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TILE VALDOSTA TIMES* SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2,1905.
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THE VALDOSTA TIMES
C. C. BRANTLEY, Editor.
E. L. TURNER, Butin#** M»n*i«r.
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Entered «t the Po*tofflce at Valdoeta,
Gi, ae Second Cla*a Mall Matt*r.
VALDOSTA. OA . DEO. 9, 190.1.
TWELVE PAGES.
At last accounts the sultan was
atlll playing for time.
Prince Louis of Battenburg got his
eye teeth as well as his molars at
tended to in New York.
The Sultan of Turkey says he only
wishes that the international fleet
was on wheels so he could turn it
loose In Macedonia .
"Don't call me Prince call me ad
miral," said Battenburg. Heavens,
what will our todays do with that.
We have admirals over here.
Senator Foraker explains that the
defeat of his party in Ohio was due to
local causes. True, and he was one
of the local causes
Ono reason that farm labor Is scarce
in South Carolina, is that a large
number of negroes In the last few
years have begun editing newspapers.
Secretary Taft should remember
that ho cannot dig the Panama canal
with a knife and fork and corkscrew
and champaign.
Senator Platt has taken his place
In the lino of noble reformers ready
to swat the wicked Odell with
righteous snickersnee
There Is nearly as much red tape
nbout electing a king in Norway at
there is about digging the Panama
canal.
Jimmy Hyde hopes the country
notices the kind of men ho has been
obliged to associate with since early
youth.
Having conquered the cigarette and
the Sunday drinking habits, Indiana
may yet bo able to curb its passion
for novel writing.
A Baxtor Springs, Mo., girl is nam-
fd^Silonco. No young man need fear
her. Silence always gives
mt. 4 *•' ■ ■ "•
. .rKS
the ring at theNtfw York horde
■how. * It's safer to kiss a horn thi\b
■one men.
The Pennsylvania board of revenue
feommiHsloncrs have decided that
statu funds shall not hereafter be
loaned to banks that have branches
In political headquarters.
Appleton, Wi8., may And “whoop
ing cough" parties enjoyable, but oth
er towns will wait to learn whether
they are not much too good a thlug
for the whooping cough microbes.
Mrs. Stetson Is much distressed
by the report that sho Is to succeed
“Mother” Eddy ns head pusher of the
Christian scientists. Wo should
think so. It Is truly distressing.
? Mrs. Chadwick complains that her
creditors have received very llttlo,
though all of her property has boon
Bold for their benefit. She surely did
not expect the lawyers to handle the
case for nothing.
The football record today may be a
bloody one. but It will be n milk and
water affair by the side of the stunts
which the toy pistol will do In the
next three weeks.
The man who predicted that Mr.
Fairbanks would some day become a
senator, died In Indiana the other day
at a good old ago. The man *who
predicted that he would be president
Is In the enjoyment of good health.
' MILLIONS FOR A ROAD.
It Is announced that New York
state proposes to spend the sum of
fifty million dollars on the road from
New York city to Buffalo by way of
Albany and Syracuse. The road will
pass through one of the most thickly
settled portions of the state and when
completed will be like the paved
streets of a city. The expenditure
of such a vast sum of money on a
road in a state that already has good
roads looks like foolishness, but it
is because New York already has
good roads that her people are willing
to make such an expenditure. They
know the value of good roads and of
what a saving ,to say nothing of the
other advantages, that will come with
them.
It has been the history everywhere
that the work of Improving the roads,
when once undertaken in earnest, is
never allowed to lag. The people
who have been accustomed to roads
of that kind are not satisfied with
any other kind and will not tolerate
them. You might as well try to get
the people upon a rural route to con*
sent to the abolishing of free rural
delivery as to get those where the
roads have been improved to return
to the old style. The growth and
greatness of almost every city and
section has been In proportion as the
roads have been Improved and the
growth has followed rather than pre
ceded the good roads work. Rome’s
palmiest day was when her splendid
highways radiated out to all parts of
Italy standing as monuments to the
foresight and enterprise of the an
cient Romans for centuries to come.
And It is so with Georgia and our
own section. Our growth would be
quickened an hundred fold if
were to begin the expenditures of a
million or so a year on the roads in
Georgia. Lowndes county could eas
ily afford to spend a half million dol-
dars on her roads in the next ten
years. By that time her values would
have increased five times the amount
expended and .fche; would be on the
way to growth stich as she has hardly
dreamed of boforo. Wo have been
doing soma' t wark on-onr
w *th what
we formerly had, but even our best
efforts now are as child’s play to what
we would do If we could only realize
how much we would be pleased after
we had secured roads of the very
highest class.
llan who filches the funds Intrusted
to him by the policy holders of an in*
surance company.
It is an easy matter to convict the
moneyless man who violates the laws
but it is much harder to convict one
who has both wealth and Influence.
It is more important, though, for the
good of society and the cause of pub
lic morality that the man in high
places should be made to answer just
as surely, for his crimes.
A score of Tammany leaders have
found it necessary to leave the city
at this time "for their health." The
political atmosphere of New York Is
certainly unhealthful for Tammany-
ltes these days.
There will be no river and harbor
bill at the sessioa of congress this
winter. Without a pork barrel, we
don't know how some of the members
are going to llvo through until the
new grass oomce.
Another aristocratic member of the
old world Mobility is about to tour
the United States In musical comedy
while anotho plebtan member of the
now world plutocracy Is about to visit
England to put a few baronial halls in
repairs.
They are telling a story that some
where tho returns were posted thir
ty seconds after the close of tho polls
becauso they used a voting machine.
This is pretty good but it doesn’t
equal the time made by the Philadel
phia machine in 1900, which could
have told Just how mony votes there
were In the box for McKinley
before tke polls were opened.
CRIME IN HIGH PLACES.
Our dispatches yesterday afternoon
announce that Senator Burton, of
Kansas, had been sentenced to serve
six mouths In prison and pay a fine
of $2,500 as punishment for using his
office as senator to extract fees from
the government. It Is a humiliating
spectacle to see a United States sen
ator a member of the most august fo’
rum in the world, put upon trial and
convicted of crime and yet It is a
healthy sign.
Not long ago, Senator Mitchell, of
Oregon, a man of great wealth and a
long life of service to his state In
places of honor and trust, was con
victed of a similar offense. Both son
ators were convicted of purely statu
tory offenses forbidding United States
senators from practicing their profes
sion before departments of the gov
ernment or using their Influence for
pay in any work that they may do in
that connection. While neither sen
ator probably Intended to commit a
crime, yet both violated the laws and
must suffer Just ns other violators
have to suffer.
We say the conviction of these
men is a healthy sign, becauso it
shows that money and influence do
not make one immune to tho penalty
of violated laws. It Is very probable
that other senators have violated the
COTTON IN WE8T AFRICA.
We have heard a great deal anent
the efforts to develop the cotton-grow
ing Industry I n the West African col
onies of Great Britain, and the Royal
British Cotton Growing Association
has declared its belief t$iat some
thing may be accomplished in the way
of relieving the British spinners from
the “tyranny” of the American pro
ducers. But the London Times takes
a different view.
It says that in the districts border
ing upon Northern Nigeria, where the
country is more suitable to its growth
cotton may be produced as a staple
article, but that a production of 20,000
bales per annum will not be chron
icled for many years, if ever. It says
that Southern Nigeria is the only col
ony possessing a river service giving
good and ready transport facilities,
but being rich in forest products—
timber, rubber and oil farms—it can
not be looked upon as an agricultural
country.
The Times further says that the
Gbld Coast Colony offers even less
encouragement than do the others.
It says that the cotton association’s
plantation In Slerre Leone was a fail
ure last year and that the American
seed did not prove a success, and that
even under the most favorable condi
tions Slerre Leone could not produce
more than 140,000 bales of cotton and
that the production during any. of the
next ten years of 6,000 bales will be
the utmost that can be expected. It
says that Northern Nigeria affords
the best hope; that it has a popular
tlon variously cMlmatcd at a'
000,(H&>and that its jhojJ|£
~ii^entt^|Bi:thar majority
West African natives, but thft the
great drawback to the development
of Industry is laok of transportation
It says that the colonies of Lagos,
Southern Nigeria, Gold Coast, Slerre
Leone and Fambia, under the most
favorable conditions, will not be cap
able of producing more than 350,000
bales for very many years, and that
a reduction of even 100,000 bales need
not be expected for at least eight
years. “This,” says the Times,
“against the American crop of more
than 12.000,000 bales Ms a mere drop
in the ocean and cannot be expected
to help spinners or Influence prices
in any way.” The Times develops
the fnct thnt much of the cotton ex
ported this year from West Africa
has already been sold In England at
a loss of one penny per pound, and
that such a state of affairs cannot
long continue.—Macon Telegrnph.
around. Here, as in many other
cases .beauty and economy go togeth
er. Dr. Schenk, by making roads
around hills near Blltmore on grades
not exceeding five per cent, reduced
the cost of improving a piece ol
woods so that it came within the
amount received for the wood. Previ
ously, when the old roads leading up
and down hill had been followed the
outlay for the improvement had far
exceeded the income.”
CHRI8TMA8 SHOPPING.
Christmas is less than a month off
for the season is yet to be made. The
merchants have opened their holiday
goods and for the next twenty five
days nearly all thought In the busi
ness world will be of the holiday
trade.
It is important that shoppers should
get to market early for many reasons*
The stocks are fresh now and you
can get a more desirable class of
goods than you can get later on. It
will not take the holiday rush very
long to deplete the stocks and leave
only the remnants to select from. Be
sides this, by getting in the market
early you have more time to make
your selections and the merchants
have more time to devote to you.
When the rush of the last few days
comes on there will be little oppor
tunity for careful selection, even If
the stocks have not been picked over.
We want to urge the folks In the
city, especially, to do their shopping
early. There are some who will not
have an opportunity to do theirs until
the last minute and those who can
do so now should get out of the way
of those who cannot. It would be a
great accomodation to the merchants
and better for the shoppers if all who
can would do their trading early and
leave the last few days for the buy
ers who are prevented from getting
in earlier.
Start out next week and make your
purchases and get rid of that much
of the Christmas burden.
McCurdy need not bother about
having his salary reduced. The pol
icy holderq are strongly Inclined to
It alfogothgfr, .
the anhuaf report o*
the United States treasurer, the per
capita of money in circulation is $31,-
08. Have you counted yours?
L. 3. LITTLE. A. BL SMITH.
Little & Smith,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Valdosta, Oa.
Office Over First National Bank.
WOODWARD & SMITH,
LAWYERS.
OFFICE UPSTAIRS IN
COURT HOUSE.
Ph«n« 193.
HANDS WANTED.
I want 500 hands for railroad grading,
tie chopping and right-of-way cutters.
Pay trom 8 to 10c. per yard for grading,
10 to 12 l-2o per tie and $1.25 per day
for day hands.
All work checked np and paid for in
fall every two weeks. All good dry >
sand work. Work on extension of A. O-
L. from Newberry to Perry, Fla* damps
at Natural Bridge on Steinhatchee river
82 miles from Peny. Free transporta
tion on the Atlantic Coast Line. Address
A. F.
ll-28-BW-Jan 1 PERRY, FLA.
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D. H. BELL.
COPARTNERSHIP.
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J. E. KIRK. *
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D. H. Bell and J. E. Kirk have gone into the whole- *
sale and retail Fish and Oyster business. Will be glad J
to serve your with first-class stock. *
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Yours to please,
BELL & KIRK.
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Butter per lb 30cts
Seeded Raisins per lb - 13cts
Currants per lb - - 13cts
Citron per lb 20cts
Dates per lb - - lOtcs
Nuts per lb - - 15 and 20cts
241b J*. E. M. Flour ■ 80cts
;; Florida Oranges, New York Apples
Stanford & Porter,
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SELECT IT NOW!
ADVANTAGE OF GOOD ROADS.
The following extracts from the ad’
dress of D. Yard King .the “split log,
drag rond man," before the American
Civic Association, gives the advantag
es of good ronds in a brief space:
No subject Is of greater import
ance than roads A good road is first
of all an aid to economy. It helps
one team to do work that would re
quire two or more on a poor road.
It enables a farmer to reach a mar
ket when it is best. With It he does
not nave to wait for good weather or
for the ground to dry up. It saves
the wearing out of horses, tools and
men. It saves time. On a good road
1^0 a fall suit that
team not only hauls a large load,
laws by doing Just as Senators Bur-J but It travels fast. Such a road re-
ton and Mitchell did. If so, the con-
viction of these two shows that there
is an aroused public sentiment at
work that makes It dangerous for oth
ers to do so in the future.
quires a smaller annual expense for
repairs than a poor road. A good
road help^s educate people. By its
use one can see his neighbor often
can attend meetings ,can travel over
The prosecution and investigations | a wider region and see what la going
that have been going on in nearly all
of the larger cities of the country
show that the officials who use their
trusts to feather their own nests will
have to answer to the people for their
conduct and swift revenge will come
to those who betray the trust reposed
In them. It Is a bad day for corrup
tion and rascality In all stations, from
the political grafter to the bigger vil- j comparatively inexpensive to go
He can thus in his business often
take advantage of facts learned from
others. A good road helps one to be
sociable. It leads to contentment pros
perity. good citizenship and happiness
\Vfcat is a good road? In the first
place one that has easy grades,
takes power to climb hills and money
to grade through them, while it Is
will proclaim
your up-to-dateness, and
do it now. Don’t be one of
the loggerheads. Gome out in 'new
cloths in time to wear the late'styles
before every other man appears in a
suit.
The Fall
Kniks.
L onger coats, wider collars and
ei . More fullness than ever in
.■.’« ,hest. Vests cut slightly lower.
Aoout 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 — EFF-EFF
The very best clothing that is offered readyito 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 THEiBEST.
Davis Bros. & Co.
