The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
GREAT HEAT In THE SOUTH.
Vegetation in Louisiana Wilted Under
Scorching Heat.

Memphis, Tenn.-The heat wave
which swept the country from coast
to coast is still rampant, and new
records were established From all
over the south and southwest come
reports of intense heat The cotton
growers are rejoicing over the heat
wave, as they claim that it is rapidly
destroying the boil weevil.
From reports reaching here, Fort
Worth, Texas, was the hottest city
in the south or southwest. The gov
ernment thermometer went as high
as Ill degrees, while instruments in
the business district registered as
high as 120 degrees. The mercury
climbed as high as 100 degrees in
many other Texas cities, and at Deni-
son it reached LOG, breaking all pre-
vious records.
Although the mercury only reached
SO degrees at Vicksburg, the records
of the weather Office show that it was
the hottest day in the past seven
years.
At Natchez 108 degrees was record
ed, while at Jackson the mercury
stood at an even 100.
Not since July /, 1901, has the heat
been SO intense throughout middle
Arkansas. At Little Rock tempera.
ture of 105 degrees was recorded, and
two prostratiOns were reported
Vegetation throughout the Shreve-
port territory of Louisiana wilted I'M
der the scorching heat, the maximum
Of 104 degrees being reported. All
Tennessee is in the grasp Of the hot
wave, and the weather bureau Their
mometer here recorded a maximum
temperature of IS degrees.
Kansas City, Mo.-Severe warm
weather throughout the southwest
gave way to a limited extent before
cooling breezes. The heat was the
most trying Kansas, Missouri and Ok
lahoma had experienced for years.
Despite. the excessively high temper
allure, however, there were compare
tivly few prostrations.
Two deaths were recorded in Kan
sas City.
Government thermometers at Nc
Alester registered 113; at Vinita 10;
Ardmore Ill; at Oklahoma City,
Guthrie and Tulsa LOG.
From Kansas points comes the re-
port that the heat is not damaging
corn seriously. Recent heavy rains
put it in such good shape that the
crop is practically made"
Little Rock, Ark.--With a maximum
temperature of 105 was the hottest
day Little Rock has experienced since
July, 1901. The temperature of "a
recorded by the weather bureau was
the highest recorded The humidity
read only IL per cent when the aver
age humidity for the month is 70 per
cent. Two prostrations were record
ed. A hot wind swept the city during
the entire week.
Shreveport, La.-With the Their,
mometer at 104 degrees in the shade,
Shreveport sweltered in the hottest
weather recorded in IL years. There
was breeze from the northwest, but
the wind was hot and vegetation
wilted. Cotton planters are overjoy-
ed, as the intense heat will destroy
the boil weevil.
New Orleans, LATHE first death
in New Orleans this summer as a re-
suit Of the heat occurred. Davis
Griffith, a seaman, on the Morgan line
steamer Antilles, died within an hour
after being Frustrated. The maximum
temperature recorded at the local Of
fee of the United States weather bu-
reau was 95 degrees.
Fort Worth, Texas-The weather
bureau thermometer registered III
degrees, and street thermometers in
the business districts recorded 100
degrees. 1t was the hottest day in
the history of Fort Worth so far as
there is any record Suffering of
man and beast was intense, and bust
ness to large extent was interfered
with. Scorching hot winds sweeping
across the prairies added much to
the general discomfort, but no pros
tration was reported