The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-09
WORKING UP THE STATE FAIR.
vALDosTA GETTING READY TO EN-
TERRAIN CROWDS.

sfany Countie. In south Georgia VIII
Have special Agricultural ENhib-
ft.-slai. GIe.sncr Looking After
Displays From Fiorida-work l.
ProEreSsinE Rnpidls 80 Nnldosta's
New Artesian Wen water l.
strong with sulphur aud IL Com
sidered Very Healthy.
Valdosta. Ca. seps S-At meeting OF
the Citizens Committee OF the Georgia
State Fair plans were perfected for TAX
ing care Of tho crowds which are expect
ed here during the fair. Information.
based upon the reports Of different mem
bers Of the committee give assurance that
vaidosn Ia not only going 20 give the
best State Fair ever held IN the state. hut
che IS going 70 handle the crowds. giving
them plenty 10 eat and a place 90 sleep
while here.
II was determined 20 establish a bureau
Of information that shall have charge Of
listing rooms that can be had In all Of the
private homes Of the city.
The work OF promoting the fair and o.
adding 90 the attractions goes on every
day and already. a half dozen Of the hest
counties In the state have applied for
space for county exhibits. Besides the
county exhibits score OF prominen,
planters are arranging FOR Individual ex-
hiblss That Will not fan far behind those
from the counties.
Bsrrien county organized an agricul-
tural club this week % Eet up q display
from that county and Coffee county has
done the same thing Colquitt. Brooks.
Worth and other counties 81 this section
Will also be IN line and several Of the
counties IN the northern part Of the state
have made application FOR space.
Mai W l.. Glessner. immigration agent
81 the Georgia Southern and Florida road.
was IN the city yesterday looking after
space for an exhibit Of The products along
the line ~ his road from Macon 70 Pa
iatka. In view Of the fact that the GeoT-
gia counties will show up the resources
Of the Georgia portion OF his line. he ex-
poets 10 devote most OF his attention 10
the section OF Florida which Is traversed
BY his line.
A letter from Or w. y. Burroughs, Of
Brunswick who Is az the head Of the
educational department. states that
great deal Of interest - being manifested
IN that feature and that the display In
that buiidlnavwiil be- very fine one
One Of the features OF the education de-
partment will be a contest IN oratory
defamation. elocuuon and composition.
open 20 young men and ladies from any
school IN the state The American Book
Company has offered handsome gold med
ais for excellence In each OF these lines
The oratorical contest Is open 10 young
men between sixteen and twenty years
OF age. while the declamatory contest Is
open 20 boys betweet fourteen and six
teen.
Work on the buildings az the Fair
Grounds Is progressing rapidly.
Vaidosta's Arte-ian Well.
valdos,a's new artesian well IS
completed and. with the character
very fine stream Of sulphur water. The
old well was OF sulphur ana since It was
bored the health Of the city has Improved
wonderfully.
Those who have examined the water say
that Il Is better II there Is any difference
between them. The first STRAIN OF sulphur
watr was reached al less than 800 feet.
but the drills were kept AZ work until
larger stream was reached. The well Is
now $50 feet deep and the water comes
from a honey-comb OF corral ana peiri-
fed shells Il feet in depth.
The geological formation Of the earth
through which the drill passed 20 reach
this stream Of water has attracted much
attention. At a depth Of sos feet the drill
struck a stratum OF shells much like
corral reef formations. These were ex-
amined and FISH bones. sharks teeth, etc,
are believed 10 be clearly observable. a.
q depth OF 30 feet a stratum of sulphur.
blue as indigo and emitting an odor Ike
that OF a rotten egg. was reached. After
exposure 70 the atmosphere the order dis
appeared and the color also changed
There was only thin layer n this be-
tween two thick strata OF lime rock. The
shells. etc. which were reached 80 far
below the surface indicate that the wa
tiers % the ocean at one time covered
this entire section.
parties. who have just returned 40 Val
doets from Indian Springs. say that the
water from the new well IS about the
same A. the Indian Springs water though
the flow Is about three hundred gallons
o minute.
The city has decided 90 put In the iush
tanks so that parties IN the northern part
OF the city can make connection with
the sewers. The ouifall In the southern
sections has not been competed so the
connection IN that part OF town will not be
made for some time yet.
One of the saddest deaths that has 0c-
CURED here lately. was that OF Miss F.ora
Edna Sargens. the ia-year-oid daughter
Of Capt and Mrs n O. Sargent. Her
remains were given temporary burial
Thursday evening. but & IS understood
that the family expect to move them 70
their former home at 81. Paul. MINI.
later on.
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