Newspaper Page Text
VALDOSTA, GAh TUESDAY.
MAV a, 1011,
C. C. BRANTLEY, Editor
E. L. TURNER, BuaineN Manager
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1 A YEAR
Entered at the Poatoffice at Valdosta
Go., fti Second Class Mail Master.
It seems about as bard to get a
Mexican office holder to give up his
job as it is to get an American to
do it Broher Diaz lg as far from
resigning now ag he was when the in
surrection first started and before ° 1,10,1 1,1 ucu, n*' 1 mupiu »» uoi
the insurrectos- began to make de- to knoar that the last State Conven-
tnands upon them. «»—■ -•••» K " — -
WHEN WAS HE SINCERE?
Was the Hon. Hoke Smith sincere
a year or two ago when he was
charging up and dow'n the state of
Georgia advocating the “will of the
people” In the election of senators
aiid others? If he was sincere then,
can he be sincere now In his refusal
to give the people an opportunity to
pass upon the candidates for that
position?
You argue, may be. that the
Executive Committee has the power
to call the election; that it does
not belong to Mr. Smith. Is there
a man In Georgia so stupid as not
The Thoraasville Times Enterprise
is down on fake shows that go about
the country advertising themselves
to be the •best. The Times Enterprise
ought also to carry its crusade to
those hum-bugg who advertise their
medicinte to cure all the ills of hu
manity. •
There is a strong outlook for „
new political party in this country.
It will be composed of some West
ern freaks and a few' politicians in
other sections who hope to ride to
a snug place on the wave.
Every city in Georgia ought to
have a well organized band of boy
scouts and the boys snould be taught
to devote themselves not only to the
things that are useful but to stand
opposed to the things that are worth
less and harmful.
A telegram from Adel says that
the people of that place are thorough
ly satisfied with the census figures.
This is one more point in favor of
Adel. Not many towns are so for
tunate.
All ties with this country have
been severed by a New York woman
because Americans are “too com
mon.” Happily for the rest of us,
however, Americans of her type are
not.
The Rome Tribune thinks that Dr.
Wylie may probably find something
on earth fit to eat if he will continue
his investigations. Th© dqctor seems 1
to be “agin” everything in the eating
line.
England and America are about to
adopt a peace treaty that will in
sure peace. Cleveland and Olney
tried to have a treaty of that kind
adopted fifteen years ago.
It is an encouraging Indication of
tho trend toward peace that no mili
tary maneuvers were deemed neces
sary in Washington during the con
vention of toe D. A. R.
It is now up to the insurgent Re
publicans of the senate, by their ac
tion upon the reciprocity treaty, to
prove whether or not they are frauds
and four-flushers.
It’s hard to swallow the story of
that Massachusetts man who ate five
dozen eggs at a meal. But the M. M.
probably found them hard to swal
low, too.
The fact there is so little opposi
tion to the income tax in Georgia
shows that the people of this state
are not as poor as they were once.
The Weather Bureau promises
another cold snap for the south. It
seems to be Impossible to get axact-
ly the kind of weather we want.
Instead of recipes for strawberry
shortcake, why does not Kansas
City print a college education on the
backs of its street car transfers?
The Haslehurst Newt, the Douglai
Enterprise and the Nashville Herald
are all in favor of the Highway
through that section to Sanrannah.
Judge Richard Russel denies that
he Is a candidate for Governor. As
we understand it, the Judge merely
announced his intention to announce.
tion was run by thumb-screws, gag-
law and steam-roller rules? Does
not every man know that not even
a chance was taken for Hoke Smith’s
dictate to mis-enrry at any point.
Was not his committee appointed,
composed mostly of frying-pan pol
iticians who would not think of do
In-g anything but his bidding?
There is more reason now why the
people should be nllowed to say
who shall be chosen to succeed* Sen-
actor Clay than ever before and the
fact that Governor Smith’s name
is being pushed for the office,
whether by his consent or not.
another reason why he should have
enough of the manly spirit of un
selfishness to insist upon his com
mittee giving the people a chance to
be heard. A public official should
always be willing for the majority
of the people to pass upon his claim
for any office. A man who aspires
to serve the* people in some other
capacity ought to let the people pass
upon his claims.
Governor Smith ran for Governor
last year because, he said, “his prin
ciples” had been assailed and the
’will of the people" was about to
be overthrown. He grabbed up the
flag because nobody alee could car
ry It. He came forth *as a martyr
to the cause. His unselfishness was
so like him. All over the state; he
begged like a baby for “another
trial.” His opponents have charged
that he was under promises to the
liquor interests to modify the pres
ent prohibition law. If he promised
them anything, he ought to keep
the pledge—if he did not, he ought
to "vindicate” himself by showing
that he did not, through his record
in office.
In any event, Governor Smith
owes the next two years to the peo
ple of Georgia as Governor, unless
the people release him from the con
tract. He ought, therefore, to givo
them a char.ce to say what is their
wish in the premises. He ought to
have confidence in the people. It
was sincere two or three years
ago in advocating the election of
senators by a direct vote of the
people, what excuse does he offer for
the “change” of sentiment. The 1
Democratic party, in the state and
throughout the n-tion, is more com
mitted to that Idea than ever be
fore. Gov. Smith can not afford to
do the crawfish act in regard to his
former stand on that question.
Those who have kept up with his
tortuous winding, in and out, and
around and about, will realize how
difficult it is for him to stand by
any one conviction long at a time,
though it was thought that he
could hardly do otherwise than be
sincere in this one case. His friends
ought to insist upon his givin-g the
people a chance to pass upon his
case. It is pitiful to see one who
‘cut such fantastic capers before
high heaven”- only a year or two
ago reduced to the necessity of hav*
ing to put his political fortunes in
the keeping of political puppets,
rather than trust them to all of the
people.
What his friends need to do Is to
get him to deal sincerely with the
people, two campaigns In succession
and to standi tomorow by fils pro
fessions of today.
that he dressed himself very neatly
and buckled on his sword that day,
but 1 do not understand that he
pulled it off or handed it over to
General Grant, or that General Grant
ever expected him to do so.
’But I \fras not there and cannot
furnish the exact happenings of that
occasion. When General Grant
W'rote the note appointing the meet
ing and General Lee accepted the
terms, there was no need of deliver
ing his sword. The thing was done
when the terms were accepted.
"There is one thing that should
never be forgotton, however. Gen
eral Lee made up his mind the
night before that he would not ac
cept unworthy terms of capitulation.
:*I * ot ‘t reliably, and it is worth
repeating. General Lee resigned
from the old United States array
and returned to Virginia and offer-
ed his service to the people of his
native state.
“To get Into the Confederate arn-.y
he had to Join, get In coni in a ml 0 f
Virginia troops, all of which he did.
Of course, the Confederacy welcom
ed 1 him with open arms,
. “ e won * illto tho Confederate
army In command of a Virginia
regiment, or a Virginia brigade.
When he rose to the highest rank he
was si ccccded by another Virginian
who took the commend.
:‘-When the end eamo General
Charles Field was In command of
these- Virginia troops and they were
always In reach of General Lee.
General Field told me In Dr. FeN
ton’s presence, that General Lee
chose General Lomrstreet as the of
ficer who would go with Lee, If the
terms of surrender were such as he
could not receive or accept, and
while it was next to certain that
nothing could save the Confederate
army, still he, General Lee, decided
to try to surround himself with a
picked body of troops and try to cut
his way Into the mountains of Vir
ginia and sell his life dearly.
“The resolve wae made after mid
night on April 9 and General Long-
street was asked If he would take
command of these Virginia troops
and go theli 1 fate, whatever It might
’he. and! General Field said General
Longstrjset accepted the trust.
When I remembered how Genera)
Longstreet was abused and denoun
ced for hi. politics after tho war, 1t
seems to mo that southern people
had short and fickle memories.
“But General Grant offered hoa-
be shown them when they are caught.
If It should be proven that McNa
mara and the men who have becu ar
rested with him are guilty of destroy
ing the Plant of the Lo* ASgelee
Times they should ho made to suf
fer the full extent of the laws. It
Is hard to conceive of a more detest-
Ihle crime than the one with whlci
they are charged. It has all of the
elements- of malice, murder and
sneaklshntss In It. When all of the
evidence In the case Is developed It
will be much easier to get an Insight
Iiito.lt.
In tho meantime, the public
whlrh has been outraged by this
crime, has as much at Btake as the
men accused of It have. Good men.
law abiding men aro'rarely ever ac
cused of a crlmo so revolting and so
cowardly. Whllo It Is easy to split
hairs over modes of procedure, con
stitutional rights nnl that sort of
THE ( OMISSION FORM. [ BALK-TO-THE-ACIIE CROpT
Me hear a good deal these (fay*I For largo yields I n„,i tsi
about the commission form of Gov-jtion to give best results: First year
fern T “ mu , n,dpallt,e8 ’ This wheat followed by corn peas sown
tm™. , l)U ‘ d by Beveral after wheat harvest, at the rate ot
towns ami cities, including Galvca-i a h„mIi t
ton a " waives 3 bushels per acre, or 1 bushel per
the' or*,;,a,or oTL".ZsT ‘^‘“year.
e zz isrr : e,thur *
every,blue new- ,i.-„ . I pound8 crlm80n cl ° vcr - We get bo
people who are willing to run aftnr i _ . „ , , u
everything new that comes , o " ' W ® 86t b “‘
They are what might be called “Jim 1 L 8 °' Vn Wfth C '° Ver aa
era" of movements. If it Is 1 new c ?‘? ‘° haVe one nltrogenou8
political party they are al, there a" t , , * °“ * a "’° ° ne
the organisation. They arc a rest- 1 l? )r ' ™ ", IT™ ma " Ure ' D the
less set. who are clamoring for 8 ' ye ‘ r ' “•
change, whether It Is from had to j £ “ the'fT “ ** P ‘° W ' D8 ' ° r
wor*> or from nood to better. Bv thi«* mt h *,
After all, tho men In charge ofl ,! , " We baVe brought
affairs are more Important than U,.: ,,’"; ;!'”" ^ fr ° m 600 t0
form. A Cty which Is dominated by\ or cr n nro’Z
an uiinroirrouRiva « t ... ,, 1 er acr '" In P re P a rlng cotton land
**u uii|iioMcssi\e sot of men would i *. . . .
bo vot-v mit i, n „« , * break the land and harrow until
- - -• °° very apt to have un progressive r . .. , •
thing, it is nevertheless Important t commissioners, If the commission * „ ^ ^ secd " bed - u ,a sen-
that assassins and Iborab-throw-era form were adopted If „ eltv ; ‘' m y arK '“'‘ l by farmcrH “>at cot-
should,be apprehended and punished domlm I by grafters’ and self seek f ‘T *"! make JuBt a8 ra,lch per acro
ers, a change In t. fon wo d t'' ,7° ^Z " mere ' y rld « ed and
accomplish muchWh,™ deeded ZT ' T" ^ °' d
^°mer.n^:o^r^rir.riM y b “ tter r ,,rn9 for th °
by any name would he Jus, as sweet! P t lu " r< T arl »S ‘ho soil for
If the samo men who compose the
Board of Councilmen of the com
munity were put on tho commission,
their condition would be tho same.
So, the thing that l 8 needed in most
towns Is to put good men in control
of affairs. Under tho commission
form salaries are very much higher
than where the affairs are managed
by a mayor and aldermen. The com
missioners are thus able to devote
more of their time to public mat
ters.
... ... mu scraper
But whether one form or another Ifl cu i tIvated w .
hut it Is almost Impossible to bring I ( .„u r e!f au!ho!"ty! j *° ^ ^ a,Way "
r“h,e un irve^o: lty ,,a,T n vv?:,:* rr y ,o put bad n,on - ■ • ” a ; zzzzzz*
commission as on a city council. It I. means „ Rrent .^f foyrns and
aa easy for grafters and wlre-pul- l y0 , lnK holl( , x havc
lers to dominate a commission as ) owI cim iv a ,|on give the target
any other office. The thing to be • K ine ,ar * Gt
reformed In the Individual voter—
the man who casta his ballot for men
In office. Public servants are usual
ly what the people want them to he,
for their offenses. No man should
Judge these accused men until tho
evidence against them is heard,
and no law-abiding man should Jump
to the conclusion df their innocence
until after the hearing of the evi
dence. No class In this free country
of ours is immune from tho protec
tion of the law and every class hut
strengthens its hold upon public con
fidence by seeking earnestly to have
the law enforced In every case.
FOR THE AUDITORIUM.
Every man woman and child in
Valdosta ought to keep on thinking
and talking about an auditorium for
this city until one ia secured. Val
dosta needa a large houBe now to
bring large conventions to this city
Douglas, Ark., feels like asking
the man who took away its war to
bring some of it back. Douglas
enjoyed seeing itself in print.
Mr. Roosevelt’s ambition Is rather
to be uhot on the field of battle than
slaughtered to make a political holi
day.
The Mexican insurgents have sus
pended hostilities long enough to
roll a few cigarettes.
Miss Reciprocity called at the
Senate, but the latch string wasn’t
hanging out.
About the only thing the first week
!n baseball proves is that accidents
will happen.
Myriads of swallow have been here
for some weeks, but etill no ium-
* r *
TRUTH ABOUT LEE’S SWORD
In response to an Inquiry through
the Atlanta Journal, Mrs. W. H.
Felton, widow the late Dr. W. H.
Felton, of Cartersvllle, Ga., sends the
following, which are the facts about
the meeting of Generals Lee and
Grant at Appomatox Court Hou-e
forty-six years ago April 9th.
have been informed that Gen
eral Grant did not accept General
Lee’s sword and I very much doubt
if it was tendered.
‘Among sensible people there is
very littl» fuss and feathers, and
when General I ee signed the papers,
signifying the close of the hostilities
between the north and south that
ended the business.
"But I have read in a late account
of the surrender, that Gen. Lee
did wear his sword to the meeting
that day. Perhaps It was a fine
Jeweled, wespon, given him by the
state of Virginia./ The story goes
(
t*-> ? »-
I>RFENniNG*nYNAMITE Rfi.
The Times has always been a atlc
ler for law. The decent and order,
way of doing things always cot i-
Jn*nds Itself to us. It Is the on
way to do. Imw, arc made f r
thejbest Interest of the people. M<n
accAacdi of crime should hare a fair
and ad Impartial trial bafore a July
of fair minded, In^Illgenf. mei,
Too many safeguards cannot be
thrown around a prisoner when he li
accused of crime. While this la
true, the prisoner at the bar Is not
the only one whose rights are likely
to be Infringed upon. The people
have rights, as well as the men who
are on trial for crime. t
It Is a matter of some regret that
there should be a tendency upon the
part of a largo element of people to
make the trial of tho men accused
of dynamiting private property and
of destroying human lives an Issue
between classes of cltlxena, all of
whom should be Interested In the
enforcement of our laws. The dis
patches say that over 1100 000, have
already been raised To defend McNa-
mara and those who have been ar
rested with him, and we presume
that a great deal of fBfe* money has
been contributed by people who
know absolutely nothing about tho
facta in the case , McNamara and
his companions may be as Innocent
as angels. If they are, we doubt If
they can be convicted of crime In any
city In the United States.
We do not Tfelleve that there l»
any more reason for the arrest of
these particular men than for that
of any other men IiTany one of a
hundred cTTTea In thdTlnlted State*,
unless there la mlghty'good evidence
that these men are guilty of crime.
One of the men confessed to having
participated In blowing up a number
of factories, causing a loss of $3 -
000,000, and one hundred and twelve
I'rea.
It has not been" very long since
some men were tried on a charge of
^assassinating the governor of one
of tho Western atatea, the theory ibe-
Ing that he was assassinated through
vengeance, resulting ’from the ha
tred that had been attired up by
class agitation. If was all right for
rriends of the accused men to contri
bute money to see that they were
given a fair trial, bat to do more
than that was all wrong. All classes
of people In this country ought to bo
down upon anarchists and bomb
throwers, and HttD sympathy should
suitable convention hall. We are
sorry to state that there Is no such
hall In thiB city. Church conventions
are usually held In the churches and
other kindg of conventions are held
in the court houso. If it were not
for the county court house, Valdosta
would be’In a bad fix, so far as a
hall for publtc meetings.
Yhe Music Festival last week
would have brought many more peo
ple to the city if It had been known
that ValdoBta had un auditorium that
could accomodatu the crowds. By
having a well equipped auditorium
this city could have a Music Festi
val every year and it would be on
easy matter to bring Grand Opera
its reception, than cotton.
After many experiments I found
I was able to get larger yields when
•he cotton was planted In drills 3M
feet apart and thinned to one stalk
every IB nnrt 18 Inches.
My cotton Is ready for thinning In
three weeks from the time It Is up
I use the weedcr several times be
fore thinning. Tr. fact, I almost thin
It with the weeder. I find cotton
grows off more rapidly after the
weedcr and side linrrow thnn It does
after tho scraper. After thtnnlg, it
yields. W. C. Brooks. In Raleigh
(N. C.- Progressive Farmer.
la Cleaner Than Carpet.
' . . ■ Paint your floor around the border
r^ V !!!!, y „ 8e l ! .° 8 fron ! ° f .' he room wlth L - and M. Floor
orable terms and thus the aurr«|vj<y] tUoopjt ^era. Valdosta (e'en the dr
eams at Appomathx.' 1 ~[cult from. Atlanta to Jacksonville and
If this city could accommodate large
Op«ra Companies or orchestrog, it
wdpld be easy to give tho people
here the very finest productions in
that line and at a much lower price
than has to be charged whore the
number of seats are limited.
We know but one way to secure
dn auditorium and that is for the
citizens to build it, either by private
subscription or in fonr.peMon with
public library, a Young Men’s
Chirstian Association or some other
enterprise of that sort. Tho people
of Valdosta send off enough money
every yenr to build a good auditor
ium here, whon we count the amount
pf money which is contributed in
this city for schools bnd colleges
in other sections and to keep up
various enterprises away from home,
This may bo all right but wo ought
not to stint ourselves of the things
need so much, and wo do not
know of anything that Valdosta
needs more than a public auditorium
where helpful conventions may bo
held, where meetings for public
improvements may gather and where
musical, educational and religious
assemblies may be brought together
qt different times. These things ap
peal to the highest taste. They
strike the best chords in human na
ture and they rise above the coarser
and earthy things that find encour
agement on almost every side. If
we are to overcome evil with good it
seems to us that it would be part of
wisdom to encourage the better
things of life, rather than let the
worse things flourish.
An auditorium would have its
particular field of usefulness, and Its
place would be a very important
one. Let us continue to agitate tho
question of an auditorium, not only
becauue it would be to Valdosta’s
material Interest to have one, but
because as a moral proposition it
would be worth a good deal to the
city.
Paint. Costs about 60 cents.
It gives a bright varnished finish.
Cover the center of the room with
your home made earpet rug. Looks
splendid.
<l«t It from* A. B. Dlmmock.
Times Want AcU,
the people. When the voters stand
for progress In the administration
of affairs the office holders usually
do their bidding.
The commission fo’*m of govern*
muit is a now thing arm It is nat
ural that those people who are ever
on the alert to tie on to uoveltles
are looking favorably to it. In a
little while, If the voters are not
careful, the commissioners will bo (PS , WADn _ ~ .. ■■
Just ns corrupt, Just as lazy and f stable reward will
Just as no-nccount of? any other pub- #1 a , or ^ hG arreBt an< ! delivery
He official who may havo fallen that j ,^ lh ® . , ,er 0 Borr,en county, of
low h,bort ^KKart, colorod, charged with
I carrying away Frank Billington, a
MEXICO’S NEXT PRESIDENT. tcn year ° ,d colo **ed girl. Llggart Is
The real trouble with Mexico to- *’* b ' Bb ’ biack - wlth
, HP*, dean shaven face, wears a No.
day. according to Edwin Emerson, n shoe. The girl I. brown skinned
who writes In “Sl ess Magazine” with brown hair, with a scar on her
Is tha everybody of any consequence j nock; wears a No. 4 shoe. Suppo»-
ln that country is wondering about i° d *° ^ avo gone south. Left March
tomorrow. President Diaz, having | Notify B. F. Billington, Adel,
reached his eightieth year, may die '“ AdeI 0 „ ^ „„ wlt
any day without tho help oven of an I
WANTED AT ONCE A tun™.
asaassin. Still asslsslns are not un- tlno wood ., n)an , ono that ca „
heard of In Mexico Only a fow| Iab0r a lld muke tur „ eutlne . slng|e
years ago one ot l*or.ll.lo D'ur's nian preferred . UooIfl g
would-be assassins cost the life of llmo klller 8avo your g(
th« f»hi«r ;olice of tho City of •*- ■ -
the chief
Mexico.
Now all Mexico is speculating,
should Don Porfirlo die, who is to
be his successor. Not his miccossor
do Jure—tho vice-president of tho
Republic—but bis successor de facto
—the man who will boat down all
opposition, exterminate hit* rivals
for power, to rule a cowed country
with a hand of iron,
ever done.
McQuaig, Manager, Pelham, Ga.
4-25-d3t-w3t.
FOR SALE—Four good logging
mule B about 100 pounds each; ono
travelling oat thrawh with Gasoline
engine; ono reaper and binder. Will
sell cheap. R. s. Kell, Tifton, Ga.
4-2G-w6t.
FOR 8AiTe—Eight thousand^feet
as Diaz has dry kiln pipe, track and truck* for
same. All fittings for dry kiln 20x60.
gain. W. H. Staring, Rays Mill, Ga.
3-25-«wtf.
LOST—An oilcloth covered blll-
Will it be Ramon Corrall, the : Can be seen mtTay~and^Smith’/war^
vice-president, or General Ramirez, house, Valdosta. Will sell at a bar-
the commaiider-ln-chlef of tho re- —
doubtable rurales? Or Enrique
Creel, the friend of tho foreigners
and of Uncle Sam? or General Ber- . 8T An oI,c1
nado Reyes, tho friend of the church °° containing a note for $246,
and idol of the army? Or flenor 0 o t e Parker Tie Co., also
I.lmant. ur, the captallst and flnan- , , B paper !’ /-‘heral reward for
cial wizard? Or Don Francisco ” ‘° Parker « a "» a 7 New.
Madero, the martyr and outlaw lead-j —! ~ .
er of Coahulla? | WANTED—To tmy e!ght~*econd-
A!1 but this lant man are out and j hand Engllah gin*. W. H. Starling,
out govcrnmei.t men who, strictly Ray * Mlll > 0a - 4-8-ew-d-sat-tf.
It 1* said that most of the visitors
to Atlanta*! opera hunted up the
moving picture show after the per
formance in order to feel that they
had their money’s worth.
’Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, does
not flee how the government can con
trol the trust* since the trusts con
trol the government. Nor can we
do the firat thing to do Is to "buflt”
the present government In 191*.
speaking, have but ono party be
hind them; the party of established
order. Madero alone 1* the leader
of the opposition, the party of disap
pointment, of revolt, and professed
reform. The former malcontent* of
Northern Mexico, having been cheat
ed of their hopes In Barnardo Reyes,
have now fixed their allegiance on
Madero.
After Madero, last summer.
8TRAYED OR STOLEN Six
shoats, two blue and four black,
mark swallow fork In right ear and
under bit in left. Reasonable re
ward for return or Information. J. T.
Pa,ln d^-w-tf
J. K. WALKER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
mm summer,
showed that he had the stuff ln, RooIn8 No*. 21 and 24. 4th Floor
him to run against Diaz aa a preal
dentlal candidate and to go to pris
on and Into temporary exile for his
ambition, it was enough for him to
New utrlckland Building.
Valdosta Georgia
mi*miitun, ii was enougn ror nim to DAN R. BRUCE,
recros* the border with arms In hi* ATTY ' AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
hand* to be received by hi* frlenda Office: Room 20, Strickland Bldg,
and old peon* *a their choeen leader, j Valdoata, aO.