The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-14
CLEANED AT GAINESVILLE
Crops Injured by Hail-The Christian
Endeavor Convention.

I Injured D1 ldAl- 1 lie NA4l A5sAaA
EndeavOr Convention.
| GAINESVILLE, FLA, Feb. 13.-Hail fell
/ at Arredondo and Rocky Point last evening
/ in showers Of large pellets. The storm
/ passed through the suburb OF this city
/ known as Scuffietown and was told by q
| negro woman that her lettuce was cut to
pieces. For hours the roaring Of the ele-
ment could be heard here and the peculiar
clouds IN the west betokened the hail storm
that passed.
During the afternoon and through the
night the rain fell heavily, amounting In
the aggregate TO about two inCges, the
heaviest we have had in five months. The
berry bloom was knocked of to a oonsd-
cradle extent by the heavy drops. The
berry crop this season, while the area is
somewhat larger than last year, has had
many vicissltudes. In the fret place the
plants were poor and as a consequence the
stands are bad, very Tad, and the stools
small. The cold weather for twenty-five
days following Christmas, killed the hrst
crop on early bushes and injured the tender
roots of slI, and to cap the climax the raw
ages OF the cut worms have been terrible
and is still going on.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR WORK.
The Christian Endeavor societies state
convention after three hours service, closed
last night. Rev. Mr.. Brown Of Tampa,
who goes soon as a missionary to Japan,
entertained the assemblage with some
glorious songs well rendered. Rev. $. +.
Gale Of Jacksonville spoke upon "Sys-
Jematic Religion" Prof. J. l.. Davis was
on the programme for The BiSe Our Text
Book, but being seized with sudden illness
Rev. Mr.. Brown was substituted. Rev.
William Shaw, formerly a bookkeeper
for the Winships in Atlanta, but
now vice president Of the United
Society for Florida, enlightened the mem
bers by telling now the society could best
help the Sunday school Remarks we're
made bv Revs. Mr.. Keigwiu, Ookels. Van
sickle and Curtis. Mr. Shaw then cate
chized the society one by one as to what
they intended to do next year in the way
of Christian endeaYor. All the answers
were interesting and the promises fair.
Then be called for volunteers for work Ia
foreign lands, and at one time your CORE
spondent believed that, save himself, the
whole society and the congregation was
going to leave lnstanter for either India,
Japan, China or Africa or some
Of the ocean isles Probably the
Sandwich, as missionaries seem to be needed
there just now. At least dozen young
men and women stated their readiness 70
depart at once to help the heather. Alto
gether it has been certainly the most
orderly rational. social gathering ever held
in Gainesville. The Christian Endeavor
Society is the place 10 look for the right
kind of wives and husbands. No drunken
ness, no flippaucy, no profanity. no black
guardism, no slang, in fact no monkey busl-
ness among them.
S. L. SWORDS DEAD.
s. L. Swords, an old resident of North
Gainesville, and a member OF the Odd Fell
lows, died Saturday and was buried by the
brethren Of his lodge yesterday. On Thurs
day his daughter, Mrs. McIrvin, died at her
home in the above named suburb. She had
been an invalid for long time and her
father died from old age.
P. F. Wilson has planted champion trees
on bis place just outside the city limits hop
ing soon to supply all of the aromatic gum
needed by the old ladies Of the state
On Friday night a family Of four persons
we're made very sick from eating souse
which had been wrapped up in a news
paper. They came near losing their lives
and attribute the sickness to the ink on the
paper.
Two hundred and fifty barrels of lettuce
went from this place by express yesterday
evening 20 New York, Philadelphia, Boston
aud Baltimore, but this not being enough
for one dinner ct these four places the price
will keep up. There being four different
settings of lettuce there will at no time be
a glut on the market.
There is much talk OF two cigar factories
being established here-but so there was of
a rock road to Newnan's lake aud a new
hotel.
Reports Of the Christian Endeavor con-
vention show 1l2 organizations IN
the state and SO new societies or
Ranized since last meeting, with or
gained districts The receipts last year
were Sl07 90, disbursements S119 OS, but
the deficiency was more than made up By
collection vpsterdav The sapratarv IN his
report very highly commended Mrs. NJ l..
Geden, but nothing he or any one else could
say would portray the noble work of this
queen among noble women.