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Cm VALDOSTA TIMM, VALDOSTA, GA^ SATURDAY, • MARCH 23, 1912.
VALDOSTA SEMI-WEEKLY TIMES
C. C. BRANTLEY, Editor.
K. L. TURNER, BuImm Manaaer.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICK *1 A YEAR
Intend at Ilia Poatofflee at Valdosta,
Tba Colonel In barpinf. trimming
and objecting jutt like a man who
feels like bin political future In un
certain.
LETS HAVE A DEMOCRAT FROM
DIXIE.
"The barking back to tbe
times of tbe Civil War, an If
tbe »nr had not been fought
over fifty yearn ago, toy an At
lanta newnpaper ban dlagunted
a large number of former ad
herent* of Woodrow \yiUon,
and Underwood In proportion
ately tbe gainer.”
We take the foregoing dlnpatcb
from Orlfiln, On., an our text. It In
unoueetioaably true that the fren
zied effort* of the manngern of Mr.
Quitman la going to bare four
daya of apring cleaning. It will take Wllaon'* Georgia campaign to din-
more than four daya to/get Valdoa- credit Mr. Underwood an a Southern
ta an clean an It ought to be.
man.here re-acted unfavorably to
Mr. YHInon.
' There In a atrong ncntlment In
The people wbo do a little thinking
on their own gccount, reprenent the
unwarranted, denlgnlng, epecioun, •
un-patrlotlc, un-Southern-llk« at
tack on Mr. Underwood by thoee
who ahould be proudeat to hold up
Ha handn. Such peanut polltlce In'
a reflection on the nound eenae of
the etate.
Being a Southern man, In how
ever, but one of Mr. Underwood’»
Hon. E. H. Beck, of Brooks coun
ty, Is to be in the race for nuperln- the South—-In favor of nominating
tendent of the ntat* schools and a Southern yuan for President. And
will noon begin to wage an active now . w heti the time seems ripe;
campaign. * I now, when Alabama offers her favor-
t o " ■ 1 it» a..n riven,. Underwood, to the
| Ite non, Oerar
Colllera’ Weekly haa probably not ration; now, when the press and
found out that Woodrow Wilson la row ,| a „# t ho North, East and Went
a Southern man. No true Southern ( ^ receiving bin candidacy with
man could suit Collier's as well »• _ ou tstrechcd arms; now, when we
Wilson does. (have the opportunity to present the
0 I name of a Southern man to the Nn-
Ulg Preserving Plant Burned. Itlonal Democratic Convention; along
Geneva, N. Y.. March 21.—The romta T he Atlanta Journal and oth
Geneva preserving plant wan burn- fr paparl with withering disregard
ed early tnla morning. The loan Is for f„ct. an( j ,||g 0 wn him as a South-
tIOO.OOO.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun ad
vises the people over that way to
How their own horn. The town
which does not blow lbs own horn
will not have a horn blown.
Explorer Amundsen says that the
South Pole In 10,600 feet high,
which would Indicate that the ex
plorer had more than n lineman's
Job to reach the top.
A cltlie n of Georgia who Is not
registered oy April 2 will be ns
completely disfranchised an the
colored brother who falls under the
ban of the disfranchisement law.
Grover Cleveland's memory Is
being honored by many of'the vary
man who assailed him when be was
allvs. Cleveland’s place an one of
the lending American clUscnt Is se
cure.
A Washington Judge put tbs”
ble above medical authority In
elding s case regarding leproi
This Judge would probably accept
all of the old v!«wi In regard to as
tronomy.
President Taft told them |n Bos
ton that Roosevelt’! crowd could not
"honeyfuggle” the people with their
vagaries. When Roosevelt gets up
■' word Ilka that Taft may come
again.
An Augusta man killed his wife
because the would not wear clothes
to suit him. Than he killed him
self In order to keep from having
to dress up for a 'nsektle party
-later on.
A Valdosta merchant advertises
to give his debtors half they owe
him and he any* If this don't rult
them they mhy have thn other half.
A sinner who doesn't accept a prop
ortion like that la beyond redemp
tion.
Jos Hill Hall made a strong
speech at Knoxville the other dny.
bus there an a great many people
In Georgia who betlava that ho can
do mors In tba Georgia legislature
then he could In tbs gubernatorial
chair to carry out kin platform.
We are Inclined to think more of
President Taft o n account of th*
vote he' received In North Dnkotn.
La Toilette and Roosevelt got ev
erything In sight, showing that the
stronghold of populism Is still
••dippy."
qusllflcstlons for the Presidency. He
lb a national figure—the only Dem
ocratic leader who ever led ble party
to safety by the political monntaln
passes and Republican pitfalls; a
man of high purpose, rare ability,
unquestioned Integrity and rich ex
perience; a master of the tariff quea-
tlon and, ns such the only candi
date In the Democratic fold who, by
leading the Democrats to victory la
the next campaign, can kill the Ban-
Jou’s ghost of American polities;
the great floor leader from ths
South; the brilliant representative I
of our sister state of Alabama In
the halls' of Congress; the real
Amundsen In the field of candidates
—Oscar W. Underwood—A Demo
crat from Dixie—Augusta Chronicle.
be gratifying to every citizen that
the mayor was able to say that a
distinguished official from Scotland
had told blm that after n month's
slay In New Vork he had not seen
s drunken man. That would have
astounded Father Mathew.—New
York World.
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* Edited by Valdosta W. C. T. U.
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ern man. They try to stuff It down
the throats of Georgians that the
brilliant leader of the Democratic j
party In the House, who has repre-l
seated our (drier etate of Alabama
In Congress for 17 years Is not a I
Southerner al all, for his father i
wae a Union sympathiser. |
If It were true, ahould the South, |
which has for years past charged
the North with fanning the flicker
ing flame of sectional prejudice, be
the one to ware the bloody ahlrt?
If tbla policy la pursued will we
ever have a Southern man in the
White House? If It were true that
little Oscar's f-ther wa» a Union
'aympalhlrer" In the border itato
of Kentucky, where In thoae distress
ing days, hslf a .century ago. fathor
and non, brother and brother, op
posed one another on the battlefield,
la that aught against Oscar Under
wood? Whether or not the*elder
Ubderwood waa a Union sympathis
er wo do not know. It really make*
no difference. Tbe fathers of our
forbear* wbo fought for American
Independence were generally tbe
rankeet royalists. It Is stated that
Hie elder Underwood did not enllat
either array. However theae
things majr be, this we do know:
(1) That Oecsr Underwood had
two uncles In the Confederate Army;
(2) That he wan toora In Ken
tucky and has lived In the Soutb
for, forty-nine years, out of the SO
years of bln existence;
(3) That his father, whatever his
sympathies, had hlifl educated ex
clusively In Southern school*- and
colleges. He went to Rugby Col
lege, Kentucky, and then to th*
University of Virginia, where he
took not only an academic, hut a
law course as well; and that tmmeg
dlately after his graduation he
went, to lllrmlngham, Alabama,
where ho lived over since. The At
lanta Journal goe* to far as to say
that lllrmlngham Is not a Southern
city, hut Is th« Pittsburg of th*
South, More popycock.
14) That bis fathsr and mother,
their father* and mothers betoiy
them were "born In old Kentucky"!
that Oscar Underwood waa born lu
the south and haa lived her* all bta
life, except three mouthx when h*
paid a visit* to Mlnnoaota. Can
the same teat of Southern netlvlty
be applied to any other eandldatoi
tor the Prealdeney now before the
American people?
(5) That he was one of the few
Demorrsts who wss bold and honsat
enough to vote bis own conviction
snd fight against tho Federal Pen
sion grab bill, and yet tho opposi
tion attempt to influence tho old sol*
TO LOVE, HONOR AND OBEY.
It seems so odd that anybody
haring heard a. woman vow to love
and honor blm ahould think It any
uoc, at all that she should also vow
to obey him. It she keeps the first
Uo vows obedience Is understood,
and If she falls to love and honor
him she will most certainly not obey
him.
The obedient wife la a beautiful
spectacle In theory. Tho trouble Is
that neither the church nor anyone
else has yet sketched out tho llmltn
she has set l n her obedience. Sup
pose her hueband tells her to go and
murder her mother and she doe* It,
she will be keeping her church vow,
hut the state will hang her just tho
same. Such a command haa been
given by hu*bands to wives and the
wive* have been bung. A vow of
obedience as a part of the marriage
service practically puts matrimony
on a level with military service. But
nobody seems to consider that apart
from all'external aspects of It. Obe
dience Is a quality, not an action.
An obedient person will obey and a
d Isobed let person will disobey, no
matter what vown *f* taken. Some
It Is Said that Hon. J. J. Connor, dler vote In th« South against Mmi
of Bartow, Is going lo shako -up
things In tbs agricultural depart
ment when he comes In charge ef
It. According to reports the depart
ment can stand a pretty good shak
ing up.
If) Bay what you may, 1st poli
ticians talk themselves purple in
th* fee*. It In Oscar Underwood, of
Alabama and It Is Woodrow Wilson
of New Jereey.. You cannot rub It
out, Underwood represents Ala
bama In the ball* of Congress. Wood-
row Wllaon represents tbe sovereign
Prof. Wllaon wants Champ Clark
to keep out of tho fight In Nebraska * state of New Jersey as its executive
end leave It to him tnd Harmon. The, hoed. It la not Underwood of Ken-
professor think* tbit Bryan enn,lucky; it Is not Underwood of Min-
probably aav* the day for him. Still ( ne*ota; any more than It I* Wilton
the professor la very much against.of Virginia; Wllaon, of South Caro-
combinations of candidates. j llna, or Wilson, of Georgia. To tall
I Wilson a Georgian la absurd. By
Tbe city council of ThomasvIUe ba* th a same token Mr. Taft Is a Oeor-
tsckled tho row problem again snd glan, end Roosevelt Is mor* on*,
after tbe first of April cows will be' But the people cannot be fooled
allowed on the streets there only by such politics! chicanery. They
during the day time. The curfew know that Oscar Underwood la an
bell will ring In the morning at five Alabamian and Woodrow Wilson, a
o'clock for the cost* to be turned New Jerseyite. When any editor
ont and It'will ring again at night does not glv* bis renders credit for
at eight o'clock for them to be turn- at least as much ernee as he has,
cd In. b* Is making n grievous blunder,
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nature* are horn rebellious, others
are born with a fine sturdy common
sense on a natural power of think
ing for themselves. Such people are
only capable of obeying when they
aro convinced that "they should
obey. It Is really not a question of
the supremacy of man; It I* a ques
tion of human character.
In the old days a man chose for
hie wife not only her. place of resi
dence, her duties, her friends and
her pleasures, tout even her Wry
petticoats. We may presume That
she got rather tired of this, but not
nearly so tired ns he did. Tho av
erage man of today, even the most
old fashioned, would find It a boro
of the deadliest kind to have to de
cide for hta wife every detail of her
oxlstenca. In little nutters he ex
pects her to act for herxolf, and.In
big matters the stronger of the two,
In defiance of a thousand marriage
services, must necessarily havo the
costing vote.—London Truth.
Judged by economic tents, . the
liquor traffic is not a productive but
a destructive agency. Lot us now
ascertain how many men are em
ployed and how much capital is In
vested la this work of desrtuctlon.
Total amount of capital Invested In
th a manufacture of liquor $631,-
447,598. Total cost of materials
used ln manufacturing distilled malt
end vinous liquors $106,230,871, To
tal number of wage earners em
ployed In making alcoholic liquors
61,461. Total amount paid annual
ly as wages >y -liquor trafllc $88,-
201,476. The estimated wholesale
market value of liquors as reckon
ed 'by the United States Census Bu
reau Is $440,726,471.
It Is a startling fact that this
entire production, of liquor le so
DECREASE OF DRUNKENNESS.
Mayor Oaynor, addressing the St.
Patrick Society, of Brooklyn, at Its
annual dinner, pointed out soma.nr
the striking contrasts between the
manners of today and those of his
boyhood, when many women smoked
clay pipes and many men drank
mere whisky than wan good for
them. ' In those old day* of hard
drinking, said the mayor, every St.
Pntrloh’k Dny wan marked by a
number of total/abstinence societies
In th* procession. Thl* year not
on* was present. He added: "They
have passed away because they have
done their work end fulfilled their
mission; there It now little bccaslon
for their existence."
To many prohibitionists this will
seem e hard laying. To them there
Is still cause enough for the contin
uance .of total *1x11100000 crusades
and association* In a measure they
are right. Certainly there never
was a ( time when totaj abstainer*
were more numerous, when prohibi
tion movements were mor* wide
spread or so strong, and when to
many elite* counties and at*;-*
were engaged In efforts to put «n
end to the eal* of liquor* of Intoxi
cating character.
Yet the mayor Is right. The very
drength of the prohibition party
and the general acceptance of many
or th* prohibition doctrines by oth
er parties nr* themselves evidence
that n great change has come over
the people ta tht* reepect, and that
we do not need today the stringent
restriction!, that were demanded to
cheek tbe ext (Sees of old. It must
much waste. In every branch and
detail of the business of the manu-
fnctur and sal e of Intoxicating li
quors, there Is absolute destruction,
without a single redeeming or quali
fying feature. The raw material
used Is wasted, the labor expended
upon It Is wasted, the money spent
by the people for the liquor In want
ed.
It Is unressonlng and Illogical to
hope for Improved conditions for
muses, through any means whatever
which do not take cognisance of
this terrible array of facta. The ma
terial advancement of the people
cannot be generally Improved until
tbe drink traffic la suppreiaed, and
(he drinking habits of society are
changed. What Is wanted for tho
bettering of the condition of the
worker*j Is not merely a readjust
ment of^4u|*ce* or * more equita
ble distribution of wealth, but a
regular and natural stimulus to the
demand for 'the products of labor.
This would Inevitably oxlat if there
were not aome gigantic dominant
agency disturbing the normal con-'
Cltlons of the law of supply and de
mand. This agency Is not In the
nature of a monopoly or tax mere
ly,. hut a deeper rooted' evil that!
either.
It la obviously an agent which
destroys production—not merely
consumes It—which paralysed the
arm of the producer, perverts the
normal toiie and life, which • poisons
supply at the fountain and dextroys
demand at the spring. ,
Wliat Kreedtorii from Baloon Moans.
In brief. If the want* and dealres
of, civilised people had their natural
away, unchecked and free from th*
demoralizing and crippling effects
of the liquor traffic, every factoiy
and mill drould be well employed,
and all produce would find a mar
ket according to,its value. For the
market is not slack 'because of the
.lack of desire, but’ for want of tho
very material, wealth and purchas
ing power which drink consumed and
wmycA. If the capital Invested lu
the manufacture of Intoxicating 11-
qcore were invented In any legiti
mate
would
Ing and brewing. I*»k at the dj
erence In the .effect* upon the
tlonnl wealth and commerce of
nation. Tbe one In employed. In
operation with labor, In con'
raw material Into necetiasltt,
ln f to the general wealth, develop
ment and rescourea of the country,
and contributing to “lie comfort and
necessltlex of million* of the men,
women and children of the.land. The
other I* directed to the destruction
of raw material, adding nothing to,
but deereaxtng the general stock of
capital In the country, end contri
buting to the discomfort, poverty
and ruin of tent of thousands of
persons every year. The one, by
Increasing the aggregate wealth, re
duces the public burden; the other
decreases wealth, and Increases the
burden of taxation which faith upon
productive Industrie* of Jhe
IMPORTANT
ANNOUNCEMENT
j. W. PINKSTON’S STUPENDOUS 15-DAY SALE
IS NOW IN THE HEIGHT
OF ITS BOOMING GLORY
. Pleasing and benefitting the people by the magnificent array o(
MONEY-SAVING BARGAINS
which this great Sale makes possible to obtain. The goods
are all new. fresh and desirable direct from the best
marts of America. Not an old style or undesirable, pat
tern to mar the beauty and harmony of the whole. All
marked with prices that are a mere fraction of the orig
inal cost of production.
A PEERLESS STOCK OF FASHIONABLE WEARING APPAREL
FOR WOMEN, MISSES AND CHILDREN
A Magnificent Assortment of
DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS; HOSIERY, NOTIONS,
' LACES, EMBROIDERIES, MUSLIN UNDERWEAR etc.
This Sale will linger long in the memory of all those who appreciate extraordinary
Barg ains, and no one can afford to miss such a glorious opportunity to save money
Sill CMHIES m HUB ( IS Ills II
J. W. PINKSTON'S STORE
Valdosta i \ Georgia
FOB REPRESENTATIVE.
To tho Voters of Echols County: .
Through the solicitations of
friends and an earned', desire on my
own part to serve the people as rep
resentative of Eeholo county. I here
by announce myself a candldato for
Sali office, promising tne people If
elected a faithful !l-(l.arge of my
duties In future ns In the put.
Thanking the peop's for Past fa
vor*. I am, very respectfully,
3-23 wtf. ELI SMITH.
FOR ORDINARY,
To the voters of Lowndes county:
I am a candldato for Ordinary. If
you bellev e that the county’s Inter
est will be served In a satisfactory
manner by my admlnlotrntlon of the
attain of this Important office, I re
spectfully solicit your Influence and
support In tbe coming primary.
Very respectfully,
P. M. CHENEY.
«A Good Xatured Appeal to Good
• Nltured Voters,
i’ll speak no evil of tbe Vut,
f Ilk* * friendly npnt,
business of manufacture. It ft you think I'll serve you tout,
he increasing the general-chen vote for “dncle pat**....
wealth and co-operating with other. ^dldstes refrain Rom nplte.
split! lor fh* public good. For
example consider the results of th*
capital Invested ln the manufacture!
of boots and shoes, as contrasted ;To make me yOur ''Ordinary."
with the amount Invested In d Is till* Passmoro has graved tho county long
No one nhould net contrary.
But I trust It may be your delight
PLAY BALL!
- BASE BALL SEASON. IS HERE
We are “on the job” with the
Diamond Brand Balls, Bats and Mittens
Diamond Brand on Base Ball Goods
indicates the highest quality in ma
terial and workmanship. They are
all strictly first-class according to grade
Catcher’s Mittens,
Fielder’s Mittens,
Basemen's Mittens
Fielder’s Gloves
Bingler Bats _
NOW ON SALE
Smith Hardware and Motor
Company ,
THE QUALITY STORE 117-119 Patterson St
country.
Adrortlu |u Th* Dolly Time*
Parson"' 1* called to preach,
lend Griffin at other trade* It
strong,
nd no la neighbor "Geoeh."
ncle Bill It kind and firm.
And clever In brother'King:
If you'll glv# m* the Job one term,
I'll do tbe proper thing.
I hop* I've stirred no "choleric bile,"
Thee* llnu are uot.lnolta.
For I shall wear my ,iame_old tmtle
Regardless of resultt.
Your*, truly.
-J- P. M. CHENEY.
ValdooU, Os., March 21, 1$12.
Thomas Changes Base
I have accepted a position with Mr. J. P. Ulmer, in his
horse-shoeing department, where I will be glad to haue my
old customers and friends call on me. i found that there
was not enough bueiness to maintain two shops in Valdosta
making a specially of horse-shoeing, to I have closed mine.
Mr. Ulmer has a well-equipped shop, with a compe
tent force of assistants in the horse-shoeing, blacksmith and
wood-working departments. \ can give you better service
here than ever before. Call at Ulmer's shop, Hill avenue.
J. K. THOMAS.
We have (rale stable* at Mont
gomery, Ala., Valdosta and Douglas,
da.. Live Oak and Tallahuseo,
Marlnna and Chlpley, FI*, nno ft
keeps our buyer* busy to supply all
these place* He known whore and
when to buy, and w, glv* our cus
tomers th* benedt of this In price*
tnd quality. Mlxell Live Stock Co.,
la old Griffith 8<ahle*
ALBERT HOPKINS MARSH
Public Accountant and Auditor
AUGUSTA, GA.
Cost Accounts Audited , Bank Examinations
Municipal and County Work a Specialty