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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-06
Obe Jc.Ferson,an

politicians opportunity to stuff few ballot
boxes with enough votes to outcount the coun-
try vote, Gust as we had been outcounted in
the Tenth,) pulled off my coat, and waded
In, like fighting fire.
1t was my solemn duty to do it. Never
have / rendered the rural communities of this
State better service-with one exception.
Yet, there are some editors, of country
aCeekNes, who never neglect chance to nag
at me. Nothing that do pleases them; and
they are ready to distort or misrepresent
what | say or write.
For instance, there is Solomon-th the Wise
Tyson, who gets out a paper called The For
est Blade-rather a dull blade, most of us
think. From time to time, Solomon has to
remind his readers that he is still sore about
the licking we gave him, in 1908. He does
this by feebly hitting at me. In his last issue,
ne pretended to find shocking inconsistency
In what | wrote about the Gompers defiance
OF the courts contrasting that with my atti-
tude on the Stegall case The inconsistency
is purely imaginary.
In the case of President Samuel Gompers,
there was no dispute about the Jurisdiction.
Over the person of President Gompers, and
over the subject-matter of the litigation, the
Court had unquestioned authority. Conse-
quently, It's restraining order and it's in unc-
ton should have been obeyed
In the Stegall case, the Federal Court had
no lawful jurisdiction at all. have cited the
law to prove this. Nobody has answered me:
nobody can answer me.
In the matter of the Fifteenth Amendment.
[ would have the States disregard it, for the
reason that the official records of the Federal
Government shoe0 that 1t aoas not legally pro-
posed by Congress, nor legally adopted by the
States.
The States need not respect an amendment
which is not proposed and adopted as the
Constitution directs. The Fifteenth Amemd-
maent IS a mere muzlity, and ought to be treated
as one.
Really, that which makes the Smith par
tisans so grumpish and cross, is their knowl-
edge of the fact that their man has steadily
lost ground, since the Legislature adjourned.
All of us know this; and hence we are dis
posed to be lenient with the soreheads- even
when they snarl and snap at the procession
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-06
One of Smiths Fool Friends

One of Smiths Fool Friends
Ever since Governor Hoke Smith signed
his own death warrant, by changing the rules
under which the people Of Georgia had been
holding elections ever since the Constitution
of 1877, some of his partisans have had ul-
cerated heads. They refuse to be consoled
They will neither quit growing, nor learn the
facts. They ought to hnoeO that such country
leaders as | could not afford to stag qetiet,
aoha1e H0he Smith, B0yhin Wright, LaaOtoqo
Miller and other city politicians qoere revo1u-
ta0n1sa71g orr election system, for the purpose
OF concentrating poorer IN the cities. I had
been the victim Of the very rules which those
wlre-pullers were trying to get adopted for
the whole State. Boykin Wright had dis
franchlsed nine country counties, by stufing
the ballot-boxes at the Courthouse precinct in
Augusta. We country people were utterly
powerless to prevent him from doing it. We
were reduced to political nullity
Now Boykin and Hoke had secretly fixed
up those new rules, whose purpose was to de-
price the country people of that share of poa0-
er aohich they had been enjoying for THIRTY
gears.
Under our present system, the smallest
country county will always have one-third
the power of the biggest city county. At
1tnCa never can grow large enough to have
more than three times the political strength
OF the weakest of the rural counties.
And that is as it should be- There are lots
of good, honest folks in the large cities; but
you know very we'll that corporation infu-
ence, the job-lash, money, whisky and log
rolling have vastly more influence on city
elections, than out in the farming communi-
ties
We have almost reached the pass when you
have got to seek them in the country, if YOU
want to find warm, earnest religion, and that
sturdy honesty and independence which
prompted those New York farmers to say to
Major Andre when in his terror he tried to
buy his release, eve are poor men, but the
King q England hasn't got money enough to
6Wy u.s."
Now, am country man myself, and nv
following is mostly rural: my interests are
bound up with the country people, and there's
where my heart is, too.
Vas to SIT still, and do mothiqoq, qohiZe
Hohe Smith and Boyh5n Wright e0ere grind
ing hr'ares to cut nay throat? Was I to turn
traitor to may oe0m fozzoaoimg, and ozzoav them
to be robbed of their political rights, vithout
maakirag any protest? Those plotters might
have known better. [ was in Florida when
those new rules appeared in the papers. Up
to that time, not thing had been done by
me that was likely to influence the result of
the contest between Smith and Brown
But the moment I studied those new rules,
and realized how they would give the city
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-06
The Catholic Fri0ys in the Phil.
ibbines

You jog along in a humdrum way, attend
ing to your own business, and doing only the.
same things, day after day, until you wear the
rut SO smooth and so deep that yoke of oxen
and log-chain could hardly drag you out of
it. You come to believe that your little world
is fair sample of the universe. What you see
and hear, you consider to be about an average
OF what others see and hear. The big outside
world seems almost unreal to you 1t does
not enter into your life at ALL You read of
things In the newspapers and it all appears
to be far distant from you
When you have finished the headlines and,
perhaps, the details of murder, or of d-
vorce suit, you consider yourself well posted
1t is almost impossible to make you realize
that there are thousands of fearful things
which the daily papers do not dare to men
ton.
For instance there was that matter Of the
F1lplnos and the Catholic friars. [ had long
known, in general way, why the natives
rose in revolt against these emissaries of
Papa, but it was not until December, 1909,
thatI was fully acquainted with the hideous
details These are to be found in the Report
made by the Taft Commission, which Presi-
dent Mckinley appointed to investigate con-
dltlons IN the Islands. (1901.)
In the last issue but one of The JEFFER-
soNIAN for December, 1909, [ wrote on this
subject, giving as my authority "Senate Docu-
ment 1902, which any can get by request
ing his Senators to send copy
Jogging along in his deep, smooth rut, the
average citizen is apt to pooh pooh such state
ments as those made in that editorial ooh,
that can't be So | never saw anything like
that; and I don't believe that such awful
deeds can be done!" That's about the an
swer your neighbor will give you when you
try to mOrtiSe now facts into HE noddlo
Heavens alive! AS if all the scholars do
the girls that it was religious duty for them
to oomsecrate their virgia,ity to the pagan
gods! These priests universally preyed upon
the women, and lived off their prostitution.
Herodotus and Strabo, the oldest profane
historians, tell us about it. In Babylon and
Nlneveh every woman had to go into the
temple precincts, at least one time, and WELD
herself to whoever came and offered her the
price fixed by the priests. The Old Tesla
ment bears testimony to the same thing.)
From paganism, the Roman Catholics
borrowed nearly every one of their ceremo-
NAL performances, and much of their creed
The shaven head, the style Of dressing, the
use of holy water, the telling of beads, the
kissing of Pappy's toe, the worship of images,
the belief In purgatory, etc., are all stolen
these practices forms and beliefs, came the
teaching Of girls that it IS a religious duty to
devote their virgimity to the p4iest-he not
being azzoaoed q eOife, and being consecrated
to Christ, and unable TO commit SIN.
In the converts, the girls who have taken
the black veil are taught just that, as will be
proved in the series of Magazine articles
which will follow my exposure of Socialism.
"The sacred virgins" of the ancient tenn
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-06

REMITTANCES must be made in money orders
exchange Local checks cannot be accepted MnIess
ten cents is added for exchange.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-02
Up-to.date Breach of Promise.

The old saying that no man ever under
stands a woman has been vindicated by an
action brought in Kentucky court
Three days before his wedding was to
have occurred, the man in the case COM
mitted suicide, upsetting all arrange
ments. The girl who so Unexpectedly
found herself ''bride-not-to-be' wasted
no time in tears or mourning. She at
once sued the estate Of the dead man for
$1,000. alleging fragrant breach Of
promise
II was fragrant enough, no doubt. New
ertheless. the effort 10 get back the price
of the wedding cake and the bridal gown
is so strikingly novel that in all proba-
biity the court at Louisville will be un-
able 10 decide the momentous question,
but will drag along its remaining official
DAYS in a vain search for precedent.
Talk about Kentucky women not being
practical,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-02
AIDED BY A. T. STEWART.
Rough sketch Started John Rogers
ON His Career as Sculptor

4. r. Stewart was shown one day by
one OF his confidential employees an anus
ing caricature OF himself done in pencil.
Good, goOdr' he laughed, says the
New York Press THAT is exeellent. Who
did it,"
a young salesman az the linen eoun-
ter. He scratched ii on as you passed
the other morning managed 10 get H.,
and now he's scared stiff for fear you'll
see il" was the reply.
Scared stiff, is me-" said Mr. Stewart.
with a twinkle in his eye. Just send him
10 me, will you?"
A LITTLE later a slim youth entered Mr..
Stewards private Office and said he UNI
derstood he had been sent for. Yes,
said Mr.. Stewart. EFavely, and. holding
Up the sketch. asked: Did you do this2''
The lad grew pale and stammered:
IL beg your pardon, sir-it was only a
bit Of fun"
That's all very well. but you'll have TO
give up your Job here"
The youth humbly protested. when Mr..
Stewart burst out laughing and said
your sketch is excellent and. as Il
would be a sin to keep a man OF your
artistic talent behind a linen counter,
propose TO supply you with the means tc
study art"
Thus John Rogers. the sculptor. be
gan his artistic career.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-02
COL. MoSBY THE HERO.
Famous Confederate Leader 90 Be
Given Reception in New Haven.

From the New Haven Joarnal-COsrler
Connecticufs reception 10 Col. John
s Mosby. the famous Confederate cav
airy leader, bids fair 10 be one OF the
most memorable events in the remark
able career of this most distinguished
of living Confederate leaders. Some OF
the most prominent citizens in the
State are making active preparations
to receive him with great cordially and
are making every effort 10 impress him
with a sense OF Northern hospitality.
Among those are many prominent vet
eran soldiers OF the Union army. a
number Of whom were pitted against
Mosby IN the days OF the civil war
in actual battle One OF these is Capt.
W. b. Cary, of Windsor, who. Mosby
says, came nearer capturing him in
August, 1863, than any other during the
four years OF the war. Gen. Stuart,
the leader of the Confederate cavalry
at the time. was with Mosby when
Capt Cary and another officer OF the
Fifth New York Cavalry came upon
them IN the early morning. They cap
tured Stuarts hat and coat and also
dispatches from Lee TO Stonewall Jack
son. which had been given 10 Mosby
and which he lost I'm his hasty exit
/ from a house where he and Stuart had
| been sleeping awaiting tho arrival OF
| some OF Stuarts men. Capt Cary has
/ never met Col. Mosby. and the fifteen
or twenty feet which separated him
and his reVOlvers splitting IRE and No,
a bullets from Mosby that early morn
/ ing when his prize would have been
worth millions Of dollars 10 the Union
army is the nearest he has ever APP
preached him. lie is looking forward
with great pleasure TO meeting him in
| Hartford. and 1t will be a sight worth
seeing when these TWO men grasp
hands Among the distinguished men
! who will receive Col. Mosby IN COnnec-
ticut are Gen. +. S. Greedy, Dean
Henry Wade Rogers, Col ~ G. Osborn,
and Mr. Adolph Mendel. OF New Haven
| United States Senator Morgan G.. Buke-
ley. of Hartford: Mr. Frank Miller. pres
ident of the Army and Navy Club, OF
Connecticut, and president OF the City
Bank. Bridgeport ex-MayOr John F. FL
ton. Of Waterbury; Mr.. Charles Cheney
South Manchester: Mr. Archer j. Smith,
Mr.. Henry /. Wade, and Mr.. A. r. Kim
ball. OF Waterbury. DR.. G. L. Porter
Of Bridgeport, who is one OF Connect
cuts most distinguished veteran soldiers
Capt Lawrence O'Brien. OF the Admiral
Fo0te Post. New Haven. and Mr.. VIII
liam TysOe. senior vice commander. State
department. q. A. r.
IN New Haven, Col. Mosby will also
be greeted Monday evening, December 5
the night before his reception and lee
ture in the Grand Opera House, by the
$50 Southern students in Yale, who vii
tender him a reception at the University
Club.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-02
English women Athletes.

From tie Detroit FTse Pres.
England long has boosted OF It's ath-
lctic men, even among the rich. Now,
these men are content 20 look on and let
others do the work. Al a football game
you will see perhaps 50ooo men who are
watching two dozen indulge in the SIREN
uous exercise. Where men tramped the
fields in quest Of game they have blinds
built and the game IS driven past them
There are not so many oarEmen. and the
number OF boxers and wrestlers is much
smaller in proportion. In fact. men are
patronizing the sports with their money
and not taking an active part.
Exercise among women is becoming
more general. and they have benefited
wonderfully through It. Some have ar
gued that II tends 20 make their hands
and feet larger. but measurements dis
prove this II strengthens the muscles.
but that Is all. and is more than cOmpen-
stated by the health and color that comes
with the eXertiOn.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-02
The Sargasso Sea.

The iconOclasts and vandals have been
ar work again. and with Grass material
ism are chuckling over the success Of
their destruction. II was Norway which
sent out an expedition from its depart
nent of fisheries to explore the Sargasso
Sea. and the expedition. after a vain
search. returns TO Norway to inform as
that there is no such place. It also con-
veys the information that the Sargasso
Sea was supposed TO lie somewhere in
the North Atlantic
We have not read the report OF the
expedition; we know no one who accom-
panied IT, II is said that they were
scientists who looked for it, and that
the report Of their failure is a scientific
report. That is the reason they failed!
We know that the Sargasso Sea is
there. though it may not be in the North
Atlantic As reported by mariners, 1t
consists of a gigantic mass of seaweed.
the floating algae swept from mysterious
sources by the warm Gulf Stream, and
only few have actually seen it. But ii
is there-it exists just as surely as that
ghostly schooner, "The Flying Dutch
man. is still trying vainly, with its
centenarian speeter crew, TO beat against
head winds around Cape Horn Il Is there
as surely as in the depths of the sea
the sea serpent has his home. though
scientists have searched for him in vain,
and only the eyes of the elect have beheld
him. II is there as surely as on the
coral reefs Of the South Seas the Poly
neslans have sight at times, OF mer-
maids. veritable sprites Of the lagoons.
who with their eerie songs. lure suscep-
tlble seamen 20 the rocks
We do not know in what latitude OF
longitude the Sargasso Sea may be found
but We know that it lies under the
tropics. whether of Cancer or Capricorn
even the scientists cannot tell us: bat
there it lies mystic. impenetrable. UNI
charted. Il IS the home of the sailor
fancy; the port of missing ships; the
haven known in all its fullness only Il
that sweet little oherub that sits III
aloft and looks out for the soul of pool
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-02
Sentimentalism and Crime.

The action OF the Wyoming jury that
refused TO convict of murder woman
who had killed her husband while he
was asleep. on the ground that they
could not bear to have a woman hanged
Is not unprecedented by any means. But
70 say the least It was very masculine
The statement OF the foreman 20 the
court proves this. lie said: I'VE could
not bear 10 think of sending a sobbing.
shrieking woman to the gallows.'
The average American no doubt feels
the same repugnanee 10 innlcting physical
punishment on the opposite sex, and this
almost instructive sentiment must be
overridden with sound logic and reason
ing before the extreme penalty can be
applied to the woman criminal.
The wyoming woman. according 20 the
evidence. committed eold-blooded muir
der. And yet. because in that state there
was no alternative between conviction
for murder in the first degree the pen
atty for which is death, and acquittal-
she is now at liberty. free TO annex her
SELF TO another husband and to shoot
him or any Ore else when the whim
seizes her. Manifestly. it would be far
better TO eliminate the death penalty for
women altogether and prescribe some
other form of punishment which an aver
| age masculine jury might be willing 20
impose.
wyoming is state distinguished for
its ehlvalry and courtesy 10 women. II
was the first state 20 grant them equal
political rights. and it allows divorce for
years desertion or failure TO provide
II would appear from the case in point
that il grants them more than equal
rights if the woman possess the proper
degree of emotionalism Would the
question OF punishment of a woman pris-
oner who bore herself stoically or with
indifference have so affected jury as
to render a just verdict impossible?
1t is such verdicts as that of tht
wyoming jury that cause the laymaT
to agree with the lawyers. that there arr
many defects in our present system Of
trial by jury. Sentlmentalism has al
WAYS been allowed to play too great Z
part. especially In murder trials, and III,
effort Of counsel for defense Is too Otter
directed TO calling attention 10 the SUI
ferings of the accused, rather than re
calling the danger 10 our social institu
tons in allowing crime TO so UNPUBLISHED
Duez. Of Paris, has confessed TO a tibet
OF s.. 100000. That ought 10 make on
most accomplished grafters feel ashame
OF themselves.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-02

The first saving bank appears to have
been of German origin, and was opened
al brunswick in 17C5. A short time after
ward similar banks were opened IN other
cities of Germany and Switzerland. These
banks were introduced TO the notice o.
the English public by Jeremy Bentham,
who. in 1897. proposed well-deylsed sys-
TEN of frugal banks to constitute a
branch Of the pauper system of the gov
eminent
The FIRST English saviT gs bank OF the
modern type was organized by the Rev.
Henry Duncan, of Ruthwell, Scotland in
1910
shortly after the successful Inaugural
ton of savings banks in Great Britain
upon a popular and practical plan these
institutions began TO attract attention in
the United States. The first organization
OF which there is record was effected in
the city of New York on November q.
1915 Int the first Of such barks To go into
actual operation was IN Philadelphia,
which as a purely voluntary association,
hegan 10 receive deposits on December 2
1915 During the summer OF this year the
times had been hard, business was dull
and as many people were turned out OF
employment much suffering occurred
among the poorer classes Of the COM
munity.
Meetings for relief were held and con-
siderable money subscribed, but in order
to render the public benevolence system
attic il was determined to form so
ciety for the purpose Of ameliOrating
the conditions OF the poor and for re-
moving or preventing the causes which
produce mendcancy." DR.. Mease pro
posed a saving bank under corporate
authority.
The first savings bank in the United
States TO become Incorporated was IN
Boston, on December Is, 1915, which or
ganized and began business IN the spring
of 1915. Thus the United States antici
pated Great Britain in giving TO this in
terest the sanction and protection Of law
The savings bank of Salem, Mass. was
next incorporated, in January, 1873, ant
commenced business in April following
The Savings Bank OF Baltimore opened a
a voluntary association for receiving de
posits on March l6. 1918. and was duly
| Incorporated in December OF that gear
BY 1870 ten savings banks had beer
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-02
Alaska Coal Lands.

one Of the important questions that
should come before the session OF Con-
gress this winter is that OF opening up the
rich coal deposits of Alaska, now, through
legal entanglements and rivalry of self
ish interests, tied up and useless. though
the need of them in the proper devel-
opment OF the country is growing greater
every day. 1t is not TOO much to say
that the entire prosperity of Alaska de-
ponds on securing cheap fuel, and it IS
a strange anomaly that the people Of
the territory should be suffering from
such a cause when some of the richest
deposits in the world are there. waiting
only 10 be developed. The railroads. the
copper and iron mines. together with
many other industries. are only waiting
the advent of cheap coal to spring into
being. The known area OF coal land in
Alaska covers .23s square miles, and
there are many who believe that one
tenth of the entire area Of the terri
tory is coal-beartng land.
The Federal government should not be
less interested than private enterprises. for
the semi bitumiEOus coal Of certain ac-
cessible regions in Alaska is the grade of
coal required by the United States navy.
II is not as many suppose because of
the entanglements over the conservation
policy OF the United States. those en-
tanglements that led 10 the Balllnger-
Pinchot controversy. that the coal lands
OF Alaska are held. as it were. in escrow.
The laws covering the coal lands Of the
United States proper do not hold as re-
CARDS Alaskan coal lands The Hepburn
act of 1894, fixing the minimum value OF
coal land in the United States at $40 an
acre. does not apply 10 Alaska, where
coal lands owned by the government
under the present laws. may not be sold
A special law is required before even
Federal authority can open these Goa
deposits to the people Several bills have
already been introduced in Congress
some Of them very elaborate and more OF
less complicated. and so, in view of al
that has been said and done about these
coal lands, by so much undesirable. But
bin is before the Senate which. in some
eight or ten lines, authorizes the Ieasine
OF the Alaska coal lands for term OF
thirty years, the price for the leases
10 be fixed either by the Chief Executiv,
or by the Secretary OF the Interior Tn,
method os, establishing the price Is ief
10 the proper officials. but the consensu,
OF opinion seems TO be that the lease.
should be left 10 bidding and public com
petition.
Whatever authorization is necessary
for permitting these lands TO be worked
should certainly be provided by the com.
ing Congress Already the matter has