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Show DUE TO DROUGHT. Crops In Portions of Mississippi Entirely Ruined. Jackson, Miss , July 19 Twenty counties coun-ties In Mississippi aro suffering from the effects of n dlslstrous drought, nnd In over onchalf of this number the corn crop has been utterly ruined, while cotton hns been damaged from 60 to 75 per cent. In Tallahatchie county forest tires nro raging. Tho drought area In the delta Is spreading, nnd tho latest report states that In counties where tho prospects were excellent two weeks ago thero bos been great deterioration. |