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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, TUES , AUGUST 11, 1908.
C. C. .BRANTLEY, Editor.
E. L. TURNER, Burin*** Manager.
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Entered at 1 the Po,toffies at Valdoata,
Ga., aa Eesond Claaa Mail Matter.
VALDOSTA, GA., AUG. 11. 1908
EIGHT PAGES.
Macon 1} getting ready to pull off
• first claaa'fair this fall.
Taft Improving to be a beary-
ur eight for the Republicans—It la a,
dead weight, too.
Adlal 8&aposon. the old Dutnocrat
io war berae, haa been nominated
(or gprengor In Illinois.
They are^ going to gently Inform
William Jtnnlnga Bryan of bis nom
ination fgr president day after tomor-
Tbe Savannah ministers are still
thuriptof.-awey on die "blind tigers”
of that city/' It seems to be a “lire
subject.dc
The Democratic skies are brighten
ing all over the country, anl the
chances of g,victory this fall are liol
so bad.
ft
The Shah of Persia Is being iiei.l a
captive by, tribesmen away from hie
harem. TJieStiah does not object to
captivity if "be could take the harem
with him 3
- .Connecticut Republicans will hold
a convent|o6. in New Haven Septem
ber 8 antj 9, 'o nominate state offl-
fleers, a' gongressman-at-large, and
seven presidential electors.
The end-seat hog la abused as
though ho 'were the only nog In town.
What abAut the hog that stands un
der the W»qb tree and waits for
somebody, .else to shake It?
If aomahody could tell the Gov-
, ornor what ' effect ah extra session
would hacre,upon his successor's ad
ministration .lie would know Just ex
actly whMer to call It or not.
PU.VL LU" ■ ;
A «
state ticket, from gov
ernor down, if to be put Into the field
OoorgkBbyJiAlndependence par-
Richard Y. Oulahnh, for man/ years
the Washington 'correspondent of the
Now York sun has been placed In
general charge of all the literary
work for the Republican national
committee.
Secretary of War Luke Wright aaya
that "Whatever Rooaevelt does
right.” An Idea of that sort lu the
head of one William Tdft Is going
to be the said William's undoing this
year. , • i
President Finley. of the 1 Southern
Railway, has observed that the biisl
ness depression "was less severe In
those Southern localities In which at
tentlon bad been glvbn to the growing
of fruit and vegetables."'
Republicans of’ Michigan will nom
Innte candidates' for s'ate officers at
n convention to be held In Detroit
September 89. The county conven
tions for the selection of delegates
will be held September 9.
Bird S. Coler. pctsldent of the bor
ough of Brooklyn, has msde formal
announcement, of his candidacy for
the Democratic 'nomination for Gov
ernor of New ’ York, this fall. Mr.
Coler was the candidate for governor
In 1902..but was defeated.
William J. Bryan will not make a
"awing around the circle" this fall,
ns In former years. The few prepar
ed speeches that ho will make will
be delivered at central points during
the latter half of August and the
earl/, part of September.
Those miners over In Alabama
ought to bar* sense enough to know
that their vloleace la turning public
sentiment against them and *hat with
out sentiment.on their-side they can
not hope to win their tight. Whom
the gods would destrov -hey nuk”
violent
Josephus Daniels, who has been
chosen manager of the press bureau
of the Democratic national campaign
organisation, la a North Carolinian
and haa been In politics many year*.
As the editor of tjie Raleigh News
and Observer he has acquired a na
tional reputation aa a Journalist
The plan of the Democrats of Min
nesota now seems to be to nominate
Governor Johnson for another term
and ^utjoura the convention before
ba baa aa opportunity to decline. It
la believed that under such dream-
stances be will accept the nomination
rather than put’ the party to the
trouble of making another choice.
NEW YORK’S NEWEST BRIDGE.
Twenty-five years ago the flrat
Brooklyn bridge gave the engineer's
earliest answer to the traffic problem
to whim the ferries were no longer
adequate and! became one of the mod
ern wonders of the world. Today
there are four bridges built or build
ing, each of tbe new onea far aur-
passing in size and capacity to that
pioneer structure, and tbere Is, be
sides, the tunnel under East River
which was opened to tbe public earl/
this year. Of the bridges, tbe new
est and the greateat in traffic capacity
la*the Manhattan bridge which after
years of delay over the plans la now
being hurried to completion to help
take the pressure off the existing rev
enues of travel.
The Manhattan structure stands
as the latest and most advanced em
bodiment of the suspension bridge,
while as a traffic channel It posses
ses ,or will possess when completed,
toe greatest capacity of any bridge
yet built. That Is tbe main purpose
tor which It has been designed: to
allow passage of as many oars, ve
hicles and foot passengers as engi
neering skill can make room for with
in the limits of the approved design.
In total length over all, Including
approaches, from Canal street In Man
hattan to Nassau street In Brooklyn
the Manhattan bridge measures 6,855
feet (approximately one and flve-slx-
teenths miles) as against the 7,200
feet of the Wllllumsburg bridge. Its
main span is 1,450 feet long and the
two side spans are each 725 fee*. The
total length of the spans Is thus 2,900
feet.- Tbe main span of the Williams
burg bridge Is 1,600 feet, the long
est suspension span In the world,
and that of the old Brooklyn bridge
Is 1,695 feet.
The Manhattan cables are slung
from steel towers which stand 325
feet In height above the mean high
water level of the East River, ninety
Ifeef higher than the Williamsburg
towers. They oontaln, together, 12,-
500 tons of steel. The steel construc
tion begins A a point 32 feet above
water level. Below that the mason
ry foundation goes down to a depth
of 92 feet below the river surface.
If not the longest of New York’s
bridges, the new one Is at least the
highest, for tbe bridge floor at the
highest point of the oenter span Is
143 feet above the river, two and one-
half feet hlger than the Williamsburg
bridge. j
The shore anchorage at either end
bridge .rest no foundations
~r
anchorage contains 115,000 cubic yards
of masonry and weighs 232,000 tons.
—George E. .Mayo. In American
dustrles for August.
GEN. C. A. EVANS.
Yesterday Gen. C. A. Evans was be
fore the special committee Investiga
ting the Georgia convict system. Hls
frank statement to the committeemen
Is given in the news columns. ■
Gen. Evans, all along, has desired
to appear before the committee. He
contended that he wanted no favors
shown hint on account of hls age,
hls connection with the ministry, or
hls service to the Confederacy. He
•aid he wished all the 'light turned
on and a fill! Investigation of every
not of the commission which has
been called In question. He was 1 In
‘he oommlttee room Wednesday but
was not called to the stand. In a
statement to the press, he said:
"I am the only resident commis
sioner.
"A number of my friends live In
Atlanta, and my neighbors know of
the charges against ‘he commission,
and know- that the/ Involve me, I am
anxious to be cleared.
”t am 75 years young, and am per
fectly responsible for my actions. I
want no exemption on” account of my
age.
“And f want no‘exemption for no
other reason, sentimental or other
wise. I want these gentlemen to In
vestigate not only nvy otflcJal eharac-
Vr. but my prfVate character, my
personal life. I do not want my ron-
nee'lon with the ministry to receive
any consideration. I do not want the
fact that I nm a Confederate veteran
or commander of the United Confed
erate Venterans to have any weight.
1 want to be Investigated without any
favor whatever, and F will so state
before the committee."
Well said. Gen. Evans has friends
the state over, and In him that lm-
pov> confidence and trust.—Augusta
Chronicle.
SOME HISTORIC GIANTS.
It Is a matter of perplexity *o moat
■mall boys whether they shall become
giants or clowns. There are plenty
of clowns today, but there will prob
ably never again be inch formidable
giants as Og, Gog and Magog. Or.
we are told In Deuteronomy, was the
last real giant He was that King of
Bathan whom the Israelites slew, and
hit bedstead waa nine cubits long, or
about thirteen feet. This bedstead
story may be baaed upon tho huge
sarcophagi which the Phoenician
kings had made In Imitation of the
Egyptian cos tom.
Gog and Magog are mentioned sev
eral timeb In the Bible with morq, or
leu indeflnltenets. In tee Korean
they represent a barberona- people In.
habiting Central Asia, and they were
probably born out of the terror In
spired by the Scythian hordes
overthrew the Assyrian Empire.
Wooden statues of Gog end Magog;
fourteen feet high have occupied pe
destals In the London Guildhall for
centuries, and were formerly carried
through the streets In tbe Lord May,
or'a shows. They welcomed Henry
V. on I-ondon Bridge in 1416. Accord
ing to Caxton. Gog and Magog were
survivors of a race of giants found
In Britain by Brute, son of Antenor
of. Troy, and brought by him as pris
oners to London, where they were
chained to the gates of av palace on
the site of the Guildhall and kept a*
porters.'
All primitive races seem to poetess
legends of giants .as did the Greeks.
Romans, and Arabs, but nine feet
seems to be almost the highest au
thentic stature recorded. Toplnard’e
Finlander exceeded this by four
Inches. Wlnkeimaler, an Aui
giant who died In 1887, waa eight f<
seven Inches in height. Charles B;
the Irish giant, attained the
of eight feet four Inches.
The tallest race In the world
the Sco'ch of Galloway, who avi,
fire feet eleven inches in helgl
next come the Inhabitants of the
of Scotland, and then the Livonia!
Irish, Norse, English, Polyni
Sikhs, Fulahs of the Sudan,
Cheyennes and Pattagonlans, all
whom range between five feet
and nine Inches.
It is, however, possible to
a giant with a little persevi
There is In the brain a mysl
organ known as the pituitary
injury tp which, some think, prodi
the disease known aa acrome’
In whiqh the- hpad .hands, and
become enormously enlarged.
' '3k
according to the Good
hif lore for bit tom by-
rod of correction upon him.
hat spareth tbe rod hateth his
the wise man.- ”8p*rp th
ud spoil tee child,” said one of
tile poets who knew something about/
tramsn nature. “Whom the Lord loY
eth! He chasteneth,” said another in-
opined In-Mi woo recognized the aim!-
larijty of the attributes of the earthly
eavenly father.
the people of, Georgia are
to do for John Temple la what
ise father does for a son whom
es much. It will not be any
a play affair. They are not go-
■tci push him on In foolishness by
y, but are going to lay the rod
ctlon upon him good and
He will think one of Des-
whlpplng bosses has had hold
when the people of Georgia get
mgh with him In November. And
of It will be done because we love
and want to straighten him out.
Qod gave the musicians who entertain
H|a people their talent that they may
make folk* happy. He gave the other
Performers their ablUty to amuse you
and make you happy.—Evangelist
Theodore Valiant
N0TE8 OF LABOR WORLD.
E REVIVAL OF PROSPERITY.
i a revival of prosperity at hand
the United States? That Is the
:lom which Is probably really up-
st in the mind of a majority of
lericans—certainly of a majority
lerlcan business men. Even the
Heal Issues of a presidential cam-
do not really matter so much
the country as this question of In-
rerirai; because after all,
ill tics only concerns the average
lerican as he ‘hlnks the success of
set of principles or another will
it the country’s progress and wel-
The country has been looking for
business revival ever since It
:ht its breath after the temporary
lie of last fall, bat there was
much hope of Its real appearance
II after tee election of next No-
her. Lately, however, the signs
if recovery have been muttlplyln
idly as to lead to a feeling that,
Bfif errhaps, we may not have to wait un
thla form of giantism Is not com- til our quadrennial political stock-
mended.—Harper’s Weekly . .. taking la over for a return of good
|mc«. The national campaign does
THE RATTLER’8 BUTTONS. not seem to be having Its expected
It Is a very common fallacy cor(t depressing effect upon trade this
cernlng rattlesnakes that each aeg syaai^-a fact which may be due to
ment of the rattle Indicates a year the general discounting of the out-
of the serpent's existence, and It wi! j come, to conjunction with a comblna-
probably be accepted until some one j non of unusually favorable conditions
devises a safe method of examining outslds of politics,
the teeth. One has only to kt&nd.fdt | This year’s crops promise to be
a -half hour In front of greatest,- In the aggregate, the
y fcsv
rmjfcti
mlstnformal
average “nature- story” seem
men tot bald fact by comparison
Although the young rattlean^ki
conies Into the world equipped wltl
but a single button on the end
Its tall, when a year old It may
ns many as a half dozen segml
while three a year may be takei ai
a fair average development. In htm{
Ing. crawling over rough country and
through tangled Brush the rattles .are
apt to be injured'or lost, and occa
sionally a very large specimen la aeon
with but two or three segments, while
one of the banded variety procured
in Pennsylvania for the Bronx Zoo was.
has ever known, and money
end plentiful. Such,
■«7.-tviya
Wee's are risible th tee
tooreeelng trade and of gen-
resumptlon of activity In mills
and factories, which come from every
seotlon o{ the country and from every
line of production. Apparently the
conclusion has been generally arriv
ed at teat the result of this presiden
tial election Is not going to Interfere
with the proceed of return to normal
conditions. Consequently business
everywhere feels free to take ad van-
" of the otherwise exceptionally
favoring situation.—Amrelcan Indus-
for August.. i .Ml;
WOOD IN GERMANY.
less than three feet In length and posj' Among all the nations of the world
sessed seventeen perfect rattles, thd Germany reoelvea the credit of being
absence of the terminal congentlal the most thoroughly scientific. She
button demonstrating that one or does with her limited natural resour-
more piece? had been lost.
segment is added to the N rattlJ?_
ench time the snake casts I*s skin,
nnd this may occur ever/ month of
the snake’s active season, which in
the northern states lasts from early
May until the first severe s’orm of-
later drives it to the den for its
long hibernation. This casting of the
skin, which is common to all serpent*
piuf many of the lizards, Is a curiout
provision to pro’ect the reptile from
disease nnd discomfort, :*ml, 'ike mos*
of nature’s provUhvis, It is a wise
one.
Since the day when the serpent
was condemned to crawl abjectly on
its belly. Instead of riggling graceful
ly upon its tail, as a punishment for
whispering suggestions for the fail
Into the eager ear of Eve it has been
peculiarly liable to Injure Its sensi
tive integument, and, spending its
existence in close contact wl’h the
ground It becomes the unwilling host
of many ticks and parasites which
are harbored by the decaying vege*
taton. Any unfortunate who has ac
cumulated a few wood ticks and la
boriously removed them from the
hide with the point of a knife and
ammonia will appreciate how much
easier it would be to grow a new skin
and envy the serpent the ready means
at its disposal to rid Itself of the un
welcome pests.—Francis Me’calfe in
Outing Magazine.
OUR LOVE FOR JOHN.
The Jacksonville Times-Union and
Citizen Is unkind, enough to suggest:
Now jpayb© J °fcn Temple
Graves will find out what the
Georgians think of him.
Our Jacksonville contemporary in
sinuates that Georgians will show
John Temple that they do not like
him. but that It a great error. The
ces what younger nations will soon
be compelled to do in self-protection;
•fie / conserves them.
When our wood supplies,, stored up
from 100 to 600 years, are within
light of their end, and sawmills that
iiave been moved from the white pine
>elt of the North to the yellow pine
►Sit of tbe South have been moved tc
the Pacific coast for their last stand,
hen germany’8 scientific forestry pol-
cy will receive better recognition
We do not think of moving a grist
nlll about from one wheat field to
mother, as the fields in turn become
i xhausted. After one crop is harvest-
< 4 another is coming on. So it must
Ue'with the sawmill and the crop of
tjrees. If it takes 50 years to raise
*4 tree of a given species, then one-
Bftlotii of the forest may be cut each
•/ear, provided it reseeds or Is .eplant
ed—and the sawmill stays at the
•We place and the workmen live in
their permanent snug homes near
by; the ’’lumber shnnry” will be a
t£lng of the past; raising'trees a busi
ness like raising wheat.
The Bartenders Union at Pittsburg
is reorganizing.
Cigar makers at Mayagues, Porto
Rico, have formed union.
The international Typogrgaphlcal
Union will hold its convention In'Bos
ton next week. |
The Photo Engravers’ Union of
North America has recently 'adopted
a union label.
The International Brotherhood of
Stationery Flremeu will meet in con
vention at Detroit next week.
The car men of Wheeling? W. Va.,
have received an increase in wages
of one-half oad one cent on the hour.
The Trade Unionists at Walla Wal
la, Wash., have placed the president
of the Trades Council as a candidate
(or street commissioner.
The insurance agents of Wheeling,
W. Va., are considering the proposi
tion of organizing a labor"“union for
their self protection in the near Ju-
ture.
The Negno Firemen in Pittsburg,
Pa., will be orgagnized and enrolled
tn the ranks of *he International
Brotherhood of Stationery Firemen,
in a short time.
The new national Federation of
W’cavers held its first convention at
Fall River, .Mass,, with 28 unions rep
resented. Tho United Textile Work
ers’ Union, from which the Weavers’
unions have withdrawn, is opposing
the effort.- ,
In connection with the effort to re
duce number of accidents in mines,
tor which money Was appropriat
ed by Congress, plans have bden
made by Secretary of the Interior
Garfield, to open In Pittsburg. Pa.,
the first experimental station.
Out of 7,248 coses Willed by volun
tary conciliation sod arbitration
boards In Great Britain during the
P*st ten years only 42, or about one
per cent were preceded by stoppage
ot work by /trikes and disturbances
were extremely rare, f
The Soo Railroad-has placed an or
der with tbe Minnesota state free
employment bureau for (7,000 mem
They are, wanted as harvest hands In
Minnesota and North Dakota, and the.
wages offered run from $2 to $4 a
day with board. Under the order
several hundred men have already
been placed.
As an expression of appreciation
for their faithful service and courtesy
to the traveling public, checjys amount
ing to a total of $175,000 were mailed
to 1,153 conductors and 4,617 porters
by the Pullman company. In each
case the eneck was equivalent to one
months pay, an average of $46.40.
The West Virginia State Federation
of Labor continues to grow bigger and
stronger every week. President
Welch Is confident that by tho time
of the next state convention
state Federation, ' reorganized at
Huntington last February, will con
tain all the labor unions in the moun
tain state.
The prospect of smooth workig in
the labor world in Sweden Is anything
but bright, and a great deal of troub
le is expected during the summer. 1 '
The most threatening feature Is the
conflict between tho dockworkers’ or
ganization and the shipowners, which
is bound to Involve all kinds of work
ers.
Miss Hazel (MacDonald of Chicago,
who some time ago advocated the es-
tablshment of a home for aged and
indigent postofllce clerks, has been
elected a delegate to the convention
of the National Federation of Post-
office Clerks, which will open at
Louisville, Ky., on September 7. She
will have an opportunity to submit
her plan to the convention.
“HARD CLINCH” 22?
GEORGIA WOOD FIBRE PLASTER
Beats the world for holding and lasting qualities.
Notico the key*! It locks as Mcurely u if thm w*r« a lock and
key on every Uth, It o«ver crack*, break* or disintegrate*. In
f*ct. it ia the on* and only real wood Jibre plaster which girea
laatinc and sotrantoad satisfaction. It ia sold by thousands of
ton* all ortr th« South. Don’t consider oaimr any other brand
until you writs tu for information* price*, etc.
Briggs Supply Co., Valdosta, Ga.
NOTICE!
The Valdosta
Concert Band
Is now ready to fill any engagement in or out of town,
and I shall be glad to figure with any who may need
our services: F. H HEWLETT, Manager.
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BE HAPPY AND YOU’LL BE GOOD
Join the Happiness Fraternity and
enjoy the amusements and blessings
God has given you. The sweet strains
of music are a God-given baltil .The
notes of a doleful hymn or the words
of a high-flown theological sermon,
spoken In sepulchral tones with un
certain meaning, are as depressing as
heat and humidity in combination on
a summer’s day. There Is a genuine
toilc In the laughter that comes from
happy heart Disease and death
abide In solemnity and morbidity,
are no doxolcgy tunes In the
, of nature. Nor are
pictures^ painted in sombre col-
They are bright and varied and
reflfeted In the dazzling sunlight.
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To be Immune from Typhoid and o her fevers use Glenn
Spiings Mineral Water, the of purity. This water builds
up the system and fortifies the body against disease. Peo
ple with run-down condition are more liable to Typhoid.
Glenn Spring-; Mineral Water makes everv ounce o ( food
you«ake assimilate and produce rich blood, thus building
up the run-down system. Glenn Springs Mineral Water is
absolutely pure and will keep fresh for years. Be on the
Sjfe side. Use Glenn Springs Miner-4 Waier. God gave
you a good body. Take care of it. For sale by
C. S. Bondurant, Valdosta, Georgia.
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