The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-24
RAIN IS
RECORDED At
GRAND RIDGE
FALL OF OVER ELEVEN INCHES
IN FOUR HOURS AND "a INCHES
IN SIXTY HOURS Is ExPE-
RIENcED.
Special to The Journal

Special to The Journal
Grand Ridge, April 2s.-The greatest
rainfall in the past twenty-five years
has been experienced here In the past
sixty hours, that OF Saturday alone
being more than eleven inches or be-
yond the capacity Of our indicator, and
for the full period nearly two feet of
solid water fell The washing OF ordi-
nary level fields is unprecedented, and
the small lakes are filled to overflow
ing from one to the other. Lake Fin
ley Is a beautiful reservoir of about
thirty acres area, with a depth OF
about ten feet and is replenished from
the drainage of a thousand or more
acres of the surrounding lands. and
out Of which there Is an outflow with
a fall of about twelve feet into Lake
Ocheesee, which lake Is four miles
long and three fourths OF a mile wide,
about forty feet in depth, and has no
surface outlet, but at Its extreme
southern end has a subterranean out
let with a surface OF broken rocks,
through which the water escapes to
its unknown outlet, possibly into the
Chattahoochee river, which IL about
enc hundred feet lower, or 1t may open
into the gulf. This lake is now higher
than at any time since the autumn of
1873. when 1t stood for more than
year at ten feet, and less, above ordi-
nary high water mark, and scalded to
death acres of fine pine trees. While
our soil Is so porous that we are sell
dom delayed more than a day, or less,
from an ordinary summer rain, the
rains this season, beginning soon after
the new year, have been so torrential
that much Of the best land has never
been in condition to plow, or plant,
until week or so past, and now the
planting on such lands will be de-
layed a fortnight at least Yet with
all these delays, and damages, we must
be thankful that 1t Is no worse, and
doubly thankful that we have a soil
and climate that will allow US to
plant at almost any time before mid
summer and expect a crop.
Delay In Melon Planting.
The delay In planting watermelons
is the greatest calamity, as only our
earliest planting brings the good
prices Those further north with the
reduced distance and less freights take
the trade
Sugar cane planting was delayed q
full month by the before named condi-
tions, but 1t has long season, and
nature may yet compensate for the
delay.
The crop of candidates is on the
increase and defies the wind and
weather, but we suppose will be ma
terially decreased in the near future.
w q are leu 10 WOI1Q0I now Lney I'LL
got such fine photographs; surely some
of these men must have borrowed some
negatives.
Some good work has been done on
all sides of our town in cleaning out
trees and stumps from the full right
of way" and grading down some of the
elevations, and filing UP some low and
swampy parts, but the season has been
peculiarly unfortunate for this new
work and none of it has been finished
and the rains have damaged the I'M
finished work greatly. Grand Ridge Is
in peculiarly good condition to reap
the full benefits Of a good road move
ment. Porter avenue, the central street
north and south, passes the depot and
extends in a perfectly straight hne
from four miles and a quarter north
of the depot and one and a quarter
miles south, while Florida street is
perfectly straight to Sneads On the
east and Cypress on the west.
The painting and finishing touches
on our new two story four-room school
house is now being done. and no town
of our size on the P. & A will have a
better school building.
To Give a Play.
Our young people will give play
in the Masonic hall on Friday night,
the proceeds to be used for furnishing
the school house. and we have no doubt
it will be interesting and the cause IS
good one.
the Grand Ridge boys went to meet
Sneads on their diamond on Friday
and were defeated.
The teachers institute to be held at
Providence church, one and a half
miles north Of town on Friday and
Saturday last, was almost failure be-
cause of the weather.
Judge and Mrs. Porter contemplate
an extended visit in the north after
the first of June
Hon. w. ]. Singletary and wife ex
pect to spend the month of July in
kansas, visiting Mrs. Singletary
brother, Hon. E. F. Porter.
B. L. Porter and wife will spend
their summer vacation with her friends
at a favorite summer resort In GeoT-
gia.
Misses Ruth Fishel and Myrtle
Moore, together with Mrs. Judge Por-
ter. attended the recent Missionary
Union at Tallahassee. The young
misses are we'll up for their ages in
music and elocution and we are glad
to know measured well up with the
Capital City girls.
Miss Mamie Fielder. of Sneads. spent
last week with Mrs. Judge Porter.
Miss Martha Conely, of Mariana.
has returned to her teaching in the
family of w. J. Singletary after
very pleasant visit at her home and in
entertaining some Of her former school
friends.
Prof. Landrum, Of DeFuniak, who
was principal of our school last season.
was down to attend the teachers in
stitute and remained over Sunday with
his numerous friends here.
Mr. John J. Fishel is attending court
at Mariana this week.
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bridges have interfered with our rural
route deliveries.