Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-29
RECORD-BREAKING RAINFALL I
HERE IN MONTH OF DECEMBER
MORE THAN VENNDHALF INCHES OF RAINFALL SHOWN HERE THUS
FAR FOR MONTH OF DECEMBER BY RAIN GAUGE At LOCAL WEATHER
STATION ROADS ARE BAD SHAPE AS RESULT OF CONTINUED
RAINS OF PAST WEEK.

More than seven inches of rail
have fallen here in the past week
according to the figures obtainablt
from the local weather station. Ger
tainly all records of the local sta.
ton have been broken by this heavy
precipitation in December, and it il
believed that there has seldom been
a heavier December rainfall in the
history of this section at this season
of the year.
On three separate days when the
rain fell recently the precipitation
went higher than an inch and a half
daily, which is heavy rainfull even
in the summer season, when rains are
proyerbially heavier within a given
time than is true in the winter sea-
son. The exact statistics of the local
weather bureau show rs inches of
rainfall for the month of December
+, TO date.
So persistently did the rain fall
land one can appreciate that fact all
the more now that fair weather has
returned) that practically an entire
week was made gloomy by it. Even
many of the oldest inhabitants" ad-
NIT that it was the "wettest" Christ
mas, "acquatically" speaking, that
they have ever experienced. The
damage to trade and to the good
spirits of Christmas shoppers and
others enjoying the Christmas holi-
days has already been considered
But there was another side to the
question, which was more obviously
of interest to those living out of town
than to those who had more advant-
age as regards paved streets. The
effect of the rains on Sumter's good
. roads has not yet been effaced, as
many of the roads were placed in
very muddy condition by the exces-
sive rainfall, together with the in
creased traffic that naturally came
with the holiday season 1t is a for
tunate thing, however, that the ex-
cellent drainage enjoyed by the roads
and lands in this section prevents the
continuance of such conditions for any
sIength of time.
The excessive rains naturally caus-
Aed a good many small washouts at
points on the various roads of the
county, but the woodworking squads
fare busy already remedying these
troubles. It will require only
short time to place the county roads
gin as good condition as they were be-
fore the recent rains began.
The waters of Muckalee creek have
been out of the creek banks for more
sthan a week past, according to re-
port, but there has been no damage
done that will amount to very much
AS the rains are probably over now
for some time, no further danger in
this particular is expected, Some re-
ports have been received of damage
hy the rains to crops stored in the
felds. These are not heavy, as re-
ported, however. and doubtless a
good many of such minor losses
have occurred.
Sumter county is far more fortu-
nate in regard to the effects of the
rain than is Lee county and some
of the other neighboring counties
rvhere the effects of the water on the
low lands are readily seen. In these
Acounties farming operations will be
hconsiderably delayed at the opening
of the year with regard to those
4 lands which are now under water as
a result of the recent rains. Many
4 portions of such lands, which were
cultivated with the greatest ease last
Spring on account of the dry season,
cannot be cultivated at all this
spring. even though there should be
little rain henceforward