Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-02-16

biass just =. aae csntcr of III tsiilu .
storm and iB exp pefienoing the eoldeat
J weather sinoc the bureau wan established
i mere. eleven years ago. 81 .Tno mercury
got down TO 2 deg rees, with . mean OF 10.
The snow, though packed by sleet, is now
lis inches, the deepest recorded here
heretofore, being 11.8 inches. In Febru-
airy, 1891. The lowest tenn oerature ever
recorded here was 6 degrees on Febru-
ary ID, 1895. The record tonight will
probably be lower still. North Of Co-
lumbia conditions arc worse. Advices
from all part of South Carolina toll the
Columbia story ovor again. Early fruit
and vegetables will be badly injured.
| HOW SAVANNAH SUFFERED.
SAVANNAH, GA, February 1S.-To- day
has been tho coldest on record in this
oity. At 10 a. m. tho mercury stood at
degrees above zoros Henry LOWS, col
ored, died from cold In his homo. Street
oars were for twelve hours stalled by
snow all ovor tho oity. In several in
stances motormen and conductors who
waited on their stalled oars for orders
were SO badly frost-bitten they had to be
lifted off tho oars and sent homo and to
bed. The schools wore dismissed at
noon on account cf the cold. Business
was supsnded on the wator front. All of
tho shipping is covered with ice and no
lnaoing was done. The temperature did
not rise above 81 during tho day, and,
notwithstanding bright sunshine, :iso1o
was no thaw. ALL trains arc delayed.
Tho carly veg ;Mbies ON truck farms arc
badly damaged. Zero temperature is
predicted for tonight.
/ HARRISBURG ICE-BoUND.
HARRISBURG, PA, February 13.-Har-
risburg is storm-bound. Twenty inches
Of snow has fallon in tho twenty-four
hours. A handful of Senators and mom-
bers mot in joint assembly and balloted
for United States Senator without ro-
suit.
CoLDEsT EVER KNOWN IN ATLANTA.
ATLANTA, GA, February 13.-The ave-
rage pioneer citizon who delights in tho
telling of ancient anecdotes of cold waves
which visited this section Of tho country
back In the days when Atlanta was
known as Marthasvillo, was non -plussed
on yesterday for once in his life. He
paused tofore rotating his favorite "this-
reminds-me" story and was careful to
mako it plain that yesterday boat all re-
cords of any local woather that had como
undor his observation. He racked his
brain to think of somo day that was
equally as cc!d, but ended by oonfossinK
that If Atlanta had ever had colder day
it happened before his timo. Certain it
is that there isno official record of any
day withi;l G :: degrees as cold as yester-
day. In addition to this, the wind was
blowing n perfect gale all day long, ave.
raging thirty miles an hour, and at tunes
goingas high as thirty-six miles an hour.
CHARLESTON, S. c., February 13.-The
blizzard which descended upon the oity
Sunday night Is unprecedented for sever
ity in tho weather records of Charleston
-records which covor ported of two
centuries. This statement neod scarcely
DO made, 30 apparent was the truth of it
yesterday to any ono and every ono who
was in tho city limits. Two years ago
thoro was n severe cold snap hero during
January and flvo years ago there was a
littlo furry of snow ono morning that
set tho people wild and caused much
suffering; but neither of these occasions
compared vita the present in intensity
or duration. Charleston probably never
before--certainly not in the memory of
living men-.saw itself covered with such
blanket of snow. There was, of
course, much wrangling regarding tho
depth of it on tho lovol. The estimates
mado by tho majority of pooplo ranged
from three to four inches, tho latter fig
ure being probably tho most nearly cor
rect
FRUIT AND TRUCK BADLY DAMAGED.
ALBANY, GA, FebruarY 13.-The ten.-
poratnre hero at Q o'clock this morning
in exposed places was degrees below
zorro, which broke former records by ten
degrees. The damage to fruit and truck
cannot bo estimated in dollars and cents,
but all truck farmers agree that their
paintings arc total loss. Many truck
farms and market gardens throughout
this section were under good headway,
but not living leaf romans above ground
to-day, and all truck farmers will be
obliged to replant vory.hing.
The peach crop has suffered severely,
and tho yield of some of tho variot;
will practically amount to nothing. Tho
Elbortas have been seriously dana 70 /,
and 1t is probably safe to say that tho
yield OF all varieties in Southwest Geor-
gia will DO reduced from 80 to 75 Der
cent. Farmers do not suffer, rs the sea-
son has been so rainy thoy have been
unable to do any planting.