IS PR06R.SSlN Political Situation In Dallas County Is Greeted By Meeting of Executive committee-Aoker-Ligon We'd
 ding Thursday.
IS PROGRESSING

Selma, May S1.-(special.)-The Times will publish the following communication from prominent farmer of this county in it's Tuesdays issue. the necessity for it's appearance indicating the serious con- dition into which the continued rains have plunged this sections:
 Editor the Times-While we should not be pessimistic, still we should read the signs of the times. Those ot us who were old enough to realize will never forget the panic of 1873, while the July flood of 1872 was comparatively local and has been forgotten.
 There is no condition that so mater ially affects the cotton crop as too much rain in May and June. In 1873 we had excessive rains during the entire working season of the cotton crop. The eonse- quence was that the only farmers who made any crops were those on the 'up- lands who continued to work regardless of wet weather.
 While the farmer cannot prevent the rains, neither can he keep the streams in their banks, yet he can be up and doing and save the uplands from grass.
 
 season, if necessary in order that his crop may not be lost. The farmer who sees his condition in time and will con- tinue on sandy lands to keep his blows running in the middle of the rows will never lose a cotton crop. This has been demonstrated time and again.
 The trouble with us all has been that we expect fair weather the following day, instead of utilizing the present op- portunities. The warning should be sounded as this is one of the most i'm portant times to prosecute our efforts on all lands that can be worked
 "The weather conditions are now very much such as prevailed in this country during the spring and summer of 1873. The farmer should avail himself of every hour on the uplands and in fact on all sandy lands, regardless of rain.
 The writer, feeling the importance of this topic and having gone through with conditions such as prevail today, feels that it is a most important matter and that the people should be impressed with it's importance
 Our slogan should be, Work while there is yet time
 Paving Work Progressing.
 Despite the continued wet weather the work of paving Broad and Water streets is progressing rapidly. About 50 negroes may be seen working between showers on Water street and it is expected that Broad streets work will soon be done
 Politics Subsided. ] Since the meeting or the county dem ocratic executive committee Saturday there has come lull in political discus sion. It seems that everybody is of the opinion that the matter of district nom- nations for county commissioners is set tied and there will be no change. The demand for the change came from the country districts and as the measure was defeated because of lack of support from the same districts there does not appear any hard feelings on the surface.
 Dallas county has a faculty of arous- ing the intensest feeling and having it to subside the quickest of any county in this section and the prospects are that ! until the campaign gets up another spurt there will be quietude for a while.
 A Wedding of Interest.
 The social interest of the week centers around the wedding of Miss Lucille Ligon to Maj. W. D. Acker on Thursday The the many Selma bellies while Major Acker is commandant of the Selma Military institute. The latter Is originally a South Carolinian and d number of his relatives will be present at the wedding. Among the attendants will be Miss Florrie Lit tie of Bessemer and Miss Street of Mont gomery, relatives of the bride