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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-11-07
CLIPPING FROM
NEWSPAPER READ
CONSPIRACY TRIAL
GOVERNMENT CHARGES McNA-
MARA SENT ACCOUNT ExPLo.
SION TO OFFICIALS

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov IA news.
paper clipping about an explosion
was read at the dynamite conspiracy
trial today as having been sent to
J. ]. Mcnamara by officials of the
International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron workers
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-11-07
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS LOST
IN CALIFORNIA
KEnr. PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS.
NAN. HAS oooo LEAD ovER
zUAwALr


7 - NE9771 -" TTNN7T
SAN FNNNt'iStO Nos iadiea
it,es are chat an ne constitutional
amendments have breu tefesied eth
ihe rseepilaa 81 the irre teat b,ok
ara arisailoa paads "a the ilFsi
eopsfessiaaal district enc latest ~
larus slse Neut proeressl,e tttls
sat smrait trwaeraE tta.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-11-07
TURKS AGAIN
DEFEATED BY THE
BULGAR TROOPS
OTTOMAN SOLDIERS DRIVEN IN
DISORDER FROM FORTS NEAR
coNsrANTiNoPte


4 w NssF' NV FE""-'
COLOGNE Noy The Turks -
port thcy have bseu decisivea heatea
by the nnlsarlans rhe1 vere driven
Id disorder irum their POSITIONS 81
lhe rehatalia tortE in frouf q eaa
ssaatinapis fhe fighims uss sessre
snd lasted tea daft
rsrks Abaeaoa saieetsi
iONuuN N0s fhH f0fkssh
sarrisun 4 rFpafiet g hAsf esh
araun from ssloelki sfisf desifes .us
numbef 81 hrases fafmias the ~
afaaeh 5a That sNt
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-11-07
ASK WILSON TO
GIVE INDEPENDENCE
TO PHILIPPINES
PRESlDENT-ELEcT ASKED TO RE-
DEEM PLEDGE AND REcoG.
NizE INDEPENDENCE

PRINCETON. Nov T.. Governor
Wilson received cablegram from
Speaker Osmena OF the Philippine
assembly today. saying the assembly
had adopted resolution conveying
congratulations and hoping the ad-
ministration would redeem the pledge
that the American people would
recognize the Philippine independ-
ence
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-11-07
ROOSEVELT LOSES KANSAS
TO WOODROW WILSON
ln. A..nrInIea rrr..l

TOPEKA. Kan. Nov T.. The latest
returns from Kansas give Wilson
q plurality over Roosevelt and
Thompson. democrat. over Governor
stubbs Tor United states senator
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-11-07
REPualicANs Wit ElEcT
SENATOR ~ wVoMtNe

~ t<sestsfrd rss~.t
tflkf ENNE WYE Nps lnoi
tlvlsl RETURNS nlse The republicans a
HaNr1s q aix gn the iulnt ballo'
n lha iselslatuse. lusurtna the ~
TARA af seaaiss Warren
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-11-07
WILSON WILL
REMAIN On JOB
IN new JERSEY
WILL WORK FOR REFORMS AS
SISTED BY A DEMOCRATIC
LEGISLATURE

IVY NNNW'fHFFW NFEN~F
PRINCETON, Nov Z. Woodrow
Wilson said today he would ay on
the job of promoting progressive leg.
lslation az Trenton until he had
completed the reforms, which he
hoped to accomplish by democratic
legislature.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-11-07

A Hore that aaveftlses mnsi he =
ssose a. valuea "a "haFwalaa 80 she
a. surtiaiRs ~easa ual pas
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-11-07
5000 KILLED IN
five DAYS BATTLE


thf Associated fre>st
SOFIA. Nos IN five days fight
ing the Bulsarians have officially
announced hulgarlans iost. killed and
wounded a. ls.oao The Turks loss
Nas ta.eoa
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-11-07
aolHN AAN %
rte vtct eREslotsr

WARRINGTON SOS Cos .
sfnaE ftanle Unu camr fu =
Nashlnsfoa en lhr sau,e liala .
sah e8esllanf Ftfi aala ~
~as wsnslAeFiaE tse aeeeplaaeV =
{ shm Naranes GA the ilekei
a0sea ~ shstmaaa duafh
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-11-07
HEAvV SOCIALIST VOTE
IS CAST IN ONO

~ tssestste@ t'F<==s
COLUMBUS q. Nox The -
eiallsi state headquarters elaims he
socialist vote IN oalo ~h h. elo.- %
loo aoe
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-11-07
WEATHER

Fair cooler tonight;
fair Friday
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-02-08
THE JEFFERSONIAN

been squandered on charity-work and secular
education, in foreign countries, had been
wisely invested in the education of our own
people!
Suppose that the magnificent chain of hos
pitfalls with which the missionaries have
girdled the globe, had been built, here, for our
own sick, wounded and destitute!
Suppose that the 5000 schools that your
money has built equipped and maintained in
foreign lands, were now open to the unedu-
Gated youth of your own country!
Suppose that the orphan asylums that you
have built and supported in foreign fields
were here in your own land, offering shelter,
food, raiment, and learning to the wretched
little waits Of your own race, color, and blood
Suppose that the missionary doctors and
nurses that are busy in foreign fields, seeking
out those who need medicine, medical skill,
and the attention Of trained nurse, were all
at work, alleviating the dire distress Of our
own sick and needy
It was an evil day for Europe and America
when that crazy Englishman, William Carey,
persuaded the churches to abandon the meth
DDS of Paul, and adopt those Of Carey.
Last year $4,000 ''converts'' fell back into
their own native religions Why? Because,
chiefly, the missionaries were not able to con-
tinue the subsidies which the 'converts" had
been receiving
The missionaries themselves would quit, if
the "Boards' should reduce their fat salaries
to the meagre sum paid the average preacher
IN this country.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-02-08

desperate fighting at Delhi. His surname was
Shepherd.
Her mother was one of those typical slaves
of the crafty priests. After her fathers death,
Margaret Shepherd was put in a Convent
school, where she was given that superficial
and almost worthless education common to
all Convent schools
When her mother came to know that her
own life was about to end, she told her daugh-
ter the dread family secret Her husband
had been ordained priest, and had forsaken
the uniform of the Church for that of the
Army. OF course, his deluded wife believed
that he had thereby Lost his soul. And of
course the bigoted woman believed that she
could, in some measure, square the awful
account by devoting her daughter to the
Roman Church. Consequently, she took
advantage of her child's flial affection and
the solemnities attending death bed, to exact
the necessary vow from poor Margaret
To cut the story short: this beautiful, mex
perienced young woman was sent to Ireland,
was literally forced by her Romanist relatives
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-02-08
PAGE NINE

into the tolls of Romanist priests, and was
speedily ruined by one of them, handsome
young man, named Michael Egan.
To do him justice, he seems to have loved
her. and was eager to atone for his sin by
marrying her. But other priests interfered.
Her lover was spirited away; and she herself
was shut up, eventually in the Convent in
Amos Court, Bristol, in England. After
going through horrible experiences there, and
being debauched by another priest, "Father'
Hayes, she resolutely broke away-amid the
bitter curses of the priests and the nuns. Had
she not been protected by the Salvation Army,
she would have been driven back into the con-
vent. This happened in 1891; and, in 1892,
she published the book, 'My Life in the Con
vent"
The voracity Of her Narrative has meuer been
questioned. SOME OF THE PRIESTS AND NUNS
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-02-08
Who SENT Me Those Cotton Seed?

OLEWHERE, there is man who thinks
~ hard of me, because he failed to get any
news Of some improved cotton seed that he sent
me, last year: But it. wasn't my fault.
Nobody told me that anybody had sent me
any cotton seed 1t was this way:
A man named James Lanier worked with
me two years, under my immediate super
vision; and he was SO nice and straight and
so forth that he gained my confidence. Then,
I put him in full charge Of the Business
department, while [ went forth to jack up
mankind, and incidentally wallop some rot
ten politicians Well, you know what the
rats do when the cats are off the job. That's
what happened to your petitioner. And he
has been the busiest bee that ever got into
tar barrel, untangling tangles and building
up revenues IF he had not succeeded, he
would not now be seeing any fun in the
situation.
Daddy Jim-that was Lanier-imagined
himself to be great farmer In way, he
was. He farmed T. e. w., all right. That
sorrel-topped individual vehemently suspects
that his ducats paid for Daddy Jim's farm
Fortunately for T. E. w., Daddy j. did not
wish to waste his energies over large planta-
ton AS luck would have it, he cherished the
conviction that most of our farmers cultivate
too much land. Consequently, he purchased
a modest area, which he meant to cultivate on
the intensive plan at the expense of your
petitioner.
Besides, he desired to plant none but the
best seed. Therefore, when some ardent
friend of mine sent me quantity of improved
cotton seed, Daddy Jim's mouth watered.
Here was just what he wanted. AS he meant
to pay for his planting seed out Of my money,
anyway why not shorten the process by appro-
priating these seed? There being no good
reason why he shouldn't, he did. He had the
magnificent impudence to hire my own lot
boy, with my money, to haul those cotton
seed from N.Y. place to his. After which, he
cheerfully resumed his labors for the Sunny
South brotherhood.
Well, sir, nobody chirped to me about those
cotton seed, until after Daddy Jim had sold
his farm, and had skipped with the proceeds.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-02-08

1t was fine crop of cotton, and had it
levied on, and got back little bit Of the
Daddy Jim loot-but not much.
The thing that bothers me now is
Who sent me those seed?
P. S. From letter received since the above
was put in type, learn that j. E. Bradberry,
Athens, Ga, sent the seed. They are fine
variety.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-02-08

WHOM SHE ACCUSES ARE STILL
IN LIFE.
Now let us read what she
says about the Confessional:
"Then the Roman Church
claims that the system Of
auricular or secret confession
to the priest alone has a
great moral restrictive power
over vice and immortality
when it can in reality be,
nay, has been proved that the
debasing and demoralizing
influence Of this same doc
trine of auricular confession
has made it imperative to
build just such clustered
institutions as the Convent
of Amos Court, Bristol,
where the victims of a de-
bauched and lecherous priest
hood are incarcerated, so
that the world may not be-
come familiar with the thou
sands of lives ruined and
blasted through priestly So
hcltation. Yes, it is true the
world does not know these
things; but a time is coming
when, at the judgment bar Of
God, these vile debauchers Of
innocent girlhood and pure
womanhood will meet their
victims; and there, before
the assembled hosts, their
villany and hypocrisy will
be uncovered; when their
victims, one by one, will
point them out; when muir
dered infants will rise up
against them; when. out
ragged husbands will claim
Gods justice, and the tor
tured of the inquisitorial
cry out against them. And
where all are Judged
tests will receive from God a
punishment.
point at me, call me an adven-
oster, a woman to be Stunned
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-02-08
That Cess-pool--Th Roman
Catholic Confessional.

IN THE 6th day Of September, 1859,
7 there was born at Lahore, India, babe
that was christened Margaret Her
parents we're Roman Catholics. Her father
was soldier of the Horse Artillery, and died
from the effects Of wounds received in the
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-12
DEMOCRATS MAKE
GAINS IN VERMONT
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE WILL
NAME THE GOVERNOR
BULL MOOSE THIRD IN RACE
Proxresives Cut Deeply Into Republican
vete-Demoeratie Vote at Least
20 Per Cent Larger Than
in 1910.

White River Junction, vt.-The Pro
gres-ives and the Democrats won the
hOnors in the Vermont state election, for
although the Republicans carried the
state on q plurality vote there was no
election by a majority vote and the choice
OF governor ~ss thrown into the lcgis-
lAture. There the kePahlicans wln have
- saffieisnt majority to eleet AllSn NJ.
Fletcher and the remainder Of the state
ticket.
Returns from si7 out of 246 cities aud
towns gave;
Fletcher Rep 2s,OOs, Howe lDem.l
is,s5o. Metxger Prog sa,3eo. Smith
| (Prohi.l LAS, Sultex lSoc.l i,006.
Same places IN 1910 gave: Mead lReP.l
3i,sI6, Watson tDem.l iS,sO3, ToWle
tT,rohi.l i.O52, ordwsy lSoe.i $50.
There = no dogbt but that the legis'
lature will b. Republican. A significant
feature OF the vote IS the big Democrats
srsins made IN the cities. Mr.. Howe, the
Democratic nominee. has carried apPar'
entity nearly all the large eenters OF pop
ulatioa. Some of them have in former
years been almost solidly Republican.
The strength of tie Progressive party
and the gain Of the Democrats over pre-
vious elections were the features.
Th- Republican candidate for governor
ran first. with the Democrat but few
Thousand behind. registering b. Demo
[ cratic gain.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-12
ROOSEVELT WINS CALIFORNIA
Proxressives Are Assured Maiorty IN the
Legislature.

Los An-vies--R~turas from the va
ricas sections Of the state iaiieate that
the Roosevelt ProSreSsiyes have swept
the state an the primary election and vii
hav. q majority in the California l-gs
zturs- This las the siguifeAH; meaning
tia; probably no Taft presidential eie-t-
or Nin aPP-ar on the ballot in this state
at the presidential election in November.
According to the peculiar provisions Of
the California primary a~, the eAnlF
Aat<s for the state legislature Who have
beeom~ the nominees Of the party in th-
primaries. meet and select the Pre-iden-
tai electors. With the national political
significance in vies, the Roosevelt sup
porters "a California concentrated their
efforts in selecting at the primaries leg-
i-la,ive CANDIDATES pledged to vote for
Roosevelt electors. With the success Of
their campaign in primaries the only way
the Taft Republicans can have Taft
ELECTORS PLACED 90 the halo; at the gen
sral election is through the institution o.
legal procee.iing~
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-12
TEDDY WILL TELL Of
STANDARD OILS GIFT
EXPECTED TO APPEAR BEroD
SENATE COMMITTEE.
OTHERS ASKED TO TESTIFY
Expenses Of Presidential Candidates 70
Be lnvestiSated- Managers Of VII
son. Roosevelt and Taft May
Be Qusstiened
NO. ~.

wasAington.-TheodOes Roosevelt q
expected TO appear October or , before
the SPECIAL senate committee investix.t
ing eAmPAiga contributions. to tss,if.
regarding the allegations Of John ID.
Arehbold and senator Penrose that tAs
STANDARD Oh Company gave 100000 &c
the Republican national committee 81
1904. With RoO-svslts approval Chair
man CiaPP has been informed unofsi-
cially that the eOloners speaking dates
will bring him East early in October.
Chairman ChPp began Organizing the
committees inquiry into the pre-coaven-
tion campaigns of this year, provided by
the Penross resolution as il passed the
senate.
Letters we're sent to Speaker Champ
Clark aud Representative Oscar W. In
derNood, both cana.lAiss at the Baltr
more convention: Chairman M~Coab oi
the Democratic national committee, Who
Wss the manager of Gov. Wilson's cam
paign: Representative William b. Nc
kinley. chairman of the national Taft
bureau: Senator Joseph ". Dixon, chair.
msR of the national Roosevelt eIeeu-
tive committee. and Others. asking them
to testify before the committee.
Through these men and Others the
committee expects 20 bring out the sx-
penditures made Tor the various eznd-
dAtes before the Chicago and Baltimors
convsntious
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-12
POWERS ISSUES NOTICES.
Favors Appointing Leaders ef Nernals
Early.

JAeksoa.-Superintendent Of Fa--.sioa
Joseph Y. Powers issusi letter to all
OF the county saperntsndents requesting
them to notify him If they expected tn
hold normAls in the county during thu
next summer. 20 that the leaders and
teachers for these normAls can be aP-
pointed far enough ahead Of time for
them TO prepare fox the work
IL has often happened that the county
has decided at a late hour to hold =
aornlal and as soon a. some arrAnge-
ments had been made, the suPeriatsnd-
ent was called upon TO appoint some one
TO conduct it. The resul; has been that
often the leaders and the teachers have
gone TO the normals having put very
little special preparation on their work.
IL Is the opinion OF Superintendent Pow
ers that these leaders and teachers should
know of their appointment year aAead
20 that they could put some time all
along on preparing for it.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-12
OXFORD. MISS. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER r. 1872
STATE SUES STANDARD OIL
ALLEGED sTIFLrNc OF ccMPETr
TON THE MAIN ALLEGATION.
Restrain Trade-Monopoiy Of Predue
tion-Fcrestailing Distributes
Destroying competition-Sals
Below Normal Cost. s..

Jackson.-There has been filed in the
ehaneery court at Meridian suit
brought BY the state Of Mississippi, 81
rel. Ross A. Collins, attorney general,
complainant, vs.. the StAndad Oil Com
psny of Kentucky, defendant, seeking 70
recover from the defendant company the
sum of si,6T5, 900 foe alleged violatios
of the Law in putting down pricrs 81
points Of competition to drive out com
Pesitors; BY selling at some places for .
less price than Others, and in vssious
ways seeking TO control the sale OF crude
and refined products Of petroleum. II ls
r~citei that this has been done in various
towns and villages Of the state as well
az in LAuderdsle county. This s the
larges, suit of the kind ever filed in thi.
county. There are six distinct counts in
the bill. az follows
tal An attempt upon the part Of the
said defendant to restrain. or an attemP,
to restrain the freedom of trade in the
sale and distribution Of the crude and
refined products of petroleum; and,
~ Did noncpolize, o. attempt to mo-
nopolire the production, sale or control Of
the crude and refined products Of petro-
leum. and,
lel Did forestall, or attempt TO fore
stall the sale and distribution Of tbs
crude and refined products Of petroleum /:
and.
lel Was an sttemp. made to destroy
eompetition in the sale and distribution
of the crude and refined products 0i
petroleum by selling and offering for s.l.
az a price below the normal co-t % pro
| duetion; and.
lei Destroyed. or attempted to De
stroy, competition in the manufacture ar
sale of commodity, BY -eiling and o.
fering for sale at a lower price AT ons
place in the state Of xiSsi~siPPi thaa q
snos her. differences Of freight and otAsE
neccssary expenses Of sale and delivery
considered; Aad.
~ Destroying. or attempting 20 de
stroy. competition BY rendering a servie~.
or manipulating or handling. % -foriaS
crude or refined products of pstrolsuHn
for les price in one lccality tAAa n
another. the differences in the acees>ary
expenses Of carrying oa the business con
sidered. all Of Which action upon the par;
Of the defendant, the STANDARD Oil Cou
pany Of Hentueky, has coatinued in ;h-
county aforesaid, ard thrOaghou; the
various counties Of the state Of and N
the various villages. towns and cities
situated therein, from and including The
first day Of October, 1911. 30 the present
late.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-12
Novel Trimmlnoa

Many OF the smartest hats have q
very tiny bunch Of flowers placed in
the most careless manner anywhers
on the brim. just at the edge One
made OF delicate lavender mousseline,
with gorered frills covering the hrim.
has a tiny pink rose rimmed with for
get-me-nots on the extreme edge OF
the brim at the left side
A wreath OF oats. mingled with fat
rosettes of very bright blue forget
me-nots, looks charming on hat OF
the picture type carried out in white
chip. Royal blue velvet strings com
pie the decoration Of the model.
Field flowers are greatly liked. but
they are OF an immense size. which is
very noticeable on a black Tagal
straw hat, OF round shape. trimmed
with a loose bunch OF clocks" pop
pies and corn flowers rising to q great
height at one side.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-12
RAISED TOO MUCH
COTTON LAST YEAR
INCREASE 4.o7s.33i BALES. VALUE
sio7 7.o7i,s LESS.
CROP WAS OF LOW GRADE
Hester's Report Shows Ravages Of Wee
vi Decreasing-value Of the Crop
for the Past Year Was
sslo,sso,Ts4

New Orleans. IA-The cotton crop
of the South for the year eniing Au-
gust u, 1912, according 10 statistics
compiled by H. g. Hester. secretary Of
the New ORLEANS Cotton Exchange, e1-
eee'isd that OF the previous year by
s.0ss, ,33i bales, yet IT. money value vas
SiO7,074,S25 les This was due a.
much TO the low grade Of the crop a.
to the decrease in the price resulting
from production. Ii was the low
est in grade Of any crop for the past
ten years, the average being strictly low
midding TO miidling. comparing with
= slight shade under strict midihag last
year
Mr.. Hester says that an acreage IN
cotton larger than ever before cult
vatei in the Southern states, lEdueel
BY the high prices of the two previous
years, uniformly dry and hot weather
during the growing season. very late
frost and a long. open tall for harvest.
ing, all combined toward the product Ion
OF crop larger By 2,30o ,OOS bales than
ever before recorded A further impo<-
tant factor. he says. which eoatibuted
toward the success Of this monster crop
Was that the boil weeyil was gr,~tly
reduced IN numbers over ia entire ran.e.
The value Of the crop for the past
year. a stated. Was SsI0.2s0, ,764, 70
which II the value Of the cotton seed
Is added, the actual wealth pFoiucing
capacity of the Soatheru cotton farms
would Be S93T.7l0 Oh. Last year the
total value, including seed. vas s1.o50.-
i33.527, so that for a crop embracing
4,0is,0O0 bales more cotton and l,sse.
oOo tons more seei. the South received
nearly So. SOC. 900 less in money.
Mr.. Hester Spproximates the actual
growth at I6.sOi. 900 bales. and says
that notwithstanding the euormous
quantity produced, comparatively httle
oil cotton remained Ia the cotton belt
at the close OF the season, and of that
more than One-half was held in steck
by Southern mills. lie apProSimates the
amount of Old cotton left over at 5I6,-
600 bales.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-12
COTTON CROP IS
MATURING RAPIDLY
IN EASTERN PART OF BELT DETE
RIoRATI0N RESULTED.
BOIL WeeWLS ARE SCARCE
Plant on Heavy Lands In centrsl Valley
and Oklahoma Continued to Fruit
and Coed Top Crop Ii Prom
ised in Those States

Memphis.-Intensely hot. dry weather
during the last week forced the cotton
crop far toward maturity. In the Caro-
linas, Georgia and portions Of Alabama
heavy deterioration-in excess OF that
incident to maturity-was caused by
the severe heat And drouth. The plant
shielded leaves, squares and young bolis
in great quantities.
Ia a large portion Of Alabama and in
all states west Of that state. save Texas
and Louisiana, the plant continued to
grow except on sandy and other hgat
soils, where maturity has about been
reached. In heavy soils the plant is
growing and fruiting and a good top
crop is promised on this land in all these
states. In the other states Of the belt
and on light soils in those in which
fruiiing has continued, the top crop holds
forth little promise.
In Texas the crop has opened unusual
ly rapidly and fields are white with cot
ton waiting for pickers. who are more
or less scarce. Picking. however. is 20
ing forward as rapidly As the labor on
hand can get it out in the intense heat.
The yield is proving better than expect
ed, and the quality Is generally high.
notwithstanding some complaint Is made
from tins and other states OF shortness
Of staple on account Of premature OPEN
ing. In Louisiana the crop has reached
maturity and is suffering greatly from
boil weevil.
Complaint Of boil weevil was confined
90 Louisiana and a small portion Of
Southwestern Mississippi. Hot weather
las caused their eradication in Texas,
where they were reported to be dam
aging the crop a week ago.