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THE VALDSOTA TIMES, SATURDAY. APRIL 21, 1906.
THE VALUOSTA TIMES.
c. C. BRANTLEY, Editor.
L. TURNER. Btalnow Manag.r.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE SI A YTAR.
Entered «t the PotlofBco (t VeldotU
Q*., <• Second Clue Moll Matter.
VALDOSTA, OA., APRIL 11, 1906
TWELVE PAGES
Dr. Dowio wasn't bom In Missou
ri, yet ho 1* back to Zion City in or
der that the insurgents may “show
him."
"Railroad presidents" will be pleas
ed to learn that it Is not a crime to
be caught “talking to a United States
senator."
In addition to the photographs, as
Mr. Rockefeller painfully realizes,
theref are the cartoonists who
even worse.
There is plenty of faith In the fu
ture of the Panama canal, but the
people are beginning to think it Is
time for the works.
THE COMING STRUGGLE. try besides the mlllli
The eventual struggle la this court- imported,
try will be between individualism ! The terlff on ,ucl *
and Socialism, and the Republican
, meat Increases the prli
(more than 50 per cen1
party, with Its persistent efforts Ior jfor ^ manufacturm> '
centralization, Is to blame for the , by ^ tax which 1
growth of the socialist! propaganda. Ion Imported millinery.
Nothing having been heard from
Agulnaldo for some time, it Is safe
to assume that ho is getting his
three meals regularly. 1
Engineers Shorn* and Wallace do
not agree in the Isthmian canal mat
ter. Each Is trying to give the oth
er the “Culobra cut/
Nobody has as yet started a mon
ster petition for the release of Geo.
W. Perkins, ex-vice president of the
New York Life Insurance Co.
Henry James has been comparing
Chicago and Philadelphia and as soon
ns his remarks are translated Into
ChlcagO'M there Is going to lx? trou-
big.,
Hard work and nothing else will
bring promotion, and the one who
looks at his position with the busi
ness house from any other view is
surely doomed to disappointment.
Our good old Uncle Samuel’s fi
nancial condition is improving almost
every month. During March the to-
total receipts were $45,709,669, leav
ing a surplus of $1,861,500.
The IxmisvlUe tailors whoso shops
were robbed lately, complain of un
just discrimination. “Why," they ask
"don't the burglars tackle a millinery
emporium once In a while?"
for seven years, to show him that
New Yorkers will stand for no trifle
ing.
The government will no longer pay
express charges on money sent to
banks. The sum amounts to a large
figure. For Distance the cost of trans
porting $1,000 from Chicago to Mon
tana Is $26.
Dr. WHoy, the scientist, is credit
ed with saying that most of the whis
ky sold over the bar is merely prune
Juice. That helps explain what U
meant by the saying that " a man Is
full of prunes."
The agricultural department says
that 3,000,000 cords of wood were
used last year In paper making. And
the committee on the government
priming office thinks it knows where
the most of it wont.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg
nays the Csar was a dismal failure
in the rinient skating carnival. That
Rooms strange, in view of the stunts
the csar has been doiug on thin Ice
for several years.
Cement on the choice of Gov. Jeff
Davis* of Arkansas, to the United
States senate, seems t\> waver be
tween two opinions—whether he will
succeed In "rough-housing" that body
or it will succeed In bridling and tam
ing him.
A Rochester, New York, husband
sues for divorce from his wife for the
alleged reason that she tried tv> kill
him by putting hatr In his griddle
cake. Any experienced boarder will
doubt the possibility of killing a man
by that method.
The Democracy nas always
stood for the freedom of the Indi
vidual and home rule and opposed
to the paternalistic and Hamiltonian
theory that the Federal government
must be all powerful. The constitu
tional provision that all rights no:
granted by the states to the general
government are reserved to the
states and the people, is the funda
mental doctrine of the Democratic
party. Jefferson, the apostle of the
Democrats, declared this and no true
Democrat has ever galnsayed it.
Mr. Bryan, who has been accused
by the Republicans of Socialism
shows by his conservative views in
his article entitled “Individualism vs.
Socialism,'’ in the Century Magazine
for April, his own and the Democrat
ic position. In that article he says:
Much of the strength developed by
socialism Is due to the fact that So
cialists advocate certain reforms
which individualists also advocate.
Municipal ownership of monopolies,
or instance, is advocated by Indl-
Iduallsts, because It is practically
impossible to have more than one
ater system In a city, and by the
latter on the general ground that
the government should own all the
means of production and distrlbu
tlou. Mr. Bryan remarks that 'this
sentiment for municipal lighting
plants Is not yet so strong, and the
sentiment lu favor of public tele
phones and street car lines Is still
less pronounced; but the 3ame gener
al principles apply to them, and in
dividualists, without accepting the
creed of socialism, can advocate the
oxlenslon of municipal ownership to
them." He further shows plainly
the evils to the Individual tjltlzen of
Socialism wnen he says: "If the
government operates all the factor
ies, all the farms, and all the stores,
there must be superlntehdents as
well as workmen; there must be dif
ferent kinds of employment, some
more pleasant, some less pleasant,"
and he asks: "Is it likely that any
set of men can distribute the work
or fix the compensation to the sat
isfaction of all, or even to the satis
faction of a majority of the people?’’
How great, therefore, Is the gulf
between the Democracy and the So-
lallsts, who believe In concentrating
all power In the central government,
wheras the Democrats stand for
the utmost freedom of the Individual
citizen without Infringement upon
the rights of others.
The trend of Republicanism is to
rush to Congress for a cure for po
litical evils; to overlook, and even
aid, executive usurpation over the
representatives of the people; to
favor trusts and corporations who In
return have furinshed money to cor
ruptly keep their friends In power.
The Democratic doctrine Is exactly
opposite and Is expressed by "Equal
rights to all and special privileges
to none." Without the Democratic
party, which alone offers all classes
equal rights, there would be a cer
tain hurrying of the unthinking to
the extreme of appropriating all the
means of production and distribution
by the national government, so that
ultimately there would be no Incen
tive for Individual effort. The con
fiscation of the property of those
who, by saving or superior ability.
for what la ‘ &i*' e five hundred. These figures
. would prove ah excellent nucleus
as adorn movement to build a hospital
millinery should take definite shape, and
average strikes us that It would be a good
protected | Idea to try and get a mass meeting
collected of citizens for the purpose of Jnaug-
tbat they Inrating the hospital movement,
can add to the price of thelhome prod- The Times hopes that the citizens
nets about what the Imported articles j will take this matter under conslder-
have to pay at the custom bouse
Every woman therefore |s interest
ed In the tariff question, through
the protection It give* thel American
manufacturer the cost of hats and
bonnets is increased quit t 50 per
cent. If the present tariff; rates on
millinery were reduced to 21 per cent
the women of the country wbuld have
nearly one third of what they now
pay for such articles, whether import
ed or made in this country, for the
price of the American manufactured
"Because some men are there who
cratlc system the trusts and combines oughl not t0 ba there—some who
that control so many articles of neces-; bought the position—shall we say
sity would have to reduce the price that tha governors of our body poli-
“thiey charge and thflf present high j tlc ar * guilty of treason? Base men
cost of living would be greatly reduc- ’ are tbere * but when In the bright,
!breezy sentiments of modern news-
had secured a competence would fol
low the appropriation of the property
of those who had amassed millions.
goods would have to decline to meet
the reduced cost of the imported ar
ticle. It would be tedious to^jive all
the tariff rates on hots and
or the many articles that go
hats and bonnets that a*a v i
In his country, but the tariff tyx runs
from. 50 to 70 per cent of the boat of
the articles in the country froth which
they are Imported, so tiiat If a hat
cost $10 In Paris, the tariff taf on it
Is from $5 to $7, and as the post is
often much greater than tfcl
fore the tariff tax is so much
In proportion.
The protectionists tell us t!
must be willing to pay this
duty to protect our manufi
from foreign competition and ttTpro-
tect American labor in being, paid
higher wages than the foreign labor
ers get. The Democrats claim that to
reduce the tariff to a reasonable rate
would stilt give the American labor
er all che protection he needs, while
at the same time producing enough
revenue from customs duties to run
the government. Under such a vleino-
ation and discuss It among them
selves. It is by agltatling that near
ly all great movements have been
pushed to a successful termination
If We will keep this matter on our
minds and hearts for a while, we
will be more apt to see the great
need of such an Institution In this
city. Having built our new schools,
churches and our court house, we
should turn our attention toward a
city hospital, which Is one of the most
needed institutions that any city can
have.
Valdosta is already behind in this
matter—it is time for us to wake up^
and move forward In this line of
work.
COUNTRY HAS HYSTERIA.
In a recent speech District Attor
ney Jerome, of New York said:
"Public opinion goes hither and
thither like a ship, but in the long
(Course of time it Is sweet and sane
,Jand sound and will make its port;
but It lies on you to see to It that Its
tacks are no longer than they ought
to be. It Is wasted power, that sen
timent of the community that goes
up one trail and back again to an
other, Today all through this na
tion what do w© find—a case of ab
solute hysteria.
David Graham Phillips is now
writing about the ‘Treason of the
Senate’ for a magazine. Treason is
an ugly word. It is punishable by
death. The Senate of the United
States—is It a treasonable body?
Trustees Sale.
In the District Court of the United
States for the Southern District of
Georgia, Southwestern Division.
In the matter of Alderman Bros.,
Jos. Alderman and D. J. Alderman,
bankrupts—In bankruptcy.
In pursuance of an order passed at
ThomaBvIlle, Georgia, April 9th. 1906,
by J. H. Merrill, referee in bank
ruptcy, all of the remaining assets
of the estate of the above named
bankrupts consisting chiefly of the
stock of merchandise, store furniture
and fixtures and open accounts, will
be sold at public outcry ah the store
house on the West side of Washing
ton street near the A. C. L. depot,
formerly occupied by Alderman Bros.,
at Quitman, Georgia, on Tuesday,
April 24th, 1906, during the
hours of sale to the highest
the property to be first expo
offered for sale in bulk, and
such different parcels as Ita nitore
may suggest to the trustee. The bids
so made, both the separate parcel
bds and the‘-bid in bulk Bhall be-re
ported to referee for confirmation
rejection before the sale Is abso
lutely closed. 8. H. Wade,
Trustee In Bankruptcy.
If you should want something
cheaper than the North Star we also
have a large assortment of competi
tion price refrigerators. Boyd-(Fry
Stove & China Co.
Vote for Jesse Scruggs for tax re
ceiver.
W. T. JENKINS, President.
W. T. McARTHUR, Vice-Pres.
J. E SCHUMPERT, Secretary.
J. C. SCHUMPERT, GenT Manage.
Nearly everything we conn
wear, Is protected a
rate, an^ whether wb buy
articles, On which the government has
collected the duty or similar home
manufactured articles, on which the
trusts, combines, or protected manu
facturer has collected the tax, by ad
ding the tariff fate to their profit,
there Is no escape from the hlgtf
prices which the tariff causes and the
the Andean consumer has to pay
the bills. -
Wives and mothers should talk this
over with the bread winners of the
family and urge them to vote for the
candidates of the party who will vote
or ipafrer. 'Hfe you assert there Is treas-
** Jie or mtyoncelve the
meaning jof the English language.
"take this treasonable body that
would strike down our national life
and contrast It with your representa
tive body swayed by popular opinion.
"Take the Hepburn bill, seven men
voted against It, and not a man able
to understand it. But the yellows
said we must have something doing
and so your popular branch said we
must do something, whether we un
derstand it or not. With a President
who thinks every yearning can be
constitutionally enacted Into law,
with a House of Representatives typ-
Converse vBros.
to revise this unreasonable tariff law j Ifled by William Sulzer, the . friend
that taxes everyone unmercifully jo* the people, where would there be
from the cradle to the grave. ( safety unless In the United States
■— ■ ■ .Senate? I hold no brief to defend In-
A CITY HOSPITAL. jdlyldual Senators, but there are
Among the thing, flat, Valdosta’ any men tber<! who were there
needs at the present time probably . wben we were at our mother’s breast,
more than anything else-Is a city , wto love thelr coaatrsr attd wouU be .
hospital. There Is enough moRiyl^,, lt no sooner tUan Davlll 0raham
wasted here every month to support I P h UH p a would. Maybe the railroads
a hospital royally for a year. We |0ught t0 be decked but not bv some .
know of very few cities the size of |> hlng
those who vote for don’t under-
Valdosta that have no hospital and j at and. If that is the way we are to
It is hardly creditable to our town to govern . gWe me a benevolem de , spot .
let lt continue to grow In population, |, ra ■
In business and In wealth without |
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VlDALit, - - QKORGIA.
PACKAWAY TIME
is with us agaiu. Summer clothes,
sheets, etc., are in order In laying
away winter goods you should not
neglect to pack them so they will
not be destroyed by moths.
BUY SOME CAMPHOR BALLS
and scatter them in with the things you
are scoring away. You need not worry
about their beiug ea r eh by moths then.
You . et a whole lot litre for ten cents.
W. 0. DUNAWAY.
Druggist & Optician.
THE EASTER BONNET.
The glories of tht Easter season
have come and gone, but the wonder-
John Alexander Moses announces
in a voice of thunder that he will
smite with his right hand and lay
low. After he has made a few pre-'M creations of the milliners art are
limtnary passes In the smiting pro- still with us for further exhibition,
cess, he may wish he had contented The co&t was great, but in most cases
himself with merely “laying low." I , . .
- necessary to keep matrons and maids
the la good humor for tha; great consmn-
Orders have beeu Issued by
poaunaater general In.tructing the matlon ot thc | r hopes for distinguish-
postmasters at New York amt Brook
lyn to refuse to admit to the malls 1 “I'l'iaranco.
the advertlnmonli of flfty-two Illegal 11 onlj ' rema lna to pay the bills of
-medical offices” located In those clt- those who bought upon credit, and to
los, and also to refuse to deliver mall think over the prodigious sum ex-
addreaaed to the ftctlclous and assum-’ ded by the Amerlcan peop i e .
od names, under which the persons I . .
conducting thews concern, hide their 0ver ,:00 ’ 000 ’ 000 U eIpended
identity. Some of these fake doctor. b ? our *>«• and d »ughter, for
nuke $2,000 per week.
much a month to the support of the
itisttutlon.
The Times has heard a number of
citizens recently expressed a willing
ness to subscribe to an Institution of
this character. Only yeserday we
heard one citizen say that he wou*-
give one thousand dollars toward
• millinery manufactured In this coun- one and another say that he would
making some provlalon for caring i PEOPLE BEING BURNED
for the sick and deatltttte among di, *
as well aa for the stranger who hap
pens to be overtaken by illness in v>ur
midst.
What this city needs Is a goott
hospital—one that will cost anywhere
from $20,000 to $40,000. fraught to
ALIVE IN DOOMED CITY
San Franciaco, April 19—4:30 p.
m.—There seems to be now practical
ly no hope of saving any part of the
city. The Grace church and the St.
Francis hotel which hitherto escaped
be presided over by a board of“dlrec-| th * fUme * ar * now burn,n 8 and th0
tors and it should bo largely support- fir * li « ntlrel y b «y° nd control. Block
ed by public charity. Of course, pa-
tlents who can pay their way in case
of sickness should be required to do
so, but no one should be turned away
after block of residences have been
destroyed with dynamite in the hope
of stopping the flames but after each
effor the blaze would leap across this
for a lack of money. An association ** emin8l> ' i,r P“ ,abl ' 8ulf - ' Tho,e
could be formed here of as many clt- '" b0 hive been m0,t ,in « ulne o( th *
Izens as will Join lt, each to pay so
ultimate success of the firemen have
iow given up hope and are fleeing
•om their homes In despair. Many
people are being burned alive impris
oned in the doomed buildings where
the rescuers could not reach them.
The entire district from Channel
to Broadway and the water front to
Octavia and Golden Gate avenue is
la mast of flames.
Our Spring Suits
Are In
Come let us show you through our stock of high-
class Clothing and Gent’s Furnishings. Absolutely
new and this season’s produbts.
STRAW HATS ,a ‘ est 8l,apes
Converse Bros.