Wilmington journal., 1873-07-11
REVIEW
OF
WILMINGTON MARKETS,
FOR THE
WEEK ENDING. THURSDAY.
Isily 10. 1873.

REPORT OF THE CROPS.-Co-
LUMBUs Co., n. C.-Cotton looking
we'll Acreage increased over last
year 80 per cent. Some grass but not
vet troublesome. Continued rains.
Corn poor not near SO good as last
year-bad stand, grassy and small.
MARION, Co, s. C.-Cotton i'll fair
condition. Planters have nearly got
ont the grass and the plant is looking
we'll. Corn small and poor in most
sections. Oats have come III very
light.
DARLINGToE, Co, S. Cotton is
much behind hand and grass very
troublesome. Planters have difficulty
in getting hands enough to keep the
crop clean. All that is clean is grow
ing finely, and promises well, but is
blooming out while Yet very small,
giving indications that the weed can
MT attain large size. This remark
applies to the contiguous counties.
N.DTl DtjOG ana jttchW3It.
CHESTERFIELD Co, $. C-Cotton
not ut all in a satisfactory condition,
though III some parts OF the county it
is looking well. in others it is small
an(. grassy. Corn poor on the uplands
and not giving much promise.
MARLBORO Co, S. C.-Cotton-The
planters have gotten their farms in
pretty good condition, and the crop
looks nearly rs well as at this time last
year: fine promise for a good crop.
Com, mucl. better than could be tx-
pected under the circumstances, but
still there is much grass. Oats came
in pretty lair and have materially in
creased the stock of forage
SUMTEH Co., S. C.-Ihe condition
here is decidedly mixed, in some
neighborhoods the cotton and corn
both look we'll and are growing fi,.cly,
whilst in others they are very small,
behind hand and grassy. High prices
have been paid for labor and are still
offered, a..d there has been spirited
contest in this county, Darlington and
Marion, between the turpentinc makers
and planters for hands. Both have
suffered and neither been much bene-
fitted in consequence. We have to re-
port another awful hurricane, accom-
panied with hail, which PASSED through
Sulnter, Darlington and Marion COnn-
tics, S. c., Columbus and Baden, in
North Carolina, wasting itself IL
Sampson and Dupiin last week. Cot
| ton and corn in its track were dcmOl
| ished and farmers estimate loss o.
! fully one-tliir,l on al the plantations
struck l;y the storm.
We have reports from all the cDun
| ties on the line OF the W. & W. Rail
road and those contiguous. We have
| not space to comment fully uron them
and therefore sum up that the reports
| Indicate the crop as being now in gooC
condition, not quite as large as las
year, and giving plcmise OF goot
yield.
| COMMERCIAL EPITOAIE.-Th
| business of the past week has bee,
broken by the recurrence of the Ami
versary of National Independence
which was observed as q close holida,
by the merchants, banks and publ
offices generally, and also by the al
| iournment of the Produce ESohang
from Thursday evening till Monda
morning, and business circles gen
era,ly showed but little animation 70
the first two days of the present week
The relaxation given to the busines
men seemed to have renewed thei
with an animated spirit, and for tn
last few days there has been n stead
and more favorable increase of bus
ness. notwithstanding the drawback
which we have noted in previous IT
views, and the extreme scarcity Of tol
age of all descrl ptiOns, the heate
weather, and numerous other incidel
tails we could mention as barriers of Il
active business, yet it seems to
admitted not only here, but at all IL
commercial ports, that mercanti
affairs have been slowl y but steadily a
preaching a safe position and that a .
, vival of an active business may be
. ticipated in the course Of few week
) | Naval stcEes generally have assumed
steadier and healthier feeling, NJ
e though our reports of the marke
/, cover OILY four days of the prese