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THE VALDOSTA TIMES. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 12,1905. THE VALDOSTA IIMES C. C. BRANTLEY, Editor. 7. L. TURNER, Buolncn Monogor. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE »1 A YEAR Entorod ot the Poetofflce at Valdoeta, 'jj., ae 8eeond Clue Mall Mattar. VALDOSTA. OA , DEO. 18. 190I5- EIGHT PAGES. oe better B&tlHfled If the man who does would send ue a pass from Ma con to Gordon. Some of the "Buffalo BUI" Indians have taken to wearing monocles; next thing they will bo dropping their h’s. The awakening of the people an excellent thing, provided of course they do not roll over and go to sleep again The wireless telegraph system Is to he extended around the world, so that a man can never more get out of reach. A railroad is no stronger than the human brain, which Is at once source of power and its weakest point. Premier Balfour has resigned, and It is not one of those Secretary Shaw kinds of resignations, either, as it takes effect at once. Mr. Cleveland and Mark Twain con tinue to awaken the envy of young authors, by the facility with which they break Into print. If the Czar had to issue a Thanks giving proclamation, he would have to hunt around for some time to find something to be thankful for. Of course If Mr. McCall cannot take a hint and hand In his resigna tion thoro aro other ways of accom- llshlng the desired result. The Savannah Press thinks that Grover Cleveland Is the only man con nected with the New York Insurance companies who Is straight. China thinks the reasonableness of Its views on,"certain questions, will be clearer to the powers when It has «n army of 800.000 men fully estab- ahed. I vs Oklahoma, Inc .. ... , Now Mexico and Arizona, must' into the union In pain. There Is one good thing about It, however, Jho wants them right away. Representative Brownlow’s hill for the establishment of a home for ne groes In Washington, might command more supp^^.lf he wore to ask to have it located In his district In Ten "? f't us go forward,” sa|d Speaker nun:, In addressing the republican ;i That sounds encouraging, f ’ in tariff revisionists call upon * speech, he will probably ex- i'.n let us stand pat." otton growers In the upper ,.i3 state aro “bucking thb •’ buying cotton on specula- o cotton growers may be npklns," but the ground will alt them In tho faco If they •ok out. Thi •new c«> •• membert. v ’ > lerles and r os that there for needed ! Judge Sam \ .*1 has been apt bench to smc« * ! signed. As wo ; like for some oiu plain the polltlca appointment. • misfortune about tho -It has so many new mt to piny to the gal- names for, themselv- ! not ho much time •f I rion. ^ .*;•. on, of Brunswick, to tho supreme .tgo Candler, ro* dull, wo would *se up and ex- ■’cance of the 8ENATOR MITCHELL'S DEATH. The death of Senator Mitchell of Oregon, while his appeal from the finding of the court sentencing him to the penitentiary for his participa tion in the land fiauds of the north western country was pending ,may be regarded by some as a nappy issue out of his affliction. Senator Mitchell’s career was very remarkable one. He had been a college professor and was elected to the United States senate In 1872 While defeated for the next term, he was reelected In 1885 and continued In service until 1897. Although the unanimous nominee of the republican party of the state to succeed himself at the expiration of that term, he was not able to resume the toga because twenty eight members of the lower house refused to take the oath of or fice during the entire session, thus destroying a quorum and preventing a vote for senator; but In i»ol he was again elected and his term of service would have expired In March 1907. Thus for a third of a century Sen ator Mitchell had participated in tho congressional legislation which has had so mucu to do with the shaping of the policy of the nation-during the period In which It has reached its highest mark of prosperity. It was not until the disclosures made by the United States officials of Oregon a year or two ago, resulting in the In dictment not only of Mr. Mitchell, but of others almost as widely known fhrough the whole country, that he Was suspected of actual venality. But the proof adduced In the course of the trial was so direct and overwhelming that when the Jury convicted him their verdict had been anticipated by the public. He presented In the court room a most pitiable object when tho sentence was passed. He had been convicted not only as a principal In one of the greatest swin dles that had ever been devised by men of nefarious mind In this coun* try, but It was clearly shown that he had used hie office as. a senator to further* In Washington the schemes The Savannah poll an alleged plckpocki Raided as the “most i: ;k In a long time. Supp >*. there had pullod nine ;<> < thon worked up 00014,0 convict a majority of tlu ve arrested \ It is re ant catch" '10 officers 13 time and evidence to An esteemed Connecticut contempo rary wants to know why It 1s that the Unltod States is sending Henry Whith to the Moroccan conference. It may bo becauso tho statd depart ment hopes tho Rasseull is still in the kidnapping business In North Af- -Tlca. Now there Is a kick in the Phil ippines because the natives who are postmasters read the newspapers from the United States that go through their hands. Reading the American newspapers will not harm them. Light and truth were never .dangerous. The Waycrots Journal seems to blame Senators Bacon and Clay for not Including that city In the bills for public buildings. The Journal ought to send the senators a souvenir postal card or some other reminder. They are not supposed to remember everything. Notwithstanding his long experience in the United States senate ,lt Is not recalled that ho ever proposed any thing which meant for the general benefit of his countrymen^ He was well liked by his associates in the senate because of a certain personal charm .but the records of his trial show that he was a crafty man of sinister purpose and quite unregard ful of the high trust he had assumed as a senator. Tho end of his life Is tragic in the extreme and there will be no pub lic surprise If within tho next year or two thero sh abl holetesrcmfwvp there shall be others equally high In station who will puss away under circumstances equally pitiful. —Macon Telegraph. RAILROAD RATE8 AND* WAGES. Recently delegates representing the re great railway labor organizations —tho engineers, firemen, conductors. itchmen and trainmen—called on the president to protest against rare ■gulation. The ground of their pro test was that regulation meant lower wages. The president assured them that the only purpose of rate regula tion wns equity ns among shipper*, not necessarily a reduction In the erage rate. Tho Brooklyn Kugle Is of the opt ion that this Is the most difficult ob* stacle the president has had to meet. "It Is comparatively easy to fight the great capitalists in the present tem per of the people but to fight the many thousands of men represented in the various railroad unions is a much more difficult matter. First, President Roosevelt sympathizes with those men and he would not take any action which he believed would oper ate to their disadvantage, and, next, public opinion supports the men In their efforts to maintain their own wage scale. A widespread belief that they would suffer by rate regula tion would rob the president's policy oi the support which It has quite gen erally received. The president told these men that the proposed changes In railroad rates would not affect the Income of the roads or the rate of wages. Wheth er he can mako them believe it Is another question. Whether Mr. Roose velt himself would believe It If ho were an engineer *or a fireman Is a question. But it hardly admits of question that no drastic railroad? leg islation will be enacted which { the great bulk of railroad workers be* eve will injure them. The campalgi education before rate revision se*?uJ to be tp necessary as It ever was be fore tariff revision. And tha latter campaign has not been completed yet?—Public Opinion. IF WEALTH WERE ABOLI8HED. Where on earth would the poor find means of livelihood If wealth were abolished? Probably Mr. Andrew Carnegie only means his cry “Abolish wealth!” In a Pickwickian sense. The danger is that the unbalanced may take, him too literally. But thero Is nothing more certain under the sun than that the poor live on the rich, and could not live well If they could live at all without them. It should always be borne In mind that no country could possibly pro gress without a wealthy class, not from lack of capital alone, for the state might in some way meet,-that need—but through lack of aspiration. It is the desire of the rich and not of the poor that prompt and inspire ev ery advance that is made In art and science, and still more Industry. The truth for everyone from Mr, Carnegie out to the clrcumfer6ttCG Of the social circle to hold on to*l» that all sorts and conditions of men de pend on each other. Intricate Inter* dependence Is the universal law of nature. The poor depend on the rich, and the rich , on the poor, and the abolition of wealth or, to put it more accurately, of the impulse of the enterprising to accumulate wealth, would be calamitous to both. UNIITED 8TATE8 OF THE WORLD If, In the cours# of human events, universal peace lir agreed upon by the nations of the earth, as Is now proposed, what would be more nat ural than that the powers should en ter into an Ironclad compact plac- the administration of the affairs this dear old oblate one centraf 'govOTnmenl lng Into being a grand United Bta! of the world? The economicll ad vantage’of such a consummation must be apparent to the dullest no- Picture the combined armies and navies of this great land going forth to do battle with the forces of other globe*-.seeking, like Alex ander, new worlds to* fconquer. -| Pic* ture the interstate bommeree com mission dlss^finpgBny^a problem pro’ sented by the shipment at reduced rates of a crate of peaches from' the state of Siam to the Stat#of Hondu ras—Baltimore Herald, just as much deprived of parental guardianship and love and training. The theory that parents are not the natural guardian of tneir children has been to some extent practiced, but this is the first time we have seen the Idea advanced as an axiom In a reputable journal. During school hours we admit that teachers ought to be the guardians of the children, whether they are or not. To a great extent they are not, partly because of the number of pupils allotted to each teacher and partly because a majority of the teachers are not fit* ted, either by temperament or exper ience, to look after little children in a way that can only be done by loving and conscientious parents. It is a reversal of the order of na ture, It is contrary to the teachings of Christianity, it is a libel on our civilization to assert that “the schools are the natural guardians of the chil dren." It is shifting of a solemn duty from the shoulders of those upon whom God and humanity have placed a sacred burden. There can be no natural guardians of the" children ex cept the parents when the latter are living and capable of the guardian ship. Children running uncontrolled and uncared for in the streets and highways are one 9f the greatest menaces threatening our civilization, for they are learning and practicing the lessons which will make criminals of them In future. A DANGEROUS HERE8Y. A publication caled Charities re- ently made use of this expression: “The schools aro the natural guard ians of the children." No more dan gerous heresy than this could be pro mulgated. says tho Montgomery Ad vertlser. It will be a sad day for our civilization and our humanity If tho time ever comes when parents shall turn over to the schools or to any other power tho whole duty of train' lng and guarding their children. That this false and dangerous theory is already widely established l n prac* tico Is undeniable. It is not alone among the lowest and most vicious classes that children are neglected. It Is not altogether the very poor who allow their chlllren to roam the streets, uncared for and unrestrained, preparing themselves for lives of criminal lawlessness. If none but tho very poor or the vicious were guilty of neglect of their offsprings we might admit that circumstances and conditions were largely’ respon sible for a great and growing evil. Unfortunately for humanity and for civilization, this Is not the case. Among the well-to-do and the rich the same evil prevails and grows. The father is too much engrossed with business and money-making, and the mother too strenuously occupied with the demands of society to waste any time at such a plebian and antiquated business as caring for the little ones whom they have brought into the world, only to be discarded as one does a cast-off garment. All the poor little waifs, practically fatherless and motherless, are not children of the poor' of the vicious, but they are AMERICAN TOOLS ABROAD American manufacturers are fight lng a new battle in Europe and are winning It, as they did others that have gone before. The same general principle Is Involved but the Euro peans do not seem able to grasp it. The greatest battle of-the past was fought over American farm imple ments and machinery. When they were Introduced in Europe their ap parent flimsiness called for the deri* slon. The American machines seemed so frail in comparison with the heavy European makes that at first the JKjfa£V- try th ‘ * ATsoon a8 tne u< *t€sts couL „ made however, the superiority of the llyht American implements became manifest. The Americans had work ed their problems out scientifically. Superfluous metal had been done away with to the last ounce. The toughest of American hardwood and the strongest American steel had been used where they would do the most good. As \ sbon as European farmers realized ‘ the fact that the American machines were better and cheaper than the massive Old World devices they had been using they changed to the new.’ American farm implements aro to be found now not only throughout Europe, but all over the world. The same fight is again on over American machine tools. The Euro peans are inclined to regard thorn as not strong enough. But a foothold has been obtained and a demonstra tion similar to that with the farm im plements Is under way. The Ameri cans cut away material in all places not needed and use the toughest metal where the strain Is the great est. The result Is lightness and in creased speed .with no loss of effl- ^ ►cloncv or durability. No need to ask how the battle will terminate. American machine tools will soon be as generally used as American farm tools drift The-e will be gravitation in this direction after awhile, because the magnetic influence of tire south is bound to assert itself. There is objection to a sudden reglra of the foreign horde. Gradual assimilation Is the better plan. Let those come who desire to come and who may be willing to bargain to come. The south Is growing 'fast enough. Its pace is already accelerated. Immigrants from other countries and from other parts of the United States also will come in sufficient numbers of their own accord when they realize how fat Is the land and how abundant the opportunities for profitable labor in the southern states. That there is a demand for labor In the south we must all admit, and the labor will come after awhile. It is not neces sary to be In any hurry to secure the “diversion of the tide."—Macon Telegraph. The minutes spent ln growling at your luck or at others because they have better luck than yourself, means Just that many minutes of your own force and energy spent in making worse your own health and fortune. Every time you give room for thought of envy of another, it Is a boomerang. It comes back to you and hurts you. We can fill bftvo oranges to eat this winter. Florida will hav© 1,600/ 000 boxes and California will have about 80,000 carloads, and the chances are that the men who eat them will make more money out of them than the men who produced them. Canada has had more than one hun dred thousand American immigrants within the past two years, and peo pie are pouring in by the thousands from different parts of the various countries. Vice President Charles W. Fair banks was given the Masonic degrees from the 4th up and Including the thir ty-second degree at the Scottish Rite temple, Indianapolis, Ind., last Wed nesday night. Mr. Hearst's managers say the re count so far indicates that he was elected. But at the rate the* recount is proceeding Mr. McClellan probably won’t care much wh&t it Indicates. ln the United StateiTtfidljr.*’ Secretary Taft can suit himself about answer ing that challenge. LABORERS IN THE SOUTH. The Birmlnghan News exclaims that Alabama “has simply got to have more good laborers!” This cry is heard from every part of the south. The Telegraph yesterday printed a synopsis of the annual report of Com missioner Sargent, of the bureau of labor. In the course of which he urg ed that the streams of Immigration be diverted to southern ports. He said thfct tho south and west were not getting their due share, notwithstand ing the fact that these regions pos sessed charms of climate and rich ness of natural resources that were unmatched. The idea of diverting the tide to southern ports Instead of concentrat ing the flow to Ellis Island is one to be very carefully considered. In the long run it would doubtless be better for the south to possess her soul ln j patience and to await the natural Robert Fitzsimmons is making his farewell appearance In the ring. Rob ert seems to have almost as good staying powers as the average prlraa donna Chances are that Senator Depew was not expecting any flowers, any way. A Skin of Beauty is a Joy Forever pvl T. FELIX GOURAUD’S ORIENTAL 17 CREAM OR MAGICAL BEA0TIF1ER Remote* Tan, Pimple*, Freckle*. Moth' Petebe? Riub, and Skin Dleeasea, - and every blemleh on beauty, and de- flea detection. It 'iae stood the teet >f 67 yean, and 11 to harmies* we taste It to be iur« It la properly mad*. Accept no counter feit of similar name. Dr, L. A. Savre aald to a lady of tb* haut- ton (a patient): “A* you ladle* will use them. . w , I recommend (Son rand'a Qrenm* m the teaat harmful of all the ikln preparations?' For aale by all drue«i*ts and Fancy- Oooda Dealers ln the United States, Canada and Europe. FOILT. HOPKINS, Prop., 37 Great Jsnes Street Hew Tori Russian business interests are mov ing out of that country on account of the strikes, and the strikers will suT fer more when their employers are driven out. It is a foolhardy Idea that an employer can be injured with out doing injury to those whom ne employs. Royal Baking Powder i is made ©f Grape Cream of Tartar. Absolutely Pure. Makes the food more Wholesome and Delicious. 'W-H-W-H-W-M-l-t-I-;-!-:- |8. L RAMS l C0.,| BROKERS T Stock!, Cotton, Grain and Provt-^ •Ions. Rooms 7, Rltxwollor Build-« » 11 Florida Bant and Trust Co.,: J , JACKSONVILLE, FLA. HANDS WANTED. I wont 500 hands for railroad grading, tie chopping and right-of-way cutters. Pay from 8 to 10c. per yard for grading, 10 to 18 l-8o per tie and^tl.35 per day for day hands. ( All work checked np and paid for in L. from Newberfy to Perry,: at Natural Bridge on Stelnhatchee river miles from Perry. Free transporta tion on the Atlantio Coast Line. Address A. F. ll-28-sw-Jan 1 PERRY, FLA. YOU SHOULD KNOW- That poor glasses worn without being properly fit ted will ruin your eyes. Any glass improperly fitted will ruin your eyes. Intelligent people that care for their eyes entrust them to the care of the Specialist. If you could see the ruined eyes that I do, you would not wear the’ cheap htuff you do nor would you neg lect your eyes. Geo, B. Wood EYESIGHT SPECIALIST. Office Over Dimmock’s Pharmacy. We Don’t Want Quitters Some young man can build up a good paying business in this town pushing the sales of The Saturday Evening Post in a systematic way. We want the right man, one who will stick to it. We will tell him how it can be made profitable. THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA, PA. 77 Cherry Street