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THE VALDOSTA TIMES.
ira* is, .1011.
VALDdbTA, OAh TUESDAY,
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VALDOSTA SEMI-WEEKLY TIMES
V. C. BRANTLEY, Editor
E. L. TURNER, llukioeca Manage*
SUBSCRIPTION PRICK 01 A YEAR
Entered >1 the Poetodlce at Valdoeta
(ia„ u Second Clan Mail Ma'ier.
If the Illhle (lot. teach that Eter
nal torture la the fate of all except
the ealpta. It should be preached,
yes, thundered weekly, dally, hour-
ly If it does not ao leach, the fact
should he made knowu an I the foul
stain dishonoring Ood'a holy name
removed.—Pastor Russell
It Is rumored that an effort will
he made to pass a law to permit
Sunday baseball In Georgia. If the
Sabbath day Is going to ho broken
at all let It be done with something
besides baseball. As a matter fact,
too many week days are smashed
with that sport nojr.
We do not like to read or hear of
bloodshed, hut we cannot suppress a
rmlle of complete satisfaction when
wo hear that some Kentucky citizen
has filled a bunch of night riders
with buckshot.
Rumor hns It that the subscribers
lo Watson's Jeffersonian Magazine
have led him to believe that ho Is
the overwhelming choice of the peo
pie of Georgia for the United States
senate.
Colonel Roosevelt denies that ho
ever promised to support President
Taft for President In 1912. The col
onel says tho man who originated
the story belongs In his Ananias
Club.
W. H. Tlrowne, a New Orleans cot
ton speculator, predicts 20 cents cot
ton, but this prediction Is for cotton
on the exchange and not In the
formers’ hands. ♦
A good mnny of the newspapers
seem to he of the opinion that Sena
tor Lorlmer w'll have to go. Wo
are not going to reach that con
clusion until wo seo him get out.
North Carolina claims to bo rais
ing strawberries as big as peaches.
Georgia Is expected-to hold up Its
end and produce watermelons as big
as molasses barrels.
A Washington excursion agent
has made 580 trips from Washing
ton to San Pranclsco without an ac
cident. This record probably stands
atone.
A Texas convict has filed a peti
tion with the governor asking the
executive not to pardon him. His
daughter and her uncle are seeking
hla pardon.
Congress Is Investigating every
thing these days. A committee is
trying to find the secret of Morgan's
power. They will find It under his
hau
Let no suspicious person think
that J. Plerpont Morgan Is getting
pointers to use In case he hss a cor
onation himself.
Kentucky oats suffered great
ly from tho drouth and heat In May,
hut hero's hoping nothing has hap
pened to tho good old rye.
Columbus Is boosting a new audi
torium, but we do not know a town
In Georgia that hns a better propo
sition of that kind than Valdosta.
Our seasons are changing! There
art not so many shower* and not
near so many June brtdss as thsrw
used to he.
Noticing what a good time Roos
evelt Is having, Dias thinks
would prefer to stay at horn* and
he a grand old ex-president.
Insurgents In the senate only ask
for a Lorlmer Investigation that win
not he a prearranged whitewashing
festival.
Truth, like silver, must he not
only mined but also refined, separat
ed from dross, before Its value can
be appreciated.—Pastor Hesse!'
It Is shout time for some of the
newspapers to quit referring to
Jack Johnson’* “white wife,” since
the white la only skin deep.
The flrzt hale of Texo* cotton was
rlaced upon the market on June the
flk, the earliest date on record.
"Prink more buttermilk and less
hoc re" I* the hot weather Injunc
tion of the Augusta Herald.
The buetneaa men of the country
do not get frightened at an sxtra
session of Congress any ..more.
GENERAL EVANS APPOINTED.
General Clement A. Evans has
been tendered the position of adju
tant general of the Georgia state
troop* by Governor-elect Hoke
S.nltU If the reports from Atlanta
are to be credited. General Evans Is
n>w a member of the prison come
nbsBlon, a position to which he was
appointed by Governor Atkinson
twelve or fifteen years ago. If we
remember correctly. General Evans
has nerved continuously on that
board ever since It was created. He
la well fitted for the duties of the
place, In that hla sympathetic nature
gives the assurance that, at least
one of the three commissioners,
while strong and exacting, la yet
ready to listen to appeals for mercy.
Ills appointment by Governor Atkin
son wae approved by the people and
It Is probable that he would be ap
proved 'by them as long aa he should
aspire for the office.
Tho place of adjutant general un
de:- the new mllltnry rules, and
owing to tho general's advanced
pge, will be more difficult for him
In perform, though tho appointment
will give general satisfaction, even
though It takes tho services of Gen.
Evans off the prison commission.
Gen. Evans was a noble warrior In
time of war and he has been patri
otic In time of peace. The people of
Georgia have been wl’llng to reward
her old soldiers, and the appoint
ment of an old soldier to almost any
sort of position would be a popular
ppolntment, especially when the
appointee combines military leader
ship with manly Christian eharaeter
as In tho case of General Evans. The
appointment reflects credit upon
Governor Smith's desire to reward
one of Georgia’s remaining heroes,
though It displaces a younger man
who was admirably fitted for the
position.
When Adjutant General Scott
was appointed by Governor Smith
four.years ago It was understood
that the appointment wag made be
cause he was a young man, an act
ive military man, and because the
military service needed such a man
at the head of that department. Gen
eral Scott displaced General Samps
Harris another gallant Confederate
addler, who had served the state
ably upon the bench and who had
given strong service at the head of
the militia of the atato. It la stated
now that the place which wag given
Adjutant General Scott four years
ago was offered to General Evan* at
the time, but he declined It. ' Gov
ernor Grown retained Eencral Soott
because he had made an excellent
reputation /and because . Governor
Grown stated early In his career as
Governor that ho would not "play
politic*” with Important offices at
his disposal. He preferred to look
first to tho public service.
The appointment of General Brans
will probably meet the approral of
the military officers of the state,
though General Bvane Is not aa
spectacular as a younger man might
be, and, owing to hla advanced age,
may not shbw up so well on parade.
LET THE COLONEL BE CALLED.
Wo can not see how the congres
sional couimitteo engaged In Inves
tigating the steol trust dan avoid
calling Colonel Roosevelt. The col
onel baa on a former occasion made
a statement of his part in the trans
fer of the Tennessee Coal and Iron
compnny to tho United State* Steel
corp°r*tlon, but ho was not Inter
rogated by competent attorneys and
thoro <s no doubt he can enlighten
the committee considerably.
It was In September, 1908, that
Colonel Roosovolt, replying to Mr,
Bryan, used the following language:
I was rognixant of the entire
transaction. It was not entered
Into by the steel corporation or
its own desire, but solely at
the urgent request of the cor
poration purchased and of the
big banka holding that corpor
ation's securities, in order to
enablo them to prevent a crash
which would hare turned the
panic of last fall Into the moat
widespread disaster. I should
Indeed have been derelict In
my duty If I had not acted and
efficiently used all the power or
the government where It could
ha legally and efficiently uaed
tag It was In thia case) to see
that the panic was kept within
the smallest possible radius and
the damage caused aa slight aa
possible.
What Colonel Roosevelt did was
a assure the officials of the steel
corporation that If they would take
over the Tennessee corporailon and
lit properties, and thus relive
banks that were loaded up with tta
securities, there would be no prose
cution by the government for the
violation of the Sherman anti-trust
law. Juat how Colodel Roosevelt
could hare regarded this as a legal
use of the power of the gorenment
we do not understand, and that I*
why we think be ought to be called
before the committee. )" ,
We here'It from Mr. Gate# that
not a dollar changed hand* in the
transaction. It was merely an ex
change of securities that were week
for securities that were more stable,
end thus the only greet Competitor
of the steel trust poshed 'into that
concern's hands, and with It a guar
antee that the lawless transaction
would not be resisted by the Federal
government.
Many people take the view, no
doubt, that the president was right
la suBpeudlng a law to save the
financial situation, but the great
majority probably doubt that quali
ty ot statesmanship Apparently,
the distress of the Tennessee Coal
und Iron Company wa* Intentionally
brought about by those who were
attempting to grab It, and the panic
afforded the opportunity of oppor
tunities, because of the assurance
that the steel trust's competition
could be forever destroyed without
Inviting the penalties ot the antl-
trust act of which the trust wa* al
ready In mortal fear.
We have yet to be convinced th».
the alternative of this deal would
have been the threatened panic. The
men who wcr e operating Industrious
ly In New York's financial district
at that tlm e bad It in their amwer
to prevent the panic and theyvfonld
have done It had It been to.their
Interest to do It, regardless of the
Tennessee Coal and Iron transac
tion. They merely had their plans
laid to obtain these vast properties
very cheap and at the tame time
without danger of attack by the
government. They took over the
property and cleaned up many mil
lions on the deal and then posed as
the saviors of the country.
It I* quite time the full truth of
this transaction whre coming to the
light, and the country Is anxious V>
know If the right of the peopfe to
curb monopoly was signed away
permanently by Roosevelt when he
sanctioned the deal.—Houston Post.
worked-to-death clasI
The Vacation season having amv-
ed, the newspapers are devoting a
good deal of space to discussing It
There are theorists on tlje vacation
habit as well as on other ‘
There are those who argue,
ueeds arevi;,
rest; that nature deals
and that the man who does not stop
once In awhile and take a needed
rest and a change from the ceaseless
grind will wear out sooner than he
ought to. These people are the con
servators ot energy and strength.
Their argument UJ not bad.
But there are other theorists who
argue that “taking a vacation is a
mere fad," that the men who take
the most vacstlons are usually the
one* who do the leaat work. They
nrgue that men do themselves more
harm off on vacation than they would
do at home. Like the fellow who
runs off to a baseball game, because
he nceda relaxation, he Is likely to
spend more nervous enegy" rooting
for the home team" than he will
get In relaxation from the daily
grind. These folks point to the really
a locomotive can do better work
after a short ’’vacation” In the
round-house and so can a man.
The American people work too
CHINA AMD MENU
The probability, or maybe the
possibility, of war between China
and Mexico Is enough to make The
hard. Those who sre not working j H *ffuo tribunal keep open at night
themselves to death In business are ond t0 * dopt Sunday hours until the
doing It at the baseball games. the|“ •>“ -er. China ha,
health reaorta or lu trying to keep a ,'" ady dl *P» tcll * d one of her war-
... . * ships to Mexican waters to demand
up with the erases that come . on C satlafacttoD for the WDo]egale ma „
like the waves that chase each other
toward the beach.
sacre of Chinamen In one of the
Mexican towns during the recent
THE origin OP “PAN” revolution. It seems that the Chi-
THE ORIGIN OF *AJf. nege were butchered by tho greas-
The Richmond Times and the, cia mere|y t0 k(Jep the , r
Boston Globe have been discussing ^ -handa-ln" the bloody game. Then,
"fan” aa applied to the baseball en-! thc Chinese were probably the moat
thuslast, the Globe bolding to the defenseless folks In the town, and
theory that it Is an abbreviation of nothing appeals so strongly to the
“fanstle” and the Times holding to average Mexican greaser as an ad-
tbe Idea that it applies to the bat-'versary who has no means of de
ter “fanning the air," a term used feme.
When the batter strikes out. Die-1 We do not blame the Chinese for
cussing the subject, the Richmond *«'»*JW“
Times says:
"Fan” as
1 red-blooded
Americans know, Is the bit of
slang which denotes the base
ball enthusiast. The derivation
of this word which appears
about 50,000,000 times each
year on the sporting pages of
American newspapers, is in
doubt. The Boston Globe has
been conducting a sort of in
vestigation of the parentage of
the word, and a number of peo
ple have offered explanations..
It has been thought—and a
great many anti-baseball folks
agree In the view—that "fan’*
is an abbreviation of “fanatic’*
There are many however, who
stoutly contend tho word had
another source. A Dorchester,
Massachusetts, man Bays for
instance:
“To say that wc are 'fans,*
because of 'fanatics’ is too
clumsy a word and annoys os.
Look at a baseball crowd aris
ing from lethargy to excite
ment; see the arms and forms ,
unfold Into bedlam, and yon see
a fan of humans spreading over
the vista of the stands. That
sight would explain the term
better.’*
It has also been suggested
that the word comes from the
action of a batter who "fans’*
the air instead of hitting the
ball. The crowd on the bleach
ers tries to "rattle" him, con
fuse his mind, therefore those
who We, him to "fan" - are
called "fans.** Probably there
are other theories as to the
origin of this word; at any
rate, those who have brainstorm
when a man on the home team
puts a "three-bagger” over will
ponder over this problem on
rainy days.—Richmond Times.
It has been a long time since the
editor of The Times umpired a base-
is enough to make them mad, and
the fact that they are hurrying a
warship to the scene shows that
China is waking up; that she
is getting resentful and acquiring
enough of the western civilization
to maak her determine to take a
hand in the national throat-cutting,
which she has managed to keep out
of in the past by keeping to herself.
It shows, too, that China is not Ig
norant about nations on this Bide
of the ocean. She probably took
Mexico’s measure before she allow
ed her warship to set sal!. She may
run up against the Monroe Doctrine
somewhere on the route, and then
China and her boat will have “an
other thought coming."
But a fight between China and
Mexico would be worth seeing,
naval engagement between the two
countries might not be so much, ibut
if Uncle Sam or some other nation
would keep the Mexicans from
butchering the Chinese until all of
their men could be landed, a war
might follow that would compare
favorably with, the heat revolutions
that have been pulled off in Nicara
gua and Venezuela. It would foe
n.ostly noise—Boxer and Greaser
chatter-—'but it would be entertain
ing none the less.
China has demanded six million
dollars in gold for the outrage per
petrated by the massacre of bo many
Chinese. As Diaz Is said to have
taken all of the gold with him, it
will probably he difficult for the
Chinks to get the satisfaction which
they want.. If not, they can make
faces at the greasers, treat them
with scorn and return to the Flow
ery Kingdom. Nothing extraordinary
will pVobably come from the sail
ing of the Chinese warship for Mex
ican waters, but the Incident is im
portant as indicating that China is
orening her eyes and that the day
which Napoleon dreamed of Is grad
ually coming — the day of the
awakened China."
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
A writer in a French woman's pa-
ball game or refereed a discussion ^ er ma fc ea an interesting comparison
upon the merits of opposing team*. betweell th(j CQit of Uying fash .
It has been still longer since we
have undertaken to tell where all
of the slang connected with the
game came from, but It looks to us
a« if every child in the kinder
garten ought to know where "fan"
originated and how it came Into use.
Both of our esteemed contempo
raries ar e mistaken. We are not
ionable women of today and thirty
years ago.
“An income of $4,000 was count
ed a» wealthy thirty years ago,"
ys the writer, "The women who
dress iu the height of fashion
paid anything between $30 and $60
for a smart frock, while a hat that
cost a s much as $20 was looked
almost impossible for one to eon- * 10 or 815. Tho highest price given
celve how it could bo ao Ignorant on for »n evening cloak was about 860
this subject. land if a woman treated her friends
The word “fan*” at applied to a* a confectioner's shop she would
lovers of the national game wa* spend les* than half a dollar on
originally applied to the female por- chocolate and cakes for both,
tlon of the spectators. Instead of “A drive In the park coot less thsn
qaylng a player 1* “playing to tho 81, and a carriage could he hired for
grandstand,” a bright talker ehang- the whole day at less than 85. Any-
ed It to “playing to the fans”—that body who hired a carriage by the
1s, tho ladle* Tho Idea came from month was thought very rich, and
the fact that from the. outfield. It M those who had their own were spok-
dlfflcult some time* to distinguish en ot as millionaire*
the ladle* from the men except hy| “Comparing this with today. A
their fan*. The ladles always car- simple walking costume Is priced at
•fans" and they frequently, f rom ,go to 8180. An Inexpensive
surprised that the Richmond paper
Should have fallen Into error, but apon as ao " abenri ot extravagance,
busy men of tho country a* being ho Boston Globe live* so far “*p The most elegant hats " cre sol
men who hardly ever .top work. l’arth”-!„ the “Hub City,” where d ° m prlccd abov « * 9 ' aad “«
Like the little brook In the poem, fixture of a eort and uport are mornl “* gow “ trllm “ cd wltk ,a
they “go on forever.” Wsl>rT»**l, the mastery-that It Is *» d Mbhcm. Jt^ nt'Bht be had for
The advocates ot both theories
make some good points. It depends
very much upon how a vacation Is
spent, whether It la north while or
not. The man who runs from one
storm t<> another, merely because It
Is a change, will not get very good
results. Total rest with a chaqgvls
climate, diet and anvlronment m^y.bo
beneficial to the tired, overworked
man or woman hut there Is probably
not one man In forty, who take* a
vacation, who takes that kind. Mo*t
men who feel the need of rest from
the dally grind go to the other ex
treme. They may not keep up th*
pace-that-kllls—as they hav* been
doing—hut they over-work them,
selves In another direction.
Our obeervatlon Is that th* peo
ple who are first to rush off in (Ul
mer for rest are th* ona* who do
th, least when they are at home.
Thl* applies to the women a* well si
the men. The really busy people
hardly ever find time to quit then j * s*]
work. Tho world would wag on If Friday:
they would do eo. hut moat ot them
do not believe It Every man and
every woman, who lead active, busy
lives, would be better off U they
would quite work occasionally and
get some real rest It would be bet
ter for them and' for their work, for
after a short vacation they would
return to It with more enthusiasm,
more .strength and more energy. A
horse can do more work In a year If
given an occasional period ot rest
to applaud a play.
visiting frock will cost anything
use
It was that originally the “f*n*“| ahoTe ,i 30 , while a really elegant
ladles at the game, hut moro | n g gown cannot he had under
en'the word wa* used to cover jjoq A fur cloak Is not dear at
cranks of the game. |noo, and a plain hat cost* 840.
[e Nation Is dead. She Hat » maT run up to M0 ° or mor ®'
tlon-wido notoriety by I "Most smart women have their
[gn as A "ealoon ■masher" J own automobiles, while their les*
[on Kansas. She died in.fortunate sisters must he content
in Leavenworth, Kas., with hlrinsr a car at 110 for a half
/ | a day. Afternoon teams run Into dol-
‘ •— — o liars, and altogether an income of
CoJ.Terf Blackburn says that Sen-1 $20:000 a veir 1b. according to the
ator Terrell will be elected to sue- jp ar |*j an phrase. Just Rood enough to
ceed flay on the first ballot. As we, 40 , n no worth debt*,
understand It, Governor Smith's .. A cnrlou , fact th4t ,„ come * of
friend, concede Sena or Terrell U4' a are not now thought
vote, oa tho Act ballot „ much J. Thl . „ mie not only
The Columbna BnqutrerSnn thinks' ° ; Paris, but also of London, St.
the mantle of Mr*. Carrie Nation hasi Petersburg and evln Berlin, Dre*-
falien upo.v a woman who broke up den and Frankfort, and the question
a beer party with a rifle the other l« asked: “Where has all the mon.
night. ley come from?”
PRIMER FOR MR. BRYAN.
For the benefit of Mr. Bryan, we
litlnt again the following tariff pri
mer, which we recently composed
for the enlightenment of our amia
ble contemporary, the Dallas New*:
This Is a hat—It 1* a wool hat.
The material grew upon the back of
a sheep.
We do not wear wool—we wear
things made of wool. We do not
hoy woo!—we buy things made of
wool.
The cost of the wool In this hat
was only a few cents. The wool
would not weigh more than a pound
and in the raw state It cost about 25
c“nta. In addition there was a tar
iff tax of 11 cents, making the total
cost 36 cents.
The hat coat the wearer 85; It
cost the retail merchant perhnps *4.
Of this 84 which the manufacturer
charged, someth'ng like 81 was
adied on account of the tariff on
hats. The remainder wae the ord<-
nary cost of manufacturing and the
Profit of the manufacturer.
The foreign manufacturer of hats
can not sell us hats because of the
tariff on hats; the difference of 81
gives the market to the domestic
manufacturer.
How may we get cheaper hats?
ny taking off the tariff, you will say.
Which tariff? The 11 cents on the
wool or the 81 on the hat?
Suppose we take off the wool tar
iff of 11 cents. That will make the
woo! In the hat cost the manufndr
turer 11 cents less. But will that
enable the foreign manufacturer to
sell us a hat? Not unless we take
the 81 tax off the manufactured hat.
If we retain that tax the domestic
manufacturer will have the same ad
vantage he had before and the addi
tional 11 cents on his wool.
Rut will pot the domestic manu
facturer reduce hls price 11 cents,
since he gets hls wool that much
cheaper?
Run along ehltd, and find out
whether the eat will eat the cream
If you leave the cover off the bucket.
Times Want Ads
^OST—Liver colored pointer,
brown head and white spots on
body. Answers to nsme of Fanny.
Had on narrow black collar with
small hitch-chain attached. .Suita
ble reward for return to Henry Dor
ter, Ham's Stable. c-lu-w'-r.
WANTED TO BUY--Vinegar and
Syrup Barrels and Ke*«, Beer and
Ginger Ale Bottles, Scrap Irou,
PrasB, Copper. Highest Price. Paid.
W. H. Davis Vinegar Works, Atlan
ta, Oa. 6 3 w 8t.
FOR SALlf OR TRADE—A fine
blooded bay Stallion, weight, 1,000
pounds, age 7 years;, price. 81.000.
P. O. Box 253, Perry, Fla. 6 3 sw tf.
FOR SALE—Long and short sta
ple cotton gin outfit, including gal
vanised Iron house, V English Gins,
70-saw G'«, press, elevator, sys
tem for earn, outfit. Engine ana,
Boiler, all pulley, shafting belts, etc.
An Ideal outfit at a bargain. Ed L.
Thomas, Valdosta, Ga. 2-27wtf
FOR SALE—100 H. P. High Pres
sure Boiler, 36 Ton Locomotive,
Franklin Air Compressor 14, 100-
H. P. Feed Water Heater. 20 H. P.
Portable Engine and Boiler; 6x24
Planer and Matcher. All sixes and
kinds of locomotives, boilers, engines,
balance wheels and machlnery.They
must bo sold, get our prices. Valdos
ta Foundry and Machine Co. Valdosta
Ga. 5-27-wtf
FOR SALE—2
Ham's Stable.
Good Mules at
5-27-wtf
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE—Two
Reo Runabouts, 1909 model, 8300;
1910 model 8350. Apply to P. T.
Knight or R. W. Starling, Hahlra,
Ga. 6-9-w-tt
FOR SALE—One first class Milli
nery Business, In good condition.
Will sell cheap and give right party
splendid terms. Write at once.
W. M. Olddens, Titton. Ga. 0-23-w5t
FOR SALE—Mixed Jersey Pig*"
Write for prices and particular*
S. W. Sweet, Naylor Ga. 619-dltw2t
WANTED—A good cooper for
turpentine still. If Interested come
at once. Carter & Boswell, Meigs,
Ga. 6-10-dl-sw2t
FOR SALE—A market refrigera
tor In good condition. H. D| 4 W.
L. Jones, Valdosta, O*
6-12-dt ew. .
FOR SALE—New 8460 Mathushek
Plano at a bargain. Cash or term*
P. O. Box 463. 6-2-d7Uw2t
BIDS WANTED—We are ready to
receive bids for the F. I. McRee
farm place. Mrs. F. I. McRee, and
W. E. Thomas, Executors.
6 2 d sw tf.
STRAYED OR STOLEN—Six
shoats, two blue and four black,
mark awallow fork in right ear and
under bit In left. Rcatonable re
ward for return o' lnfornutlcn. J. T.
Palin d-w-tf