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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-02
AN INTERESTING LETTER AND
POSTSCRIPT.

My Dear Sir:-I beg to call your
attention to the bills now pending
in Congress. the object of which is to
open up the Court of Claims to
claimants now debarred by the limi-
tation of statutes, and, further, the
bills to return to those who paid the
tax imposed on cotton the few years
just after our Civil War amounting
to siXty-eight millions of dollars,
which has recently been declared
ILLEGAL and UNCONSTITUTION-
AL by the Supreme Court of the,
United States.
Trusting you may give the meas
ures your hearty support, and that
may hear from you concerning it, l
have the honor to be, very respect
fully,
Your obedient servant,
EDWARD G. WADE.
p. ST hand you herewith en-
closed the editorial page of the Los
Angeles Times of this day, and in
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-02
THE CONSTITUTION is GOOD
ENOUGH TO STAND UPON.
THE

Dear Sir I am very busy
man; too busy to do much canvass
ing for a newspaper or magazines;
but will undertake to place all sam
pie copies of your publications where
they will do good, and catch sub
scriber when 1 can.
I am teaching and trying to run
a small farm, too, and it is a Her
culean task.
I am a native of Alabama, but of
Jefferson county, Georgia, stock, and
am "dyed-in-the-wool' Green
backer-and believe that no race of,
men should have a voice or vote in
the administration of the affairs of
this republic but pure-blooded Cau-
casians, we'll indoctrinated in the
principles of representative Demo-,
cracy. The Constitution of the Uni
ted States, with it's provisions for
amendment (if we, the people, will
watch fully and intelligently live up
to our privileges and duties under IT'D,
is good enough for me. | believe the
Government should do for the whole
people what individuals can't do for
themselves and stop there.
Yours for the general welfare,
j. M. PERDUE.
Glenwood, Texas.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-02
tbbe Jefferson,

Review" of the former city, pub
fishes articles in favor of Free Love.
(See Lydia Parce's article in last
number of that organ of Northern
and European Socialism, The same
doctrine is approved in the New
York Socialist papers.
AND THOSE WHO OUGHT TO
KNOW, CLAIM THAT THE SOCIAL.
ISIS OF THE BIG CITIES PRAC-
TISE WHAT THEY PREACH! /!
T. e. w
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-02
CHALLENGE, AND THE PEOPLE
ARE CATCHING ON

ARE CATCHING ON.
Tom, what do you intend to get
out of your fight on Socialism,
For one thing, Doctor Wesson,
expect to get many offensive letters,
a few of which may be as ungentle-
manly as yours.
Barring that reward, I expect to
receive the approval of my own con-
science, and the commentator of
thousands of good men and women.
Am not opposed to the State So
clalism seen in our public schools, in
our P. o. department, or public
roads Would like very much to ex-
tend this State Socialism to all pub
lie utilities.
Us old Pops"--the real ones, /
mean-know very well that I have
never changed on land plank or
Referendum; and they know also,
that neither of those planks were
ever held to mean what DR.. Wesson
says Lu0y 10.
The Free love" business will be
proved as clearly as mathematical
demonstration-bu don't expect to
convince those who wilfully seal their
brains against facts.
''You will have us land in Repub-
lican party
Readers of the two Jeffersonians
will feel their respect for the Doctor
increase rapidly, after perusing that
sentence.
Have you ever noticed that the
bitterest tongues and pens that try
to wound me and blacken my name
are those of the men who were Pops.
and who left us?
These men, who have changed, are
eternally saying, ''WatsOn has
changed"
On the same principle, the tipsy
man accuses some one else of being
drunk.
T. E. w.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-02
AGAINST THE PROHIBITION
AMENDMENT.

Dear Sir:-I enclose with this let
ter P. O. order for $5.O5 to pay for
subscriptions as per list. I regret
very much the smallness of the
amount, and length of time between
my orders, but various causes con-
spire to make it impossible, it seems,
for me to have done better.
Most of the people here have gone
wild about prohibition, or rather the
proposed amendment. If I could ex-
press my views better in writing, 1
would like to say a good deal on this
subject, but as it is I will only say
that from it's being at the start a
tolerably harmless looking thing, it
has now proved to be one of the
livest wires, one of the deepest-laid
political schemes to boost the Conner
gang that has come before the peo-
pie of this State in a long time.
I, knowing full we'll the general
nastiness of Alabama politics., did
wish that Mr.. Watson would let the
thing alone and have nothing to say
about it, but as he did see fit to do
so, I must say that his usual keen
insight into great and deep ques-
tons, and his ever-present sense of
fairness and justice, in my opinion,
led him to take exactly the right
stand, and say about as near as pos
sible the right thing in his editorial
of October 18th.
If the spirit of religious and politi-
cal intolerance and insolence did not
exist then, and has become welI-nigh
intolerable now (about here, at
least), I shall have to admit know
nothing about such matters. For in
stance, at the school-house where our
county union met recently, a few
days before said meeting, the OPP
posers of the amendment had an ap-
pointment for speaking at night (and
it was chilly, I am told), and they
found the doors closed against them.
The Gadsden Evening Journal gave
the matter publication without say
ing word of disapproval.
There is not one in a thousand, l
dare say, of my age that has used
less liquor than l have. I've favor
ed prohibition, but my judgment
places me with the very few Of my
neighbors who oppose the Amend
ment now.
SUBSCRIBER.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-02

Dear Sir:-Many things have
come in my way to prevent me from
working Tor the circulation of your
literature as wish I have
spoken to and written to many of
your admirers and friends, urging
them to work. 1 have had fears for
a long time that you would be starved
out by the apathy and indifference
Of the men whose battles you are
so bravely fighting, as many other
reform editors have been,-notably
Dixon and Landlord.
| know it is very unpopular to
say there are any mistakes or wrong
doing in the church. It's a pity, but
they are there.
The most unreasonable thing I
have ever read was the attack on
you by the Atlanta Home Mission
Board, when by your expose (by
their own witnesses) of the unscrup-
ulous methods of Foreign Missions
you have saved thousands of dollars
to Home Missions. What is this
world coming to-? After giving page
after page of space in both Jeffer-
sonians, your valuable time and
your superior talent, in defense of
Home Missions, you must now come
down with cold, hard cash or be
classed hypocrite. The devil has
surely been liberated for a season
I have not given a nickel to For
eign Missions for eleven years. If
the Atlanta Board don't correct this
charge against you, then I am ready
to believe and assert that they are
mad because they did not get the
per cent. off your contribution. and,
like you, will never contribute a
cent through these expensive boards.
I will expose their ungratefulness
and use what influence I have in
preventing the rake-off per cent.
AS ever, your friend,
H. M. M'CUSTIAN.
Paris, Texas.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-02
Glenwood, Texas.

DUCKWORTH HAS NOT AN
SWERED THOSE QUESTIONS.
THEY ARE FAIR QUESTIONS, VI
TALLY IMPORTANT TO FARM
ERS' UNION. BOYS, MAKE HIM
ANSWER!
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-02
HERE COMES ANOTHER ONE!-
SOCIALISTS ON THE JUMP.


not cease your desperate efforts to
try to convince yourself that Social
ism is wrong? Any one can read
between the lines of your November
editorial and see that you are only
trying to put off the inevitable the
day when your brilliant mind must
arrive at the conclusion that Social
ism is the only way out Mr.. Wat
son, your November editorial is an
injustice to yourself. Your prem
ises are as false as your logic. But
| know and understand that you are
only trying to deceive yourself There
never has been an upward and for
ward movement on earth that has
not had that free love" accusation
thrust upon it. From Jesus Christ
down to Robert G.. Ingersoll, every
prophet has been shining mark
for the singing of that handful of
mud.
Mr.. Watson, as critic you are
truly great-but what in the name
of high heaven do you offer us in the
place of the present intolerable sys-
tenn? I have been a pretty constant
reader of your Magazine since it's
inception, and I have yet to find a
single line from your pen indicative
of remedy.
Come under the banner of Social
ism, where you belong, and let your
mighty voice lead in the van of hui
manity, Of progress, of liberty, and
civilization. Socialism means no
such carnival of license as you pic
ture in your November editorial; the
sacredness of the home, the fireside,
the nuptia1 relation, motherhood and
fatherhood will be truly inviolate,
and not subject to the sport of
chance, as now they are.
Your friend,
ARTHUR KNOLLE.
Brennan, Texas.
Answer.
Well, Arthur, it takes a Socialist,
and very wild one at that, to read
anything "between the lines of the
chapter mentioned. Any man who
can prove me a Socialist, by that
evidence, is capable of making an
affidavit that Ballinger is innocent,
the Sugar Trust honest, Tammany
Hull pu1S, duu C1IG CWO OAO POI C1CO q
pair of angels.
Arthur, you need physic. Some
thin er ruther is the matter with
your insides." Go and show your
tongue to the nearest medicine man.
Yep; the early Christians were &C
cused of practising Free Love, in
those secret meetings which perse-
cution compelled them to hold, in the
dark; but the Fathers of the Church
did not publish books in which Free
Love is advocated.
THE SOCIALISTS DOL
( Robert Ingersoll was besmirched
by malicious Misrepresentation, but
I was not one of the mudslingers.
In my estimation, he was splendid
specimen of manhood; but he made
the fatal mistake of assailing Chris
tianity, rather than clericalism.]
Arthur, dear, you have "read after"
me to little purpose if you have net
learned that we Jeffersonians do
offer a perfectly safe and sane
remedy for all the Affections which
torment the body-politic.
''Back to the old faith, and the old
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-02

Agents! Get busy! Fifteen dol
lars cold cash waiting for you.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-24
HERE'S A WAY TO
SAVE DOCTOR BILLS
Physicians Give Free Advice by
Which Parents May Profit.

It's a matter of general interest just
now how ones physical condition can
be got into shape to best receive the
benefits of the summer season. Es-
pecially is this true Of the children.
They have become run down by a
winter of unnatural manner of living
because of ill-considered food and
r,rch time spent indoors. Spring
comes with its sunshine, its fresh
vegetables and all else invigorating.
but the children are in no condition to
receive natures remedies.
Man, parents call in the family ply
stefan. Many other parents take adj
vantage of what the physician told
them when he was first called in con
sultation. All good family physicians
say: GIVE the children Castoria.' ?
Healthy parents know this remedy
of old, for they took it themselves as
children. 1t was more than thirty
wears ago that Castoria made a place
for itself in the household 1t bore
the signature of Charles H. Fletcher
then, as it does today. The signature
is its guarantee, which is accepted in
thousands of homes where there are
children.
Much is printed nowadays about big
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-24
CARTHAGE WON
FIRST GAME
Baseball Season Was Officially Open
ed at Carthage Last Saturday,
Burlington Being Visitors.

The baseball season was opened at
Carthage, ILL.,, on Saturday afternoon
before a large crowd of enthusiastic
Carthage baseball fans. The first
game of the season was played be-
tween the Carthage regular city team
and a team from Burlington. From
the first inning until the windup In
the ninth, Carthage had it ali her own
way with the visiting team and the
final result of the game was score
of to in favor Of Carthage.
Whalen who pitched for the Burling-
ton crew, was touched up for a num-
Der OF good safe hits and was easy
money all during the game for the
Carthage sluggers.
Johnson and Lowrie was the bat
terry for Carthage and a good steady
game was Etched by the slab artist
of the Carthage team. Orel of Bur-
lington did the receiving for his team.
Ross Swigert who will be remem.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-24

families. DR.. William j. McCrann, of
Omaha, Neb., is the father of one of
these much-read- about families. Here
is what he says:
AS the father of thirteen children
certainly know something about
great medicine, and aside from my
own family experience have, In my
years of practice, found Castoria a
popular and efficient remedy in al
most every home"
Charles H. Fletcher has received
hundrsds of letters from prominent
physicians who have the same esteem
for Castoria that DR.. McCrann has.
Not only do these physicians say they
use Castoria in their own families, but
they prescribe it for their patients.
First of all it is a vegetable prepare
ton which assimflates the food and
regulates the stomach and bowels.
After eating comes sleeping, and Cas-
toria looks out for that too 1t allays
feverishness and prevent loss of
sleep, and this absolutely without the
use of opium, morphine or other bane-
full narcotic.
Medical journals are reluctant to
discuss proprietary medicines. Halls
Journal of Health, however, says:
Our duty is to expose danger and
record the means for advancing health
The day for poisoning innocent chill.
dren through greed or ignorance
ought to end. To our knowledge Cas-
toria is remedy which produces
composure and health by regulating
the system not by SIMPLIFYING it, and
our readers are entitled to the in
formation"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-24
Royal Neishbors VIII Take In 2
Glass Of Probably Twenty
or More, on June
Fourth.
MoNTRosE AND WARSAW
Camps From Those TWO Places Will
be Present and Banquet
VIII Follow the
Initiation.


On friday evening, June 4, large
class of candidates are to be initial
ed by Eureka Camp No. 7, R. N. A..
of this city There will probably be
twenty or more in the class which will
take the initiatory work and the oc-
casion will be one for an enjoyable
time.
Two other camps have been invited
by the local camp to be guests of the
Keokuk lodge on that evening, the
Warsaw and lIontrose camps to be
present on that occasion.
The initiation work is to be admin
istered by the Warsaw degree team
and the occasion will no doubt be ar
enjoyable one for the large numbei
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-24
Memorial observance.

Sunday, June 6, has been set aside
by the Royal Neighbors OF Eureka
camp as Memorial Sunday. The graves
Of departed members will be decorated
and the ritual services OF the order
carried out in the services which are
to be held at the cemetery.
1t has not yet been decided whether
a speaker will be secured for the oc-
casion or not. Arrangements for
music and a speaker will be made
later on.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-24

steps Then / began to use DR.. Kings
New Discovery" he writes "and after
taking six bottles am as well as
ever" 1t saves thousands yearly from
desperate lung diseases. Infallible for
Coughs and Colds, it dispels Hoarse-
ness and Sore threat. Cures grip.
bronchitis, hemorrhages, asthma,
Group, whoop:ng cough. SOC and s1.00.
trial bottle free, guaranteed by Will
kinson & Co., and ]. F. Kiedaish &
Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-24

and Main streets. at o'clock and
friends Of the hospital are invited ID
be present.
The program will be as follows:
Organ Solo, Triumphal Marcel
(Gilbert)-Mr, Graham.
Invocation. the Rev. Robert W. Lii
ley.
Vocal solo, the Bells of Youth Oh
Clough- Lighter) Miss wins.
Comforting Diplomas, Mr.. NJ. E. Jus
tice, President OF the Board.
Awarding Hospital Pins, Miss Mari
c. Jackson, Superintendent of th1
Hospital.
Piano solo. A la bien aime'
(Schuett) Miss Clara Gertrude Fry.
Address The Rev. J. w. Potter.
Vocal Selection. (a) The Skylarl
(Hall); CD The Bees (Denza)- La
dies Double Trio Monday Music Club
Benediction The Rev. A. v. Ken
drick.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-24

Mary weak. nervous women have
been restored t health by Eoley's Kid
ney Remedy as it stimulates the kid
neys so they will eliminate the waste
matter from the blood. Impurities
depress the nerves, causing nervous
exhaustion arl other ailments. Com
me ce today and ycu will SC on be well.
Pleasant to take. Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-24
An Excursion.

The steamer J. S. has been charter
ed by the Woodmen and Royal Neigh
bors for moonlight excursion which
is to be given on the evening of Tues
day, July 6, by the two lodges. A
moonlight excursion is given each
year by the Royal Neighbors and this
year the Woodmen have Joined forces
with the auxiliary lodge and will help
to make the affair a success.
A number of social affairs are to be
given by the ladies during the coming
warm weather months and will no
doubt be successful as those which
have been previously given.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-24
COMMENCEMENT ON
TOMORROW EVENING
Sixth Annual Commencement OF Ora
ham Hospital Training School
for Nurses.

Tomorrow evening will occur the
sixth annual commencement exercises
of the Graham Hospital Training
School for Nurses.
The exercises are to be held in the
Trinity M. e. church, corner Of Tenth
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-24
a Bad TASTE in the Mouth.

1t is anything but pleasan. to awake
with a bad taste In the mouth. TIL
always arise from a disordered stom-
ach. and - be corrected by taking
a dose o. Cuamberlain's Stomach and
liver Tablets Immediately after sup
per. They cleanse and invigorate the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-24
Forced Into Exile.

-vm. Upchurch of Glen Oak. Okla.
was an exile from home. Mountai.
airN he thought. would cure frightfu'
cough that had defied al
smeates for two years. After 81,
.lonthA he returned, death logging his
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-24

bered by many Keokuk baseball fans
as having umpired In the Central As
sociation two years ago, is manager OF
the Carthage team and thinks he has
a bunch of "pennant" winners. Ross
is a good man and under his super
vision the team should prosper in the
wa" of winning games from neighbor-
ing towns.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-24
Possibly.

Sioux City Journal: On the whole,
wouldn't 1t be easier to learn to like
the dandelion than to exterminate It?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-24

stomach, improve the digestion md
give one relish for his food. They
are easy to take and pleasant In effect.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-24
If. Neighbors, locally and the visiting

Of Neighbors, locally and the Visiting
lodges.
Following the entrance Of the new
class into the lodge, a sumptuous ban.
quet will be served in the dining hall
and a social hour will follow, A meet
ing was held recentl:- to make ar
rangements for the affair which will
no doubt be an auspicious occasion in
Royal Neighbor circles in this city.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-03-03

Canistota, S. D.-A few years ago n
farmer near Goliad built stall barn,
using green willow posts at the corner
and all along the sides. After a year
had passed he saw that. whereas he
had put the floor on the ground, it
was then three feet above the soil.
The willow posts. instead of being
dead. were very much alive. In their
upward move they had carried the
barn along.
Last year the barn was on stills
nine feet high, and the farmer put in
a new floor and surrounded the posts
with siding. thereby making a two
story affair There is now space of
eight inches between the floor and
the ground. and the owner expects
to have three-story barn by 1910.
Eventually, he thinks, he may be
compelled to install elevator service
to reach the upper floors.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-03-03
SEPARATE TunIc A BLESSING.
Can Be Used to Advantage In Altering
d-Fashioned Frocks.

Clever women have found out that
separate tunic made of another ma
terial than the gown and draped over
1t Is an excellent method OF altering
an old-fashioned frock
There are some skirts that are too.
short to be lifted up even for two
inches on the bodice to give the en-
pire effect. and they are too much out
Of style to wear as they are.
II the skirt and bodice are put to-
gether by their Innings and two or
three folds of self-colored material
neatly draped around the waist line in
order to make 1t invisible the founda-
ton work is finished.
The tunic may be made OF net,
chiffon cloth. bands of net and en-
broidered satin or all-over lace edged
with fur or gold galloons.
This is cut with a seam down the
middle of the back and neatly draped
three inches above the waist line,
headed with folds of the material or.
a piece of the trimming used eles-
where
This tunic drops from bust to knees
and gives the exact line that 1t needs
this winter on smart frocks.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-03-03
EGG REVEALS GOLD.
HAS MAP SHOWING SPOT OF
BURIED TREASURE ON SHELL.
Ezra Delivers One Dollar for Gypsy
Wares and Gets Wonderful Sc
cret in Return for His
Money!

Tyson, Vt.-Ezra Burt, who lives
about mile east of the Corners, has
hen which no amount of money will
buy. 1t is a scrawny. disappearing
fowl with bedraggled feathers and a
semi-bald head. and what is more 1t
has laid only one egg in its entire two
years existence. Still. old Betsy, as
the hen is called. has niche in Ez-
ra's heart. and gets the very best
grain the farm affords.
The secret of all this is that the
one egg Betsy laid contained on its
shell a raised water-line map of the
spot where old jeremiah Burt, Ezra's
great-grandfather, buried his gold at
the time of the Revolutionary war, and
with the aid of this map Ezra recov-
cred the treasure. Just how much this
was no one has been able to find out,
but it is known that the mortgage on
the farm has been paid of and the
Burt family is living in comfort.
The Burts gave up hunting for the
secreted wealth 40 years ago, after
they had searched and dug until they
were tired out. They knew that the
paternal Burt sunk his gold some
where in the earth, and went Off to
war without telling his family where
he had placed it. further than that 1t
was on the farm.
Last summer gypsy came along
selling beads and laces and offered to
go into trance and solve the treasure
riddle provided Ezra bought a dol
lars worth of her wares. Burt took up
the offer and in her trance the woman
said that some day an old scrawny
hen would lay an osg in which would
be found map. If this were followed
the treasure would be found. Ezra
thought he was "stung." but he paid
the dollar.
Nothing more happened until q
month ago. when Betsy was found in
the wood box behind the kitchen
stove. Mortified at the idea of having
hen in her kitchen. Mrs. Burt shooed
her out, and was surprised to find an
egg nesting in the shavings. The egg
had peculiar raised lines on the shell,
and Ezra was called. He remembered
the prophecy of the gypsy and care
fully studied the shell. Sure enough
there was map with a little star at
the base of an old maple tree in the
sugar orchard.
With a pick and shovel Burt set
forth. and an hour later returned
with, discolored copper soap kettle
heavy with gold. The family kept the
secret until the mortgage was paid.
when 1t became common property. All
efforts to get Ezra to tell how much
money he found In the kettle have
failed.