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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
Planters Defeat the Clergy.

Brother Camm returned without any satisfaction except instructions to the House of BurgesSes to make good any deficiencies that might have occurred in the incomes of the clergymen of the colony because of reduced prices m former years. The Burgesses refused to obey, and there was long fight De- tween them and the clergy, which re- suited in taking what were known as "the tobacco cases'' into court. A par son by. the name of Maury brought a test suit against the vestry of his par ish for the deficit of his compensation for several years previous because or the low price of tobacco. The case was tried before Patrick Henry's father, who was q magistrate. Patrick Henry was one of the counsel for the Vestry- men. His arraignment Of the clergy for seeking to grind the faces or the poor planters made him the hero or the laymen, and particularly the dissent ers.. who were compelled to pay uthIS tune, for the support of the church. as well as the regular communicants. Henry also denounced the King for support ing the demands of the clergy. The onnosing counsel cried treason.
 Henry's father, who was sitting as the fudge. cautioned his fiery young son to be more prudent in his language, ana admonished him not to refer to the name of his sovereign because the lat ter had nothing to do with the case Notwithstanding this rebuke the Jury who perhaps were all planters and pe- cuniarily interested in the result, or perhaps they might have beeen hypno- tized by Henry's eloquence, rendered verdict of 1 penny damages in favor or inc clergyman. which brought the en- tire litigation into ridtcule.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
with what President Cleveland called "ghoulish glee
Many scandalous storires Believed.

Many Scandalous Storires Believed.
 Some of these stories were based up- on local gossip at Charlottesville, and doubtless had a slender vein of truth. a meager excuse for existence, but Callender's vulgar and malicious mind magnified and distorted them. Mir. Jefferson never stopped to deny them, and his political opponents chose to in- terpret his silence as an admission of guilt. He was probably no more inn moral than Franklin, Washington. Hamilton and other men of his time. He was neither a St. Anthony nor Don Juan. Judged by the standard of his generation. his vices were those of a gentleman, and did not deprive him of the respect and confidence of the community.
 The scandals circulated by the Fed eralist newspapers were so generally believed that Thomas Moore, the famous Irish poet, accepted them as true, and, visiting the United States dnrtnS the neriod of Jetferson's Prest-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
dency. wrote some verses, of which the fAVN

dency. wrote some verses, of which the following is sample: The patriot. fresh from Freedoms
 councils come. Now pleas'd, retires to lash his slaves
 at home; Or woo. perhaps. some black Asphasia's
 charms And dream of Freedom in his bonds-
 maids arms.
 This poem will be found in the Lon don edition of the "Poetical Works of Thomas Mooore. ' published in 1853, and is embellished by foot note explain ing that the President of the United States was referred to.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
Plant sensitiveness.

A French investigator finds that giants tities so minute that they compile ely baffie chemical analysis. For instance, a nIant showed the effects of sulpAate of copper dissolved in 100000 100000 times its weight of water-a state of dilutiNn scarcely imaginable. much less detectible by ordinary methods. This raises the presumption that the character of the vegetation of a country may depend on minute quantities of toxic substances present in the soil.
 Wife-I somehow just feel in my bones that we will so to Europe this summer.
 Husband-In which bone do you feel it most?
 Wife-Well. don't exactly know, but , guess it's my wish-bone.-Judge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30

and abandoned her to the protection of friends. Mir. Jefferson looked after her interests, advised her concerning the management of her little property. educated her son. appointed him to of- flee, pushed him into political promi- hence, furnished him opportunities for advancement and showed an affection ate solicitude for his success. It is charitable to suppose that this was due to a friendly rather than a father. ly interest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
EDUCATE YOUR BOYS.
The Georgia Military Academy, q
 School of High Character.

Colonel John Temple Graves says that the Georgia Military Academy at College Park, Ga.. deserves to rank among the very foremost schools for boys, that It's departments are conduct ed after the highest ideals. by the ablest instructors. and that it is mo- table among all Southern schools for the moral tone which peryades it. This Is the kind of school every boy needs. Write for catalogue.
 G2)-fri-su-tues.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
Records Established His Innocence.

The local traditions attributed to Mir. Jefferson the paternity of a distin- guished man of the generation follow ing him who was prominently identified in the development of the West. and whose mother, famous for her beauty and attractions. lived near Monticello. Her husband was a absolute wretch
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
Preachers Who Paid With Tobacco.

I heard preacher say not long ago that one of the chief obstacles to a re- union between the Northern and the Southern Methodist churches was that tbe Northern Methodists were opposed to the use of tobacco. and forbade their ministers to smoke. whereas large mart of the Methodist Church south Is supported by that staple. An inqpiry Ensa thiS batA<astinR proposition aeyel-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
WAS NEVER AN ATHEIST
JEFFERsoN FIRMLY BELIEVED
 IN GOD.
His Denunciations of the Clergy in Retaliation for Unjustihable
 Attacks on His Private Character.
W. F. Curtis in Chicago Record

". E. Curtis in Chicago Record
 Herald.
 Mir. Jefferson was accused of being an atheist when he was Unitarian. but at the state of civilization prevail ing in Virginia at that time, one term was quite as odious as the other, ana if the law had been enforced against him he would have been deprived or the custody of his children, publicly whipped every day until he acknowl- edged the trinity, and imprisoned un- til he asked forgiveness of the church for denying that doctrine. When the news of his election as President reached Massachusetts, we are told that some old ladies. in pious conster- nation, hid their Bibles in butter coolers" and lowered them into the wells.
 Episcopal Church at Charlottesville, which still stands and is attended by some of his descendants. The little congregation first worshiped in the courthouse, and he was to be seen there every Sabbath morning, bringing with him a folding chair of his own inven- tion, which was more comfortable than those provided for the congrega- tion. When the people of the parish felt rich enough to build church he drew the plans with great care and superintended its construction. He was elected vestryman soon after he became of age. and never failed to per form the duties while he was at Mon- ticello. He freely gave his time. money and ability to promote the religious objects of his neighbors. He con- tributed literally toward the erection of churches in other parts of Virginia, and indignantly denied that he was an atheist. Tn many letters, public ad- dresses and official documents he not only admits the existence of God. but his belief in an overruling providence, and. as his mind matured, his religion reduced itself to two articles-a belief in God as a supreme and omnipotent being. and veneration for the charac- ter and teachings of Jesus Christ. An atheist I can never be-" he wrote John Adams; "I am 8 Christian. in the only sense Christ wished anyone to be- sincerely attached to his doctrines in preference to all others" While to another he wrote: Had the doctrines of Jesus been always preached as pure ,ae they came from his lips, the whole civilized world would now have been christened Had there never been a commentator there never would have been an infidel." And again in letter to Samuel, Greenhow, written four years after he retired from the presi- dency, he says: There was never a more pure and sublime system of morality delivered to man than Is to be found in the four evangelists."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
Why He Often Denounced the Clergy.

Why He Often Denounced the Clergy.
 Mir. Jefferson's frequent denunciation of the clergy was in the nature of retaliation. for the most bitter, pro- voking and unjustifable attacks and islanders that were published concern ing his private character came from ministers of the gospel. President Mo Kinley has had a similar experience, and if he were not so amiable he might indorse MT. Jefferson's resent ment toward the pulpit. From the clergy" he said, q expect no mercy. They crIicified their Savior. The laws of the present day withhold their hands from blood, but lies and slander still remain to them" Again he says: Ministers and merchants love nobody. Tn every country and in every age the priest has been hostile to liberty"
 These bitter reflections were provoked by the publication in pamphlet form for campaign purposes of sermon preached by prominent. clergyman of Connecticut, who accused Mir. Jefferv son of the grossest immortality and dis honesty. He was charged with de- bauching his slave women, swindling widows and orphans. and embedding trust funds. Mir. Jefferson wrote to friend in Connecticut, denying the embezzlement story, and explaining that he never had charge of any trust funds. Aside from a general con- tradiction he paid no attention to the other charges, which was according to his custom, and 1t is said that this was the only time that he ever took public notice of an attack upon his morals.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
Severe in Denunciation of the Pres

| Severe In Denunctat1on or the Press. He was equally severe in his de- nunciation of newhpapers, for reasons similar to those which provoked Presi- | dent Cleveland to make a sweeping de- nunciation of the press-a sense of per- | Sonal injury and resentment for the at tacks made upon his private character. Although free speech, free thought and free press were among the funda- mental principles of his political creed, he became so exasperated at one time that he advocated the appointment of government censors, and in a letter to President Washington said: No gov ernment ought to be without censors. and where the press is free no one ever will" In a letter to a friend he said. spitefully, There Is nothing true in the newspapers except the advertise ments," and again, 'The man who never looked into a newspaper is bet ter informed than he who reads them. He who reads nothing will get at the great facts, and the details are all false" In 1915, after his retirement from the presidency, he writes: T have almost ceased to read the news papers. Mine often remains in the postoffice a week or ten days, and are sometimes unasked for. l <hnd more amusement in the study to which was always attached, and from which was dragged by the events of the times in which I happened to have lived"
 Penalty of Denouncing Blackmailer
 The chief offender among newspapers was The Richmond Recorder, edited by a drunken, worthless Scctchman named Callender. who sought an asylum in this country to escape punishment from libels published in England. He was not here long before he was arrested and imprisoned under the sedition act and was one of those whom Jefferson pardoned on the day he became Presi- dent. This incident brought him per sonally to Jefferson's acquaintance, and for time he proved to be rseful as a writer to the Democratic leader. but he was without principle or gratitude. a low, contemptible, malicious fellow
 MT. Jefferson, who defended and would permit, and aided him from time to time with loans of money that were never repaid, was finally compell- ed to repudiate him, when Callender turned upon his benefactor.
 It was he who discovered Hamiltons relations with Mrs. Reynolds and pub lished the story with Jefferson's ap- proval. He afterward blackmailed Hamilton with evidence he had secured in a dishonest manner. He was the author of several miserable scandals about Washington. He attempted to blackmail Jefferson into making him postmaster at Richmond. but Jefferson had the moral courage to refuse, even though he knew what to expect, and the penalty of his refusal was the publication of a series of the most re- volting stories about his private life. which were copied by the federalist jnA1HISnaAar~> in AhA N0sthAEA StAtAs>
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
Dressed Down by Angry Dominic.

Dressed Down by Angry Domlnle'
 That charming old story teller called Tradition relates that Rev. Mir. Mos san pastor of St. Peters. New Kent. had a very hot temper. which frequent Iy exploded in the pulpit On one oc- casion the dominic was provoked into a passion by the clerk, and at the close of the sermon gave him dressing down in very emphatic language. The clerk must have had good deal or humor as well as self-possossion for as soon as Dr. Mossan had closed his tirade he gave out the hymn beginning
 With reckless and ungoVernea rage
 Why do the heathsn storm?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30

@ 2. TALES OF OUR COAST" by S. R. Crockett and others. Before SIPS. Now 25c.
 ( ) 8. SIMON DALE" story of Nell Gwyn, by Anthony Hope, author of The Prisoner of. Zenda." Never before published for less than $1.25. Now 25c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30

(J4 ''BoNAvENrURE." by George W. Cable. author of "old Creole Days" Published at s1.2S. Now 25c. ( 5. THE RUDDER CHANGERS ABROAD" sequel to "Rudder Grange" by Frank R. Stockton. Be- fore SIPS. Now 25c. -t
 0 6. 'T, THOU AND, THE OTHER ONE" by Amelia E. Barr, author of "The Bow of Orange Ribbon" Be- fore SIPS. Now 25c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30

Q 1. THE GREAT K. & T. TRAIN ROBBERY" by Paul Leicester Ford, author of Janice Meredith Before $1.25. Now 25c.
 Q 2. "A PURITANS WIFE," by Msx Pemberton. authgr of "The Gar den of Swords" Published at SIPS. Now 25c. @ 3. AMERICAN WIVES AND ENGLISH HUSBANDS" by Mrs. Atherton, author oA "SenatoA North" Never before been issfed at less than $1.50. Now 25c.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
MERIDEN IS, WATERBURY 21.

In what proved to be the hottest basket ball game of the season, the N[eriden '. NJ. c. \. defeated the famous Waterbury team by the big score of IS to 21. last night.
 The score at the end of the first half was Il to 10 in favor of Water bury. In the second the locals started off with goal which was followed by one for Waterbury. Matters waXed warm. and Meriden's center received a cork screw punch, and another play CT jumped on his ankle. presumably to keep him from jumping. Hall was the star for Meriden in this half. There was a delay of q few minutes, owing to Waterbury making a kick on some of the rules, but Arthur But Ter. who was referee. would not be iollied into believing Waterbury's in- terpreta ton of the rules.
 After this hold up the locals started in at a pace never before witnessed this season. The passing was the fastest ever seen. and the people who did not witness this game missed one of the most interesting of the season.
 Waterbury was much heavier than the local team. but the Meridens did better work. which was in great con- trast to Waterbury's game.
 The players: Waterbury-Curtis, Davis, Chatterton. Magee. .Curtiss. Schildmiller. Meriden-Hall, Lehman, Maron. Johnson, Nettleton.
 Score, 4S to 21; time, oO-minute halves. officials, AIr Shoemaker and Mir Schoerke. umpires; Mir Butler, ref cree: Lawrence P. Pagan. timer
 Lehman played in Smiths place, and put up fine game.-Meriden Republi- can.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
TIMELY TOPICS

The finest line of juvenile attire seen this season has arrived at J. B. Mul- llngs's. Bring in the boys.
 Perfect satisfaction guaranteed by the Driggs & Smith company on any musical instrument you buy.
 Dalton x Co in the Prichard build- ing furnish floral designs Tor funerals or weddings on short notice.
 The annual glove sale will take place at Currans on Friday, Saturday and Monday. This is always q treat for patrons.
 Frank r. McEvoy is headquarters for the best makes in 1901 bicycle Go in and take look at them.
 The latest novelties for waists. pol ka dot henrietta, at Reid X Hughes's. Skirt makers and trimmerS wanted.
 Twenty dozen children's jersey rib bed underwear, silk stitching, at Turn bulls, at just half price, 121ac.
 All ladies' flannel waists that were S1.5O and $2.9S, have been marked down to 9Sc at Miller & Peck's.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
HALE RETURNS TO YALE
Illness Changes the Noted Full Back
 Plans-Win Not Take Full Course.

Illness CnanSeS the Noteu ull b'SN 0
 Plans-Win Not Take Full Course.
 New Haven, Feb 2S.-Perry T. Hale, the brilliant full back of last seasons Yale varsity eleven, came back here yesterday and announced that he ln- tends to remain in the university as a student in the postgraduate depart ment until the end of the year. He has. however. changed his mind about taking two years in the post graduate department. as he had originally in- tended. and he makes the follOWlng explanation:
 Tt is true that I have changed my plans for taking two years post graduate course in the Sheffield scien- titic school. That is, 1 have decided not to return to Yale next year. al- though when 1 came here last fall I started a two years course and fully expected to remain two years for my doctors degree. The faculty Of the Sheffield school has offered no obtec- ton to my leaving Yale without spend ing two years in postgraduate work. In fact, 1t was after a conference with the faculty that I decided not to re- turn 10 Yale for another year. The faculty advised me not 10 return.
 T have been out of college practi- cally since the football season closed. l have been sick continually since then. 1 first had the grip and was sick for two weeks. For several Weeks longer l have been suffering from ab- scesseS. 1 am only just recovering from these attacks. and when I came back l found that I had missed so much work in my studies that it seemed to me as if I could not catch up. 1 have accepted the offer to coach
 
 fall. l never had any intention of leaving Yale before the close of the present school year in June"
 Hale had expected to be a candidate for the varsity crew this spring. but he is so weak and so thoroughly dis heartened at his loss of time in his studies that he will give up athletics
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28

DISTRICT or WATERBURY,, SS PRO- u bate Court. Feb. 2ath. 1901.
 Estate of William Kelly, late Of Water bury in said district. deceased.
 Upon the application of Katherine Kelly praying that letters of administration may be granted to her on said estate, as per application file more fully appears, it is Ordered that said application be heard and determined at the Probate Ofnce in Waterbury in said district on the 4th day of March A. D. 1901, at o'clock in the forenoon and that mo- tice be given Of the pendency of said appli. cation and the time and place Of hearing thereon, by publishing the same one time in some newspaper having circulation in said district
 By Order of the Court
 James J. Cassin. Clerk of Court
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
UNITED STATES GOLF.
Annual Meeting and Election of Off
 cerS Tonight.

Annual Meeting and Election Of Oifl-
 cerS Tonight
 New York. Feb 2S.-The annual meeting and election of officers of the United States Golf association will be held tonight in this city. The most important business will be to decide when and where the three big cham pionShip tournaments shall De played.
 The Atlantic City Country club and the Nassau Country club are both anX- iouS to secure the amateur champion ship contest. Baltusrol. the Broollline Country club and the Onwensia club are all desrOuS of securing the wO- men'S championship tournament, but so far as known the Myopia Hunt club iS the only applicant for the open championship tournament.
 The organiza ton is composed of twentv-1ive associate clubs and about 13O allied clubs. It is only the asSo- ciate club members who have q vote and are eligible to bid for any of the important events.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
ST JOHN DEFENDS CARRIE.
The Ex-Governor Says Her Methods, Though Unrefned, are Justifiable.


 Kansas City, Mo, Feb 2S.-Ex-Gov- ernor John P. St John of Kansas, in an interview defended the course of Mrs Carrie Nation in her crusade against the joints in Kansas. He said that Mrs Nations position on the liquor question was like John Brown s position on the slavery question. and although her methods are unusual and unrefned she is justified ill using any means to abate the joint nuisances in Kansas. While she may be technical ly guilty of trespass in destroying the jointists' property. he said. the de- struction of property which is being used notoriously in violation of the law is no crime.
 Ex-Governor St John was governor of Kansas when the first constitutional amendment restricting the liquor traf- fc in Kansas was passed.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
UPTON IS SATISFIED.

He Says That the Reply Received
 Was Made in Good Spirit.
 London. Feb 2S.-The reply of the New York Yacht club to the latest suggestions from this side on the sub ject of the International Yacht race reached the Royal Ulster Yacht club this morning.
 Sir Thomas Upton informed q rep resentative of the Associated Press to- day that he is perfectly satisfied with the New York Yacht clubs reply, and considers that the Royal Ulster Yacht clubs suggestions have been met in q sporting spirit.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
The Last Chance

I am authorized to sell premises No o02 Bank street, for the sum of S18.- 00O. The property Is next south of the rink, that being the propertya 1t 'ss icomer.
 Inquire at D. H Tieruey's RAai Es- tate, Efys md Plate Giass Inaurancs, .CmtS&et Q9qft and Fidelity Beads.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28

Last chance offered to buy that property on Bank street for $18.O0O. Inquire of D. H. Tierney-
 Babies eiderdown; bcunets will be closed ont Tt A. Aaj1hics'A at "a cents seach. Rabiess cleaare s1ipg and drese- 5 { x T iIel at tlps
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-28
HE SOLD A LITTLE STOCK.
But It Meant Between Five and Six
 Millions to MT 1erkeS

Chicago. Feb oS-In regard to Charles T. Yerkes. the street railway magnate selling out the controlling ownership of his elevated roads in this city, the Tribune to-day prints the following:
 "'I have simply sold some stocks, that's all.''.
 '.C. T. Yerkes thus referred to the transactions involving the payment to him of approximately S5.s3o.O0O by which he yesterday stepped down and out of the controlling ownership of the Lake Street Elevated, the North western Elevated and the Union Loop companies.
 MT Yerkes admitted that the trans fer of his elevated road properties to eastern capitalists is q step toward uniting all the elevated railroads in Chicago. The Union Traction Co he intimated. will become the central con trolling factor of all the city's surface lines-a plan contemplated when he disposed of his holdings in the North and West Chicago street railroads two years ago. He discussed the problem but offered no solution for a change in motive power on the present trunk lines
 Continuing, Mir Yeries said:
 It is true that this clears out my lFactiOu uOlulHSS pretty well, DuI l have other property interests in Chi cago and this city will continue to be my home. I shall always be q Chi caeoian.'
 He then outliped his immediate plans for the future as follows:
 Shan go to London for few
 NaIl not enter Wall street
 Rll not take up permanent , Te4idep in New York-I go there only fe Sest-for my vacations, as it $. 1T sh. not take yachting trip f4rouud II world
 sS. ss Tt is un 9erstood that you have dis 6eed of yCHr bond holdings in the ssGted ruads along with your stock, LII 4uggested.
 ell came the reply. I have sold
 ffeftF well the price? We'll, it's
 efty 10 me shall now go to
 M AQ& n few weeks, but tllis does
 atI aM changing my place
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