The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-05
PEACHES CUT OFF
STATE ENTOMOLOGIST TALKS OF
FORT VALLEY PROSPECTS.
MAY BE CROP OF 100 CARS.
WAS A PROSPECT THAT THERE
WOULD BE 1000.


ScOtt-Peach Crop About Fort VAL
ley Has Suffered SeriOusIy-Win
Not lie More Than 100 Cars-YOung
Fruit Falling Off-Excessive Rains
Injuring It-News Notes From At
Ianta.
Atlanta, April 4.-State EntomolSgist
W. NJ. Scott returned to-day from Fort
Valley, where he has been looking after
the San Jose scale.
There is no doubt" said Mr.. Scott,
that the peach crop has suffered Sc
verely since the last freeze, and it is
not likely that there will be more than
a fourth of crop in the Fort Valley
and Marshallville section. With a full
crop, there should have been 1000 cars
from Fort Valley alone this year. Now
there may be 100 cars or there may be
as many as 300, but not more.
ION account of the excessive rains
the pollenigation has been imperfect,
and the brown rot has set in. These
causes are resulting in the young green
fruit falling off the trees. There are
a few individual orchards from which
are not many of them, and they are
far between"
Veteran Shot Himself.
John Trammel, Confederate veteran
and an inmate of the Soldiers Home,
committed suicide last night by shoot
ing himself through the head with a
pistol. The shooting took place in
Trammel's room, also occupied by
George w. Snead, who was there at the
time.
Trammell had been in ill health for
a number of years, and was almost
dying from dropsy His suicide is said
to have been caused by his incessant
suffering. Trammell had often talked
of suicide, though he seemed to be
afraid to end his life. He was a mem
Der of Company A, Second Kentucky
Cavalry, during the war, and since its
close he had resided in Atlanta.
LOrenx Operation.
The Lorenz operation for hip dislo-
cation has been performed in Atlanta
for the first time, and it is believed
most successfully. The patient was
Samuel Spencer Keller, the 3-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Keller of
No. 25 Fortress avenue. The operation
was performed by DR.. Michael Hoke.
The Presbyterian Hospital where the
operation was performed has a regu-
lar orthopedic department, but this is
the first time this particular operation
has been performed.
STAFF Is Complete.
Gov. Terrell to-day completed his
staff of lieutenant colonies. In accord
ance with the Governors order all of
the members of the staff were re-
quired to qualify and provide them
selves with uniforms by April |, but
the list was not completed until to-
day. There will be no more additions
to the staff.
The Governors staff consists of 106
colonies and one major His military
secretary, Maj. w. f.. Irvine, and
eighty-two of these colonels are new
appointments, and twenty-four were
members of Gov Gamblers staff. who
were reappointed. There were orig
inally 140, but the others failed to
qualify. Among the South Georgia
colonies who have equipped them
selves with 5000 uniforms are William
w. Banks, Triton; Wilson Brooks,
Boston, L. Colding, Savannah; u. II.
Clark, Moultrie; Merritt w. Dixon,
Savannah; e. c. Machen, Brunswick;
T. r. K. Rogers, Swainsboro; Lawson
Stapleton, Americas; William r.
Sinquefield, Louisville; w. NJ. Toomer,
Waycross; DeSoto Fitzgerald Savan-
nah; G. Noble Jones, Savannah; Shell
by Myrick, Savannah w. S. West,
Valdosta; Crawford Wheatley, Ameri-
Gus; w. A. Woodall, Fort Valley; b.
b. Bower cambridge; l. Bashnski,
Tennille; 1. p. Cooke, Albany; George
l.. Keene, Savannah, and G. b. What
ley, Meldrim.
Wants to Work COnvicts.
The Chattahoochee Brick Company is
going to attack in the courts the validi-
ty of the Atlanta city ordinance, which
prohibits the use of convicts or con-
vict-made materials on any of the pub
lie works of Atlanta. Mayor Howell
recently vetoed a contract with this
company for brick for the use of the
city on account of the ordinance The
Mayor was notified to-day by the com
pany's attorney that it would apply
for an injunction and also for manda-
mus to force the city to enter into the
contract, this company having made the
lowest bid.
VIII Not Arbitrate.
Although the job printers of Atlanta
have not answered the communication
of the strikers, proposing arbitration,
it is understood that the printing
houses will refuse to arbitrate the
difference, and will go ahead with a
view to establishing their plants on a
non-unon basis. Several of the union
leaders, against whom cases were made
the other day as the result of a street
broil, state they will. file suits for $1O.-
900 damages against Foot e. Davies the
firm that caused the arrests.
$1,OOO,OOO Freight Terminals.
Announcement has at last been made
of the purchase of a large tract of land
in the center of the city, as stated in
these dispatches some days ago, by the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, upon
which it will erect extensive freight
terminals to cost, with other improve
ments, in the neighborhood of 81 900, 900.
The Louisville and Nashville will
complete it's through line from Gin
cinnati to Atlanta within the next few
months. 1t owns the Atlanta, Knox
Vile and Northern and has only a If
ty-mile section to complete north of
Knoxville. It will come in from Mari
eta, over the Western and Atlantic,
Through its joint lease of the Georgia
Railroad with the Atlantic Coast Line,
it will establish connection with that