The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-19
TRAVEL NOTES
By F. J. Spaulding.

1 ADilSlQEa AMY dASN MA "a & ~ a 80 S@A
two main reasons, the first being the
| low price received, and the, other
that only about one-half the berries
were gathered The crop should
have been over 100 carloads Owing
to the law regulating the standard
izing of all boxes for next year the
mill owners made low output Of
cases and the result was a serious
shortage TO handle the berries. OF
the fruit shipped some brought &
fair price, but most of it went for
less than $500 per crate and a great
deal was disposed of at about soc.
Pickers also were SCARCE in the
fields and many saw their crops rip
en- and rot on the vines for lack Of
help
The raspberry crop is now being
gathered and there win be a fair
output from Pulaski, although the
severe cold of last winter will re-
duce the crop to not over one-fourth
of the normal Many beans are also
being gathered here now and being
shipped each day toward the North
1t would be hard to find place
better suited to the raising of small
bush fruits than here in the vicinity
of Pulaski, although the larger
fruits such as apples, peaches and
cherries do not seem to thrive at all.
Farmers are busy getting thei.
machinery in readiness to cut the
wheat They will begin in earnest
about the gath The fields w%il
average pretty thin probably yiell-
ing not over IL to is bushels al
though some farms will easily
double this amount
The peculiar disease in the wheat
which lately appeared in the north
ern states, which lately appeared in
the northern states, is travelling
southwark and in the last week has
reached this section. 1t gives the
wheat blackened, blasted appear
ance, the entire stalk whitening al,
most to CHAIR.
This disease seems to attack only
certain stalks, probably one stalk
out of every loo and gives the entire
field a notified, spotted look There
is hardly any doubt that this bad
wheat will sift out in the threshine
and not affect the quality of the
harvest
The sound of the hammer and saw
is heard all day here and is sweet
music to the people Of Pulaski, 4
disastrous fire swept Is buildings
out of existence here last September
and the people are just beginning II
recover themselves Some of thu
buildings being erected embody th'
most advanced ideas of progress and
expansion
There are about 500 people in the
town Of Pulaski and the citizens
are hospitable and hustling About
one-third of the town consists of col
ored folks, mostly quiet and indus.
trious. They have an excellent
school and are vastly proud OF 1t.
One is not impressed favorably by
the work among the churches at
Pulaski, There is an unusually dis
tressful tendKcy to bcker and con.
tend. even among the individual con.
gregations, which keeps them from
attaining any particular degree Of
efficiency. In one Of the largest
churches the service was severely
crippled by poor playing on the par
OF the one whom, | understand, &
the regular organist,
Pulaski would be greatly beneftel
! by railroad connection with Cairo
in the late afternoon. There is NJ
way Of getting to points south from
noon until nearly 10 p, m Their,
Is a train passing through the towr
about p. m. but it does not stol
here. The board should agitate foi
the stoppage of this train until the,
get it.
A cotton gin, cement factory am
two box mills are located here, ant
there Is a small gravel pit Of SOM
value east Of the town The waite
8 very indifferent and Jo dralnag
8 not always of the best. A laye
If quicksand underlies the Who'll
valley at depth of 20 to 30 fee
md even the best wells are afrecte,
by surface seepage for a great par
Of tho year SO that most of the PEG
pie prefer to drink from cisterns.
A great benefit to the whole va,
Icy would result from the .straighten