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THE VALDOSTA TIMES,
A BIG FAKE.
Government and State Scientists
They Declare That it is all Nonsense
Prof. F. H. Crittenden Tells What
the Worm is—Defies the Species
and Declares it no More Harmful
Than a Hymn.
The poor inoffensive Mermls albi
cans is again in the calcium, its latest
appearance having been recorded in
Alabama and Georgia. To the unini
tiated it may be said that the impres
sive Latin appellation is the scientific
name for the much maligned cabbage
worm or snake, according to the truth
fulness of the correspondent who send 8
out the story.
Scientists here all along insisted
that the cabbage worm is as innocent
of harm as an ice cream soda or
of Mrs. Heman’s poems. That a small
thread like worm is occasionally found
in cabbage is a fact; that it is a snake
to a man whose vision is not distorted
by a mind soaked with booze is a slan
der that terrorizes timid people and
has caused incalculable loss to grow
ers of the vegetable
The latest scare is reported from At
lanta, where two worms found were
reported in the daily papers, and the
entire cabbage eating portion of the
population immediately boycotted the
product. One man, identity unknown,
who was less credulous than his .fel
lows, asked the authorities to submit
the worms to competent scientists
and that the report be made public.
Accordingly State Entomologist R. I.
Smith received the specimens and re
ported that there is no possible harm
in the little worm, and even if eaten
no serious results would follow
In .reply to a letter to the head of
the agricultural department of Cornell
university, Ithaca, N. Y., asking for in
formation concerning the cabbage
worm, a correspondent has received a
copy of the pamphlet report of Prof.
E. H. Chittenden, of the bureau of En
tomology of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Prof. Chittenden
made an exhaustive study of the para*
site, defied! Its species and submits
scftttmc pttfr that ’ll' is absolutely
and eternally harmless . s
In defining the species, Prof Chitten
den says:
“Many popular names have been be
stowed upon this worm, including ‘cab
bage snake,’ ‘snake,’ ‘snake worm,’
‘serpent,’ ‘reptile,’ ‘cabbage ‘rattle
snake,’ occasionally ‘cabbage worm,’
and seldom,if ever, hair worm Most
specimens submitted for identification
have proven to be what is known
as Mermls albicans Dleslng. This crea
ture is neither an insect nor a snake
but one of the hair worms of the
der Gordiamea.”
Prof. Chittenden made earnest effort
to find out if anyone had been poison
ed by the wonn. He carefully ran
down rumors culled from daily news
papers, but in no instance could he ob--
PRESENTS GIVEN TO MISS
ROOSEVELT A MYSTERY
Officials Don't Know What the Guard
ed Treasures are, But Value not
Believed to be more ' than Ten
Thousand.
Washington, Nov. 7—In order to
save Miss Roosevelt the disagreeable
necessity of appearing in person be
fore the custom officials at George
town, where are stored at present
the gifts of foreign dignitaries to the
president’s daughter it is quite like
ly that the various parcels will be
kept intact and not opened until they I
NOVEM
J&f il,
ItMJp.
CONVENTION.
Mr. W. W.
Good C{othes
Of StfUmh Quality
> Matter of General Importance to
the Counties in Southern Georgia.
The State Should Take Hold of the
Work and Help Push it Along, Mr.
Sharpe Believes.
Mr W. W. Sharpe of Way cress has
landed safely in the white house.
In the lot of gifts there are twenty-
seven different packages all of which ,
have been closely guarded day and ( suggested that one of the best things
night since they were shipped out | that could happen at this time would be
of San Francisco. Upon their arriv- to call a drainage convention of the
al at the Sixth street station here! couu ti eg south Georgia which are
they were at once transferred to the 1 . .....
Georgetown custom house where Col-j 9nffenn * a lack ° f development on ac-
lector of the Port Nyman took per-j count of the poor drainage of the lands
sonal charge of them and had them I “I have been agitating the drainage
stored away in the basement of the
postoffice. As there is no bill of
lading for custom purposes, no duty
can be assessed until the goods have
been carefully examined and apprais
ed. In the absence of Miss Roose
velt at the examination a sworn de
claration must be submitted to the
officials.
The goods will be assessed accord
ing to their foreign value and by so
doing the duty will be greatly lessen
ed. Officials who have roughly es
tlmated the value of the presents by
the printed descriptions of them say
that the total value will probably not
exceed $10,000, but even in that case
the first rumors of their enormous
value may not be so ridiculous from
the recipient's point of view for there
may be a tremenduous difference In
the actual cash value of them in Chi
na and other countries.
It was given out at the white house
yesterday that not even there is the
exact value of the goods known but
it was intimated that within a few
days a statement will probably be
issued In order that there may be
no further doubt and speculation on
the subject. The total weight of the
articles is 2.400 pounds and the small
est is as large as a steamer trunk.
There Is much speculation as to just
what the various packages nfny con
tain.
HAS S. A. L. BOUGHT IT
tain an authenticated account of sick
ness much less death resulting from
eating worm infested cabbage. In
most places where the stories origi
nated he found a fertile correspondent
with “string-fiend" fever responsible
for yams. He attributed Illness fol
lowing eating cabbage in which worms
have been discovered to hysteria, and
denies that there ca» be anything
in the snake that will cause illness.
Cabbage eaters of Birmingham, Ala.
were regaled with a “snake" story
recently when two worms, each about
three Inches long, were given consider
ably more than that amount of space
in the newspapers. Prof H. A. Surface,
of the Pennsylvania State college, and
state zoologist, ridicules the cabbage
“snake" stories, and and to prove their
harinlessness offers to eat alive or
dead apy specimens brough him, to
show his faith In his statements.
Rumored at Quitman That the 8outh
^ Georgia was Sold
-axr-Tntetestlng raffiOr'W Been cur
rent for several days that^tho Sea
board Air Line Railway had bought
the South Georgia and West Coast
road What made thjs rumor seem
probable Is that the Seaboard
building Into Perry, and the South
Georga Is already there, and tho
further fact that the Seaboard offl
clals have been over tho South Geor
gia recently on a tour of inspection.
One of tho South Georgia officials
was interviewed yesterday in regard
to the reported sale and he denied
that any deal had * been consum
mated. He did admit, however, that
negotiations were being carried on
with a sale in view but did not know
what the result would bo.
It Is said that if the deal goes
through the Seaboard will build
line from Adel to Ocllla to connect
with its road at the latter place. The
Douglas, Augusta & Gulf people are
also making a survey from Nashville
to Adel and there Is likely to be
some Interesting developments soon.
In connection with these reports
may be mentioned the fact that the
Seaboard ran a train or twenty cars
loaded with ties and rails Into Perry
Tuesday night, and Wednesday morn
Ing commenced laying track west
ward from Perry.—Quitman Free
Press.
of the coast counties by the state for
over 20 years,” said Mr. Sharpe. ‘‘In
the early 80’s I talked it and I havo
talked it oif and on e#er since.
“It seems to me that the time is ripe
for the agitation of tho work,” contin
ued Mr. Sharpe. ‘‘The state is prosp°r-
ous and there could bo no cry of hard
times against the projeot. On the
other hand, the people would be more
easily approached now than at any
other time
“Tin* counties that need drainage
most beginning on the west, aro Echols,
Clinch, the southern section of Lowndes,
Waro, Charlton, Camden, Glynn, Mc
Intosh, Liberty, Wayne, Bryan, [Chat
ham, fierce, Effingham, Screven,
Burke, and probably one or two others
I do not call to mind right now.
‘‘The lands that would bo made avail
able and thus developed by drainage
are tiie richest in the state. If they
were drained, as they will bo one day, I
am satisfied that in very many instances
they would rank witli the best lands of
the world in point of production and
healthfulness.
I believe that if the matter was
properly brought before the people of
the state tha«, in a spirit of fairness,
they would demand of their legislators
that the relief prayed for be given.
The increased taxable value of the
lands reclaimed would in a few years
repay the state for every dollar invested
in the enterprise. In fact, it would bo
good business on the part of the state
to ^ngage in the enterprise, as it would
mean an ever increasing source of rev-,
eimirrwould WTDe means of not only
opening up new lands for agriooltnre,
but tho tillers of the toft would have to
be supplied with tools and everything
that the up-to-date farmer of the period
requires, and I can tell you tliat he re
quires about all tliat Ids city cousin
does and in very many instances mncli
more aud of a better quality.
‘I hope Tne Press will take tho drain
age quostion up and that it will not
cease agitating the matter until every
county in South Georgia is properly
drained and thus made more prosjierouB
and more healthful in every particular.'
Mr. Sharpe did not express any pref
erence os to where the convention
should be held. Ho is inj earnest about
the drainage of this section of tho stato
and there aro many of his fellows who
with him. ‘‘There aro a hundred
reasons why this section should bo
drained to one against it. In fact,
there is not a single argument that can
be successfully made against it. With
a perfoct system of draiuago there is no
section of Georgia or tho South that is
richer or that would bo more prosper
ous than tho counties uamed. Every
one of them is suffering from this lack
of drainage at this tiino, some more
than others, but every one named Jias
excellent lands that only awuit proper
drainage to be made to blossom as tho
rose.”
Young-Sneadj Nashville.
Nashville, Ga., Nov. 7—Mr. Span
Young, of Adel, and Mias Sample
Snead, of Nashville, wore .married
yesterday morning at the home of
the bride's brother, W. M. Snead. El
der Morrison of Valdosta, who was
in the city for the purpose of hold
ing the fourth quarterly conference
Son Lott Mother. °« ‘ he Methodst church, performed
Consumption runs In our family. !‘ hc ceremony which was witnessed
by a large party of friends and rela-
TO KILL THE DANDRUFF GEHV
and through it I lest my mother,”
writes E. B. Reid, of Harmony, Me.
“For tho past five years, however, on
the slightest sign of a Cough or Cold,
I have taken Dr. King’s New Discov
ery for Consumption, which 1 as
tlves.
A Marriage Announcement.
Captain and Mrs. William David
Collier have issued invitations
to the marriage of their daughter, j
ed me from serious lung trouble.” | c am jn a Shaw, to Dr. Samuel '
His mother’s death was a sad loss to j p u leston, the ceremony to occur j
If you see a woman or a man wit It ! jt-
urLnt glossy hair, you may ho Su.>- nei
ther has dandruff to amount to a'.ythln^
In nearly every case where women ana
have thin brittle hair, they owe it
to dandruff. There aro hundreds of prep
arations that “clnim" to cure dandruff,
but not one but Newbro’s Herplclde tell:
you that dandruff Is the result of a germ
burrowing Into the scalp, and that per
manent cure of dandruff and Its conae-
' - it fallV-g nrd bnl In* •». can rl v
.1 by knim: tbe germ; nrd there o
•r ration that will deal o- . ...
r •’ Mewbro'a Herpiclde “l
• c *■•»•». and you remove the
■'*. b” ’ 'adlng druggists. Send l* * •r
• . Hi^mplo to The Hsrptoi ie <;o.
*’ 'h
A. E. Dlmmock, Special Agent.
Mr. Reid, but he learned that lung
trouble must not he neglected, and
how to cure It. Quickest relief and
cure for cough* and colds. Price 50c
and 11.00: guaranteed at W. D. Duna
way's and A. E. Dlmmock a drug
stores. Trial bottle free,
Atlanta might have expected things
to go wrong when she called her
mass meeting for Friday night.
Piled Pileil Piled
Dr. Williams' Indian Pile Ointment
at the Christian church In this city
at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, i J» prepared ta. cure pllea. and DOBS
November 21st. The couple w.l, * | WS? 5
at home, Sanford, Fla., after Decern-' druggists or by malL
her Cth ! WILLIAMS MTO. CO,
I Cleveland, O.
iTS: j.
Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup cures lit-. a hard aght u P° n thclr hands, but
tie colds—cures Mg colds too. down they can win It If they will keep
I to the very verge of consumption. a stiff upper lip.
B EING well dressed isn’t a question of
spending a lot of money—it's a ques
tion of going to the right store. Most
stores have fairly good suits as far as thread
and cloth is concerned—getting distinctive
style and a real fit is another matter.
But that's what you get here at a price
you can easily afford. In fact you can't
afford not to wear the ]kind of' clothes we
sell. The mere rise In your own estima
tion (and others) that our SCHLOSS
Clothes give you—that prosperous, welt-
groomed look—is the biggest kind of a-cash
asset to any man. The picture shows one
SOHLOSS style. Many others cost-j
ing from—
$10.22 to $25,oo
SEE THEM.
Our new Stock ot Win
ter Overco} snpast in.
A. CONVERSE.
Queen Quality
Shoes.
Full Line Winter Styles
Our Fall and Winter styles and weights of this famous shoe
for women are now in. This season's line is a sutperb one in
very respect, and we want to ask our lady friends to call and
ee the display while it is unbroken.
Our large stock of Men’s and boys’ shoes is also very
complete.
w. T.
Valdosta,
LANE,
Georgia.