Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-08

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I lect tickets, and gave up the eff
fort.
The coolest weather Georgia and
/ the other southern states have felt
in many years struck the section
Saturday night. The government
thermometer here reached exactly
zero at o'clock Sunday morning.
During Sunday the Temperatures
rose to little above 16 degrees and
there it rested as the sun rose Mon
day morning.
The extreme cold, in such marked
contra. the temperatures that
had been prevailing, brought intense
suffering to millions of people. and
deaths from exposure and also from
fires were reported from all states.
Relief is promised in the govern.
ment weather forecasts which gen
orally predict rising temperatures
throughout the south Monday and
T. esday.
The cold wave is seen by j. j.
Brown, commissioner Of agriculture
OF Georgia, as worth millions Of dol
lars to southern farmers.
From actual tests which / CON-
Quoted several years ago. MIR.
Brown said, II am convinced that
the ranks of the boil weevil are az
ready decimated wherever the in.
tense cold weather prevails. Fur
thermore, / am of the opinion that il
the weather remains at present levels
| for three or four days, the weevil
practically will be destroyed.
Many of the alternating pests.
Including the weevil, are snugly en-.
trenched for the winter, and in my
opinion it will take more than a, few
hours of intense cold to reach and
kill them. However, tests I !. have
conducted in past years have shown
that the weevil and other pests
which cause great damage to crops
can not stand prolonged cold, and IL
the weather continues as it is for
several days l believe practically all
of them will be killed.
FLORIDA'S GREATEST
CITRuS CROP ESCAPES
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. -
! FloridaS greatest citrus crop has
escaped damage from the coolest
weather in the state since 1915 ac-
cording to authoritative sources TO-
day. Agencies in touch with the
fruit growing centers Saturday and
Sunday said that in many COM
munities the temperature reached 40
degrees last night. Rising tempera-
lures were forecast today, with
clearing skies and sunshine making
Ri al liz. a.
A, J. Mitchell, meteorological In
charge of the local weather bureau
said the freezing temperatures were
limited to the north Of the PENN
sular and in the central portion only
AS far south as Gainesville, where
| temperatures in the tWenties were
reported. In the big citrus region
further south, the temperatures rose
rapidly after the first dip.
CAMBRIDGE COLDEST
IN TWENTY YEARS
BAINBRIDGE, Ca, Jan. 7-Bain-
bridge suffered Sunday from the
coolest weather in twenty years.
Pipes are bursted, all exposed water
is frozen. Some families were with
out enough wood and coal TO carry
them over to Monday but tho
yards" all opened up and delivered (
practically all day.
ARTIFICIAL HEATING
SAVES CITRUS FRUIT
CLEARWATER, Fla, Jan. 7.--No
damage to citrus fruits in this sec.
tion resulted from the cold wave.
The Thermometer reached thirty-two
degrees yesterday morning and thir-
y-five this morning but artificial
heating devices were used SUGGEST
fully by some growers.
MANY PORKERS DOOMED
IN RICHLAND SECTION
RICHLAND, Ga. Jan. 7.--Ear1y
Sunday morning, the mercury was
reported as dropping as low as two
above zero, but no considerable dam
age has been done by the cold wave
with exception Of slight injury to
the oat crop. AS this is first suita-
BILE hog killing spell, large number
of hogs will be slaughtered.
FIFTY DEGREES LOWEST
TEMPERATURE IN MIAMI
MIAMI, Fla, Jan. Lowest tenn
FEATURES recorded at the United
States Weather bureau in Miami
during the cold snap were fifty de-
grees Sunday morning and fifty-n:nc
degrees this morning These tempcra-.
rise. The cold weather was accom-
panied by intermittent rains.
ORANGES GATHERED.
TO PREVENT FREEZING
ORLANDO, Fla, Jan. with
the temperature lowering around the
freezing point last night. citrus grow
ers were busyzall day yesterday and
last night picking ard STORM
oranges in their packing houses to,
prevent their freezing. Fearing cold
effects to plants, farmers were re
planting their crops today. At
o'clock the temperature was stand
ing at 40 and rising slowly. There
was no frost reported this morn.
ing. J
GREENSBORO SKATERS
AGAIN ENJOY SPORT
GREENSBORO, N. c.. Jan. IL
Fer the first time in five years
skaters had their sport here Sunday
and Monday. Ice over two inches
thick covered the unused lake near
the city pumping station. the body
of water from which Greensboro