The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-05-29
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Inaerapu ynte11igenter,
: 9s5.s, = The Storm in Pickens.
The storm of wind, rain and hail that
crossed the lower part of this county on
Wednesday afternoon of last week, the
14th inst, was the most severe storm Of
Z the kind ever witnessed by the oldest in-
habitant
AboutS o'clock p. m., an angry look
.sing cloud was seen coming from the
.northwest which everyone in its track
watched with feeling of fear. The
sstorned crossed Keowee River between
Sthe r. d. Bridge and Lawreuce's ford
and struck the farms of Central Town.
ssship. at this point its path is about one
1 and q half miles wide. Then it showed
that the fears of the people were not un-
founded Rain: fell In bucketfuls accom-.
I panied Sby hail, the like of which had
never before been known in his region,
!; and the wind blew a perfect hurricane.
The hail stones were-the largest ever seen
S,aaaaa and fell in great quantities. Although
the wind was Q perfect, tornado, it could
not be heard for the falling hail. Though
the trees were; falling and smali buildings
sswere being unroofed aud blown down,
I boards, planks and fence rails were flying
through the air, mo one was conscious of
i anything going on but the hail storm.
Window glass were broken, shingles
!, knocked of, and in some instances
weather boarding split. The bark was
peeled off the trees and limbs, and leaves
s covered the ground. There is no fruit
sleft in its wake: IN most instances the
fruit tree, are ies destitute of yerdure as
I'm D December.5 In the cotton fields where
3 few. hours before had been fine pros
3 pect for bountiful crop, after the storm
there was no sign of either plant or row,
I; the young plants, had been beaten into
5sthe ground, and allsign of the row etfac-
5sed. Splendid fields of wheat were cut
down and beaten up until it looked as IT
SIT had been run through q feeG chopper
s.and scattered over the ground, and corn
s was split into ribbons. A strange peeu.
Eliarity of this storm was that at the same
.ssStime, directly south and parallel with it,
was hurricane, travelling across the
country, leyeling fences and trees with.
}zout number. It's width was about half
smile. The damage done by the hail
sand wind will be hard to estimate. a
report from few of the farms will only
give a. small idea of it. l.. Ross Eaton
lost almost his entire crop, damaged
about 500. The north part of Commits.
sioper Martins farm was wiped bare of
crops and vegetation. Mr.. JAS. F. Lays
whole large farm was swept clean from
stem TO stem. He is damaged over
$1,000. On the DR.. Clayton place east
ssofs Central the dauiage is estimated at
4 $500. IF. ". Clayton's. entire farm was
;sswept1clean. j. N. Boggs had 20 acres
j in cotton, all worked over, entire loss,
y besides Is or 20 acres of wheat, damage,
Isl, 600: his fine peach and apple orch.
y ard was almost ruined. j. l.. Gary and
Nv. III. Chapman, adjoining farms, were
d sswept. clean. Their loss will amount to
several hundred dollars Earle P. Tay.
Tor and Tom F. Taylor had each large
\ crop which was looking we'll. After the
4 storm their+sfelds were barren. Basil
h Callahan and NJ. H. Blue Tom) Smith
we're in the track. and lost their crops.
sSSmith's IS place was almost washed away
nd the soil is much damaged. In the
s Carmel Sneighborhood it seems as if the
g wind and hail united to ruin the COM
mnnity. Timber and fences were pros
s;ltrated. A great number of the large
STATELY oaks around the church were
ablown down. Trees that had stood the
storms of q century we're uprooted. Mr..
albert Arial, who has q fine farm near
ss the church, says he can not estimate his
Loss. He had fifty acres of cotton all in
ssEfine shape. The tenants on the Taylor
place are cleaned out, and all will have
3 to begin anew. On the Colonel Hamil.
& tor: place the fine grove at the old home.
i stead was blown down and the place ter.
ribly washed Capt. Mig Williams and
IS. Cherry New horter come next in line,
and they feel as if they were broke up.
sSSuch fine prospect for good crop
q few days ago., Now they have none.
The Cooley brothers were in the track of
1.-THE storm, and besides their crop, they
had fine orchard trimmed of fruit and
leaYes.a Some Of the trees are ruined.
The Messrs. Sheriff, James Brown, Toll
bert and Hamp Bryant, Thomas and
II Robert Hinton, on the DR.. Cureton place,
Tillman Fennell and W. NJ. Hagood's
s tenants are all heavy losers, having their
centre crops to replant, and it is difficult
to; find the row where the guano was
placed. This is only partial list of the
losers. There is large number of
sothers whose name are not mentioned,
that have been equal sufferers with those
mentioned. The people in the stricken
3 district have gone to work with will to
retrieve their loss az far as possible.
From either side, their neighbors have
come to thar assistance and most of*the
farms have beensr sreplanted.
ss3s fsthere should be an early frost this
;.:fall there viii be little cotton raised by
Eis,those who have suffered from the hail,
a9and' the loss to the farmers will reach
S5O, 600 or more. The wonder is that DO
/, stock were killed by the storm, though
aome we're damaged by being caught out.
Taken allin all, this is the worst calami.
:sty that has befallen the county for many
aday.-Pickens Sentinel.