The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-09-07


places, rotting in the sbuck where
standing; cotton beaten into the fur
row or rott'ng in the boli. with all
young fruit shielded off e S Ham
mon6.
STANDARDIZATION: Great storm
on 30-3lst; houses blown down;
roofs of. and nearly all damaged to
some extent; corn is on the ground
in mud and water; cotton whipt TO
pieces, not much left except stalk {,
rice covered with water, hope to save
one. fourth Of it; great fall of water,
8 inches in IL hours -Jno NJ War.
mock.
/: Berkeley-Annieville: Rain ruin.
ed cotton and fodder; scarcely any
fodder has been saved; open cotton
rottlng in the bo'ls.-G W Wbaley.
Charleston - Charlestou: Another
week OF excessive precipitation and
largely deficient sunshine; farming
operations far behind their usual rcu
tue rice harvest mueh delayed on ao.
count Of frequent rains sea'island cot
.ou stil shedding badly tops all IN
bloom With 30 prospect of a top crop
hay harvest at a standstill awaiting
dryuess-L n JesunofsSy.
Cberokee-Gafney Fodder being
pulled but too much rain 20 save 1t;
cotton opening but is rottiog 10 the
oolls-B F Camp.
Cbes,er6eld-Chester6cld (: Another
disastrous week for the cotton crop
much complaint of cottou ro''ing after
opening DO blooms to be seen very
little picked yet; more fodder dam.
aged peas and potatoes seem to De
doing well-Geo W Spencer.
Clarendon-Alcolu 1t has been
rainy aud cloudy all the week cotton
shedding all the top crop. and the
bottom DOLLS are rotting ali fodder
that vas pulled is of poor quality !;
cane and rice doing well-Elias D
Hodge.
ColIe.on-Wbi:e Hall !: Weather
this week has been most disastrous to
rice, corn, and all crops save potatoes
corn broken down and land saturated
rice inundated by f,eshet; maoy breaks
in river baoks-W E Haskell.
Darlington - Darlington !: Cotton
shows great damage from damp wealth
er, bolls rottipg, open bolls sproutiog
lots Of fodder aod forage damaged aod
some entirely lost; prospects for good
nay crop 6ne, aud with good weather
large quantity can be saved-h 4
McIver
Edge6eld-CIeors Rained every
day until Friday nearly all the coro
fodder has burned oo the stalk or was
! ruined after being pulled /; cotton lost
all top crop, bottom crop rotsiDg. and
sprousiog in boil where open pea
WOES 6ne, but few peas on them. and
no vines cut owing to the vet weather.
/ r Brunson.
Fairfield W ood ward We have bad
rain every day since August 10th,
causing great deal of rot 10 large cot
ton ADD blight on late cotton fodder
pulling about over, and fodder saved IN
noor conditiop-Thos " Brice
Florence The cotton is
fearfuily injured By the excessive rain
il many places, the s'ads are sprouung
in the bolls +; the cotton crop is cut of,
and 90 top crop ia made; wet weather
al.o injured corr fodder seriously-E
" Lloyd
Gresp7iie-Gan;t Cloudy. with
excessive raia during the entire week !;
all 9ork at sraods,ill pulled fodder
nearly all badly damaged /; open cotton
10 bad condition, nore picked as yet ;
pea vines, weeds, and grass have rank
grow,h-W NJ Myers.
Hampton = Gillisonville : Ralutsl!
Is 65 inches ground so saturated and
sogsy, it will oos hold plants upright !;
corn partly blown dowp, but not fat as
whole food washed away bottom
bolls ca cotton, but having been recent
ly picked, loss was reduced J; but fe"
clear DAYS plan. will partially recover !;