Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-08-26

cane ana potatoes are very line; PIN
ders doing we'll; plenty of rain this
Week.-Mrs. Jerry Carter.
Barnwell.-Blaokvil Cotton OPEN
ing rapidly and picking we'll under
way; rust still spreading, and the crop
will be short; late corn, peas, sugar
cane, sweet potatoes, rice and peas
making good progress; showers again
needed.-G. d. G. Lange.
Beaufort.-Beaufort: A somewhat
changeable week. beginning and end
ing hot; hurricane 14th, 10th, fair
weather afterwards; good for fodder
stripping and sowing peas or planting
second crop of potatoes; some trees
and fences blown down, but little
damage done.-John Conant.
Charleston.-Charleston: Storm of
10Th did some damage; corn was whip
ped and blown down; some hay was
caught by the rain, but good weather
following saved it; some cabbages set
out; sweet potatoes look we'll; sea-
island cotton suffered slightly from
the hurricane; rice did not suffer ma
terially from the storm, some whipped
out; some sections lack water; har-
vest under way.-L. Sahlmann.
Chester.-Lewis II. o.: Still dry
with high winds; all crops suffering
for rain; the corn crop almost a fail
ure, young corn needs rain; cotton is
rustins badly, in places opening fast :;
pastures literally burned up and
stock and cattle in poor condition.
s. NJ. Burdell.
sterfield.-Cheraw: We are in
the midst OF the severest drought of
the season. The failure of the cotton
in the past ten days is fully 40 per
cent; lowland corn, peas and potatoes
are suffering seriously.-E. NJ. Wells.
Observation-Disclosures: Cotton
looks well, is opening, and picking
has begun in places; very little fodder
gathered this week due to heavy rains :;
potatoes and peas look fine; good
weather for sowing turnips.-S. s.
DesChaps.
Colleton.-White Hall: Weather
clear and cool; had one inch of rain:
storm passed without doing any dam
age to rice or river banks; tides did
not rise above normal here; high tides
on Combahee River; rice harvesting
will begin next week.-W. f. Haskell.
dgefield.-Poverty Hill: Week fair
and pleasant, but quite warm past two
days; very little improvement in cot
ton which is opening fast; fodder
pulling general and saved
in good condition; late corn recover
ing from last weeks storm.-H. l..
Bunch.
Florence.-Jeffries Creek: Crops
have declined considerably in the past
two weeks; fodder pulling and cotton
picking have commenced and are be-
ing pushed; hay crop is failure,
worms having destroyed it.-L. s.
Bigham.
Greenville.-Lickvil Week dry
and hot; all crops need rain; too dry
for turnips, those that are up are dy-
ing out; only half a crop of anything
being made in this neighborhood.-
Geo. Macauley.
nwOod.-Hodges a very good
rain on the 10th, since then winds
have been very injurious on all crops ;
cotton has about stopped growing, ex-
cept very late planted; I think the
cotton crop will be smaller than for
many years.-W. G. Martin.
llampton.-Crocketville Good rains
first Of week have benefited every
thing except old corn and cotton,
winch are both very short crops; fod-
der pulling over; cotton picking gen
"ral; crop half open now.-W. j.
GOodinG.
rshaw.-Camden Cotton OPEN
ing fast, weather favorable for gather
ing; corn needs rain.--B. AmmOns.
Stcr.-Tradcsvillr: The past
week was hard on all crops; have had
a cool northeast wind which was very
damaging; 1t is very dry, with no
rain this wcck.-T. W. McNeely.
Laur"ns.-Rpnno Very dry, no rain
since three weeks ago to-day; cool
first Of week, now very hot, and crops