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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23
THE JEFFERSONIAN

great theorist in farming, learning,
teaching, and advisory board to all.
He knew it all. | could not get in
word edgeways. And yet he is a
poor actor, doer, or manager. He
talked enthusiastically about small
means farmers wife who could read
Latin beautifully. And when l ask
ed if she could make good bread, he
gave me a look of establishment
which seemed to scout the idea of a
graduate STOPPING to bread making.
In my humble opinion the most es-
sential things to teach our children
are honesty, industry, truthfulness,
sobriety, and patriotism. l had
rather my children possessed the vir-
tues enumerated above than to have
a collegiate education and the Rocke-
fellow millions without them. Of
course, I am in favor of giving every
one a good, practical education suffi
cient to enable him or her to trans
act business in a business manner,
but when a boy has no means and
commences to get high enough up
on the line of education to be think
ing about making living without
work, he is then drawing near the
danger line. It takes work to grow
crops and clothing to feed and clothe
ninety million people. And it is, oh,
SO seldom you see a college graduate
using the instructive lessons of gee,
whoa, haw, at the business end of a
plow mule, and you just never see
an industrious, illiterate farm-raised
working lad tramping the country
hunting work, engaged in strike,
or drawn up in a bread or soup line.
It's getting SO that you cannot go to
a gathering unless you see some fell
low up advocating plan to open up
a drain to the public pocket What
I advocate is a drafted sight more
work all round and less soliciting on
the part of the non-workers for the
wealth producers to come across.
Yours truly, J. B. HOWARD.
Hawkinsville, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23
1T TAKES ALL SORTS OF FOLKS
TO MAKE A WORLD.

Dear Sir:-Find enclosed news
paper clipping, which I cut from the
Tattna1l Journal. Would like you
to comment on this article through
your weekly. Would like, also,
for you to express your opinion
through same paper about a white
man that would make an expression
like the following:
eff Watson were to run for office,
and Josh Johnson were to oppose him,
I would vote for JOSH" Now, Josh
is a yaller negro, and is now serving
a sentence in the gang for selling Ii
quor. What do you think, Mr.. Wat
son, of a man (White, especially
living in a land of civilization, where
mems veins, like his own, flow with
the purest of Caucasian blood, who
would have the audacity to make
public statement that he would vote
for a trifling, lawless rascal of the
Ethiopian race? Which should be
below the dignity of any white man,
rich or poor, good or bad. [ will not
bother to give his name, for I know
he would feel ashamed for such a
statement to go to the public. And
another reason | will not give his
name is because I know that all I'M
biased minded, true citizens, who
will take the first thought, will not
want to know any more about him.
His saying that he would vote for a
laWless negro before he would vote
for as noted white man as you, Mr..
Watson, is sufficient to convince the
people that his principle is not of the
right kind. | am thankful to say
that the 40th district, e. NJ, of TAFT
nall county, is not composed of such
men. This one being the only one
known in the district to make such a
statement. If there are others, they
surely would be ashamed to acknOwl-
edge it. And were I in this mans
place I would be ashamed to meet
my brother Caucasian with even
such thought in my heart.
r. M. JENKINS.
Route 8, Glennville, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23

chimes passed through our county
from Atlanta en- route to New York.
What chance would a woman have
with a semi-gentle horse meeting
such a train of autos as just de-
scribed?
We frequently see woman driv-
ing alone, her only way of going, and
absolutely necessary for her to go.
Has that woman got to walk or stay
at home, just to crafty the pleas
ures of the rich?
What benefit are those cars going
through our country to the common
people? I mean the taxpayers, the
burden bearers, the people in Frank
lin county who pay 81 road tax per
year, and at times our cross-country
roads are almost impossible. It is
too much for the people to stand.
All this rot that we see in the
newspapers advocating good roads is
bosh.
I agree with Bro. Johnson, of
Alabama.
Why is it that the Congressman
and Senators are so much interested
in good roads now? Why were they
not enthused when the farmers alone
travelled the roads in their buggies
or wagons? At this time the be-
loved travelled on the railroads and
they did not need the country roads
for their own use.
Now they all own autos and they
want good roads, of course, to run
them on, and they want the poor
farmers to keep them up.
We know 'em, and the more we
read The JeffersOnian the more we
learn about EN-. A FARMER.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23
A LETTER FROM A GOOD FRIEND.

Dear Sir:-Will you allow poor,
ignorant, uneducated pillow boy space
in your valuable paper? I live sixty
miles from any city, but have acct
dentally come in possession of two
copies Of the weekly JEFF, Of which I
have some complaint to make in the
wind-up of this letter, but I am glad
to say that I was able to borrow of
one of my neighbors a copy of For
eign Missions Exposed, the second
edition. I have read four chapters,
and am convinced that what you say
is true. I had never looked at it that
way. I don't see how any rational
person could consistently advocate
and support the present system of
doing foreign mission work.
You are sure making the G. G.
Edwards element of people smell
smoke, but some of them would vote
for him if they were to catch him
stealing a sheep, for I have heard
them say so. If all reports are true
it would be no matter of complaint
for them if he was to introduce
bill to disfranchise them. Keep
punching those deserters until you
punch 'em out and put some new
ones in, and make them sweep clean
when they get there.
Yours, JESSE JOHNSTON.
Glennyille, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23

continued to rain the better part Of
the day, but as there. was a good sis
ter Zone of my neighbOrs) to be
baptized, I ventured, and did not re-
greet it afterwards. After baptism,
our little congregation repaired to
the church and we had a good SER
mon, which many seemed to enjoy.
Now the most that interested me
was what took place after preaching.
These good people can cook, and
have more good things to eat than
most anybody else, seems to me;
everything that the most fastidious
appetite could call for was there, and
cooked according to Hoyle.
Owing to the inclement weather
there were very few present, but all
seem to have enjoyed the day hugely.
Now, Bro. Watson, what struck
me with more force than any other
one thing was the primitive style of
everything connected here. We had
no piano, nor organ, to help out the
singing, just straight old singing of
the Old-time songs by the singers of
both sexes. The preacher reading
out two lines at intervals, after
which he and the singers would take
it up and sing, then two more lines,
and so on. After reading your de-
scription of Bethany and it's people,
and being among these good old Bap-
fists, my thoughts went back to the
days of my childhood, when the sun
and the moon seemed to shine
brighter, and the sky a deeper blue.
lowering clouds did not Seem SO low
as they do now. There has been a
change somewhere, but the sky is
just as blue and the clouds just rs
high. The change? in you and !.
Now, if our mode of worship, such
as we have in our towns and cities,
is criterion, then l say that some
of us who worship our Heaenly
Father are two hundred years be-
hind.
God knows the way, do not.
But the good, old-time religion is
good enough for me.
Yours truly, w. S. LANDRUM.
Thomaston, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23
STRENUOUS OBJECTOR
LOCAL TAXATION.

free and compulsory educational
racket has been worked on the peo-
pie of this country in all it's bearings.
The scheming politicians have al
most gone crazy in their agony over
the ignorance of our people. Some
want local taxation for schools. I
object to that on the ground that we
have no right to tax one part of a
community to educate the other
part, or one class or race of sec
ton to educate others. The race in
this life does not hinge so much on
what man knows, as it does on
what he does or accomplishes. I was
talking with a county school COM
missioner not long since, who was a
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23
FREE TO JEFF READERS.

We are advised by The Ferrer Pos
tai Mission, 357 North Clark ST.,
Chicago, Adolphus Mueller, Hon.
Sec, that they have on hand 1000
copies of Ferrer's Modern School,
for free distribution to readers of
The JeffersOnian. A few of Ferrer's
admirers in this country have agreed
to meet the expense of this work,
and no charge whatever will be made
The book is called "The Modern
School,, and the title page says that
it shows ''the stupendous peril of
false teaching in public schools; how
it distorts, corrupts and enslaves the
impressionable child-mind; how it
prepares young people, not for fear
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23
GOOD OLD-TIME SIMPLICITY IN
CHURCH SERVICE.

Dear Mr.. Watson:-I finished
Bethany Saturday night about
o'clock. Sunday I attended an all
day singing at Bethlehem Primitive
Baptist chuch, about eight miles in
the country, being rural letter car
rier in that neighborhood I had more
than one invitation, and, of course,
it was a pleasure to make good. The
day was not an ideal one for the oc-
casion, for the clouds lay low, and it
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PAGE SEVENTEEN

less and heroic lives of independent
activity, but for the living death of
submissive servitude; how it weak
ems and utterly units them to sue
cessfully compete, in the merciless
struggle for existence, against bolder
and freer brains. By Francisco Fer
rer y Guardia, Worshipful Master of
the Freemasons of Barcelona; born
January 10, 1859; murdered by the
Catholic High Priests and Tax-Gath-
ering Tyrants Of Spain, October 10,
1909"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23

THE WHITE NORFOLK TURNIP
IA POUND SENT FREE

The White Norfolk is a most popular and
highly priced variety Turnip. If you have
never tried this variety you should do so
new.
The White Norfolk makes large, round,
white roots; excellent either for table or
stock; is also used quite largely for winter
salad.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1910-09-10
OTTO HESS IS SUCCESSFUL
EeIIvery Of Leading pitcher IN SOUTH
ern League Deceptive to Batters-
Has Fine Control.

Otto Hess Ia the most successful
tw,rler in the Southern league this
season. In fact, there are several rea-
sons for the D1tchman's wonderful
success. reasons known to the ball
nIavers and to the fans and to nearly
every one.
The main reason Of his wonderful
success is his fine control. Otto has
been singing them across the plate
tbis wear with reckless abandon. He
has been walking very few men for q
left.bander and this has had a lot to
do with the majority Of winnings that
he has accumulated.
But there Ia one reason. known only
IN the ball players. to which his big
success can be attributed. Hess, as
every fan who has seen him in action
knows. IL no small man by any means
In fact, he is n sixfooter. and this has
aided him greatly In fooling the bat
ter.
To use the expression of the ball
players, they have been swinging at
his motion" Probably the fans don't
realize what this means Hess' height
ia nm answer to the question. though
a meager one To be explicit. Hess
ia so tall that when he winds up to
deliver the ball. the batters have be-
come accustomed to catching this mo-
,,op and not the ball when II IL do.
| lIyered
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1910-09-10
BRINGS ANT PLAGUE

plant life. but this year, according to
Information from many sources. the
ants have fallen to eating flowers of
various kinds and the tender shoots of
growing vines. They have made
homes in lawns hitherto free from the
nuisance, establishing themselves un-
der stone and cement sidewalks, and
have even carried their invasion to
back porches and into homes. to the
dismay of housewives. Among the
flowers to which ants seem to have
been paying particular attention are
asters, whose succulent petals are at
tractive.
Householders have resorted to nu-
merous expedients to exterminate the
colonies of ants. but in most instances
without much success. Kerosene oil
is sad to have been found effective in
some instances, but the best remedy Is
declared to be any of the several ex-
terminator powders on the market.
Yes, we have had an unusual num-
ber of calls for advice with. regard to
ants this summer" said the manager
Of big seed house; they seem to
have been unusually prolific. and the
reason for 1t is the dry weather. Ants
thrive best and breed best In sand. and
It is seldom that they care to remain
in moist. loamy soil.
Keep the ground as well soaked a.
possible, sprinkle the lawns plentifully
and use some good ant exterminator
with persistence That would be my
advice to those who are troubled with
, the little nuisances. BY filing the
crevices and runways of the bugs with
exterminator they can easily be kept
out o. walls and away from side
walks"
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1910-09-10
RAISE PLUME PRICES
Advance of SO Per Cent. in Cost
of Feathers.
Ornament Becoming More Fashionable
and Last Three Years Have Seen
Greater Demand Both Abroad
and In America.

London. Ostrich plumes,-always an
expensive item of woman's millinery
are generally growing more and more
valuable. During the last three years
the price of these feathers has risen bo
per cent. was the Information impart-
ed by West end merchant. A feather
that a few years ago cost only 500 is
now worth $75
THE ostrich plume t. the most fash
ionable feather this year" he said.
"and very few other varieties are
worn. More ostrich feathers are being
sold than ever before.
I'VE are making one form OF feather
nearly two yards long in some cases,
to be arranged round the crown OF
large hat. Other large plumes are sold
in sets of three The most fashionable
Colors are shaded grays, cbinchilla.
which will be worn on chinchilla
toQues in the winter, and blues. from
royal to navy. But the feathers now
sent over are Of a much better quality
than formerly. There has been a
great Increase in the supply from os-
tricb farms. With the demand for
feathers. ostriches, too, have become
more expensive. and the farmer now
has to pay $4,000 a pair for birds.
AS for the reason of their popular
ity and increased cost, ostrich plumes
have had great vogue this summer
In Paris.
American women, too have helped
to make plumes more expensive. At
the April auction one-half Of the whole
quantity put up for sale was pur-
chased by American buyers to take
over to the United States"
Handpalnted hats are also becoming
something Of fad with the smart
set" They are made In sofe white felt,
with beautiful flowers and foliage.
feathers or any other kinds of orna-
mentation painted on them. Oil colors
are used, and. according to Heath's,
tn, Oxford street hatters, the headgear
is to all intents and purposes inde-
structible
We have one" the manager said,
which is covered with great red dec
orativ7 poppies, and they are painted
SO realistically that they really look
like freshly gathered flowers.
AN ordinary flower trimmed hat can
only be worn short time by the we'll
dressed woman. because the decora-
tions get knocked about or are ruined
by the weather, but the painted hat
will last for the whole season, and
more. with proper care"
The married man who Is wont to
tremble at the tremendous collection
of hat and bonne. boxes which his
wife insists on taking with her when
on q holiday tour regards the painted
hat as a godsend. for It can be folded
UP and packed away like his own
Panama, and. moreover, It is calcu-
lated 10 cut down the millinery bills
by half or more. II the wife's taste
does not lean to flowers or feathers.
she can have lizard, snake or chanti-
cleer designs painted on the felt, or
even goldfish swimming in a shady
pool.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1910-09-10
Prof. Rotch Of Harvard Says u 10
Best Test for Development Of
Mind and Body.

Cambridge. Mass.--Prof Thomas
Morgan Rotch of Harvard University
is working along the lines set by DR.
Maximilian T. e. Grossman to deter
mine the actual development OF a
child's mind and body. not by his or
her years. but rather by different tests
on 4 child's wrists and arms.
Dr.. Rotch believes that there should
he m anatomic standard set for prac
tical use In athletics and In the
schools. DR.. A. W. George has found
the most practical and reliable index
Of development is represented BY the
hand and wrists.
Professor Rotch believes that young
children should be classified by their
anatomic age rather than their chron-
olcgic age.
"You can tell horses age by look
ing st his teeth. but in the child the
truth 10 to be found In the wrist" he
says. The formation Of the many lit
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1910-09-10
Lessons In Athletics.

So profound has been the Impression
by the new type Of athlete brought
forward In the prize fighting game that
the training methods common to pro-
fessional pugilists are now used. In
greater or less degree. by all men who
exercise. Few nations now go In for
physical culture that develops mere
muscle for SHOW" purposes, says the
Denver Republican. The boy who rolls
up his sleeve and shows an awe-in-
splring hummock where his biceps is
knotted Is quite apt to be laughed to
scorn az out OF date. The era OF the
big muscled man has passed. but what
humanity ls losing In its ability to Int
huge weights It Is more than replacing
in suppleness, adroitness aud ability
to withstand general fatigue. These
are life-preservlng things, and II
should not be forgotten. In this day OF
prize ring condemnation. that profes'
slonal pugilism Is to be thanked for
them.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1910-09-10
McAIeer. Bench coacher.

Jim McAleer has given up coaching
from the lines. He no longer dons a
uniform, but directs his team from the
bench. There ia perhaps no doubt
that McAleer can be OF Just as much
benefit to his team on the bench as on
the coaching lines. but the fans have
always taken kindly to the manager
who got out and hustled on the lines.
They have never displayed liking for
the leader out OF uniform. CantiIIon
was on the lines most Of last season,
but gave UP his uniform late In the
campaign and came In for much criti-
cism as 4 result
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1910-09-10
Dry Summer Causes Little In
sects to Thrive.
Especially Active In Attacking Flow
ers, and In Some Localities In
vadinp Homes-Moisture
10 Chief Foe.

Chicago. in the wake OF
the plague of tussock moths. though
not as serious in comparison to the
amount Of destruction wrought but
more Of a nuisance, the plague of ants
has settled upon the city to an extent
that has created widespread In
uuiry for means to get rid OF the
pest.
Experts say that the oversupply OF
ants Is due to the unusually dry wealth
er which has prevailed this summer
their favorite breeding places being
in dry, sandy soil. While practically
every section of the city has suffered
to some extent from the busy little
toilers, localities adjacent to the lake
along the north and south shores have
been most annoyed by the visitation
As rule ants are not considered
as a serious menace to growing things
and they have even been credited with
destroying the parasites which infest
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1910-09-10

had the distinction Of being the best
utility man living but ne wanted to be
IN tho game all the time. and yet
Chance wouldn't put him there.
Chance maintained that Rabbit slagle.
with his ability to negotiate bases on
balls ms we'll as timely hits. would be
the goods for the regular center field
er But after slagle passed and Hof-
man took up the regular work in CEN
ter 1t was evident that he ought to
have been there long before. He hit
harder than Slagle, he made more
runs. he covered much more ground
with his long strides. and his throwing
arm was Infinitely better. In short,
the Cubs had been keeping star bats.
man and magical fielder in utility roles
for years. and never realized that
they were neglecting an element Of
power Queer how baseball works It's
ways. isn't III
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1910-09-10

three times as much money to pitch
two games n week. pitched for
time while looking for n job but made
nothing. Once | pitched winning
game and was paid two pitchers un'
dershirts and glove. The prospect
was not encouraging. The best oner
received from any firm which needed
the services of college graduate In
my line was $50 month. ! began to
regret that had devoted 80 much OF
my time to study and so little to base
ball. Then received good oher
to pitch baseball professionally and
accepted It. Several fellows from the
university team had made good In the
major leagues and they boosted" me.
The result was l Jumped right into
the major league and began to forget
my other profession.
/ never have regretted It, have
made more money In seven years
p,tcbine than I could have In 40 at
my real profession and when my arm
wears out | have my fruit ranch to go
to and a lot of pleasant memories to
recall
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1910-09-10
RATS WREAK RUIN IN CANADA

use Of this poison has proved a fall
ure, for the farmers have not taken
the pains to use It properly.
Traps which will catch the animals
alive will be used and every female
caught will be killed. while the males
will be allowel their liberty. II Is an
established fact that polygamous rod
ents, lacking supply Of mates. vent
their spleen upon their young. either
eating them or killing them in large
numbers. The supply of females dim
inishing. the males attack each other
and the consequent strife proves fatal
TO the race and the object aimed at by
those ridden by the pests is swiftly
accomplished.
Instructions are now being issued
broadcast by the officials Of the de-
partment and It Is hoped that in this
way the invasion will be checked and
within year at the latest the rat will
have disappeared from the province OF
Manitoba.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1910-09-10
FAvoRs RADlUM WATER CURE
Austrian Government VIII Guild sanl.
tar,um at Joachimsthal for
Treatment.

Vienna. Austria.--In consequences Of
successful results obtained from the
radium treatment In Joachimsthai. Bo-
hemia. the government has decided to
build = first-class sanitarium there.
equipped with so baths Of radium
water. The nrst authentic reports
show that Of 200 cases lss were bene-
fited greatly by the cure. while there
was no change In the condition Of
the others.
The chief Improvement noticed was
in rheumatism. Eout. neuralgia and old
exudations cf various kinds. The radi-
um aid not seem TO have any effect on
senile weakness or radical diseases of
the splne and Of the hearing.
Scientists are convinced that the radi-
um cure has great future. especially
because It IL easily applied. both ex.
terrally and internally. with remark
ably constant eject
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1910-09-10
CHILD'S WRIST TELLS AGE

tie bones. that together make up the
wrist, Is the index of the development
Of the child. Whether his years num-
Der four or ten, the number of bones
In his wrist win determine whether he
is in reality 4.year-old or a 10-year-
old in strength of body and mind.
The oaby's wrist shows two tiny
bones in the mass Of cartilages: the
child that is Just finishing childhood
to enter upon the next period has a
wrist "full Of bones" so to speak.