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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-04
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM NEEDS
OVERLAPPING.

Dear Sir:-I desire to see the Ship
of State sailing securely and majesti-
cally on the great political seas
steering clear of any and everything
that would jeopardize our constitu-
tional liberty, or that would in any
way tend to diminish the brightness
of her glory and tarnish the purity
of her character.
1. Our State school system is the
bulwark of our blOOd-bought liber-
ties. Herein lives the hope of our
political freedom, and the perpetual
ton of our precious Christian liberty,
as priceless heritage for our chill
dren and theirs. There are some
things connected with it that should
not be, and some things ought to be
connected that are not. There ought
to be careful investigation made,
and it should be done now, before it
becomes so badly involved as it has
already become in some of our States
Does the State Constitution allow or
prohibit the use of this public school
fund to support schools that are own
ed and controlled by religious de-
nominations?
2. In Atlanta the Sisters Of Chart
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-04

THE PASTOR OF CALICO CHARLIE
is DISTURBED IN HIS MIND
ABOUT THAT TESTIMO-
NAL.

Dear Mr.. Watson Mr.. J. b.
Bond, from Lithonia, Ca, was as
signed place in the Census Office
about two weeks ago. Last Sunday
he went to little church called Mt.
Vernon, and, as a Georgian, was in
troduceu to the pastor, who imme-
diately asked him if he knew Ed
wards, saying that Edwards had writ
ten to him for testimonial concern
ing his "devoutness" while here, and
that he, of course, had to send it; but
is now disturbed over revelations be-
ing made by "Mr. Watson"
The preachers name is wells,
pastor of Mt. Vernon church" If l
had seen him, should have led him
out on the subject; as it is, this is
second-handed-wil not do very
much for evidence, but it may help
you to get on track Of something else.
At any rate, his pastor is thinking,
and even making inquiries concern
ing his quondam lamb.
Very truly, CECIL CLARK.
Washington, D. G.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-04
is WATCHING FOR HUBBARD'S
COMEBACK

Dear Sir:-I think your character
ization of Hubbard "pseudo-philoso-
pher and mental crook") in your
July Magazine, is the most felicitous
thing I have run across in a very
long time. I have been a more or
less constant reader and student of
Hubbard from the beginning, though
] have usually been unable to approve
of his interesting and entertaining
writings, and there is no doubt that
Hubbard has grossly commercialized
his magnificent literary talent. Hub
bard does not seem to have the abili-
ty to think logically or in straight
line closely, and is mere wet clay in
the hands of Watson, but l shall
watch the literature with interest to
see Hubbard's Comeback"
Dothan, Ala. M. S. DAVIE.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-04
PAGE EIGHT
AN INTERESTING ITEM OF O. B.
STEVENS CAMPAIGN FOR r.
r. COMMISSIONER IN 1902.

Dear Sir:-O. B. Stevens, candi-
date for Railroad Commissioner, was
charged in 1905 with being friend
of the guano trusts in an effort to
break the price of cotton. How about
the large waste of guanO tags? Than
Mr.. G. N. Bagwell, there is no more
upright citizen of Winder. Ga. -
State of Georgia, Jackson County.
In person appeared before me G.
N. Bagwell who, being duly sworn,
says on oath that about the year
1902 he was in the employment of
guano manufacturer, which manu-
facturer was at said time selling his
goods through different sections of
Georgia.
Deponent further swears that on
a certain day during said employment
the vice-president and general man
ager of said company wrote out
check for the sum of five hundred
dollars payable to the sales agent in
Georgia for said company at said
time. That at the same time said
vice-president and general manager
had a letter written in which said
check was enclosed directing said
sales agent to turn over the amount
represented in said check to the
president of a guano manufacturer
in Georgia, same being in payment
of the assessment of the company for
which depOnent was at work at said
time for a campaign fund that was
raised at said time for o. B. Stevens,
Commissioner of Agriculture, by GER
tain guano manufacturers then doing
business in Georgia.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this the 8th day of July, 1910.
(Signed) G.. N. BAGWELL.
LEE N. RADFORD, N. P,
Jackson county, Ga.
The above affidavit may be inter-
esting reading to many who marveled
at the enormous sale of guano tags
Winder Ga. x. Y. T.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-04
ANNUAL SESSION OF LEGISLA-
TURE is THE BETTER WAY.

Dear Sir:-I have for a long time
been a subscriber and admirer of
yours. l see through your paper you
answer questions for different ones;
will you please answer the following
for me:
Is it better for the State and the
people for the Legislature to meet
every year or every two years?
If it is better to meet every two
years, should member be reelected
who voted recently against biennial
sessions?
How much does each session cost
the State?
| thank you in advance for your
opinion. Respectfully,
Dudley, Ga. ]. G. DONALDSON.
Answer.
| myself favor annual sessions, and
am opposed to the fifty day limit
The cost of running the Legislature
is about $1,000 per day. T. E. w.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-04
HENRY SWAIN! ARE YOU FOUR
FLUSHING?

Hon. Thos E. Watson, Thomson, Ga.
Dear Uncle Toni read with
much interest the letter of Mr. Henry
H. Swain, and your reply to him in
this weeks issue of The JeffersOnian.
1t may be of interest to you to know
that when Hon. Charles G. Edwards
spoke here that Mr.. Swain introduced
him and praised Mr.. Edwards very
much in his Introduction. From the
best information / can obtain, Mr.
Swain has been an Edwards man all
along and rules that he was a Giles
man only as a bluff. |, also, have
the affidavits as to the telegram Mr..
Edwards claimed to have received
here We certainly have him on this
score. Watch next weeks Forest
Blade Yours truly,
ALVA d. WATSON.
Stillmore, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-04
ORDINARY HORSE SENSE.

Any person with ordinary common
horse sense can use the Oxygenator
with the fullest measure Of success.
Being indestructible and never los
ing it's force, it will be seen at once
that the Oxygenator possesses a quail
ification no other system of treatment
ment can claim and one that entities
it to every ones gratitude-that of
economy.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-04
NOTHING EXCITING IN GUBER-
NATORIAL RACE.

Dear Mr.. Watson:-I want to
know through the columns Of The
Jeffersonian who you prefer for Gov
ernor. I want your expression. Sew
eral of your friends want to know
how you stand
Yours truly,
GEO. w. KENYON
Lumpkin, Ga.
Answer.
Have not yet seen anything to get
excited about in the present guber-
Material campaign. Am pre-occupied
in the pleasures of the chase after
Congressional Deserters and Do
nOthingS. T. E. w.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-04

When a puny, desperate little poll
tician grows as desperate as Tom Bill
1y Hardwick, of the Tenth Congress
sional District, he is likely to let his
common sense be Overshadowed by
his desire for revenge. And Tom
Billy is going to ''assair' Thos. e.
Watson in a speech at Thomson, on
Saturday, August 6. And Thos. e.
Watson will be there, at 9 o'clock.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-04

Thos. E. Watson stands at the
back of The JeffersOnian bonds for
the small investor. Help us to earn
money, and we will share the profits
with you. Write to The Jeffs, Thorn
son, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-04
SOCIALIST ADVISES MIR. WAT
SON TO INVEST TEN CENTS
AND GO TO THINKING.


submitted to the people at the ballot
box now this is a question that would
have to be submitted to the people &
don't you know the Socialist would
be bitterly opposed to a system that
would not allow the privilege to Vote
on any question now we demand
Home fer every family. Mr.. Watson
the Idea of such a thing. (absurd)
now W. plead gully of Destroying
Trust owned shacks e Build in their
placs fine Homes Don't talk about free
love For the Socialist want that stop
ped as free love free love almost pre-
walls e we say 1t will cease under
Socialism now Mr. Watson use a lit
tie common sense, Do you believe
that the people would go to the Bal
lat Box & Vote for free love (women
too) as women could Vote under So
ciolism, Just reason little Mr. Wat
son. get a copy of w. F. Ries reply to
Roosevelt on Socialism cost only 1Oc
Send to w. F. Ries Toledo Ohio, that
will put you too thinking as never
you did. you will think you are
free lover fore you get through
Home Rocker too Socialist
atlanta.
answer.
The above letter has been lying on
my desk for some months. 1t is a
striking illustration of the confusion
of thought which exists in the minds
of most Socialists. Evidently the
writer is quite young man.
I had to laugh when I read the line
in which he advised me to buy that
ten cent book and go to thinking
This young man honestly believes
that our home system and marriage
system couldn't be broken up unless
the people went to the polls and voted
that way
Socialism would destroy the home
by deposing the head of the family,
and requiring the wife and children
to look to the State for their support
Nobody would be allowed to own any
land. Consequently, no one could
have a separate home, owned by him
self. When you deny to citizen the
right to own separate lot or farm,
and take away from him the manage
ment and maintenance of his own
wife and children, what sort of home
would you leave him?
AS to our marriage system, there
is no existing institution upon which
the Socialists make a fiercer fight.
They contend that the marital rela-
ton, as practiced by us, was invented
to conserve private property. mas
much as the genuine Socialists are
opposed to private property, they are
likewise antagonistic to the marriage
relation. Consequently. they are in
favor of that free and easy mating
and unmating of the sexes which is
usually denominated Free Love-" In
the South, where they have been cap
turing the old Populists, they DENY
this part of their creed In Europe
and in the great Northern cities, it
is said that the Socialists are practic-
ing what they preach on that subject.
T. e. w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
S|NGSCH|NESE HYMN
Missionary Stirs Southern
Baptist Convention.
TEMPERANCE is DISCUSSED
Committee on Subject Appointed.
Work in Argentina Described
by Rev. j. L. Hart.
Special Dispatch to the Star.

Special Dispatch TO the Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. May 14.-Features
at today's session Of the Southern Bap-
list convention, held at the Lyric, were:
An impassioned appeal made by Rev j.
r Straton, pastor of the Seventh Bap-
list Church of this city for the evan
gelization of Russia through the Baptist
Church.
The report on papal missions, in which
II was stated that priests are becoming
subservient to the Baptist Church in
countries where the Catholic religion is
predominant.
committee ordered to report on the
temperance question before the conVen-
ton closes.
Singing of hymn i'm Chinese and the
relating of the breaking of Chinese idols.
Rev. Dr. &. +. Myers of London. Eng
land. made a stirring address, and was
given the Chautauqua salute
Committee on Temperance.
At the conclusion of DR. Straton's ad
dress the following committee on temper
ance was appointed:
NJ. B. Adams, Kentucky; W. B. Crump-
ton. Alabama: \. j. Barton Texas; w s.
Tpshaw, Georgia: w. III. Pratt, Missis-
sippi; J. b. Lawrence. Louisiana; r. S.
Barber. Virginia.
There was a long debate on the question
OF saving expenses in collecting and for
warding money from local treasurerS to
the foreign board. Leading in the dis
cussion were Drs. r. +. Hanks of Texas
and T. s. Donoway of Virginia. 1t was
finally voted that steps be taken toward
decreasing the expense.
DR.. T. r. Ray. educational secretary of
the foreign board. said during the course
of an address that there was need of
pastors missionary movement
Then came Rev. j. l.. Hart. the first
missionary from Argentina TO address
Baptist convention.
Today he declared. through the eff
forts of the Baptists. we have religious
liberty and people can be married by
other than a Catholic priest. This state
of affairs is told by Bosom. Swiss Bap-
tist- Those people today are longing.
praying for us to help them, and We
should answer their call
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
Sings Hymn in Chinese.

\ quiet. smooth-faced man, standing
on the platform began singing a hymn
''Hallelujah''-a the words were Chi
nese. Now. everybody, he said. and
the convention swung into the chorus,
this time in English.
The man was John Lewe, missionary
to China. In a powerful, vibrant voice
he told of the work and its needs. He
told of heather temple filed with idols.
They asked me to preach there to
them. 4 won't said I. with these images
there. Tear them down They did. They
took mallet, punched off the head of
the big f1fteen-fcot idol and threw it in a
we'll Then the little idols followed on
top Of the larger one. l entered the
temple and began to sing.
Again Dr. loves tongue rolled the
foreign syllables and this time the
chorus swelled to the roof OF the Lyric.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-21
STILL HOLD s12,5co,coo
OF EARTHQUAKE FUND

ROME, jan 5,--Premier Sonnino
left for Messina today to- Investigate
the reported complaints that bureau.
cratic incompetency is responsible
for the lack of progress in the re-
Mobilization OF Messina and other
town that were laid waste by the
earthquake of December, 1908.
The personal investigation the
Premier will make Is partly due to
the answer made b. the authorities
on Dec. 2s, the anniversary of the
disaster, for I'm approximate death
roll of the victims. WHICH had never
been accurately stated. The authori-
ties replied that between 10000 and
100000, including both sides OF the
straits" had been killed, but they
were unable to "come within many
thousands Of the actual number"
Such official ignorance. after q
years opportunity to investigate
enraged the Premier and ne decided
to visit THE scene himself, He was
also shocked to learn the authorities
are still holding s12500,000 that be
| longed to the victims of the earth
quake, no serious effort having been
made to find the owners OF this
treasure. Thousands are still in dire
want. The Premier proposes to dis
| tribute this money for rellei
purposes, even II certain claims OF
the fund have to be disregarded.
The work of rebuilding the devas
tated section has not even seriously
been begun and the Premier favors
plan whereby the task can be assumed
by the government.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-21

any way parallel to the Van Kirk
case. But our people should remem-
Der that as long as the present meth
DDS prevail, as long as the mentally
deranged are landed in common
cell at the police station, as long as
there Is no matron or nurse at the
police station to care for the women
who may be brought there for any
cause, just so long will the unfor-
tunate Of this city. or those tempo
rarily within the city, be in danger
of being the victims of just such a
nerve racking hysteria breeding,
mind-breaking experience as that
which Miss Van Kirk went through.
Is It common humanity to allow
conditions to exist that make such
result possible. when 1t is within
the power of city officials to remedy
those conditions?
The answer is apparent to every
right-minded man, and woman. I'm
mediate. provision should be made for
a police matron and a proper deten-
iion room for women,
II other cities of the size OF Ho-
nolulu do not carry such an expense,
Is that, any reason why the prosper
Gus people Of this city should fear
to go, forward to do that which is
right, in the name of common hui
manity?
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-21
MATS0N DEFENDS THE
COASTWISE RESTRICTION
CONTINUED From Page u

ably, the trustees listened With min.
gled feelings.
Captain MatsOn, In thanking the
trustees for their words of encourage
ment and good cheer. stated that the
maintenance OF the coastwise lew was
one Of the necessities that accompa-
MED the successful and profitable OPP
GRAFTON Of his ships on the Pacific.
He stated further that the Wilhel-
nina was put into service with a de-
pendence placed by its builders upon
the continuance of the present re,
strictions limiting passenger traffic
between Honolulu and Pacific Coast
ports to vessels flying the flag of The
United States.
Those who listened to Captain Mat
sons remarks were President Morgan,
Secretary Wood, Governor Frear, Fred
Waldron, Captain Peter Johnson
Judge Sanford j, Dole, J.. A. Kennedy
and MarstOn CamDbell.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-21
WHITE GIRLS HELD
FOR CHINESE MURDER
Consorts Of Dead Lodi Celestial Ar.
rested for Completely in Crime.

STOCKTON, Feb. 4.-Alice Bar
ton, 20-year-old girl of Oakland,
and Frankie Adams, 81 years old
and recently from Iowa, were locked
up in jail today for completely in
the murder of Sam Kee, wealthy
Lodi Chinese. All Suey, who has al
ways been considered close friend
OF the deceased, was also jailed. The
quartet were carousing together
Wednesday night and yesterday Sam
KEGS body was found in Villinger's
Grove, with a bullet hole in the head
and over two dozen Ratchet wounds
about the head and face.
The girls had been consorting with
the two Chinese for two days and
the officers are of the opinion that
Suey became jealous Of Kee after
'quarreling with the Adams girl, who
asked Kee to bring her to Stockton
in buggy, and killed him. Just
how the body was removed to the
grove, which Is sd me distance from
the main portion of Lodi, has not
been determined. At first robbery
was supposed to have been the mo-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-21
HER BACK BROKEN;
DECLARES WILL NOT DIE
Says Will Power Is All That Is Nee
essary to Stand Off Death in
Good Many Cases.

TRENTON, N. j., Thursday--'T
won't die, and that is all thc-s is to
It," Thus declared Mrs. Bertha MGR
field, a patient In Mercer Hospital suf-
fering with broken back, when told
by three physicians THAI she could
live but n few hours. Her condition
was such three days ago that the
physicians thought II was better to tell
her TO settle her worldly affairs. The
physicians were amazed when she de-
clared she would not die. and were
even more amazed today when her con.
dition indicated she was out of danger
Mrs. Merfeld who Is prominent
woman, was brought to the Mercer
Hospital two weeks ago. Early last
week she leaped. from n third story
window while dellrious. When brought
to the hospital first she was suffering
from temporary dementla, but the
shock Of jumping such n distance re-
stored her mental balance. An exami-
nation after she was again placed In a
hospital cot revealed no serious injury,
but two days later 1t wal found she
was suffering from broken back. 1t
was then she was told she could not
live.
In spc"''"S { the matter today, Mrs
MerfelC .. "Ididnt want TO die. al.
thu 'gh it I" nd have been easy to just
gle up. ! aalieve that many could re
sist death If they have the viii power
1t Is r"tter discouraging to a person
when told death is near. but firm re
solve'on the patients part to take an
optimistic view will aid nature In re
storing normal conditions For al
least two days Mrs. Merfeld's body
was paralyzed from the hips down, ant
her recovery is looked upon by promi
nent Trenton physicians as bordering
on the miraculous.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-21
OUR new DIPLOMACY IN THE
Orient.

Europe has very evidently walked
up to the fact that American mill
IONS, recently consolidated in New
York under the direction of J. Pier.
pont Morgan, are behind the new
Knox diplomacy. in the Orient and
something must be done to check
alleged American aggression.
According to a Washington corre-
spondent who reviews the situation
in a. recent issue of. the New York
World, Europe might well say that
the hand is the hand OF Knox of
America, but the voice is the voice
of J. Pierpont Morgan of Wall
Street. 1t Is not surprising, there
fore, that Europe is somewhat up
set over the drift of affairs, and Am.
bassador Calhoun may have some
very fine work on his hands when he
arrives In Picking.
The new diplomacy of Secretary
Knox is said to have established a
field of truce for financial interests
Ill w All ollttl tHdt WHY
hostile. The relatively short time
set by the State Department for con-
summation of its plans in the Far
East rendered It impossible for Mr..
Morgan to carry them out success
fully alone. Hence 1t has been de-
cided to lay aside the competitive
war which opposing financial syn
dicates have been waging.
This does not mean that strictly
American competition will cease at
home. but regardless Of 1t, these syn
dicates will unite, and together
storm the most promising foreign
field. AS they are willing, and the
government DESTROYS that they do
go, there is. community Of national
and individual interest in this Amer
lean coup that threatens to displace
European prestige in the Far East.
For some time Englnnd, especially,
has felt that Chinese loans would
only be commercially valuable so
long as the central government was
in power, contingency not at all
assured. But the United States, In
planning to take over, through her
citizens and corporations, whatever
options, concessions or outright ,pur-
chases deemed politically worthy Of
ownership or other similar control
will not be content with mortgages
on certain customs houses or othcl
Chinese revenue channels, .-....,
! On the contrary, they will seek te
obtain concessions of territory, fran
chises for indeterminate periods
with express understanding that II
the event of default both territor!
and franchises will revert to thu
bondholders. That this is not con
trary to the open-door policy ha
been limited by the State Depart
Iment.
China, however. Is glad to have
the United States assume this pol
icy. For years she has strenuousl!
opposed the politics of Europe. Nov
that Japan has shown herself in con
cert with Russia, China has become
not only suspicious, but entirely de
tached from the island empire. Min
lister Chang Yin Tang, the new Chi
nese envoy, Is awaiting a memoria
from Picking which will set forth Il
the State Department his govern
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-21

When man goes to the police
station physically sick or wounded,
they hustle him to the hospital as
fast as possible A woman mentally
upset is hustled to cell to await
the dignified movement of the law.
If that Is not a system barking back
to the dark ages, 1t must be classed
as a modern invention for the pro-
motion of exquisite pain and shat
tered nerves. - ..
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-21
MONDAY

Nothing in heaven is so good that
we might not have it here. The
Earth is the home Of God as truly as
it is the home OF man. Heaven means
a higher condition of mankind. There
is no heaven until We rise out Of
folly, selfshness and sensuality; no
heaven so long as any are willing to
be rich by keeping others poor
Charles G.. Ames.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-21

The joy with which some of the
coastwlse law suspensionists hail or
invent5h ny news adverse to the ship
subsidy law Is significant. They are
doing eheir utmost to help kill off the
American merchant marine and
throw our avenues of communica-
tion into the hands of foreigners.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-21

Favorable report on our prohibit
tion plebiscite resolution doubtless
means that 1t will carry, through
without opposition, unless 1t be from
the prohibitionists. who first pro-
posed prohibition by the under
ground route of secret legislation
while no one was looking.