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Augusta's Superb Climate Told
In Government Figures
By D. Fisher, Observer Un:
The oil ran to of Augusta Ik Hfimitrop
loal, winter* moderately cold and Hum
mer* very warm; hut o» Account of the
low humidity prevailing at the period
of grea.toHt boat the discomfort of the
same la greatly lotMiened and, *trange
a* it may appear, the hen Ith of the
community 1* batter and the mortality
lean at thi* period than during the re
maining *m*ona. Tho mean annual rel
ative humidity i» 74 per cent; abso
lute. 4.752 grain* per cubic foot of air;
It la leant In spring and summer, ami
great eat during the wlnier. The olirn
nte of the city will compare favorably
with moat olf4«* of the south and it ban
ttdvnntiigra over many, especially those
located along the CHilf and Atlantic
coasts. It is true that the maximum
heat during summer appears excessive
as indicated by the thermometer, but
the sensible temperature at this season
is much lower than In some of the large
coast cities, where prostrations from
heat and Hunstroke are of common oc
currence; not one such ease has occurred
In AugUHta In the past 20 years.
Cotton Is the most important agricul
tural product grown In i1»1m section, but
cereals and forage crops arc cultivated
in sufficient quantities for home con
sumption. The soil Is well adapted to
the raising of all kinds of farm pro
ducts. and tin- fertility of the land along
the river is remarkable. It being quite
common to produce 60 bushels of corn
per acre. Fruit culture Is rapidly ex
tending over tho surrounding territory,
nrtu pmchtts, grapes, berries and melons
of tbs finest quality, ar# grown in this
section. By reason of Its favorable lo
cation and excellent railroad facilities
to the coast Augusta is the second larg
est inland cotton market in the world;
the receipts for 1604 up to the first of
November exceeded 200.000 bales, the
value of which was $10,000,000 Its cot
ton mills are numerous and the annual
oonsumptiou of the raw material is more
than 300.000 bales, all of which Is drawn
from the supply stored there. The
freight rate* to tho seaboard are low
o« account of Nv*er competition, uml the
amount of cotton exported annually ex
ceeds fOO. OOO bales. The railroad fact 11-
tte* are superior, convenient schedules
and excellent accommodations for the
twevolllng public being maintained.
Manufacturing other than flint of cot
ton goods Is operated on a large and
varied scale, ottering profitable result*
for all nnp4t*d thus employed. The bank
i»K facilities for tho promotion and co
operation of meritorious undertakings
are ample; the hank clearance* of the
city for IRO4 exceeded $50,000,000. Tho
canal. 7 miles long, the property of the
olty, furnishes at a reasonable cost, un
limited water powsr for t wr?nc
pupocte and is now the site of four
of the largest and best equipped cotton
mills of the south.
The finances of the city are economi
cally administered, taxes and other bur
dens thus being knpt as low as I* con
sistent with the growing wants of tho
munloipHil: v.
The history of the station at Augusta
dates back to 1896. Only the mean
temperatures are on record till ISIS, and
only the mean temperatures and rain
fall from 3545 till 1675. All records are
mfeeing from 3M« to 1853 inclusive, and
from I*o to 186? inclusive. The records
were kept by the assistant surgeon at
the ts* S. barracks there until 1868; Then
by several different parties till the es
tablishment of the -ignai service office In
1870, since which lime the records have
been full and complete The following
tables give the highest Mid lowest ac
tual tempennurer 'or each month with
dates of the same for the period from
3873 to 1008 Inclusive; aiao the monthly
! Month
Janaary .. .. .. go ist>o S M.f ISSO 39.0 1V93
Pabruarr si !•>»(' s s.’o sssi o iv>:,
March s» l»s.’ !< I*»9 «*.» 1S!« 43 * IM'
#§rH ss' ms»>s to bm7 :«« is<s •>*.l loot
May •• .. .. ~ .. 100 1 STS 41 ISS4 78.6 1860 67.0 1838
Jul> .100 1 STS SO 1894 ST. B ISIS TS.ll IS4O
AU(im( 105 ISTS gs ISOS *4 * 1554 74 9 is*;
B«*U«w>tx.- 101 I>S4 41 I4»s so 7 1543 *8.7 |SJ!»
October 91 1894 37 ctSTS 71.7 IS'.S ggs is;is
November <% Ik. «J Uot *0.7 ;sso 17 0 i«i*
Vteembm .. .. 7« iS's r is-« si.t x» f » «.♦ uu
*—Al»« 164. aud 1496. b—Also 1496. o—Also 1551 uol l»03.
LOCKHART &, CO.,
REAL ESTATE, RENTING, FIRE INSURANCE.
WE SOLICIT ALL HIGH-CLASS RENTING BUSINESS, CONSERVATIVE
FIRE INSURANCE BUSINESS, AND THE LISTING
OF PROPERTY FOR SALE.
LOCKHART &, CO, No. 1 LEONARD BUILDING,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
ted States Weather Bureau
January Is tho coldest month, with a
normal of 46.3 degrees. December fol
lows with an average of 476. degrees. The
coldest Individual month on record was
December, 1831, the mean temperature
for the same being 37 degrees, or 4.8
degrees below rmal; other months no 41 ’
od for large negative departures wore,
December, 1K76, with a mean of 38 de
grees, and January, 1837 and 1893, also
1 member, 3839, each with a mean of 39
degrees.
The coldest winter on record wnp that
of 1885-1886 wh•• mean temperature,
42.5 degrees, was 5.5 degrees below nor
mal; the winter of 1838-1839 had a mean
of 4 4 degrees, while the mean for that of
1845- 1846 was only 45 degrees. Records
show the winter of 1889-1890 to have
been the warmest since 1826, tho mean
for which season was 57 degrees, or 9
decree* above the normal; in several oth
or winters the average temperatures
ranged from 55 degrees to 56 degress.
Temperatures at freezing and lower have
been registered for ouch month from Oc
tober to April, Inclusive; however, the
freezing point has been reached only
three times in Aprd during the past 33
years. In 11 of the 33 years the abso
lute minimum for March failed to go as
low ns 32 degrees, hut on each of the
other months of the above mentioned
period for all the years the minimum
went to freeling or lower.
During October and November tho
most delightful thermal conditions of the
year prevail. Throughout this time
maximum temperatures are usually be
low 90 degrees and the mean generally
between 60 degrees and 70 degrees. All
the mlnter months show maxima as high
as 80 degrees, but for these months the
highest registration as a rule Is in the
seventies.
As determined by the table of killing;
fronts for the* past ten years, given In
the preceding article,, the average date
of the last kiulng frost or minimum
temperature as low as 32 degrees In the
spring is March 20, and the latest date
of killing frost was April 17, (1905;) the
average det© of the tlrst killing frost or
temperature as low as freezing in au
tumn Is November 12, and the earliest
date of the first killing frost was that
of October 25, 1903.
The following table ghees the average
monthly and annual number of days that
were clear, partly cloudy, cloudy, and
that had 0.01 inch or more of precipita
tion, the records covering a period of
eleven years:
The average annual precipitation de
duced from 30 years of complete records
is 40.93 inches. The season with the
largest amount is Summer, and autumn
bus the smallest average; the normal
amounts by seasons are as follows:
Winter 12.08 inches, spring 11.54 Inches,
summer 14.95 inches, autumn 8.87 inches
There are no dry and wet seasons as
many suppose, but a generous supply
of moisture at precttoaUy all times; and
moderate to even excessive rains may be
expected in any month. The driest year
on record was that 1904, total rainfall
29.64 inches. 16,39 Inches below normal.
Other years with negative departures
ware. 1376 (tital 87.2$ inches,) 1896
<33.81 Inches) and 1892 (39.27 inches.i
The greatest yearly amount occurred in
1881 and 1888 for each of which years
the ul was ;>7 63 inches, or 10.70 inches
In excess of normal. For 1894 the total
amount was 55.54 inches nnd for IS9».
52. 0 Inches.
August is the wettest month, the av
erage being 5.62 inches. July follows
with a mean of 4.84 inches for the entire
period of observations. The driest
months are October and November, their
and annual maximum and minimum
temperatures for the same period.
Maximum
Y <*ar.
Minimum.
!Y«ar*
monthly mean.
Tear,
monthly mean.
Y ear.
normals being 2.36 Inches and 2.92 inches
respectively.
As a result of the unusually even dis
tribution of rainfall during the year ver
few few periods of excessively dry
weather are on record for Augusta. The
most noted one occurred in 1845, Feb
ruary to April inclusive, during which
time only 1.45 inches of, rain fell. From
September to November inclusive, in
1886 the total amount was 2.08 inches,
only 0.79 Inch being reported for both
September and •October; for the same
period of 1905 the total -rainfall was 3.06
inches. Only five times during the en
tire history of the station have the en
tire history of the station have the
monthly amounts of rainfall exceeded
Monthly and Annual Precipitation.
, '-i. Z, ■< K O Z C; <
1845 1.90 0.62 0.78 0.05 j. 07 1.20 0.35 .... 0.5,3 3.51 0.50 H.OO
1846 3.59 4.25 8.60 2.89
1 859 2.70 .... 5.49 2.71 2.32 3.52 4.29 . !!! 6.43 0.64 2. 5.15
1860 3.22 2.00 .... 4.. tr, 4.97 .... 3.71 .... 3.00
|M -8 6.81 2.52 .... 4.29 1.25 0.77 1.84
186!) 3.88 6.25 3.13 4.110 2.13 2.13 3.86 52 5.29 1.78
18e) 6.49 3.09 1.88 2.95 2.40 5.17 3.78 1.33 1.62 3.76 4.29
,x ‘t 2.74 5.27 3.65 .... 3.66 3.12 3.22 1.50 4.70 5.98
!B<2 4.19 5.92 7.78 5.36 3.29 5.26 .... 5.85 2.58 2.21 3.48
18,3 5.03 4.16 1 1.8.8 2.00 8.63 6.59 6.47 3.42 4.00 3.30 2.66
1874 3.44 7.22 2.96 6.23 3.88 7.96 3.34 .... 2.56 1.06 3.54 4.04
,s ‘ r ' 6.77 5.11 5.98 4.71 1.10 6.67 5.35 .... 4.09 3.48 6.06 3.55
18*6 1.20 2.98 0.75 4.72 1.97 3.41 2.35 6.62 2.56 4.98 3.54 5.17 37.29
’8.7 4.76 4.30 2.46 5.63 1.18 1.21 6.26 3.66 4.09 1.39 6.06 3.22 47.81
I R| B 4.19 2.24 6,43 2.37 3.63 1.54 1.85 5.25 S.S3 2.76 3.81 4.41 47.52
,s 7” 2.74 1.79 7.51 5.53 0.54 2.11 5.85 5.46 4.16 2.03 3.85 4.12 45.61
’BBO 4.28 3.37 6.80 5.72 2.98 4.12 6.48 4.75 1.04 2.33 5.35 4.13 51.90
|SKI 8.69 3.98 7.51 4.71 1.35 2.75 5.98 5.10 7.01 2.03 3.81 4.96 57.63
IRS 8.39 3.95 6.80 5.72 3.70 4.12 3.46 4.82 3.22 2.78 3.86 4.45 49.20
I''*- 1 7-00 1.49 3.17 6.29 2.47 5.85 2.21 4.72 1.25 1.65 3.73 2.59 57.63
IS ' 4.34 3.98 6.97 5.68 3.21 4.34 8.25 2.16 4.24 0.83 1.71 4.19 47.10
] sr 5 7.55- 3.24 1.85 1.68 5.86 2.80 3.69 4.36 2.78 4.15 1.55 2.14 40.67
Kx " 3.69 1.70 7.42 1.86 6.29 9.65 7.51 3.38 0.65 0.14 1.29 3.55 46.64
188 i 3,8. 2.95 0.61 2.77 4.61 4.79 8.83 2.29 0,81 6.58 0.77 4.64 45.00
-88 * -.4.25 4.54 7.79 0.57 4.59 1.7.8 1.79 6,83 7.66 6.37 2.34 4.05 49.88
] RS | 6.93 5.78 2.72 2.71 1.02 4.02 10.10 3.95 2.43 1.59 2.73 0.55 48 60
IR 3O 0.80 1.88 3.05 2.33 5.28 3.70 9.16 ,8.08 8.91 3.96 0.47 1.18 42 98
831 3-29 3.71 8.44 0.71 4.57 4.47 6.14 2.26 2.15 0.50 2.56 2.76 47.26
’‘3 7.75 2.96 4.55 1.3 4 2.95 4.83 4.13 8.10 5.49 0.27 1.32 1 22 39 27
’893 2.92 5.26 2.81 0.97 3.22 7.71 3.51 2.46 4.29 4.56 1.98 3.50 48 ill
U'?? 1-68 7.09 2.04 2.17 3.49 9.12 9.99 B.IS 5,26 3.34 1.82 2.15 55 54
'J'-' 1 * 8 38 4.02 3.06 5.18 3.34 3.98 4.37 7.39 7.19 0.67 2.07 3 75 s’lo
i;®*, S-24 8.57 4.72 3.75 2.22 3.56 6.10 3.31 8.66 2.62 1.02 1.98 51.83
l*» s 1-7? 0.53 3.14 4.96 0.50 3.92 6.70 10.39 2.92 2.84 5.10 - 39 43 99
L2') 5.76 10.03 3.18 1.70 2.02 4.57 3.74 9.25 2.81 4.46 2.50 1 80 48 74
1 991 4-59 4.16 5.60 3.86 5.29 3.71 3.44 4.42 5.03 1.61 1.09 3 88 51 03
I!HV - 1 60 6.02 5.40 2.71 3.54 4.55 2.00 5.68 2.33 2.99 t> 15 343 4i't9
1903 3.41 7.46 5.95 3.85 3,69 5.35 2.02 4.47 4 48 1 82 3 -0 164 5183
1904 2.61 3,05 4.0( 1.16 0.99 1.47 3.23 8.98 1.42 0 26 •>‘>l 'MS "0'54
]905 1.73 7.04 1.87 4.50 2.6,3 3.72 3.11 5.12 0.53 1.00 1.53 s'os 40 81
J 906 49 .4, .53 .66 .71 .80 .79 .81 .78 .62 .55 50 '6 42
1907 55 .47 .64 .58 .75 .77 .82 .80 .77 63 63 47
19 °* •« •« -65 -68 .73 .78 .81 .79 .74 .62 .68 !o2 ' <U7
Prevailing Winds, M onthly and Annual.
il liftj 84-
Is r K h a s m o 55 a •?
■ •#■ »e. sw. se. sa. nw. n. w. se.
' R 9? sw - w- »e. so. w. se. se. w. tie. nw. se. w.
w. ne. se. w. s. 3. w. nw. nw. w. w. w.
Jf®* w. ne. nw. s. se. sw. s. e. nw. ne. nw. nw.
R ®“ nfl - w - nw »• ®e- «. s. s. ne. ne. nw. w. a.
990 nw. w. nw. se. s. s. sw. nw. s. ne. nw. ne. nw.
nw- nw. ,w. nw. w. se s. so. ne. nw. nw. nw. nw.
;• 1 ,, nw - w * nw * nw - se - »<?• s. no. ne. nw. nw. nw. nw
w ne. nw. w. se. so. se. se. ne. nw. ne. nw. b.
11,04 w. no. nw. w. se. s. s.. s. ne. ne. nw. w. c.
Prevailing w. w. ne. nw. nw. se. se. ne. ne. ne. nw. ne. ne.
w nw - ne - *• ae * se * a - »*• ne. nw. nw. nw. nw.
11,0 S w. no. n. nw. so. sw. s. se. ne. ne. nw. nw. ne.
w - nw. w. s. se. s. s. s. s. nw. nw. w. nw.
190 s nw. w. sw. se. w. ne. se. s. ne. ne. ne. nw. no
(a)—ne., w. (b) —nw., se. (c)—ne., s., w.
An examination of the above table dis
closes the Tact that the prevailing winds
are nothwest to west in the fall and win
ter. and northeast to southeast in spring
and summer. On account of the protec
tive influence of the surrounding hills
the mean annual hourly wind velocity
is only 5.8 miles. The highest wind ve
locity ever recorded was 52 miles from
the northeast on August 28. 1593, which
is almost a monthly occurrence at many
sea coast and fake stations. The number
of times the wind has equaled or exceed
ed 40 miles an hour since 1891 is 24, an
average of less than two annually.
The moan annual temperature of Au
gusta. as deduced froys a 'record of 34
years, is 62.2 degrees. The mean for
the winter season is 48 degrees; for the
spring It is 04 degrees; for summer SO
degrees, and for autumn, 65 degrees The
mean maximum for the same length of
time is 74 degrees and the mean mini
mi.m is 54 degrees. The absolute maxi
mum. 105 degrees occurred in both July
and August. IS7S; maximum tempera
tures of over 100 degrees are of fre
quent occurrence in each of the summer
months. The absolute minimum temp
erature since 1873 was 3 degrees above
*cro on the well remembered date of
February 13th 1809; but the record tow
temperature for the entire history of
the station was 4 degrees below *ero on
February Bth. 1886. The warmest year
Records of Sunshine and Shade.
Clear Ft. Cloudy. Cloudy. Wlthr’n.
January 7
February 11 7 10 • 10
March..., 12 9 10 n
April 14 9 7 l<>
May ; 14 U 8 10
J»f>* 12 13 5 11
August 17 17 7 11
September 17 $ 5 *
October . .. .19 6 6 5
Nosrmber , 14 § *
December .. 14 § 9 9
Annual . 162 ill ~92 115
£ix.£ AUGUSTA HETT3>
10.00 Inches; the heaviest amount being
11.88 inches in March, 1873. A large
number of monthly falls of less than one
inch are on record, the least of these,
0.05* inch, occurred in April, 1845; the
amount for October, 1904, was only 0.26
inche. The amount of rainy days varies
somewhat from year to year, the av
erage being 115.
Snow falls so seldom that this featured
does not need extended comment. On
February 18, 1899, snow fell to the
depth of seven inches and remained on
the ground for several days. The fol
lowing falls are also on record for the j
past eleven years; 5.3 inches in Feb- j
ruary, 1901; 1.6 inche-, in December,
1899; 1.1 inches in December, 1901.
was that of 1828 with a mean tempera
ture of 67. S degrees, or 3.6 degrees above
normal; other Aam prominent because
of abnormally high mean temperature
were: 1826 (mean 67.5 degrees.) 1827
(mean 66.8 decrees,) 1833 (mean 66.1 de
IS9O (mean 66.4 degrees.) The year 1884
was the coldest on record, having a
mean of 61.4 degrees, or 2.S below the
average. The following years also had
abnormally low means: 1829 and 1840.
61.5 degrees; 1841. 61. S degrees: 1885,
51.7 degrees. The highest monthly mean
on record. 87.5 degrees, was reported for
July. 1545; July, 1537. gave a mean of
56.0 degrees, and for the same month on
several different years the average was
s >.O degrees. July asd August are the
two warmest months of the year, the
normal temperatures being 81.6 degrees
and 80.0 degrees, respectively. The min
imum thermometer readings for these
months have seldom fallen below 60 de
grees and have in several years failed to
register as low hs 70 degrees.
The records show the summer of lS4s>
to have been the hottest of the entire
series; the mean temperature for the
period was 84 degrees; following this
were the summers of 1835. 1833 and 1830,
with means of S 3 degrees. Summer av
eiages of loss than 80 degrees have been
of frequent occurrence; the smallest sum
mer mean, 75 degrees, is on record for
1840.
Monthly and Annual Mean Temperatures.
In the table below the mean jm-uihly aid annual temperatures for Angus* i
since i;s2G are given with the exception of the years for which records are
missing.
1826 49 sfi 66 68 78 79 S 3 81 78 68 56 48 67.5
1827 45 56 61 68 71 77 83 81 75 67 58 57 66.8
1828 54 58 60 64 77 S 3 82 S 3 72 71 57 54 67.8
1829 47 40 50 59 69 78 79 78 72 62 50 54 61.5
2830 49 50 58 69 72 84 84 83 74 61 61 49 65.9
1831 41 46 59 66 70 77 80 78 74 65 54 37 62.2
1832 45 56 55 64 73 78 S 2 80 74 64 56 49 64.7
1833 .? 54 57 58 65 .7 84 84 80 77 61 51 45 66.1
1834 .’4l 62 51- 64 72 83 S 5 82 75 64 53 49 65.3
1835 46 40 51 62 73 80 SO 79 68 63 60 47 62.4
1836 45 44 50 65 73 76 79 78 76 64 53 47 62.5
1837 39 49 54 59 71 76 86 82 73 64 54 47 62.8
1838 47 51 56 65 67 79 So 83 75 57 48 40 62. S
1839 45 46 55 66 71 79 80 79 72 66 48 40 62.2
1840 43 54 58 ®>s 68 75 76 75 66 64 50 44 61.5
1841 47 46 54 63 70 78 SO 76 72 58 53 45 61.8
1842 49 51 64 67 72 76 77 75 74 60 47 44 63.0
1343 57 47 44 65 71 78 S 3 79 SI 65 59 5? 64.6
1844 45 51 56 69 77 77 82 79 84 65 59 52 64.9
1845 51 59 57 71 73 84 88 81 75 63 51 39 66.0
1846 46 46 5S 66
1854 76 . . 82 84 79 . . 53
ISSB . 75 72
1859 50 57 62 66 76 80 S 3 78 76 65 59
1860 53 59 70 79 80
1868 48 51 56 64 70 78 S 3 71 74 63 52
1869 48 51 56 64 70 78 S 3 81 74 63 52
1870 51 47 52 63 72 77 82 81 76 68 56
1871 50 59 67 67 70 79 81 79 72 68 56 47 65.8
1872 41 46 54 66 73 SO SI 80 75 61 48 42 62.0
1873 44 51 52 64 73 78 81 78 75 60 51 48 63.0
1874 49 50 58 63 72 81 SI 76 74 63 56 49 64.5
1875 45 46 55 61 73 7S 79 82 74 59 56 52 62.8
1876 53 52 54 63 72 78 84 81 75 60 52 38 63.6
1877 4S 49 55 64 70 79 82 St 75 66 64 50 64.4
1878 45 50 62 67 76 78 83 78.74 65 55 44 65.2
1879 48 48 60 62 73 79 85 79 73 ,69 57 54 65.5
1880 56 55 60 66 73 80 82 80 74 64 51 45 65.4
1831 42 50 53 62 .75 81 82 79 79 71 57 54 65.5
1882 53 56 61 66 70 79 79 80 75 68 53 45 65.3
1883 49 57 54 64 70 79 83 79 74 68 57 53 65.7
1884 43 66 60 62 74 74 SI 79 76 71 55 51 65.2
1880 45 43 50 63 72 75 78 78 75 62 52 47, 61.7
1886 40 45 54 63 72 75 78 78 75 62 52 43 61.4
1887 42 55 53 63 72 79 79 78 70 58 52 43 63.3
1888 48 51 54 66 72 79 79 78 70 58 52 43 62.5
1889 48 46 55 65 73 78 82 78 75 63 56 57 64.7
1890 56 58 55 65 73 78 82 78 75 63 56 5l 66.4
114P1 47 57 52 66 69 80 78 79 To 64 52 50 63.8
1892 43 57 52 63 72 78 79 80 74 64 53 48 63.0
1893 39 57 54 69 71 77 82 78 76 65 53 50 63.8
1894 50 50 60 64 71 77 79 79 76 64 52 48 64.2
1895 45 38 55 62 69 79 80 80 78 62 54 57 62.4
1896 4o 49 54 68 77 79 82 79 77 64 60 45 64.9
1897 44 52 59 63 71 81 81 70 75 67 56 49 64.8
1898 51 46 «2 59 75 SI 81 79 76 64' 52 48 64.5
1899 46 45 57 62 76 81 81 82 74 65 57 45 64.2
1900 46 45 57 62 76 81 81 82 74 65 57-45 64.5
4901 45 46 55 56 72 78 82 79 74 63 50 44 62.3
1502 44 43 55 62 76 78 83 80 74 65 60 48 64.1
1903 45 59,62 61 72 75 81 81 74 63 52 45 63.2
1904 42 46 58 60 71 78 81 80 77 64 53 47 63 3
1905 42 41 ‘59 64 75 80 82 79 78 66 56 45 63.1
\Ye ar
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Jdy
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
! An’l.
1906 2.71 2.12 4.33 .97 4.01 7.96 .14 6.16 6.92 1.26 .95 2.47 53.91
1907 8? 3.69 1.18 3.82 5.33 3.58 3.47 3.92 3.38 .52 3.84 4.83 35.93
1908 7.23 3.75 3.59 5.41 .91 6.91 1.19 5.91 2.44 3.06 1.59 2.33 44.62
The following table gives important data relative to frost at Augusta for
the past ten years
Dates on Which First and Last Killing Frosts Occurred.
Fast in First in
Year Spring. Autum
P>96 Nov. 9
1597 Feb. 28 Nov. 19
1898 Feb. 26 Oct. 27
1899 Apr. 5 Nov. 5
1900 Apr. 1 Nov. 9
1901 Mar.l7 Nov. 16
1902 Marlß Nov. 28
MEADOW GARDEN
«?isi V 4ss&- ■
Home of George Walton, signer of the Declaration
of Independence, now the property of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution.
THE COUNTRY CLUB
(Continued from preceding pagel
It possesses large reception rooms
excellent dining rooms, a billiard
room and case where meals may be
obtained a la carte.
The locker rooms are commodious
and—well appointed and the gentle
men's rooms arc equipped with show
er baths and other conveniences.
Last in First in
Tear Spring Autumn
Feb. 23 Oct. 25
1604 Apr. 5 Nov. 15
19° s Apr. I 7 Nov. 12
1906 Oct. 29 Mar. 21
'■J®? Nov 14 Apr. 15
1908 Nov. 6
The unquestioned superiority of
the golf links of the Country club to
any other in the south has naturally
brought an Increasing number of
players, and it has been found ne
cessary to enlarge by the purchase
of ISS acres of adjoining property for
the laying out of an additional eigh
teen hole course. This land is ad
mirably adapted for golf and in time
will be equally as beautiful and de
sirable as the old course. For the
SUMMERVILLE
01 m RILLS
Ideally Located Village
the Annual Mecca of
Thousands of Visitors.
About three miles west of the city of
Augusta, with which it is connected by
an electric railroad is the village of Sum
merville, one of the most beautiful vil
lages in this entire country, having
many magnificent residences, fine lawns
and gardens and smooth, hard streets.
It is the resort of fashion, wealth and
culture and every year countless beau
til ul new homes are added the goodly
number to those that already grace the
“Sandhills."
Summerville is now a model village in
every particular. The water and light
ing service are perfect, and the drain
age leaves nothing to be desired. Publie
sentiment has always been rigidly op
posed to any form of commercial life on
the Hill, and so there are to be seen,
with the exception of course of the
Country Club and the Bon Air only resi
dences, churches and schools. The nu
cleus of a library is to found in the
Cranford Club widen is a book exchange
conducted in the name of charity in
conjunction with a tea room.
The village was settled about a hun
dred years ago by planters all over the
state of Georgia ar.d by business men of
the city of Augusta.
Among the first residents, we find the
names of: Governor John Milledge,
Oswell Eve, John Forsythe, Isaac Her
bert, Hugh Nesbitt, Thomas Cummins,
Nicholas Ware, Captain Barres, Wil
iam White, Jonathan Meigs, James
Gardner, General Thomas Flournoy,
John Adams, Freeman Walker Robert
Walton, Ebenezer Starnes, J. W. Davies,
Mrs. A. M. Winter, Thomas W. Coskery,
Judge Montgomery, Judge Benjamin
Warren. Artemus Gould, Alfred Baker,
Colonel C, C. Jones. H. H. Hickman, F.
H. Miller and Judge Course.
The northwestern part of the village
was at one time known as Mount Sa
lubrity.
» The Bon Air Hotel is now on the
ground at one time owned by Ju<?ge
Course, Mrs. A. M. Winter and John
Adams.
THE SIMILARITY.
Mrs. Gunner—‘Henry, you would
persist in calling that Inst cook a
vision. There was nothing pretty
about her?"
Mr. Gunner—“ Not at all.”
Mrs. Gunner—" Then why did you
call her a vision?"
Mr. Gunner —"Because visions fade
away. She remained only two days.
—Exchange.
present season only nine holes will
be in readiness, but it is the inten
tion to develop the full course at
as early a date as possible.
The regular golf course is an eigh
teen hole course with a plaving dis
tance of about fifty-nine hundred
yards. It has been laid out under
expert supervision and advice and
ranks favorably in comparison with
the finest courses of the north and
is highly praised by expert golfers.
The nature of the ground is well
adapted to golf, the turf is thick and
always insures good lies. The con
tinued Improvements and labor ex
pended to keep the grounds in per
fect condition have made it the best
and most popular golf course in thu
south.
There are tournaments both for
the golf and tennis enthusiasts con
stantly during the winter months. In
March occur the well-known tourna
ments for the Bon Air cups, the
President's cup and the Amateur
Open Championship of the club, the
crowning events of the season.
The annual horse show, under the
auspices of the club, has become a
fixed event socially and attracts wids
spread intere-- among owners and
lovers of horses.
Patrons of the Bon Air can becomt
non-resident members, and obtain at
the privileges of the club hfglf an(
grounds on application to the hote
office and the payment of the stljMi
lated dues of the club.