The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-02-24
I'M ICY GRASP OF Blizzard
COLD WAVE DOES GREAT DAM
AGE OVER WIDE SECTION.
MANY LOW RECORDS ARE SMASHED
The Fruit Section of Georgia Suffers Sc
verely--some Interesting Reports
From Various Points

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many sections of Georgia.
Experienced fruit growers are unan-
imously of the opinion that practically |
all fruit in the middle tier of
counties, except plums, have been
killed by the severe cold. Some grow
ers say at least two-thirds of the peach
crop was ruined before the present
spell came.
Major M. J. Hatcher, who is large
ly interested in peach culture III Ma
con county, voices the belc # other
growers. He says he does OF see
how it is possible for any of the peach
crop to escape destruction. He quotes
Messrs. Rumph, Moore and other
large growers, having said on last Fri
day, before the present cold, that two
thirds of the crop had been killed and
Major Hatcher says this being true OF
the crop last Friday, why there is
nothing but total destruction now.
Truck farms are regarded as almost, If
not entirely total loss.
A Nashville, Tenn, dispatch says:
The situation as to coal in Nashville
Monday was as bad as any day since
the famous famine developed, While
considerable coal was delivered Sun
day, the receipts were comparatively
small Monday, and one-tenth of the
demand could not be filled.
Long lines of people took their turn
at every coal yard, and more coal was
sold to people who brought wagons
than was delivered by dealers. People
who could not get wagons brought
sacks, and many men carried coal
home on street cars and in buggies.
Several more manufactures closed
down Monday, including the publish
ing house of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, which finished out the
day by burning old records and other
books.
A Columbia, S. O., special says:
South Carolina, particularly its capt.
tai city, is feeling the effect of the
blizzard very keenly. The snow is
eleven and half inches deep, the
heaviest ever had here, save in Febru-
ary. 1894, when it was 11.8 inches.
Ali previous temperature records have
been broken.
, All records for low temperature in
Arkansas have been broken and Feb
ruary 70, 1899, will be treasured uE
in the memory of the "oldest inhabi
4optO for wears IN come
New Record at New Orleans.
At New Orleans the mercury wen
to 7 Sunday night, being eight de
grees lower than previous records
The ground was covered with slice
and snow. On account of sever
weather the Proteus display and bal
was postponed, The Rex reception
however, took place Monday and al
+ the carnival features except Proteu
will be carried out as usual.
: A yicksburg, Miss, dispatch says
This section is experiencing the cold
est weather ever known. The thel
S mometer reached one degree belo'
{ zero Sunday morning. The river
: frozen for 200 feet from the shore an
t all river craft is tied up by the ic'
Floating ice is passing in the chann'
continuously.
S For the first time in its history Wac
Texas, and vicinity experienced zel
: weather. Sunday morning the mercu1
or showed 7 below and Monday mornin
IS 3 below. Oats are ruined and whe
M so seriously injured as to amount
"a destruction Fruit crop is not inlure
as as The Brazos river is frozen from bar
ed to bank.
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