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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-12-29

She understood that it was a real-eState bust
ness that got Seely into the trouble. She
thought that warrant had been sworn out
in the case, and that Seely had been arrested.
She said that it happened about - or Is
years ago.
This information, coming from lady of
the highest character, and who has no motive
whatever to SANDER Seely-tazzyiag as 1t did,
IN q most remarkable manner, with the es-
sential features of the story told by Pond
appeared to be conclusive.
Remember! She knew nothing of Ponds
statement to Lanier and myself. Yet, as to
time place and incident she told the same
story of Seely's rascality.
The husband of Mrs. Porter was the we'll
known DR.. Porter, of patent-medicine cele-
brity. With DR.. Porter worked Mr.. Groves,
who is said to have made his money out of
what he learned from Dr. Porter
Seely worked for Groves, and married his
daughter. And it is the widow Of the init
mate friend of Groves, qoh0 kaaeao his secrets,
that gave such remarkable confederation of
Ponds story, without knowing that she was
doing so!
Hoao cam you account for such q marvellous
coincidence?
Here's what occurred:
Pond came to my house, after having made
the appointment, previously. He introduced
himself to me as the representative OF a
National Advertisers Association-a concern
whose praiseworthy object is said to be the
protection of advertisers from dishonest pub
fishers who claim to have a larger circulation
than they actually possess
1t was no surprise to me to hear that Pond
had been sent to investigate The Georgian.
Everybody who is Judge of such matters
can see at a glance that Seely's paper is
rotten affair. [ already had written evidence
that some of it's advertisements were fakes.
have In my possession written evidence that
it is being run In violation of the postal laws.
Dressed like a gentleman, Pond had the
manners of one. He narrated at length the
details of the "Prize contest" which The Geor-
gl0n had worked; and told me that Seely had
been sued and was to be prosecuted by the
chief victim of the "contest''; and that Judge
Spencer r. Atkinson had been employed.
In speaking of Seely's padded circulation
and of the dishonesty of the E'Prize Contest"
he alluded to the fact that the name of Will
liam Howard Taft appeared on Seely's list,
as paid-up, fve-vear subscriber!
He also said that the manager of the con-
test had admitted that the award of the prize
would not be governed by the number of sub
scribers obtained, but by the amount of
money paid in. He likewise declared that it
was hard to explain why the sister-in-law of
the manager of the Contest was the recipient
of the prize.
Brother Pond described how he had en-
deavored to secure from the lady an affidavit,
containing the admission that the Prize-con-
test ''was gamble" He said that while she
talked freely enough of the frauds of the
Prize-contest, she baked at the word
gamble"
He said that the lady who got the Prize
the house and 1Ot-had in fact benn a11owod
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-12-29

Remember what Seely pretends to be.
Remember that on the surface he is severely
pious and rigidly righteous Remember that
he used to open his shop with prayer.
Remember that he testifes that he has
never committed carnal act. (Oh, what an
icicle for dams templeD Remember that
he assured you that he was in the honest, pa
triotic pursuit of the truth.
Then contemplate the malevolent hoax
which he proudly boasts that he planned and
perpetrated.
What Seely claims to have done, is some
thing that no gentleman would stoop to do
much less a christian gentleman.
In his self-imposed task of clearing the
good name of Hoke Smith, he has exhibited
himself as a man without scruple or prin-
ciple lie enu1ts en- has moral tm'pitude.
lie 0dvertises has shame. lie males an asset
of confessed hypocrisy. lie tyumapets has lack
Of honor.
What? Does he for moment think that
the people of Georgia will lose confidence in
me for hav51ag been deceived, and will glorify
those who planned the deception?
On the contrary, the sober second thought
of all dislnterested citizens will be:
The man a0ho fooled Watson mag be FOOL
ing Us.
A maxim of the law, grounded in the wis
dom of the ages, is-"Fazse IN one thing, false
IN 0W.'
Now, what is the astounding confession of
Slippery Seely?
He says that he wanted to prove to the peo-
pie that / was easily imposed upon and that
to accomplish this noble purpose he set trap
for me- lie says he sent his Mr.. Pond to-
Thomson, prlmed with a faisehood which he,
Seely, had fabricated that Pond told me
the story, and that [ swallowed it, immedi-
ately, and without any effort to secure corro-
bOration.
Suppose this qoe1e h'ue-WHAT THEM?
Would it clear Hoke Smith of those
charges?
Woull it leave Fred Seely in creditable
light?
Would fair-minded people sympathize with
those who acted with deliberate guile, or with
the man whom they lied to and deceived?
I leave that to you, without the slightest
fear or doubt, as to your final verdict
Listen:
1t is literal truth that was disinclined
to continue the controversy with Seely. He
had made himself an object of dersion; and
had practically ruined Hoke Smith; con-
sequently my intention was to proceed to fry
other and fresher fish.
litter the departure Of Pond, I told moy
qcife, Mrs. Lytze, and Mr.. Lanier that o0ouzd
not use Ponds story. This is absolutely So.
1t was what Lanier reported to me later
that caused me to change my mind, and to ask
Seely those questions. And that's all that [
did-just asked him what about it,
Ponds visit was in the forenoon. On the
same day, at dinner, Mr.. Lanier asked Mrs.
f. F. Porter, of Paris, Tenn, what she re-
membered of F. L. Seely. Mr.. Lanier him
self lived in Paris, Tenn, for some time; and
he had been informed while there that when
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-12-29


kS3SIa -blackening his own name?
kSSSSa In his first article, he wasn't OBJ
E1 hged to publish the fact that he was
IN violation of all the rules of journalistic
ethics, printing q confidential letter. Yet he
made the admission. He might just as we'll
have said:
Ladies and Gentlemen! | call on you to
bear witness that / am doing q daSgra1efuZ
thing. Mr.. Watson wrote to me, confded in
me, taking me to be a gentleman [ am CIV
ing you proof that | am unworthy Of trust.
Without provocation or warning, [ am be-
traying his confidential communication,
just as [ intended to do from the first. Not
hnUi71g been near enough to BEGIN noy attack
spoken message 0ver the telephone. [ want
all Of you to know that played the hyp0cr5te
TO Watson, and that [ am ass enough to gloat
over it. / an not under 07ay necessity to tell
y0u this, tut nevertheless tell y0u."
AS If this was not sufficiently inexplicable
consider his second editorial which, in its
last line, retracted the charges that he had
previously made!
But in his third, he surpasses himself. He
actually reprints from The JEFFERsoNIAN,
the evidence which, by unavoidable infer
ence, convicts him, not only of an act of the
grossest perfidy, but Of being q payty to Pete
comHattting fezony! Furthermore, he pub
fishes, from The JEFFERsoNIAN the conclusive
evidence that, after pledging himself in writ
ing to make an honest and searching investi-
CATION OF the charges against HOke Smith, he
broke his word, and Topped to Smith lie
has gtren Ills 0arn reuters the proof 81 his
dupzicity; and get, he seems almost sub
timely unconscious Of It,
Can you understand the mental processes
which dictate such line of conduct?
To save my life, cannot. Either in Seelv's
moral or intellectual makeup there is loose
screw; and [ leave it to you to locate it.
Unless I am badly fooled, YOU will come to
the conclusion that no one who is morally
sound, and mentally sane, would act as he has
done
He fails to realize that in demon
strating his ability to devise and practise
a confidence game on me, he has shown that
he possesses eractzy the kind Of mind and
morals that qc0uzd enable him to successfully
operate land sacind1e!
He could not wait for me to prove this:
impatient for you to know it, he voluntarily
and most amply proved it himself.
When a public man poses as a model of
prOpriety, delivers moral lectures to the
young, attends Methodist Conferences and
predches to the preachers, is it nothing
to you that on the other side of his character
he is leprous! For my part [ believe, with
Woodrow Wilson, that venal, hypocritical
politicians deserve to be dashed with
''pitiless publicity" That's the BEST if not
the only way to get rid of them.
| put it to you as a common sense propo-
sitiOn-
Would Hole Smith have remained silent
and inactive, for nearly four months, under
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PAGE -FOUR

.SN'T it a most peculiar thing that
Seely should be SO obtuse as not to
know when he is damaging his own
case blackening his own name?
In his first article, he wasn't OBJ
hged to publish the fact that he was,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-24

the Church Hin Auxiliary Of the Re
treat for the Sick. the following beat
| tiful costumes will be worn: May
! Queen, White tar1atan covered With tin
sci; Rainbow, costume embracing the
seven coiors of the rainbow attended
| by her seven coiors each wearing a
color of the rainbow; spring and her
months, green tafiatan trimmed in
green leaves, Summer and her months.
white tarlatan and flowers. autumn and
her months, yellow tHrlatan and auA
tuinn leaves, winter and her months.
white with cotton batting; night. black
with silver stars; morning. white with
gold stars; herald. pick tarlatan. scep-
tire Bearer. Slue; crovsffer ana crown
bearer. pure white; maids or honor.
representing flowers, pansy. purple and
yellow, with pansies.. violet purple
trimmed with violets: buttercup, yell
low with butter cups: rose. pink with
roses: lilv white with lilies. daisy,
white with daisies; queen of flora. and
her flowers. white with pale blue
sashes. queen of zephrys, and attend
ants. white, with silver tinsef Wings
and silver stars; queen of fairies, white
gold tinsel wings and stars. May pole
dance by twenty six girls in nile green
ana iigfft pink, singing Aey-ea14eei4
song: rainbow drill by four seasons
/ and Twelve months GEfsIl4++ .-&sTADJfA
! colors: ending with nag drill by "a
children
Each Church Hill graduate OF the
Richmond High School is urged to at
tend the meeting at the John Maj shall
High School this evening at SIS
O'Clock and affiliate themselves with
the Alumni Association now forming.
Plans for the observance of Alumni
night during Commencement Week
viii be discussed.
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Society

or interest throughout Virginia is
the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Winter
Jones. daughter of for. and Mrs,
Thomas Marshall Jones. OF Alexan-
dria, TO Mr.. Richard Henry Garter
beverley, which takes place in Alex
andria Wednesday evening at hair
after seven O'Clock at the home of the
brides parents, 4ls Prince street. The
ceremony viii he performed by Rev,
Father CASTOR w Payne, of Clifton
Forge, Va, an uncle OF the bride,
Palms and lighted tapers will form an
altar, while cut flowers VIII be used
about the rooms. A strtnged orches-
ira will render the Wedding marches.
and will play softly during the ctrs-
mony and reception.
Miss Anne Lewis Jones will he her
sisters maid OF honor. She VIII wear
an exquisite frock OF white rauiem,
and viii carry sheaf of La FRANCE
roses. The bride. who will enter with
her father, will be beautifully go~nef
In white meteor crepe, Her flowers
viii be shower of lilies Of the valley.
Mr.. Edmund r. Hunter. of Alexan-
drla. will be the groom's best man,
only a few intimate friends VIII
ceremony itst -tsssa-Ts.sssap~
ton at o'clock Will he attended by
several hundred guests. Both the
bride and groom are members OF Ok!
Virginia families, and a large number
OF friends and relatives Will go 10
Alexandria for the wedding recep-
ton.
rne out-of-town guests include Mr..
and Mrs. c. G.. Stereser. Miss Msle.
Mir. and Mrs. r. $. Payne, Miss
RHtbaFfoord. Miss Amber, all from
Baltimore, and Mr.. WI ham Beverley
and the Misses Beverley from Eau
Quier county, Va.
Miss Lisa Lean Anderson entertain
ed at tin shower at her home in
Alexandria for Miss Jones and Mr..
Beverley on Friday evening. Her
guests included: Or. Edgar Lyons
Woods, u, S. N, and Mrs. Woods, OF
Annapolis: Miss Elizabeth Kilgour, of
Roland Park. Baltimore: Miss Mary
Graves, of Chapel Hiil. n. c.; Miss
Fife Young, of Washington. Mrs.
vile. Va. Miss Mary Janney Hoofr.
of Seminary Hill; Miss Mildred Foster,
Miss Elizabeth Dulaney Herbert. Miss
Anne Lewis Jones. Miss Hattie
Douglas, Miss Clarence Snowden, Miss
Alice Anderton. Miss Sibyl Smoot, Miss
Mary Glenn Uhler. Miss Beali Dam
gerfeld. Miss Lila Barrett. Mrs.
Marshall Jones, DIR. and Mrs. Thomas
Il. Cochran, John Graves and Frank
Gwathmey. of Washington; Richard
Mieeu, of Seminary Hill; Jack Steph-
enson, George Washington Lewis. Ed
ward 8. Fawcett, Wallace Lindsey, Ed
mund Hunter, Taylor Burke. Julian
Burke, Philip Dawson, Frank DAM
gerfeld, Maxley Lowe, James Douglas,
Jack Barrett, William Brooks. Lewis
Machen and Arthur Herbert.
Return on Monday.
Mrs. w. s. Copeland and little daugh-
ter, who have been spending the win
ter with the formers parents here.
while Mr. Copeland was doing edi-
tortai work on The Virginian. will
leave next Monday fer their henfe I'm
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News items may be left at Nell
sens Furniture Store, or phoned
TO Madison 45a9.

The young son OF Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Fl. Aston, on Fulton street, was taken
to the Retreat for the Sick Saturday
10 be operated on for appendicitis.
The funeral of Mr.. Smith. who died
Friday morning, took place Saturday
afternoon at O'Clock from the resi-
dence OF his daughter, Ms. Stanecker,
2l2 Nicholson street. Burial in Oak
wood Cemetery
Mr.. Joseph Wood has returned to
his work In Norfolk, after spending
several days with his family on Les
ter street.
Mr.. Robert BEDFORD continues quite
Ill at his HON in Farransville.
MIR. l.. Webster, one Of the most
PROMINENT business men of Fulton.
has purchased a handsome automo-
bile
Mr. George Turner. formerly of
Richmond, but now OF Orange. is vis-
ting his parents. Mr., and Mrs. Joe
Turner. of Lower Henrico.
Capitol City Lodge. /. 0. o. F..
meets tonight in Nelson's Hall.
The Builders League of Denny
Street If. Il, church Will meet at Mrs.
Wesley Taylor's, on Nicholson street,
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mrs. Joseph Wood, who has been
sick for some time, is out again.
Capitol City Lodge. /. O. o. F.,
met in Nelson's Hall Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock and marched in a
body to the Fulton Baptist church.
where Rev. II. +. Jones preached
their anniversary sermon His text
,9taa tiae-trrt4t,e s5tttffartt n
Mr.. John Whitlow, who has been
sick for several days In his home on
Ohio street. is improving.
Little Mattaponi Tribe, Daughters
Of Pocahontas, meets tonight in Nell
sens Hall.
Mrs, Carroll and tive children, of
Jacksonville. Fla, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Layinka. below Fulton.
Miss Lula Wilcox is spending sew
eral days In Roanoke.
Miss Carrie Condrey, who was
thrown and dragged some distance by
the car, is slightly improved
Mrs. George Klein and two chill
dren left yesterday for Roanoke
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-24
Roxbury

Especial to The Richmond Virgintansls
ROXBURY. VA, May 24.--Mr.a
John II. Bowrey has sold his large
place near Roxbury TO Mr.. Lawrenc0s
Casselman. of Richmond, Va.
Mr.. Bowrey has bought a place nfs
Highland Springs and VIII move hins
family to that place this week. sss1
Mr., T, kenney Post, a prominents
young business man of this place. who
has been very sick at his home, Ma
gruder, Va, is improving steadily. e
Mrs. William Major. of Richmnnd.S
is spending the summer with her par
ents. MIR. and Mrs. Charles S. NancdSs
Messrs. Emmett Bradley and @. Ev~z
erett Nance have returned to thAi1e
homes from Richmond. where they
have been attending the Medical C0I~s
lege of Virginia during the past sasAa
sion.
Mrs. Hattie Dandrfdge, OF Heb.
mond. spent last week with her sister,
Mrs. j. w. Parkinson. #
Miss Sallie Marston returned tr
Roxbury Friday after visit to hA1B
sister. Mrs. NJ. Nj. Stoddard. RieiE
mond. Va. T5s5
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" esthampton

After spending the winter and oAx
" spring in their city residence. HIN
Grove avenue. Mr.. and Mrs. w. x*
Grant and family have moved to tha1l4
country home, "Grantland." I'D
Mrs. Williamson, of Southn4dG
Richmond, has been the guest OF Mt8#
Emily Browning for some days p61
MIR, aud Mrs ftEuDUu Mgrauftn- N NJ
pect to move into their new hoxlz
very shortly S
Mrs. Frank Powers entertained r.
her home, "Darlea.' last week hx
sister. Mrs. James Brown Potter. IN
New York.
After spending u week In the hoH
of Mrs, K, Gu Meredith. Miss Stap1S
has returned to her home In Eos
cobel. Gin
Miss Gladys Bartlett spent lar4
week with relatives in Richmond. ~.
Miss irene Walton, of AslIAnz
street, Richmond. spent few dny&|
recently in the home of her coua1X
Miss Elsie Walton. near her. IA
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May Day Exercises.


The May Queen and May Pole Dance,
10 he given at lakewood. Wednesday
afternoon at 4:4b and Thursday even
ing at $50 p NJ, for the Church Hlll
Auxiliary and Retreat for the SICK,
promises to DO a beautiful -aHar.
Bright costumes and pretty Children
win be seen to best advantage IN the
dance, while there will be a rainbow
dance, flag drill. etc. This AFFAIR Is
given to raise money with which to
care for needy cases of typhoid tever
during the summer months.
c. NJ. l.. 5. Meeting.
The Confederate Memorial Literary
Society will meet for its annual cleo
ton of officers on Wednesday morn
tYlg at q check at eLGnnfederate
Museum A full attendance is de-
sired.
Personals.
Mrs Aiken and Miss Aiken. of
Philadelphia. are the guests OF Mrs.
Bland S. Smith at sol East Grace
street.
Mrs Robert Pegram. Mrs. John
Coke, Mrs. Thomas Il. McAdams and
Mrs. Stuart Bowe have taken the
Christian cottage at Virginia Beach
for June and July.
Mrs. T. D. Rawson, of stanton.
Va. is the guest of friends here.
e.
Mrs. william II. White, who has
been much entertained during her
visit la Norfolk as the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Charles Slaughter. return
ed to Richmond on Saturday.
Miss Bruce Parker has returned to
4. G,tf aft iuff ~
friends here.
Miss Louise Davidson, of Baltimore.
is the guest of friends in this city.
Mrs. Edward May, Of Norfolk. is
the guest of Mrs. f. L. Bemiss for
several weeks.
Mrs. George Bon Johnston and fam
lily will spend a part OF the summer
at Rockbridge Baths.
Mrs. Malvern c. Patterson has as
her guest Miss George Biankenship,
who has just returned from Balti-
more.
Miss Ellen Glasgow and Mrs. Nc
cormick Will return to Virginia some
time In June. when Miss Glasgow will
go to the Warm Springs. Just now
they are camping near Constantine
pie, Turkey.
Miss Lucille Massey Is the guest OF
friends at Ganston Hall. Washington,
for commencement.
Mrs. w. C.. Crockett will 60 to Phil
adelphIa this week to stay for some
Time.
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VIRGINIA
WEDDINGS
Rogers Ferguson.

LEESBUKG. VA. May 24.-Mr. and
Mrs. John Scott Ferguson, OF Pitts
burg, Pa, and Belmont. Va, have is
sued invitations to the marriage or
their daughter. Anna Louise Ferguson,
to William Thomas Gtagett Rogers. OF
Leesburg, son of the late Alexander
Rogers, and of prominent Virginia
family The wedding will take place
Tuesday evening. near Leeshurg.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-24

where they win attend the State
Council Daughters Of Liberty. cou-a
vention. ySs
The funeral Of Mr. Silvanus Gre~a
sham, who died May 20, took piac0
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock fronRa
y. {. Nelson's undertaking establish-3
ment. The Rev, Mr.. Hudson. of Pine
Street Baptist church. ofIieiated. Blu
rial was In lakewood Cemetery. 81
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-24
Standardization,

DANVILLE. VA, May 24.--Tele-
grams have been received here an
nouneing the wedding in the Savoy
hotel. in Denver. of Miss Helen Tay-
lor, of that city. to Samuel Addison
SchoolIield, or Danvttte. The bride is
the daughter OF J. r. Taylor. and the
groom, who Is a son OF the late Rev.
James f. Schoolfield. has been visit
ing in the West for several months.
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northumberland.

FREDERICKSBURG. VA. May "a,
Mrs. f. Asbury Pinckard, Of North
umberland county, announces the en-
gagement of her daughter. Miss Eliza
beth Genevieve Pinckard, to Philip
Mercar Gresham. of Lancaster Court
house. the wedding to take place We'd
nesday, June %.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-24

Freeman Fl. Jones. Of Erhporia, and
Miss Sallie Hessie Woodruff. OF
,ireonesyille county were united IN
matrimony in the presence Of ii large
gathering. after the services at In
dependence Methodist church Sunday
evening by Rev. j. w. Hickman. The
bride is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Sidney Woodruff. of the county.
The young couple VIII reside In En-
pGrIa
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-24

The FEATURE of this great Exhibition Piano Sale
lies in the fact that every instrument positively the high
grade in its class-made especially to on exhibition
and for critical examination by expert manufacturers
dealers and musicians from all parts of the United States
these Pianos have received extraordinary attention during
each and every process of manufacture and therefore
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-24

LYNCHBURG, VA. May 24.--News
has been received here of the recent
marriage OF Miss -Hortense Mount
castle, daughter of Mrs. nj. Il. Mount
castle, OF Amherst county, to Mr..
Ralph Marquett. the ceremony being
performed In New York city.
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Pua,--Pittnan.

Miss Kate W. Pittman, Of Richmond.
and MIR. Gus X. Pugh. or Carolina
r-ot,t,+v,-svese-- married i'll Washington,
on Nav 30. They will make their home
at Ezra, Va
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Mrs. William III. Hawkins.

HARRISONBUHG. VA. May "a
Mrs. william III. Hawkins, 70 years
old. died suddenly near North River
depot, Rockingham county. She
leaves her son, Charles Hawkins, at
home and brother, Wesley Hawkins,
at Rockland Mills. She was Miss
Eliza I.eavel and belonged to the
Methodist church,