The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-08
GEORGIA.

sold that millions of these pests have APP
reared in that section. and are greatly
damaging crops. They attack corn and
cotton and leave nothing except the bare
stalks.
Mr.. Zeke Whaley, a representative far
mer of the Boston district, Thomas county,
saws he Is not in the watermelon business
mis- year, but that his neighbors have fair
crops of melons, although they are rather
Iaie. Mr. Whaley 5eads in the matter of
an oat crop. He has harvested eleven hun
dred bushels from sixty acres.
brownsville Times Enterprise; Three Of
MIR. Frank Horns cows got into his sor-
eblm patch a day or two ago and filled
M on the stuff; and the result is that Mr.
Horn has three cows less. One of the cows
died in a very short time after filling up
on the sorghum. This should be a warning
to farmers who are growing sorghum
Valdosta's credit as a municipality is
surprising to the most enthusiastic of her
citizens. There is the liveliest sort OF
scramble for the new bonds to be issued
there for putting in a system of sanitary
sewerage and good prices are being offer
ed. The bonds are thirty-year per
cents, and already sos has been offered
for the entire issue. This is regarded as
fine for a town of Valdostas size.
A runaway marriage enlivened Helena
Sunday The participants were Mr.
George Miller and Miss Lizzie Wadsworth,
both of Helena. There seems to have
been opposition from the young lady's par
ents Taking advantage of the opportu-
nifty offered by the services at the col
lege they met and proceeded to Justice
j. r. McRae, who oblgingly performed
the ceremony. The young lady up to
month ago was pupil in Prof. o. F.
MeRae's department.
Quitman Free Press: Wednesday night
tenant house on Mr.. Thomas Bentley's
place at Nankin was burned. During the
progress OF the fire, Mr.. Bentley took his
gun and went down below the house, where
he found Ed Dodson, negro, who seemed
10 be watching the fire. The indications
point to Dodson as being the incendiary
ana he was brought to Quitman and lodged
in The Hotel deConoly. Dodson does not
deny the charge, and the evidence against
him Is pretty strong.
The Athens Board of Health will dis
continue it's daily sessions Monday, as
DR.. billiard has reported that there cannot
now be any further spread of smallpox.
The three cases al the hospital viii be
kept there until they fully recover. Suf-
fcient time has now elapsed since the dis
covery of the first case to preclude the
possibility of any other case arising The
city certainly managed this affair effect
lively, and no case developed outside the
pesthouse and only two there.
Valdosta Times: There was good show
er Saturday evening for little while, ac-
companied by heavy hail-fall. The rain
did good deal of good toward reviving
plants of all sorts. The shower was prob
ably caused by a snake which was killed
in the northern part of the city and hung
upon lhnb. During the shower gust of
wind bxw down the tree upon which the
snake was hanging, and the rain ceased
almost Immediately. Ii looks like this
ought to be conclusive proof that the snake
caused the rain, but the world is fun of
skeptics
special term of the Houston county
Superior Court has been called by Judge
W. H. Fefton 10 meet at Perry. Ga, Mon
day morning, juno II, at 10 O'Clock for the
purpose of trying Alabama Red, a motor
lous criminal who killed a negro at Beech
Haven several days ago together with an
other criminal whose name cannot be
learned. A delegation of negroes from
Houston county went to Macon several
days ago. and requested that Judge FELTON,
hold this trial as soon as possible. The
White citizens of the county have also re-
qucsted it, and in accordance, Judge Eel
ton has ordered the court convened.
report from Greenville, S. c.. says:
There are still no developments of import
ance concerning the perplexlng mystery
OF che disappearance Of Banker Benedict
OF Athens, Ga. The relatives who have
Deem prosecuting a vigorous and expensive
search In this and surrounding counties
are now at their ropes end. A most thor
ough search was made in Greenville and
vicinity yesterday. One party dragged
nine miles of river Another secured the
banks on either side the same distance.
another searched old houses and out Of
'he way places and fourth party opened
al the sewer manholes. The mystery has
ueeply interested not only the county and
municipal officers but everybody, and
Sedfcners have gotten plenty of volunteer
Help' Business men and their clerks re-
nam on the streets after business hours
unul midnight and after, looking for de-
sS!opments. DR.. Benedict left for Athens
a. noon to-day, leaving only Two rela-
ives mere, Ernest and George Benedict, of
Ceaartown. They will remain a few days
W see what turns up They will work
"e mon clew again. They have sent
oU' circulars to all postoffices and cross
.oauS N this and surrounding counties Of
'er'ns 600 for the recovery of the body.
Moses Henderson is a sable son of Africa
una lives two miles from Americas in a
rocky field, where rattlesnakes are most
tehutuL Moses makes a living by cap
.u'"s snakes and selling them. When
r V' ne cannot sell them he eats them.
'"9 Is the truth, as strange as it may
IN Last week he killed a large one
"''n eleven rattles on 1t. This was a
ia. snake and Moses ate it, The other
11S ne brought very large snake to the
''S' trying to sell its hide. There were
,"0u'y-three rattles on it. The snake was
poor, and Moses said it would not
~ W eat, and he stuffed It's hide and sold
" tor good price. Every year Moses
'''NSs a good deal of money selling snake
lie says right down the vertebrate
d Fattlesnake is fatty streak of flesh
't makes an oil, when fried that will
-'e any case of rheumatism. 1t is
~ @nse to how many people ne sells this