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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, IW«»6
THE VALDOSTA TIMES.
C. C.. BRANTLEY, Editor.
.. TURNER, Butlnen Manager.
IUBSCRIPTION PRICE »1 A YEAR.
FEDERAL RATE MAKING. | them to get a little more practical
The powers-that-be In Waihlng.oc ‘raining at aehools, while their minds
triving to reach some agree
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entered at the Poetofflce at Valdoata
Ga., as 8econd Clata Mail Matter.
VALDOSTA, OA., MAR. 10, 1000
TWELVE PAGES.
Foreigners In China fear fhat the
Boxers will give way to the Sluggers
any moment.
From the "most reliable reports".
It appears that there will and there
will not be a coal strike
Between ntealiog and embezzling
the difference depends upon the size
of the pile the thief gets away with.
Gen. Grosvenor can get revenge
by predicting the defeat of the man
who defeated him in the convention.
Mr. Taft wants an army big enough
to harmonize with a bulky secretary
of war, but we can't afford such lux
tirles.
The Jarkest cloud may have a sll
vor lining, but the average man pre
fers his clouds gold-lined and of a
less sombre hwe.
Ono of the New York papers refers
to Mr. Jerome ns "a stick of dynn-
mite." We move to amend, by strik
ing out the words “of dynamite."
The theater trust is not having
much success in quelling the divine
Sarah. She played In Convention
hall In Kansas City Wednesday night
to a ton thousand dollar house,
Captain HobwiTdeclarea that Jap
an should, not be permitted to turn
China into a great military nation
The Dowager Empress will kiss him
If ho don’t watch out.
No matter how they may differ
with regard to other questions, In
the Orient, the powers are practical
ly a unit now In wishing that China
may not wake up too much.
President Roosevelt’s Joy over
Senator Tillman’s position on the
rate bill is liable to n e of short du
ration. At any rate, it la enough to
make the Carolina senator pause and
reflect. •
Senator Tillman say» he Is about
to dlgeat tbe Atu ot syWencgt^Mi
——7)^ hi. committee on rnuroM rale*,
and yet the South Carolina aenator
has not hitherto been Unown na a lit
crary gourmand.
The sacred cow nearly 4,006 years
old. found In the ancient ruins of
Ekypt may be priceless In value, but
nil the same, a good healthy Jersey
not v>ver four yours old, would look
much better to a hungry man.
The Meridian cyclone had a bad
offoct upon tho correspondents at
Mobile and Rlrlnghara, who seemed
to have boon pitted against each oth
er tD see which could Invent the big
gest lie with the material ai hand.
Congress ought to take a few min
utes og and pass a bill appropriating
about $300,000 for a public building
nt Valdostn. A good act like that
would offset a heap of bad things
which congress had done In tho past.
are still
ment upon legislation that will put
the question or railroad rate making
»i> the hands of the Federal govern
ment through an 1ntersta r e cm-
merce committee. It has gotten to
he a sort of craze lately to put ev
erythlng In charge of the Federal
government or rather to give It super
vision over various kinds of business.
It la paternalism run mad again, anJ
the tendency is to make this govern
ment about as despotic as some of
the European governments that are
fairly despicable to us
If our government had ever done
anything better than private indi
vldnals have been able to do the same
thing, there would be some excuse
for the unwise efforts that are being
made now toward government con
trol in various lines of business. And
if the government hai ever done one
thing that was not a discrimination
against the South, there would b€
some excuse for southern congress
men and senators falling In line
w!th the present croze. Governents
like ours are Just what a majority of
the people make them. We know
what the attitude of a majority
the members of congress has been
toward the south during the past
half a century.
The South has had the pensions
to pay, but has received hardly a dol
lar of pension money herself. On
top of the losses which came to her
as a result of the civil war, she has
had tb bear the burdens that were
heaped upon her by partisan leglsla
tlon, because she was in the minority
ani the interests of the majority
were probably to treat her that way.
In tariff legislation, the north has
been the favored section. She has
received protection for her products,
while the South has had to pay it.
The South received no protection
upon what she had to sell, and so
t*he North has been the favored one
at every turn. In case the Federal
authorities should take charge of
the railroads and should make the
rates, what guarantee la there that
the South would not be dlscrlmlna-
The people of Meridian, Miss., de
serve praise for the plucky an
nouncement that they are able to
take care of their own disaster. Such
a spirit will quickly repair the dam
age and put the city in excellent
shape again.
Tho railway rate bill Is said to
be so long that It will take years to
correctly Interpret It rrom a constl
tutional standpoint. In that case,
should l»o referred to 8enator Bailey
of Texas, nt once. He la the const*
.tutional specialist.
We trust that Representative J War
ren Kelfer, will pause long enough
la his efforts to reduce the represen
tation from ihe south m states on
account of their alleged treatment of
to negro or read to very exciting
nows that was sent over tho wires
from Springfield, Ohio.
Senator Spooner. It Is said ’’Ig un
willing that the democrats shall
share the credit of framing and pass
ing the railroad rate bill, ani Is go
ing to make another attempt to get
all the Republicans together by
means of a compromise measure. If
It’s going to be a compromise, Sena
tor Allison’s name may he reasonably
expected to head the list.
The fact that former Governor
Richard Yates, is running for senator
In Illinois to succcel Shelby M. Cul*
Ion . on the issue of "Federal domlna*
tlon in state politics’ seems to indi
cate that the government trust Is
being pushed. With all the states
In tho union controlled from the
white house, a corporation would
Dot seems to be far away.
ted against In that particular?
The South has generally stood a
much better showing In dealing
with Individuals at the North than
she has at the hands of legislation
that was dominated from that side.
All of the partisan selfishness of the
smaller minds at the North finds ex
presslon in the votes of uorthern
congressmen and senators. The more
Ignorant classes at the North—those
who know little of the South and
of southern conditions—are In the
majority and the votes of this class
are needed by the politicians to ride
into power. The larger minded peo
ple yf that section would do other
wise! but It happens that they are In
the minority and are comparatively
powerless. Partisanship is as much
alive today, and especially since the
South is making such wonderful
strides in development and growth—
as If has ever been.
It strikes us that It is to the Inter
est of the South to keep the ques
tion of rate making out' of the hands
of Federal appointees, about three
fourths of whom would be from the
North and would fix rates for the
South like the tariff schedules have
been fixed In the past. So far as
the South Is concerned, there is
nothing but gloom in the threat to
turn this matter over to the Inter
state commerce commission. We
have a much better showing at the
hands of the men who own the rail
roads and who have more than a
partisan political interest in the con'
dltion of the South. While the Fed-
government makes a nnra
equitable adjustment of the burdens
hich the south is forced to bear at
the present, the people here should
notfCease to pray fervently for deliv
erance from any more rate making
whether It be In tariffs, railroad
rates or what not.
are plastic and they are at tbe age
when It is easiest to absorb informa'
tlon of this sort.
Of course, we are not advocates of
eliminating any of the other branch-
se that are taught In the schools..
Our Idea would be to broaden the
scope of the curriculum of the
schools so as to embrace industrial
taining in a greater degree than at
present. Even if a pupil expected to
go into the professionals on leaving,
suiool and did not expect to have
any connection whatever with Indus
trial activities, the knowledge thus
secured would still be of great value
to him. The doctor, the lawyer, the
school teachers and the professional
man In all other lines Is better equip
ped for his duties If he has a fair un‘
tiers landing of the practical things
of life In the coarser lines. J 1
Tc Those pupils, who expect to fop **
low any of the Industrial pursuits**
such as fanning machinery, mechaifl
ics, etc., Industrial training is abacP
lutely necessary. It is more nep/% 9 .
sary along agricultural lines
any other, because that panlcuitff
business is effected mare by sclen-*
tlflc knowledge and because that pus*
lness has been more greatly Ignored
in the schools than any other haa
been. We have our agricultural col
leges that teach some things about
agriculture, but these equip one
more for a position as the agricul
tural editor of a newspaper or a
teacher in an agricultural school
than for the practical affairs of
the farm.
What Is needed is a reorganization
of the school system—gradual
ly of course, but surely none the less,
to make the schools meet the
practical demands of the time. The
work that is being done In Jevelop-
oplng fruits in California by Mr. Bur
banks and others shows what can be
done by the application of scientific
principles in the fruit orchards and
on the farms. The average fanner is
left to absorb his knowledge of farm
lng from experience and it frequent
ly costs him very dearly. In the ru
ral districts, especially, more atten-
tionshould be paid to the science
of the soil, and to the various other
sciences that effect the farmer as he
plods his way through life, feeding
and clothing the balance of the wprltj*
RECORD BREAKERS.
Oar New uits Certain 1 y Beats
the Record
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'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
V. 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 shape s so much longer and better than any
other kind.
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$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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THE SCIENTIFIC LABORER.
As far back as ten years ago Tho
Times was an advocate of manual
training in the common schools of
the state. We believe that a major
Ity of the pupils in these schools will
have some Industrial pursuit to fol
low and that it would be better fo;
Valdosta, Ga.,
March 1906.
Williams Way
Of Doing Business is as Follows:
BARGAINS.—.
2 Bottles best Vaseline for 05c
25 cent Tooth Brushes for 10c
BARGAINS—*
Three papers 5 cent pins for 10c
25 cent Stick Pins, each 15c
$1.00 Alarm Clocks, only 69c
Two 5 cent pencils for .. 05c
5 cent pound Celluloid Starch 03c
Williams’ Wav Prices
Lower Than All Other Ways In Town
No Merchant Will
SELL YOU SO CHEAP.
25 cent set Tea Spoons 15c
15 cent set Tea Spoons 08c
25 cent Knife Steeles 10c
50 cent Butcher Knives 35c
Fine quality Towels, pair 20c
75 cent set Cups and Saucers 60c
65 cent set Cups and Saucers 50c
50 cent set Cups and Saucers 45c
60 cent set Dinner Plates _ 50c
50 cent set Dinner Plates 40c
All Merchants
Sell ,the Same Goods for More.
READ
$1.50 set Rogers Tea Spoons for $ .95
Ladies 15e. heavy Hose .10
Ladies 25c. Hose, 3-pair tor 50
3.75 Eight day clock* for _ 1.85
20 cent Floral Crepe paper for .10
25 cent glass lamps 19c
10 cent Talcum Powder 05c
10 cent Cologne, only 05c
10 cent Saw Files, at each _ 05c
25 cent Tumblers, only 16c
Ladies $2.50“SEST
Dress Hats,
75SWHIIE THEY LAST
MEN’S 75c. Quality
Dr “o. S Onlv’50C. EACH.
SIZES:—14M to 16K
.WlLLIAMS&CO.
10 Gant Store,
Valdosta, Ga.
Ashley Street,
Cor. Central Ave.,