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Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-06-06
His RehdYd.

The Southern Railroad will
soon lose one of its Governors.
Joe Terrell's time is almost out.
The ten thousand dollars which
the Wall Street corporations put
into Joe's campaign fund was
money wisely invested. This
third-rate country lawyer got 10
be Governor Of Georgia, and du1-
ing the whole of his term his one
purpose seems to have been 20
keep the lid on for the railroads.
The Southern has had an easy
time manipulating the Central in
violation of the Constitution
which Joe was sworn to enforce
but never a hand did Govern)!
Joe lift against the violators of the
law.
The Central itself went into no
tOriOus collusiOn with the Cotton
Seed Oil Trust to drive out indie
pendent buyers-refusing to fu,-
nish them cars-thus forfeiting
its charter and aiding a rascallv
combine to crush competition n
the one hand while it robbed the
farmer on the other; but Cover
nor Terrell was blind to the law
lcssness of the Trust. and deaf 70
the complaint of those who pro-
tested.
The Georgia Railroad, man
aged solely with a view 10 divi-
dends for greedy New York mill
lionaires, fell into disgraceful
state Of physical unrepair, for
lack of the barest necessities in
the way Of sound crosstics ard
dcccntly adequate rails. Traffic
was interrupted all along the line
from Atlanta to Augusta, and
thousands of dollars Of damage
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-06-06

chin. Bribing the local bosses,
just as he had bribed Livingston
and Macune, Pat got franchise
properties worth millions of dol
lars, without having to pay cent
to the public to whom the proper
ty belonged. In this way, he was
rolling in millions without ever
having done a thing to earn
them, excepting to buy the boss
es who controlled the votes.
But the Reform waves that are
sweeping over the continent
caught Pat in the very act. The
bosses whom he had bribed
squealed. Then the Grand Jury
indicted Pat in fourteen different
cases.
OF course he ought to be sent
to the penitentiary. In fact,
man who devotes his whole life
to evil, as Pat Calhoun has done,
ought to be put to death. We
punish with the extreme penalty
of the law many a man whose
crimes do less harm to society
than is inflicted upon us by such
persistent laWbreakers as Pat
Calhoun.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-06-06
Typographical Errors.

What a hair in the butter is to
the lady of the house, mis-print-
cd word is to the author. lust as
it is practically impossible for
the most painstaking housekeep-
er to keep an occasional bug from
getting into the bedstead, or the
unexpected dead fly from showing
up in the coffee grounds, so it
is practically impossible to oblit-
crate, annihilate, and forever BAN
ish the typographical error.
Nevertheless, when I write
book-review for my magazine and
have occasion to refer to General
Israel Putnam by the term of his
torical endearment, "Old Put" it
disturbs my digestion considera-
bly, to see that the printer has
made me call him "Old Pot"
Between author and printer
there is quarrel which has come
tumbling down the ages, and as
the printer has the last lick in ev-
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-06-06
Fighting the LalD.

Insolent railroad lawyers are
still amusing themselves playinp
with fire. To these high-headed
gentlemen, the badgering of SOW
ereign states is an exhilarating
game. To call halt on a Gov
ernor and tie the movements of
Legislative bodies with Injunc-
tions, is fine sport.
Let the corporations beware!
Sooner or later they are going to
monkey with the wrong man.
When they do, they will learn a
lesson they will never forget.
There is no reason under the
sun why a Governor, and a state,
should allow corporation lawyers
to nullify statutes and paralyze
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-06-06

the public administration. There
is no reason under the sun why
a State should pay the slightest
attention to an Injunction issued
by Judge!
The claim that the Fourteenth
Amendment meant corporations
when it said that no person
should be deprived of life, liberty
or property without due process
Of law, is mere latter-day poppy
cock. In the II Georgia Reports,
our own Supreme Court secuted
that absurd contention twenty
years ago. The Fourteenth
Amendment applies to natural
persons, and everybody, who
isn't paid to believe otherwise,
KNOWS 1T.
All this nonsense about "Con-
fscatory" is a barefaced sham.
The claim that the entire prop
erty of the corporation is confis-
Gated, because the railroad book
keeper can cook up a statement
showing that if proposed law
is allowed to go into operation
the corporation cannot earn net
profits, has no foundation in COM
mon sense, justice, or history.
This arrogant assumption of the
power to nullify state laws, up
on the ground that they interfere
with net earnings, is the sheer in
science of corporation encroach-
ment.
When and where has Anglo
Saxon law ever guaranteed net
profits to any kind of property?
Never has it done so. The
right, sacred and inviolable, to
net earnings was never even
heard of until these latter days,
when corporation greed began to
reach out for advantages which
defied the law and trampled upon
the rights of all other classes Of
property.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-06-06

inflicted upon the patrons Of the
road.
Not one particle Of help did the
people get from the Governor in
their fight against the insutfera-
bic conditions which the foreign
ownership of orr railroad prop
erty had brought upon us: If our
Governor had the slightest SYM
pathy with his own people in
their struggle to Wrest Justice
from these predatory foreign COZ.
porations he certainly kept the Sc
crct well, Public Indignation
aroused by the Augusta Herald,
The Jefersonian, and other news
papers finally reused Manager
Scott out of his self-complacent
and insolent security, and we
finally had him dancing his sec
tion bosses TIP and down the road
in a very lively manner, indeed
but we got no aid, comfort or
countenance from the Governor
Of Georgia.
Thank the Lord his time is al
most out. May the State never
be disgraced with such another
corporation lid-sitter. Let the
Railroads now take their useful
servant, say to him, 'Well done
thou good and faithful give
him a nice, fat place under Hamp
McWhorter, or General Counsel
Thorn.
That's the kind of reward Joe
Terrell has been looking forward
to, during the whole time that he
was serving the Northern corpor-
ations as Governor of Georgia.
He has made the lawless Wal
Street railroads a good Governor.
He kept the lid on beautifully.
He even offered to appoint their
lobbyist, Hamp McWhorter, to a
place on the Supreme Court Of
the State. Let us sit back, now,
and see what Joe gets in his
stocking.
A good little boy, like Joe, who
has had his hosiery hung up
for four years ought to get some
thing real nice.
And I'll bet he gets it.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-06-06
Pat Calhoun J.: Criminal.

by nature more essentially a
criminal than Patrick Calhoun,
grandson of John c. Calhoun the
great and pure statesman of
South Carolina.
Wherever and whenever you
hear of Pat, the story is the same
-Rascality. Sometimes it is one
thing, sometimes another, but
Rascality is the burden of the
song always. He has a brother
and he has a sister: and if their
public statements are credible,
Pat has robbed both his brother
and his sister. He has had asso-
Ciates, allies, friends and if the
word Of these be worth anything,
Pat has indifIerently swindled
them all. At sundry times and
places, he has had partners if
the -o.npla1nts Of these partners
be not mere idle breath, Pat. has
seldom had a partner that he did
not cheat.
Taking it into his head that he
would like to be I. S. Senator,
in order that he might grow rich
upon the opportunities of his DO
sition Gas per German, Democrat,
and Aldrich, Republican,, Pat
bought the support Of the two
grand moguls of the Farmers
Alliance-Livingston and Mac
une-and came down from New
York to Atlanta to receive the
goods.
The deal was so utterly shame
full that It failed, by a hairs
breadth; and Pat had to realize
that the money he had paid Liv-
ingston AND Macune was one of
his bad investments.
Then he turned his restless
mind to the Central Railroad of
Georgia; and when he had fin
ished the business he had robbed
the stockholders Of several mil
lion dollars. If we had had a
state administration and a p'bl' c
sentiment that were worth a
pinch Of snuff. Pat Calhoun would
then have been arrested rs
a common thief and robber,
and sent to the penitentiarV
where such men belong. Tn
Georgia, however, we are such
a poor-spirited lot of cravens and
party slaves that we will submit
to any sort of crime that is back
ed by political clique and few
newspapers-hence we never lift
ed a finger in protest while Pat
Calhoun was robbing the stock
holders of the Central Railroad.
Once a rascal, always a rascal; :;
and Pats career Of crime at
lergth took him to San Francis
co, the Paradise Of commercial
knaverY.
Corruption being the order of
the dav in San Francisco. Pot
Calhoun waded into it up to his
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12
Weary watches.

al suppose" said the matchmaker.
'you do not know that watches. like
human beings, sometimes don't go for
the very good reason that they are
tired. Sometimes watch Is brought
to me which Is all right. Nothing about
1t Is out of order. and 1t Is fairly clean.
When 1t becomes sulky and refuses to
go except by fits and starts the best
thing to do is to lay 1t aside and give 1t
q rest. The mechanism In a tired
watch seems to be In perfect condition.
but 1t won't work. The fact Is that
long and faithful service has thrown
It slightly out Of adjustment In perhaps
ten different places. Seraping and
cleaning and readjusting fine watch
is the worst thing that could be done
to 1t. A months rest will instead cause
the works slowly to readjust them
selves, and at the end Of that time
after careful oiling the watch will 60
as cheerfully as eyer."-Washington
Star.
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12
crusAias : Critic.

School superintendent In New York
among their many duties are expected
to report on the personality Of the
teachers In their district 1t Is not al
ways easy to get "a line" on that quail
ity of teacher, so many are lenient In
the work. One Of the superintendent.
however, is never satisfied until he has
made the test for orderliness by asking
the teacher to open his or her desk.
One day he found one Of his fair SUBJ
ordinates with things In great confu-
sion. She was evidently violating
heavens first law.
MY DEAR" said he to the blushing
delinquent, II don't believe you would
make good housekeeper."
The desk closed with bang. There
was fire In her eye as she calmly re-
piled:
.Ohl Are you looking for a house
keeper ?-New York Press.
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12

Prominent noses seem to have been
the property Of many great men, Ly-
curgus and Scion had noses six inches
In length, and Ovid was surnamed
Naso on account Of his large nose.
Scipio Nasica derived his name from
his prominent olfactory organ, and
Alexander the Great and Cardinals
Wolsey and Richelieu all had large
noses. On the medals Of Cyrus and
Artaxerxes their noses came clear out
to the rim of the coin. Washington's
was the true aquiline type, indicative
of firmness and patience, as was the
nose of Julius Caesar. Mohammed had
a singular nose 1t was so curved that
d writer has told us that the point OF 1t
seemed continually striving to insert
itself between his lips. The noses Of
Franklin, Shakespeare and DR.. john
son all had wide nostrils. betokening
strength and love Of thought The nose
Of Napoleon was exquisitely though
firmly chiseled. He often said. "Give
me man with plenty of nose" Fred
erick the Great had SO large a nose
that Lavater offered to wager that
blindfolded he could tell 1t among TO-
600 by merely taking 1t between his
thumb and forefinger.
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na.kLi~htlx of II.

The road to home happiness Is said
to lie over small stepping stones. SO
small sometimes are the causes OF our
unhappiness that we wonder the conse-
queuces can be 30 great. One great pal
liative II the determination by every
member OF the family not to dwell
on the circumstances. whatever they
may be, which are alike sad to all. II
1t be poverty let It be cheerfully and
silently borne; II 1t be the III temper OF
grandpa try to make q joke Of 1t. II 1t
be something Infinitely worse and also
hopeless accept 1t bravely; do not talk
of it Try In the family circle to ignore
1t. Accept every little enlivening cir
cumstance. Let in all the sun and air.
Work on cheerily and hopefully. know
ing that there Ii the ray Of sunshine
somewhere that has only to be looked
for to be found
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12

A freshman who had entered one OF
the large universities and was not
much accustomed to the ways either
of institutions of learning or Of cities
was returning late one evening from
lecture. When near his lodgings he was
halted by two masked men, who held
him up" In true metropolitan style.
One Of the men leveled the convention
al revolver at the young man. while
the other relieved him Of his watch.
pocketbook and. other valuables. He
made no mention of the matter to any
body at the time, but few days later
he reported it to the president Of the
university.
sit wasn't a great DEAL" he said.
ssbut 1t was more than / like to lose.
and / think It's an outrage to treat a
boy that way"
"Why didn't you tell me of this SOON
er" asked the president.
Il supposed they would bring the
things back to me next morning." he
answered. ''It was a couple Of sopho-
mores hazing me, wasn't itT-Youth's
Companion.
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12

The fox terrier Ii the most Intelligent
Of all the smaller breeds, and there Is
hardly a trick that he cannot learn In
q very few lessons. He Ia usually
healthy, makes the best kind of a
watch dog. and his ability to catch and
kill rats and other vernin Is another
story. In symmetry. size and character
the dog must present generally gay,
lively and active appearance. The ter
rier, like the foxhound, must on no ac-
count be "leggy," nor must he be too
short In the leg. He should stand like
cleverly made hunter. covering a LOT
Of ground. yet with short back. as
before stated. He will then attain the
highest degree of propelling power. to-
gether with the greatest length OF
stride that Is compatible with the
length Of his body. Weight Is not GER
tain criterion of terriers fitness for
his work-general shape, size and con-
tour are the main points, and II dog
can gallop and stay and follow his fox
up a drain II matters little what his
weight Is to a pound or so. though
roughly speaking. II may be said that
he should not scale over twenty pounds.
Eugene r. Cole In Home Magazine.
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12
A Patient snake.

One does not often attribute the vir-
tue Of patience to a snake. Letters
From Surgeon" however. contain an
anecdote In which Its existence is evi-
dent. DR.. Perry. surgeon OF the Twen-
tieth Massachusetts,. wakened In camp
one morning to find himself tightly
held In the clutch of DR.. Hayward. his
senior officer.
Don't move. John, till ! say threef'
ordered : the senior sharply. Then
seize my hands and spring to your feet.
One, two, threey
At the word DIR. Perry jumped. and
he never made cleaner leap. He was
Just In time to see a moccasin dive un-
der the coat which he had been using
for q pillow. Armed with sticks. they
dragged the coat away. but saw only
the hole into which the snake had glid-
ed. The surgeon had accidentally block
ed the entrance to the reptiles abode.
and 1t had lain all coiled under the
back Of his neck. waiting patiently for
him to move 90 1t could enter.
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12
Ris Game Birds.

The capercailzie, or "black game bird
Of Norway" Is one of the largest spe-
cies Of game birds in the world. being
very hardy and frequently attaining q
weight exceeding fifteen pounds, but
when the birds are young they are
easy prey of hawks. The birds are
what are known as rangers" for the
reason that while In quest Of food
they cover wide expanse Of territory.
During periods Of heavy snowfall they
burrow into the snow and remain until
the storm subsidies before venturing
out again. Their food in winter con-
sists chiefly OF birch buds. and In sum-
mer they catch mice and other small
animals. They are rated as members
Of the grouse family and in habits are
much like the partridge.-Forest and
Stream.
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12
Cheerful Advice.

A number Of railway men were once
discussing the question Of accidents.
.The roads In Scotland" said one or
fetal, used to have bad name. In
deed, In respect to accidents. No one
thought of embarking on a railway
journey unless he had provided him.
self with an accident policy Of insur-
ance.
"The famous DR.. Norman Macleod
was once about to set OF on long
journey through the Scotch country.
Just as the train was pulling out the
clergyman's servant put his head I'D
through the window and said:
"'Ha'e ye ta'en an insurance ticket
sirT
"T have replied the doctor.
"Then,' continued the servant, write
ye,er name on It and gle 1t to me-
They haze an awfu' habit o. robbin the
corpses on this line.'" New York
Times.
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12

'Tn wine making" said a wine ex-
pert, "the grapes are squeezed from
one to six times. and from each squeeze
a different grade Of wine Is made. "
That Is why from one district and
from one flrm % many varieties OF
wine come. These varieties don't mean
that each Ii made from different
kind Of grape. They mean. as a rule.
that they are made from different
squeezes Of the same grape. The frs!
squeeze Of course makes the best and
dearest wine. When you buy this
grade you will always find on the label
the words Premier Cru first squeeze
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12

TheF1y That Buxxed For Mendelssohn
The following story is told Of the
music of the overture to a Midsum-
mer Nights Dream" While Mendels-
sohn was deep in the making OF this
same fine overture he went riding one
day with a friend. In order, after
awhile, to rest their horses the two
boon companions dismounted and
stretched themselves out under the
shade Of a great tree. Suddenly there
came an excited "Hushw from the
great composer, who half arose very
cautiously. A large 6y was buzzing
over them, and Mendelssohn was anx-
ious to catch the true sound of the in
sect's hum as 1t gradually drifted far
ther away. Many days later when the
overture had been completed the artist
called his friends attention to that
passage in progression where the yio-
loncello modulates In the chord Of the
seventh of the descending scale from
B minor to + sharp minor. There.
that's the ny that buzzed past us at
Schonhausen.s said Mendelssohn-
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12

@Now, my dear sir" said the life as
suranee agent personal---very.. Il wonder
II l might put before you one or two
powerful reasons why you should In
sure your iifeY'
Certainly. my dear SIR" replied the
victim; fire away. I shall be delighted
to listen to you."
Accordingly the Hfe assurance man
delivered a lecture Of nearly half an
hours duration on the advantages Of
life assurance. setting forth all the rea-
sons why his listener should insure his
life Immediately for large amount
When he was done the other man said:
"well. that's not bad but nothing
new"
sNothing newr asked the life assur-
anee man. What do you meanT
-Oh. WELL" said the other. you see.
I'm q life assurance agent myself. and
I wanted to see II You had any new
ideas to give me-"
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12

"The Ring of the Niebelungen" was
first produced In London under the
special patronage of King Edward VII.
when he was Prince of Wales He
Loyalty remained In his box from begin,
ming to end. although he confessed att
erward that it was the hardest work
he ever did. When Wotan came on the
darkened stage to an accompaniment
Of discords the prince took doze and
an hour later was awakened by dou-
BILE forte crash of the large orchestra
He fell asleep again, but in fifteen min
utes was startled by another tremen-
dous crash and found Wotan still sing.
ing against time. After the perform
ance the prince told the manager In
great confidence that II there was Z
wotan In other Wagner operas he
would withdraw his patronage.
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12

On one occasion when the famous
Nasr-sd-din was pressed for money he
went to the sultan for permission to
levy . tar Of q penny on every man In
Turkey who was afraid Of his wife.
The sultan gave him leave, and at the
end Of few months NasF-ed-din re-
turned with Q hundred mules laden
with geld "But what am to get out
Of all this?" inquired the sultan. Il
have brought you = beautiful Georgian
slave" replied the sage. .Hush!" said
the sultan. glancing over his shOulder.
Don't let my wife hearr' And the
willy Nasr-ed-din Hedja added another
penny to bis store.
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12
A Hardwood uill.

At the invitation of the Winn-
field Progressive League Mr.
Murry of the Stamps Hardwood
Company arrived yesterday even
ing and will remain over today
investigating the prospects with
a view to establishing q hardwood
plant at this place. He visited
the oil we'll yesterday evening.
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12
p.tti,. First Audience.

AdcIina Patti once gave the follow
ing account OF her first audience: AT
six years Of age was a rrirna donna
Of the nursery. When l had been put
to bed on my return home with my
father and mother from the opera !
used to make sure that they and the
rest Of the family were asleep. and
then would hop out from beneath the
counterpane and fancy myself great
cantatrice. bowling before the plaudits
Of huge audience. admit my audi
ence was a little apathetic. but. after
all, that Is not to be wondered ut, for
they were only row OF dolls which ]
had ranged on chairs before me.
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12

On famous rife range there was
an important team match one day.
and the men were firing In pairs, one
for each team, side by side. The best
shot on the home team was given to
aiming SO long that bets were made on
whether or not he had gone to sleep at
the aring point Presently he with
drew his head from the stock Of his
rifle. lowered the barrel and asked his
opponent in a low voice:
did fire or did youf'-Forest and
Stream.
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12
whe. Dogs Were Cooks.

'There was time.r said the anti
quarian, when dogs did our roasting
for us-at least they kept the meat
turning 90 1t would not burn Spit
dogs they were called, and we call
their descendants sspitx' to this day.
Spit dogs were trained to turn the
splits on which roasted chickens. beef.
ducks and turkeys. The little fellows
did their work we'll They were never
known to let fowl burn or to snatch
d mouthful or two from It As late a.
1915 spit dogs were employed III the
old Philadelphia inns on Second and
Third streets"
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12
work a.a Fatigue.

What fatigues the motive power b
getting to work Once the mind Is fas-
cinated and the field OF consciousness
restricted to single object the brain
works without exhausting ITSELF Let
u apply ourselves for good time to
whatever we do and have several hours
or sustained labor. BY quitting the
task to dream. to smoke cigarette or
to watch fy one becomes exhausted.
-Paris Revue.
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12

One OF the strange experiences Of q
balloonist is that of falling into "a hole
In the att" which Mr.. Rolker reports
as follows: $50 you continue sailing,
enjoying the present with little thought
OF the startling surprises that may be
before YOU Ahead Of you, unseen, may
be what the balloonist calls hole In
the air. resembling the vortex Of 9
maelstrom. and down this you may lit
orally fell at rate which is terrifying
until by sacrificing two or three bag.
fuls of sand at once your pilot checks
your downward fiight But these holes
are scarce, and as a rule the atmos-
phere Is OF uniform carrying power
American Magazine.
The southern sentinel., 1907-04-12

The proud millionaire entered bis
garage hauehtIly. Francois" be said.
..you took out the new sixty horse
power again last night without per
mission. I'm afraid I'll have to get
another chauffeur"
II wish you would, SIR Francois
answered. with those four big cars
there's quite enough work for two Of
us.-New York Press