The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-25
RAIN CONTINUES
IN SUMTER COUNTY
Both Cotton and Corn Are
Turning Yellow
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEET
County Convention to He Held at Lfv-
ingston-OutIook for OIL Wells.
Citizens May Erect New
Ginning Plant
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEET

| Cuba. July "a (SpeciaD-"Rain. rain,
| go away, come again some other day,
Is the song of the man with the noe
who has been making strenuous EFFORTS
to clean his cotton and help out the
belea CURED bears in New York who
| have gotten in a deep hole by selling
the others property. For five days the
clear weather gave the farmers hope
but a tremendous rain last night flood
ed things and set crops back. Cotton
and corn both are turning yellow from
| so much rain and black root is preva
lent. On the hills where the ground
could drain crops are fine, but A con-
siderable low land area has been aban-
doned
| T. o. Plunkett agricultural superin-
tendent for the Queen and Crescent
route was in town this week confer
ring with the farmers and furnishing
data relative to the crops the canning
| factory must have. Mr.. Plunkett gave
some excellent instances of fine yields
of tomatoes and says that a large area
here will grow them nicely. He gave
|
sweet potatoes, particularly the South
ern Queen variety which will produce
over 300 bushe els per acre here. Some
of the farmers are interested in the
exposition to be held in Cincinnati this
coming fall and will try to get up an
attractive display of farm products at
the request of Mr.. Plunkett
|
| Delegates have been selected by the
different Sunday schools here to attend
the county convention to be held in
Livingston on July % and 20, and which
promises to be largely attended. The
Baptists have named Mrs. F. B. Stall
| worth, Miss Genie Daniels and John
Keith; the Meth odists, Miss Brownie
Poole and Charlie McElroy, the Presby-
terians Miss Agnes White. The Holt
ness people have no delegates named.
The annual meeting of the Holiness
people will begin on the night of July
2S and continue for ten days. Two min
listers. Rev. J. Foster of Kansas and
| Rev Fitch of Ohio, have been selected
to aid in the meeting and are expected
here about Tuesday. The usual number
of tenters will be on hand.
| So pleased was the public over the
write-up given Cuba by Walter Harper,
staff correspondent of The Age-He d,
that the local paper was requested and
reproduced his article in full in the
last issue of the Cuba Advertiser The
Bank of Cuba has reserved several
copies to send to parties out on the
new territory opening up to them by
| reason OF rural telephone extension In
order that prospective depositors may
know how the bank is regarded by
outsiders.
The recent announcement of the out
look for the well of the Alabama Cen
| trail Oil and Gas company is giving
stockholders here great deal OF en-
couragement and they confidently ex-
pect oil to be found in paying quantities
at 1900 feet Quite a bit of stock In
the Birmin CHAM Fayette company is
also held here and these stock holders
believe that this may prove the boran-
"a territory as a recent report by DR..
| Day given in this weeks issue Of the
Manufacturers Record leads to the con-
clusion that much oil will be found In
the anticiines now controlled by the
| Birmingham-Fayette people, near their
property at Berry. 1t is doubtful II
there is anything in which this section
is more interested than the develop
ment of the Birmingham district since
| 1t so greatly enlarges the demand for
farm products grown in this territory.
Alleging that the service given by the
| local gin plant, controlled by the Epes
Cotton Oil company, is more than poor.
| the people have a movement on foot to
| install a modern gin plant in time for
| this years crop. Some farmers claim
that they lose from to Is pounds OF
! lint on account of poor cleaning of seed
| and tests have been made which seem
to bear out this contention. J. F. Corn
| has a nice lot near a good water supply
and 1t is understood that he Is interest
ed. New machinery was installed by
| the Epes people about a year ago. out
| of which 1t seems they have never re-
ceived the best service.
| Never having to buy an ear of corn
| in IL years Is the novel experience of
Ezekiel Miller, an excellent farmer of
this community, who stated this MORN
| ing that despite so much rain which
| flooded his lowland corn he has enough
made now to carry him through next
year. Another novel farmer is David
Cole, who placed an order today for
1000 cans to put up tomatoes
This enormous yield comes from a
small plot of land and the time missed
been trying bee culture and has I'M
ported some Italian queen bees which
have done well. Recently he got SO
pounds from one hive which was rob-
bed three times. This honey Is put up
in nice Jars attractively labeled and Is
much sought for. He hopes to continue
and line up with some Birmingham
broker to take his output. Another
novel feature of his place is the poultry
farm which he took up on small scale
with splendid success SO far. His breed
of Leghorns are fine.
meeting of the town council will
be held tomorrow for the purpose OF
giving free taxation to the canning
factory for five or ten years. The lum-
Der for the factory Is in process OF
manufacture and viii be placed on the
ground not later than August L.
Following an alteration with Robert
Gordon and wife. negroes, and j. and
Ward Walton, whites, which occurred
yesterday, the woman was shot and In
stantly killed by Ward Walton after
she had advanced on him and nearly
severed his hand at the wrist with a
brought about over small debt which
the negro owed the Waltons and which
amounted to only SO cents. At prelim-
mary trial before Justice Allen the
young men were discharged on their
plea OF self-defense, the husband OF the
dead woman declining to appear against
them.
cattle dipping vat Is to be built
here for the purpose of Fastening the
eradication OF the cattle tick. This vat
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