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THE VALDOSTA TIMES. ira* is, .1011. VALDdbTA, OAh TUESDAY, ■■ - 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