The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-24

that if one rain falls, and it is not too late about it, some cotton will be made that plant having wonderful recupsra- tive qualities.
 Here in the immediate vicinity of Jack son truckers and gardeners are bankrupt The cry of more food crops was needed patriotically, everybody planting greater crops of foodstuff for man and beast than ever before, but they are very much dis couraged, having made practically noth- ing.
 One of the worst features of the drouth is that pastures are dead. There just Is no grass, wherefore cattle are suf- fering-and not with the hollow tail. Ponds and branches never before known to go dry at this season of the year are showing dusty bottoms and live stock is being driven great distances to Pearl river or running creeks for water, while many families are getting their drink ing water in barrels from the city hy- drants or from the river.
 It is remarkable that to the north of Jackson there has been entirely too much rain, notably in the northeast and in the river counties but crop prospects are said to be bright, except as to cotton, which Is reported three weeks late and very lousy in many localities.
 BEATING THE BOIL WEEVIL
 Yazoo the home of Senator John Sharp Williams, IS the foremost county III MIS- sissippi when it comes to getting ahead of tne boil weevil, and that has been done by planting those things this pes tiferous bug cannot, or will not eat, Yazoo used to be one of the biggest cot ton counties in the state, the farmers thinking it more profitable to raise cot ton only and buy corn, hay, oats, meat, etc, But they were forced to stop all that. Cotton just played out and those farmers got right down to raising corn, hay, potatoes, small grain hogs, cattle, etc. and now they are reaping a rich harvest. They have just received returns from their last shipment of hogs, two carloads netting them $15o0 Since the first of last January these same farmers have been paid $39, ,S49. .35 for the porl1ers they have shipped out on the co-opera- tive plan. They have also sold thousands of dollars worth of cattle some sheep and goats and have lots of wheat and oats to offer One farmer, Steve Castle man, has a field of 1000 acres of fine wheat, estimated at 30 bushels per acre, and which he has sold at $2. 50 per bushel. One day this week they shipped two car loads of Irish potatoes to a northern mar ket at S2.50 per bushel f. O. b. at their home station, and have other carloads to let go at the same price. MT. Boil Wee vii does not seem to like pork, beef, corn wheat or potatoes, and the Yazoo
 
 great advantage.
 CLIPPED RAIL BOARD WINGS
 At this weeks sitting the Mississippi supreme court clipped the wings of the state railroad commission In what was known as the "Corinth case" Several months ago the commission ordered the Mobile and Ohio and Southern railroads to erect a new passenger and freight depot at a particular place in the city of Corinth. The railroads declined to obey the order and went into court the case being tried before Chancellor Tay- Tor at Jackson. It was held that this was putting the railroads to an unrea- sonable expense, and the supreme court had the same idea.
 The army and navy recruiting stations in this city might just as well shut up shop and quit, having little or nothing to do Mississippi is away behind in rais- her to fill up commands already in the service, and it was hoped and believed that after the selective draft law went into effect and the young men of the state had registered IS required, enlist ments would be fast, and furious. but not so. Very few have offered since June 5, Registration Day.
 THE EXODUS CONTINUES
 There has not been a night for several
  ing from score to more than 100, did not leave Jackson for points in the mid- de west-the great majority going to St. Louis, Chicago or Indianapolis, though many have journeyed on further to the north. No effort is being made here to stop the outgo, though the em ployerS of labor are put to serious incon- venience and many farmers have been forced to let their fields grow up in weeds. These daily departures are not all from Jackson, however. If they had been, the town would be depopulated ere this, so far as negroes are con- cerned, but as it is, the owners of tene- ment houses report that hundreds of bins are vacant.
 Deputy United States marshals have been very busy the past few days round- ing up the 'slackers," but fortunately there are not many such. Reports have come to the office of District Attorney George of few i'll every part of the state-less than 100 all told Warrants have been issued for the arrest of less than half this number but it takes tims to find and to get them down to Jack son for investigation. The majority of those already presented before the. com missioner have been negroes-nearly all of them, in fact, and it is doubtful if they really know how old they are. Those who cannot prove they are under OA CNSA c1oO oAC J1SI RSi iiiAbbCd tO iC5lo- ter and go their way rejoicing In the event Uncle Sam ever wants them for his army he can find them again.
 NEW DISEASE OF MULES
 At the suggestion of the state board of veterinarians the department of agri- culture has wired the authorities at Washington to send an expert in dis eases of horses and mules to the delta section of Mississippi. where numbers of horses and mules on the big cotton plan-