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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 1*^*1. jl 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 * 5-I7-wtf 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. Yci Crr.’l !"!'’■> OoC&sj FrecIJes— L's Y—r Verdi 0 .Yea Keep Then;! Y.'ileon’s Frccfcb Cream will make & f.r.e, clear complexion, and is GxarnclocJ fa r.cntovo Freddas, Moth, Cn&bcrr., Chaps, Tan. Cho thin becomes emonth and softaa v As an “aid” to womanly beauty Yukon's i'recklo Cream has no equal Try a Jar at Car Risk. Regular the 50c; I.Icmrroth size $1.00. Vc ::r Mcrirj Refunded if Wilson’s Freckle Cream does not give entire satisfaction. Sold at ell dnirjnisU. 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