Plenty of rain and crops are good, dark tobacco good but burley is light.

Our Dr. Gose reports a lot of pneumonia and other sicknesses. J.J. Humphrey's little son Roy has been quite sick for several days, also a little child of Mrs. Ethel Russell's.

Mrs. Florence Hazzard and little daughter Bettie, also Miss Annie Royse, visited at Mr. A.C. Wheeler's last Sunday.

Mr. Charlie Bault, wife and little daughter Ora May, visited the latter's sister. Mrs. Henry Johnson, last Sunday to see Mrs. Bault's brother, who is in on visit from Dayton, Ohio.

There was an apple peeling at Mr. Ed Bryant's last Wednesday night and all who were present report a nice time. (The Sparksville correspondent reported that "The apple pealing at Mr. J.O. Moore's last Wednesday night was largely attended." Dueling apple "pealers!")

Richard Wheeler was tampering with a shot gun shell [and] the shell exploded and severely burned his face. Beware, boys! (Young Wheeler was about 12 or 13 years old.)

A good shower fell here the 31st of the month.

Several farmers have commenced to cut their tobacco crop. Tobacco being late on account of wet weather.

Mr. Milton Monroe had three chickens killed by lightning striking a tree in his yard a few days ago.

A little child of W.E. Bryant has been very sick for a few days.

J.R. Beard, while eating dinner, a few days ago, took a bite of hot corn bread and in place of spitting it out, he swallowed it, it lodging in his throat, burning him badly.