The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-04
THE RAINS AND TIE CROPS.
Anderson.


The Intelligencer says "An overabun-
dance Of rain has fallen during the past week,
and farmers are now anXiously awaiting the
disappearance Of the clouds. The wheat crop
is not injured, however. and better stands of
cotton have been secured. Oats will improve
materially, and fair weather for the next
week would cause great rejoicing in this Sec
tion.'
York.
The Yorkville Enquirer says: This county
was visited with heavy rains last week, which
under the circumstances, were very aecepta-
BILE. But the blessing was not unmiXed, as the
rains were so strong rs to wash a great deal OF
soil from sloping fields. We learn that ALI
sons Creek rose higher than it has done for
many years. Lawrence's mill-dam was washed
away, and we are told of fence being carried
away which had stood for thirty years. In
short, last weeks rain was, as we'haye heard
it expressed, ''real toad-strangler."
Grcenville.
The Enterprise says: "Tt has been several
years since we have had as much rain In so
short a space Of ime as fell in this vicinity on
Thursday last. IT commenced raining about
10 o'clock A. NJ, and one torrent succeeded
another until II o'clock; the consequence i'
freshet of January, 1865; a large number of logs
have been washed down the stream
from above. and if great care had not been
taken, they would have caused the washing
away of our foot bridge. One of them was
slightly moved. but not sufficiently to do
much harm. Messrs. Cline 4: Gibbs had por-
ton Of their mill-race washed away. Mr.. j. w.
Grady also lost one hundred feet or more OF
the dam at McBee's Factory. Alexander Nc
Bee. Esq. also had his old saw-mill dam car
ried of. The land through the country, both
bottom and hillside, has been much Injured.
We have had more or less rain every day, eX-
cent Monday last, for week past Farm ers
from all sections of the county report excel
lent rains"
The Reporter says: After protracted
drought Of seven weeks the windows of heaven
were opened on the morning of the 26th nlt.,
and the rain continued to fall increasingly
throughout the whole of that day, and during
a part of the night The good this timely sea-
son will do is incalculable. Gardens, which
had about concluded to quit trying to grow
any more, have gone to work again. Cotton,
a great deal Of which had been lying in the
come forth boldly and vigorously. Corn,
it Is said, is growing SO tast-.that
the different stalks can be heard at
night straining themselves to keep up with
some more fortunate stalk which happens to
have little manure at its root. The flowers
have come forth again with vernal freshness
and sweetness, and everything, animate and
inanimate, bears testimony to what good
thing the rain was. Whether the wheat and
oats crop can be materially benefited by 1t is
q question we hear the planters differing
about; some saying that the heads will be
made to iii out and become much heavier.
and others holding to the opinion that 1t is too
late for these crops to receive any benefit
whatever. From all the reports we have had,
the wheat in this county was not very mate
rally Injured by the drought, and a harvest
much more bountitul than We have had for