The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-08-09
HAIL STORM
BRINGS DEFAMATION

Breenl fllc, Anderson and Lnireps
Counties Suffer From Storm Lust
Week.
A meeting OF citizens and oG,c!aIs ot
Greenwood county iag been called 10
meet mt hlgniys Friday afternoon 10
consider means Of aiding tanner. 81
tho area stricken ~ the hail storm Of
Ihbt week According 10 HE reports
IRON That section, rOmn Of The tnrn.
csn, particularly cf The upper pn!l o.
Greenwood county. had t'iuir arG;g 81
t'icIy ruined. both cotton and corn
Description Of Drstructi0u.
Inc following abatement. received
by The IndcXjournaI from NJ. e.
l'owlcG for publication, tells Of condi-
TONS In the worst devastated ,7ortIon
e. Greenwood county in tie Ware
!Nboals and hlgary sections:
'lnv!nG lcarntd Of the devastation
wrought BY hail storm IN the Alyary
arctlon OF this county las, week,
went up to sec for myself and found
conditions had not been oxaagcratcd;
IN fact, one could not conceive the cx-
tent OF this destruction.
IN this section, found the farms
of Mcssrs. w. E. and j. II. Algary, II.
i. Rasor, J. Y. and James Cochran,
almost Il complete loss. Those men
arc known among Greenwood coun-
tvs best farmers, al"ays having fine
cr"nS. and this year was no execution
to the conceal rule.
Il did not have time to INSPECT all
OF these farms closely, but went over
those Of j. Y. Algary and II. l., Rasor.
Mr. Algary had about 10 acres in
cotton, with prospects of a heavy
yield, generally making about bale
per acre and now, as result of hail
he won't make bale.
Mr. Rasor has about 100 acres in
cotton and his loss Is equally as great,
and the same can be said 4. Of the
Messrs. Cochran.
Part Of Mr.. Will Algary's was near
the edge of the storm. but badly dam
aged. He has 70 acres in cotton in one
field that he generally gets a bale
per acre, and he says any one can
have this field for five bales,
1T was not only the loss Eacotton,
but all other crops as WE'LL their gar
dens suffered complete destruction.
II saw potato patch on j., T. AL
gary's place that he said was fine,
with heavy vines. and prospects, of a
heavy yield, and now you cannot see
a vestage Of vine in the patch.
"As to their corn crop, which was
the best they had produced in years.
nearly all Of the fodder blades were
torn off, and in some places the ears
were torn off, so large were the
blocks Of hail. I think, with early
rains, their corn that is in hard roast
ing ears will make some, but no hopes
of their young corn.
'4Alr. W. e. Algary has field Of
fine young corn near his house that
followed crimson clover. This field
had prospect Of heavy yield, but to
look at the destruction, as a result of
hail, | think it almost complete fail
ure.
This section boastcd Of their fine
crops Of pea vines, the peas on some
of which were ready to pick, and now
they are beaten into the ground and
VIII bc almost = total loss.
81 did not sec all the farms covered
by this hail hut Mr.. Will Algary said
it covered about fifty horse farm with
an acreage of about 500 in cotton and
he did not believe there would be ff-
teen bales of cotton made.
"lt' is so late in tho season they
cannot rcplapt and will be unable to
make feed for their stock the coming
winter.
"No doubt, to the casual reader it
Will be thought that have made too
dark picture. but to all of these 1
would say, go up there and look for
yourself.
II learn the Highway Commission
is contemplating the building of top
soil road from Shoals junction to
Ware Shoals in the near future. In
talking to Mr.. w. %. Algary, he said
they were not asking for help but
only wanted something, to. do for their
hands and stock this fall and winter.
and would like to getathe building OF
this road and would furnish any kind
Of bond for the faithful performa noe