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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-07-08

Governor Joseph M. Brown, of
Georgia, whose Inauguration was Of
the simplest kind, has,
Governor Jos by his first message,
nj. Brown. made a most favorable
impression throughout
the State. Those who understood
his election to mean that the reform
ers in Georgia had taken the back
track, now know better. Time and
again the Jeffersonian has combatted
that view, and Governor Browns
message to the Legislature warns the
corporations to make no mistake on
that point He tells them plainly
that they, like other citizens, must
obey the law. For political effect,
laborious efforts were made in 1908
to convince the people that Little
Joe' belonged to the railroads.
body, boots, and the other things,
but there never was the slightest
foundation for these outrageous in
situations. The message proves
what the Joe Brown supporters be-
lieved all a1ong,-that his purpose is
to make a good Governor for all the
people.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-07-08

Spurred on by indignant public
opinion, the Taft administration got
busy and went after
The Sugar those self confessed
Trust Thieves scoundrels of the Su
gar Trust who viO-
lated the antitrust law in closing
down the Philadelphia refinery, and
who were caught stealing millions of
dollars from Uncle Sam by false
weights at the New York Custom
House. The grand jury which had
been investigating these matters re-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-07-08

BY a vote of SIS to IS, the Senate
defeated the proposed duty of ten
cents per pound on tea.
TilImand and Mr. Tillman and Mr..
the Tea Duty Bradley, of Kentucky,
favored this tax on the
ground that they wanted to see pro-
lection extended to the people of the
South" The people of the South
who would have been benefited by
this increase of ten cents per pound
on tea was the South Carolina gen
tleman who has a grove of tea plants
somewhere in Tillman's State. This
gentleman produces few thousand
pounds of stuff that is politely called
tea. In order that he might pocket
ditional on the output Of his grove,
the effort was made to compel the
millions of tea drinkers in the Uni
ted States to pay ten cents more on
each pound that they bought from
those who import tea from abroad.
The absurdity of the claim that such
a tax would have extended the bene-
fits of the protective system to the
Southern people is glaringly self
evident.
Senator Bailey supported the Till
man proposition upon the ground
that such a tax would be revenue
producer, bringing in about nine
millions of dollars a year.
The way the tax would have
worked would have been this: all the
people who consume imported tea
would have been mulcted in the sum
of nine million dollars, and the
South Carolina gentleman who owns
a tea patch would have increased his
income by $1,000.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-07-08

While it is true that the Republi-
can platform does not say what kind
of tariff revision was
Mr.. Taft Warns promised to the peo-
His Party. pie, it is manifestly
absurd to claim that
the leaders of that party meant that
the voters should understand that the
taxes were to be increased. But be-
cause the platform was ambiguous,
Mr.. Bryan very naturally made the
point on it that it did not promise
revision downward. This was in the
heat of the campaign, when the Re-
publican forces had not been given
that injection of White House ginger
which stirred things up and started
the tide swiftly Taftward.
Consequently, the Republican can
didate for President felt the force Of
Bryan's point, and knew that it had
to be met. Therefore, he lost no
time in putting himself on record in
the most public and positive manner
as constituting the platform to mean a
downward revision. The country
took Mr.. Taft at his word. Such Re-
publicans as Aldrich, Lodge and Gal
linger, who have been framing the
tariff bill which violates the pledge
of Mr.. Taft, must have read his
speeches, as all others did, but they
were very careful to keep their
mouths shut until the election was
over. 1t may not embarrass those
New England Senators to violate the
contract upon which Mr.. Taft was
elected, but it will certainly embar-
rass Mr.. Taft when he seeks re-elec-
ton; and it will prove terrible
handicap to Republican Congressman
when they go before their constituent
cies next Fall. The President is fully
cognizant of this, and he has taken
occasion in his address delivered last
week to the 1900 graduates of Yale
to warn his party that unless they
keep faith with the people they may
expect reputation and punishment
Throughout the Cotton Belt, the
most backward and injurious condi-
lions have existed
Cotton Bounds through the spring,
Upwards. and the summer is
bringing continuous
rains which make it impossible to
keep the grass down. 1t is reported
officially that crop conditions are the
worst that have been known for
many years. The logical effect is
that the price of cotton is going up
ward. On one day last week, Friday,
when the Government reports came
in, cotton jumped So bale in New
York. Theodore Price, remembered
as persistent bear raider, who tried
his best to hammer cotton down to
five cents a few years ago and who
came mighty near doing it, now pre-
diets that it will go to fourteen cents
Those of us who have been enjoy
ing the cool breezes of the South find
it difficult to realize
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-07-08

On June goth at midnight every
saloon in Tennessee was legally
closed. In the larger
Tennessee cities much interest
Goes Dry. was manifested and Gu
riOus crowds thronged
the streets. Many men were seen
hurrying on with suit cases as if they
were bent on catching a. train, but if
followed it was evident that they had
no such purpose. The man with
rheumatism, and the man with the
headache, and blues and Lagrippe
and every known ailment was there
Continued on Page 49,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-07-08
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sands of these tenements there are
none of the conditions conducive to
the health of babes and sucklings.
The little things lack almost every
thing that they need. A breath of
cool, pure, fresh air never penetrates
those nOisOme dens, and the heart
less ice-trust, dead to humanity, has
changed it's rules and no longer con-
sents to sell ice in ive-cent quaint
ties. They will sell nothing lower
than ten-cent block. Of course,
this new rule is a death sentence to
hundreds of infants whose parents
are literally unable to produce the
ten cents.
On July LIST, fifteen of the tin plate
mills of Pittsburg were tied up by a
strike of the amalga-
A Great Strike mated workers. About
i'm the 1000 men are out.
Steel Trade. The Steel Corporation,
generally known as the
Steel Trust, has determined on the
open shop,-that is, they have de-
cided that they will not employ
none but union men. This precipi-
tated the conflict between the labor
unions and the Steel Trust. The cor
poration officials had boosted that
they would be able to fill the mills
with independent workmen in a1n
hour, but they were unable-to do soa
In an address delivered in Jackson,
Michigan, on July list, Governor
Johnson, Of Mime
Favors Woman's sofa, said: II hope
Suffrage. to see the time
when woman will
join with her husband in political af-
fairs. Where woman is, the atmos-
phere is BETTER and politics would be
better with her refining influence"
The notorious African Bishop, H.
NJ Turner, and several others of like
character, complained
Negro Bishops to President Roosevelt
and Jim Grow that they were denied
Cars. equal accommodations
on railroads in the
South. Mr.. Roosevelt referred the
complaint to the Interstate Com
merce Commission. That tribunal
has decided against the colored
princes. Their real grievance was
that they were not allowed to ride in
the same car with the whites and
called to the first table in the Pull
man. 1t was shown that the accom-
modations furnished in the Jim Grow
car, and in the Pullman, were as good
as those of the whites, but the col
ored potentates objected to compul-
sorry separation. The Interstate Com
mission did not sympathize with the
crouch.
On June 30th at midnight every
CoI~
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-07-08
Summary ofEvemts

turned indictments against the fol-
lowing officials of the lawless trust:
John E. Parsons, Washington B.
Thomas, Arthur Bonner, Charles
Serff, John Mayer, George H. Fra
zier, Gustav E. Kissell, Thos. B.
Harmed. All of these criminals are
high in authority in the corporation
known as the American Sugar Re-
fining Company. The indictments
will probably come to nothing. The
statute of limitations will be plead
ed, and also an immunity bath will
be claimed. Had President Roose-
welt and his attorney general,
Charles J. Bonaparte, taken hold Of
this case when George H. Earle went
to Washington with the evidence and
begged them to do so, it would have
been impossible for the criminals to
have escaped punishment; but the
refusal of Messers. Roosevelt and
Bonaparte to even look at the evil
dence which Mr. Earle was prepared
to submit to them gave the law
breakers the necessary time to plead
that the prosecution comes too late.
William L. Leon, who is believed
to have murdered Elsie Sigel, the
white missionary work
The Chinese or whose hOdV was
Murderer found in trunk in the
Not Caught. bedroom of the Chi
nese convert" is still
a fugitive from justice. The utmost
efforts of the authorities to trace him
and catch him have proved unsuc-
cessful. The impression is now be-
ginning to prevail that the mystery
of the poor girls death will never be
cleared up. There are SO many Sc
cret societies among these Orientals,
and the penalties for treachery are
SO horrible that Leon, a head man in
these societies, has probably claimed
and obtained such powerful protec-
ton that he will never be brought to
justice.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-07-08

The Senate by a very decided ma
jority has passed the corporation tax
amendment to h
Corporation Payne Aldrich Tariff
Tax. Bill. This tax is very
much less popular with
the general run of people than is the
income tax The latter would reach
wealth of all kinds; the former can
only reach that portion OF the wealth
of the country which is to be found
in the corporated companies.
Senator Aldrich admitted that he
was using the corporation tax to
sidetrack and defeat the income tax,
and that the corporation tax was
meant to be effective for only two
years. With cynical candor, he de-
clared that he opposed the income
tax because that would prove an enc
my to high tariff taxation.
The Lackawanna Railway has de-
clared special cash dividend of fifty
per cent, besides which
Another it has issued stock to
Railway Cuts the extent of fifteen
a Melon. per cent. to be handed
out without cost to the
present stockholders.
Thus you will see that the poor,
getting it in the neck Thirteen mill
lion dollars was the size of this par
ticular melon
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-06
DEATH VALLEY.

The Burning, Blasting Winds That
Sweep This Arid Waste.
The prevailing winds in Death val
lev are from the west. Though origi-
mating in the Pacific ocean and sat
urated with humidity in travelling the
intermediate distance. they are inter
cepted by the lofty peaks of four
ranges Of mountains, which absorb all
Of their moisture. so that by the time
they reach the valley all humidity has
disappeared. The blasts are as II
heated in a fiery furnace, and no liy-
ing thing can survive the intense heat
Even birds Indigenous to the region
die.
1t is in the months Of greatest heat
that the sandstorms of Death valley
are most deadly. They rage with in
tense fury, obliteratins the landscape
and dimming the light of the sun,
whitening the scanty vegetation and
covering the trails deep in powdered
dust. At all times the aspect Of the
valley Is superlatively desolate. No
spot on earth surpasses it in aridity or
Tophet-like heat.
During the heated term an hour
without water means death. Meat be-
comes putrid in an hour. Eggs are
cooked In the blistering sand. Water
is only palatable by means Of large,
porous, earthenware jars, common to
all hot countries, suspended in drafts
and reduced in temperature by means
Of the rapid evaporation Of the mois-
ture from the outside.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-06
Baltimore & Ohio r..
schedule effective November II, 1908

Schedule effective November II. 1908
The following is the time Of trains stopping at
Shenandoah Junction;
EAsT-BoUND.
No. lO-4OA NJ. Pittsburg and New York Ex-
press. Daily.
No s-I0T Al Chicago and New York Ex-
press. DAILY.
M Ie-IaAP.M Martinsburg. and Baltimore
w. Accommodation. via old main line. Dal-
N except Sunday.
M e-25P.M. Chicago and New York Ex-
press. Stops on signal Daily.
M ,S-SDPM Cumberland and Baltimore Ac-
commodation via Washington. Daily
excep. Sunday.
No. Is-sAP.M New York Express DAILY.
wEST-BoUND.
M u-al2AM New York and Pittsburg Lin
tied. Daiiy.
No i3-75AM N. Baltimore and Cumberland Ac
oommodaiion. Daily except Sunday.
No 5-l0pAM New York and Cincinnati
Limited. Daily.
No i7-ll9AM Baltimore and MaItnsburg
Accommodation. DAILY except Sunday.
M ,-5SP.M. New York and ST. Louis Limited
Express. Connects with n, & W. south
Daily.
M o-uOSP. NJ Baltimore and Cleveland. Pitts
burg Express Daily.
No local trains on Sunday.
E PRICE Ticket Agent
Shenandoah Junction, W. Va
c. W. BASSETT
General Passenger Agent
I { Fleming viii sen tickets on the B. & O. Rail
road for the West and South
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-06
A CAT AND A CANARY.
They Went Away Separately, but Came
Back Together.


A lady friend Of mine, says an Eng
lish writer, has as pets n canary and a
cat. The two were the best Of good
friends, and when the birds prison
door was opened it would come out
and perch on the cats back while 1t
trilled forth a song Of gladness.
One day my friend left her two pets
together. and on her return the bird
was nowhere to be found. Pussy was
curled up on a cushion, sleeping con-
tentedly, and my friend jumped to the
conclusion that the cat was answer
able for the birds disappearance, con-
sequently she caught up the cat and,
holding the supposed delinquent be-
fore the empty cage, beat it rather
mercilessly Poor pussy mewed pite-
ously, but her relentless mistress put
her outside and shut the door against
her.
Next morning, feeling rather asham-
ed of her outburst, she made inquiries
about the cat but pussy was gone.
Some days later she heard a faint
scratching at her window, and on open
ing the easement a cat crept In and
laid a bedraggled canary at her feet
At first she did not recognize her pets
in the two disreputable looking objects
before her. When she did recognize
them her delight was great
Presumably the canary had gone out
by the open window, and, finding liber-
ty sweet, 1t had flown TO neighboring
wood. How the cat found the bird and
brought it back uninjured Is mys-
terry
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-06
Weddinu Rinu Notices.

The custom of inscribing within the
hoop of the betrothal or wedding ring
q motto or "posy," as it was called,
was formerly very prevalent. Hamlet
asks, as this prologue or the posy OF
a ring" Some posies were very ten
der and beautiful. Among the more
appropriate posies may be mentioned
"Deux corps, un coeur," "My heart
and I until / die" and 81 am yours"
from sixteenth century rings, Love
ever" "Love true, it's JOY" and Thine
lesseneth not my love" from the seven
teenth century, Love me-" my soul
will keep thine company to heaven"
and "En ma fidelite je flniral ma vie"
from the eighteenth. In the ring which
"Florizel' (afterward George IV) gave
to the hapless Perdita were the words
"Je change qu'en mourant-Unalterable
to my Perdita through life"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-06
Anenia.

Anemia, from Greek word meaning
"wan. of blood, ",is of t0o kinds, primary
and secondary. The primary anemias
are so called because as yet medical SCI
ence has not discovered their direct cause,
and until this is done il is necessary to
recognize, and treat them as diseases in
themselves. When the reason for the
condition is found out, then the anemia,
which is really only symptom OF some
disease and not disease in itself, will be
called secondary instead OF primary.
The principal forms of the primary ane-
mia are chlorosis, pernicious anemia, and
leukania. Chlorosis generally attacks
young girls in the early teens. 1t is not
very well understood, but seems to be
condition of poor blood formation rather
than of blood destruction. Its treatment
is simple, consisting of fresh air, good
foodand the administration ofsome form of
iron. The results are prompt, and with
little care perfect state of health may
be established.
Pernicious anemia is another matter.
1t attacks adults, both men and women,
and is almost always fatal. The victims
of this form of anemia are often well
clothed in flesh and look robust. Fur
thermore, their symptoms are in many
cases mistaken for those of kidney or
heart trouble, paralysis, disease of the
liver, and so on, until an examination OF
the blood establishes diagnosis.
Leukamia means literally white blood. "
In this condition the red blood-cells are
greatly diminished. The course of leu
kama is a great deal like that of perniciouS
anemia, and calls for about the same
treatment-complete rest in bed, good air
and food, plenty of sunshine and an adj
ministration OF some form Of arsenic.
Secondary anemia can always be traced
to some definite cause, such as rapid loss
of blood from wound, resulting in con-
dtion of so-called acute anemia, the loss
from hemorrhageS from the lungs in tu-
berculosis, or the depletion Of the blood
from poisoning.
The poison in the system resulting from
cancer or tuberculosis causes anemia by
blood destruction, while wounds or blood
hemorrhages cause it by blood loss.
More than half the blood in the body
can be lost without death resulting. When
this occurs in hitherto healthy person,
from severe wound, for example, the
system Immediately sets to work to bring
the blood back to its normal amount, the
condition of acute anemia gradually yield
ing day by day as the body makes up its
loss.
There is an anemia of the poor, caused
by a diet deficient in blood building ma
terials, or by inferior cooking, such as the
habitual frying OF meat.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-06
a Finland Festival.

Paul Waineman's "a Summer Tour
In Finland" contains this pretty bit of
folklore: Midsummer is the great an
nual festival Of Finland. From every
height q bonfire leaps to the sky in
honor of the mating Of night and day,
who are then united. The Firms pos
sess a poetical legend relating to this
annual custom. Kolt and Amarlk, the
sunset and sunrise, beseeched the lord
Of the sky to give them permission to
be eternally bride and bridegroom
and once a year to clasp each other In
their glowing arms"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-06
Obey These Rules And Live 1000
Years.

Obey These Rules And Live 1000
Years.
DR.. John Fair, who is the head of Bos-
tons latest cult, "New Life" has laid
down few simple rules which, if follow
ed, he says, will cause man to live not
only to 100 but TO | 900 years.
Here are the rules:
Dress always in white. White is the
prime principle of life.
Do not think of death, do not believe in
death.
Live principally upon vegetables and
nuts. Allure meat, milk, oil and flesh of
all kinds, as well as all Stimulants.
Sleep eight hours daily, exercise eight
hours and work eight hours.
A mans most critical hour in the day is
the thirty minutes before and after meals.
He should absolutely stop work hall
hour before each meal, and must not re-
sumo work until half an hour after each
meal.
Sleep with your bedroom window open
every night all your lifetime. Always
have draught in your room.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-06
To the Afflicted.

DR.. c. H. Whiting, late with DR.. Wat
son, of New York, Graduate of Medicine
for the past AZ years, and who has for the
past p years made disease of the rectum
his speciality, desires to inform his patrons
and the public that he has moved to 504
w. Fayette Street, Baltimore, Md, where
he has every facility for the above treat
ment, which is so thoroughly advanced
that his patrons are not prevented from
attending to their duties, nor are surgical
operations resorted to. He makes no
charge for consultation or examination.
Ladies treated at their home by skilled
lady attendants. DR.. Writings process
knows not the meaning of the word Gail
ure." Why suffer this dread disease
when permanent reliefis at hand. ThouS-
ands of testimonials presented upon APP
plication.
Have cured two doctors IS years old,
who had practised medicine for go years,
also cured one man So years old, who
lived for five years afterwards, and cured
woman 50 years old. The treatment is
concluded IN from three'to five minutes,
and no bad effects afterwards. People
gain from 25 to so pounds after treatment.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-06

Officials of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
way have drawn up specifications for
steel passenger coaches and it is believed
that orders for this class of equipment
will be placed within the next month.
The Baltimore and Ohio has ordered
comparatively few coaches during the
past two years and representatives of the
company say they will not have enough
coaches to handle the summer excursion
business.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-06

In commemoration of the battle OF Point
Pleasant, fought in TIA, massive col
umn "a feet in height and "a feet square
at the base, will be erected at Point Pleas
ant, W. Va, during the summer months,
and will be ready for unyeiling on the
10th of October, l35 years after the date
of the battle, when General Andrew Lew
is, at the head of the army of Virginia,
routed the confederated tribes Of Indian
warriors.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-06

New York is to have the highest hotel
in the world, if plans filed by the Blu
reau of Building are carried out. They
call for 81 story structure, 376 feet high,
at the southwest corner of Madison ave-
nue. and AID street. This will overtop by
ten stories any hotel structure in the city.
The company behind the project will ex-
pend $1,000 900 to complete the building.