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Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09
THE WAREHOUSE PALLADIUM.

The Palladium was the ancient
the goddess of Wisdom and War, in
Troy, and on the possession of which
depended the safety of the city. She
was represented seated, with a spear
in her right hand and in her left hand
a spindle and distaff. So long as she
was held by the Trojans their town
could never be taken in war.
What an appropriate figure she
would make to symbolic the Farmers
Union! Her spear their weapon of
attack on wrongs; her spindle and
distaff the emblems of the trades their
industry supports!
Today all wise men who are con-
nected with the vital interests of the
cotton producers of the Southern
States realize that "the planters ware
house" is the citadel of King Cotton's
palladium. This fact has given rise
to the Sam Morse, Joe Hoadley, Har-
vie Jordan and all other plans to con-
troll the cotton crops Of the South by
and through a warehouse system.
Just here, on the warehouse ground.
is where the farmers must keep their
eyes open for the Trojan horse Of the
cotton gamblers, spectators, spinners
and manufacturers.
If the cotton crops are to be wisely
and profitably handled; If the Farm
ers' Union fixed price in any season
is to be surely secured; if the crop
is to be held lin escrow so to speak,
and marketed only as the trade will
pay the price; if distress cotton" is
to be taken in and held by the plant
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09
Roster of National and State
Officers

Arkansas-J. B. Lewis, president,
Jonesboro, Ark; Ben l.. Griffin, secre.
tary-treasurer, Conway, Ark.
Indiahoma-J. A. West, President,
Shawnee, o. T.; B. G. Hanson, secre-
tary-treasurer, Shawnee, o. T.
louisiana. N. Holmes, president,
Bernice, L.; ]. w. Boyett, Jr., sec
treasurer, Tanhill, La.
Mississippi-J. M. Bass, president;
Hazlehurst, Miss; G.. W. Russell, Sec
retary-treasurer, Hazlehurst, Miss.
Tennessee. E. Montgomery, pres
ident, Greenfield, Tenn; j. T. Brooks,
secretary treasurer, Atwood, Tenn.
Texas-E. A. Calvin, president. Dal
las, Texas; B. F. Chapman, secretary
treasurer, Dallas, Texas.
South Carolina-O. P. Goodwin,
president, Anderson, S. c.; b. F..
Earl, ecretary-treasurer, Anderson,
South Carolina.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09
Farmers Union Department

a rebate, preference, or discriminate
ing favor to any shipper over another.
The people ask only square dear-
first come, first served, and one fiat,
reasonable rate in each case for all
comers.
Does President Finley want more or
less than that? If so, his Memphis
talk was all tommy-rot. But Georgia
must take him at his word and help
him run his road on the "fair play"
principle. S. w. S.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09
THE BOY ON THE FARM.

We have a letter from boy on
farm. In it he says:
eff you want to keep a boy on the
farm, give him a crance. A boy will
be boy, anyway. A boy will have
his gun and hunt little, if he has
to go when his Pa is gone to town
and leaves him something to do"
The letter is lengthy and boy-like all
through. In it we hear the complaint
of tens of thousands of boys on the
farms who are overworked and under
played.
Give the boy a chance!"
Let him have his gun and a day
go out and find game-but, better, find
evidence Of Gods presence in the
world, to know Natures moods, and
to breathe the uplifting airs of ambi-
ton.
Tell him to shoot birds, sell them,
and buy book for evening study.
Let him go fishing and sell the
string for a jews harp, fiddle, or a
piano fund, if he has a knack for
music
Let him have a patch of ground and
raise things that he can sell and use
the money as his OWn-nOt to buy
what his parents should give him
but the extra things of value, useful
ness and self-imprOvement that most
sensible boys long for.
The boy on the farm is the best
hope of the nation. He is "the roOkey
of civilizatiOn''-the recruit who comes
clean and lusty from the heart-side of
Nature to reinforce the lines that are
failing because of luxury and effete-
ness, and who retrieves the republic
with his fresh and forceful demo-
cracy.
God bless the boy on the farm and
may the day soon come when the
farmer fathers and mothers of Amer
ica will give them a chance"-giVe
them encouragement, development and
the spirit Of independence, born of
pure living, healthy home surround
ings and the aspirations to perform
righteous deeds for God and their ma
tive land.
Build up the farm boy and he will
build the nation upon solid founda-
tions and rear it's head among stals
that spell "Esto Perpetual"
S. w. S.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09
THE WAREHOUSE PROPOSITION.
Farmers Union Banner.)

(Farmers' Union Banner.)
This is the most sublime Of all other
questions. 1t is paramount to all ques-
tions with which We have to deal in a
business way. We should not bubble
over details and minor things. We
need to come and face the warehouse
proposition squarely, firmly and solid
ly. It's no more a question as to ''shall
We build them?" 1t is a question now,
How can be build them?" 1t is a
foregone conclusion, if we do not build
them ourselves some one else will, and
We will be forced to use them. We
are facing that kind of a proposition
now. After hard study, 1 have come
to this kind of conclusion, that we
build warehouses for the exclusive use
of handling cotton, and build suitable
buildings for clearing houses, with
cold storage rooms and other convent
epces for handling other farm prod
ucts. Let this be we'll understood, that
the cotton warehouse be clear and
distinct from the clearing house, but
hold each under the jurisdiction of
the Farmers Union.
We must get ourselves in shape to
market this cotton crop. We have
no time to lose. Time and money will
be we'll spent in preparing to sell, as
we'll as to make, the crop. 1t is high
time that we begin to divide our time
and mind in marketing we'll what we
make. 1t has been the rule with farm
erS to put all their mind and time in
making their crop, and at the same
time baking their brains in the hot
sun, and the few moments they had
to rest they would sleep; but the other
fellow who got more than the profits,
kept his head cool in the shade and
did the thinking for the farmer, there
by got his fortune easy.
Now, we are going to do the think.
ing, as we'll as the making, and there.
by sell our crops for the cost and a
little profit, that we may build as good
houses as anybody and send our dear
little children to school. The only
hope for us is to build our cotton ware
houses and market our cotton. In
deed, we have made wonderful prog
ress in the last three years, but we
have just made beginning, compared
to what we will do in three more years.
BY this time we will have our busi-
ness we'll in hand and we will rejoice
because of our high calling-farming
Truly, the patriotic spirit of our
farmers will return to the sons of toll.
We have eleven warehouses built al
ready, and quite a number will be
built in this state right soon. Get
ready and build and let's make a pull
this fall and we will get that old COM
mercial COW little our way, if not
altogether. L. N. II.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09
MORE SUGAR NEEDED.
(The Birmingham News. }

(Ine birmingham NeWS.)
The bureau of statistics Of the de-
partment of commerce and labor an
nounces that the American uses 76
pounds of sugar annually. Even that
much is not sufficient to properly sea-
son all the lemons some Americans
are handed in year.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09
NATIONAL OFFICERS.

G. S. Barrett, president, Atwater,
Georgia.
j. E. Montgomery, vice-president,
Gleason, Tenn.
R. H. Mccullough, secretary-treas-
urer, Beebe, Ark.
L. N. Holmes, chaplain, Bernice,
Louisiana.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09
STATE OFFICERS.

- "A u VI FICUILO,
Georgia Headquarters-Bar
r. F. uckworth-President
w. P. Quinby-Vice-Pres
J. L. Barron-Secretary- Treasurer.
j. L. Lee-State Organizer.
G. M. Davis-Lecturer.
J. G. Eubanks-State Business
Agent.
Alabama. A. Worley, president,
Guin, Ala; E. ]. Cook, secretary-treas-
urer, Pell City, Ala.
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FOR THE NEW HOME.

More than one couple Who plan to
build Il little home for themselves THAI
Will be as III, ioensive and at the same
time as convenient as it can be made.
are afraid to venture away from The
regulation square house. and the result
is that one after another of the now
houses that go up during the year are
30 similar both inside and out that it
would be hard to pick out the marks
OF difference.
In the first place i'm planning the
home the size Of the lot has to be taken
into consideration. The climate also
has much to do With the ger
of the rooms. If the lot is small and
an ordinary sized furnace is expected TO
keep the house comfortable during zero
weather it is necessary I o make it as
compact as possible With the rooms on
both the first and second floors CORE
spending in size and arrangement. The
ceilings must be low and the windows
placed where they let in the least cold
in the winter and yet keep the house
cool during the heated season. But
even in the colder countries homes can
be bailt With one large living room
with bealned ceilings and diamond
paned windows. The absence of par
utious aid extra plasterlng Will pay for
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GOOD TEETH.

III the teeth are white and ever they
give al attractive appearance to Il face
which may be otherwise plain.
For every reason the teeth should re-
.eive the best of care. Many people
suffer from indigestion and the conse-
ruent skin troubles because of their
poor teeth, which makes them unable
20 masticate their food sufficiently.
1t may not be necessary to chew each
youthful of o thirty times. as is rec
commended by some. but nothing should
go into the stomach that is not thor
oughly rmasticated.
necessary to keep them perfectly clean.
1t is we'll nigh Impossible to do this,
y good stiff brush should be used and
the teeth brushed inside as Well as out.
The brush should be used up and down
the length of the teeth as we'll as
across. Tie foundation of most tooth
powders. plstes and washes is soap.
h teeth should be brushed after
eating, and to keep the mouth sweet
n clean. rinse it with a saturated
solution Of boric acid, or bicarbonate of
soda in the proportion of a level tea
spoonful to a glass of water.
When the teeth are disfigured with
black which will not come OFF with the
ordinary brushing, get some very finely
powdered pumice stone. and with an
orange stick apply it to the spots.
DIP the stick in water Sc as to make
the powder adhere. Some prefer to
make Il paste with a little glycerine.
One should make u practice of having
the teeth looked over by a dentist twice
n year. Those who are troubled With a
deposit Of tartar should have it re-
moved every six months
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The FLY and the Seer.

The late General William II. Shafte.
developed, during has residence in CALI
lorna. a dislike of the Chinese.
Some time ago at u dinner in SAN
francisco, General Shafter pointed to
a fly In a glass INC said.
Watch a man when a fly gets IN his
glass OF beer. and You can tell his na-
An American will pay. laugh. ana
order a fresh glass.
a Standard viii pay. but quietly
walk off without drinking the beer.
"A Frenchman Will throw away the
beer and deman a fresh glass for
nothing.
"A German will carefully remove the
ny with his finger, and then drink the
beer.
"A Russian will toss off NJ. beer ana
\ Chinaman will rescue the rs and
eat II, and then drink the beer to the
last drop"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08
A New Point of View

Miss Harriet Gurus, the golf cnampio..
a. a dinner In Boston praised gols5 et-
tect on the health.
Many persons she said, Especially
many women. have i'll health because they
never take any exercise. and their nerves
weaken, and half their complaints are
nervous, imaginary ones that hard work
would cure.
II know a doctor who has a patient OF
his tSpe-a big, robust woman who is
never without u list oil ailmeats as long
US her arm.
The last time she sent for the doctor.
ne lost patience with her. AS she was
ceiling him how She was suffering from
rheumatism, sore throat. nervous induces
zion. heartburn. pains in the back of the
head and what not, he Interrupted her.
All he said. in an admitting tone.
what splendid health YOU must have In
order to be able to stand all these COM
Claints.'
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John D Rockefeller

hardwood floors. while attractive chan.
deliers cost no more than the giddy
bright brass ones that distisure 50
mony OF the modern homes.
y mistake that is made in %plamnina
many of the smaller houses is thai of
having the Kitchen Immediately behind
TIE reception hall or living room. where
the noises and odors of dishes and cook.
Ing can be heard plainly in the front,
OF the house All through the day. The
Kitchen should, if possible, be OIL the
other side OF the dining room anG con-
nected with no other wall of the house
There should be windows ON both sides
of 1T so that the breeze may carry of
all signs of corn beef and cabbage OF
whatever may be boiling on the rarg4
Within.
1T is we'll To plan for a maids room
directly off the Kitchen. II viii not
then lie necessary for her To b. in oihe,
parts of the house except on sweeping
day.
If 4 t@o-story plan is selected a hal!
extending To the front can be used fol
a comfortable little sitting room off oi
each side OF which the bed rooms open.
The bath room should be on this ilool
with the entrance also OF of The hall
one corner of the living room car
be cut off by grill work partitions and
used for a den. while an alcove in
which plenty of daylight falls can b,
made into a library. and the Who'll WIN
be much more artistic and convenient
for entertaining thai when cut up ints
TINY rooms.
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WEISh
From the Boston Herald

T III 1'os0o1 fItFalu.
lila any one of our readers eatsr a
Welsh rabbit in Wales? Or do the
Welsh ever eat rabbits? Do the people
or Dundee even use orange MARINA
lahe3 Here is a description written
e~ighty-two years ago of a genuine
Welsh rabbit: The toasted bread.
buttered on both sides profusely. then
a layer of cold roast beef. With mustard
and horseradish, n then on the top
of all the superstratum of Cheshire
thoroughly saturated while in the pro-
cess of toasting, with ale, or in it's ab-
sence genuine porter, black pepper and
hallo vinegar" DIR. Maginn insisted
that this was not a heavy supper for a
man who had been busy all day till din
ner, and then had discussed a bottle or
two or sound wine. and proposed to
swallow at least three tumbiers Of
something hot before goins 10 bed.
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spoiiing a War Story.

fV!TI NIIf !3DSIUN IITTlIN.
There is n certain war veteran in Bos.
-on whom we will cal! William Brown He
las an honorable record and is fond OF
eating incidents of the rebellion. He often
els how he Sor u cut on the head from
he sword of d confederate cayalrvuan
There S a small bare place which he saws
vas the scar of this wound. Many a time
we who work in the same office with him
nave heard this story.
Brown has a brother Charles who came
INTO the office the other day 20 make a.
IAN. BIN was at his desk writing when
charlie walked up behind him and giving
1im a slap on the shoulder. sad loosely,
We'll. BIl. l see You still have that scar
On your head where Buffers dog bit YOU
!"hen We were boys" From that tine one
OF Ellis war stories gets little credence
from IL
MISC
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= MAUD ADAMS NEW CAR. :


An a. castle. such as is seldom
brought down TO solid earth This side
of the "neVer-ilever land" is about TO
become a material castle that will
guide across the ountry from ocean
TO ocean and yet be as substantial in
every Way and as luxurious as those
that are builded upon ~ilnmoNable cocks.
y a that is to cost between 5000
and $4,000 is now In the process of cor
struction. 1T is To be the property of
Miss Maude Adams. who has planned it
even to the minutest detail 1t is to
be more wonderful than anything that
mas ever yet been puu ON wneeIs. nor
IL Is to have not only the private apart
meats of Miss Adams, but also a min
nature stage, where rehearsals can be
carried on while the car is being
whirled over the tracks at tha rate of
thirty miles an hour. The diminutive
theater Is to take up one entire end of
the car and will be without windows of
any kind, the light all being allowed
TO ran from a huge opening i'm the cell
ing and from the electric lights OF the
stage itself. The theater will be fin
'lshed IN walnut and consist of dressing
rooms. lockers, and tine usual floor with
its stationary chairs. There will be
rooNe for scenery and arrangements
for throwing calcium lights as In a
real theater.
Miss Adams expects to ll"e I'm her
car all of the time She is on the road.
She plans in this way to make good use
OF the hours that she has heretofore
been compelled to waste while travel
ing by rehearsing many short plays
that She already has i'm mind. She has
always longed to devote more time to
some little bits of art that can pc used
as curtain r~aisers, but has never had
the time. and now that she can put to
good advantage the hours hat she is
being carried from one city to another
she will have ample opportunity for
this work. The new car will not be
called Peter Pan" as was Miss Adams
original plan. but it will be known as
the Tinker Bell.
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Continued Next Week.
Mixed on His Dates.

Some day some poet of sufficient call
iber of greatness will write the epic Of
the 'one-night stand" Meanwhile that
poem is recited by all great hearts who
have to 1ravel that route in order to
tlIl in between the longer dates. Yet
If a thing has its hardsllips. it has,
too, its humorous side, although it
comes only too rarely to the surface.
During Miss Shannon's co-starring
With Herbert Kelley in Sherlock
Holmes" they made a tour of the Pa
cific coast, playing great number Of
one-night stands with hattering lnan-
clal return, though with considerable
wear and tear upon their nerves. So
many places were visited that even
those members of the who had
retentive memories become confused as
to the precise city in which they were
playing.
Mr.. Kelley, who was scoring a great
success in the part made famous by
Mr.. Gillette. was ~ of the most for
setful. ana after a time became quite
befuddled. though he tried his best TO
figure it out. One night he was called
upon to make a speech at the conclus-
Ion of the third act. He came forwart
full of confidence. and he made his
speech. a grateful little speech. He al
luded to the cordial reception which he
had just received, and he expressed 1he
pleasure which he always experiencad
In visiting Fresno. Nay, more. he paid
a glowing tribute to the city of Fresno,
to the enterprise OF the citizens of
Fresno, the charm of the buildings Of
Fresno. the greatness Of the resource.
of Fresno. etc.
To his amazenent his speech was re-
ceived in utter silence When the cl,r.
tain went down, he turned to Mis-,
shannon, Who was trying to control her
laughter. Why. what's the mattero"
he said.
oh. nothing" she replied, "exceot
that this is SACRAMENTO
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08
Chandler christy's oisa,5oiot,,e,.

When | was in Howard Chandler
SAristy's illustrating class at the Cooper
institute, said a young grocer. MIR.
Christy told us that it paid TO make ultra
fashionable pictures. though sometimes
such work had its disadvantages.
said that in the days before he Mad
arrived he had some things once in a
New York exhibition-some rejected mag
azlne offerings that he hoped ID set a few
dollars for.
They We're fashion pictures. the Same
Alla he does now, and one day, us he was
sounsing near them, he saw a well-dress-
ed woman stop and level he- lorgnette.
Then, TO his delight. she said:
All, if only knew this artist person.
ally
Mr.. Christy came forward.
Permit me, madarn,' ne said. to in
troduce myself as the artist.
What luck. The woman exclaimed.
Now you'll tell me Wont you, the name
Of the d~ressmaher who mad that tan
frock"'
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PRINTED AckNowLgpeEMEN1s

The bride who finds herself con,
fronted with my humble from fifty to
i've hundred gifts TO acknowledge feel
IN truth that lit is more blessed to Civ.
than to receive" and more than ont
has had the real joy OF her honeymoon
dulled a little by the haunting thought:
OF what awaited her or her return.
a new innovation that one youn,
bride who refuses to be bound by con.
Vention %resorted to recently called
forth much comment and some signs o,
dlsapproval from Inc friends who had
generously contributed To her displa,
OF gifts. but ii saved her much WORRY
and perhaps a few pounds of flesh. Sh,
had engraved at the salne time with
her announcements a lard on wnich q
set form of acknowledgment. carefully
worded, was arranged with blanl
spaces in which to write the name ant
also the gift. These she filled in as
soon as the presents began to arrive
and mailed to the senders before start.
ing off on the wedding trip.
While the new method was severely
criticised by some who felt that they
had made considerable sacrifice in Civ.
ing and deserved at least sometime
more personal han the card
but most people who nave been placed
in Il similar position can appreciate
the relief that the printed acknowledge
ment brings and there is little doub1
but that in Il few years it will have be-
come customary to send them in place
of the less formal notes.
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Two types 81

A Philadelphia was pralsing for his
learning and ~uprigatness the late Judge
NJ. Russell Thayer.
He quoted the moving passage from
Judge Thayer's will:
lowing to the fact that almost NV en-
lire life has been passed n the public se--
vice of the United States and of the state
Of Pennsylvania. l lave but a small es-
tate to leave to my Jean children and
wife
'Those are different Words" he said
from the kind we have been hearing late-
ly. 1t seems odd to US 10 think of a public
servant regarding his post as anything bur
d plum tree. W.T. have here another proof
that a man really honorable can never be-
come very rich.
Judge TEayer vas a very honorable
man. !'.rst as a lawyer. afterward as a
Judge, he treated all With whom he had
dealings with the greatest fairness. Once,
years ago, after he had served me we'll In
8; d.tacult case. l demonstrated witt, hI,a
about the sn,allness Of his fee.
"'Weil. he said. smiling. and smelling
the flower in his b~uttonhoie. I. you know,
am not Tint type Of lawyer whose client
once sad:
81 never was entive.y ruined but twice.
Orce when | lost a lawsuit. and once when
| gained orc.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08
AN ARTISTIC LIBRARY.

A suggestion of individuality ma b.,
given to the library by devoting a small
space to the writer, artist. or musician
whom you most admire. To gain tn,
pest effect choose a corner or arrang,
one. and make a drapery of olive. deer
blue. golden brown or crimson.
Hung against his should be AS man.
pictures as You can procure of your ia.
Vorlte. a pretty bookshelf hung on tn.
wall. or one of the small ones that re.
NolNe, ard so may be reached easil.
should hold the works of the writer.
y divan and one chair beside tn.
table furnish this corner. On the tabl
may be some of the various things that
have been described in his books or 4
trltte from some old city which h,
u photograph of the place wher,
he lived or which formed the home O,
one of his heroines.
Other suggestions easily ma, b.
added until your authors corner" Il.
counted a delightful place in which Ia
find rest.
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Some people are so stubborn and On
contrary. that you can only conyi,S.
them they are wrong by agreeing with
them
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AccarGicg to the last census there are
eleven it.t.t.e we.i-hnrers N the United