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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1906.
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THE VALDOSTA TIMES
I. L.
C. C. BRANTLEY, Editor.
TURNER, Binlnnt Manager.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1 A YEAR
Entered at the Poetofflee at Valdoeta
Go* aa Second Claaa Mail Matter.
VALDOSTA. OA, OCT. 1*. ISO*
TWELVE PAGES.
Some of the Cubana teem to really
want to know exactly who In bon.
Cuba will And It comiutratlrely easy
to be good with Just a little help.
It haa been found that alcohol may
be manufactured from corncobs. Now
watch out for adulterated corncobs.
Tbe A. B. A A. railroad haa pur.
chased the Oglethorpe hotel at Bruns
wick. What for—a terminal station?
The trouble with moderates In Cu
ba seems to be that they will not be
satisfied with a moderate amount of
plunder.
That adding machine which made
the error In the returns from tbe late
election was probably touched In the
wrong place.
A Philadelphia manicurist Is to be
come 'he wife of a millionaire brew
er. She saya their romance began
when they first held hands.
It la a pity the big storm did nat
reach Atlanta a few days earlier, so
that Is might have had a cooling ef
fect on tbe superheated city.
The Hon. Hoke Smith has changed
his opinion of Mr. Hearst during the
past two years, but little things like
that do not strain him much.
"Miss Julia Marlowe has retired
for a year's rest," saya a New York
paper. Sweet be her dreams and
may she wake up greatly refreshed.
A gssolrno lamp exploded in Bar-
low, Cal., causing a loss of 180,000.
According to Its slxe, the lamp appears
to have done as woll as the earth
quake.
PROGRESSIVE MOB LAW.
The Atlanta financial "spirit" Is re
ported to be sick of its experience
with mob law. <
Macon has bad a dose of It with
which It la to be hoped, she will rest
contented.
It Is something tbe like of which
cannot be appreciated except through
the lessons of experience. We have
seen it In progressive stages during
the past few weeks. Within a brief
space of time we have seen our streets
taken jtosseaslon of by processions
of howling boys, some of thorn chit
dren In short pants, led by a deputy
sheriff, aa alleged friends and sym
pathizers with the street car strikers
and later we have seen these same
boys, confronted by the county sher
iff himself, besiege and batter down
the doors of the county Jail In a sense
less search for a prisoner who was
not within Its walls.
In the face of these alarming evi
dences of the Irresponsibility and de
structiveness of the mobs, there will
be found some good, law-abiding cit
izens, men who are not In the habit
of leaving the comfort and security
of their family circles after the shades
of night have fallen, talking loosely
and recklessly of the virtue of mob
law. It Is safe to say that citizens of
this class who sympathize with the
wild orgies of tho mob, do not per-
sonally Investigate the terror when
In action, or come close enough to
It to see what It Is really like. They
do not appreciate, as do the men
who havo to bear the brunt of It do,
how reckless and Impartial It Is In
Its frenzied state, and Ita liability to
visit vengeance on anybody or anything
that crosses Ita path In Its blind search
for the object of Ita wrath. They do
not see the rapidly growing symptoms
of Irreverence and contempt for all
authority. They do not hear tho ugly,
knife-llke thrust of the voice that says,
Hore comes the negro-loving mill-
Chicago Is to have a bank equipped itary.” Nor the equally ugly re-
wlth sleeping quarter, ao there will <p0M# that qulckIy folIowa ^ ^
bo roally no need of the directors re* I
malnlng awake during the board; m * ,lon> Here come, the mayor!” or
meetings. "What the h Is het” They; do not
_ . —■ - . . put themseftves In the placo of the
Though the American Secretary of _ ,
War la running a government under ’ pollce offlcer * ,n the P**™' ,ra *° na
the Cuban flag, the rumor that Cuba wb0 *• much exposed as the crim-
has annexed the United Stntes Is of- Inal to tho Indiscriminate volley that
flclally denied. its poured Into It. They do not real-
There was quite a frost In Iowa **• 0,9 Position of the soldier boys
the other night, but as good luck whose sympathies, boyjlke, are in
would have It. Secretary 8haw was one direction, while their duty to no-
out of the stats and carrying hi. , etJr abd th „ lUt# aU)rnly bu , , hem
m * * m ' (take the other. They do not realize
married tho fearful consequences if these
should wealky lay down their
Howard Gould's sister
Count Bont de Castelane, and Mrs. 1
Howard Oould's sister married a Chi. ,
naman, and no doubt thinks she has * rm ‘ la ,ho face of ,uob discourage-
made the better match..
Senator Lafollette baa taken out
a hunting license. Aa ho doesn't
need a license when hunting trouble
H la possible that he la after some
thing else this time.
Dr. Muck, the new director of the
Boston 8ymphony Orchestra, Is on
hla way to this country from Gar
tunny, bill It la not likely that Dr.
Muok Is coming In a rakish vossel.
By the way Representative das.
moot: If tho Mice officers should
decline to submit their persons un
necessarily as targets for leaden pel
lets for the sake of their positions
They do not realise that the wild
spirit that wrecks the county Jail, If
not checked and discouraged, may,
sooner or later, extend to their dom
iciles, a few blocks away, where they
lie peacfutly sleeping In the bosoms
of their families
It Is becoming the perilous fash-
W. Wadsworth, the rotten meat em- . . .... , .
hahnw 1 . l0 “ Ulk «» '*>'11 UW and
Palmer's champion, waa nominated
by the republicans of the thlrty fourth
district, Saturday. Don't forget bis
•'record.'
Will ths nations of the earth please
observe that both factions among the
Cubans appear to have confidence
that thoy will get a square deal from
the United States? An honor worth
being proud of.
The authorities In Bibb county have
set to work to punish the leaders
of tho mob which smashed open the
Jail there Saturday night. The mobs
must be suppressed or there Is little
safety tor any man.
Llltla Joe Brown saya ho Is not
going to resign his place as railroad
commissioner. He ta going to hold
the office chiefly to give the new gov
ernor an opportunity of carrying out
hla campaign promise about ousting
him.
the "sitltc man's government" In the
same breath. The terms arc absurd
aa Joined together. The one thing
la the antipode of the other. Lynch
law la the absence of any government
whatever. It !a an Insult *o the his
tory and traditions of the white man
to associate the two together. Lynch
law Is the abdication of government
and In this case It Is abdication with
out a shadow of excuse. The white
man Is In absolute control of every
department of government In Geor
gia.
Woe betide us If wo are unequal
to administering It.
Georgia and her people must. In the
defense of our very rooftrees, rise
to the responsibility and dignity of
lawful government. To (all In this
will certainly redound on us In the
end. Grant that It Is nothing to de-
atroy public and private property, to
shed blood and to set back our finan-
Sccretary Taft says that Cuba Is
like a tropical plant that needs prun
ing.' A course of prunes will make
the fiery Cubans as meek as the de-
Unquent Inmate of a third rate board rial prosperity and material progress
lng house In the presence of the land-, f or a score of years more or less.
Iad)r ' | These are but the minor material ills
A Kentucky colonel has organised, to which we, as a people, have be-
a company for the purpose of shlp-' conle habituated In the bitter school
fc Jor4 “ "' r ! r ” Ur ,'° 811 of experience. There are greater and
of She world, baptismal purposes.
Your true Kentucky colonel hu no bltteror u, « ■ tn, « whlch follow ln th «
prejudices against water tor external train of inch abuses. For the law
uses only. ! of the Omnipotent is Infallible. Tbe
man or people who tow the wind will eat lines they hare ever carried. Vln*
surely reap too whirlwind.—Macon Ho™ » 1119 cl,r frora other * ectlon,
Telegraph. .have expressed surprise at the Immen-
- - - — - - - 'gjty of the stocks ln all lines.
WHAT CROP8 MEAN. i m en f roni the nelghbor-
Eearly ln the spring the country [ng towna „ hould yla | t Valdosta early
begins to ask, “How are the crops?" and look 0TfT tJle Afferent lines. They
Our prosperity during the twelve w m dnd bere selections as complete
months following the harvest depends, m theJ . wj „ any o[ the Gorgla dues
in a very targe measure, on the an- and prIcea a3 reaaon . Now that the
swer, to this question. Out of the frosla are not mr otr la a good
ground come, our wealth. In these (Ime ^ , ay a aup|)ly of w | ntcr
years of abundant proaperlty the goods q- be early purchasers are us-
farmer take, from the cam. eacbj ually , he be9 , plea8 ed and they get
harvest season products of a value |K j- , ongoat aerv | ce out Q f the goods
of $4,000,000,000, and more than
third of this enormous sum represents
the two great crops of the west— i
corn and wheat.
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BLACK
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SHOES
foSrEveryDayWear
1 they buy.
If you don’t want to pay
over $2.50 for a man’s good, neat,
long wearing shoe our "Black Dia
mond” will suit you to a T.
The “Black Diamond” is our pace maker
and its superiority over other shoes at the
price is a sure indication of the excellence
of higher-priced "Diamond Brand” Shoes.
Women’s “Black Diamonds” retail at
$2.00.
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WE MAXI MORE nt£ SHOES THAN AWT OTHER HOUSE /HTHEWCST ,
A • D
DIAMOND BRAND .SHOES
SOUTH GEORGIA FEVER8.
We publish In this issue something
The question “How are the crops?” an intimation of the findings of the
becomes each year, therefore, as the i 8lale hoard of health lu its Investl-
harveit time approaches, one of Yltal, Ration into types of fever which oc-
importance, and the earlier the knowl-j Cur ,n South Georgia at times. As
edge of the size and quality of the j we understand It, the state board of
crops the more valuable It Is to the i health is trying to ascertain something
commercial community. Railway men .about the malarial conditions of South
need to know in advance the out come ; Georgia and also something as to the .
of the harvest that they may prepare amount of typhoid germs found In the I
for tho transportation of the crops to*so-called slow fever of this section,
the markets. Bumper crops mean big ' The investigation wtilch is going
tonnage, not only of products from the ^ on is without interest, for sclen-
farmes to the consumers, but also Hflc Investigations are always into r -
of merchandise from the manufactur- <?f*Jng. ®ut the investigation, if
ing towns to the farms, bought by'confined exclusively to South Geor-
the farmers with their produce. Jgla, Is liable to do this section an In-
When railway men are assured of;J u **llce by confirming an Impression
big crops they spend many millions ! which so many people ln North Geor-
of dollars for new locomotives and 1 si®. ar, d other sections, have as to
cars and rails and many millions more jtho healthfulness of It. It is gener-
for the Improvement of ttieir roadbeds aI Y believed in some of the up-coun-
and the extension of their lines into! fr y sections that the fieople in South
new territory. The steel makers are j Georgia spend about half of their
Jointly Interested with the railway time nursing a case of deadly fever
mon In the harvest of one-fourth of and the other half in trying to shake
the enormous product of the steel mills 'off a chill.
of this country Is purchased by the j It strikes us that If the state board
railways. 'of health wants to do a genuine ser-
When the crops fall the railways can-! vice to this section. It will take the
cel their orders for rails and bridges ' trouble during its future investiga-
and equipment, and steel descends lions to find out something about the
from prince to pauper. Then all the number of cases of the so-called slow
big manufacturers of the country, fever that It finds In a given length
whether of wagons or plows, of shoos of time. It would be interesting, for
or clothing, must know whether their Instance, to make public the number
great customer, the farmer, la fbahave of cases of fever In a county like
irioney to apfeftd’ from harvest tq hap f.owndcs ln the course of a year, to*
vest. 80 It Is with the merchants all t tether with a statement as to the days
through the agricultural country, of confinement, number of deaths, etc.
Even more Important la early know!* It might not hurt to publish this In-
edgo of the crop prospects to the formation along by the side of similar
bankers who must not only finance. statistics from counties like Floyd,
the movement of the crops to market, Clarke or other counties ln North
but must also know whether tho har-;Georgia,
vest Is to cause expansion or con
traction of capital venture, through the state board of health to Rive It. another" wants topoint’a^ moral and ,relght '
Corks and Sealing Wax.
TOR^YRUPJ^TTLES.
Come early and get your
supply at
W. D. Dunaway,
Druggist and Optician,
Valdosta, : : : Georgia.
the chaff a heavy one. Of course, was but 0.7C6 cents per ton per mile
everyone know, all about these mat- 8galn,t ° ™° «=““» » *•« " 9
ters before they are explained to the
president.
For Instance, one man Is known to
be only waiting to tell Mr. Roosevelt
all about the identification cards
which It Is necessary to present at
„ l4 , „ . , . postoffees In Germany to receive mall
While it Is an excellent thing for average rates, bqth tor passengers
(thus doing away with misdelivery,
turn of non I ♦ n to tvlvo ita ' nn#V #•.«.! «.V.»
some time before the statistics
the year ended June 30, 1900, are
available, but the annual reports of
the principal roads show that the
general course of rates In that year
was downward, and the current year
will show marked reductions In the
tho country. Then there are the hour attention to matters of this sort, for,
millers and elevator owners, who are | »uch Investigations lead to finding
directly Interested In the marketing 'out remedies, It la nevertheless true
of the crops. Finally, there la the that the selection of this section for
great body of men who speculate In the Investigation Is liable to do the
the rise and fall In commodity prices
and who risk many million dollars ln
backing their oplnlont as to the vol
ume of the crops and the demand
for them on the markets of the world.
—Success.
THE BREATH OF AUTUMN.'
The first real good breath from the
autumn season that has come this way
mode Its appearanco on Sunday,
bringing with It a quickening ot the
energies and a tingle of tho warm
blood as It flows through the vetna.
Nearly everybody had to go down
among the clothing that was packed „ I|tt|e tu fcar from „ thcy
vfould have anywhere else In the
section harm ln the had reputation
which the selection gives to It. It
rather confirms the idea that South
Georgia is a sort of incubator of fev
ers of various types. What South
Georgia needs, as much as anything
else, Is to dispel that Idea.
We, therefore, trust that the state
board of health, while carrying on Its
Investigation will take the trouble
to make plain the fact that general
conditions of healhfulness In South
Georgia are unsurpassed in any other
section, and that people who desire
to come here from other sections have
away a few months ago and bring
them out again. Moro covering was
needed upon the beds and the de
mand for winter garments of all kinds
became very active.
The cold snap was about the only
thing we have had to remind us that
summer Is gone and that winter ap
proaches. The merchants have had
their great stocks In shape for the ap
proach of tho winter season, but the
trade has not been as active as It will
he from now on. It takes a few days
wide world.
ADVI8ING THE PRESIDENT.
After three months of sweltering
with the story of the public executlon-
Since the passage of the Hepburn
er of France, who, although he con- Iaw re, « ulrlae ^ notlce ot
tlnuea to draw hi. .alary of 83,600 a a I,ropoa9d chan S 9 ln but au '
year In .pile of tbe fact that the death thorlllng *»‘ 9 »tate commerce
penalty practically has been aboll.hed commI " loQ modlf y ttU ™1 ulre -
Insists that hi. conscience will not ment »P c0lal ord9r » ‘»® c ° mrala '
permlt him to Indulge In such graft alon haa com P llod * 1tb ” cores ot re -
and clamors for someone to execute, O' 19 *** to reduce rates on less than
that he may earn hit pay. j thlr,y d »J r9 ' notl « but received
One prominent Washingtonian Is ' on| y on9 request tor permission to
bubbling over with the case of Rome nu!k9 90 mcrease and that waa a case
—modern, not ancient—finding In Ita ln whlcb It »an desired to correct a
case the answer to Mr. Bryan's pol-, rato lhat t>» d b een made too low by
idea. The city government of Rome ' a typographical error ln the publish-
It seems. Inflamed with the spirit of ^ schedule.
Jack Gade because the price of bread :
seemed too high, decided to munlct-'
A NEW KENTUCKL IDEA.
From Kentucky /homes the story
pallzo the breadmaking Industry In ot noye , way ^ wUh tb<J prl .
order that the price might be lowered mary and e(fect nom|natIon , for pub .
Result: A Mack eye for municipal llc omce by , t#M „ the IaiUng qual .
ownership, and (hence government lt|e , of applIcantl wltbout
ownership, since the city bake shop t0 thelr otber qualncatIonI . It la
came to an early end, the financial | no than a ^ Q( enduranc0 , n
los, in two year, being more than a foot race wUb &I| contcatant ,
820.000. Bread >. back where It ■., cnUcbed .. and none , „ an .
empUnesa, Washington Is again be-, was—since It Is cheaper that way. |dlcap , n con ,ideraUon of hla being
ginning to fill p with lumlneerez of And so It goes, tf the president's a -novtcp.. or ptly8lcally de nrient.
greater or leal power who have been, eara be n01 w9arlcd *“ tb9 next ** x j The proposition waa mado by Gov.
wandering over the world during the j w9ok * listening to sage advee. and If Backhom to Senator McCrary the oth-
summer. It will not be long before wond< ‘ r, ul stories do not emanate er day _ wben tbe tat) botb o( wbom
the city can once again become of from " asblnKton, twill only be be-j are tbe flc)d for tbe democratic
first Importance, since tho president e® 11 ' 0 somethng perhaps tne tariff— j nomination for United States senator,
has returned thus throwing open the la out of wbacK ' wc re walling In the Judges’ box at the
.. season for those mysterious confer-
genulnriy cool weather to remind . .
ences at the White bouse on which the
us how far along toward Christmas
we have Journeyed. Our climate Is
summer usually lingers long In the
lap of autumn and winter.
state fair grounds tor the calling of
a race over which they were to pre
side aa Judges. The aenator took
RAILROAD RATES LOWER.
Railroad rates In the United Statei,
„ U r “ lK ’ rted " a “ d l)rC,ldeQt after having risen slightly frora the
near equable the year around that " kn0WD ,0 ha ’ c sM " ” tor,c • ar0 ba “ extreme low level ot 1899, when the | h aDd augKea,ed that 11 bo for
, ... _ iono mite, as that would he a fairer
• average rates showed the full effect. . .. ,
As a matter of fact, one of the reg- of tho preceding years of business de- Somp ^ r ““ n “ B ‘• ualltlea '
But the day of the straw hat, the ular ** unwelcome duties of the pres- session, are again declining. The a °* °H' e y tbe raCe M
„ . ... -since been declared off, but the Idea
low quartered shoo and the seer-suck- ' d, ' nt ““t 11 aongress upens Is listen- abstract ot the statistics ot the rail M nf> j w Ithout |t a possibilities and
— suit haa pass,si away for the pres- Ing to the auggestlon of clltlzens who roads of the country for the year end- sevfira i p co p i c bavc „ one ao far aa
eat year. Other clothing must bo havo been abroad and want to tell ed June 30, 1905, Just published by| t0 p | e t„ re Secretary Taft and Uncle
provided In their places. Men. wo- him Just how It la done In foreign 'he in'erstate commerce commission j j 0 e Cannon, of Walllam Jennings
men and children must be provided countries. Of course, In many cases shows that the average passenger
with clothing and It Is a good Idea the information Is Important, lut then ra ' 9 t' cr mlle for that year was t.962
to make purchases early before the' aga | nt the president Is forced to listen ,x '‘ lta - a decrease foom 2.006 cents for
stocks are picked over. Valdosta m*r- to all sorts of trtvlaltles, making his the year previous,
hants unquestionably have the great- task of winnowing the wheat from The average freight rate for 1905
Rryntl and Theodore Roosevelt,
or whoever the republican nominee
for the next president may be, crouch
ed side by side at the tape tensely
waintlng for the crack of the atari,
er’s pistol.