The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-12
GOOD RAINS HELP
ALL KINDS OF CROPS
Drouth in Vicinity of Cuba
Has Been Broken
SCHOOL HAS OPENED
Picnic and Rally of the Farmers Union
at Alamucha Is Well Attended
and Prominent Men De-
liver Addresses

Cuba, September 11.-(Special 1.-THE
drouth which has prevailed here for the
past six weeks and which has worked
great injury to cotton, was broken by
fine rains the past two days, which will
be of great benefit to cotton planted
after truck and to ribbon cane, sweet
potatoes and peas planted for hay. The
second crop of beans recently planted
by w. G. Mcdaniel was just in shape
to be helped by the rains and will be in
bloom next week. Mr.. Mcdaniel hopes
to make shipment of beans to New
Orleans by October 20.
The Cuba High school opened last Tues
day with a fine attendance and more than
the usual interest was evinced. The prin-
cipal, who is an all round athlete. is lin
ing up good football team, which he
hopes will win many victories on the
gridiron this fall. A great deal of at
tention will be given to agricultural
studies this session, as Mr.. Williams be-
lieves that farming is just as much a
science now and deserves as much at
tention as any study in the curriculum.
He hopes to arrange for lectures from
time to time during the session on agri-
cultural topics, and hopes to have man
from the agricultural department to give
lecture both to the pupils and the pub
lie on tomato growing as a great many
tomatoes will be needed by the local
canning factory next year.
A largely attended picnic and rally of
the Farmers union of Alamucha was
held yesterday, at which time the farm
ers were addressed by Congressman-elect
Witherspoon of Meridian, who, 1t will be
recalled, gained much attention some
years ago by the presentation of his plan
for handling cotton. His address was
timely and entirely non-political. Pos
sibly the feature of the rally was a
talk by L. Poole, who gave the farmers
much food for thought, and whose work
for the betterment of rural conditions
in this section seems to be much appre-
ciated by the farmers. He urged his
hearers to pay no attention to politicians
but told them that their financial saliva
ton lay in their own hands, begged them
to keep up the production of food crops
and advised them to let present specula-
tive methods alone. He pleaded for
fair deal for the railroads, with whom
relations in this section have been so
markedly pleasant, and paid high trib-
ute to Rockefeller for his fund for MAIN
taining the demonstration work, the value
of which is just beginning to be felt
ovation and the farmers seemed to be In
hearty accord with his views. Mr. Poole
has made an effort to get an organizer
here to get local started, but the OIL
Gals seem to be Indifferent to the work.
Another effort will be made TO have Pres
dent Morris send good man here who
will see the value of organization with
out deeming 1t necessary to- disturb the
pIeasant relations that now exist be-
A. nj tho Rank of cuba
and the farmers.
The local gin plant made Its first run
Yesterday turning out 10 bales of cotton.
which was we'll ginned and the seed
cleaned The plant has been carefully
overhauled and now seems to be in shape
where no just complaints can arise. Gin
ming will begin in earnest next week, as
the drouth has caused premature open
ing No cotton has sold here for less
than 10 cents and there seems to be a
disposition to hold when 1t goes below
that figure. Seed is bringing sS2 per ton.