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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, (SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1905.
THE VALDOSTA TIMES.
C. C. BRANTLEY, Editor.
E. L. TURNER, Butlneu Maugtr.
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VALDOSTA.JOA , NOV. 85, 1U05.
TWELVE PAGES.
Moultrie want* a Joint debate be
tween Clark Howell and Hoke Smith
nnd Moultrie can have our part of It.
Now, doesn't It surprise you that
there were that many honest men In
Now York?
THE CRI8I8 WITH GERMANY. ! the growers in these states been able
There has been much III advised to offlcially speak to the Carolinians,
talk cencerning the approaching The coming convention seems most
Quay Ig dead. May the action of
tho people of Philadelphia and Penn
sylvania be the death of Quaylsm.
At the next election, Mr. Jerome
will probably have no difficulty in
getting on "any ticket" he choose
Boss Murphy would Just about
soon have seen the devil elected dis
trict attorney of New York as Jerome.
It was only ID be expected that Tom
Lawson would say "I told you
with regard to the insurance inquiry
The insurance investigation has
one thing to Its credit. It did not get
any bon mots out of Senator Depew.
Oh, well, if Ohio insists, Secretary
Taft may be Induced to reconsider
his reconsideration of his presiden
tial boom.
fc ‘“Secretary Hitchcock thinks the Ok*
lahoma courts might at least stick
,to union hours in meeting out their
confinement verdicts.
If tho Grand Duko Ilorls is reading
4he proas dispatches, tie must feel
If at his banishment from Russia is a
great Joke on tho Cxar.
It 8n 18,000 barrel whisky fire fol
lows a reform wave in Pennsylvania
what would bo the result of a moral
awakening in Kentucky?
We do “not brieve, after reading
tho Louisville Courier Journal, that
"Editor Watterson will consent I
to such a leked place as congress,
grcis.- .
crisis with Germany. So far as the | opportune to bring anonl
crisis concerns commercial war and'
trade rivalry, tbe note Is well sound
ed. As far as armed force Is con
cerned, the talk Is the sheerest Jin
goism. The crisis Is serious enough
without making matters worse by
seeing armed conflict where there is
only a conflict of Interest. It Is said
that Germany wants to nullify the
Monroe Doctrine. This is no news.
Germany always has regarded the
Monroe Doctrine as inimical to her
Interests, which it Is. She wants
colonies in South America, and fail
ing them, she wants South American
She cannot get the colonies, but
she has devised the best system of
consular training the world has ev
er seen and she is getting the trade.
Go where you will from Mexico to
Patagonia and you will see""German,
French and English goods in the or
der named, with America a very bad
fourth. , In the Orient section the
situation Is even worse. That Is the
point where the conflict will come
and not by armed force. Secretary
Root realizes this as well as anyone,
and he has held conferences with all
the congressmen who have come into
Washington In the past two weeks
with a view to finding who were the
friends of the Admlnlstraton and
who were not, so as to frame a recip
rocal trade agreement with Germany
that would be practically sure
passing the Senate.
Several conferences have also been
held with tho German Ambassador to
find out what sort of an agreement
would be acceptable to Germany, for
It must bo remembered by the Ameri
can people that a trade agreement
has to be ratified by both countries
Interested, though in truth this Is a
formality that wo frequently over
look. Yes, there is no doubt that
there la a crisis approaching with
Germany, and it will ba^ the fault
primarily of tha Sonata if It if not
m«t properly. Thoro la always the
oining when Woke
spit nm\i ai
swJEL
r-McIntosh thinks that
a man cafli see nothing but calaihtty
In store for him town he ought to
mo\a away from it. Yen, he ought
“ off the earth.
hard Shaw promises to write
play than the one that was
led from New York. It he does
hhave to he mailed to subscrlb-
plain envelope
P 3ohn Hyde's return from England
; to he fraught with as unptous
tasequonccs as Jimmy's the
Ncult^iral department ought to keep
abroad indefinitely.
'llllam Jennings Bryan tins shock-
[ the Japanese by trying to buy the
xfaratol of Admiral Togo. The Japs
will lcfcrn a lot about American nerve
if they seen much of him.
Tho minister who brought those
qharges against Dr. Bradley might
*. never have been heard of outside his
k-blfa bailiwick if he had not done so.
£ TTibro are many roads to fame.
Bmi jfattteot
j : ;jt u said now that Tom Watson
j ^Hiffeolng to make a number of speech
es during the campaign for Hoko
Smith. The Smith committee ought
» to get him to hold oft awhile.
-i.. Not very long ngo wo used to hear
^ V about folks who were "land poor,"
wo do not hear that any more
especially In this section The fellow
who owns the land is getting wealth
ier every day.
There Is a perceptible drift toward
old fashioned democracy. Perhaps the
most remarkable feature of the tidal
movement is that the foremost sweep
of It Is In staunch republican states
led by the most accomplished sup
porters of the federal administration.
l»>-;,Srcmnd, nnd
whonover it Is w»
■Saury and nnvat I
tha
ft dragged out
to extort mil'
iroprlatlons from
grass or “for other purposes” as
the hoiiBe bills have -It.
But the actual conflict Is a long
way In the background. The real
trade conflict Is close enough, nnd
that Is what tile State Department
Is striving to meet at the present
moment
V\<
The New York Post says: "That
Catholic priest in Rochester who had
the baptismal font draped in mourn
ing as a protest against race suicide
in his parish, could find better use for
his crepe if he applied it to the thous-
and* of deserted wives in Chicago,
^ ®ach with six to ten children."
The Norfolk Landmark says: "Mr.
i } Carnegie is exalting the poor as tho
'salt and salvation of the state.' It
t is odd how perverse is the human
, point of view. While the millionaires
- are warning the poor against the evils
> of riches and going into ecstaclos
lover the 'great Goddess of Povorty,’
*the poor are utterly unable to reallxe
{how money cam possibly be the root
lof all erlL" _
SEA ISLAND GROWERS.
In nn article discussing the needs
of the sea Island cotton growers and
the Valdosta Convention, the Cotton
Trade Journal of Savannah, says:
"Somo time ngo the South Caro
lina sen Island growers, who raise on
•he Islnmls off the coast the virgin
seed from which atone this cotton
lives, found It necessary, In their
Judgment, to protect themselves
against the use of their Seed by for-
ign growers in the West Indies, and
lie consequent depression of their
narket ; to bar the sale of such seed
to their own countrymen In Georgia
ami Florida, which Is being accomp
lished H>y a secret agreement among
them not to sell their seed for use
outside South Carolina at tho risk
of paving heavy punntlve damages.
The South Carolina seedsmen do not
want to withhold the sale of fresh
seed from Georgians and Floridans
for any other purpose than to keep
purchasers In these states from In
turn selling them for use In the West
Indies, against whom the Association
is directing its campaign. It is safe
to say that the moment those seedT-
men are convinced they can continue
to ship seed Into these states and be
protectod In tho objects of their
Association, they will remove the
ban and reopen their markets.
"It therefore appears that among
the more important purposes to be
accomplished by organization will
be: ——'
(1)
(2.)
(3.)
Maintenance of square prices.
Use of best sea island seed.
Coalition cf all sea island
growers.
"To this time the Carolina seeds
men have had no means whatever of
speaking offlcially to their fellow grow
I ers in Georgia and Florida, nor have
ques
tion, which should result'beneficially
tion, which should result benefldolly
to every grower In the South Atlan
tic. The time is especially oppor
tune because Just prior to the seed
selling season, when all will be Inter
ested In disousslng It. Moreover,
this question naturally follows the
agitation for the use of good seed,
for If that matter Is considered, then
its logical result will be the removal
of all barriers to the securing the
seed. It Is Idle to urge the use of
good seed without also removing
such obstacles, If possible, as pre
vent growers from securing them.
Hence, we believe the convention
shoud consider the coalition of all
growers, with the especial object of
Interesting the South Carolinians, re
storing better feeling, and arranging
for th™Bale" of seed to their fellow
countrymen.
"The South Carolinians will be
eager to hear what assurances all
other American growers wUl offer
them for their protection, for it may
be understood that if seed are sold
In Georgia and Florida, South Caro
linians would probably do so only on
contract or pledge that they would
not be resold for foreign use. We
cannot believe they would or^pr to
take the seed upon which fee life of
this cotton depends and grind them
‘a oil mills or bury them to rot. The
Carolinians are business men, they
want the value of their property,
and If protected in their objects to
restrict the use of these seed to the
United States, they woulud probably
re-open their markets. While this
coalition may not come at once, yet
better results are assured by unani
mity of purpose. There’s got to be
a getting together now or later, for
there can be no organization with
disorganization. 1
YELLOW FEVER IN HAVANA.
Havana people did not take kind
ly to tho establishment of a quarau-
tlne against that cil
and other^xkwM
withstanding, the fact that 1
h{is not lUlffRu quarantine against
New Orleans. The appearance of
yellow fever In Havana, it Is charged
was due to tfte Importation of a box
of electrical machinery from New Or
leans out of which the stegomyia
mosquitoes swarmed. This report
has had world wide circulation but
the Havana Post come to the defense
of New Orleans, as the New Orleans
Picayune says "very gallantly,” and
thus explains the situation:
It has been very * clearly demon
strated that If the cases reported were
Imported they did not originate in
New Orleans or any other gulf port,
ami the existence of the dread pest
not due to ‘great benevolence’ on
the part of Cuban sanitary author!
ties.
‘The first reported ense here was of
a person attacked who arrived here on
October 16 from New York by direct
steamer. Does I & Discussion believe
thhi lie brought the germs of tho dis
use .with him from New York? At
the time of the breaking out of the
• here the quarantine against
passengers passing through Tampa
had not been raised consequently it
Is silly to talk about ‘toleration’ and
benevolence.’
If the reappearance of the fever
here be due to the mosquito, Is it
not more than probable that he came
from Mexico, where tho fever Is epi
demic. nnd from whose ports steam
ers arrive weekly?
Out of a spirit of charity we shall
not comment on the sarcastic refer
ences made to ‘our great and good
friends, the North Americans,’ further
than to say that the sanitary and oth-
ork dene in Cuba by the Amer
icans Is a monument to their energy
and ability, and needs no defense.’’—
Macon Telegraph
lanta, known to his world of friends
as the Sweet Spouter of the South,
to his few and feeble enemies as
‘Gush* Graves, is perfectly willing to
take Mr. Bacon’s Job.
"Apparently, the Hon. Hoke Smith,
the only great temperance reformer
who keeps a Gilded Gehenna, has
combined forces with Mr. Graves.
Mr. Smith will be governor, since all
the ‘prominent’ and 'leading* citizens
of Georgia are on his side. Mr. Graves
will be senator. Mr. Bacon will not
be able to save himself.
“To be sure, the formality of the
primaries has yet to be gone through
but we cannot doubt the result. We
read the Atlanta Journal, Mr. Hoke
Smith's daily emanation. The promi
nent and leading people have risen
for Hoke. Mr. Graves has risen for
himself. What can Mr. Bacon do?
As for the Mr. Clark Howell, whom
certain Democrats, not prominent or
leading, wish to nominate for gover
nor, what right has he to Interfere
with the arrangements of Mr. Smith
and Mr. Graves.
'inose arrangements are made by
mightier hands and approved by a
mightier mind than* even Mr. Hoke
Smith or Mr. Graves can make affi
davit to. That glorious and irrepres
sible Georgian, the Hon. Tom Wat
son, seems to be the boss and master
of the show. His bright bronze poll
flashes fire over the state. Long ago
he swore to drive Mr. Bacon out of
the senate. The hour has approach
ed.
“And not Mr. Bacon only. His col
league, the Hon. Alexander Stephens
ciay, whose terth expires March 3,
1909, Is also marked for the slaugh
ter. Smith, Graves and Watson, and
the greatest of these Is Watson!
Graves Is Beauty, Smith Is Size. Wat
son Is Brains and the Read-Headed
Temperament.”
Just think of it! Eight hundred and
ten thousand gallons of whisky de
stroyed In one fire. A loss of 50,-
000,000 high balls.
but It not only has been equaled but The Charleston Post says: "It is
surpassed In this city. j said in Washington that the president
A Tammany man and personal • may favor legislation by congress to
NEW.YORK ELECTION EXPEN8E8
The personal expense bill of Wil
liam R. He&rst, municipal ownership
cwjjldata^^ mayor, |$2,71& has
been spoken of a*V record breaker.
friend of Richard Croker recalled to
day the famous contest between P.
H. Dugro and William Waldorf Astor,
who ran for congress in the eighties.
Mr. Dugro is now a Justice of the su
preme court ,and Mr. Astor is living
in Londan. Mr. Astor, he said,
spent close upon $80,000 and was de
feated, while Mr. Dugro's expenses
were tremendous. In giving his mon
ey Mr. Astor forbade the uso of one
dollar for the payment of voters. His
headquarters were invaded by a gang
of leeches until they were closed up.
In those days the candidates did not
have to account to anybody.
William M. Tweed’s contest for
senator is famous. The exposure of
the Tammany ring had made him the
talk of the country. Against him was
pitted Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa,
who sailed for Ireland a few days
ago, to remain there permanently.
Men who were close to Tweed said af
ter the contest that the boss had
spent $150,000 to defeat the noted Fe
nian, and voters got as much as $100
apiece—Philadelphia Ledger.
CHIEF”NEED OF RUSSIA.
If popular government In Russia Is
to meet with even moderate success
It will be necessary for that country
to put every dollar it can raise for a
good many years into educational fa
cilities. Of the 126,000,000 of people
in the empire 99,000.000 are unable
to read. According to official statis
tics the number of persons in schools
of all grades In Russia is 1,350,000.
It takes a good deal of energy and
struggle to keep our public affairs
going as they should go and many
costly mistakes are made. Yet in
this country, with a population of
two-thirds that of Russia, we have
over 13,000,000 of our children and
young people in schools, ten times as
many as Russia, and only 6,000,000
of our people, 10 per cent, are Illit
erate, as compared with the 99,000,-
000, or 80 per cent, of Russians.
abolish the present Isthmian Canal
Commission and put the work of build
ing the waterway directly under the
charge of the president. Anfl this
just as Chairman Shonts has declared
that the American people are build?
Ing ‘the Roosevelt Canal’." •?
The Charleston News and Courier
says: "The spectacle of poor Richard
T. McCurdy reduced to the necessity
of trying to struggle along on a mis
erable $75,000 a year should arouse
the sympathies of the most hard
hearted and revengeful."
PUBLIC SALE.
I will sell at public sale on Wednei-
day, December 18th, at my home at
Lake Park, ten head of cattle, farm
tools and implements, and other, articles
will be sold to the highest bidder for
cash. F. W DEDGE,
ll-18-5t-s Lake Park, Ga.
Now that the smoke of elections has
tolagjd worU^ramember-
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GEORGIA’S POLITICAL. TRINITY.
The New York Sun has the follow
ing to say in regard to political con
ditions in Georgia at the present
tlbie:
The term of the Hon. Augustus
Octavus Bacon, a senator in congress
from Georgia, expires March 3, 1907.
The Hon. John Temple Graves, the
sorghum lipped editor-orator of %Vt-
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