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THE VALDOSTA TIMES? SATURDAY, MARCH 2 S , 1905.
THE VALliOSTA TIMES.
C. C. BRANTLEY, Editor.
E. L. TURNER, Bull net* Manager.
VALDOSTA. OA„ MARCH 2G, 1>0S.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, (1 A YEAR.
Entorod at tho Poatofllee at Valdoata,
Ga.. at Second Claaa Mail Matter.
TEN PAGES.
Milwaukee Is threatened with a n-llk
famine, but who drinki milk In Mil
waukee?
The dove of peace In the Orient Is
about ap hard to make up Its mind
as the Czar is.
President Castro ought to borrow
Santo Domingo's standing army of
1,200 men when bo starts out to cap
ture New Orleans.
President Roosevelt succeeded bet
ter with his message to the congress
of mothers than with some he has
sent to the United States congress.
"Don't work for wages any longer
than you can help It,” says Mr. Carne
gie. This Is what (he walking deio
gates have been saying all along.
Five thousand sinners In Louisville.
Ky., have been converted. How lone
some this will mako Col. Watterson
feel when ho goes home.
Wo object to any more duty on cof
fee. Between the trusts and the tar
iff It Is getting hard to get enough
coffee to color the water now.
The poet-editor of the Dublin Times
has Indited a poem to Candidate How
ell, which indicates that tho campaign
among the poets has already opened,
Coal is to be reduced fifty cents a
ton on the first of April. The ice
trust will take care to keep the house
holder from pocketing the difference.
The bearish attitude of the At lam
tn Constitution toward the cotton
growers will meet Candidate Howell
In the middle of tho road next year
if ho does not watch out.
In view of the scattered condition
of the retreating Russian lines,
would be interesting to know 'vitch
line Gen. IJnovltch will take up first
In tho reorganization.
Th president of Bowdoin C dlege
says: “Tho Ix>rd Is constantly chang
ing His mind about people." Tho
Bowdoin College president does not
say Just how he found It out.
eatout of money long ago. Wish'
he owed an account at this office.
If Japan should Insist on having ih«
Philippines wo may Imvo need o'
thoso two battleships that the pro*
ident so earnestly denlrod nnd fot
which congress reluctantly approprln
ted.
PROPOSED TAX ON COFFEE.
The recent “billion and a half dol
lar congress" has left the nation’s
treasury face to face with a deficit
that must be provided for. The re
port comes from Washington that the
Republican leaders are laying their
plans tq take care of the treasury by
imposing a tariff tax on coffee, which
la an article of general consumption
and which will be very likely to fur
nish revenue in proportion to the
amount of duty fixed per pound.
There is consumed In this country
annually nearly one billion pounds of
coffee, which at 10 cents a pound
makes the nation’s coffee bill abo"t
one hundred million dollars. A tariff
tax of one cent a pound would in
crease the revenues from this source
about ten million dollars, while five
cents a pound—the amount of duty
proposed—would create fifty millions
of revenue, or enough to hire the steel
trust to build several first-class bat
tleships. The proposition to levy a
tax upon this article of general con
sumption, while no attention Is paid
to the ever-increasing incomes .>f the
enormously rich classes, is in keep
ing with the policy of the Republican
party at all times. The poorer
classes to whom a cup of coffee at
meal time is almost their only luxury,
are the ones upon whom # the burden
will fall. Nor does the five cents a
pound which the government will im
pose represent all of the Increased
cost to the consumer.
The Increase In cost to the Import
er will make It necessary for him to
increase the price to tho retatler,
while he, in turn, will increase the
price to the consumer at on even
greater ratio. Coffee which costs the
Importer 10 cents a pound is sold to
the retailer, green, at 12 cents, and he
sells it at 15 or 16 cents a pound.
With 5 cents a pound added for tariff
the increase to the importer becomes
15* cents and to tho retailer 17 or 18
cents. Tho cost to the consumer ad
vances to about 25 cents, and for the
better grades, or for roasted and
ground coffees, the difference will be
even greater. 8o, while the govern
ment will get 5 cents a pound in reve
nue on the coffee which the people
consume, tho people will have to pay
at least, tfn cents a pound more for
the coffee^ they buy. 1^ la perfectly
railroad commission Is in their dflicial
capacity and it is to look Into the Ac
commodations which the railroads are
giving to the people here. They will
be taken in charge by a committee of
representative citizens and they will
be given every opportunity of seeing
exactly what the conditions are. The
people of Valdosta would not ask the
members of the commision to do one
single thing for this city that would
be unjust to the railroads entering
here, and they do not ask the commis
sion for any advantage over other
cities on either of the lines of road.
All they ask Is for the commission to
study the conditions as they exist;
compare the accommodations of to
day with those of fifteen years Ago;
note the progress which has been
made everywhere except in the pas
senger rooms at the deppts here, and
then write out their verdict.
f We trust that the members of the
commission will have a pleasant stay
In this section of the state and that
their visit to Valdosta will Inspire
them with a desire to come down this
way more frequently in the futur^.
who devote themselves to the little
unseen things which count for the
betterment and happiness of mankind,
are heroes whose names may not ap
pear upon any of the earth’s rolls of
fame, but they will be written just as
high upon the pantheon of immortal
ity. "There !s nothing more heroic
than kindness and nothing more royal
than truth."
THE 8TATE MILITIA.
The recent Inspection of the state
troops in various cities and towns has
resulted in knocking out a lot of the
companies in communities where they
are needed. The Inspection has been is said.
COURT WEEK IN BERRIEN.
A Large Number of People in Attend
ance During the Week.
Court week in Berrien has carried
large crowds to Nashville in spite of
the fact that the weather has been
Ideal for farming operations, which
are considerably behind.
A large number of cases are being
disposed of, the first one being a case
that has been on the docket for the
past twelve >9ars. It was the case of
Butler & Stevens vs. Mathis & Dob
son, suit on account, for $140 and in
terest. This case was compromised
by the defendants paying $130, so It
THE EARTH’S HEROE8.
The announcement some time j»go
Tho Thoninsvillo Titnes-Enterpriso
says: “If Dr. Osier was an actress
ho would ho Just tickled to death at
th© free advertising he Is getting."
Don’t doctors like free advertising,
too?
was recently handed a
(100 by tome sinner who '.'jr.rrw;
defrAudeo- tue'4Mr- j.n.nXure!for the dealers to Increase tho
size of their profits In proportion to
the increased price of the articles
which they sell,
Tho Republican party could have
Imposed a stamp tax or an income tax
and raised all of the revenue which it
needs, nnd from those who nre the
better able to bear the burden. The
stamp tax draws revenue from the
big establishments of the country In
proportion to the business they do nnd
their ability to pay tho tax. An in
come tax would draw revenue from
those men whose Incomes are large
and who.are most deeply indebted to
the nation in which they live. But the
coffee tax puts the same amount of
tax upon the rich nnd poor alike, re
gardless of the projection which the
lasses got and of tho Renter
debt which the richer nun pwes to
the government.
It has been the policy of the Re
publicans to place the burdens of tax
ation upon those who are least able
to bear them, because that party owes
Its existence to the influent Ini corpo
rations that have become amazingly
rich under the Republican plan of tax
ation. But the people will awake
some of these days and what they will
do to the promoters of extravagance,
corruption and unequal taxation will
bo ettough to last for all time.
A Pittsburg millionaire, desiring to
prevent his son from marrying u bal
let girl, chose tho effective means of
marring her htmsolf. Parental inter
est could not have found a more pos
itive expression.
It creates an uneasy, apprehensive
feeling In a fellow with a weak hack
nnd an antipathy toward the spade
nnd rake, to see his wife loosing over
garden seed catalogues and making
copious notes on the margin.
Notwithstanding Roosevelt’s repeat
ed warnings of race suicide, bachelor
qlubs for both sexes stilt thrive and
flourish—independently, and will fully
ignore tho president’s veiled com
mand of "Got together.’’
This country received seven thous
and more immigrants In January this
year than last. And still we hear the
cry that every’ family must have three
and one-half children to maintain tho
population at Its present numbers.
Hon. Pope Brown favors two prima
ries for the governorship, tho second
to be between tho two candidates who
receive the largest vote In the first.
This Is t)ie Democratic way of making
the choice where more than two can
didates are In the race.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
sings his swan sing In a bulletin ac
knowledging defeat In the effort to
exterminate the boll weevil. It Is
called "Control of the Doll Weevil,”
but Us advice Is merely to dodge him
when you can't catch him.
ThUty-flvo years ago W. H. New
man was a brakeman on a Southern
railroad at $$ a day; today he it pres
ident of the great Vanderbilt system,
with a salary of $120,000 a year, a pa
latial residence In New York and a
private car so sumptuously appointed
that a king might envy it
THE COMMISSION’S VISIT.
The Times voices the sentiments of
the people of this city when It ex
tends a warm welcome to the honora
ble members of the railroad commis
sion of Georgia, who are guests of the
city today. It Is probably the first
time that some of the members of the
commission have visited this city, but
we trust that It will not be the last
time. They will find here a typical
wtregrass town, one that has sprung
up in a few years and one that is
rapidly developing into a full-fledged
city. They will find thrift and Indus
try among the people, and a degree of
prosperity that has come as a result
of well directed efforts and a determi
nation to excel.
The visit of the members of the
that Mr. Andrew Carnegie bad laid
aside a considerable sura for a fund
for rewarding acts of heroism may
cause some people to stop and en
quire who are the real «heroes, any
way? Our pension list is supposed to
be a roll of honor of those who fought
upon the side of the North in the late
unpleasantness, but facts are con
stantly being brought up to show that
cowards and rulkers and fraudulent
claimants are nearly as thick upon
the list as are those who really de
serve to have their services rewarded.
If Mr. Carnegie’s fund should fall Into
the hands of administrators who are
reckless in their bequests as many
of our congressmen are in adding
names to the nation’s pension roll,
there Is danger that his scheme will
become a burlesque. The fact that
twenty thousand applicants have al
ready applied shows that the heAx
fund has caught the attention qf the
would-be as well as the real heroei
But the question is, who are th!
nnuyand what does it require to
one'p name writ high upon the
of honor? It, it- tap 1
ipen** who can do some bloody
without flinching. Look down
line of-history and the men who are
pictured as heroes are men like C*»<-
sar, Napoleon, Agamemnon, Achilles
and other wlelders of the sword or
battle-axe. Ulysses, returning home
from battle, finds his wife "spinning
among her handmaidens," yet Ulys
Is pictured as a hero, while she
only a devoted wife nnd mother. Who
shall say that her sufferings were not
great ns her warrior husband?
Who shall say that she wqs not tin*
greater hero of the two?
Heroism, too, may hinge upon a
very slight circumstance. Had the
Russian army been strong enough to
have put the Japs to flight in Man
churia a few dnys ago, Kuropatkin
would have been the hero upon whom
ar office at St. Petersburg would
smiled. In his failure, however,
the heroic stand which he made is for
gotten. and the brave general who
lacked nothing in hemic qualities is
dismissed from the army in disgrace.
Take the little Japs. Oynma, KuroM
and the other Japanese generals ate
world-wide heroes, but who has heard
a word of the brave private soldiers
who swept onward through the hail of
shot and shel’. against the Russian
lines? How many deeds of unrecord
ed valor have been done by the pri
vate soldiers of both armies? Prob
ably no war in history has developed
more of the dare-devil kind of heroism
than has been shown by the soldiers
of tho two armies that have been bat
tling for the mastery in Manchuria
and yet the deeds of these men—in
spired by the spirit and pomp of war
—pales Into insignificance by the side
of deeds that are done every day by
the unknown heroes in every-day life.
There are heroic men and women in
the humbler walks of life whose
names never get in the papers, and
whose deeds are unknown to the
world, but whose heroism is just as
genuine as is that of any name that
may go upon the Carnegie hero list.
Kind-hearted men and women who do
well the smaller things of life, who
help to bear each other's hardens and
conducted on a scale more rigid than
many of the companies expected, and
result, probably half of the mill
tary companies of the state will either
have to disband or be placed upon
probation.
It strikes us that the state is ex
pecting most too much of her volun
teer soldiers. Most of the men are en
gaged in business, and, while they are
ready to respond to every call from
the state, they are not willing to be
treated like the men In the regular
army. They get little or nothing for
their services, they have much re
sponsibility thrown upon them and
they are expected to show up on pa
rades. encampments and inspections
just as though they were members of
e regular army.
The state either ought to cut loose |
from the government and support and
equip its own soldiers, or else it ought
to require the government to.pay the
volunteer soldiers enough to compen
sate them for the trouble and time
that it requires to meet the rigid in
spections.
The next case was that of the Lam
bert Hoisting Engine Company vs. J.
N. Bray & Co., for $2,500, balance on
a skidder. The defendants, through
their attorneys, O. M. Smith and H.
B. Peeples, filed a plea of failure of
consideration. The case was hard
fought, and resulted in a verdict of
$1,000, which was satisfactory to both
sides.
M. Cox vs. H. M. & N. E. Mimms.
suit on note; verdict for defendant.
The celebrated Ball will case is now
being argued to the Jury.
Quite a number of cases have been of attorneys representing the defense,
continued from this term of court. This was done.
WAYCROSS MEN PLEAD GUILTY.
A Lawyer and Ex-Sheriff Were Fined
Heavily for Peonage.
Savannah, Ga., March 22. — In the
United States court this morning
Judge Emory Speer accepted a plea
of guilty from William F. Crawley, an
attorney from Waycross, and Thomas
J. McClellan, former sheriff of Ware
county, on the charge of causing citi
zens to be held in a condition of peo
nage. He fined each of the defend
ants $1,000, but remitted $500 of the
fine of each, provided there Is no fur
ther violation of th$ law.
In passing sentence the judge re
marked that this was the last time
there w*ill be such a light sentence
for this crime in his court. He says
that there can be no more peonage for
debt In his district.
Messrs. Osborne & Lawrence, who
were among the attorneys for the ac
cused, stood out to the last durlnj the
consultation of the lawyers as to the
advisability of pleading guilty. They
wanted the case fought to the end.
Just before the plea was entered
Mr. Osborne asked the court to have
his firm’s name stricken from the list
MASHBURN’S DRUG STORE
SERVICE “CAN’T BE BEAT.”
For good prescription work, for dependable drug
store goods, for choicest and wide scope of stocks
and for careful and courteous attention to customers
you will find that Mashburn’s drug store service
“Can’t be beat” anywhere in Valdosta.
The Hon. Benton McMillan, of Ten
nessee, and Hon. Bob Taylor, from the
same state, were neither of them elec
ted to succeed Senator Bate, who died
in -Washington from exposure on in
auguration day. The two men who
failed of election were oratora of the
florid type, while Governor Frazier,
who was elected, is supposed to be a
plain, blunt man, and, unlike, the oth
er two competitors, has never been to
ongress.
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