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THE VALDOSTA TIMES.
V/LLDOSTA, GA, SATURDAY,
rvij8m
VALDOSTA SEMI-WEEKLY TIMES
a V. BRANTLEY, Editor
B. L. TURN lilt, Business Manager
MUBSCKIPTION PRICE *1 A YEAR
Entered at die 1’iMioiflce at Valdoata
Hi., aa Second I'laM Mall Mu'ter
A remarkable end unique peti
tion ia that which will be noon pre
sented to Maine voters by the Na
tional Temperance Society of Amer
ica, urging them not to repeal the
State prohibition amendment. This
petition originated in Europe,
among members of the International
Anti-Alcoholic Bureau, and bears
the names of hundreds of the most
prominent European physicians,
scientists, professors, socialists and
men of atTalrs of every creed. Work
on the petition began about six
months ago, and will continue until
a few weeks before the fall election
In Maine, by which time It Is ex
pected to secure signatures repre
senting forty different countries.
Ington la going to be called upon
to adjust tbo factional differences
In the republican party of Alaba
ma. Booker ought also to adjust
ills little difference with that New
York man who beat him up some
time ago.
WANTS JUDGES APPOINTED
One of the statesmen who bss
managed to get Into the Georgia leg
islature has Introduced a bill to do
away with the election of Judges by
the people and to make the office ap
pointive by the Governor. The old
order of appointing membera of the
Judiciary was done away with a few
years,ago on the ground that it put
the judiciary In politics, that the
people should elect the judges, etc,
We were opposed to the change, bf>
cause we knew that when the judicial .ness * of Governor Terrell and
Editor Frier, of the Douglas En
terprise, says that Governor Brown
Is the best Govenor Georgia has
ever bad and he Is boosting him
for another term In case Hoke goes
to the senate.
Tom WatBon la a candidate for
the United States senate, but "Old
Man Peeples" want him to stay at
home and help keep / down a dull
time. Tom's talent runs In that
direction.
Mississippi's senatorial contest Is
on In earnest. The three rival as
pirants for the togo are ex-Governor
James K. Vardaman, C. H. Alexan
der and . Leroy Percy, who Is the
present holder of the' scat in tne
senate.
We trust that the.neit time “Old
man Peepul" goes lo Atlanta to do
things he will -Jet Tom Watson re
main at home. What In tbo thun-
derashlon did he .want with Tom,
anyhow?
' With a state campaign In Ken
tucky and senatorial campaigns In
Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas,
Mlsstsstpl, Georgia and Louisiana,
the Bquth Is furnishing the most of
the hot-weather politics this year.
Socialist city officials from Cali
fornia, Montana and other states
where the Socialists have elected
men to office are to hold an Impor
tant conference In Milwaukee next
month.
Newton D. Baker, city solicitor of
Cleveland, has formally announced
his candidacy for mayor on the Dem
ocratic ticket. Mr. Baker was cho-'
sen by the late Tom L. Johnson as
hie political successor.
We notlco In the repnrtr of the
progress of the Insidious hot wave
last week that even Indianapolis
was among the cities that suffered
Where was Fairbanks about that
lltnot
Throwing rice and old shoes at
the bride may be a harmless pleas-
autry If the aim Is poor, but chas
ing the bridal pair through tho
crowded streets In automobiles l<
going some miles too far.
We ere going to wait and see
what that "Investigation” amounts to
before we promise to support Tom
Hudson for Governor.
Heresy trials are coming thick
and fast these days. The orthodox
people of today were the heretics of
a little while ago.
Hoke's vote was too large to have
been from friends altogether. -His
enemies wyre also doing him a turn
If he knew It.
Chicago Is going to Invest a mll-
ltou in voting machines although her
patriotic cltlxens are perfectly wil
ling to provide 'em aa In the past
Mr. Chairman, please appoint us
a member of the committee to In
vestigate the Interior of the Ice
honeee.
Somehow, when Hetty Green and
money are Mentioned tn the same
paragraph, the money Is always
coming her way.
Congressman John W. Boehne Is
mentioned (or the Democratic nom
ination for governor of Indiana tn
mt.
ermine was put up to be scrambled
for, It would soon drag In the dirt and
that the office of judge would lose
much of the respect in which it had
been held. We are not surprised
that a change Is demanded.
The demand will be greater later
on, after the effect of the present
system Is more clearly demonstrated.
But we are not so sure that putting
the matter In the bands of the Gov
ernor would be much better,
would possess some advantages,
though the disadvantage would be
great. It would be putting most too
much patronage in the bands of the
executive, investing him with more
authority over the courts than he
should have. Of course, If the ap
pointing powers were placed In the'
hands of the Governor, the senate
would have to confirm the appoint
ment and that would be eome guar
antee against purely political ap
pointments. But, even that, It seems
to us, Is hardly sufficient, It would
probably be better to put the ap
pointing power of superior and city
court Judgeships In the hands of the
supreme court, to be approved by
the governor and confirmed by the
senate. That would come about as
near eliminating politics from It as-
anything we can think of. The
supreme court judges might be
chosen by the legislature end ap
proved by the executive.
We are aware that election by the
people Is undesirable. Most Judges
on the supreme court in Georgia
would do their duty to the bench.
MOKE SMITH THE SENATOR I cleverer or a crueler mode of per- THE NEGRO IN FLORIDA POLL
If The Times were to profess sur-j petrating ltg supremacy. Never has! TICS,
prise at the action of the legists-1 there been a religion more depress-1 The negroes have a majority In
ture yesterday In Its vote for United jug, more hopeless, more deadening some of the wards of Jacksonville,
States senator, we would practice
more deception than we have ever
felt It necessary to practice. We are
not given to saying “I told you so,”
to all Initiative. “Jo hota-so hota/’ ( yet they were badly beaten even in
—"What Is happening was to hap- these wards when they put out a
pen."—so said the wounded men ticket In the recent municipal elee-
those of adult life, both because lt it,on - Therefore the Tampa Trib-
but it has been apparent for some leM t0 jmpresg a cll j I( i, and be. j Una concludes that neither ta Jack
time that Governor Smith woeTd be ' ‘
elected with ease. His opponents In
state politics conceded by their
constant prognostications, predicated
dpon blg probable election. The 111-
phj^lclal condition practically '•
nated him from tho race, though
many members of the legislature and
senate, wHo bad pledged him their
support before he was attacked, stood
by their pledge.
Th e Times has not taken .very
much stock In the senatorial
It Is pretty well known that
not one of Governor Smith's
admirers, though we have alwi
mired his Intellect, his oral
his commanding presence. JWi
ferred to see him remain Govenor,
so that bis policies might be pi
the test and that the people
have a fair opportunity to Judge’be
tween him and those who bave con
sistently combatted some O^Jhls
views.
From our viewpoint, It Is prefer,
able that hq should be In the United
Statps senate, rather than the Gov
ernor’s chair. He Is Intellectually
worthy of a place In the highest
■forum, and we believe that he lg too
smart to undertake to put off on the
members of that body the "pollch
which he stood for as Governor of
Georgia. If we had no higher mo
tive of opposition to him than to
"get rid of him” "get him out of the!
state," as some have contended, hlsj
election to the United States would,
fill the bill about as thoroughly as
we could wish. But our opposition
to him has not had such a flimsy 1
basis.' It has not Involved personal
likes or dislikes. The Ideas which
he stood for and his relation to the
various Interests In this state have
regardless of votes, though It Is > been the basis of our opposition to
muen against human nature to do so'him.
sometimes.' Judges ought not to be to All the place which be will
forced to. log-roll, button-bole and j make vacant next December!
wiro-pull tor officS among people who i mary election will have to,
may appear before them In litigation, I then an election and later
as plaintiffs or defendants. They j legislature will have to bo call
should not bo forced to decide ques- extra session In ordi
tlons at Issue between political friends Governor may be
and foes. We have always contend-| 0 f this confusion
ed that there were some things ellmlnateaJit
which the servants of the people Committee had called a primary eli
could do for them better than the tlon to dispose of the senatorial qi
people could do It themselves, and,tlon. Not only that, but the coi
one of these things Is the selecting mittee could have shown by that thal
of men to preside over the courts' they and the party in Georgia were
The legislature and the Governor, [ sincere' in advocating the naming of
with the assistance of the supreme senators by a direct vote of the poo-
country can name the members of the pie. We are concerned more over the
superior court and the lower courts party's fair dealing with the masses
more acceptably than the people than we are over the personality of
could name them themselves. Another any aspirant for office. .
change might be to let the Judges { Out of all the coufuslon, the crlm-
alternate, hold courts In strange ination and recrimination In Georgia
and' different circuits. This would during the past year or two, the poll-
even up matters by putting the "fast” | tlcal lllp-Uaps, the tumult and the
and "slow” judges In different cir- shouting, we have every reason to
cults, giving all of the circuits -a bops that good will come.
chance to get the advantage of the o
conservatism of one claas and the ag- CASTE THE CURSE OF INDIA
greaslveness of the other. Thus Caste Is the Curse of India.
It Is generally admitted that the jt is the very antithesis of Democra-
present system la not good, but It C y—blighting, benumbing, paralyx-
remains to be seen what the solons j ng ( 0 a jj aspiration and all 'effort
1C DO tu IIUJilUBB (A tUHU, auu llt> .
cause ‘there Is not the complexity! 6 “ n - v,lle v nor ,n oth * r Sou ‘ bern .
of Idea, crowding Into the braIn , I <='ty <K. the negroes for the most part atates.
nor the complexity of association ofj WIah to e,ect men of the,r own race
ideas to be recorded.
childhood remain.
to office. “They realize,” says the
Tribune, “that the whites resent the
, Thereore memories of childhood preeenc€ of a negro ln any puMlc
make a deeper Impress and last long- They know, too, that a negro
er, and ao tho complex memories < n important public office can bring
of the adult are the first to bo for-! only discomfort to himself and ill-
gotten ln the alcoholic, and those of feeling against his race. They pre
fer to pursue the even tenor of
their way, content to let the white
man rule, and asking from them
only the right to make honest liv
ings and conduct themselves ln
t.nelr own sphere.”
Agreeing with this view ln the
mein, the Jacksonville Times-TInlon
finds other reasons for the result
stated, as follows: "A few changes
have been made tn the boundaries
of the wards, and these have opera
ted to throw a larger white popula
tion Into the wards that formerly
elected negro councllmen. The In-
wlll do toward changing It.
at change of Improvement. No man
may riae to a higher caate than that
Into which he la born; but he may
(all to a lower one. There ta no
LIGHT AB A TRANSPORTER
Professor Svante Arrhenlua, the
scientist, known In this country opportunity for progress; the only
chiefly as the author of "Worlds way to 'move la backward. Don’t
In the Making" and the recent vot- 1 tclek against the pricks therefore,
ume In "Harper', Library of Llv- You were born a Brahman with
Ing Thought" called "The Life of wea |th and power because you iron
the Universe,” la at present ln this tho f aTor 0 f the goda in some prev.
country and recently dlacuaaed , io,ua existence; or you were boot »
views at the City College In New, g udra , predestined to a life of suffer.
York. Profeaaor Arrhenlua la fam-!, ng and (em i 4ta rv a tIon. because In
out for the uses be baa made of the your preT | oul existence you failed' who are ““lug after us.
"light-pressure" theory which ex-! ‘ '
{to merit better treatment from the
gods. If you are only a sweeper, be
stream away from the sun Instead j g j ad tb at you wera pot born a pig
of toward It, what cauaea the north- or a ^ra. Kismet, Fate, baa fixed
ern lights, and many other thing* t birth your changeless station ln
that have puialed astronomers' h)> „ (e . and _
more than thto, it hat
Speaking of tho origin of life, ho
declared that “light rushing through
TO DRAIN SWAMP LANDS.
While we are agitating the ques
tion of draining the swamp lands,
so that the rich soils which abound
lu the swamps may be put to some
use, it will not bo a bad Idea to also
agitate the question of replanting
the forests, so that old, worn-out
lands—almost worthless for crops
—may be altywed to grow up again.
We are living in an age of devel-
ournent and conservation. In the
past, development and waste have
gone hand in hand. The resources
that have been squandered in the
South, nferely to get some small
profit for Industries, has been the
ciime of the past quarter of a cen
tury. It was committed through Ig
norance no doubt, but the waste
Las been almost criminal neverthe
less'.
country which wastes its re
sources will suffer for It just as
surely as the indlvdual who throws
a* ay his possessions, suffers for
that. Nature, through her laws,
will hold to a rigid account those
sections that waste their sub
stance, who burn and destroy the
things that should he consented,
iff the truth were known, It is more
an probable that $10 have been
asted for every 10 cents made out
the vast timber interests of the
ith—which 4s now almost ex-
justed. jEven now It Is almost un-
how these vast resources
in squandered. Tho waste
only been on the resources
L forests give our sec-
golved much in
to our
ftitlons by
e" forests that are left
'h, ^ctlon are along the swamps
/», which It if now proposed
to drain and oped for development
There Is no question that the soil
ts rich and that It Is very valuable
for raising crops. Its richness Is
due to the accumulation of trash
and debris from the timber and to
the further fact that Its richness
lias not been sapped by the plant
ing of one crop after another for
years. The land Is needed and so
ts the growth of forests In most ot
these swamps. Is It not possible to
Inaugurate a system that will save
the forests, through replanting,
while opening up the swamp lands?
If our system of agriculture were
Improved through the rotation of
crops, resting the land and by sav
ing a portion of our territory for
timber, we would find the profits
much larger and there would be
something left for tne generations
to come.
At the present pace, there will be
little left for development a few
years hence. If our syste mof agri
culture Is not vastly Improved our
land will soon become old and
worthless. We must learn to’make
bigger crops on smaller acreage and
to conserve our resources while de
veloping them. Our present sys
tem Is one of destruction, feasting
ourselves upon the fat of the land
and leaving a poor outlook for those
Let
drain the swamps, reclaim and Im-
Confcrence of Bank Examiners.
Oakland, Cal., July 13.—A con
ference of bank examiners of the
Eleventh district, which comprises
the states of California and Nevada,
began at the Claremont Country
Club today. In addition to the na
tional bank examiners the partici
pants Include the state bank and
clearing house examiners of the two
-■ -mi'
Times W-mf A dp
MALE HELP WANTED
Boy. One share of two thous
and dollars I shall give, to every
boy who sells to ten of his friends
a standard five-cent article each
week this summer. In ADDI
TION to the big price A REGU
LAR INCOME Is assured. I’ll
tell you how. Make a list of ten
names and addresses. Bring your
parents If you choose. Come
early. J. J. Donaldson, at The
Parker Railway News Company.
Valdosta, Ga.
FOR SALE—I will sell for cash
my Interest In my father's estate, ln
■pace 186,000 miles a second bo-
cams the carrier ot the first Uto
which took root upon the earth,
the form of tiny pores life germs
wera planted upon fertile soil, and
thromh the process of evolution be
came even man htmaelf.” Althou
Prof. Arrhenius has explained Ms
fheory qrflte fully ln “The Life of
the Universe," anything further he
may aay upon the auhlect during
his stay here will be awaited with
eageraeaa.
Three municipal elections hnTe
been held In 8eattl* atnee the be
ginning ot the present year and a
fourth baa been called tor next
September, when the Issuance of
more than (8,000,000 of municipal
bonds will bo submitted to the
written on your brow the things
which must happen to you through
out your whole existence.
same time keep in mind that the
forests are necessary to our coun
try. They are a part of Nature's
economy, and If we destroy what
we hare we should plant others.
■«—
Kentucky la the first state to set
tle a 1913 senatorial contest. The
The Brahman puts himself (oUf a'withdrawal of Senator Paynter has
position of superiority, and then said left Ollle James a clear field, and
to all the other claaaes; Rebel not at unless the legislature of the State
the Inequalities of life. They are becomes Republican on Joint ballot
ordained ot the goda Tho good that next winter Mr. James will succeed
the higher,caatea enjoy la the reward Mr. Paynter ln the United States
of their hsvlng conducted themselves senate. The present legislature 1*
properly ln previous existence. 8ub- Democratic on. Joint ballot by flfty-
mtt yourself to your lot In the hope nine.
that with obedience to what tho .
Brahman* tell you, yon may posat- The senatorial contest Is warm-
bly likewise win With into s hlghsr lng up ln Virginia, where William
caste next I time. But strike a A. Jones and Carter Glass, both
Brahman even so much ts with a members of the lower branch or
blade of grass and your sonlthall Congress, are endeavoring to secure
-be reborn Into twenty sad onttllves th* seats of Senator Martin, tho
of impure animals before ItAtumes minority leader tn the senate, and
human shape again. «<
Never In human history hag the
Ingenuity of a ruling class devised-* ,1
.tor Swanson, who Is filling the
term ot tho late Senator
'Senator Swa
■he aaexpired te
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crease of the city s population has; or ne ar the town of • Hahira, also
also tended to extend the area In- j f 0Ur m ji ea 80 uth of Hahira, both on
habited by the whites and push that j National highway. For further par-
settled hv the negroes further to ( tlculars address G. L. Barfield, Jr.
the outskirts. These changes alone <
would not account for the small ne-1
pro vote; for, taking the city as a STRAYED—From my place about
whole, the negro population outnum-! a year ago, a light yellow colored
hers the white. A smaller proper- heIfer Yi th w ,? Ite face; now
tlon of the negroes than of the fd . prac tically no white about her
whites were qualified by reglstra- except the face. Ten dollars re-
tion and the payment of noli taxes ward for finding her. N. N. Lang-
for voting and then the negroes dale, Milltown, Ga. 7-6 sat. and tu.
were not well organized. Many of j rvno
them could not mark their tickets F0R ““ e ™>“*
correctly In the time allowed. While j ayrup outflt rlf > 60 >>• P- Boiler, 15
all these things detracted somewhat;* 1 ' p ' En Blne; Power Cane Mill, 3
from the negro vote, we agree with |Vata - a11 necessary tanks. Ed. L.
the Tribune that a large nuiriber of| TllOD >aa. 6-24-w-tf
the negroes—probably the major!- WANTED TO BUY—vinegar and
ty—do not desire to see negroes In eyrup Barrels and Kegs, Beer and
office."—Macon Telegraph. Ginger Ale Bottle*. Scrap Iron.
- Bras*, Copper. Highest Price Paid.
A fresh load'of turpentine and lum-1W. H. Davie Vinegar Works, Atlan-
ber mules came ln thla week, to be j *•« . I S * 81.
sold at the right price, on reasonable | ItGR^SALsT^OR^TRADE—Affine
terms. Mlsell Live Stock Co., ta the [blooded Ibay Stallion, weight, 1.000
old Griffith stable*. i Pounds, age 7 years; price. 81,000.
i P. O. Box 158, Perry, Fla. 6 3 sw tf.
GEORGIA—Lowndes*County. , FOR SALE-35 Tone Locomotive.
The report of the appraisers ap- 8nr « ® oU * r - 85 Ton Locomotive
pointed to set apart a year’s suppbrt Franklin Air Compressor 14, 100-
to «Hrt™*r "°rler, w - J de-vH. P. Peed .{Water Heater. 6x24
ceased, fla?lllS been duly filed, this pia^w , nd . Matcher - «Lnd
Is therefore to cite 411 persons bon- S -
cerned to show cause if any they can, locomotives, hollers, engines,
why said report should not be admit- balance wheels atid machlnery.They
ted to record and he made the judg- must be sold, get-our prices. Valdos*
“ay” ta°Au h g e us C t 0U m 0 i n F ' r8t M ° n ': ta Poundry and Ma^tae ci. Valdosta
1DA1.
A. V. SIMMS. Ordinary. IOa *
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GEORGIA—Lowndes County AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE—Two
To All Whom it May Concern: ;Reo Runabout*. 1909 u.odel, $300;
J. F. Passmore having ln proper 1910 model $3B0. Apply to P. T,
form applied to me for permanent Knight or R. W. Starling, Hahira,
letters of administration on the es- Ga. 6-9-w-tf
tate of L. W. Wlgglna, late of said BIDS WANTED—Ws ara ready to
county, this la to cite all, and slngu- receive bids for tho F. I. McReo
lar the creditors and next of kin of farm place. Mrs. F. I. McReo, and
L. W. Wiggins to be and appear at W. E. Thomas, Executors,
my office within the time allowed by * * J aw tt
law, and show cause, If any they can, FOR SALE—100 acres good farm
why permanent administration should land near city limits Quitman, Ga.,
not be granted to J. F. Passmore on Brooks County. ' A real bargain at
L. W. Wiggins estate. J45 per acre. A part of this wl'l
Witness my hand and official Big- soon be city property. Adress
nature, this 10th day of July, 1911. I L. H. WARLTCK,
A. V. .8IMMS, Ordinary. 7-8BW8t. Valdosta, Ga.
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