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LSI MIVIWAI, UtlWER 7, fflC.fES1 LEAVING THE BOLLbyrata e hosums r*r-r.stWEEVIL SECTIONS.V .Number O Families Jlero Till.1 Week From JSust Mississippi, Flcolog From tlie JSoll Weevil.On Wednesday morning several families reached Greenville over the Southern and crossed the river on hoard the Verne Swain bound for Hanks, near Warren, Ark. in the j party were Mr. J. E. Gardner and ^‘(family, Mr. .1. w. Williams and fam-’'•jil.v. .Mr. W. -M. Edny, Mr. Ed. Gard-alj nor. .Mrs. Ollie Polk, whose husband ,!■! had gone before to prepare for the li;l coming of the others. Altogether, T.; there were even twenty-two men, 1,11 women and children. They Were t from near Maben, .Miss., and stated lt;'-! as I heir reason for leaving, the eom-•i-j iiig of the boll weevil to East Mis-0; si.ssippi. whicli had destroyed the cot-nljton crop this year, fully ;jo acres beta* ing required to produce a bale. They if. were going where they hoped toit-! make a living for their families rate-•!?-■ ing cotton. The men of the party 11 were greatly impressed with the Del-i ta anti considered the cotton crops •s: they saw while passing through asi«* j “big.■This morning the families of J. T. vj W inchow, of Attala county, and L.II| F. Collins, of Leake, and others,; j forming a party of eigliteen, crossed j ihe river on the Verne Swain forI,r! '-or Montrose, Ark., having come in „ ■ it tin: Southern Friday evening, j Messrs Winchew and Collins said j that the crops were almost a total | :ailure. in their section; that a two; mule farm where near fiFtv acres! »were cultivated, produced only one hale or cotton and 25 bushels of corn, ami “it, was good land, too, remark-j ed Mr. Collins. The boll weevil got the cotton, he said, while the July storm and rains destroyed the corn and other crops. Mr. Minchew is an old man To years of age, but is going to Arkansas to start over again af-
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Greenville Daily Democrat
Greenville, Mississippi, US
Sat, Oct 07, 1916
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