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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SATURDAY, MARCH IS, l9<>5. 6 THE VALDOSTA TIMES. c C. BRANTLEY, Editor. E. L. TURNER, Bu.ln... M*n»s«r. , V>J.POi»tA.7LA., MARCH H, MOS- -' SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, »1 A YEAR, 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,