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V , M; THE VALDOSTA T THE VALDOSTA TIMES. c. BRANTLEY, Editor. TURNER, BuolneM Monogor SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1 A YEAR Entered at the Poetofflce at Valdoeta, Ga., aa Second Claaa Mall Matter, VALDOSTA, GA., OCT. O', 1905 TWELVE PAGES. The Macon fair will begin ness In Macon next week. Most men do what they do because they think at the time it is the prop er thing to do. The more henpecked a man Is the more ferocious he tries to act when he Is away from home. Insurance companies throughout the country are getting a few hints on the value of advertising. It seems that the real way to get lasting fame is to bo among those who are excluded from the Hall of Fame. ______ Race Rulcide sometimes has its advantages. Suppose James Hazen Hyde had as big a family as Curdy! The orange crop in Florida Is on the move, a fact that should cause rejoicing among all who love that delicious fruit. The “blind - tiger" crasade at Thomasvillo has reached the pro portions of an insurance iuvestlga tion in New York. Now that the frost hafc caught the top crop of cotton, Harvle Jordan will probably insist on raising the price a little higher. The time tables say that Rosso ■volt will reach Valdosta at 2:30 a. m., but we can reasonably count on the train being five hours late. A cut in all the salaries of canal ■employees ordered by President Shonts Is likely to cause him more trouble than the famous Culebra cut. "There was never a tariff law en acted that was perfect," says Secre tary Shaw, but ho wasn’t face tc face with Senator Aldrich when he said it. Miss Alice Roosevelt will prob ably bo converted to tariff reform on vigorous lines when Bhe writes ■check for the tariff charges on her Eastern gifts. " The Grand Duke Cyril has just ** been banished from Russia on count of his marriage. This should be an Inducement to the Grand Duke Boris to make some sort of a misal liance. Witte has not been received with enthusiasm in Russia but he prob- nbly does not care, remembering the saying of the French Revolutionists, “Beware the favor of a grateful na tion." Persons who predicted that the marriage recently of the rich girl and her coachman would end ns such mnrrlnges have In the divorce court are to be disappointed. The man Is a bigamist and the marriage will be annulled. If Tom Dixon can get as much free advertising for ills next two plays ns tho "Clihisman" stirred up in Columbia S. C., it will probably be a matter of indifference to him whether they are historically accu rate or not. NO TARIFF . REVISION YET According to dispatches which came from Washington yesterday th£re is little hope for any efTort at tariff revision by the next congress chiefly because the president has abandoned the position which professed to have some time ago, From the speeches which he has be gun to make on his southern tour and from other indications which were shown before he left Washing ton, he has decided to push his new hobby about railroad regulation, JiiHt how long ho will ride this hob by remains to be seen. The presi dent has the reputation of being a great doer of wonderful works, but up to date he has been more of a talker and promiser. He appears to be of the same dirt that the balance of us are made of—very earthy at that. It will be easily remembered how quickly he took a back track on his open market—market crusade the purchase of supplies for the Panama canal. His ultimatum had hardly* become dry before he caught. wink from the protected Interests of the North and from that day this there has not been the slightest whisper about open markets. We remember, too, how he took up the campaign which the lamented Mc Kinley was about to launch, when death claimed him, in regard to tariff revision. The world regarded Mr. Roosevelt as the one man who was not afraid to beard the lion In his den, but he became startlingly silent on the subject and successive congresses have met, each one of them to hear some other "para mount issue" in the president’s mes- little while ago we heard won-, derful sermons from this same source in regard to civic righteousness, "of ficials as clean as a hound's tooth," the "square deal" at all times, but hot did it all amount to, even though it thrilled us for the while? Was the stain of Loomis, Wood and others of tarnished reputation, wiped from the administration? What be came of Cortelyou who received campaign corruption funds from the life insurance companies, knowing that the money did not belong the men who gave it? Was he rep rimanded? Not at all, but '. word .comes from Washington" that he is to go up higher as a result of the faithful services which he per formed. How long will the campaign for ra.Iroad regulation go on? Will it last aftor the new has worn off, or longer than the republican bosses put the muzzle upon the president? Has ho ever defied the bosses of his own party, or kept up his campaign after they told him to stop? We have no doubt that there will be a lot of talk about railroad regulation, con trolling insurance companies and doing other things which the con stitution does not provide for, but ■ilk will be about all. Like the many other theories which the pres- ient lias advocated for a few days ■tTenuously, too—It will pass nway and, "like the fabric of a vis ion, leave scarce a wreck behind." A parson iu Akron, Ohio, declares that Christians have the same right to gamble or speculate iu stocks as infidels. Guess so. Look at Mr. Rockefeller. Still, we don’t hanker for pious pool rooms, Christian crap- games, holy poker and kindred in stitutions. I" tAies, not one wh SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 1905. The people of the North, or most of them, not only want cotton to faco ail foreign competition, but they want to lucreaso the supply in foreign lands as much as possible. At the same time, they want a high 'tariff wall around everything they raise, or have to sell. Admiral Dewey says our naval of ficers are too old for their rank and Dr. Osier has startled the country 'by saying that men are worthless after sixty. So It Is that the mas culine world Is beginning to feel a little of tne sting of age with which woman has been taunted so long. The sensativeness of the New York administration in objecting to a "dead man’s cousin" as holder of a "dead man’s Job" must seem pass ing strange to those Philadelphia gangsters who have been "voting" aoldlers of the Revolutionary war. whose tombs are cracked and moss- grown. THAT CHINESE BOYCOTT. At the first meeting of the cabi- •t which Secretary Taft attended after his return from the far East, he had something to say of the Chi nese exclusion act and the Chinese boycott against American made goods. He stated that the exclusion act was working Imperfectly, but that the boycott was on the wane— that Its backbone was practically bro ken. Of course, the fact that the Chinaman are releasing their grip in i\\p effort to prevent American goods being sold in that country, will be good news to most of the manufacturers , In this country, who are profiting by that trade. iVlth the return of the trade In that quarter, we will probably forget about the exclusion act and the hardships which it works upon worthy Chinese who desire to visit this country. But ought this to be so? Ought wo not as a nation to rise a little above the mere profits which w? get from the Chinese people and accord them the simple acts of justice as we accord it to the Japanese and to other pooples who are not one whit more worthy than the yellow men of the Flowery Kingdom? China is a big country and when she awakens from her long slumber stye may be a powerful friend or foe to those whom she likes or dislikes. Assuming that we have only a mercenary in terest in this matter, we cannot treat a country with injustice, day after day, and not feel the effects of it in the days to come. Nations are like individuals, and Individuals arej not altogether unlike the dumb brutes in returning good to those who of fer good. When China gets a little more of our civlliation among he; people, she may adopt the weapons of force, boycotts and discrimina tions against those who practice these things against her. But looking above the question of trade and the* effects which may come to us in a material way, there is a moral side to the question which we should not ignore. The Times is not in favor of indiscriminate im migration to this country, but we can see no justice in closing doors to the riff-rafi of one nation and yet opening them wide *fo the off-scourings of another. I: dispatches yesterday was a story of the terror which Italian brlga’nds creating in New York and yet these people have free rights to come to this country, even when it is known that their coming is a menace law and order. We ought to amend our Chinese exclusion act, so as to put the Chi naman on the same level with the Hungarian, the Russian, the Japa nese and other foreigners. A re vision of our immigration law ought also to be made, so that the bad element from Europe Is shut out as effectively as our gates are closed to the lowest class of Chinese. We need to be as holy as severe In our dealings with other nations, not for the sake of trade, but because It Is right—-it is the Golden Rule, which should inspire us in all of our Inter national dealings. REFORM IN TWO STATES. Governor Joseph Folk, of Missouri, continues his campaign against gambling, fhe violation of the Sun day laws and boodleism in that state, and the result of his efforts to enforce the Sunday laws have had the effect of bringing out the rather weak efforts at reform in the neigh boring state. Missouri is a state yhere local option is the law, while Kansas 1s the state where prohibition prevails. About the only effort that has been made to enforce the prohibition law in Kansas is that which was made by Mrs. Carle Nation and her hatch et. It is said that there are open saloons in every city in the state and that there are fifty or mor Kansas City, Kansas. These saloons if the reports are correct, have as little regard for the Sunday laws they have for any other law, their business every day, as well as Sun day, being illegally conducted. Since Governor Folk has been forcing the Sunuay law in Missouri the "bibbers” on that side of Kaw river have to go over to the Kansas side to got their Sunday drinks. The two cities are practl cally one, being separated only by a stream of water, with business blocks running up to the water's edge oi. both sides. On one side the sale of spirltous liquors is for bidden by law, but very little, if any, attention Is paid to the statue, the other side the sale is legalized, but restricted. The anomalous result Is that extra cars have to be put on the street railways on Sunday to accommodate topers who flee to the "dry" town to quench their thirst. What Kansas needs is either a repeal of her law or a governor with the back bone of Joe Folk to make it effec tive. But. after all, is it not prob able public sentiment is responsible for "winking" at the law in Kansas. There’ll Come Time OBJECT TO THE NEQROE8. While the northern cranks arc busily engaged In telling how the people of the South should treat the negro, they are losing a vj^y good opportunity ^^lettiag an on “fdat line, .'key think It is very Those "Important matters” which have been waiting for six months for the consideration of the cabinet, will probably have to wait a little longer while the members make their campaign speeches In Ohio and Maryland. When you will appreciate the values we constantly offer. Had we a telephone hitched to your ear we would tell of big bargains like these: Eagle Brand Milk 15 cents Armours Veribest Tripe 15 Emerald Coffee only 20 31b. can Clipper Tomatoes 10 2 lb. can good Tomatoes, per doz 90 10 lb. can Wesson Cooking Oil $1.25 1 lb. best Elgin Creamery Butter 30 Goods delivered to all parts of the city. PHONE 52. Stanford & Porter. 107 N. Ashley St., VALDOSTA. Honesty Honesty in prescriptions is our watch-word. However much we may know about medicines, we never pit our knowledge against that of your doctor. We can [conceive of nothing more dishonest than the substitution of something else for that which your doctor has asked for. You can bring your prescription to us know ing that you will get just what your doctor has ordered. And that too, at a price that will please you. 109 Sooth Patterson St 1 wrong for the people of the South to prefer separate accommodations for the races on the trains, in the ho tels, schools and other places, but it will be observed that as the negro population increases at the North, the people of that section become more anxious to widen the distance between him and them. Out In Kansas City, Kansas, where the negro has been allowed to at tend the white schools, the law has been changed so that he must go to his’ own school In future. Up Pittsburg, Pa., which Is in the heart of the region where the negroes’ pro fessed best friends live, similar steps are being taken. Now St. Louis, Mo., which Is made up of a very large northern popula tion, has a big excitement caused by the threat of a Mrs. Campbell to sell her house to negroes. The house is located in a section of the city which is Inhabited almost ex clusively by white people, and they have been quick to eutor a loud pro test against a property sale which will bring a negro family into their midst. Of course, Mrs. Campbell has a right to sell her property to whom she pleases and the other folks have the right to. kick, but that is all. In New York, not so very long ago, one or two negro families secured apartments In an uptown flat, which caused all of the white tenants to move out and seek homes in other places. The removal of the whites forced the landlord to fill his apart ments with negroes at lower rent als, as no white people vrould live near them. As a result of this ex perience, New York landlords will not rent houses in the white com munities to the colored people. As the negro migrates northward and becomes a greater factor In the communities, the prejudice against him becomes stronger. "Jimcrow" cars will be provided for him on the trains and the holier-than-thou crit ics of the South will h&ve enough sweeping before their own doors to keep them busy all of the time. ■ £ a fall suit that W in proclaim your up-to-dateness, and do it now. Don’t be one of the loggerheads. Come out in new cloths in time to wear the late styles before every other man appears in a new suit. The Fall Kinks. Longer coats, wider collars and lapels. More fullness than ever in the chest. Vests cut slightly lower. About fabrics--the richest and most gentlemanly patterns that have yet appeared in ready-for-service gar ments. Carsine worsted, Scotch cheviots in all the new styles. These woolens are ia plain colors, neat over plaids and modest broken stripes. You will certainly be greatly surprised to learn what $10.50, $15.00, $18.00 and $20.00 will do for you here, in buying a handsome, well cut and well tailored Fall Suit. We handle High Art and EFF=EFF ?The very best clothing that i9 offered ready to wear. The style and workmanship has no equal in ready to wear clothing. BOYS’ CLOTHING AND OVERCOATS, Edwin Clapps’ Shoes, Manhattan Shirts, Knox Hats—ONLY THE BEST. Devis Bros. & Co.