The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-29
The FleecY Staulc.

Tine New York Cronicic reports the. receipts
ofthc seven days ending last Friday night nth
inst. at lo2,6 Ab bales. against Io,"s lorthe same
week last year. Totals, lS5.e}O. against l2O,907
last ycar-Showinr Il gain OF 81 .l23 bales.
Tho interior port business of the week was
rs follows: Receipts, 3i,S2i, against F,H52 last
year. Shipments, E,H1. against 56,39? last
year. Stock. 3S,9i, against 2'.S9G last year.
Tho visible supply table showed. on Friday
last III. U73 bales of cotton in slgnt. against
4M.A9 at same date last year, l,DSO.IIS the
yelr before. and l.l72,l!3 in 1875 ut same dnte.
THESE figures show an increase on the Wis.
be supply OF last year OF 3GS,6Hi bales. And
they show Il decrease on the visible supply In
ISL, ut same date. of 2G.04O bales. Last Friday
: &l6. AT the same date last year the quota
tiou was 4 GIG, In lS1S. ut same date. the quo
tation VASE 7-l6. and in lS17, 1916. The wealth
or during the early part OF the seven days.
which ended last Friday was generally rainy
Throughout the cotton region, but more favor
ableln the latter part OF the week.
In Texas, at Galveston. they had hard show.
erS ON fvedayS of the week, and II rainfall
Gf2 III. The cotton plants were all stripped or
leaves 10y the worms, but 1t was still said as
much cotton would be rliScd KS could be
picked. In Indianoia there had been l,rpl Oh
well ii the bolts did not rot from damp wealth
er. In CorNicana they had Il deluge. All the
streams were out of their banks, ana 1.49 oi
rain had fallen during the week. At Dallas
there was l.lU OF rain in three days. At Brcl-
ham, 30 Of rain on four days. In both PICK
ing had been intericrcd with. In Waco, there
had been nard rain on three days, and n fall
of 20.
but in Shreveport 49, during the week. Roads
in bad condition. Iu Mississippi, ut Weeks
burg, rain OH four days. Bottom and top
crops will he poor. AT Columbus, rain on
three days TO the amount of 2.G3. Crop serious
" damaged. Nothing from Arkansas. III
Tennessee. ut Memphis, very little rain, but
pcopIe dcSpOndcnt about the crop.
The estimates Of yield had fallen from ~
which Is called Il conservative estlInRte) to
slight frost. Crop reports less favorable.
In Alabama at Mobile, they had rain 4 days
with a fall of 3.O6. Much damage from rain.
worms, rust and rot, but still crop accounts
were pronounced more iavorabtc. In Mont
Picking progressing finely. In Selma, light
rains on three days In Madison Florida, rain
on four days, Much damage from the late
storm.
In which l.O2 of rain fell. Macon had rain
on one day. Savannah had rain OH three days
and a total. fall of l.37. Augusta had light rains
on three days. Picking going OH finely, and
crop hurried TO market.
The Chronicle, figuring on the Agricultural
Departments; last report, finds 1t, with the
exception OF the Suites .Of Tennessee and
Alabama, better than last year, and in most
Of the States considerably better. "1f," says
the paper, 1--WE add to each the increase in the
acreage also 1t would seem that Oh the first OF
September, according to the department
reports, the yield promised to be considerably
larger than the crop last marketed.
The table of the department figures, rs sum
mcd up. shows an average condition OF W.
IN the duration and character OF the picking
season, Of which we have had so far only five
TO six weeks. When we get into the last OF
October. we may begin to talk.