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' E M'tTKiin, Ark., '!?< ?>, I MM. 1 w: 1 rufni t re, on<nM'n<l rhc^'.ii'iiN f'i.irh- 1 I i itt in my ii ,?il t Im?> ..nil h?T;> us i |; ;,r . , t |2 t""> ? m-T u ITI- Utr rt.Miln n J W any nihe.- IiixiiUtc. ? fhtnk I ro.jlil L V ?, <T M1 aiili ?-i vr.rk mMIi at It M mi Mrrnuiit nf b tin* tr?iil>>it with V r V|?iiI >.|i. > i,ur IlieilUmi' Is -.J -ill iti.it k>v|?, n.i' n>. ? -i,. t. It. Hit-AKl.A\f?. J in, ji " CKOl* A BOLT SAJ1K AS LAS P \ I,' i w li.l II* That is I ho (Soneral Concensus nl the Opinions. Over the eastern portions of the be't there has been continued deterioration during the past week, with slight improvement in the western portions on late cotton, which was greatly benefited by the rains of the week, but all agree that it will require F. lat? fall tn mtitnrp iiiu rncotit fruitage. The logical deduction from this is that it is impossible at this time to make even an accurate approximation of the yield thaf has good Pa?oR in fact. Gaecset-. as to yield can be made before the crop is planted in the spring that may prove to be nearly correct. Picking made rapid progress in the Atlantic Stutep but was delayed in the Centiul and western districts by w~t weather that stained some open cotton. Damage by insects is on the decrease in Texas. The size of tho top crop ip as yet 11 n certain, but the indications are to some top crop in everj' State except perhaps Alabama, where the crop atTa whole is the poorest in many yean. Frost deferred until aft.^r the middle of Movent her will materially iucrtutiu U<t yield horn the top crop, whereas an cart;, irost wiil ruin practically ali of it. < >ne conclusion seems to be certain at this time that the croj at its worst will bo nearly if not quite as lar*re as it was last ve. (. Jn North Carolina cotton continues to pen rapidly despite the cool weather and there is indication of much premature opening on account of rust ; many correspondents report the crop nearly all open, and from one half to two-thirds of picked ont; estimate* of yield range from one-half to two-thirds of an aver age crop cool nights have injur ed cotton, and conditions other wise were not conductive to m* " ^owth or maturity of top crop. In South Corolina reports on cotton, are very full this week, and cover every section of the State, and they confirm previous estimates of a comparatively short crop. It appears that the promising condition near the Tl*fmy r*- rp close of June was irreparably in- i jured by the hot and dry weather from June 28rh to July 10th, which subsequently caused the i plants to sued, rust and blight and to atop growing, and while eonie fields in favorable localities put on new growth late in August that has since bloomed ' and fruited, the majority of | plants did not do well during Aug i i ust, and most of them apparentj ly died Ootton is from two thirds | to four fifths open,and much of it has been picked; indeed some i fields have already boon abandon j led, but in a uuuibar of counties I pickers are scareo and there a i i smaller percentage of the crop 11 I has been gathered. The yields i are estimated below last yoar'i ' by a majority of the correspond I ents, although in live counties h , tiie yield is cstihi .'.ed oq?iai * > or' greater than last year's. Frost'i ! deferred until late iit November 1 will increase the or ?p materially ! ' it; placet. Boll w .iuu have up. I] peared on lain, and unopened bolls in Barnwell county Sea < island cotton is belter than for b j number of years, and bears a tair < top crop ; picking well under way. ' in (teorgia reports on cotton < ; continue unfavorable. Picking lis much farther advanced than i usual, being generally from one half to two-thirds completed and 1 | fully completed in nunc sect'ons. i Work was retarded in the south- i em and a few Northern locali , i ties by rain' and was rushed else- , where. Lir.t is short, retuiriug , (much more than the average to j j 'the bale. Lops than two-thirds i an average yield is indicated ' throughout the State. I In Florida too frequent rains ' I prevailed over eastern counties of ' | the western district.. Toe coii ' ditions mentioned have seriously i | delayed cotton picking and did I I mnch damage to cotton already i ! open. The staple was Mown to l the ground, soiled, and much is 'reported ag sprouting in the bolls I Old cotton lias reached its maximum?is now deteriorating; late j planted cotton shows more vitality. hut its improvements will not change the prospects of p. phorf 1 crop. Cotton picking was prac i tieally abandoned over a large section of the cotton belt. In Alnhatr.H recent reports i 'show that the frost of the l.'lrh and 14th did some slight damage ; to cotton and rnn.or crops in a . | few places in northern counties, j I Cotton as a whole, has deterio-l ! ' I ! a ted slightly during ?he work ; i I new growth has started in some j lowland fields, and, in pomp ! places, it is still blooming, hutli 1 the general opinion is that the !reoent fruitage will never rna- < ! tore, and the new growth seems ; to retard maturing <?f the old j bolls ; cotton in nearly all open : , | much picking was done during 1 the Jweeh, with this week nearly i completed in southern countiea,!' ?td from one-halt to three-fourths | I picked in middle and northern j district#, with no improvement 1 i:i yield, which will undoubtedly : he the lighest in many year", and in some places the crop is practically a failure ; rust is still iiin i.tro in p?r?i. I "J just seem to have gone all I to pieces," writes Alfred Uee, of Welfare, Tex., "biliou. nose ami 'a lame hack had made life a' burden. I couldn't eat or sleerJ, and f?11 almont too worn out to work when 1 began to use Klectric ' Hitters,but they worked wonders. < I Now I sleep like a top, can eat anything, have gained in strength ! and enjoy hard work." They ' * give vigorous health and new i ' life to weak, sickly, run-down ( 1 people. Try them. Only 50c at | Orawfore Bros, and J. F. Mackey * 1 & Co. ] damaging in Rome fields, and there is no ''top crop" worliy of note; the lint still averages very short, requiring decidedly more than the average of seed to g;t\ ? bale. It is now thought that J nearly, if not quite all, the cotton ( will be picked by Oct. 10. In Mississippi cotton picking progressed rapidly .tinder favorable condition! the first of the week.but during the latter part*' was interrupted in ^rtany lncali ties by rain and damp foggy mornings, however, picking i?j generally well advanced and :s more ihnu halFcompleted in some sections. Tho heavy wind and ram storm in the sou'hwestern Bounties wus very damaging to open cotton but el.*e*heru ihe fe'l -lowly an 1 lid but lil'le rlamsge. There is consid-cnl de ourupl lint of low laud cotton; growing too much tc ? *'311; and roll ig< id roduoing I. r ? 1 bolls; there ir a No some Coin [ plaint of bottom boll rotting.! iho i..j :ry .iwiu iu ; ...a eUul ling 18 diminish!ng. Ttie lint is generally short, especially in the ?aatern and southern counties, where raoro need cotton is required to give a bale than usual. Many correspondents report no top crop, but a few state that with *uvorable conditions a light top crop may be matured. In Louisiana there lias been no imjirov? went in the col'on crop luring (he past week. Reports received show a deterioration in jevoral places. % ileavv rain and liigh winds on tho 17;h damaged tie crop considerably in par's on >w.?ul. .....i i A?i. I liwi mi t; uvi caoi li'/umiaijii. ;>pen cotton was blown out and beaten into the dirt and that not blown out was stained. Cotton is nearly ail open, but picking lias progressed slowly. The rains retarded work, and in places the pickers are scarce. In places, however, picking is well advanced There appears to ho very little prospect tor a top crop. Worms are damaging the crop in a tew places. The yield will he light in many localises, ami will he below an average .generally. In Tennessee cotton isopeningi rapidly in some places, in others! in western counties slowly, and picking has been keeping/well advanced ; in the middle counties the crop is reported short ; with littlo or no top crop. In Texas all reports received indicate but little change in the ire n era I condition of cotton, and prospoct>? tor this crop continue poor. Considerable picking was [lone, although in many localities Ibis work was interrupted hv wet weather. I he number of uban loned fields are daily increasing! iiul the yields in all cases fully i justify the previous low estimates. j While the cool weather during; the latter portion of last, and the firot of tiiiH week has not damaged the cotton crop as a whole to any appreciable extent, it has lumewhat retarded the opening; f?i bolls on much of the early crop *nd unless the occuirence of frost t is prolonged much later than usual it will !e?*"en the chances for the maturing of the late crop [.ate cotton has been benefited by the rains. The heavy rains in many localities damaged to a considerable extent open cotton. , l'here is Jess complaint of shedlirig. The damage from worms in northern sections has practi-j sally ceased and this insect is Duly reported troin widely sepa-j rated localities. In the central,J - v VW % \ ; southern and southwestern set tions the boll weevils continu their depredations and reporte in great numbers wherever ther is cotton to damage. That bo worms, wee\ils, and other in seel have been a controlling factor i lessening the production of c*> ton for the state tor ilus seaso is a recognized fact. Tn Arkansas there is no in prnvevne. t visible in cotton ; it : opening rapidly, except in a fe localities in the northeast sectioi a'Ikio opening was retarded b cool weather. Many correspoi dents in central and souther counties report that the crop i nearly all open. Picking is pr< grossing rapidly, though sonx what delayed in localities by t.h rains. Some eorrespou lei 1s ;< port i.ho fibre shor*. hut of g' o quail ; . i. ere u no increase 1 l ?ji;i,,.. ! ..,} . : 11 ifi e* lui.nen i ic111. In OVahoma and Tnd.an To; iiitii) oultoii picini^ Wiii- puttie during I he forepart ol t he wee! ami I he work is Hearing com pit lion over ihe soul hern portion ( 'he Indian Territory, elsewhot it is well advanced ; the bolls at opening slnwlv, ami late cotto lias been benefited bv the rain and has a promise of moderat yield, provided heavy frost corn? late; boll worm damage Is d< ereasing, the crop secured giv< i fair yield over the section, an is better than expected; ovt some counties the yield is goo? and of a good staple and coloV - ? mm A Typioit Nouili Af rirau Store. (). K. Larson, of tiay Villi Sundays River, Cape Colony conducts a store typical of 8out Africa, at which can be purchase anything from the proverbit "needle to an anchor." Thi store is situated in a valley nin Niiles from the nearest railwa station and about t.wenty-tiv from the nearest town. Ml Larson says: "1 am favore wiiti the custom of farmers wit! in a radius of thirty miles, t many of whom I have supplie Chamberlain's remedies. A entity to their value in a honst hould where a doctor's advic is almost out of the questior Within one rntle of my more t! population is perhaps sixty. < these, within the past twelv months, no less than fonrtoo have been absolutely cur^d b Chamberlain's Cough Remedy This must surely tie a record. For sale by J. F. Mackey. i ......r r? J IClOMICUb U\HJ Ui i lUilC* "Papa Eniile," as he is familiarl called, haK boon hunting in th fpmona foreatfl <?f Rsmbouilh and Mardy, once the huntin grounds of Kings. One who aa him Ihere recently dencribos hu in this wav : "liille in hand, pip in mouth, wearing an old bin velvet coat, with hie stout yello ^(liti'id ilru a a light over the soli square-toed, heavy nailed shoe a dilapidated, eaby-iitting sol hat thrown in picturesque disoi der on his head, ho looks mor like a benevolent poacher than Pres ident hound normally by rigid protocol. When he leave I'aris he "lips ofl" hip Prepidenc an:l becomes again the peasant ( Monteliinar/' Statk ok uiiio City ok Toledo, < f.ITA'l County t l''HA5K >1 CIIKNKY make* oath thill hO MCDlor partner of the llrm <-f P J. Cheney Co., (lutlitf liUslM'n* ill Ihe City of Toll-ll Couoty And ht.it' aforeaalrl, and that na lu lu ve il |>ay tin t in. of ON K Hl'NOKK |>Ol,(<AltS for am) evory raM' of C uuri lluil o.innot iw i ur?nl by ihu use of Hall's C larrh Cure. PKASK .1 f'HKNKY Sworn to beiore me an?l Hubacrlbcd In n prem nci' thin 'til ii'iy of Ilocenilx r A i> iw l ?l A. VV. 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