Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1909 — NOT MUCH THERE TO BE HURT. [ARTICLE]

NOT MUCH THERE TO BE HURT.

William DeMoss of three miles south of Lee was in the city on business Wednesday. There was a light frost in his vicinity Tuesday night, but not severe enough to do much damage if any at all. In fact, a big frost could not do much harm, as there is not much left by the wet weather to damage, the big rains of some weeks ago almost annihilating the corn and cutting the oats yield to practically nothing at all. Out of 4 5 acres of corn that Mr. DeMoss had that was looking fine early in the season, he has three acres left to tell the story of what might have been, all the rest having been completely killed out when a little more than knee high by the big rains