Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-27
REAL WINTER WEATHER

Who said there wouldn't be any
real winter weather during January
or February?
How about Wednesday and ye-ter-
day for samples?
At Z o'clock Wednesday morning
the thermometer was down to 25
while. yesterday morning at the same
hour it was standing at 20.
Merchants interviewed yesterday
said there was less business doing in
Ycrkville Wednesday and yesterday
than in any two previous days this
time of the year in a decade. People
living outside of town were conspicu-
Gus by their absence while few of the
townsmen strolled about any more
than they could possibly help.
The rural letter carriers made their
rounds as usual; but several OF them
said yesterday afternoon that 1T was
mighty hard going and picking ups
coins out of letter boxes was a bitter
task because fingers were almost brit
tie by reason of the cold.
One man remarked yesterday as he
started home to dinner, his coat col
lar wrapped around his ears, that ne
| hadn't worn an overcoat, in twenty
years but he reckoned as how he'd
have to get one to keep from freezing
or else go to bed.
And yet an incident occurred yes
terday in Yorkville that shows con-
clusively that the. cold spell did not
hold up business in quite every line.
The probate judge was called upon to
perform q marriage ceremony, the
contracting parties being a young
couple from Statesville, n. c., who
made the trip to YorlUille, O. distance
of about seventy-five miles to enter
the holy bonds Of matrimony.
The blushing bride was all smiles
despite the cold when she and her
husband started out on the jourp ey
back to Statesville, yesterday after
noon and the groom likewise wore o.
grin that the cold weather froze to
solidarity. Eot
Snow began falling about 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon and continued at
intervals for several hours. The
ground being frozen stiff was in good
condition to receive it and early this
morning the rabbit hunters were out,
confident that the tracks in the snow
would make it easy for them to To-
cste the little animals.
But it was cold all right yesterday
and the day before and II the boil
weevil wasn't all "friz up" along with
the rest of the insect family he proved
conclusively that he Is a most clever
bug as the late ID. M. Hall used to
speak Of him. ~ =.
The county superintendent of edu-
cation came up town yesterday morn
ing wearing couple of over coats ana
other courthouse officials were telling
that "the professor" as Mr. Carroll Is
known among the members OF the
county's official family, still complain
ed Of being cold. despite the fact that
his gaunt, tall frame was covered by
two coats. ..-..-. l--..;
One young lady discussing the
weather was quite sure that the pres
ent is the coldest snap known In these
parts in the past ten years. Yet when
questioned a little more closely reia-
tive to her knowledge Of weather sta
tistics for the past ten years, she ad-
| mitted that she didn't remember on
hand whether 1t showed last year or
not, nor did she remember whether
the thermometer got down as low as
twenty. ~ ~
Carpenters and brick masons and
their helpers engaged in various out
Side JoDS over 'tne county couiuh "
thing because it was just naturally
too cold to work
Water pipes were frozen in the
home of at least one man in Yorkville
yesterday morning, making 1t neces.
sary for him to carry couple OF
buckets to the home Of his neighbor
across the street to borrow supply
to cook the beans for dinner. He
swore that on the return journey
across the street some of the water
spilled on his feet, because of his
failure to carry the water at steady
level and that the water on his feet
turned to ice before he got in his door.
:. The local weather prophets We're
predicting yesterday that the present
cold snap was just sample OF wnaI
was coming later. and one recalled
that about the heaviest snow fall this
section has known in twenty years
| fell on February IA.