The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-23
ATTRACTIONS At STATE FAIR.
yALDOSTA HAS SECURED SOME
GOOD MIDWAY SHOWS.

Farmer. OF BerrieB and nrooks VIII
Make Exhibits A New Uait.s
States Commisstoner-sad Death a.
MISUNDERSTANDING. Ga.. to Have a
Bank-vaIdosta's Charter TO Ne
ChanEed-Theus May Lose His In
surance.
valdosta. Ga. Sept. 22.-Mr. Thomas q
Crawford has just returned from Louis
vile. KY. where he went 10 attend The
street fair given there with a view 70 So
curing some of The best midway shows
possible for the coming state fair He
made contract for Boslock's entire com
blnation of ten shows and. besides these.
he secured the Streets of Cairo. Streets
OF All Nations. chiquita and several other
first-class attractions. The Streets Of All
Nations Is said TO be worth more as an
educator than weeks OF historical read
ing
The farmers Of BeTrien and Brooks ooun-
~ have both had meetings and are pian-
ming for county exhibits. The ball was
put 10 rolling in Berrien county last week.
while the farmers of Brooks met on yes
terday. The Lowndes County Agricutu-
raj Club are also working up county ex-
hlbit for this county and these three dis
plays are TO he very ine. Reports indi-
cate that the individual displays will also
. be OF very high order ana the impress
sion Is growing here that the coming fair
viii do more toward showing u TIRE pro
ducts Of Georgia soil than any fair ever
held IN the state.
Mr.. J. NJ. Johnson Of this city. has been
appointed United States commissions
Tor the Southern district OF Georgia n
Is understood that Deputy Marshal Dis
mukes will move TO this city as soon as
Commissioner Smiths term expires.
The Georgia Southern and Florida Rail
read has been doing a good deal OF work
hero recently and ore now laying plans
for enlarging their freight depot.
sad Death.
One OF the saddest deaths that has oc-
CURED here recently was that or Miss
Lota Wilson. the is-year-old daughter Of
AIR. J. A. Wilson OF Brooks county. The
young lady died OF blood poison which
was caused by erysipelas She was taken
~ last Sunday. ana In spite OF the best
OF medical skin she succumbed 20 the
disease. Her mother came over Wednes-
day and was with her when she died.
Mr.. Gus Stokes OF this city was married
on yesterday to Miss Rosa wtsenbaker AZ
the home OF the brides father in the
southern part OF the county. The cere-
mony was performed by Elder A. b Her
ring. Of Lake Park. and was witnessed
by a large crowd OF relatives and friends
OF the contracting parties.
Nashville. In Berrien county. is to have
new bank with a capital OF $1,000. and
the enterprise r. TO be organized a. once.
Capitalists AZ that place and in this city
are behind H. The money is all subscribed
and nothing remains 10 he done but 10
organize and begin business.
Notice has been given OF conteTl-
plated change in the city charter OF Val
dosta. The change Is TO establish re-
corders court here. 10 make the assess
ments Of city property by the tax asses
sors final and 20 give the mayor and
Council power 10 force residents TO con-
meet with the system OF sanitary sewer
age.
Forgot His Insurance.
News has Just reached here Of the burn
ine OF the store OF w +. Theus in enc
southern pare % the county. MIR Theus
has been IN business some time and moved
his store for a mile or two. but failed 20
transfer his insurance. The first night
after his removal II was burned 10 ne
ground with loss OF 500 or $500. His
friends are afraid that he will be unanf
10 get che insurance on account OF rvs
failure 10 have his policy transferred
The receipts Of sea island cotton yester-
day broke the record for the season here
about nifty bales being marketed here "
Is believed that the crop will move rapidly
az che present prices. above twenty GEMS
a pound but there Is no disposition on the
part Of the farmers 20 sell for less tnsh
these prices. The latest reports indicate
that the sea island crop Will be shorter
than was expected a week ago.