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With the finest Are-fightlng
tm ta the world, eldedi hr creft on
the river-front which were throwing
tons of water on the blase, with hun
dreds of policemen and scores of
gaarda on constant dotr, one of the
moat modern Are-proof buildings la
New York has Just teen destroyed
hr a Are which raged nearly all
day. That valuable records ware
destroyed and els Urea lost are
things not easy to understand.
The birth place of 0rover Cleve
land .has been bought and la to be
converted Into a Memorial to the
former President, and Mr. Carnegie
has promised to contribute a library.
Bet the library la not to he a mem
orial to "old drover." Carnegie
libraries are not built that way.
Carnegie cornea drat and Plato,
Bocratee, Cato and tba balance of
them cornea along In their order.
The Charlotte Observer thinks
that Nat Ooodwln and Lillian Bun
nell ought to marry each other. We
presume that the Observer wants to
■so a "lightning-change” perform
ance In the marriage and divorce
line.
A western man who bought some
Ware county landi Is said to have
been so well pleased with the trade
that he bought Afty acres more
"without seeing *!t.” There Is no
telling what he will do when he i
It
GOT. WILSON AND OOL. HARVEY,
Verily, politico hath Its vicissi
tudes. Consider, for Instance, the
report of a break between Governor
Wilson and Colonel George Harvey,
editor of Harper’s Weekly. Else
where on this page la printed the
New York Bun's dispatch from Tren
ton, as well as the result of its tele
phone inquiry of Colonel Harvey for
the platform, says the Houston
Post
The report was that Governor
Wilson bad written to Colonel Har-
rey suggesting that the colonel’a
Interest In the Wilson (movement
was hurting, rather than helping
the cause. We do not known, of
course,'that such a letter was writ
ten, 'but Colonel Harvey doesn't de
ny that some such suggestion was
made to him, and Governor Wilson
has been willing to asy only that
there has been no break In the rela
tions between him and the distin
guished editor of the Weekly,
This fact remains, however. Col
onel Harvey la the originator of the
Wilson boom. Some years ego when
Governor Wilson was exploiting his
political philosophy along conserva
tive lines, the Weekly declared he
was the kind of man who ought to
be president, and even after the gov
ernor had made tbe transit from life
long conservatism to extreme radi
calism, the colonel did not waver.
Roma weeks ago he Issued a Wilson
edition of the Weekly which act forth
brilliantly the colonel’s undlmlshed
VALDOSTA, ' OA* TUESDAY JANUARY
1A, MIR.
Ticket Agent 8milh at Macon Is
said to have confessed robbing the
ticket office and afterward denied
the confession, but he returned
f941 of the money and was sent to
Jail to be trlod for the robbery.
The record of service of William
K. Reynolds, who haa completed a
quarters of a century as a member
of the city council of Providence,
R. I., Is believed to be without an
equal anywhere In Urn country.
for the furtherance of the progres
sive movement
Professor P. O, Holden, orli-lnator
of the corn gospel, has resigned hts
position as superintendent of tho
extension repartment of tbe Iowa
Agricultural College to become
candidate for the Republican nomi
nation for governor.
admiration for the New Jersey
statesman,
Perhaps It was the laudatory pro
duction that alarmed tbe governor.
Be It remembered that Colonel Har-
very has been frequently accused of
being a Wall Street mouthpiece.
Mr. Bryan has on several occasions
made the charge aqd has demanded
\ list of the owners of the Weekly
and. other publications conducted by
Colonel Harvey. Machine politi
cians of New York and New Jersey
have also disliked the lolonel be
cause of his mugwumpery addic
tion. It Is possible, of course, that
they are telling the governor, who
Is now becoming a practical poli
tician, that tbe Harvey InAuence
hurts, and perhaps the governor hss
been made to believe It, and believ
ing It he has asked the colonel as an
act of friendship to say nothing
more In his behalf.
If the story la untrue, we trust
the fact will be made kni
A conference of Progressive Re
publicans of Alabama Is to meet In the fact will be made known in [rnent,
Birmingham next wpgfc. ta -argentor oaaa-kuthdllWb "WAEHerT' TfS^tKi' T'.TT
A Pennsylvania politician who
was given $2,600 to get out of the
race decided to go to New York and
live like a millionaire for one day.
It took Just one day for him to get
rid of what he had. The second
nttht he slept In a bed which cost
him 15 cents.
All the weather men have to do
these days la to send out a forecast
of a cold wave. That prediction 1s
nearly always verified In January
and February.
Billie Hardwick threaten! to pull
elf his cost for Woodrow Wilson.
The thing Is getting worse than we
thought h was.
A visitor to China has fonnd out
that the Chinese men are ruled by
tho Chtneeo women. In that particular
the Chinese are not so very different
from other people.
The Atlantic Coast Lin* train
reached Ra varnish yesterday tlheen
matter atanda, we are Inclined to
sympathise with Colonel Harvey. It
must be humiliating to the editor
of a hlgh-claas publication like the
weekly to be asked as a matter of
friendship to remain silent. It la,
or at least would be, a reflection
upon the wide Influence of which
Colonel Harvey can Jnatly lay claim.
Anotheg phase of the esse la this:
In politics, the custom Is to co-or-
dlnata widely different elements and
faction*. If poaslble. That la to say.
If a man he sincerely In favor of an
other's candidacy, he la not apt to
care how many of his personal ene
mies may ha lined up In support of
his favorite. If we were called upon
to analyte motives, we should say
that the men who complained to
Governor Wilson of Colonel Harvey
were not Governor Wilson's friends
at all, hut that their object was to
create a breach between two old-
time frlenda and deprive the one
of the helpful support and Influence
of the other.
As we have said In tho beginning,
we do not know how mnch truth
there Is In the New York Sun story,
but the Weekly does not seem to be
vsylng anything further In advocacy
of the candidacy of Governor Wilson.
but the majority of the
crlme^WS accidents relate to
bera offer own race. '
My object In wrlttlng Is to appeal
to the 3 » -ea or our people througo
the mlp ieters, teacher* and other
leader* t > ri«c up at once for all the
habit ^ (Jmrytng concealed weap-
j subject that should be
taken up in the pulpit, In the Ban
dar schocnl tn the home and eon-
«v*ry member
!* now to the habit
>led weapons will
to do so. Daring all
4 I have lived In Ala-
never carried n con-
I have Hirer kept
'end have never felt
I have traveled
of the South by
r and have never
been In the least
had, I am quit#
t have been pro
carrying a pistol,
gun keeps a per-
!e one time, nine
gets him In tron-
tlnnally
of onr
of eanrytal
foal
the year*
bam* I
cesled
one In
the nged
through ell
ntgat enA 1
felt that I
danger, and If'
sure I should
tocted by reason
Where a pistol
son out of ti
times out of tea
Ible. Besides,
weapon* not oi
life, but carryli
one la a barhai
gar habit. Tl
a person tn a
the United States el
habit of going arom
munlty loaded and
piece of Iron In the
or gun.
If this subject !t
end dlscnased end
Their* aro hundred* of thousands of
men who may be brought to believe
that it would-he to their advantage In
some Indirect, myaterlons way to vote
foh'jt tariff? Apt who could not bs ca
joled or coerced Into the conviction
that it ta ta their Individual Interest
to vote to put an enormous taxx on
everything they eat, wear and use.
If Democratic editors will make It
a standing order tn their offices to
substitute the word "tax’ for “tariff"
In every article having to do with
protection, and It every stump speak
er will .carry on a similar crusade,
and movement will be made
falutln Hamiltonian pretense of
which ho'denounced ‘grand opera’
ha the epitome, end he hated the af
fection of violin virtuosity typified
in YiDny Kubelik as being contrary
to nature. > He reveled In a good old
time, prononneed toon* and not
'twen,' and, as we have delighted to
not* ere this, his would leave hit
horse hitched at a camp meeting and
walk fifty miles-to play '*rnrkey-ii r
the 8traw'"knd call tbe numbers for
a barn warming. ‘Sngar ta thr
Bound,’ 'Rabbit In the Brier Patch’
and ’Leather Brcetchco' were In
cluded In hi* -repertory, nil learned
nation-wide, the problem of reverting by •**< end with plenty of rosin on
Republican vlctorls* *t tho polls Will the bow, which wasi * principle of
hsve been solved. ' n.vrtSOMj his, he VSohM 1 mAh* fcls Addle outslng
LATIMER SUCCEEDS TUMLDT
Friend of Gov. Brown is Appointed
Keeper of Buildings and Grounds
Atlanta, Os., Jan. 15.—Pitres
Latimer, of Cherokee county, who
succeeds George Tumltn as keeper
public buildings for Oeeggla,
arrived at the oapltol this morning
and entered upon his new* duties.
Mr. Latimer's Aral serious work
will be to euperlntandsnt the repairs
at the governor’s mansion, with a
view to getting It reedy for Gover
nor Brown’s occupancy the latter
part of the month.
Think this over!
THE FIGHT OF GUFFEY.
The Aght In the National commit
tee over the right of Colonel Guffey
to hold a membership in that body
seems to The Post to have been a
waste of passion and oratory, aayi
The Houston Poet. What Colonel
Guffey's sins may have been wa do
Trying concealed | not ionw _ He wu accutsed of con-
*■ [* kettle, ohtbutx S bumblebee, out-
hum a sawmill and tickle the heel
of a negro a half mile away Into a
syncopated spasm. Bob Taylor
could cast out devils with hie music.
He could euro human misery. Hr
could charm a soul. He could win
a vote. He could make even a
standpatter dance, Alas, that ho has
hung np the Addle and the bow at
does not protect
lonccnlad weap-
coarso and vut-
reason why
country Ilk*
sorting with the republican party, an
offense that la well calculated to
arouse tbe Ire ot the average organ-
Ization man. It Is an offense, how-
ever, which Is not uncommon among
g*t‘ln *“* democrats. Mr. Bryan himself was
responsible for the defeat of the
democratic candidate for governor
of Nebraska In 1519. (or whlck ho
has been, severely crttlCSOd. Like
wise, Mr. Mountcastle, of Tennes
see, whose title was challenged,
out the South by our 'people, 1 am acc y Md 0( supporting fusion ot Te-
sure that within a few year* at, least DU bn c ans and Independent d*mo-
the colored people wllll ***** carry.
Ing weapons and tberp will not he
so great loss of life end limb as is
now true.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.
Tuskegee, Ala., Jan. 5.
ROOSEVELT AND THIRD TERM.
The World cannot astro with
Its old friend Henry l.7»tter*on
that "the third term tradition Is
all that stands between js end
life tenure In the preeh^ffal of-
fflee," saye tho New York \tirld.
Tho mance of tho Rooaevelr cam
paign doe* not Ilo In the stuck
upon the third term tradltl0\ but [upset th«!r choice,
in the state of mind that coni,, dgr if the National Committee must
sire four yuan more ot Thcotnre override the action ot party anthor-
Rooeevelt In the whlto liouao-^ytn the States, then we have cen-
tour years more personal V. givern^^^jj party government, and that
nn m""*' 1 il|V '''
publicans
crate In Tennessee against the dem
ocratic nominee.
But thle fact remains. Colonel
Guffey was regularly chosen by the
constituted party authorities In
Pennsylvania, and It Is difficult to
understand why a private cltlxen,
armed with a proxy, should inyade
the committee and aek that body to
eject a regularly elected memiber.
was Mr. Mountcastle regularly
elected by the party authorities In
Tennessee. If they condone tho
apostasy of which he Is charged, then
the National committee can not
properly go behind tho returns and
Horticultural Meeting.
On January 17th and '15th The
Georgia Horticultural Society Is go
ing to hold Its annual session In
Athens Jointly with the Georgia
Dairy and Lire Stock Association
and the Georgia Breeders' Associa
tion. There will be many things
of Interest discussed at this meeting.
Among them will be an Illustrated
lecture by Mr. Davy, the father of
. .. . tree surgery. Mr. Davy was the orlg-
<»«tor. and at the present time
democratic orchestra 1* most needed
In tbe land!”
The “ruling habit” la said to bf
hard to subdue as age creeps on.
Senator Btfb la yet In his prime, and
let us hope that hla fiddling habit
will again reasert Itself. For him
to play a good old democratic tun*
at the coming Baltimore conyentlon
at the opportune moment, might do
more for democracy's hope*—as
suredly it could do no less—than
ever was wrought by the "cross of
gold and crown ot thorns” speech.
As much ae we lore music, w*
would rather mlaa one of Morris
Sheppard’s mcllifloue speeches In
favor of free raw materials and Ini
tiative, referendum and recall amy-
head, of one of the largest organi
sations of tree surgery In the United
States. This paper will he of Inter
est to all those woo hare valuable
shade trees or homes of which they
are particularly fond.
There will also be discussions and
papers on tbe possibilities ot track
growing In the state, as well as dis
cussions on tho various end sundry
horticultural Industries that are
rapidly coming to the tore In Geor
gia. It seems that there Is going
to bo * large meeting at tne State
College ta well aa an enthualastle
one, for the thoughts of the Geor
gia agriculturists are being tnrned
from cotton and cattle, through the
fear of the boll weayll and tbe per-
tlme than to bellevo for a moment .istent attacks of tho Texas tick,
that Bob Taylor haa renounced hla
fiddle.—Houston Post.
BOOKER W A8HTNGTOX APPEALS
TO mS RACE.
To the Editor of The Telegrapa:
Through your paper I wlah to call
the attention of the men of my raee
»»n late. That train wa* probably Ike frightful loan of life and aar.
bulletined fifteen different time* "to* wounding and maiming of hu-
during th* day.
Former Governor Ashton C. Shal-
. Ienbarger .pt Nebraska ha* filed ap
plication a* a candidate for the Dem
ocratic nomination for United 8tat*e
senator.
The weather man to still en to hit
Job. He does not always deliver
the goods, but he hts th* vtrtns ot
making good promisee.
Wonder what. Andrew Carnegie
thought whan Congressman Bart
lett, of Georgia, "upp” and began
to ask him questions.
A Sumpter county farmer who
eould not pick hla cotton hu decided
to plough It under, and in It for
fertiliser next year.
Massachusetts to now tbs only
State to hold annual elections.
man beings that grows out of tho
habit of carrying concealed weapons.
No on* can read th* dally papers
giving account of the ertmu and ac
cident! growing out of snooting*
during th* Chrtotmu holidays, with
out being tmpreued with th* fearful
and uietess lota of Ilf* and limb re
sulting from the habtt of carrying
concealed weapons.
During Chrtotmu week, * rough
calculation shows that tn Alabama
role, four years more of exeeu
contempt for congreu, courts
constitutions, four year* more bAln-
golem, four years more oi wafton
extravagance, four years mol
denunciation and demagogy—la tho
atate of mind that wants the new
nationalism, that wants a little lath
er, that wants federal Interference
with every form of human Industry
and actlrlty, that wants the states
stripped of their power, that all aafo-
guarda against the tyranny of the
majority and bureaucracy substi
tuted for the bill of rights
This Is a generation that hat
far too little Insight Into the mean
ing of Its own Institutions.. ft ha*
forgotten how much bloofl and Iron
went Into tba making of the liberties
which it Inherited and /which coat
It nothing. It to a generation Im
patient ot all reatratt upon Its Im
pulses and Its passons. I It regards
Itself as the father and Che prophets.
It thinks It haa nothing to learn
from the past and that the olstory
of the human struggle! for freedom
carries no lesson to /this century.
Anything Ilk* constitutions
courts or precedent! which stand In
our'-fioasb that we are lor a people's
government. If-ttsfcommlttea had
listened to) Mr. Bryan and ejected
Guffey, then It would hay* repudiat
ed the au thority of the half mil
lion democrats of Pennsylvania at
the Instance of one cltlicn with a
persons'! grudge. That would hare
born the limit of absurdity.
Mr. Bryan made a similar attack
upon Colonel Guffey In 1905 and
hid him ejeu’ed, hut Pennsylvania
came back and elected him again,
so It to apparent that Pennsylvania
doss not approve the attitude of
Mr. Bryan toward Colonel Guffey.
Most of nv bar* oar animosities.
There lr hardly one who haa not tn
mind one or more Individuals whoa*
a-t* of iHilltlral relations are sound
ly execrated, but our Individual
opinions can not be act up as party
law, and we mnat depend upon
time and circumstance* to ylndlcat*
onr Judgments tf they are ever to
be vindicated.
We tnke It that there would hay*
been no vote against Guffey If Mr.
nryan hud not secured a proxy In
order to prosecute hts warfare against
the way of tta tmmedtata will to re- [the sitting member from Penntyl-
gnrded aa an obstacle to progress. | v anla. The fact that eighteen mem-
The danger doe* tJot lie in popu- bers TO ted with Mr. Bryan on th*
tar Indifference to /the third term que stlon wan due entirely to hts
VALDOSTA.
'(Dedicated to Dr. Breedlove by
an Illinois Man.)
Where tne Pecans grow,
And the babbling brooks,
Through the woodland flow;
For I long to gaze.
On the fields ot cotton,
A sight once zeen,
la never forgotten.
Take me back to the Land,
Take me back to tho Land.
Where the long leaf pines.
Lift their heads through th* maze,
Of the Myrtle vines;
And the perfumed 'breeze,
From the Orange trees,
Prove the wonders of Nature,
Shall never cease.
I long to go back.
To tnat Georgia town.
Where no one Is sick, •
And the doctor* frown;
One a moonlight night,
Where the magnolias rise.
You would surely think,
It was Paradise.
tradition but In popular principles
of liberty upon which the republic
wea established. If the American
people, with all thalr knowledge ot
two terms ot Rooeefelt, want a third
term ot Roosevelt,! they should al
low nothing so flimsy as a precedent
to stand In their
A LITE
Why would I
for all Demoei
hereafter taboo
"tariff” and tn Its place use the word
"tax.” which a tariff really tt
If every Democratic writer and
m *
political influence, and not because
he enunciated one valid reason why
Colonel Guffey ahould be ejected.
non HANG UP THE FIDDLE
Whether true or not, the state
ment Is going the rounds that Sen
ator Bob Taylor of Tennessee, dear
old Fiddling Bob, haa announced
that he has quit his fiddlt and will
never play again. We ara not ad
vised as to why h* reached that do-
termination, hut possible melll-
fluous “chin music" of some orator
leal supporter of tho Initiative, refer
endum and recall, so unstrung hit.
speaker would ins* the term ’The democratic nerves that he concluded
lu Payuc-Aldrlch tax bill.” Instead of the American people Should hsve a
there were twenty-eight persons kill- | Tll# Y*yn*-Aldrlch tariff bill” from rest on appeal* to their sentiment
ed and about the same number of now nnttl ,h * polls', close on Noram- and he encouraged to Indulge In ■
persona seriously or fatally wound- , ,b * r ther * *F«d ho little conjecture little common sense reflection on
ed. at to th* outturn* of th* election. matters pertaining to thalr public
Taking tor granted that an equal I Who doubt*, 1 but that If th* Dlngley welfare,
number were killed and wounded to **rlff b,u been known and ro- In connection with th* report,
the remaining twelve Southern ttmd to generally~*s the Dingle* the St. Louto Republic pays n pretty
atatce—end I think this to n corner- tax hill, and the McKinley tariff bill and deserved tribute to the senior
vatlv* estimate—we have n total ot *• **• MeKJnley tax hilt, and the senator from Tennessee. "Aa s fid-
about 100 peraene klllM and *n Payne-Atdrieh tariff bill as the dler.” says the Republic, “Bob Tay-
equal number wounded daring' Payne-Aldrleh tax Mil, th* Hepnbl’- lor wax essentially the heat ot dem-
Christmas woek. ran party wknld not be to ootoer to- oerato. Ho was th* exponent ot
Of conn* I ratlin* that all ot this day. li . >4 leffenonlan simplicity In melody,
shooting wa* not aon* by th* color- Th* worf “tariff” la too Indrtnlta. R* wa* on record against th* high-
Khartum Cathedral Consecration.
London, Jan. 15.—A large party
bf English churchmen and their
families will depart tomorrow for
Khartum to attend the consecration
of the great cathedral that has been
erected In the metropolis of tho up
per Nile country In memory of the
famous General Gordon. The con
secration to to take place the latter
part of this month and will be at
tended with splendid ceremonies.
The Bishop of London, the: Right
-"11 r-'
T-
nov. t^tanlpgtoiiglngrsm, will officl-
nlo:
Into other lines of agricultural and
horticultural endeavor.
T. H. MteHOTTON, Treasurer.
Oeorgta State Horticultural So
ciety.
Times Want Ads
FOR SALE—490 acres, 100 clear
ed, balance timbered land, 1 aero
town lot, containing 24 pecan trees
hearing; dwelling hoot*, etc.,; 70
acres, 25 cleared; ti acre town lot
and residence to go with the land.
Also 325 acre* one mile ot Stockton,
125 acres cleared, well Improved.
For information come to Zee or ad- _
dress J..A- Mathis, Stockton^
TAKEN UP—Two sows, one
black, on* yellow, marked awallhw-
fork and croaa nick under both
can, and two shots* eight months
old under the sam* mark. Owner
can get them by, calling on me and
by paying for this advertisement
and damagea. Have had them oev-
eral weeks C. B. Zelgler, Howell,
Oa. l-8aw2t.
NOTICE.
All privileges arc reserved over
the Banks' mill pond tor fish t;id
game culture.
R. T. BERRYHILL, Lessee.
l-2w4t. V Mllltown, fla.
WANT TO SELL—A good horse
at a bargain. A. H. Denmark.
l-3d6*w4t
GENUINE SEAL ISLAND SEED
W* have arranged lor a limited sup
ply of genuine sea Island Seed
from a grower on one of the Is
lands ot the South -Ceroltna coast.
Orders will be accepted, first come,
first served. Atlantic A Gulf Mills,
Quitman, Oa. 1 6 wtf
WANTED—To rest a heavy one-
drum ground sklddcr with privilege
of buying. Give price and snipping
mint. A. Smithgall, Council, Ga.
2-12 wtf.
Wood’s Seeds
Fop 1912.
Our New Descriptive Catalog
it fully up-to-date, and tell* *U
about the best
Garden and
Farm Seeds.
Every fanner and gardener
should have n copy of alia cata
log, which ha* long been recog
nized as a standard authority,
for the full and complete infor
mation which it gives.
We are headquarters for
Cress and Clover Seeds, Seed
Potatoes, Seed Oats, Cow Peas,
Sola Seans and all Farm Seeds.
T. W. WOOD Cl SONS.
Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va.
STRAYED OR STOLEN—Prom
near Ray’s Mill on the 27th of No
vember, a blfck mare mule four
years old, weight about 900 pounds,
la good order, has small white »pot
under one ear. If. traded for* the
Innocent party who gets her will be
protected fully from any lost or be
refunded the amount Invested In the
animal, _ provided he can *lve
name of party from whom he got
her. Notify ,C. P. Shaw, Raya Mill,
cotton Seed for sale—73
bushels Allen's Bilk, 75 bushels
Tool's Prolific, 135 bushels Hclt’s
Prolific, 100 bushels Simpkins' Pro
lific, 50 bushels Broadwetl'a doubt*
lolnt, 100 bushels sea island, se
lected and bred up to yield 33 1-3
pet cent lint All of the above seed
vera grown from seed bought from
te originators last spring and haa*
been tpeclally grown and aelects'l
for my own planting, but haying
sold my farm I offer them for sal*
*i 51 per bushel, or will gty* spe
cial price, on all of any one kind.
S T. Tygart, Nashville, Oa
l-*w4d3t
FOR BALE—3 good farm mule*,
cheap, will work anywhere. Wlnn-
Jones Co. 110 dlwl
8TRAYED—On* black bora*, fly*
yean old, weighing about 1009
ounda. Reward* for recovery. R.
Eatman, Homervllle, Ga. 1 9 w3 dl
cant, three yean old.
8. Harrell, Valdosta.
Pries 1254c.
112 d2t wl