The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-09-01
MONTH OF JULY
BRINGS MUCH RAIN
PRECIPITATION CAUSES RAPID
PLANT GROWTH.
Cotton Progresses.
Shipment of Commercial Melons
About Over at End of Month.
Boil Weevils Thrives.

The weather report for the month
of. July as given out by the weather
| bureau, is as follows:
Thermal conditions ranged close to
the seasonal average, with no de-
| cided departures. The rainfall was
supera bundant, on the whole, and
| was excessive throughout nearly the
entire coastal plain, while over a
large portion of the Piedmont the
monthly amounts were below normal.
All vegetation improved wonder
fully incident to the rains, which
finally exceeded all needs in the ma
jor portion of the coastal plain, while
crops were in need of rain in the
Piedmont. Excepting late paintings
in the southern sections, the corn
crop was in generally excellent con-
dition, and all other crops were in
like condition, according to distri-
button of the excessive rains. To-
bacco curing continued throughout
the month, and shipments of COM
mercial watermelons, cantaloupes,
cucumbeNs and peaches ended about
the close of the month. Cotton, in
common with other crops, showed
rapid growth, but at the expense of
fruit in many sections where the
plants were, sappy and rather rank;
the first bloom of the season was
picked at Hartsville, Darlington
county,, July q, and first bolls were
reported from Lykesland, Richland
county, August 2, the boil weevil
became serious menace in the CEN
tral. eastern, and southern counties
at the end of the month, the contin-
ued wet weather being especially ia
vorable for propagation.
Pressure.
The monthly mean for the section,
determined from reports of nine reg
ular weather stations in and sur
rounding the section, was 1904
inches. The highest pressure was
30.32 inches at Columbia and Due
West and at Asheville, n. c., on July
25; the lowest pressure was 29.76
inches at Charlotte, n. c., on July
2, and in the section proper, 29.7O
inches at Columbia and Greenville
on the same date.
Temperature.
The monthly mean of the section,
determined from reports of Al sta
tions, was 1876 degrees or O.2 de-
grees below normal. The highest
temperature was 101 degrees at CAL
houn Falls, Abbeville county, July
80. The lowest temperature was go
degrees at Aiken, Aiken county, July
Is and II. The temperatures were
nearly uniform, with no marked
warm or cold periods.
Humidity.
The mean relative humidity, de-
termined from reports of nine regu-
lar weather bureau stations in and
surrounding the section, was as fol-
lows: a. M, "a degrees, noon, 63
degrees: p. MIS- degrees. The
highest percentage occurred along
the seaboard and the lowest over the
northern counties.
Precipitation.
The average for the section, 50 sta
tions reporting, was 7.44 inches, or
I1.50 inches above normal. Rainfall
occurred in some part of the section
every day of the month, but the
showers were intermittent during
the first and last decades. Precipi-
tation was badly distributed in area
and amounts, ranging from seven to
over II inches throughout the coast
al plain, with decidedly smaller
| measurements in the Piedmont, west
of the Broad river, ranging down.
ward from five to nearly two inches.
The greatest local monthly amount
| was 17.17 inches at Georgetown,
Georgetown county: least local
monthly amount, 2.21 inches at Cas-
ton Shoals, Cherokee county. The
| greatest amount during any "a hours
was 7.5S inches at Charleston on
July 1914. The average number OF
rainy days was q per cent. above
normal.
Deaths by lightning Robert Full
ton, at Charleston, July II; young
son of Hillary DeLoach, three miles
west of Saluda, July -; two children
of Mr.. and Mrs. David Odom, eight
miles north of Greer, July IA; Ernest
Harswell. at Gaffney, July II.
Damage by lightning-Barn and
contents of J. A. Spann, five miles
south of Bamberg, July IL: loss es-