The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-09-14

week. dtd all crops lDuCh Improved.
e VI Wells
CoIleton-iyhit Hall Weather
favorable for repairing damage by
freshet last week; river banks
repaired. and Oh lower river the
handling of damaged rice is under
way, but up river freshes has not
gone off entirely w E Haskell.
Darliugton-Society Hill: Gotten
rotting and sprouting in the bolls
from continued rains; corn made, and
is a satisfactory yield; sugar cane
very promising; rice ripeping; crab
grass never finer: pea vines Injured
by excessive moisture; sweet pota.
toes good crop j j Lucas
Dorchester-St Georges If the
coming week turns out fair, one half
of the cotton will be picked; over
half of the crop is open and damaged
by the recent bad weather L A
Harper
Edge6eld = Poverty Hill: The
week has been very damp and dis
agreeable, with some rain and very
little sunshine !; cotton rotting badly
even after it has been picked corn
that was blown down is rottiDg and
sprouting H L Bunch.
Florence-Jefries The past week
has been unfavorable to- harvest cot
ton i; cotton Is damaged by the rain.
sixth is lost by falling out; bay
ing under way, but it is short crop
on lowIands Il S Bigham.
Greenville-Simpsonville Rainy
and cloudy during the week cotton
shedding and rotting (; wba: cotton
has been picked is damaged open
bolls blued ; no good fodder saved
yet !; potatoes fine; large yield Of
sorghum.-S T Moore.
Greenwood-Greenwood: Cotton
has the rust badly; opening slowly;
the crop will be short in this county.
Nj NJ Calhoun
Kershaw-Camden: The weather
continues wet, and has caused con-
siderable damage to cotton; it is rot.
ting in the boil; rains prevented
picking and beat out lot, damaging
it; the weather is not favorable for
pulling fodder B Ammons
Iaurens-Barksdale: Fodder gath
eriDg is about over, with very little
fodder saved cotton opening rapid
ly, and is being picked and ginned /;
pea crop and late corn are very
good ; fruit all ro,ted IS B Garrett.
Lexington-Elia Much fodder
damaged by rain of 7th nearly all
cotton is in rough condition, rotten
and sprouted, picking will be rushed;
peas are fine beautiful grass for hay
will he cut if weather favors !; pea
nuts and potatoes are good turnips
growing rapidly IS S Lindler.
Newberry-Little Mountain The
latter half of the week too wet for
gathering cotton or fodder, much fod
der rotted in the fields f; cotton still
shedding and rotting in the boil !;
hayirg retarded with favorable
weather large crop of pea vine hay
will be made much late corn blown
down.-Jno Nj Sease, NJ D.
Orangeburg-Bowman Showers
till Thursday, fair weather since !;
cotton picking is very much retard-
ed ; some hay has been cut, but not
cured satisfactorily !; good weather is
aDxiously awaited for baying. as very
little good fodder was saved in this
vicinity rice crop is very fine, and
turning OCT we'll B 0 Evans
Pickens-Loopers Lack of sun
shine ruined nearly all our corn fod
der and what was pulled was rotten !;
cotton is damaged full one fourth by
the wet, cloudy weather.-W. n.
Hughes
Saluda-Travis The weather con.
tinues unfavorable for picking cotton
and pulling fodder; very little sun
shine this week, yet it did not rain
much erea, deal of late fodder to
pull yet JAS M Forrest.