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Show H I COTTON CROP GREATEST IN HISTORY;- H f , B V One of the largest, if not the largest, cotton crops in the history H 'I of tha product is being gathered this year iu the southern section of H J t, " the United States, says a dispatch.from Houston, T-.xjw, X)nly the H j, fiul figures will provo the contention of many experts that the crop M J will "in from 14,000,000 to 16,00p,000-bales. The more conservative H i - contend the output will be far below thp former "figure, yet the belief H t is gencraL that the output is one. of the largest, if not the largest, in K j ! the history of the crop. H j TSo great is the crop that, picking is being -carried on by moun- Hl i8hL rJ3le bright southern moon iu the fall of the year turns the Hvj i J8ht into (3nvv and picking is greatly facilitated because of the ab- Hj'j !' -onco-of the Jieat-of4-he-lay. dickers are paid by piecework, and all H j L ; lhe Beg1'0 physically able go into the fields in early morning and HiP i main at work until late into the -night; or until thoWnoon is ob- H tj - T1s tremendous picking is crowding t he-ginneries, which are H I , jygrf"uS ni8ht and. day, yet, despite this? much of the cotton cannot B ; be-handled. the hpldcrver being storedy" Hie "detl". 7 "r H ' ' Kny esfinuifesajasjoittdis.ASlo'SirerSfox H 'ft '' iUg around -i.000,000 bales. It. is -ielieved-4t Avilf-tako 2'omo 000 M: f lp 'finance the Texas crop. . |