The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-04-28
NIPS THE CROP
Snow, Sleet and Very Cold Weather in
Many Parts Of The South.
CAUSE OF MUCH ALARM

Record Breaking weather Through
out the Southland, Damages the
Young Cotton and Other Crops TO
the Amount of Millions of Dol
lars, II They Are Destroyed.
An Atlanta dispatch says with
snow storms of blizzard proportions
raging throughout east Tennessee,
northern and central Alabama and
the greater part Of Georgia, and
freezing temperatures in other sec
tions of the South, this section of
the country Monday faced the great.
est loss in early cotton, fruits and
vegetables experienced in many
years.
In Georgia alone, according TO the
Commissioner of Agriculture fully
so per cent of the cotton crop is
killed. More than 80 per cent of the
crop was above ground and reports
indicate that scarcity Of seed will
prevent replanting of vast acreages.
1t was sleeting in Atlanta Monday
night.
A snow and sleet storm struck
northern Alabama Sunday night and
Monday morning, and according to
the weather bureau in Birmingham
extreme cold weather is general
throughout the State. At s o'clock
Monday morning the thermometer
registered 33 degrees, with no in
dications of it going up. Reports are
coming in that fruit is being dam
aged, while truck will be killed alto
eether. The records show this to be
the coldest April day in the history
Of the State.
Reports received Monday from
many sections of Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi indicate that thousands ol
acres of cotton have been severely
damaged by the cold of Sunday night
and the night before. In many in
stances replanting will be necessary.
Truck and fruit farms have suffered
considerable injury.
At Nashville, Tenn, snow began
falling between and 4 o'clock Mon
day morning and continued until .
o'clock with a fall of 1 S-4 inches,
the first snow in April since 1885.
There was also a trace Of snow the
first of last May. The government
thermometer registered 32 degrees at
6 o'clock Monday morning.
While early vegetables will no
doubt suffer from this unprecedented
cold snap it is believed that fruit
will escape serious damage by rea-
son of it's protecting foliage.
A special from Adiarsville, KY,
reports a snowfall Of six inches at
that place Sunday night and Mon
day morning.
Reports from Benton, Polk county,
show two-inch snow In that Sec
tion Monday morning preceded by a
heavy frost Saturday, which it is
believed practically destroyed the
fruit crop and growing vegetables.
Snow and freezing weather eX-
tended as far south in Alabama as
Montgomery, the greatest losses fail
ing in the northern part of the State,
where the damage is estimated at
hundreds Of thousands of dollars.
Light snow is also reported in North
ern Mississippi, while extreme cold
in northern and western Texas has
also wrought considerable damage to
crops of all kinds.
Cotton growers in the vicinity of
Memphis declare that the present un-
precedented visitation of wintry
weather has killed or injured all
the crops. Replanting will be nee
essary in a wide area. Monday the
mercury registered 3G degrees at 10
O'Clock. The records show no Daral-
lei in Al years.
Five inches of snow covers the sec
tion about Hopkinsvlle. The cold
found many persons unprepared for
if and there has bsen gome suffering
among the dependent classes. Adj
vices from Columbus, Miss, says that
snow and sleet fell Sunday night.
Early cotton and fruit was killed and
farmers in the Prairie section OF
the State will be forced to replant
the cotton crop. Advices from Dal-
las Monday state that eastern Texas
is experiencing the coolest weather
ever known. There was light frost
Sunday night and cotton will be re-
; tarded in its growth. Fruit was
badly damaged.
In the northern and middle sec,
tions of Alabama the fruit is Hadiy
hurt, in most cases killed, while
the small vegetables are either
killed or so badly injured as tc
greatly decrease tho prospective
Weld. The fearful thing about th'
loss of the cotton plant is that il
will b. practically impossible to re
; place it. Seed that may be had
and even these are scarce-are a
least 90 per cent off in efficiency a!
compared to those already planted
For the first time in the histor,
: of Atlanta an April snow fell earl!