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111E VALDOSTA TIMES, SATURDA
OECMJ
R 23, 1905.
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fHE VALDOSTA TIMES.
C. C. BRANTLEY, Editor.
£. L. TURNER, ButlneM Minager.
1UBSCRJPTI0N PRICE $1 A YEAR
Entered at the ’'oetofflce at Valdosta,
Qa., aa Second Oats Mall Matter.
VALDOSTA. GY , DEO. 23, 1»05-
IWELVE PAGES.
If looks as (hough the Reichs and
tho senate were both waiting for some
one else to step on the fuse.
RAILROADS AND THE PUBLIC, and hare had for the pant four or fire A NATION Of SOUVENIR FIEND8
The Times has never been an anti- 5 ,eara - that a few years ago the rank It is agreeslj e to hear. ' ^®*
. of the unemployed were about as full culty at T
corporation newspaper, because we
as those who had employment. It Is and the Ji
are too well aware of the good works . . . „ .. . . _ .. 1 ... . _ , — , ,, .
hard to realize that four or five thous- has been aojsatad satUftotorily to
that are done by the corporations and men were hunting , n valn for ‘ both sides,
Wo recognize the Immense value the j work In cities no larger than Macon * for tbe stool
railroads are as developers of the * or Savannah, and that General Coxe7 had sat
country and how much every growing should have marshalled an army of pay high
section owes for its development to'the unemployed to go to Washington and
these agencies. and make an Idle appeal at the doors request the
But there are occasional traits ot legislation,
thrown Into the management of these | Scenes of that very character are
corporations which give ground for ^ being enacted In England at present
complaint and which will cause the , time. The industrial centers there
The report (hat Webster Davis Is
going to run for congress falls to
to state on which ticket.
Now is the season whrm the coal
trust reminds us that It Is more bles
sed to give than to receive.
Mr Thomas Ryan and Mr. Benja-
man Odell about agree regarding Mr.
Harrinian’s shortcomings as a Jok«*r.
people to go to the extreme In hand
ling them If they do not look out.
Corporations, which serve the public
as common carriers, cannot ride
rough-shod over the public without
meeting their abuse of their privilege
in the road sometime, somewhere
We take one case In point. It Is
like others that occur in this city
every day. The Times received this
week a car load of newspaper,
was expec'. >J io reach this city over
the Atlantic Coast l.lue as wo have a
rontod warehouse on the tracks of
Whatever else may be said about
the president’s Santo Domingo policy.
It has had a mighty discouraging ef
fect on revolutions in that country. | ^at company. In some way or other/
It came via the Georgia Southern &
Florida road. We desired to have
the car transferred from the Georgia
Southern tracks to those of the Atlan.
tic Coast Line. Of course we expect
ed to pay the usual transfer charges.
We were told that the transfer
could not be made as the Coast Line
is not handling cars In the city that
come by way of the other road, ex
cept for parties who are doing bus
iness on the Coast Line tracks. Of
course The Times is not a very large
The declaration of Mr. Loomis that
he is not going to take any federal
•office would have been Just about
as accurate If he had said he was not
going to get one.
Mr. Williams probably made fewer
onemies by his committee appoints-
ment in the house than did Speaker
Cannon. He had fewer places
fill.
Tho senate will save a lot of mon
ey on that $10,000 appropriation If
they do not fill Mr. Bishop’s place till
they need a historian for the Panama
canal.
At tho end of the fiscal year we had
received $3,645,052 indemnity from
china for damages by the Boxer re
bellion. Other nations are similarly
paid.
Not only, however, does the United
States produce two thirds of . the bak
ing powder of thp^rorld, but It also
raises a large tflpwrllon of
dough.
Tho RusaoJapbli^ wrfr is reports^
to havo damaged Clhiun to the extent
of $20,000,000 and poor, old China Isn't
to linve any share of the gate receipts
either.
Twenty-five hundred Vlrglnfa farms
have within the past year been sold
to people who have not previously
resided In that state. Just because
the president has purchased one. eh!
And Jusl think, too, of all the go.id
words you have said In the past for
your fuvoritc life insurance company
and never got n cent for It. No, not
even one of those deferred dividends.
One good thing about the Insurance
Investigation Is that It enables you
to talk Intelligently to the life Insur
ance agent who calls, wheren
former years ho "monopolized all the
■conversation.”
shipper receiving only four or five
car loads of paper a year
and It only has storage room rented
for Its supply of paper. But it strikes
us, that as common carriers, the At
lantic Coast Line has no right to
mnke an exception of those who do
business on Its tracks or those who
simply rent room there, or vice-versa,
the] though we are Informed that they
W claim
A contemporary warns us that the
centralization ling has now attacked-
the body politics. Wlmt with tti<
red tape worm, the graft bacillus and
.the boll wevn, this country Is having
an awful hard time.
The New York Journal referi
the republican party of New York ns
"a party without a boss.” The n
cent election in some, of the large
cities, developed quite a number c
“bosses without a party.
‘Now that the people of Quitman
walking on paved streets, they are
talking about an anti-spitting ordi
nance.” They are right. The pro
tnlscuous spit ter is one sort of hog
whose liberties ought to be limited
The future farmer must be edu
cated. If our boys cannot attend the
agricultural college a systematic
course of agricultural reading is pos
sible during tho winter evenings and
the time could not be better employ,
cd.
While on his way back to South
Africa General Cronje stopped off In
London recently and. giving his tm*
pression of this country, said: "Very
big, very fine, very quick.* Yes, our
-country, U indeed quick. One might
way almost sudden.
A Chicago paper asserts that more
than 15,000 lame and broken down
horses are annually slaughtered In
that city for sausage purposes. Be
fore purchasing your bologua or
frankfurti-r it may be well to see that
a home brand Is blown upon the en-
▼elope.
The Industrial edition of the Thom-
asvllle Times Enterprise was a splen-
I did papor In every way. It was well
! printed, well edited and it reflected
credit upon Thomasville and the ed
itor* of tho Times-Entcrprise. The
Time* U glad to recognize the thrift
-which if indicated.
claim that right under th* law,
Mr* Harris tjje A. C. L hfrenT here
says the Georgia Southern ami Flor
Ida road first established the rule
refusing to handle cars from compet
itive points which come over the Coast
Line, and the Georgia Southern and
Florida attaches say that the Coast
Line began it by refusing to accept
enrs from them, citing the fact that,
ns the Coast Lino tracks are nearer
the business center of the town And
the hulk of the warehouses, the rule
manifestly works Injury to them. But
It Is Immaterial ns to who started
The fact remains that the busi
ness men and patrons of the road are
the sufferers.
It Is this sort of short-sighted po’
ley —"the public be damned”—t^n
Is making people all over the country
Income prejudiced agniust the r*i*’
toad corporations. Monopolies nr
able to hold their own only by giving
absolutely good service to the ul
!!.* Those mono|K>lles that defy th
people—like those railroad compnuic
that run rough-shod over them—will
meet the people in the halls of legl?
latlon some day and then they will
reap a harvest ov narrowness and lit
lioness as the nnturnl product ol
the seed they nave sown. The
laws may then be changed to suit the
views of the people, even though they
Ik* Intolerant views.
If the railroads are wise they wll
cut out the foolish practice which
they have established ns a rule In Val
dosta and which places the shippers
great disadvantage7 The*Times
must hire a drav to haul a car load
are thronged with Idle men and wo
men .while great parades are march
ing through the streets of the cities
like an army with banners, the appeal
being for work and not charity. These
demonstrations by the unemployed
have been made everywhere—at the
doors of parliament, through the bus-
iness streets and in the leading
churches.
There Is not a great deal of differ
ence between conditions In England
and in this country. When the lights
go out In the factories there and the
smoke ceases to come from the smoke
stacks the effect Is depressing In this
country, because the conditions
which bring about Industrial inactlv-
Ity in England are likely to bring
them about In this country.
The laboring classes In this coun
try are better off today than in any
part of the world. There are fewer
idlers, more work to do and more
wages for the workingmen. It would
take only a slight change in condi
tions to almost reverse this situation.
A thousand laborers hunting for em
ployment In a great city, If they be
skilled laborers, can force a cut In
the wages of ten times that many.
It may be that we are on the very
crest of the wave of industrial pro*
perity and that a change In condition!
may be near at hand. At any rate, it
Is a good time for laborer and capital
ists to try and keep down dlssentlona
and live in harmonious relations with
each other. A great labor ’war,
’the 'p&Mmjrr$tafar wfmlftdp t'l
things, might bring on a collapse that
would be as distinct as the famine
which followed the years of plenty In
Egypt. It would hurt all classes, but
the laborer the more, because
wage earner Is least able to “tide
” through periods of Industrial
stagnation
all is weih' Asking
•which Admiral Togo
had intended to
the Japanese hero
omentarlly to the
•se Exhibited that
perfect conrUsy for which they are
distinguished; Then came the ex
plantation, Oslicately made that the
stool was ail heirloom of great value,
and then tho return of it, with proper
apology ffon) Mr. Bryan. The Orient
of Occidental curiosity
ting atad for the moment
aays the Washington
of paper across town. Just because of
the littleness of some of the small
bore railroad managers, who have es
tablished an iron clad rule which they
may keep or break—owing entirelyto
whether the patron be large or small.
18 THE TIDE TURNING?
How long is the present wave of
Industrial activity to keep up? It has
been the history of the world for gen
erations and centuries that good
times aud bad times follow each oth
er. alternating with the regularity ot
the tides of the sea. The -even years
of plenty and the seven of famine in
the days of the Pharoahs”has - been a
very good type of the ebbing and flow
ing of business and Industrial activ-
it>\ever since then.
In times like we are having now,
GEORGIAS BAD RECORD.
In spite of the fact that Georgia
boasts of ove: 1 one hundred "dry conn
ties", the state Is making a very un
enviable record In the matter of Ille
gal liquor selling. A report Just is
sued by the Internal revenue collect
or shows that there were 788 arrests
in Georgia last year of parties wh(>
were alleged to be engaged In the Il
licit ;nnufacture of liquor.
During the same time three hun
dred and forty seven liquor stills were
destroyed .because they paid no tax
to the government. This does not
Include the very lnrge number of stills
that are being operated iu dry coun
ties and which pay the regular reve
nue required by the government. It
also does not Include the large uum’
her of stills that are doing business
every day and which have succeeded
in evading the officers of the gov
ment.
Neither does it Include those thrif
ty individuals who are operating
"blind tigers" In the dry counties, or
who are making "buck" and the many
other decoctions that add to the rec
ord of lunacy and crime in many sec
tions.
The record shows that the reform
wave must go a great deal deeper
than mere legislative acts to legalize
the sale of liquors. Efforts must be
made to Improve the Individual—de
velop better citizens. It may be done
like Burbank improves his fruit or
the ranchman bis stock, but it will
not be done by trying to force men
along given lines.
The record In Georgia Is bad and
the returns in Christmas crimes and
indulgences will probably make it
worse. But reform In all lines must
begin In the Individual—and general
ly it would be well to start a few gen
erations back.
FultoiTcutting has resigned the
presidency of the famous Citizen*'
Union aud left that political organiza
tion without a leader but that matter*
little as tho organization does not ap-
pear to be going any where.
got 1
and relic hi
was shockj
Star.
With usl^bat sort of thing is car
ried to thi greatest extreme. We
hardly taka account of how far it is
carried. There is a rush for the pen
with wh! |h the president or some
popular f'jlfernor of a state, has sign
a measure of unusual interest. A
scramble Jiets up for a cane or a rid
ing cntopjlJiat some popular favorite
has use&j Prince Louis when In New
York attended a show and aakel
about Ujja lighted cigar he held In
his hand. Smoking, he was told,
against the rules, but the rules in his
case ware suspended. But he polite
ly decllisd ‘ the compliment’ put out
the Are and’threw the weed aside.
The stump at once became precious,
and ohe of his hosts secured It and
has it among his priceless and smoke
less possessions. And so on.
Another fad of ours Is photography
Kodaks are thick as blackberries In
season, anybody can work one.
AH celebHties are made to stand and
deliver. It is a case of your picture
or your' life. Visiting foreigners of
distl|K){ion are caught in every atti-
tunt Witte and his staff and
tura and his staff met pho
tographers at every turn of the road
lo the Portsmouth country and sat
’ll over their hotel,
horns man wRU
JF the same gdiiut-
saw h!s face twenty times a
day in the newspapers.
Well, its all right. The public de
mands it and in this country we all
strive to please.
THE ROYAL COTTON PLANT
The following tribute to the cotton
plant Is from an address delivered
before a gathering of farmers in At
lanta:
* Take your leading crop, the coton
plant. What a royal plant it is The
world waits in attendance on
growth. The shower that falls whis
pering on its leaves is heard around
the earth. The sun that shines on it
is tempered by the prayers of all
people. The frost that chills it and
the dew that descends from the
stars is noted, and the trespass of a
little worm on its green leaf is more
to England than the advance of the
Russian army on he Aslan outposts.
It is gold from the Instant it puts
forth its tiny shoot. Its fiber is cur
rent in every bank, and loosing its
fleece to the sun, It floats a sunny
banner that glorifies the field of the
humble farmer That man is mar
shalled under a flag that will compel
the allegiance of the world and ring a
subsidy from every nation on earth.
It is the heritage that God gave to
this people forever as their own—
when he arched our skies established
our mountains and girt us about with
the ocean, loosed the breezes, tem
pered the sunshine and measured
the rain—ours and our children’s for-
ever, as princely a talent as ever
came from His hand to mortal stew-
artship.”
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 yon could see the ruined
eyes that I do, you would not wear the
cheap stuff you do nor would you neg
lect your eyes.
Geo, B. Wood
EYESIGHT SPECIALIST.
Office Over Dim mock’s Pharmacy
The Horn of Plenty
Is Always A Com=
panion of Dear
Old Santa Claus.
How the Children love this
horn when it is filled with
Toothsome Xxmas
# CANDY.
True and truer still you can keep on getting this
toothsome candy” after Santa has paid his visit
and gone. For confectionery in variety that’s best
suited for Xmas, our present assortment is without
comparison.
BUY IT AND TRY IT.
Stanford &
107 N. Ashley St.
P ortr.
Phone 52
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RECORD BREAKERS
Our New Suits Cretainly Beat
the Record
77a
W E have distanced our best of last season and
that’s no ordinary achievement. We deter
mine to make it difficult for any one to pick a
flaw in our suit stock, and a careful glance will
show what it is possible to do when fabrics are care
fully chosen and tailored. We have a great showing
of fall suits. Turn them inside out—every stitch,
every little detail shows, the touch of the master
tailor—no hurried work—no skipping, nothing slight
ed. This is why our suits fit so perfectly and hold
their shapes so much longer and better than any
other kind.
$7.50 TO $25.00.
Name your prices and we will show you the strongest
line to be found, for the price will more than meet
your expectations.
Boys Clothing Line Complete.
No Name Hats
Knox Hats .
Clapp Shoes
Manhattan Shirts.
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