The log cabin Democrat., 1910-04-25
SOUTH IN GRIP OF
 RELATED BLIZZARD
DAMAGE HERE UNKNOWN
FRUIT PROBABLY UNINJURED, BUT COTTON MAY BE
 KILLED.

pale from the northwest, occurring at intervals during "A hours, and an official minimum temperature ot oniy two degrees above the freezing point, Conway has been experiencing some unprecedented weather since Sunday morning. What will be the damage caused by the belated blizzard will not be known until the sun shines out again and it can be determined how much vegetation has been killed by the cold. u.
 Cloudy weather here undoubtedly saved this section from a hard freeze last night. At ' o'clock yesterday evening the temperature had talien to 36 degrees and the sky had almost cleared, with steady wind still blow ing from the north. Before midnight, however, the sky was again overcast with clouds and the minimum temper ature registered on the government thermometer was 34 degrees. Anoth- CT tested thermometer which Prof. G. H. Burr, the observer here, placed Tn a more exposed place, registered one degree lower, and several persons re port that they saw thin ice in exposed places early this morning.
 The snowfall began about 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and light turrles mixed with sleet fell throughout the day. Sleet also fell again early thls morning, but the precipitation soon turned to rain. The snow and rain fall was too small to be measured by the government instruments.
 Col J. E. Little, who planted hls cotton earlier this year than usual, was in a position to suffer probably the greatest damage of anyone Tn the county. Nearly all of the cotton on his big river plantation IS already up to a good stand and frost or light freeze would have killed the entire stand. He said this morning that he believed the cotton was not materially damaged, but could not be sure until the weather turned warm again and it could be seen whether the plant was killed. The weather remaining cloudy and the light rain this morning he thought a good indication. Col. Little takes philosophical view of the mat ter, however, and says that there s plenty of time to plant again if the first planting has been killed.
 The character of the reports re- ceived by the Little Rock Ga zette last night showed that the storm affected almost equally every section of the state and all the grow ing crops, such as cotton, apples, peaches and strawberries, and that lower temperature and frost would greatly cut down the crop. In Ben ton county, in the extreme north nf ha tato H0bt snow fell yesterday and thin crust of ice formed, but it was not believed that the apple crop had been serious ly damaged At Springdale, in the same section, the fruit crop was not thought to be damaged, although it was said that a frost last night would do great damage.
 The storm seems to have been more severe in the north and eastern DOT tions of the state and it was feared the growing cotton and garden truck would be ruined. A temperature of 34 degrees was reported at HoXie last night and several inches of snow feil in the afternoon. At .Ionesboro the temperature fell 30 degrees and snow and hail fell throughout the day, and it was considered that it probably ruined the truck and cotton crops Snow fell for an hour a1 Cotton Plant yesterday afternoon. Later in the evening the temperature had risen | from to degrees and it was hoped that killing frost would be avoided In the extereme eastern portion of the state, it is thought that the heavy snow fall of yesterday will necessitate replanting all the growing cotton and vegetables.