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WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. Columbians. C., July 18, '99. At the beginning of the week ending July 17th, the temperK ature was lower than usual, but with steadily increasing heat up to Saturday (15th) on which date it rose to from 96 to 105 degrees except on the immediate coast. The extreme maximum of 105 is the highest ever recorded at Co % i mi i . tumoia. i ne tropic heat continued to the close of the week. With the exception of quite general,but light showers through out the State 011 the 8th, and in a few places on the 10th, there has been no rain of nnv consequence in two weeks, and over the greater portion of the State the need ot moisture is urgent to maintain the condition of the various crops; indeed, over the central and west crn counties, crops are fast fail ing under the comhind influence of prolonged torrid heat and extreme dryness. Water courses are very low, and stock is liecom inir scarce. Dfisicratini" \rinrl? too, aided in drying the soil and vegetation, but made the heat more endurable for animals. For the first time this season, the majority of the reports are unfavorable on cotton, relating that growth has practically stop ped, that the plants are losing their previous healthy color, and are shedding leaves and squares, and are blooming to the very top. Generally, they are well fruited with bolls. In Marion, Marlboro, and Cherokee counties, the crop is unimpaired. Sea island cotton continues to do well, but in places is blighting. Old corn is suffering severely irom trie dryness, and much is injured beyond recuperation even should it rain soon. At a tew points only, is corn up to an average condition. Young corn has not reached its critical stage of growth and generally main tains its color, but is not making Reasonable growth. Tobacco has improved, (iatb ering and curing has made rapid progress. The crop is yielding well, and some fields excellently. Nearly all but the very lates! plantings of rice have been laid by, and as caterpillars are no Ion ger troublesome, the crop is in tine shape. Upland rice is. how i ever, suffering for rain. Melon vines are failing. IVns dying, and acreage reduced. l\is-| tures and gardens are burning up.] Pears, apples, grapes and tigs are plentiful in Charleston count v. but the commercial crop <?!' IVui throughout the Slate i> small Grapes are ripening o\or i.m* t 'rn counties. Kxtruct-t from Currrs|>on . 1.1 ' I. |>< Count ii.4. Aiken.?Seivern : It 11 .- ! No (tight to llqliness. The woman vsho i.-i e % iv >.i face, form ami temp' r wa.ys have friends, hut < * r * h would be attractive mist ! her health. If she is weak, s.chlv and all run down, she will he ous and irritable. If she has co. atipation or kidney trouble. h >r impure blood will cause pimples, blotches, skin eruptions a.*?i . wretched complexion. Kieet u Bitters is the best mfdinm- i Mt world to regulate stomach, liv-r and kidneys and to purify the blood. It give9 strong nerve , bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin, rich complexion. It will make a good-looking, charming woman of a run-down invalid. Only 50c at Crawford Bros'. Drug Store. 2. fc., ' dry and somewhat cloudy, with rising temperature until to day (15th) the thermometer is 102 degrees ; all crops are tailing fast, especially the oldest corn which is maturing; cotton blooming on top in most fields; all minor crops are at a standstill.?J. F. Ly les. Anderson.?Loneokc : No rain this week; still dry; cotton looks well; corn tailing last; peas are not up on account of lack of moisture; growing crops ami gardens are failures.?J. J. Vauirhn. Barnwell.?Bobbin*: All crops sull'ering badly lor want of rain; cotton at a standstill, and corn will be cut short by the drought; melon vines tailing, and, unless it rains in a lew days, the balance of the crop will be ruined ?.1 C. (Jriflin. Beaufort.? NVe have had but little rain since March; corn crop fair; cotton good; rice needs rain very much ; some showers lately; small oats crop harvested ?.(no. M. Varnick. Berkeley.? Annievillc : All the crops, including gardens and pas tures, are in need of rain; days very warm, nights pleasant; crops look well, although cotton is small; vesy lew sweet potatoe slips have heen planted, owing to the w:uil of vines and rain.?G.! W Whaloy. Charleston.?Charleston : Too dry for crops in general; corn i turning yello-v at botfotn but J healthy at top; sea island cotton never in better condition and blooming profusely ; early rice i.s heading well, and is in excellent condition; caterpillars not so de . structive; fresh water still needed for the late crop; peas, apples, grapes and tigs plentiful, peaches scarce, pomegranates a failure; scuppernongs will yield fairly well.?L. N. Jesunofsky. Cherokee.?Powell : Good ruin last Saturday (8th); crops lookintr fine: cotton is as cood as can he; no damage by storms; wheat was half a crop; oats almost a fail lire.?Rob't. B. Powell. Chesterfield.?Chester field: Another dry and windy week; all crops much in need ot rain, but are otherwise in good condition; tartn work well advanced; fruit and vegetables pour and scarce; j potatoes not promising; peas vcg e'ati.ig poorly; pasture?, getting hare.?(ieo. \V. Spencer | Clarendon.?Alcoln : We are | having a severe drough*; *11 crops i mi tiering; cotton shedding, is yel j low. and has stopped ..towing; ! tobacco curing begun; n. dying; I pastures drying up ?Iv l> Hodge ('ui'elofl. \\ 11 11 ll i " I I :i i 1 I 'ijiiil ruins on s11?? ."Sib . .<i loth. i>i.I i.i'rij liiiiif now in. in. and , ' .i:u rio?' ly ul laid I v except !.i< t |>l !_; ! hi* '?I obr. ni- % s!,H ?:. To I boll!; I il 11(1 It I .t tor ,, UKr;. by 111. c.'onlis ol .s j, .in* '.oiii! ioi'jij :-lu\i ii-nrut' '' >1 mot. . Mich tf?! 1 < linw sii<*!j :: slave rr>a?f. fr o. II.* pays: "My ? had been ? ? ncipless lor it > yi*a'"s I lint. she could not tnr v?r in ' In <1 alone. Al ter using > hot 11 -?s ol Electric *?he is j wonderruliy improve! 1 able to 'So her own work." i'itis su ! pietrie remedy forfernai iiseaRew i quickly euros r.orvousn ?l??ep : dress, melancholy, ' elacho, backache, fainting aid dizzv spell?. This miracle working medicine is a godsend to weak, sickly, run down people. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50 ct?. Sold by Crawford Hros Druggists. 0 . 6. * * * I / ' , * ___ a crops, generally, not looking.well, i are off color, and growing slowly, i ?W. E. Haskell. Darlington.?Darlington: Very 1 hot and dry this week, and all < crops need rain ; corn and tobacco I need it very much; tobacco cur- i ing progressing us rapidly as is i possible; gardens burning up; | melons plentiful; grapes ripening, i a lair crop.?E. U. Mclver. I Dorchester.?Summerville: The drought is telling on everything; total rain fall here for this week < was 0.70 inch, and yesterday's i heat had a telling effeel on all vegetation.?Prof. .Jn<?. Gadsden. Edgefield.?Trenton : Dry and hot; no rain over two weeks; old cotton and corn are firing; cotlon shedding; and some is lousy; nights have been too cool I or cot ton until quite recently; water melons ripening fist and vines i beginning to give way.?C. A. i Long. Georgetown ?IMantersvillerNo rain since last writing; crops growing nicely; pastures railing. , and water scarrti?1*. H. Fraser. (ireenville.?(ireenviile : Con tinned drought has cati-ed the , prospects lor corn ami cotton to , be much injured; the poorest prospects in many year*, say the , larmers.?Mrs. S A Cri'tendon 11 am pt on.?Crocket t vil le : No rain this week; very hot; all crops begin to show increased signs ol _ i Catling Cor want of sufficient moid ture.?W. .1 Gooding. Laurens.?Itarksdalc: Wealhei continues dry and hot ; crops are at a statu1 still; upland corn fill fering badly; cotton blooming on top, leaves tailing oil", and weed il_ -i- i I i * smaii; siumne peas anil corn small, hut have good color; sweet potato slips growing fast ; gar dens, pastures ami melons are failures.?W II Barksdale. Lexington.?Samaria: Corn and cotton have made great progress since my last report ; it is gettit. very dry now, and if rain does not come soon, there will be great damage in a few days from drought, as corn and cotton are ready to mature ?Westmoreland Marlboro.? Benuettsvillo: This week favordole for I arm work : dry and hot; -ill crops doing well; old co'-ii l*tid l?v an t is extra good, with good Oils III I?e;is ill rows, peas e ire line; cotton I not gro-\ log ' on1 fruiting well, ; wi111 ?i ? de a 'iiv: ; - wet t potatoes Id-.iit g a* i ; 'i ' trait ; gardens ! good ? 1' S Kv,?.t?. Ni'ttn n ?Liiiie Mountain: 1 < J i?1 "Ml ' . / ? [!? 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Sense, M I) Oconee.?Fair I'lay : Weather hot, dry winds very injurious to crops; county dry, no rain in last three weeks, except a feto partial showers; crops holding up reasonably well under the drought; sorghum, cane, and peas on stubble, making slow progress.?J. D Sheldon. Orangeburg.?Orangeburg* Raifi needed lor all growing crops ; corn and cotton firing, and cot ton shedding its lower leaves; weather favorable for all farm work; tobacco doing well, and is being rapidly gathered and cured. ?I no. S. Itowe. 1? toliluii/1 ( 'l/vnirurnn Va Miin lll\ IIIIIIIM. Vy?Ml^ni *.V> I Mill 'Iiirinjr the past week in our seclion; crops tire suffering for rain, and are heing*1njured, too, bv the rool nights and hot days; cotton on sandy land is badly fired and is growing slowly ; corn not doing well ?J F. Smith. Saluda?Travis: The weather during the latter part of the week has been extremely hot, mercpry as high as 105 degrees in the shade; no rain yet ; business at a standstill ; prospects for even a hall crop of any kind are very gloomy.?.las. M. Forrest. Spartanburg.?Boiling Springs: Weather very dry; crops' beginning to suffer, in fact, cotton has stopped growing, but is not liring any, is loaded with squares, and is blooming nearly to the top; Irish potatoes a failure; gardens and pastures about as dry as stubble; farmers very 4,blue."?W. T. B. butlejohn. Sumter.? Hagood: All vegetation suffering for the want, of rain, particularly old corn, it is in its most serious state, and if it does not get rain in the next few days, the crop will he a short one; cotton is doing very well?it ib not growing fast, but is fruiting well; gardens are burning up. and vegetables will soon be very scarce; young corn on bottom lands also needs rain; crops of all kinds being laid by, clean and in good condition.?A. K. Sanders. Williamsburg.? Chapman: Week ended very hot and dry; all crops need rain very much, espe cially old corn; cotton is undersized, ?and is blooming near the top; but few sweet potato slips have been set out, as it has been too dry; gardens almost a failure. ? I) N. Chapman. York.?Kook Hill: Weather dry; crops suflering; corn crop short; cotton doing fairly well, but is short on red lands; rains have been partial; .prospects gloomy.?A. II. White. .1. W. Baikk. Section Director, Columbia, S < *. ( Mis Life Was Saved. Air. J. K. Lilly, a prominent! citizen of Hannibal, Mo., lately i It<itl a wonderful deliverance fioin ? fnghMiil death In tolling of it he nay*: "I was taken with Typtioid Kever, tint ran into l'neuuionia. Mv lungs became harden ed. ! was so weak I couldn't even sit up in Med. Nothing helped me. I expected to soon die of Consumption, when I heard of I)r. King's New Discovery. One bottle gave great relief. 1 continued to use it, and now am well and j strong. 1 can't sav too much in its praise.'' This marvellous medicine is the surest and quickest cure in the world for all Throat and Lung Trouble. Regular size 50 cents and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Crawford Bros'. Drug Store; every bottle guaranteed. 2. * m ifl Death of Dr. J. S. Nlgbet. Dr. J. N. Nisbet, an honored and highly respected citizen of the Van Wvck section died at _jj| his home Wednesday morning after an illness of a little over a week, lie was about 76 years old. His remains were interred at Six Mile cemetery after fun- M7 eral services conducted by Rev. Mr. J loon. ''The Workman anil His Sfio/i." Mr. D. L?.R^mbo, the assistant in the Summer School, has kindly consented to lecture at the Court ^ House on Monday evening at S :30 jF o'clock. . His subject will be "The . . ^ Workman and His Shop," which he will discuss from an educational standpoint. The public are cordially invited. ?Conductor Ed. Turner, of the O. R. <Xr C. railroad spent a couple of days in town this week. ?The army worm has made its appearance in the St. Luke sec 'in i_: :,1 , * ' * nun. i uey ?r? umnu ruu?iu?r- f able damace to 'young corn and , grass. Cotton don't seem to be bothered by them. *"""" ^i LOVE UNTOLD. "She known that I love her," lie said in hlit heart. Then lent on hi.-} way To the city's t?rrat mart: known that I love her." Hut he'd jrone on hln way. Nor iflvon one kiss To cheer the Ion# day. "She knows that I love her," An<l he did, In ull truth; He'd have yielded his life For the wife of his yout' "She knows that 1 love he- ... - ^ Hut she lontfed all the day rj For the word of affection He'd not time to say. j fi "She known that I love her," r tj And hn still I Iim! at III.- th.maht ?? IJut stocks wore goim; up, And had to be bought; "She knows that I love her," And he tolled 'mid the strife To cam gold for her To whom love had hern life. "She knew that I loved her," And he atood by ber bier, liut now had he proven t To him she wis dear? You knew thit I loved you; Ob, come back, Lenore!" Hut the heart, chilled und starved, Could hear never more. ? MAUOtB A. ltldlAKD. Columbia. S. C. 1 ,tiSm South Carolina & (ieoruiu KH Co. TIMK TAHI.K NO. 15. In IS I! col 13.01, a. m.. Sunday. Oct. 2nd, IHSW. West-First Class Dally. Cast-First Class Daly ^ l.ve. a.m . 7 in Charleston, h.Od arrives p m " a.m., fV'Jd Augusta, ld.Hl " it m., v.ii ( iilutnbia. ,'i. .u " a.m., 10 Id Kingsvllle. 4..?H ... West. | North Cutollnn Division | P.uHt \?It!STATIONS - | ' 3C,la?C iMtnlSd Ciftl C M A M I.v. Ar ?P Mil* M C M H'JU111 Jill CAMliKN 3?M ??) x Mi IS mil I I.K.II. S 10] I0u' ii0.1i- is] uvmvIUo. s&|;<40j to in I'.' 1" Kt-ntlinw - 1 > 11 Iftj in:<ii i--'.Vi iii'ikiii spring* lift sum Mill M?' Hill I4U S ??' 11 m 1 -ii Uni'unitir I " ' -"! IS If. 1 :4ft Uivnrrtiili' 1 lift?is i:?l 1 r.ii 1 mi Cm iwiiii.li.n/n is mi 11 j)} :t id si.. itock Mill is -my 60. :t -.i sTirznii :?! * iM 1 111 S l'i Yiirkv.lln 11 ft'.'l 7 Ml r. in :: iiflj shitrou 11 7 7 lft( ft."In :? l*i Mi' knry lirovi II SS OMi] ft 15 :t :?ii Sun rim 11 1.' 0 3UJ 7 411 rtsu :ifi.i| HI.u U-.hur | >4% i.oi 7Sft * . KMi l l?l Knrlx I MM | 7 JO f in 1 Ift I'ulivrann ? i>. ; 6 J mi I Sft shi-lhy in I-> 0:W 4 lift. ' I .ft, l.nlllni.iro ' m! ft 10 1 Mitorxburo ! 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Division Passenger Agent* Ij. A. KMKRSON. Traffic Manager. 4 , 0