The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-13
COOLEST JULY DAY KNOWN.
NOTHING LIKE 1T IN ANNALS OF
SAVANNAH WEATHER BUREAU.

Early in the Morning the Temporal
ture Dropped to Oh Degrees, and
the Greatest Heat of the Day Was
But 6S Degrees-Rice Planters
Saved Thousands of Dollars by the
Rains, But the Cotton Planters
Look on the Continued Down
POurs From Another Standpoint.
Yesterday was the coolest July day on
record at Savannah the temperature go
ing IL degrees below the lowest record.
July II, 1894. under similar circumstances,
the mercury dropped to 65.S degrees. but
early yesterday morning 1t fell to SO de-
grces What also made the day one of
an exceptional character was the fact
that the highest temperature was but
IS degrees, that being at o'clock in the
afternoon. This is likely to remain the
record-making day for the month for some
years, unless, which is not at all unlike
ly, the early morning hours Of to-day
should find 1t even cooler.
Yesterday was the third day Of almost
continuous drizzle or downpour. The rain
began on the 10th, and is likely to continue
over part of to-day, at least. Up to last
night there had been a rainfall of about
80 inches since this storm began. Yester-
days rainfall was considerably over an
inch. The earth is thoroughly soaked, and
IL has become difficult for the water to
run Off. The pressure on the sewers has
been great, and yesterday there were sew
eral breaks reported.
If the weather clears now, there will be
no special damage TO the truck crops in
this vicinity. If there is not a speedy ces-
sation, though, the vegetables viii suffer
and there will be a great amount of extra
work thrown on the growers in wedding
out their fields
10 the rice planters the rains have come
as sort of special providence. While
not especially needed on the Savannah and
Ogeechee rivers, they win nevertheless do
good to the plantations. 1t Is on the
Satilia and Altamaha rivers that thew are
a Veritable God-send. There were grave
Tears mat the crops there would be seri-
ously damaged, If not almost entirely lost.
through the iong-continued drought The
heaVy rains will freshen up the waters
and give new life TO the rice crops AS a
broker said yesterday, the rains are worth
many thousands of dollars to the plant
ers.
Cotton planters, though are expected to
take a different view of the situation To
them the rains which have prevailed since
July opened, nave meant hard work and
possible great damage TO the plants. With
the rams preventing them from chopping
out ana the weeds growing in rank luxu-
rance, as result of the moisture and
neat combined, the fields soon get In a
pad shape, the cotton is chol1ed out and
TABOR and trouble are the results to the
Planters A very rainy July and August
mean decided cutting down of the crop.
such a condition, Is is said, is worse than
a drought. If the rains do not soon cease
there will be considerable complaining
from the cotton plantations.
Some falling off in the receipts of naval
stores may, for a few days, be the result
of the rains, if they have been as heavy
and as long continued over the entire Sa
Vannah territory as they have been in this
immediate vicinity. AT some points in
South Georgia and Florida. heavy rain
rails have been reported, and it is pre-
sumed that they have extended over the
entire country between here and the Gulf
This would materially interfere with shin
ments, especially from stills some distance
from a railroad.
Mr.. NJ. II. Connally of the Louisville and
Nashville and Nashville, Chattanooga
and st. Louis railroads, who was in the
city last night, stated that the rains this
month have done much for the Florida
orange crop, but came too late to prevent
1t from being greatly cut down by the drv
weather. Many trees lost a large portion
or their fruit from the drought The
rains Will put the trees in good shane and
insure the quality of the remainder of tba
fruit N--o