Athens Weekly Review
July 20, 1933

Rome
Special Correspondence

Rome, July 18.- Well, at last the hopes of the farmers of this community for a corn crop, has been somewhat revived, for they were surprised with a heavy rain Saturday evening. However, a part of the corn will not be greatly aided by this rain as it was so badly damaged by the hot, dry weather during the past five weeks. But the young corn will now produce a fairly good yield. And, too, the cotton and other crops will now continue their rapid growth, and will produce more than they would have, should it have failed to rain during the remainder of this month.
It seems people will just be pessimistic regardless of what happens, for as the writer stood in front of a store in Athens, Saturday, watching the downpour, he heard several men remark: " I wish it would stop raining so that I could go home." Well, friends, the time of miracles are over, and he who created this world, which we like to cuss so well, will not stop the sun from shining or the rain from falling, so that we may go home in the dry, gather crops and et certa.
Several farmers were selling watermelons from here last week but they report that the price was so low that it hardly pays to haul them to the market.
Andy Boyd and his son, Mann of Willow Springs were here last week buying tomatoes to can.
Homer Fade who once lived here, and who now lives at McAllen, Texas, is here working for A. R. Trammell.
Johnny Goodgame and Mann Boyd were visiting Albert Carrigan Saturady evening.
Mrs. Howard Trammell spent last week with her husband's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Trammell.
Prof. and Mrs. V. L. Trammell were visitors in the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Trammell, Sr. Sarurday and Sunday. Prof. Trammell teaches school in Kaufman county and is not attending summer school at Commerce.
Claude Browning, owner of the Browning Dairy of Athens, was here Sunday and purchased several bushels of tomatoes from B. R. Swinney.
Dave and P. J. Trammell who have been working at Wilmer are now at home with their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Glasscock, thier son, Holbert, and Mr. and Mrs. Lawfton, all of Dallas, were visitors in the P. J. Trammell home Sunday.
Prof. L. F. Swinney who is attending the State University was visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Swinney here Monday. Mr. Swinney left for Austin Tuesday.
Submitted by Laura Gregory Calvin laura9102@yahoo.com
January 2004

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