The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-08-21

CQe WoStcTu duu uO' 'u0iA ooUD''|'
throughout July and the two weeks in
August was thoroughly relieved. and
vegetation Of all kinds revived, and
crops again look promising. The rains
came too late to benefit early corn to
any great extent, bu, late planting Is
now an assured crop The rain came
in succession of gentle showers, except
in Edge6eld County where fields were
washed to some extent. and in Green
Vile where there were two heavy wash
ipg rains. 1t was remarka bic that the
heavy rains had but slight effect 90
the rivers and no freshets were even
threateped anywhere In the eastern
portion of tn e State the ralos were also
heavy and caused great injury to fodder
which was already pulled and to much
on the stalk which id to be rottlng
Cotton also was injurlously affected by
the rains, aa the flowers that get wet
fail to frsctify and the squars she'd the
reports indicate that this was the case,
and the crop that would have put ou
from the l4tb to the 17th, inclusive. is
lost. In this connection attention has
been called to :he fsot that such portion
Of the crop that puts 90 after the 10th
OF August is not certain to mature.
The rainfall was we'll distributed, as
tho fol]ow;no amounts nv stations will
show Kingstree 2 %, St. Matthews
3 30. ST. George 274. Yemasee 0 S5
Ba,esburg 55. Greenwood 4 62,
Blackville 3 81, Allendale 2.93, Cheraw
8 81, Florence 2 lG. GrcenvilIe 2 %,
Spartauburg 2.63, Beaufort 1.85.
Charleston l 47, Liberty 8 IS Eilorse
2.35, Chesterfield 2 90, Society Hill
l 96, McColl $50. Darlington ) 81
Edisto 4.55, Camden 4 68, Staiesburg
2.15. Trenton 4.3l. Santuc 2 SO. Long
shore 3.11, Columbia i S8, St. George
4 so Gillisonville 2 19, Oakwood 2 %,
Ridgeway 5 l6. St. Stephens 2.69,
Pinopolis 5.14, Anderson 2.24. Central
3 10, Reid rs. Efngham , so, Loop
ers 2.90. The average of these thirty
eight stations is 323 inches and the
normal for the same perio is approx
imately l II, the rainfall having been
in excess of the usual ov.r the entire
State, except at Yemasee.
The week had a favorable tempera-
ture, with no excessive beats or cool
nights; the daily range was below
the usual owing to the great amount
of cloudiness. The highest tempera-
ture reported was 96 at Kingstree 90
the 18th. and the lowest 81 at Green
wood on the 18th. The average mean
temperature of the week for the State,
deduced from 80 reports. was seventy
nine degrees, and the normal for the
same period is approximately seventy
nine degrees.
The duration of sunshine varied
between 29 per cent and 80 per cent.
of the possible, the least cloudlDess
having occurred 10 Marlboro County
and the greatest in the western and
central counties
The winds were generally, light,
except that in Grceuvile County in
the vicinity of Reid there was severe
local storm, with hail. that destroyed
considerable corn by breaking it off.
In general. it may be said that the
average condition of all crops is better
and more promising than for some
weeks, with the important exception of
cotton. which 10 the eastern and cen
trail portions Of the State has taken on
rust and lie shedding TOO freely These
reports are not confined to any county,
but are general. and even include por-
tions of the western counties. Over the
western half of the State. however.
there was a marked improvement i'll the
plant ip most p laces. so that, taking the