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Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-08-08

con say VI Lay IecOru Oh prOnlDlLlOn,
that 1T is consistent, long, faith
ful and unsellish record which might
even do no discredit to bishop.
When | joined the Baptist church.
at the age of IA, was clerk in a
store where whiskey was sold. Re-
fusing to sell another drop of it, the
proprietor respected my scruples and
closed that part of his store until he
could hire another clerk.
From that day to the present hour,
if ever have hesitated to smite the
barroom system with voiae, pen or
vote, the lost opportunity escapes my
recollection.
So well known is my position that
when Henry Grady was leading the
great fight against the barrooms in
Atlanta, some twenty-odd years ago,
| was one of those to whom he tel
egraphed for help. / we'll remember
the day--a beautiful November
morning, the Thanksgiving day Of the
year, | had planned to pass a rest
ful day at home with my little fam
lily, for | was hard-working lawyer
in those days, but the summons of
Grady found me ready to 60. I paid
my own expenses to Atlanta; made
the great meeting as good a speech
as | could cram into the fifteen min
ntes allowed me; saw and heard some
of the ablest champions of prohibi-
tion, but did not, as remember, see
DR.. Warren Gambler
Yet he may have been there. IF
the meeting was not graced by his
presence I know it was blessed by
MS prayers.
1t would never occur to me to in
fer from his non-attendance to hear
me speak that he was faithless to
the cause. AS The bishop takes it
so much to heart that [ did not 90
out to hear his speeches in McDuffie
county in 1884. here and now sol
emnly hold up my right hand, and
pledge my word that the next time
Bishop Gambler comes to Thomson
to make any kind of speech, night
or day, rain or shine, [ am going to
drop everything and butt in at that
meeting. and drink in every blessed
word which falls from his eloquent
lips. Never again will | make the
mistake of-not going tc hear Warren
Candler-never
The state of Georgia has prohibi-
ton III more than two-thirds of the
counties, and this advance of tenn
perance has been made under the To-
cal option law. If the bishop had
not been SO hasty in trying to find a
kink in my record to offset one in
his own, he would have remembered
that, in the legislature Of 1928,
the temperance committee of the
house of which Hon. C. r. Pringle
was chairman, selected me to close
the debate for the local option bill.
To be chosen for this place and
for this important duty was not only
an honor, but it proves how well es-
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-08-08

good work OF passing the local option
bill, but have no doubt that he
helped us i'll every way he could.
lie assures me he favored the local
option bill in those days when 'pro-
hibltion was not so popular as it is
now l believe him Of course.
it is little bit mortifying to have
the bishop and his pious old negro
forget that l worked myself Sup to
the shouting point for prohibition"
SO far back as the legislature of
1882, but still ga fckle young man,
like me must expect knocks of that
sort, particularly when a kink in the
record of a bishop is disturbing the
natural functions of the ecclesiasti-
cal memory.
When in congress (1892-93), it was
| who made the first fight that had
ever been made on the congressional,
barroom. which for many years had
been licensed by the speaker and pa
tronized by the members of the
house. It did not seem to me to be
proper to have a liquor saloon in
one of the rooms in the building
where our national lawmakers meet
to make laws for a Christian people.
Because of my exposure of the
evils of this saloon I was furiously
assailed by an overwhelming major.
lty on the floor of the house. But I
felt that | was right, did not finch,
fought the whiskey men to stand
still and thus earned Che bitter hat
red of the members on both sides of
the house. This had much to do with
the formation of that iron resolution
of Democrats and Republicans, that
no matter what l might prove in
contested election case [ should not
be allowed to- come back to congress.
But | had made such an exposure
Of the congressional barroom that,
within few years after [ was de-
frauded OF my scat, the saloon was
abolished.
During all the long and dreary
years during which [ have been a
social and political outcast because
of my convictions, Bishop Gambler
has been fortunate in keeping within
haihng distance Of the powers that
be; and has climbed to such heights
of power, fame, and influence that
trivial details Of my own struggles
have not attracted MS attention.
This is natural. Have I not already
said tina; bishops are but human?
In conclusion, beg to say that
when Bishop Gambler intimates that
he was a stalwart reformer in the
years of the past, when reform was
not so popular as now, while I have
only been outspoken when there was
everything to be gained and nothing
lost by declaring for reform, he makes
a comparison between his record and
mine which ! can very well afford to
leave to the decision of the people
of Georgia who have known us both.
Respectfully,
THOMAS r. WATSON
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THOMAS E. WATSON.

Thomson, Ca, July "a, 1907.
P. S.-The bishop will observe
that l have taken his advice about
cultivating my amiability. If he will
read the foregoing letter closely he
will see that it is every bit and grain
sas anliable as the other one was.
II E. w.
From Texarkana, Texas, Bishop
Gambler fred reply at Mr.. Watson,
and from Thomson, Georgia, Mr.. Wat
son touched off a return shot. These
two articles will appear in next
week IS Jetfersonian.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
MORAL VALUE OF BLOODY NOSES

THE going controversy between President Roosevelt of the
United States and President Eliot OF Harvard
and dement's OF football has certain picturesque value
although not all likely change popular opinion either
Tor. truth what thinks OF football other
sports Is born with him least bred in the bone.
Mr. Roosevelt his address the
Harvard INDUCED rather exavagan audaton of football and
he deprecated any college regime pro-
duce what he described olycoddes weakngs Bloody
and cracked go the making of
Your shcla the real missionary and the stiff punch points the
OF civilization.
On The other Dr. Eliot football
the recently adulerated FORMS brutal and butaizng
report On the football bA DR. Eliot says
the Of the injuries received The spirit
essentially the
u fierce tcmn
nonya to gam
undesirable
OF spectators { watch
No in wJn mel
nensibiy inobiy
they
playing No game is n for college in which kness in
bodily
taught and held for admiration in hunting mountain climbing boating
involve danger reesne
prudence combined with bodness which efficiency
Neseek minge with this heady conflict Not for us
fight stiff bues of the champions But aid
OF sidesppes Brigade beg offer small conr-
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
NEW MARvELs OF WIRELESS TELEGRApHy

Y7dE surprise increduly with which claims OF
wireless telegraphy received is still
memory Nowadays instantaneous transmission by
electricity Of messages without wires everyday matter
no longer cause Constantly Of
of area subdued to of the wireless telegraph.
notable achievement this line the
discovery made by the Government the Point
Ioma station San Diego County, up messages
delivered Atlantic stations for points with 00ile
In word Point Iona eavedropping
at a distance OF more than 5000 miles.
development OF wireless eegraphy furnishes
has completely distanced
great for the signal service and the Navy Depart
nent nearly perfect apparatus the
invented and applied in this 1t
which invention developed for wae
NAV nd be TO the of
Shortly may expect to be placed easy communication
with noncontguous possessions in Alaska Hawaii by
telegraph That highly respectable proverb there
is nothing under the sun is up hard stumps.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
DIRECT PRIMARY AMENDMENT BEST LEGACY OF
THE LATE LEGISLATURE

v the Tirty-seventf Legislature was adoption the
Ield-Wrght direct primary constitutional amendment
posed BY The Call which will be submitted for popular rah7
cation rejection the general election in 1908
the Wright amendment is adopted, surely
will be- the Legislature and must proceed to enact
effective and comprehensive direct primary election law This
both people and Legislators will fully appreciate that
the submission the direct primary amendment indeed most
important service gudgngy rendered though twas Under the
which follow emphatic popular approval OF the
edWgt amendment the people will assume the political con-
o long usuped and abused by the Southern Pacific and such
other corporate the the Southern Pacific chose
o bring within the pale OF the elect.
evils which California
the money OF the who would buy corrupt egi
lators votes but, in system OF unsamed and sutocratc
bgandage beside which the efforts OF corporation tools odorier
Pennsylvania Michigan stealtf opera
the night prowler and sneak tefa brganage
bold in the exercise of its mastery OF the people hreings
NAV stalk unmasked unafrad Senate
Assembly commanding alleged representatives OF the people
they could not command erespecng laborers in the
brgands service
Nominated by the people direct primary system no
legislator bow the errn any corporations Burke
Eey resent but lew have the courage TO throw on Under
direct primary system public servants will the public and
lobbyist will ring bells whistles their
To this undesirable end the Held Wright amendment but
the initial step 1t accomplished without fight for each
inch OF progress Attempts made but unsuccessfu to
enscuate the amendment proposed by he Call Slight changes
made but they served only make the proposition less
womank phrase detractng nothing from its worth Failing
encouraged the adoption another
ambiguous amendment Tor the purpose OF coudng the and
confusing the Beaten again. the machine went for
operated only
bring upon direct primary Failure met
Now the direct primary reform
seek damn the HedMrgt amendment with slight praise and
oaous criticism hoping against hope that the people may become
suspicious and lose interest the the end that the
affirmative will be OF such slender proportions that upon
alleged popular indifference the reform itself be found
plausible for naction by the Legislature
The HedMright amendment in substance and effect the
amendment originally proposed by The Call and presented the
Legislature by the whose popuary carries
ample authority for the of adequate direct primary
election law 1t the bridge the cham between the California
electorate and political freedom Regardless OF the fact that will
be but OF constitutional propositions the ballot the
people viii search and by Overwhelming vote
Tor all time the baseles charge OF popular indifference
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
In the Joke World

.Pandora removed the lid and trouble
has been abroad ever since
What a pity Secretary Taft wasn't
around at the time. louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.
"Paw-uh. DO the good die young?"
So it is said, Johnny"
What do they die of. paw-uh?'
"Oh. i dunno. Starve to death, l reck-
louisville Courier-Journal
Hicks-I am going to give you lit
tie conundrum. and / wonder that the
newspapers haven't had 1t yet.
Wicks-Weil. fire away.
Hicks-When a man in a restaurant
complains to the waiter because the
beef is tough. what famous English au-
thor does the waiter name in his re-
ply y?--Somerville Journal.
He--why did you let George kiss
you?
she-well, he was SO nice about it.
He said
He-Surely you. are big enough to
be able to say NO.
She-That's what I did say. He asked
me If / would be angry il he kissed
me-Pick Me Up.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

C. S. Fee of the Southern Pacific an
nounced recently that there would be
special rates both East and West made
during the year of practically one fare
FOR the round trip during the time OF
the jamestown Exposition, which will
open on April IS and will last till No
vember 80. Special rates will also be
made for the American Medical Asso-
citation, Atlantic City; Theatrical Me-
chanical Association, ST. Louis; knights
Templar. Saratoga; Young Peoples
Christian Union. Boston,; Eiks Phila-
deiphia; Grand Army reunion, Saratoga;
Eagles, Norfolk; Imperial Council, Los
Angeles: National educational Associa-
tion, Los Angeles; International Chris
tian Endeavor Association, Seattle, and
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order
Of Good Templars. Seattle. Summer ex-
cursion tickets will be sold daily June
l to September Is, inclusive. from
Eastern territory to San Francisco and
Los Angeles at reduced rates. namely
s55 from Cheyenne and Denver. $50
from Kansas City. Council Bluffs and
Omaha, SIS from Chicago, $50 from St
Louis end New Orleans and correspond
ing rates from other points. These tick
cts will bear final return limit of Oeto-
ber 81. 1907. and will permit of stop
overs going and returning.
He lurched into Frank F'abens'
Office, overturned a chair, staggered
up to a table and steadied himself by
putting four fingers OF a grimy hand
in an ink we'll
Il am hero" he announced briefly.
"A what?" asked Fabens. irritated
at the merriment of his staff.
"A hero" he repeated weariiy. as If
annoyed at being asked the question.
Il averted a terrible wreck on your
line near Gilroy. The conductor
thanked me for my services and in
formed me that he had wired a full
account of my heroic action to Harri-
commensurate with my services The
passengers also thanked mc-thanks,
that was all"
Well" asked Fabens, why do you
come to me-"
Il came because l was directed to
the general Office and because you
would be the first to be acquainted
with what Hartman intended to do.
/ want no pecuniary reward. ] am an
old soldier. besides being a hero.
fought in thirteen pitched battles and
twenty-thre skirmishes, and I saved
this land for you. 1 lived at the Sol
diers' Home in Santa Monica. but the
climate of the south does not agree
with me, and so I was walking to 2
home somewhere in Oregon when
saved this awful loss of life. All
want is pass to oregon-anywhere
In Oregon
II am sorry" began Fabens, but
the interstate commerce act forbids us
granting a pass. IL you show US your
papers we will give you a half rate
"A half rate be sugaredl" he yelled
(only he said something differently.
II have always heard that corpora
tions have no souls. Now I am con-
yinced. You. young man, have a noble
face. classic countenance, look Of
kindness. and yet you refuse a hero
the savior of his country--a pass.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
Gossip in Railway Circles

came to you hoping to find haven OF
refuge, and instead get the CLASSY eye
and the marble heart Farewell. you
product of a vicious age. Never viii
l again enter railroad train or rail-
road once" and he stumbled out of the
Office. And the young lady who takes
dictations threw open the window 10
rid the air OF the smell of alcohol
II. K. Gregory, assistant general pas
senser agent OF the Santa Fe. received
word yesterday from Kansas City that
three cars OF colonists had been de-
livered to his line. or 120 people. all
of whom were bound for this State.
The dispatch stated that they were
ticketed for Hanford and Oakland.
The geperal offices OF the Southern
Pacific were notified yesterday that 500
colonists bound for this city had passed
Ogden on Friday.
There will be held either on Monday
or Tuesday a meeting OF the western
agents of the New York Central lines.
passenger department. when Pacific
Coast business viii be discussed. W.
B. Jermoe. general Western agent or
the New York Central lines, Is already
here, and Erwin Tears, passenger agent
at Denver. and +. NJ. Byron, who holds
a similar position I'm Los Angeles. are
expected tomorrow. Carleton c. Crane
who represents the passenger Depart
ment of the New York Central, IN
speaking of business said: 1t Is
heavier than at this time last year, de-
spite the fact that there is no tourist
business in this city
c. F. McwiIlisms has been appointed
acting general agent OF the Great North
ern Steamship line at Yokohama, vice
I
Buren,. 1t will be remembered, was for
many years the agent OF the Pacific
Mail In Hongkong and last June ac-
cepted the agency Of the Hill line Of
steamers.
Translate this for me and bring II
back as soon as it Is done" With these
lowing dispatch at the new clerk 1t
ran thus:
Secondary rotative saualid sport
rooted rowdy slibbery sable saddled
roundness surmount sneezing royalist-"
An hour afterward the official sent
for the clerk and the dispatch The
message was found and beside it lay
the resignation of the clerk.
Il tell you that chap is crazy" he
conhded to a fellow worker as he left
the office. The cipher message was too
great trial for his nerves.
The railroads In the State announce
that a rate of one fare for the round
trip will be put into effect between
here and Los Angeles at the time OF
the meeting OF the National Educa-
tional Association In July. The rate
is open to everybody, plus 81. which
goes to the teachers fund.
Montgomery Schuyler, a we'll known
newspaper man. has published a book
entitled Westward the Course OF En-
pire.' which is a record of a fast run
across the continent. The book Is is
sued at the expense OF the Union Pa
cifc and is well written and hand
somely illustrated.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
Personal Mention

G. H. Hayes of Goldfield is at the St.
Francis.
Charles ]. Kafa of Washington. d. c.,
is at the Palace.
j. j.. Mullin. a Tonopah mine owner,
is at the st. Francis.
f. b. walbridge. a hotel man of Red
Bluff. is at the Savoy.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". H. Warren Of Brook
lyn are at the Jefferson.
C. w. Gates, a business man of Los
Angeles. is at the Hamlin.
Julian Fried, a mining man OF Rose
bud. New, is at the Hamlin.
w A. Hills. well-known rifeman
OF Portland, is at the Imperial.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Goodhue of Toledo,
Ohio. are registered at the JEFFERSON.
Jacob wertheim and Henry Straus.
cigar manufacturers or New York, are
at the Hamlin.
Frank j. Shaw of Seattle, one of the
promoters of the exhibition to be held
in that city in 1909, is at the st. Fran
els. k
Mr.. and Mrs. F. j. Strobel Of Utica.
n. Y. and en- route from Portland to
Los Angeles. registered at the Hamlin
yesterday.
II. A. Galloway. James Higgins and
j. III. Riley OF Butte. Mont, are at the
st. Francis. They are connected with
mining interests in Tonopah.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Considine of
Seattle are at the Savoy. Considine is
a 1umberman and is returning home
from trip to Los Angeles.
f. Alba de Costa, prominent min
ing man with large interests in Nevada.
arrived at the Palace Hotel yesterday.
He is accompanied by his wife and
family They are about to make an
extended trip abroad, starting from
New York.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
illustrating moral elevation produced by

shedding blood.
1t that gentle neighbor the Cuban refuse TO
work they permitted fight cocks The American works
wide the only nducement that will
persuade Cuban gentle simple labor that he
be spent cockhghng. Now. the meddng gringo,
whose Taft forbidden the pasme OF the
Cubans Therefore the island lies faow and the islanders take
their The of Cuban gentleman forbidden fight
cocks He splits watermelon the
onehaf of the rnd and the other his head
Thus provided with food drink clothing We know what
idle hands The Cuban gentleman with his single
afford take the woods and
little revolution default OF other pasme Shall permit
cockhghtng to keep him honest and industrious?
be this parable rather of than
much may be admitted with the suggestion that like
probably lies the Of DR.. Rooseves thesis
molycoddles. =
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

~ ENERAL manufacturers in and
around Lyon are employing arti-
( fetal silk in the manufacture OF
light goods for summer wear. and
one company states that the exports TO
England. Belgium and the United
States are holding their own and in
some countries are marked by an inn
portant augmentation. 1t is being used
in some factories in combination with
the natural silk. In mOusseline de
sole the warp is made of natural silk
and the woof Of chardonnet. as the
artificial silk is called. In some houses
thread OF chardonnet and thread
of natural silk are passed alternately
on two different shuttles
great difTieulty the manufacturers
OF goods from artificial silk have had
to contend with is that the stuff could
not stand exposure to dampness or the
least rain 1 am told that In blending
the artificial with the natural article
this difficulty is very largely overcome.
1t is also said that by combining a
thread OF chardonnet with a thread OF
natural silk the former adds a very
desirable brillianey to the finished ma
terial. which adds to its value as used
in laces. passementerie. mousselines.
ribbons, gauzes and anything used in
trimming.
A new article called chifolineis. a
species of goods manufactured from
erin de chardonnet. is used very largely
in the trimmings of ladies' hats. All
the milliners in France use 1t. and one
firm in Lyon has orders for il for six
months ahead.
The works in Besancon, which had
dismissed many of their employees on
account of a period OF depression, have
now been working on full time for a
month or more and giving employment
10 1909 to 1000 men. They export their
goods to all the countries in Europe
except Germany, where an arrange
ment has been entered into with the
German company by which the French
company will not invade their market
The stock in this French company.
which had fallen very low, has been
marked by steady rise and is now
quoted at 500 per cent above par. 1t
is reported in Lyon that an effort to
establish a mill in the United States
for the manufacture OF chardonnet silk
has been abandoned on account Of the
high wages paid to American working
men, The manufacturers here say that
1t Is more profitable to pay the 80 per
cent duty than to put up works there
and pay the high wages to American
Worxingmen.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
Verse Currentin the
Nations Press
THE VILLAGE MERCHANT
r TPoN the quiet village street,
With slanting stoop and opeT

1PON the QuiSt NlildSe SH Wv
With slanting stoop and open
door,
L whose panes arc meager for dis
play.
Through which scarce shines the light
of day,
Behold the simple country store.
About the door are grouped the things
Most useful for the farmers needs;
Some rakes and hoes. an ak and spade,
Some kegs of nails on which are laid
A box or two of garden seeds.
Long shelves of canned stuffs greet the
eye.
Each counter, too, Is burdened we'll:
While fruits and spices, coffees. teas
And scores of other things like these
Send forth most inviting smell.
Behind the counter spends each day.
or labors DER some mustg book
With slow and scrutinzing look
To keep a just account alway.
Began he here when but boy.
He looks with pride around his store;
No great commercial venture his,
A simple, honest trade il is
He seeks enough and nothing more.
He ne'er has been 20 foreign lands,
Nor yearned his neighbor to excel;
In honest toll he's passed his days
In giving, yet not asking praise,
And served his township long and
well.
On Sunday he is found at church,
The same receives his loving care;
A class of trusting boys is his,
And in the midweek services
His voice is heard in song and prayer.
Now who successful more than he,
And who more worthy OF a name?
No statesman, prophet, bard or sage
In this or any future age
Shall more deserve enduring fame.
Upon the quiet village street
This man has built his monument,
No tower of stone, a simple store,
An honest life and nothing more
Who would not be like him, content? i?
Joe Cone in New York Sun.