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IBS VALDOSTA BUM VALDOSTA, GA., TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 87, 1018.
VALDOSTA SEMI-WEEKLY TIMES
ROOSEVELT IN THE RACE.
Col. Roosevelt's statement on yos-
tl C. BRANTLEY, Editor. j terday that bln "hnt In In tb« ring."
E. L. TURNER, Business Mnnngor. may b« taken to mean that the Col-
. ■ - . i--- onel expecta to get Into the ring
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 01 A YEAR hlranelf before Tory long. He prom-
laea to make
Entered at the Poetofflce at Valdosta,
Ga., an Second Claaa M
Hop* Ton are not Buffering from
panacakeltli. /
a definite announce
ment an to bla Intentions on next
Monday.
The Colonel |« a pretty bard man
to keep'up with. Eren bla friends
are begging him to tell tbem what
_ .he expects to do, despite tbe fact
Brd luck H often but another |t „, t ,, 8 „„ , |rewlr mad« two or
name for poor management. | t |, ree statements along that line.
0 Tbe fact Is. Col. Rooserelt Is a vaell-
▲ worn*n doesn't care about what 1 man. Ho la liable to change
her husband earns; It’s what dhe *hi B m lnd and reach new conclusion*
get« out of it that counts.
* The roclferoua alienee of some gen.
tamen In the present campaign is
getting on folk’s nerves.
Pastor quits pulpit for poultry
without the least warning. The
Colonel Is “progressive*—about the
time you thing you have him he bsi
moved to another table. Like the
dfdappers be bobs up at unexpected
placet.
Col. Roosevelt Is a great hand to
farm up in Massachusetts. Merely And out the way the wind is blow-
exchanging flocks, m> to speak.
lng and then sail with it. He has
occupied as many different positions
as almost any man In public life. He
Is with the Interest* and against
the “Interests.” He lambaste them
one day and calls them Into secret
A number of presidential poulbf- caucuses the next day to get them
titles are basing their hopes on the,P^mot# his campaign. He baa
May It baa got so that an actress
baa to taka 855,000 with her to pay
for a taxicab rid. In New York.
played a fast and furloua game wltb
rll of the men whom he Is bolding
up now aa example of “bad eltlsen-
shlp." He Is for the "recall 1
Judges, at least, enough that way to
try and decrlre those who are for
It. He Is against the "recall'
Jndgos, or enough to satisfy those
who are on that side of the question.
Th. Colonel tries to travel In Loth
directions at the same time He Is
for all that Is "good" In the "Initia
tive and referendum" and is against
all that Is "bad" lq It. He Is for
all that Is virtuous In organised
capital and he Is against all that Is
not that way.
As a matter of fact, the Colonel
Is out for the Colonel and he la go
ing to manage to stand In with every
thing that can help him. But the
people of the country are on to him.
The lambasting which was given
tbe Republicans In New York two
years ago was aimed at hftn aa
much as any one else, and nothing
has happened since then to Increase
hla popularity.
The Democrats could not want an
easier thing than to have Roosevelt
much Interest to a ^beautiful story" for the opposing candidate. 'We be-
tonight. A Millionaire Tramp, Is to.Here, though, that the Republicans
be presented In the opera bouse jars too smart to tie on to him.
there. , They would not risk him, even If It
were not tor the third term Idea.
chande of a landslide In convention.
Dr. Bun has so far demonstrated
his shrewdness as a politician by
refraining from stating he won't be
a candidate for another term.
Would the Colonel accept bis
party's nomination for President?
But hers la a harder one: Would a
duck swim or a rooster crow?
. The International Association of
Bridge and Structua! Iron workers
certainly have been of material ben
Sit to the detective business.
The Britishers are trying to get
J. E. Morgan to consent to being
made a Duke, but our "American
■Kings" are not fond of being de
moted.
editorial on Friday on “Pro Bono
Publico.' The Herald could have
don. much better If It bad tackled
that old subject, “Whither Ar. We
Drifting."
Moultrie Is looking forward wltb
dor r"
character constitute a platform with
in Itself In tbe assurance they give
of public usefulness, are frequently
defeated by candidates of Inferior
character whose highest conception
of political etblcs la to correctly
gauge passing popular sentiment.
!u this coanci-uon, It will be m
mombered that Governor Woodrow
Wilton, uLoss Ideas and Ideals evl
dencea qualities peculiarly dominant
In the chameleon, declined to ap
prove of tbs suggestion that Thomas
F. Ryan be asked for a contribution
to the campaign fund being raised
to further, the former's presidential
aspirations, giving -s a reason there
for—not that such contribution would
ba prompted by unworthy motives—
but that It might excite suspicion on
the part of some people who might
otherwise tbe Induced to support bis
candidacy.
Since tb e controversy restive to
Governor Wilson's break with Colo
nel Oeorgo Harvey with the Ryan
ncldent Included, his literary bu-
■cau and campaign boostera have
iced much apace In tbe public press
applauding bis stand against, the ac
ceptance a>f such a possible contri
bution.
Now, If Ryan money Is Justly tbe
object of suspicion In a presidential
campaign, by what principle of
ithlca does It become less so in a
rubernatorlal campaign?
In taking occasion to deny tbe
ruth of a statement largely clrcu-
ated through the papers supporting
Wilson, to the effect that .Ryan was
dnanctng the campaign of Mr, Un-
lerwood. Senator Bankhead, hll
manager, makes this significant atate-
ment: “The last I heard of Mr.
Ryan contributing any money for
campaign expenses was that he eon.
'.rlbuted (10,000 to elect Woodrow
Wilson governor of New Jersey.”
Surely, If Mr. Ryan's money Is
tainted now. It was not less so wben.
Candidate Wilson bravely acccepted
It less than two years ago.
Theso later developments In the
tangled web of Inconsistency and
else that Governor Wilson Is weaving
around himself, suggests the thought
there Is a fine opening for The latter
to do some explaining regarding the
modus operandl by which the Ryan
money waa relieved of taint at the
time he found It so potential In fur
thering bIB first political-wrafo'ltlon.
few weeks after It was born.
Mrs. Sinclair has gone her way
end young Kemp baa probably re
turned bo Kansas, where they may
appreciate bis poems more than the
publishers do.
love lasts well, under certain cir
cumstances and conditions but wben
hunger confronts those who love,
they are prone to forget romance for
tbe practical, everyday views of liv
ing.
Wben Mrs. Sinclair realised,
ter her foolish escapade, that It re-'
quired aometblng more than mere
poetry to live upon, she repented her
rash sUp, but repentance comes too
late. She has outlined her path In
life now, and she must follow It to
the end.
She will learn like others who
have made the same fatal mistake,
that there Is no retracing the fallen
steps, and lost respectability can
never be regained. She Is a woman
of brains and ability. She knew
full well the Btep she was taking
She knew ahe was living in open de
fiance of tbe laws of society. She
knew that she had thrown down the
ed the total number of states *o 48.
Tbe lest previous ohengs to tbe Hag
was on July 4, 1908, who > Oklahoma
came into the fold, altbough that
state, according to tbe census re
turns, was admitted Nor. 18, 1907.
Before Oklahoma one hag to go back
to 1908, when Utah was admitted,
for another flag change.
Tbe admission of the states has
mont, which was tbe flrat to enter
In 1791, followed closely by Ken
tuedey the next year. Thereafter for
long time the admission of the
states alternated between tbe North
and tbe South, reflecting the slavery
and free soli controversy. See bow
the states alternate: Tennessee
1798 and Ohio In 1803; Louisiana
In 1813 and Indiana In 1818; Mis
sissippi In 1817 and Illinois in 1818;
Alabama In 1819 and May In 1830
Then came the admission of Mis
souri In 1831, under the Missouri
compromise. • which allowed that
state to hold slaves, JSat prohibited
slavery In the territory of the Lou.
elans purchase north of 38 degrees
and 30 minutes north latitude.
bars of decency, anq now she must .Thereafter the balancing process con
tinued for a time, Arkansas being
admitted In 1838 and Michigan In
1837; Florida and Texas In 1815
live her life as she haj made It pos
sible to live it.
There Is nothing live respecta
bility In life, after all.—Commercial
Appeal
and Iowa and Wisconsin in 1848.
Then came California in 1850, Min
nesota in 1858 and Ordgon In 1859,
completely breaking up the balancing
rule.
Next came bloeedlng Kansas In
The corner stone of the new build-. which would array a large element
lng at the Sparks Collegiate Instl- against him. There Is an element
tute will be laid next Tuesday, at who believe that Taft should be gtv.
which time Bishop Warren Candler en a vindication Just as It la given
will deliver an address.
The Douglas Enterprise predicts
that the race between Parker and
Brantley will result in tbe Ins stay
ing In and tbe outs remaining out
The Albany Herald bad n good
A Kansas Olty man Is suing his
wife for a divorce because ahe per
sists In keeping thirty-five cats. This
man Is right. Thirty eats are enough
for any woman. 1
French Justice Is about as wild
sometimes as the same goddess Is
In this country. A woman who waa
accused of embetallng $800,000 was
fined (300 Jn Paris yesterday.
President Taft says that be la In
fnvor of building two battleahlpa a
year and that tbe time to economise
in that Vrapect baa not arrived. The
president Is evidently trying to spike
Roosevelts' gun.
8enttle has ‘‘recalled" tbe mayor
who was elected last year when an
other mnyor was - recalled.” Tbe
"recall" system Is about the nearest
approach to mob law that has been
put On tha statute books In any of
the states. It la a rule of trensy
and passion rather tban common
Chairman Wright, of the State
Democratic Executive Committee, la
advising the county committee to
hold off with the county primaries
until after the state committee meets
and fixes the dato for the presiden
tial primary. Tbe state committee
will meet In April nnd many coun
ties will have their primaries bo
ttle that time.
to other presidents, and this ele
ment would find great pleasure In
smashing Roosevelt If he were to
"butt In” and knock out that time
honored custom of parties, as well
as states and the nation.
DID RYAN HELP WILSON?
In the days before the corrupt ln-
flueacee which came as the aftermath
of the war between the 8tates, It
was considered a necessary qualifica
tion for aspiration to public office
that the candidate should be general,
ly known to embody within himself
a code of ethics invulnerable to ul
terior Influences In controlling his
actions as a representative of the
people. Hence, It was usually taken
for granted that patriotic motives
Inspired such support as might be
given his candidacy, says the Hous-
to t Poet.
But In lata years there has de
veloped a growing suspicion regard
ing the character of support a can
didate receives and the motives
prompting It, which has bad the ef
fect lo a large extend of causing
votera to lose algbt of tbe Individu
ality of the candidate himself, wltb
the result that men whose life and
ANOTHER ROMANCE SHATTERED
Tbe romance of Harry Kemp, tbe
Kansas poet, and Mrs, Meta Sin.
clalr, has been sbattered. Like ahe
left her husband Mrs. Sinclair has
left young Kemp to bis poetlo
thoughts and poems. She told him
she had another affinity.
Love and romance are all right,
but there la a time honored .saying
that when poverty comes In at the
door love files out at the window.
Mrs. Sinclair and her young af
finity could not live on the bread
and cheese and kisses. An occas
ional pork chop and beef steak were
roqulred. Mrs. Sinclair had been In
the habit of being well-fed when un
der the roof-tree of Upton Sinclair,
tor he was an excellent husband and
a good provider.. H e had the home-
iby virtue of being a believer In mo
nogamy. Hla wife seemed to object
to this one-sided belief. She had
broader views. An occasional affin
ity seemed appropriate to her ways
of thinking, and she walked away
bne day, a few months ago, with
Harry Kemp. Hla poems had won
her heart. She asked to he allowed
'to live alone, In peace, with her poet
Sinclair properly sought release In
•the divorce court and permitted hla
recreant wife to live as she desired.
Unfortunately, Harry Kemp waa
a liberal provider of poems, but was
short on cash. He could not con
vert a poem Into a lamb roast and
a verse Into a bowl of soup. Bo the
CONDITIONS IN MEXICO.
The reports which are coming
from Mexico every day Indicate that
conditions there are as much unset- , Fhlle West Virginia two years
later split off from Virginia on war
tied a. they were before President , nuM NeTada )n Nebr a.ka In
Dias surrendered the reins of of- 1867 ud Colorado In 1878 brought
flee and left the country. President tbrn1imb erof state, up to 38. There
Made* and the other revolutionist. tfa# „ umb8r , tood (or - hlrtoen ye am
slatted a fire to burning which they UBtl , NoTem fc er> 1889, North Da-
wlll find It difficult to hold In check. kot> Di j toUi Mon tan* and
The wisest of men said on one oc- w „ i|n(!ton admitted, making
cation."he who shedeth man'sbood, tM ^ 42 Id ^ 0 snd Wyom!ng
by man Shall hi. blood be eheJ." We alo -ar, making
do not undttattnd the phllowMffiy of ^ m t0
’ .ITS rZ * Ut,mW,t ,the present number of 48 as already
Is generally true. noted
Those who Joined Madera In his; ' "
war against Gen. Dlax have now op-' Th « »«»l«slon of Arlsona and New
cned rebellion on Mad-ro. Th. first out * ld » “>* Unl “n only
revolution was not much more tnan '»* Dllrtric ‘ »f Columbia, the districts
anarchy. Conditions became chaotic of A1 “ ka » nd ‘ h e Panama strip, and
and Industrial paralysis seised the territory of Hawaii, with the
whole country. Many of the people posaeaelona secured as a result of the
we* out of work and it I. an easy B M a «» T6 “» » nd Montana are
matter to Incite a hungry man to re- verT llr *® ' it,LUm »nd may some day
volt. The reign of anarchy became b * divided, altbough there seems to
too be stamped oufcJ>y a '* »o nreecmt reason why they ehould
NUMBER 4429
Report of the Condition of
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
At Valdosta, in the State of Georgia, at the c!o»e of butineu, *
December 5, 1911.
RESOURCES.
Loana and Discounts
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured,!.
U, 8, Bonds to occurs circulation ,
U, 8. Bonds to secure U. 8. Deposits. •
Other bonde to secure postal savings
Premium on U. 8. Bonds
Banking bouse. Furniture and Flxt ure *
Duo from National Banks (not reserve agents) -
Due from state and private banks and bankers, trust com*
panics, and savings banks. ...
Dua from approved reserve agents.- • • 72,311.7*
Checks and other cash Items... ...‘ 8 1,778.72
Exchange for clearing bouse 1,849.04
Notes of other National Banks 8,580.00
Fractional paper currency, nickels, and cents .. • 753.18
Lawful money reserve In bank, vis:
Specie 40,422.75
Legal-tender notes 12,210.00
Redemption fund with U. 8. Treaau rer (5 per cent elrcula-
tl0 ») 8.350.00
...( 917,355.07
... 5,003,02
... 125,000.00
1,000.00
7,000.00
. .. 1,000.00
0,000.00
11,933.58
Total...
_ , . LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid In 135,000.00
Surplus fond i. 01000
Undivided profits, less expenses and lives paid 10.433.49
National Bank notes outstanding, 131 000:08
Due to other national banks y 13,455.74
Hue to 8tato and private banks and bankets . 69,157.48
Individual deposits subject to check. . .
Demand certificate! of deposit
Time certificates of deposit .
Cashier’s checks outstanding
Unltdd States deposits
Postal savings deposits ,
577,698.34
28,801.14
173,688.01
3,903.21
1,000.00
12.40
Bonds borrowed
Notes and hills rediscounted ...
Bills payable, including certificates of deposit -
borrowed
Reserve for Interest
Dividends unpaid
Total
865,877.92
. 7,000.00
10,208,92
>y
75.000.00
. 1,687.88
20 00
.11,237,327.01
|VT»I
State of Georgia, County of Lowndes, sa:
I, Abtal Winn, Cashier of the above named bank, do so.emnly swear
that the above statement le true to the best of my knowledge and ballet
I ABIAL WINN, Cartier.
Subscribed and sworn to before CORRECT—Attest:
me tbit 7th day of December, 1911. T. M. SMITH,
A. F. WINN, Jr. O. K. JONES,
Notary Public. E. P. 8, DENMARK, Directors.
mere ohange of administration
was like a fire, which merely shifts
with the wind, hnt does not die nut
ss long aa It flndq substance to feed
upon
The conditions In Mexico are he
mming deplorable. They are proba
bly due largely to the excitable and
the restlessness of the Latin people.
Tljejr are due In pari to the fact that
lucatlonnl advantages a* lacking
and the people have not learned that
the victories of peace are to he pre-
to those of war. It will prob
ably be many months before condi
tions are rullj settled In that coun
try. In the meantime there will be
great suffering among all classes of
people and especially among the
poorer classes. There la one eonaola-
lon, however, which may come to
the people of Mexico and that 1a
that such perloda of bloodshed ana
devastation are always followed by
periods of progress and prosperity.
It Is like tbe early morning storm
which precedes the beautiful day,
or the rnlnborw which often aretno
the skies when the clouds are deep
est and blackest Let na hope that
when peace Is restored there again
It will he for all time and that the
Mexicans may take their full part
In the progress which la coming to
the Western world.
NEXT STAR-IN THE FLAG.
On the Fourth of July two stars
will be added officially to the United
States (lag, signifying officially that
romance waa shattered within o very! Arlsona and . .®w Mexico have rate-
be, Hawaii anrf poaslbly Porto Rico
may he asking for admission before
many yean; but not with any cer
tainty can the next star for the flag
be pointed out.—Boston Globe.
Valdosta,
Saturday,
MARCH 9th
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Reach the raw, tender, inflamed
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You can't reach the nooks and
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Ask A. E. Dtmmock about the
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only 31 nnd guarantees It
Rocky Ford Calorado Cantaloupe
Seed, Ingram Drug Co. 1 IS w4t
Horses and Mules.
The kind you want, the prica will
suit you at Ham Bros. Stables
3 13 ddt w4t
Pearson Melon. Ingram Drug Co.
The Pavo Progress says that that
town needs u number ot small fac
tories. Pavo la not the only town
that needs enterprises of that sort.
Every town lg Bculh Georgia ought
to have more of them. In other
words tha South aeorgia towns
ought to manufacture nearly every
thing they use. There Is no sense 1»
sending to Ohio after n .wagon, a
hoe handle or broom, when it cm be
made urre an easily as It can there.
The Qnltmen Free Press an-
nounces that arrangements have
been made for Increasing the capital
stock of that paper for building a
now horns tor It. Tha lot hsa alresdy
been acquired for the new horn*.
The Free Pm* has made n splendid.
khowlng daring the put year or
two nnd wtth better facilities for
serving the public. It ought to bo-]
come a powerful lnflueuee In tba up-
building of Quitman a* well as a pay
ing Investment to Itq owners
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Valdosta, Ga.,
Manufacturers of
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