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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.