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aaTunomira,
VALDOSTA, GA-, TUESDAY,
JULY 18, U1L
VALDOSTA SEMI-WEEKLY TIMES
0. O. BRANTLEY, Editor
E. L. TURNER. Baslneee Hunter
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE SI A YEAR
Entered tt the PeetoBlee at Valdoeta
Go* aa Second Claae Mall M»*ter.
Savoyard, the brilliant Washing
ton correspondent, writes a Terr
readable sketch of Hon. William O.
Brantlr, In Which he para high trib
ute to Brantly’s'ability and charac
ter, but he take* taaue with him on
the question of free raw material.
The wisest men go wrong some
times, and Savoyard Is not an ex
ception to the rule. Free raw ma
terial merelr means that the manu
facturer la "get ’em gwlne and
cornin’,” and that the producer la
to bear the burden.
The Atlanta Georgian Rare that
stranger In Georgia might think
there were hut three men In Geor
gia. Terrell. Smith and Brown—and
that, too, with the last named far
from the maddening crowd, np In
Cherokee looking after his corn
cabbage, plga and other things that
delight his heart. The people pulled
"old Joe” from behind a yoke of
oxen, they found Clnclnnatus at his
plow and It may be that they will
call "Little Joe” back from broad
acres to serve them again.
low that Governor Smith hag de-
of gov-
sen-
cldqdyto lay down the ol
ernorfor that of United
ator, It Is but fair that
leave appointments
ccme ordinarily
successor. To li
this patronage
ihould
would
to his
distributing
ilf would
dtcate that he la more concerned
aliout the "patronage" of the office
than the “policies” which he has
stood for.
Judge Covington made a game
light for the United States senate,
hut his strength was among an el
ement which went to Governor
Smith when he made the wink.
Is possible that Judge Covington
would not have been In the race If
he had known, In time, that Smith
was going to run. In fact,
friends say that he thought that
Smith would back him np.
„ It-Oonnar Smith has a right to
make Benator Terrell continue In
office after his time has expired,
why hasn’t he the right to appoint
some other man! With that In view,
let him turn the governorship over
to Reub Arnold or Hooper ./Alexan
der and go on to Washington. They
can be trusted with doing the right
thing In his absence.
Judge Rusaell was a little late In
getting under the string, but be
was ready soon after the bell tap
ped. The judge la a nice man, a
good talker, a fair entertainer, dem
ocratic in manner and this Is not
his flrst entry as a candidate. .
Among politicians in South Da
kota It la rumored that Congressman
Charles H. Burke may dodde to
enter the race for the United Statea
senate to succeed Senator Gamble,
whose term will expire March 4 th,
ISIS.
Political peace In Georgia will not
bo ao badly shaken by those who
have already announced for gover
nor. Neither of them Is of the “hell-
roaring" sort. Dick Russell Is fun
ny and pleasant, while Pope Brown
Is so^mn and rather kindly.
Like Governor Osborn, of Michi
gan, Governor Marshall, of Indiana,
believes In sticking to his post. The
Indiana executive has been out of
the state but three ttmea since hta
election.
The reports are that “Bet-You-a-
Million” Gates la nearly dead In
Paris. But the Grim Reaper may
have to shake the dice-box to see
who Is to pay the toll before Gates
decides to go with him.
During the recent days, when "all
save honor” was Imperiled, the
Atlanta Constitution went right
along talking about good roads, and
ronnd-the-atate tours just
though nothing were happening.
GEORGIA nt THE senate I to do at the present time la to take
The moot malignant enemy of! up a quiet, sensible, sincere man
Governor Joseph M. Terrell cannot I like “Little Joe” Brown—with his
take exceptions to his course In re- “do-nothing policies’
fusing to return to Washington af
ter reading hl§ letter to Governor
Hoke Smith on yesterday, printed In
this Issae of the Times In our dis
patches from Atlanta.
Senator Terrell showed very con
cluslvely that his action la not the
result of pique or on account of dis
appointment at not being elected by
the legislature, but It Is the only
dignified and worthy thing that he
can do. He was commissioned by
Governor Brown, under the laws of
Georgia to serve In the senate “un
til the meeting of the General As
sembly of this state,” when his suc
cessor would be appointed. That
meeting has convened and the suc
cessor to senator Terrell has been
elected. The credentials of the
Senator who la to succeed Senator
Clay have been placed in the hands
of Governor Smjth.
If Senator Terrell, under hie ap
pointment by Governor Brown,
could serve until next December,
there Is no reason wby the appoint
ment should not have gone further
and made his term of service for
the entire time of Senator Clay’s
unexplred term. The very fact that
the Governor could appoint a suc
cessor to Clay only until the legis
lature could elect his successor
shows of Itself that Senator Terrell
Auld not with propriety remain at
his poet In Washington. In his note
to Governor Smith Senator Terrell
says:
“Ry the action of the general as
sembly you have been offered the
commission to represent the state In
my place. I cannot, therefore, in
Justice to* myself nor to the state
whose cerdentlals have been placed
in your bands, undertake
sume a responsibility nor to wear
an honor that belongs to you and
which you specifically have ibeen
asked to take Instead of me. Any
other course on my part would be
undignified and unworthy.”
Senator Terroll could not take
any other position without stultify
ing himself. It was his only course
and he states his position In a man
ly way and dignified manner In his
note to Governor Smith.
It lookg 1° us as If there Is noth
ing left for Governor Smith to do
but take up the duties Which he has
been elected to perform In Washing
ton.. We cannot see that he has any
more right to say when his term of
office shall begin then he hae to
say on what day he ahall be In
augurated governor, alnce the law
fixes the date at the time he la elect
ed by. tbe legislature.
There are other reasons why
Governor Smith should go to Wash
ington and take up his duties there.
The Democrats are having a hard
fight on Important legislation .which
Is to determine very largely whether
or not the party Is to make a good
showing before the people In the
gresalve” element Is also on trial.
8enator La Follette, Hepburn, Borah
and other leaders of reform, need
all of the assistance that they can
get, while Champ Clark, Leader
Underwood, Senator -Bacon and
those who atand with the organised
Democracy need all of the Influence
that belongs to them. On which
ever side Senator Smith propose* to
atand, he ought to go on to Wash
ington and take up the fight.
Of course, the people of the state
appreciate hta unselfishness, In
desiring to remain In the Gover
nor's chair and unravel problems of
patronag* which may belong to his
successor, but the - Governor has
made so many sacrifices for his
friends, the people, that It will not
hurt much, and will add a tew
more stars to hts crown, tor him to
make another In this respect
him Governor of Georgia again. It
would put an end to the confusion
which has followed the refusal' of
the State Democratic Executive com
mittee to submit tbe senatorial ques
tion to a primary election and (bus
put It where It belongs. It would
give the wounds a chance to heal
and would give business and other
matters a chance to taka on new
life.
Georgia has never had a more
honest, more patriotic, more sincere
more pains-taking man In tb
gubernatorial chair than Governor
Brown. He may' not cause the
heavens to fall with his promises or
hla boasting, but be can be depend
ed upon to do the light thing every
time. The masses of the people In
Georgia like his style and It would
not surprise us If they call him back
to serve them again.
But what we need, whether It
comes with Joe Brown or some
1nan, Is a rest. A little agt<
with a little display of temper does
not hurt so much, but It does hurt
to keep It up. Let’s try to get to
gether on a good man who will keep
his eye on the chart end compass of
'the old ship of state, rather than
try to do fancy stunts with It. The
balling Is smooth, times are good
and wise people are willing to ‘‘let
well enough alone.”
PAINTED FARMHOUSES.
It la the atm of The Progressive
Farmer to start a crusade for paint
ing Southern farmhouses. Not only
does painting a bouse add greatly to
Its beauty and to the beauty of the
whole tram on which Is Its situates,
but there Is no doubt about It that
It has a subtle psychological effect
In bringing everybody on tbe place
to a more cheerful frame of mind.
There Is something depressing
about a weather beaten, unpointed
house that can not fall to have lta
effects upon the temper and disposi
tion of Its occupants. They can not
have quite the cheerfulness ana
bouyancy that comes from beautiful
surroundings with" the contagious
suggestion of cheerfulness and pros
perity In them.
Paint the farmhouse and. the
farmer will very soon decide that he
must .have a (arm fit to
pany with the house; he will dei
that he must clean up the ragged
patches and stop the ruinous gulleys,
and cure the galled and sickly spots
and he will presently begin to take
more Interest In his own appearance
also. It la Impossible to tell just
bow far-reaching are tbe effectb of
a properly painted and beautiful
farmhouse.
Nor will this good Influence btop
with the' Individual farmer. ' Hla
neighbors will presently become
ashamed not to have equally attrac
tive homes for themselves, and the
neighborhood might soon become a
nelghborhod of painted farmhouses,
and then this neighborhood might,
by the same process, awaken the
emulation of other neighborhoods
and spread the good work still-.far
ther.
Not only Is It worth while to paint
A MEAN THRUST. I their Independence. They declared
The possibility of Governor [ the Independence of the thirteen
Brown being “called back” to tb* colonies. Tney originated a repub-
executlv* office has given the At* Mean government, which formally
lanta Journal another attack of the
jim-jams and it comes to the front
with an unworthy thrust ‘at tbe
former Governor, who, since bis re
tirement from offISe, Is attending to
bis own affairs and Is In no way
responsible for the use of his name
in connection with the office. Not
a word has been heard from him to
indicate that be wants the office.
He Is not pushing hts claims, nor
even staying where the lightning
can strike him. But tbe use of his
name has been so general that It
has caused the Atlanta Journal toj
fling a fit. It said In an Issue this
week:
The efforts of certain Influ
ences to bring Governor Brown
Into the race have naturally di
rected attention to the former
governor’s altitude after his
defeat In the last primary. It
Is believed that this will mili
tate against hla candidacy, and,
Indeed, may prevent his enter
ing a democratic pilmary.
After his defeat, the former
governor, It will be recalled,
allowed the use of his name as
an Independent candidate, and
as such polled lfi.OOO votes In
the general election. It Is
claimed that a word from him
would have checked the bolt,
but this word has not forth
coming until the very eve of the
election, when he announced
that he Intended to vote for
the nominee.
The Journal does not believe
anything of the kind, ,It knows
that Governor Brown did not “run
as an Independent” and that he did
not encourage opposition to Govern
or Smith. It knows that he re
pudiated the Independent move
ment, that he voted the straight
ticket and that he Is a stickler for
party- organization. He took
more stock in the opposition to
Gov. Smith than he did In Yancey
Carter's opposition to him. He said
In an interview in Valdosta! that he
would not dignify the “Independent
movement” by a joint debate with
Its candidate or by denying any
charge which It made. He took
tbe same position toward the move
ment which was “Independently”
gotten-auL-Sgalnst Gov. ^mlth.. His
record as a democrat la consistent
and the Journal knows It, but the
Journal has, never hesitated to
misrepresent mm when It suited Its
purpose to do so.
It ought to clear Its own skirts
of acting “wet-nurse” for Yancey
Carter In his race against the Dem
ocratic nominee before It accuses
good democrats of falling to do
their duty. In the meantime,
will be time enough for the Journal
to charge Its mud batteries after
Gov. Brown signifies a disposition
to yield to the requests that are be
ing made him to entor the race.
refused to accept' the sovereignty of
the United States, and, supported
by all th* people of the whole ar
chipelago, offered armed resistance
to the extension of American con
trol over the Elands, until the Phil
ippine troops war* completely an
nihilated by the enormous superior
ity of your army.
“And today whenever a Filipino
Is asked wbat does he want from
the United States ,he always says:
‘The freedom of my country.
PROTECT THE GAME.
A bill bar been introduced In the
Georgia legislature by Representa
tive Hobbs, of Houston county,
which Is Intended to proven t the
useless and' disastrous slaughter of
birds In this state. Its context Is
as follows:
“That from and after the'passage
of this act It shall be unlawful for
rny person to shoot, trap, kill, en
snare, net or destroy In any man-
far any wild turkey, pheasant, par
tridge, quail, marsh hen or snipe for
live years after the passage of this
After five years from the paa-
sige of this act, It shall be lawful
national military weakness,” con
tinued Mr. Quezon. “And they are
costing you hundreds of millions of
dollars, and their retention has not
dropped one single cent In the pock
eti; of the America people, who are
bearing the burden of this expense."
“The islands are a source of your ,’ hnnt , . . ..*, ,awlu ‘
tlonal military weakness." con- to b t and k111 aa >' of th « above
game between November 21 and
February 1 of each year for five
years. It shall be unlawful to bait
any field for birds at any season of
the year; and any violation of the
same shall be a misdemeanor and
punishable as a misdemeanor. ....
A PRIZE-WINNING RECIPE
Below Is given a recipe for yeast
and bread, by Mrs. W. T. Southern,
Of Stokes Co., N. C. Light-bread
made by thl s recipe took the prize
at Stokes County Women’s Institute
last summer. If Mrs. Southern's
bread could be duplicated in every
farm home In the South, we should
have taken one long step In advance
In the matter of more hygienic food.
‘The day before making the
bread peel three good-sized Irish
potatoes and boll In a pint of wfiter
until Very done. Mash and add I
teaspoonful of salt, I tablespoonful
of -sugar. Pour water that you
cooked the potatoes In over all this.
Just before It gets cold add I cake
of Magic yeast and set In a cool
CITIES AND HOT WAVES.
The big cities are changing the
climate and greatly responsible lor
the recent extraordinary hot wave,
according to Regnald Phelam Bol
ton, president of the American So
ciety of Heating and Ventilating
Engineers. The assertion was made
at the convention of the engineers
at the Hotel LaSalle.
He used New York to explain
9 position. “Zero temperature
has been Infrequent for many years
In that city,” Said Mr. Bolton
'and unknown since 1904. At tae
same time the rainfall has de
creased four Inches since 1903 and
the number of cloudless days baa
Increased from 96 to 114. There
Is nineteen million tons of coal or
its equivalent In other fuels con- place. Sift I gallon of flour, add 1
FILIPINOS WANT FREDOM.
'Either give my country its In
dependence or else cease celebrating
the anniversary of the Declaration
of Independence!" The echo of this
challenge, made in New York on
the farmhouse for the sake of the 1 July Fourth ManueI b Quezon,
beauty gained and also for th. sake r<,Bldent «™“'»»louer of the Phil-
of the cheering effect upon the per-'' p , p!na ^ land *’ h " been »« ard *»
sons who live In It, but It Is also j W !f h ng V )n ' . , .
worth while ae a matter of almpj S V™' m *” berB of *°” greBB * bo
are In complete sympathy with the
! movement on foot In tbe Philippines
tor the independence of the islands,
and which movement te being so
ably pushed In this country by the
GEORGIA NEEDS A REST.
Georgia needs a rest from ths
turmoil, strife and bitterness that
hat* been kicked up by the politi
cians during the past two or three pa,nt thelr h0UB * B Bnd thor « ‘»
years. Peace la preferable at the exc "*> ,OT tbelr not dolng **•
We would like to have every Pro-
economy. Lumber Is already ex-
pensive, and becoming more ao all
the time, and paint lengthens the lire
of the lumber.
The South ts today-the only sec
tion of the country In which the
painted house te not the role rather
than the exception. There 'flight
have been some excuse tor our
backwardness In this matter when
cotton was selling tor I or 1 cents
a pound and farm lands worth 57
to (10 an sere, hut for the coadl.
tion to exist today la an Indictment
of our civilization. Our farmers
have money enough to enable them to
Probably Tom Hudson wants to
find out what that “investigating
committee" is going to report In re
gard to hie department before he
deride, definitely what h* will run
for.
The junket which the King and
Queen of England ere taking would
do justice to the gentlemen who
preside over the deetlntea of our own
eonntry.
Clp Castro should cheer np — the
vaudeville season will’ open early
this year. \
present time to “reform,” especial-
since the latter consists more of
name than substance. We have
most too many laws. on the atatute
book* now. The best governed peo
ple are usually the least governed.
Georgia would be the gainer It
the-legislature did not meet again
In five years. Values would in
crease and bualness would prosper.
People have a foolish Idea some
times that our lawmakeri ought to
he "doing something, whether some
thing la needed to be done or not.
A doctor who forces medicine down
n man who Is not sick Is a foolish
doctor. A state which la gaining In
values nearly on. hundred million
dollars n year does not need the
quack-remedlea of the politicians,
ho they “reforms" or what not.
What the people of Georgia ought
\ 1
gresalve Farmer reader enlltt himself
or herself in this crusade for woll
painted farmhouaes In the South. Of
course, the farmer who has had a
great deal of sickness In his family
or some similar misfortune, or who
ts struggling to pay off a mortgage,
may be excused; but we should like
tor the painting habit to become so
contagious among all others
make people say; "If tbe prosperous
farmer has not painted his house, hs
Is not a reader of The Progressive
Farmer." And even the man who
feels that he can not yet afford to
paint, the email farmer In debt, the
tenant, can whitewash hla buildings.
Whitewash ts wholesome and will
make the lowliest horn* look neat
and thrifty and- cheerful.—Raleigh
(N. a) Progressive Farmer,
brilliant young Filipino, Quezon,
hare congratulated the Philippine
commissioner and promised to do
everything in their power to bring
Shout' Philippine Independence.
, Early Independence <5f the Islands
promlzes to be one of the Issues In
the approaching presidential cam
paign. President Taft Is not In fa
vor of a Philippine republic within
the time of the present generation,
while Speaker Champ Clark bellevea
atrongly In early Independence.
“How,” demanded Quezon In his
Kaw York speech, "could any one
eustaln that any country on the
face of the earth, no matter how
strong, no matter how advanced, no
matter how altruistic and noble its
motive may be, has the right to gov-
orn a foreign people without their
consent, according to the principles
proclaimed tn the Declaration of In
dependence!
“The consent of the governed Is
thp bass of all Just government, the
Declaration says. It ts, therefore,
In utter contradiction of the letter
and eplrlt of the Declaration of In
dependence to Impose by force a
government upon a people.
‘That the Filipinos are not will
ingly under your control la a mat
ter of history. In fact, they would
not accept any foreign rule If they
eOuli ao help It. They revolted
against Spain and actually won
sumed In this'city each year.
Adding this to the animal heat
from 6,000,000 persons, equivalent
to about 438,000 tons of coal an
nually, and the various other
sources of ljeat, including heated
gases, radiation and friction of var
ious sorts, and the result Is suffi.
clnet to heat the air for a dis
tance of a :.mll e beyond the city
limits to a point several degrees
above Its normal temperature. The
daily volumne of these gases rising
from the city Is' more than 175,-
i.OOO cuble feet, heated to 350
degrees. These ascending wave* of
heSt- Warm theupper lawyers ol the
air and Increase their capacity to
absorb water."
One result of the hot wave In
Chicago has been to accelerate the
movement |to-.b*ve. the municipality
take over every foot of its twenty-
three mllee of lake front and dot
It frequently with municipal bath
ing beaches.
teaspoonful salt, 1 tablespoonful
sugar and 1 tablespoonful lard;
add rising made the day before, and
make up with warm water. Set ■
aside to rise two or three times,
working down when your dough haa
doubled its bulk. Mold into pans.
Let rise until it haa doubled lta
bulk. Bake In a moderate oven tor
about one hour."—Raleigh (N. C.)
Progressive Farmer.
p:
‘n^ b
instruct- i
There ,s an fce fam,n ® New
that nobto“'river"’J° rk * nd cb,Idren are 8ald *> »e
dying for want of ice to cool their
fevers. They accused Chas. Morse
of causing one Ice famine In Goth
am, but It would hardly be fair to
accuse him of this one.
THE CHATTAHOOCHEE
The agitation for the construct-'
Ion of a riverside drive along the
Chattahoochee as It borders Fulton
connty, has Inspired the following
description
brought Into an Atlanta newspaper
office by the enb reporter who had
been cent to “write np" the project.
It hasn’t been printed In Atlanta,
and won’t be:
“The Chattahoochee Is one of our
best rivers, and Is an ornament to
any country through which It flows.
Its name Is derived from the Indian
words, ’chatta,’ signifying to shiver
and shake, as with a cold, ’hoochee'
meaning to sneeze. The name was
given to the river by a party’ of
pleasure seekers whoso boat over
turned and who spent the night on
the wooded banks.
Ths Chattahoochee le what
might he termed a dry river, that Is,
there Is more mud than water In it,
and the catfish havs to come to the
surface to sneeze. After a dry spell
of several days the dust blows off
the surface of the river In clouds.
The fish that Inhabit Its murky
depths are toroed to come out on
the hanks and eat grass. This Is
the reason It always smells fishy
along the banks:'
“Sometimes, however, after a se
vere rain, the river gets quite wet,
and can be stirred with a stick,
such times Its color changes from
a teal-brown maroon to a pale mu
latto.
“The water of the Cnattahoochee
river Is very nutrltloua, and depos-
Its a fine, rich loamy Boll In the
human stomach. 1
THE HOME COMING. '
They eay that John Nicholas
Beffel, the poet, went away from
home at a tender age and for a while
wrote home glowing letters about
hla prospects. ‘The’Tettbr Ttnhlty-
ceased. One cold evening when the
snow was piling up in the main atreet
of Seneca, Illinois, tbe older Beffel
eat down to supper and looked dole
fully at the vacant chair. But be
neath hla plate he found this note:
'Dear Dad:
"Please meet mo at the old
bridge at midntght and bring a
blanket or cult of cloths. I have
hat. JOHN."
—Success Magazine.
Those Albany "Babies" are not
doing as well ns they did at the be
ginning of the season, but they are
keeping in the game all right.
When young Carmichael was do
ing hts stunts of extravagance In
Atlanta a few months ago we pre
dicted that the officers of the law
would have him next. Only stolen
money goes ae fast as he let It fall.
The candidate for the “Do-
dangs" has not made bit entry yet,
but tb* list Is still open.
Texas Is In the midst of a great
crusade for state-wide prohibition,
and the election there will be held
on the 22nd Instant. It looks at
this distance as If the state-wlders
are going to lose out.
The Savannah Press does not al-
wsvs agree with Congressman
Brantley, but 'it says it “admires
him as a man and a representa
tive.”
Times Want Ads
FOR SALE—1 steam evaporating
syrup outfit rlf; 60 h. p. Boiler, 15
h. p. Engine; Power Can* Mill, 5
Vats, all necessary tanks. Ed. L.
Thomas. 6-24-w-tf
FOR SALE OR TRADE—A fine
blooded bay Stallion, we:ght. 1,000
pounds, age 7 years; price, tt.000.
P. O. Box 153, Perry, Fla. 6 3 sw tf.
FOR SALE—35 Tone Locomotive,
snr* Boiler, 36 Ton Locomotive;
Franklin Air Compressor 14, 100-
H. P. Feed Water Heater. 6x24
Planer and Matcher. All sizes end
kinds of locomotives, boilers, engines,
balance wheel* and machlnery.They
must 'be sold, get our prices. Valdos
ta Foundry and Machine Co. Valdosta
Ga. 6-27-wtf
BIDS WANTED—We are ready to
receive bid* for the F. I. McRee
farm place. Mrs. F. I. McRee, and
W. E. Thomas, Executors.
2 d sw tf.
FOR SALE—100 acres good farm
land near city limits Quitman, Ga.,
Brooks County. A real bargain at
145 per acre. A part of this win
soon he city property. Adress
L. H. WARLICK,
7-8*w8t Valdosta, Ga. 1