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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1.
Oft Milledge
Street
In the most desirable neighbor
hood in Summerville. 2 minutes
walk from the Hotel Bon Air, 5
minutes walk from the Country
Club.
*
I Have For Sale a
Beautifully Wooded Lot,
210x445 Feet
Price $10,500
This Property Will Be Divided If
Desired. : : : : :
WILLIAM E. BUSH
Real Estate Renting Loans
THE CLIMATOLOGY OF AUGUSTA
Interesting Extracts From
a Pamphlet in Which the
Climate of Augusta, Sum
merville and Aiken is
Treated.
(BY THOMAS D. COLEMAN, M.D.)
Professor of Medicine in the Medical
Department of the University of
Georgia; Physician to the Au
gusta City Hospital and
Lamar Hospital.
The fact that climate tends to elim
inate or reduce to a minimum some
forms of disease, and to favor thi
development of others, cannot be
gainsaid. Some diseases thrive more
luxuriantly In and are associated
with certain localities, just as peculi
arities of person and provincialisms
of speech characterize a people. Asia
tic cholera has usually been focussed
at Mecca as its point of origin, the
bubonic plague in the Far East, yel
low fever in the tropics, etc.
Longfellow has said: "As turning
the logs will make a dull fire burn,
so change of studies a dull brain.” I
have been told by farmers that sheej'
will not thrive well if left long in
one pasture; of other animals the
same is true, and man is *o exception
to the rule. A change of climate is
often beneficial to persons who are in
perfect health; it is of still greater
benefit to those whose bodies are dis
eased. If such be the case, and I
think it is beyond the possibility of
dispute, it behooves us to make a
closer study of climate in relation to
disease.
1 believe Augusta, Georgia, to have |
a climate exceedingly well adapted to
the cure of tuberculous patients, and 1
yet I should unhesitatingly advise j
residents of that region who develop I
the disease there to seek some other I
climate.
In treating of the climatology of
this region I shall limit my considers
tion largely to that portion of Au
gusta that is known as a health-re
sort, and upon which Augusta should
have been built —viz., Summerville.
It is not possible to separate the two
portions, however, or to give the full
value of Summerville's climate, inas
much as the meteorological data are
all recorded by the United States slg j
nal service down in the city proper
three hundred feet below the Sand i
Hills upon whose summit Summer-1
vllle is located.
is situated upon the Geor
gia side of the Savannah river, which
along this region separates the states
of Georgia and South Carolina. By
the river route it is two hundred and
thirty-one miles from the Atlantic
ocean, and in an air line about ninety
or one hundred miles. The city pro
per has an elevantion of one hundred
and sixty-seven feet above the sea
level. With its immediate suburbs j
it has a population of between fifty |
thousand and sixty thousand people. |
It is one of the oldest as well as one '
of the most beautiful cities in the |
south, and in industrial importance!
the third city in the state. A huge
canal seven miles in length furnishes
water to run its mills and other in-!
dustrics; from the number and size
of its cotton-mills it has been styled
the Lowell of the South. It has
about eighteen miles of electric rail
way, most of which is double tracked, \
and is modern in construction, equip I
ment and conduct. Besides its pub
lic schools it has a high school for
boys, the Richmond Academy, the
Tubman High school for girls, a Je
suit college, and the Medical depart
ment of the University of Georgia.
Strangers sojourning here may have
school facilities for their children if
they desire. There are also a mod
ern opera house, a public library, and
churches of the more prominent reli
gious denominations.
The city proper is quite level, and
the streets are wider and more beau
tiful than thjose of any other city with
which I am acquainted. The chi<ft
residence thoroughfare, Greene street,
is one hundred and seventy-five feet
wide, and throughout its length of
several miles extend four rows of
majestic elms and oaks; most of
these trees are half a century or
more old. Along the central portion
vehicles are not allowed to pass; thsi„
being stone curbed and grass plotted,
is reserved for pedestrians and as a
playground for children.
The city has a water-supply that la
not ejcelled by that of any city in
America; it comes from the Savan
nah river, which, from its origin in
the water-shed of the Blue Ridge to
Augusta, has upon its banks neither
city, village, nor hamlet. As if for
additional precaution, it breaks into
shoals which extend irregularly for
forty or fifty miles above Augusta.
This water is taken three miles
above the city, carried by mains to
reservoirs on the hill-top, where It i
is filtered, and thence delivered to j
the city mains. The city has an ex
cellent sewerage system, which, in
my opinion, plays an important part i
in its healthfulness.
The death-rate of Augusta has de
creased from 23.36 per thousand inha
bitants in 1880 to 17.15 per thousand
in 1899. During the same period the
death-rate from typhoid fever has
diminished from one in 41.7 to one
in 133.8.
Two conditions contribute to make
the death-rate of Augusta higher
than it should be. One of these
is the fact that forty per cent, of the
population are negroes. As a race
they are shiftless and their health is
not so well taken care of now as it
was before the war. Their houses
are not well built, and in winter they
huddle together in small, ill-ventilat
ed rooms to keep warm. Their death
rate in tuberculosis, for instance, Is
twice as high as that, of the white
race, whereas before the war the dis
ease was hardly known among them.
The other unfavorable condition con
sists in the large factory element of
white people, in many of whom are
found the elements of poverty and
thriftlessness.
Augusta is easy of access by any
of the ten railroads which centre
there, and also by the Savannah riv-
A VIEW OF THE CLUB HOUSE OF THE COUNTRY CLUB
_.ii * ' " ’
er, as it is the head of navigation for
that stream. Crossing the river at
this point is a row of sand hills
which, beginning in the region of
Chester, South Carolina, pass down
through Aiken, Augusta, and on into
Georgia. On the crest of these hflls
is the village of Summerville, which
has for more than a hundred years
been an aristocratic suburb of -Au
gusta, and on account of its healthful
ness was early known as Mount Sa
lubrity; it is also perhaps more gen
erally known as the Sand Hills. This
suburb is connected with Augusta
Land In
Summerville
In desirable location is limited in
amount--Today it is selling below
its value and cheaper than it will
ever sell for again.
Now Is the Time
To Buy,
Opposite the Country Club, on
Gardner Street I offer
100x153 feet*
Price $2,500
by fine gravel roads and by an elec
tric line which runs a fifteen-minute
schedule to and from the city, and
the borders of the village of Sum
merville touch the city limits of Au
gusta. From this elevation one gets
a sweep of landscape that is rarely
excelled by mountain scenery, the
view extending far over the hills of
South Carolina and the plateaux and
hills of Georgia.
These hills are covered with pines,
elms, oaks, and such grasses as wilf
grow in a sandy soil. Wild flowers
are abundant, and the honeysuckle,
eherokee roses, and yellow jessamine
make the region most attractive in
the spring. The soil Is very sandy
and it is necessary to go tjown from
eighty to one hundred find fifty feet
before striking water, so that the re
gion is always dry. No water ac-
eumlates on the Surface of the
ground, It being like a huge filter;
and one can, in a few minutes after
the hardest rains, go out and walk
for miles without getting the feet
wet. Bad drainage Is, therefore,
practically impossible.
The meteorologic data for this
health-resort ate not accessible, and
almost the sole data that we have are
from the United States signal ser- j
vice station located three hundred j
feet below and in the river valley. I j
think it is unfortunate that the gov-1
THE AUGUSTA HERALD .
3 and 4 Library Building
investment, Securities
eminent does not locate its bureau
at its arsenal, which is a splendid
property on the summit of the hill.
A register was kept there from 184)
to 1869. The observations taken
there during that period, at sunrise
9 a. m., 3 p.- m., and 9 p. m., show
the mean average temperature to be
as follows; January, 46.7 degrees;
February, 50.7 degrees; March, 68.8;
April, 65.1 degree;s May, 72.2 de
grees; June, 80.9 degrees; August.
79.7 degrees; September, 72.8 de
grees; October, 63.5 degrees; Novem
ber, 53.8 degrees; December, 46.3;
Mean temperature of spring, 65.3 de
grees; summer, 79.9 degrees; au
tumn, 63.4 degrees; and winter, 47.9
degrees.
Mean number of fair days two bun
dred and thirty-eight, cloudy days
seventy. Snow about two days In
every three years. Unfortunately,
no record of the humidity was made.
Dr. Kenworthy, in an article ori the
climatology of Florida, has shown
that, in an observation extending
over' from three to five years for the
months of November, December, Jan-
nary, February and March, the mean
temperature of Cannes was 50.8 de
grees; Augusta, 51.4 degrees; Aiken,
50.3 degrees; Jacksonville, 58.7 de
grees. He also pointed out that for
these months the mean relative hu
midity was at Cannes arid Mentone
72.4, Augusta, Georgia, 68.9,/ and at
Jacksonville, 68.8 per cent. The mean
relative humidity of Augusta, there
fore (the city in the valley, not the
village of Summerville on the hill
top,) was 2.5 degrees less than thal
of Cannes and Mentone, and bne
tenth of a degree more than that of
On Walton
Way
Opposite the Church of the
Good Shepherd
I Offer a Lot
#
Feet*
(Stable Worth $1,200 on Property)
This is the most desirable build
ing site in Richmond County, and
is a bargain at the
Price $6,500
I Jacksonville, Florida. Moisture stands
; in our lower districts for a long time
j whereas on the hill tops it is Impos
sible for it to remain, and I have
1 often noticed a mist over the low
country when the atmosphere was
j perfectly clear about the hills.
With regard to tuberculosis, which
I Is, both in distribution and destruc
j liveness, the greatest scourge of the
[ human race, no region, It seems, is
j suited to all cases; if such a locality
existed, it would be the Mecca for
[ them, and would doubtless be shun
ned by the healthy. It is well-known
that some authorities advocate Din
home treatment chiefly because It is
the In-st that can be done under the
circumstances; others prefer a moun
tain climate; still others the arid
stretches of New Mexico and Arize
[ na; others, again, such a mild and
equable climate as that enjoyed by
Augusta and regions farther south.
Tubercular cases with cardiac eomplt
; cations certainly do better hire lhan
iri mountain regions, and until Ari
zona and New Mexico have further
development It Is no! practicable ex
cept In a few localities to send any
but robust cases there, and these
may be treated nearer home.
To sum up, the climate In and
around Augusta land In this I in
clude Aiken, for I do not believe
there is any appreciable difference in
these places) is, according to my ex
perience, well adapted for the treat
ment of tuberculosis, and, especially
wlnn complicated by heart lesions,
and of cases of bronchitis and asth
ma; for the last-named class of cases
it seems especially adapted. The
equable and mild climate makes it.
suitable for those suffering from
nephritis, with its complications;
rheumatic and cardiac cases, as a
rule, do well here; and It Is especial
ly well suited as a place of convales
cence, arid for those who desire to
avoid the rigors of the northern win
ter and its changeable spring sea
sons.
WHAT MAKES A SCIENTIFIC MAN.
The qualities which made Agassiz
a great teacher are graphically set
forth in an entry from the notebook
of one of hls pupils, the late. Prof,
Shaler, printed in the current At
lantic.
“Professor Agassiz In his lecture
this morning dwelt upon the require
merits of a scientific man who Would
Ihe more than a mere species de
| scriber. The great test, he said, was
I to be able to deal with your subject
in different ways. In amplifying the
i idea he said it was well to tie aide
I to give In a single sentence the whole
- matter of months of labor In a form
I so true that a scientific man could
I read in it, not only the extent of
I your knowledge, but also the habit of
I your mind He declared he could
learn all this from an answer couch"-
ed In the most laconic form. He said
he should require of us In our sev
eral departments first, a monograph;
second, a scientific lecture; third, a
j popular lecture; fourth, a simple
I child s tale."
PAGE THREE
COUNTRY CLUB
IS OF VARIED
ATTRACTION
Its Golf Course the Finest
in the United States. Club
House Complete in Every
Detail.
If there is any one spot about Au
gusta more especially and particu
larly attractive than any other spot
it Is the wide, broad and lengthy en
closure known as the Country club.
While the golf course, the finest, in
the whole south, Is the centre of in
terest, there are many other attrac
tions Ihe grounds afford. For in
stance, the drive that winds about
the bifls and through the pine woods,
affording here and there glimpses of
the most magnificent views to be had
anywhere around affords pleasures in
calculable.
A little later in the season the en
tire place will be covered with a
tangled mass of the south’s most
prized flower, the yellow jessamine,
arid even now the grounds are beau
tiful with roses Hint have not stop
ped blooming since the early spring,
nearly a yonr ago.
The Country club liar] Its beginning
In 1898, when the Bon Air Hotel com
pany purchased about 175 acres from
the Village of Summerville and laid
out a regular golf course of elghHui
holes. In 1900 it was Incorporated
under the name of the Country club
of Augusta, with the following in
corporators :
Dr. W. H. Harlson, Jr., W. B.
Young, Hy. B. King, Bryan Cam
ming, W’m. Sehweigert, Jacob Phliv
izv, Bovkln Wright, L. A, Thomas,
Geo. R. Stearns, T. I. Hickman, T. W.
Alexander, E, S, Johnson, R. A.
Berckmans.
Hon. J. B. Camming was elected
president of the association and Dr.
Harlson president of the club.
The present officers of the club
are: Dr. W. H. Harlson, president;
Geo. R. Stearns, vice-president; Ma
rlon Ridgely, secretary and treasurer
H. B. King, L. A. Berckmans, C. G.
Trussell, Bryan Gumming and Wil
liam Martin.
The chib house Is complete In ev
ery detail and perfect in Its appoint
ments. It Is charmingly located and
beautifully constructed.
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