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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SATURDAY, MARCH IS, l9<>5.
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THE VALDOSTA TIMES.
c C. BRANTLEY, Editor.
E. L. TURNER, Bu.ln... M*n»s«r.
, V>J.POi»tA.7LA., MARCH H, MOS-
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Entered at the Portoffleo at ValdoaU,
Ga., as Second Class Mall Matter.
TWELVE PAGES.
Mm. Chadwick and the Czar ought
to exchange message# of condolence.
Spades are trumps In the Panama
canal zone, and Admiral Walker will
have to pasa.
It looks~as though Mm. Chadwick
might have an opportunity to live the
simple life from now on.
Gen, Dragomoff was mentioned as
one of the successors of Kuropatkin,
but the Japs refuse to be disposed of
that way.
The proposition to raise the pres
ident's salary to $104,000 will not les
sen the work of the office in Its search
for the mam
Booker Washington suggest* * that
the negroes should raise more chick
ens) The farmers’ complaint has ever
been that they raise too many.
It is a dull day in New York when
they do not roast a score or two of
people in a tenement house or smoth
er that many to death in one of their
subways.
The college students who acted as
motormen In place of the strikers In
New York must have thought they
were there to break the football rec
ords of fatalities.
The King of England, according to
the dispatches, Is suffering with a bad
cold—an ordinary "dab bad co’d”—
which illustrates again the democrat
ic bearings of the English monarch.
The city council of Milton, Pa., will
hereafter h&vo its sessions opened
with prayer. This Is a step in ad
vance of councils ot other Pennsylva
nia towns, which have been closed by
the police.
The newspapers poke a lot of fun
at the garden soeds sent out by con
gress, but It is fun only. A lot of us
wohld have to do without soed it our
oongroasman ware to forget us in this
little matter.
The boot trust has convinced the
administration that it does not make
but 99 cents on a beef, but the trust
cannot convince iho people from
whom it buys Its cattle or those to
whom it sells its product of that fact.
Tho members of the California leg
islature arc said to bo overwhelmed
with shame' because soton of their
members Bold their vote for $350.
That was a protty low price in a state
so thoroughly Republican as Califor
nia is.
A New York man offers one thou-
san dollars to charity If a “perfectly
happy married man” can bo found.
Ho would have been safe to have in
cluded bnchelors and women. "Per
fectly happy pooplo” are rarer than
thousand dollar checks.
Washington Is now entertaining the
Congress of Mothers. In April It will
havo tho Daughters of the Revolution.
Presuming that tho fathers and sons
took part In the inauguration, it
looks as though the whole family had
visited tho capital this spring.
Our young diplomats are not fall
ing over'themselves to claim tho au
thorship of tho original Santo Domin
gan treaty; Tho man who wrote it
for Secretary Hay Is not talking much
about himself these days, nor enjoy
ing what th.o senate and press have to
say about his work.
Tho farmer has no more right to
put tho pri.ee on the. plow which some
body else made than tho man who
made tho plow has to put the price
on what the farmer makes. Rut the
reason the plow-maker is enabled to
control tho prico of his plows is be
cause he limits the production. When
the farmer limits production he is
also able to control prices.
J. M. Miner, one of the President’s
own Rough Riders, could not come to
tho Inauguration. He sent the pres
ident this telegram on Inauguration
day: "Sorry cannot be with you>
Children teething. Congratulations.”
The president, who preaches that It is
even greater than being a Rough
Rider to be a father, has wired that
the young man's excuso for non-at
tendance was n dUfflclcnt one.
Mr. Wilson, of the Department of
Agriculture, Is a good Usurer. He has
It that the United 8tates hen laid SO,-
000,090,000 eggs last year To count
them at fifty a minute, and working
eight hours a day, would take 1,893
years, and then he would get turned
out of the union for counting over
time. The eaple may soar and scream
in America, but the hen lays It all
over him. ' ?S
RUSSIA HARD TO 8ATI8FY.
The Russian government, through
Its accredited officials, has announced
that the war in Manchuria la to be
prosecuted with renewed fury. In
Washington, Count Cassini, the Rus
sian minister, says that the Czar’s
answer to the recent Japanese victory
will be a new army, more guns and
further fighting. This has been the
story all along. When the Japanese
won their first skirmish, the Russain
capital threw out the cry that Russia
was not prepared. When Liao Yang’s
great battle was fought and the Rus
sians were driven back toward Muk
den the Czar proclaimed that Russia's
answer to that defeat would be a
greater army. Russia’s pluck may be
admired, but her Judgment seems to
be bad.
If she has any facilities for trans
porting to Manchuria an army of suf
ficient strength to whip the Japs she
has been playing a foolish game not
to do so. But even If she should be
able to send the men, there is hardly
the slightest chance for her to keep
in supplies and ammunition. This
ought to have been realized by her
war office some time a^o. That is Is
realized by her staunchest friends
among the other nations Is shown by
the refusal of the French financiers
to make another loan to carry on the
war. it Is France’s advice that she
should sue for peace. It would have
been better for her if she had made
her negotiations before the bloody
battle of Mukden. She would have
saved the men and stores which that
struggle cost her, and her debt to
Japan In the final windup would have
been less.
Russia seems to be in a very bad
way at this time. Kuropatkin’s bat
tered army is straggling toward Har
bin-disorganized, discouraged and
almost without food to sustain it.
News comes that Kuropatkin—prob
ably the greatest general she has—
has been recalled and another put n
his place. This successor will, of
course, be expected to make a stand
and to try and regain from Japan
some of the laurels which havo been
lost to her. If this is so, some fierce
fighting may be expected between the
two armies, though there are few peo
ple who see what Russia hopes to gain
by carrying on the war, more than
to prove to the nations that her repu
tation for obstinacy and rugged deter
mination has been well earned.
According to the reports from the
scene of the struggle, only the exhaus
ted condition of the Japs save the
Russian array from being captured.
With a little more rest and a few
more recruits to fill up their depleted
ranks, the Japs may have better luck
in the next engagement. But, even if
they should capturo the entire army
of the Czar, Russia would probably
announce that the fight would "pro
ceed with even greater vigor."
THE RETURN OF 8ULLY.
The return of Daniel J. Sully to the
arena of cotton speculation has given
the bears an opportunity for saying
that Sully’s ro-entry into the game
means wonders for the cotton grow
ers. It is announced that Sully has
passed through the bankruptcy courts
and 1ms come out in good shape to
carry on such a campaign as he
waged some years ago. It is also said
that Sully has greater hacking than
ever before and that he does not be
lieve the South has raised a single
bale of cotton more than the world
needs. He believes in higher prices
for cotton and points to facts which
seem to show that the bears them
selves do not believe the South Is
long on cotton.
All of this Is interesting, but it U
the same kind of talk that is heard
this time of year every season. Some
thing always happens to make the fu
ture view look rosy for the farmers.
The market becomes more active—
that is, the future market does—every
year about the time the farmers begin
to haul their guano and to prepare
their land for the coming crop. It is
an old game that the bears have work
ed for years to make the farmers
plant a big crop. They can afford to
pay high prices for a few bales of
cotton this time of year If they can
lnfluenca cotton planters to raise a
crop that will enable them to buy
thousands of bales at several cents a
pound cheaper than they might If
only a small crop was raised.
The farmers may be misled by these
tactics If they will, but they will not
be If they will only remember that the
same thing happens every year at
this time. The farmers of the South,
by holding their cotton back, have
caused the staple to advance some,
but it should be remembered that
there is a great deal of cotton yet in
the South which will go to increase
the number of bales for the next
crop, and which will force prices
down next fall. The cotton growers
of the South should not forget to pay
more attention to the side crops this
year, even if they do not decrease
the cotton acreage. The farmer who
raises the most of his home products
and has the least to buy next fall and
winter will be the one who will reap
the greatest profit from cotton,
whether the price be high or low.
Right at this season of the year,
when plans for the year are being
made, it is time to look at this mat
ter. Sully is a powerful influence in
the cotton market when only a few
bales are In sight, but he Is as weak
aw any of the balance of them when
an over-supply is produced^
MUKDEN DWARFS SEDAN.
With losses already considerably
in excess of 100,000, #the bat lie of
Mukden ranks in every way as the
greatest of modern times. Like Se
dan, it may mark the close of a war.
But before it Sedan pales almost into
insignificance.
The fate of Sedan and the Franco-
Prusslan war were decided in four
days. Since February 19 the battle
of Mukden has been in progress, and
since March 1 there has been a gen
eral engagement over a front which
decreased from 100 to sixty miles.
When the kings of Bavaria and Sax
ony and the crown prince of Prussia
hemmed Napoleon III., Marshal Mac-
Mahon and Gen. De Wimffen in Sedan
on September 1, 1870, the combined
forces amounted to 390,000. Kuropat
kin, it is estimated, had from 310.000
to 340,000 men, Oyama, it is believed
had about 70,000 more meDjflfrffi the
Russian commander.
The killed and wounded at Sedan
wore 25,000. During the severest of
the fight at Mukden It is probable
that more have fallen in one day.
The Germans and French had not
more than 1,000 guns at Sedan. Ku
ropatkin and Oyama have between
3,000 and 4,000.
Oyama, like the Germans at Sedan,
has delivered crushing blows upon
the enemy’s flanks. These compelled
the Russians to draw back into Muk
den, ns the French were compelled to
retreat into Sedan, whore they were
surrounded and hammered into sub
mission by the German artillery.
Even the battle of the Shnkhe river
of the present year is dwarfed by the
Mukden engagement. About 180,000
Russians and from 200,000 to 250,000
Japanese were engaged from October
8 to 17, inclusve. The losses were
officially placed at 35,500 Russians,
and the Japanese losses were estima
ted at a smaller figure. The losses of
both armies probably aggregated
70.000.
Liao Yang, the first great battle of
the present war, raged from August
30 to September 4. The losses offi
cially were placed at 19,500 Japanese
and 14,500 Russians.
Raising Irish Potatoes Like Owning
a Gold Mine.
The entire session of the United
States court was occupied this morn
ing and until 1 o’clock with the suit
of George H. Anderson against Mrs.
Anna Mitchell. Anderson is a Michi
gan man and rented some land from
Mrs. Mitchell for the purpose of rais
ing Irish potatoes.
From a hearing of the case it ap
pears that the potato industry in
Georgia is a profitable one, and Indica
tions are that otheis will go into it
after it becomes known how well the
Michigan man made out
Anderson rented about 100 acres
from Mrs. Mitchell and raised a crop
of potatoes which was very profitable
to him. He began preparations to do
the same again this year, when he
claims that Mrs. Mitchell made
known her Intention of using the land
herself. Anderson claims that the
land was rented for more than one
year, while Mrs. Mitchell asserts that
on© year was the limit. The Michi
gan man asked for an Injunction re
straining Bin. Mitchell from interfer
ing with hit working the land, and
the result of the case was a decision
for Anderson.
It developed during the hearing
that Anderson had made a good thing
out of potatoes, and he declared that
a good crop from 100 acres was worth
$10,000. He demonstrated that last
year he made $8,000 with a poor crop
and bad weather, but he showed that
under favorable conditions Irish pota
to raising In Georgia Is like owning a
gold mine.
The results obtained by Mr. Ander
son in the potato growing industry as
brought out during the hearing of the
case have caused no little discussion
among those interested in agricultural
matters, and there are several now
studying the question more thor
oughly.
That the growing of Irish potatoes
in Georgia is profitable is generally
conceded by those who have investi
gated the proposition. Others, too,
have been as successful as Mr. Ander
son, who has demonstrated how a po
tato patch can be made a gold mine.
Mr. E. L. Cleveland, of Houlton,
Me., who is now in Georgia Investiga
ting the potato growing industry, in
discussing the matter, said:
"It is quite evident to me that your
fanners need to diversify their farm
ing, in view of the present cotton
trouble. One of the most profitable
crops that the farmers can put in Is
Irish potatoes for the early market.
"You can plant here Just about as
early as Florida, and the quality of
your potatoes puts them at the head
of the market Hastings, Fla., last
year shipped 75,000 barrels of pota
toes for the early market. This crop
netted them $225,000. Can your farm
ers see the value of this diversifica
tion?'
"The sandy loam of Georgia is par
ticularly adapted to the raising of
Irish potatoes; this crop can be made
to work wonders with the average
bank account.
"It la not generally understood, per
haps, that the raising of Irish pota
toes requires less scientific knowledge
of farming and less work than an/
other crop. No special knowledge lb
required to raise a big crop of Irish
potatoes and they are always worth
In the neighborhood of $3 a barrel.
This land Is level and easily worked,
and would respond bountifully to
treatment by the machinery that we
use In the cultivation of potatoes.”—
Macon News.
New Kind of Peonage.
A. L. Horton, a negro postmaster
at Way Station, Madison county,
Miss., makes the sensational charge
that he is being held in peonage by
the postoffico department.
Horton has been postmaster at that
place for several years, and has fre
quently attempted to resign, the last
effort having been made a few days
ago, but the postoffice department re
fused to accept the resignation for tho
reason that no other person could be
found in the community who is wil
ling to take the office, and several of
them have written to the postmaster-
general insisting that Horton be re
tained in the office.
The negro is very much in earnest
over the charge preferred against the
postoffico department, and has written
a letter to the federal authorities ask
ing If ther© Is not some law by which
he can quit the Job without rendering
his bondsmen liable. He indignantly
asserts that the postmaster-general is
holding him In involuntary servitude,
and that he Is losing money by serv
ing as postmaster.
Teacher and Parents.
It is marvelous what people In gen
eral expect of a school teacher, and
yet, as a rule. It can be said that there
is not a single parent in a district
who governs her own children so well
as does the teacher of all these chil
dren of the district. Think of it! The
parent who thinks nothing of losing
her patience from once to forty times
a day with her own children, expects
the teacher to control her temper and
manage forty chldren who come from
all kinds of homes. The average
school teacher is a model of par excel
lence in government, temper and
Judgment when compared to the av
erage parents, and in saying this we
are not speaking lightly of the right
kind of motherhood.
8MALLPOX 8AVED 8PEIR SIMS.
Governor Hae Commuted His Sen
tence to Life Imprisonment.
Atlanta, March 16.—Smallpox saved
the neck of Speir Sims, the Dooly
county negro, who was twice respited
when In the shadow of the gallows.
Governor Terrell today commuted
Sims’ sentence to life Imprisonment
on recommendation of the prison com
mission. It being shown that he act
ed almost in self-defense In killing
his victim, who first attacked him.
Sims’ first respite was granted a
few days before he was to be hanged,
because there were two cases of
smallpox In jail and it was under
quarantine. The last time he was re
spited on the very day and within an
hour of the time he was to be exe
cuted.
SYRIAN PEDDLER TRAGEDY.
THE TIMES’ WANT ADS.
The Syrians of This City and Section
Were Deeply Interested in it.
The members of the Syrian colony
here were very much interested 1n the
story of the assassination of a Syrian
peddler at Mud Creek bridge# In Bor-
ran county, and they sent one of their
number to investigate the tragedy.
They were pretty well informed as
to the whereabouts of every one of
their fellow countrymen, and one of
them came to the Times office yester
day and stated that they could not
understand the report. The man who
went to Berrien to investigate it stat
ed that he went in three miles of Mud
Creek bridge and could find out noth
ing about the alleged tragedy. He
stated that they could accont for ev
ery Syrian peddler in this section, as
all of them had been heard from.
The report which was printed in
The Times came from Clinch, Geor
gia, in Clinch county, and was signed
Jessie Carter. Hal Luke and Jim
Grear v/ere named as the parties who
made the discovery and the writer
stated that he would send other par
ticulars after the coroner's investiga
tion, though we have heard nothing
else from him. The name of the
party who was suspected of the as
sassination was also given, but we
withheld that as no arrest had been
made.
LAID CRIME ON HI8 MOTHER.
The Defense of a Young Man Accused
of Running an Illicit Stilt.
A young white man named Mailie
West, from below Cairo, in Thomas
county, was given a commitment hear
ing before United States Commission
er Powell yesterday evening on the
charge of running an illicit still on
his place.
In his defense, the young man. who
FOR SALE*
FOR SALE—On easy terms, elegant
upright Richmond Piano. New.
N. HOLCOMB.
. -v4bs, rooted
North
8-ll-8t.
• FOR SALE—Neat little* home 704
West Gordon street, vacant lot adjoin
ing. Prettiest suburban property in the
city. See ML G. Patterson at Foundry.
8-14-5$
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT — Office room, second
floor, Patterson street and Hill avenue.
Apply to O. R. Ashley. 8-11-tf.
FOR RENT—Two or three connect
ing unfurnished rooms, suitable for
light housekeeping; very reasonable.
211 Hill Ave. 8-18-2t.
WANTEO.
WANTED—Fifty Oar Builders and
helpers, address or call on South Atlantic
Oar <fc M’f’g Co., Waycross, Ga. 2t
WANTED—Bookkeeper to do about
2 weeks work on 6et or books Apply
at Times office at once.
WANTED—One good milk cow. Ap
ply to O. P. Henderson at Henderson-
Cranford Buggy Go.
WANTED—To bny, good quality
syrup. 118 Savannah Ave. 8-18-2t.
WANTED—Young man wants em
ployment. Bookkeeping preferred.
Keferenoe furnished, Address M.,
Valdosta Ga. 8-18-2L
PRESSMAN WANTED—Competent
to feed job press at good speed.
Should have some ability as a type
setter. Apply immediately, with ref
erences, to Times-Enterprise, Thom-
aasville, Ga.
WANTED—Situation as distiller, of
many years’ experience; good refer
ences. Address A. C. McDonald, 519
Calhoun street, Macon, Ga.
WANTED—By a young man of so
ber disposition, position in store*Best
references. Address M. P. J., Du
pont, Ga.
is a nice looking young fellow, stated
that the distillery was there and that
it had been operated, but that it be
longed to his mother, and that a man
who came there after Christmas had
been running it. He said, too, that
he told his mother that it was wrong
to operate the still.
His bond was fixed at $400, and
warrants were sworn out against his
mother and the hired man.
Millard Duke, another white man,
who was arrested at Thomasville, was
given a hearing on the question of ex
tradition from the federal court in
Florida. He is charged with retailing
liquor and of running an illicit distil
lery. His bond was fixed at $400 for
his appearance before the Florida
court for trial.
Will Quitman Vote for Bonds?
_ The election, called by the city
council to be held on March 22 for
the purpose of voting on issuing of
bonds for $50,000 for the purpose of
laying sewers and paving streets, now
draws near. What will be the result?
What should be the result for Quit
man’s best interests, we could in our
opinion easily answer, for probably
there never was a town more in need
of a sewerage system than Quitman is
today. If the voters could only real
ize the danger that confronts the town
unless the sewerage system is adopted
there could be but one result, and
that would be the issuing of the
bonds.—Quitman Advertiser.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
This is to notify all parties that Gus
Oliver Jenkins, the adopted son of the
undersigned, has left my home and
protection without authority, and this
is to give all persons notice not to
hire, succor or in any way aid the
said Oliver Jenkins. Also not to give
any credit to any signed order which
might be presented by tho said boy,
as he is a minor. I will prosecute any
person who violates this notice.
(Signed) JIM JENKINS.
3-25-2t.
The Sewer Main Threatened.
The main sewer out near Converse
branch was threatened this week by
the water from a drain, which was di
verted from its former course and
thrown against the embankment that
supports the sewer at its approach to
the Converse branch. The city en
gineer was instructed, at the meeting
of the council yesterday, to make the
repairs at once. A little delay In
mending the break might have been
very costly to the city.
The Cotton Situation.
There has been little change in the
cotton situation this week. Tho mar
ket advanced a little bit, but there
was very little offering, and the de
mand was not great. Several bales
of sea islands were here yesterday.
The outlook for 'cotton is not the best,
In spite of the fact that little of It is
being placed upon the market.
Mrs, Miles Monk, 8r., Moultrie.
Moultrie, Go., March 15. —Mrs.
Miles Monk, Sr., died at her home In
North Moultrie last night from an af
fliction from which she has been a
great cufferer for several months.
Mrs. Monk was a sister of Senator J.
B. Norman, of Norman Park, and has
many relatives among the most
prominent citizens of Colquitt county.
The funeral took place hero today..
LOST.
LOST—A white and liver colored
pointer pop about 5 months old. Left
204 Webster St. Monday, noon, with
rope around neck. Answers to name
Dash. Reward if returned.
MRS. JANIE H. HOWELL.
MISCELLANEOUS.
MONEY—Will lend you mpney on
farms or oity property at 2 3-4 per cent
interest. Call or write W. M. Giddons,
Tift's new building, Tifton, Ga. 8-14tf
•'Who peppered the high
est was the surest to
pleeee."-Gold*mith.
PEPPER
Hot stuff from Pcnano
and Johore-
One of the earliest spicas
known to mankind-
History tells us that the
ransom of Rome in 408
was paid in 3,000 pounds
of pepper-
We are told, too, that it
was the chief source of
wealth in Venice, Genoa,
and the commercial cities
of Europe andthat its ex
cessive cost led the Por
tuguese to seek a sea-
route to India. We have
this ancient spice in all Its
purity. The Romans knew
no better—dare say they
knew none half so good.
The luxury of past ages
is the necessity of today—
it’s our business to supply
present day necessities-
Pepper is here good
pepper—put up In neat
boxes at prices to accord
with quality-
STEVENS & CO.
Every Day
We add the names of new students
to our list. Do you know why?
SP Well, we figure it out, that ‘‘its the
way we teach.” Remember there’s
"lo Better School it Any Price."
Our best advertisement is our grad
uates who are at work. They an)
sought out by the foremost business
houses. Positions are generally
waiting for you when you fin£a
your course. Enter at any timer
JONES’ BOB COLLEGE
Valdosta, Georgia,