The glaciers that covered the earth during dotting what is known as the glacial period are tre presumed to have come down from rom the north where great quantities of o ice form formed orm cd ed and pushed toward the south These glaciers began to melt or re retreat re- re retreat retreat treat about years ears ago So vast ast was this great re t ice ice field that over square miles of the original ori inal glacier still remains un- un melted Scientists contend that thai when this ice does docs finally melt it will raise the level of the ocean orean ISO feet Alabama has no joncs jones county count but at different times times' has had two The present Lamar county was called Jones Joncs prior to 1867 while Covington in Co ton county count was designated as Jones for a short hart time in 1864