The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-26
SNOW-CLAD CAROLINA.
The State ROBBED in White From the
Mountains to tho Sea.

| Mountains to tho Sea.
| DARLINGTON, January I8.-Darling-
ton Is In the grasp Of the Ice king for
the fourth time in the past three weeks.
1t commenced showing this morning
about ii o'clock, and it has steadily
continued. Everything is covered
with snow, and the fall Is very heavy.
The ponds and creeks are frozen over
| solid, the ice on the ponds being several
inches thick. Skaters are having fine
time on the Ice, which is an unusual
sight. The thermometer registers from
degrees to degrees above zero and
| the weather is unusually severe. The
farmers have about given up the oat
crop as lost, the intense and steady cold
weather being too much for it. They
think that II any is saved it will be that
part OF the crop planted in October and
early In November. Taking it alto
gether 1t is one of the most remarkable
spells OF weather ever seen here.
| SLEIGIIING ON THE STREETS.
AIKEN, January 1S.-Snow com
menced to fall at about 10 o'clock this
morning and continued until about 3
L: M, when 1t changed to sleet, and at
L. M. Is still falling fast.
| The ground Is covered to a depth Of
at least four inches. 1t Is the heaviest
fall OF snow Aiken has witnessed in
many years. Quite number of sleighS
are being run on our streets this after
noon.
| BEATS FORTY YEARS.
| BEAUFORT, January 18.-The heavi-
est snowfall seen in Beaufort for forty
years came to-day. 1t began showing
about 8 o'clock this morning and
showed continuously and fast until
about 2 p. M. Two hours after it
stopped falling it was three inches deep
on dead level.
| THREE INCHES IN CAMDEN.
CAMDEN, January 18.-6 p. NJ
Snow has been falling steadily since
noon, and this, the third snow for the
winter, bids fair to be the deepest in
years. 1t Is now over three inches
with no indication of a thaw tonight,
and the snow looks as if it will contin-
ue to fall several hours more.
ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT.
| GREENVILLE, j January 1S.-Snow be-
gan falling at 8 o'clock this morning
and Is still falling at this hour, 8 p. Nj.
The fall has been steady and the grouud
| Is now covered to depth of four in
| ches. The outlook Is for an all-night
snow.
GREATEST SNOW KNOWN.
GREENWOOD, January ia heavy
snow storm has been prevailing since
early this morning. 1t is now five
inches deep and falling thick. The
oldest inhabitants say that it is the
heaviest fall in their recollection. The
young people are making the most of
the occasion.
HEAVIEST IN SIXTEEN YEARS.
NEWBERRY, January 1S.-The big
est snow in sixteen years has fallen to.
day. 1t is now six inches deep on a
level and Is still falling rapidly.
SNOW BALLING IN CHARLESTON.
CHARLESTON, S. g., Jan. 1S.-Suow
began falling here at ten o'clock this
morning, and continued steadily three
hours. The ground is covered to a
depth OF an inch and a half The
| streets are full of snow ballers. Moth
ing like it has been known in Charles
ton for forty years.
UNPRECEDENTED IN GEORGETOWN.
GEORGETOWN, January 18.-It COM
menced showing here this morning
| about IL o'clock and continued for sew,
| eral hours, everything being complete
ly covered up in white. This makes
the third snow storm we have had here
! since Christmas and Is unprecedented
The thermometer on several occasions
has ranged as low aS 70 degrees above
zero. Captains of boats report some of
the rivers full Of floating ice and in
some places at low water the rivers
frozen over. Such a long continued
spell OF freezing weather is without
precedent here in a great number of
years, aid causes Our Northern yisi-
tors to inquire where Is the Sunny
South?
FIVEINCHES DEEP.
SUMMERVILLE, January I8.-It be-
gan showing here this morning. and
from 10 to about 4 o'clock this after.
noon the flakes fell thick and fast.
Summeryille and the surrounding
country now lie beneath from four to
live inches of Immaculate snow. The
whole country along the South Carroll
ma Railway from Charleston to this
place presents one great white sheet.
Mansions and cabins are covered alike
and the giants OF the forest are weld.
Ing to their unusual but beautiful bar.
den.
The magnificent splendOr of the scene
surpasses ordinary and limited descrip.
tiOn, and we have lost once ir a cen
tury the proud privilege Of calling this
immediate section the balmy and sun
ny South. Late this evening a gentle
rain set in, and all the indications now
point to very heavy freeze tonight.
"REMINISCENCES OF 1895.
SPARTANBURG, January l8.-The
| cold weather does n OF let up much. The
average temperature yesterday was 20
degrees This morning it is 81 degrees
with few snow flakes falling with
promise or deep snow.
Allan ThomasOn, about 70 years old,
says he recollects the cold Saturday of
February Z, 1885. He thinks there had
been snow on the ground for several
days and the weather was moderately
cold. Friday night he went to sort
OF quilting frolic" to Mrs. Lancasters.
and when he left at 10 o'clock the snow
was melting and dripping from the
housetop. Saturday morning the wind
was very high and the cold increased
rapidly. Two school boys went out
hunting and came very near freezing
before they could get back home.
Ihere was no case of freezing to death
That he heard of. Lawson's Fork had
no Ice on it Friday hight except along
the edges of the stream. Sunday morn.
ing he took al axe and cut into the ice
and found it six inches thick Thia