Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-09-11
The Drouth

One of the fine things abou
life. is that we cannot see yer,
far into the future. What
world of tribulation this woult
be for most of us if we Away
knew what to expect. What I
lot of zest of life would be tax
en- from US.
Last January it rained anc
rained. We wished for the sun
We felt thatano matter how Ions
the drouth, dry weather woulo
be welcome. What if some one
had convinced us of what was
just ahead? Few would have
believed. Most of us would
have. said such was impossible;
that everything would die; that
a people could not exist under
such conditions. But we have.
Writing about the weather,
the Rome News Tribune makes
some interesting observation
The drouth now being expert
enced throughout a wide area OF
the Southeastern States is truly
unnrecedented. 1t is something
that the oldest inhabitant of fifty
wears hence probably can refer
to as a record. The duration and
intensity of this drouth along
with record breaking high temp
eratures are testing the quallty
of everybody's nerves. 1t is rea-
sonable to believe that eventually
there will be a break in the tor
rid weather and that SOME day,
sooner or later, there will be
good season of rain. So we may
contemplate the discouraglng con-
dition with some degkee of inter-
est in their extra ordinary nature.
Towns like Rome that are bless
ed with a water supply that has
not yet been impaired are to be
congratulated, because in many
places in Tennessee, the Car
olinas, Alabama, Kentucky and
Georgia water is being hauled
many miles to provide a suffi-
cient supply to sustain human
life, while vegetation and live
STOCK are suilelii'g 1,.G OS i',s
1llltsI' oiLl''' "a o''9 80
WneIe ~ e''e -" a. d,,,.inC
the hours OF heavier traffic. Corn
and all other crops save cotton
in hany sections are virtually. de-
stroyed. Streams and springs
that have never before ceased
flowing within the memory OF
the oldest inhabitants OF 1hls
generation are dry as powder In
sections where live stock is more
abundant than in North Georgia
and where flowing streams are
fewer, travellers by rail or high
way come in contact frequently
with the stencil of decaying car
casses of animals that have fam
ished for want of water. Cotton
has been damaged immeasurably,
but it remains as the crop least
affected by the drouth. Streams
used in the generation of cleo
trio power are so low that the
supply of current must be con-
served to the utmost if steam
plants are to be able to meet the
situation. Bathing in many cities
and towns is now actually a lux
ury.
Few oil Us may ever experience
such a cohdltlon as TINS again.
1t Is one OF the processes OF ma
ture that transcends the compre-
henslon OF mahKlnd' IN the
a necessary process, because the
Creator set in operation a scheme
of existence that is flawless.
What may appear to us to be a
catastrophe is but an incident of
a moment in the great scheme of
things whereby the world and
that which the world sustains is
undergoing an evolutionary
growth. We may with some de-
gree of justification fret and pro-
fest against annoyances and dis
couraging circumstances created
hv mankind. hut when the pro-
cesses of nature are displeasing,
we must accept them with good
thanhulness that SO much W o.