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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-17

the needs of the we'll If you can send
any sunshine into the life of this poor
way by which he may be able to earn
sufficient to keep him out of the poor
house, I shall be indeed grateful"
Another Case i'm Georgia.
Dear Mr.. Watson:-I believe you
are the poor mans friend. I want
to state our condition to you, and see
if your readers will kindly lend
helping hand to us. My husband has
rheumatism, and has been helpless
three years. We have two children,
and live in rented house. I take in
all the washing I am able to do. I
have to take the children with me,
for if | should leave them in the
house, and they were to fall in the
fire, their papa couldn't pull them
out. The town (Cornelia) give us
$500 per month, and the county
gives $4,000, but everything is SO
high we don't have much to get medi-
cine, after all I can do. My husbands
sister lives with us, and her health is
very poor, and it is so hard for us to
wash all day and be up nearly every
hour through the night. I hope all
prayer.-Mrs. John S. Sosbee.''
Cornelia, Ga.
It would be interesting to know
exactly how much the various church
organizations in Cornelia contributed
to the cause of missions in foreign
lands during the last twelve months.
The Practical Side.
It's no good complaining of things
that are wrong, unless you have some
plan to set them right. Let us con-
slider Uncle Charles League and
Airing Tootle's suggestion of chill
dren's club. Both are practical.
Both will give help where help is
corollaries of Mr.. Watson's articles
on Foreign Missions. They follow
his statements of facts, like the @. E.
D. at the end of a problem in Euclid.
We will, therefore, proceed to put
our Jeffersonian Home Missions
movement into definite form.
The Brotherhood.
If a dozen good men or women
will write to the JeffersOnians, say
ing that they will help to organize
"The Sunny South Brotherhood" the
thing is done. We will write to I'm
Gle Charlie to send us that list of all
who need help in the South. We will
call on our readers to report to the
Brotherhood all deserving cases. We
will bring pressure to bear on all
church and charitable organizations
to care first for their sick and help
less ones at home. In every town
and village in the South we will try
to find some one to look after this
home mission work. There shall be
no UNCONVENTIONAL differences. We
will work with all who will work
with us-Sisters of Charity, Saliva
ton lassies, Baptists, Methodists,
Episcopalians, Presbyterians-Chari-
tvs cloak is wide enough for us all.
Write at Once.
Don't write long letters. Just say:
II wish to become working mem
Der of the Sunny South Brother
hood; write your name and address
plainly, and mail your letter to the
JefPersonians, Thomson, Ga. Strike
while the irons hot Next week we
will outline our plans.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-17

Liberal commissions on the Wat
son books. Write to The Jeffs,
Thomson, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-10
MYSTERY AROUND
 DEATH OF GROCER
FOUND IN STORE WITH A BULLET HOLE IN HIS HEAD BY WIFE IN NEXT ROOM WHO HEARD NO SHOT

R. A. Smith, a white man, proprietor or a grocery store, was either murdered or committed suicide last night in his store at Avenue Il and Twenty-fourth street. Coroner Brasher said last night that there were some very mysterious circumstances about the death of Mir. Smith.
 Coroner Brasher said T had pr. O. F. Board examine the dead body, and he stated that there is not the slightest sem blance of powder burn on MT. smith head. It is impossible for a man to hold A gun that kills him and not be powder burned by the discharge of the weapon. Another circumstance that makes the case more mysterious is that MT. Smith S wife was not more than 10 feet from MT. Smith in another room when ne Was killed, and she did not hear the report or the gun. I will make an examination or the case next Monday or Tuesday. In the meantime I am inclined to believe that Mir Smith met with foul play"
 MT. Smith was found by his neighbor, MT. Halloway He was shot with a SS caliber Colts revolver. The bullet entered at the right side of h;s head. As far as is known death was instantaneous. Mrs. Smith and her daughter were in the next room. w. E. Logan, 523 South Twenty fourth street, stated last night that ne was in the store and talked to MT smith at 5.ao o'clock last night. The shooting took place about o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-10
STRONG EFFORT FOR
 N|CARAGUAN PEACE Presidents Diaz and Taft Take
 Hand in Affairs MEXICO IS INTERESTED President Diaz Asks President Taft to Modify Instructions as to Nicara-
 Qua, and President Taft
 Gives Information
MEXICO IS INTERESTED

Washington, July 9.-The attitude Of the Mexican government toward the Madriz cause in Nicaragua and the light in which President Taft views Gen. tral American affairs were made plain respondence which recently passed be- tween President Diaz and President Taft on the subject became public. This correspondence took place sev- eral weeks ago, but further than bare tatements about the exchange and it's purport the state department had noth : ing to say about 1t. The letters were printed in Spanish in Mexico City and were translated here today.
 President Diaz wrote to President Taft as the result of circular telegram Madriz sent to Central American gov ernments protesting. against the atti- tude of the United States in Nicaragua. "If these facts are exact in all de- tails" President Diaz said after re- ferring to Madriz's protest, T per init myself, in the most friendly spirit, to recommend most earnestly to your excellency that, inspired once moro
 
 has always marked the government of the United States of America. you would reconsider those instructions of which Nicaragua complains, to the end of permitting the government of Ma driz, within a prudently brief period, to accomplish that pacifcation which
 is offered, since a prolongation of a state of war in that country might per- haps harm all of Central America. If your excellency believes that my good offices may prove useful in any man. ner for the pacification of Nicaragua shall be always disposed to exercise them"
 President Taft, in reply, sent Diaz the text of the report which Secretary Knox had sent to Madriz himself through Con- sul Olivares. This already has been pub- lished In addition MT. Taft spoke of conditions in Nicaragua as deplorable. He said: T esteem your excellency's friendly interest in the relation of the United States with Nicaragua, which is at pres- ent in deplorable condition, and the well being of which, as well as that of the other republics of Central America, the government of the United States and the government of Mexico did so much to promote during the period of the Wash ington convention.
 "As your excellency will have sur missed, the telegram which Dr. Madriz or dered sent to you. as well IS telegrams similar to this sent to a large number of other governments in which the con- tinuation of the struggle in Nicaragua is attributed to the policy of the United States has evidently been transmitted un- der erroneous information with respect to the actual facts and the principles of in- ternational law applicable to the case.
 "As to the statements made in the in formation I communicate the text of a declaration which the Secretary of State has ordered to be delivered to pr. Madriz, through the American consul at Managua, as well as to the Estrada faction, through the consul at Bluefields."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-10
WOULD RAISE FUND
 FOR CAMPS FAMILY

A movement is on foot among the city police department to raise as large a sum of money as possible for the benefit of Mrs. l.. D. Camp, widow of Police man Camp, who was killed several weeks ago while raiding a craps game at Elyton. A special ball game will be played be- tween the police department and the Travellers team for the benefit of Mrs. Camp. Hundreds of tickets are being sold at 50 cents each and a large amount of money will be realized. The entire proceeds of the game go to Mrs. Camp and her two fatherless children.
 Barney Phillips originated the idea of playing the game for the benefit of Camps widow. Some additional ar engagements must be made concerning the game and MT. Phillips wants the man ager of the Travellers team to call him at the police station in order that this may be done. Chief Bodelker issued the following order to the police department last night concerning the matter:
 Police Department, City.
 Gentlemen The following officers will be a finance committee for the ball game to De pldyeu lor tiie Pui Po'o VI ioioih6 funds for Mrs. l.. D. Camp, the widow of our departed comrade, who was killed June 19, 1910, in the discharge of his duty.
 | I hope the entire police department will give their hearty co-operation and help raise a good-sized fund for the widow and two children. I am, yours respectfully
 GEORGE H. BODEKER, Chief of Police. | Committee: John Horan, chairman; J K. Burke, treasurer; B. c. Phillips, sec | retary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-10
HOWE DISCUSSES
 PLANS FOR PLANT

Ben Howe of The Howe Manufacturing company, located in Louisville arrived in Birmingham last night. MT. Howe will consolidate his company with the Stockham Fittings company and will operate the two concerns as the Bir- mingham Valve and Fitting company The company was recently formed, with w. Fl. Stockham of this city as presi- dent.
 MT Howe will be in consultation with the locally interested people today and will arrange definitely about starting to work on the new plant in East Birming- ham within the next few days.
 There can be no doubt about Birming hams future, said Mir. Howe, and we feel like our concern will be success here The consolidation of our plants means a great deal to this district ano the men who are locally behind the pro. ect are sufficient to guarantee its sta bility. We intend to compete actively with all lines selling the same goods that we make and we believe fine results will be realized. The intention of our peo- pie is to operate moderately at the be- ginning, but within one or two years our plant should be giving employment to J00 men"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-10

Seeing is believing the world oyer, said the great Andes to his large audience last night, and I am here to prove to every one before they purchase bottle of Andes Medicine that 1t will cure all dis eases for which 1t is guaranteed.
 The best evidence I can give you that it will cure. I now give an invitation to anyone within the sound of my voice to come to the platform and I will free of charge demonstrate how your hearing can be restored, your stiff joints made supple, and if any of you are paralyzed, Andes Medicine will do you good from the first application. While the band plays for one minute you can come. When the minute is up we allow no more on the platform When the Great Andes made this announcement it looked as if fully 100 were determined to get on the stage in that one minute. However, ten man aged to reach there before the band ceased playing. Some had neuralgia and headache, others with stiff and drawn joints, one woman was paralyzed, another deaf in one ear. MT. Andes said: Now, if there is doubting Thomas in my au- dience will convert you to Andeism be- fore these people leave this rostrum." He proceeded to rub one here while one of his assistants relieved another one. All tine time the vast audience straining every nerve and muscle to see it all.
 But the most remarkable demonstration of the evening was made on Annie Lewis of Avondale, and Mrs. Mamie Carter of East Birmingham.
 The former exhibited a hand that she said had been paralyzed for five years. She here tried to use It, but was un- able. One of the assistants poured on Andes Great OH and rubbed vigorously for few minutes; more oil was poured on and then more rubbing. This was done for fully five minutes, when MT. Andes said: Gan you now use your hand" She said I will see. Then she stood up open and closed her hand ct
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-10
Real Estate Transfers

Deeds of conveyance in the following transactions in real estate in which amounts of s1oOo or more were involved were filed yesterday in the office of the probate court:
 s5o00-Corey Land company to A. F. Leatherwood, lot [. block A. survey of Corey.
 s7750-J. R. Vail to James Weatherly, as trustee, part lot 57, Walker Land com pany survey of Woodlawn.
 s600O-J. E. Davis to J. R. Vail, same.
 $2400-J. w. Dyke to A. Spinks. lots |, and 8, block N, w. J. Vann's survey of Woodlawn.
 s1050-G. Brittan to G. B. Mitchell, lot 12, block 1, survey of Mitchell's addition to North Birmingham.
 $1000-M. A. Wildsmith to M. A. Hines. lots and 10, block 8, survey of property of William Lytle.
 $20O0-H. P. Wilkins to E. H. West, lot IT, block 91 East Lake Land company s survey of East Lake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-10
Woman With Paralyzed Hand Restored to Use Another Deaf for Thirteen Years Able To Hear Again Re
 markable Demonstration Before Enormous Crowd

will. When she left the platform her husband said: Give me half dozen bottles of that medicine. I want 1t in my home. Anything that will do such work as 1t has done for my wife.
 Next demonstration was on Mrs. Car ter. She said: "I can't hear anything out of my right ear and have not for l3 years" Andes Medicine was used on her not exceeding three minutes, when she closed up her good ear. The Great Andes walked 20 feet away and snapp1ng his fingers, said: "Can you hear that?" Mrs. Carter says "I can, and perfectly plain." After these demonstrations the large audience applauded for some time, and 1t was fully five minutes before the Great Andes could proceed with his work He said: T have proven Andes Medicines cure If you want bottle, get your dol lars ready while the band plays one min ute When the minute Is up you can't buy a bottle for $20. Hands went in the air as if by magic, eacn holding a dollar, eager to exchange for a bottle of Andes Medicines. In fact, when these minute sales are started 1t looks as if volcano had struck the treasury department and was belching forth silver dollars, and if a person fails to get a bottle they must wait until the next day and call at the salesrooms, at corner Nineteenth street and Fourth avenue, upstairs, or go to- their nearest drug store in Ensley, North Birmingham, Avondale; East Blrming ham, or in the heart of city. Wherever these free concerts are given the whole neighborhood turn out en masses
 If you can't call and desire to know more about Andes Medicines, call Bell phone Main 55T Andes special messen- ger service delivers goods to every part os the city, and the Doster Northington Drug company supplies all dealers and sends liberal amount of advertisement lo~~ ,1ox- Ior and beautiful cloth banners for the ex- terior of your store.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-10

only the highest peak of Rossettis art, but also one of the greatest heights of the worlds art, for so great is the spiritual
 quality in this picture that one almost hesitates to believe that it is the work of mortal being.
 | After few years of unconventional
 intimacy with Miss Siddal, Rossetti achieving the fame for which he had longed, made her his wife.
 | Although his love for her was of the
 most intense kind the marriage proved
 a sad failure, for Rossetti was not man that could be bound down by the rules of
 home life. He seemed averse to almost everything that was orderly, and lived
 a life that was replete with eccentric and freakish acts, finally sinking into plain neglectfulness of his mate A child was
 born, but soon died, and this blow,
 coupled with unhappiness. increased the
 ravages of the disease that had appeared
 In the wife. Though her very heart was breaking, she bore all circumstances
 bravely and never uttered complaint Not long after the death of the child she
 was found dead, the verdict of the cor
 oners jury being that she died on ac-
 count of accidental poisoning.
 The decease of his beloved one shocked
 Rossetti to his very soul. for he believed
 that it was his negectfulness that caused her to take the fatal dose of laudanum
 All night and day he paced the floor of his room, moaning and crying like
 madman, only stopping now and then to kneel at the body of his wife and beg
 her forgiveness. Crazed by remorse the artist determined to do penance for his
 wrong, and he carried out his determine tion by sacrificing the work Of his life. Only recently he had finished a volume of
 verse containing those poems, including "The Blessed Damosel," which were to make his name immortal. The manu- script was ready to be sent to the pub | fisher, but instead of giving his work to | the world he gave it to the dismal grave. for upon the day of Mrs. Rossettis fun | eral he placed the poems in her coffin. and assigned them to oblivion, as he | thought.
 flight of years, for he imagined that he | heard a voice that continually accused | him of the murder of his wife. The worry and fear caused by this brought | on insomnia. and during the long and sleepless nights his thoughts would wan der back to his wife and poems | Occasionally he would repeat few | lines of them that he remembered and | then weep over their sad fate. At last,
 after the many pleadings of his friends, l he decided that it would do no good for 1 the poems to be lost to the world. and
 gave his consent for an attempt to recov- | CT them.
 Finally, one midnight, seven years after
 the death of his wife, her grave was en-
 tered and the coffin opened. It is strange
 to say, but true, that though she had been l in the ground for so long a period, there
 was yet no great change in the beauty of
 her form. However. time had heen less
 kind to the manuscript which was blurred and almost decayed The poems were deciphered with great difficulty and
 copied. after which the original was de- stroyed
 publisher, and on appearing made the name of Dante Gabriel Rossetti immor-
 tai in the history of English literature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-10
yick.burg sleeper Nou in Service

The VicksburgN New York sleeper line through Birmingham on the Queen and Crescent route was formerly inaugurated last night. The first car passed through here on the limited at 10 o'clock en route to Vicksburg. The first northbound car will pass through this morning on the limited at 6 o'clock. The line is prin- cipally for the large class os Mississippi and Alabama merchants who trade in New York and have in the past been travelling via Memphis and other cities to their eastern destination. It is possible now for these travellers to pass through this city by a direct line. It is given out that this car will be later used ex- clusively for Birmingham people New York bound, and another car placed for the Vicksburg patrons However, the Birmingham people will be accommodated in the Vicksburg sleeper until the line is thoroughly established.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-10
GOVERNOR HARMON
 GREATLY AROUSED
Lynching at Newark Will Be
 Thoroughly Probed
SEVERAL ARE BLAMED
Mayor and Sheriff at Newark May Be Removed From OfIice and Lively Clash Is Now Anticipated
 Over the Affair

Newark, O., July -(Special.)-Gov. Judson Harmon of Ohio is hurrying to Ohio tonight from his summer home in Charlevoix Mich, to take executive com mand of the situation caused by the lynching of Carl N. Etherington of Will lisburg, Ky, last night. He wired the executive office in Columbus at noon to- day, saying that he will reach the capital of Ohio at Il o'clock tomorrow.
 Secretary George S. Long stated to- day that he does not know anything ,of the governors plans beyond the fact that he is coming to Columbus. However, it is understood here that he will remove Sheriff William Linke and Mayor Herbert Atherton for not meeting the situation last night.
 Both these officials say they did their best to prevent the lynching, but people In Newark say the removal by Governor Harmon of these officials and the substi- tuition of martial law will be the best way out of the situation. Governor liar mon wired to Cincinnati today saying that he does not know just what the
  kind will not be- tolerated In Ohio.
 Attorney General Weybrecht says the lynching of Etherington could easily have been avoided and that he will so render his report to the governor in Columbus tomorrow. He says that since the mob worked at the jail for two hours and then succeeded in getting Etherington Is proof that the situation was badly handled by the sheriff and the mayor. The fact that Sheriff Linke did not call upon the New ark members of the National Guard for assistance. .~-he says, is proof in this di- rection. Captain Priest of this company says he was informed by the sheriff that there was no need for the soldiers.
 County Prosecutor P. B. Smythe stated upon his return to Newark today that he will call for a special session of the grand jury and that he will ask Judge Charles W. Seward, known as the dry judge, to hear the cases. It is understood that the names of<several of the men who aided in the lynching are known, inas- much as none of them wore masks. Eth erington's body is being held here await ing the arrival of Hartwell Etherington, his father from their home in Kentucky. It will be taken there for burial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-10
Make Raids on Tigers

Deputy Sheriffs Kennybrook, Blough and Kennedy went to Flat Creek and Palos yesterday to make some blind tiger raids They made three arrests. At Flat Creek they arrested Ed McClenden and Bud Payne, both white men, and at Palos, Tenny Moore, white, was arrested for violation of the prohibition law. All
 .hree men were brought to Birmingham md locked in the county jail. Several casks of beer and large amount of whisky were confscated by the deputies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-10
Mississippi Soldiers Return Today

Four trains of Mississippi soldiers will be in the city this afternoon en route home from a ten days camp at Chicka- mauga National park. The soldiers are from different points in Mississippi, and about S00 The trains will begin to arrive in Birmingham about 4:3o clock and every half hour thereafter until all pass here. They will be oper- ated special over the Queen and Crescent Route The soldiers will be in Birming- ham about 30 minutes, and while here will be served their evening meal by To- cal caterer. Three of the trains will be operated to Meridian. while the other will be delivered to the Southern railway to be carried to Columbus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-10
Town Is Quieting Down

Newark, Ohio, July 9.-With the town quieted from yesterdays frenzy that end- ed in the 1ynching of Carl Etherington, dry" detective, the city authorities to- night are making preparations for the aftermath.
 Mayor Herbert Atherton announced that iI the Anti-Saloon leageu sent another raidng party here he would declare mar tial law and call upon Governor Harmon for troops.
 If Harmon attempts to remove me will fight him to the last ditch," declared Mayor Atherton.
 Judge C. M. Seward of the common pleas court stated tonight that he might call a special grand jury Monday to inves- tigate the lynching.
 The mayor tonight ordered 42 "soft- drink" places closed until after order Is restored.
 It is declared now that three negroes led the lynching party.
 The three negroes have left town, it is said. Others implicated left when 1t be- came known that Governor Harmon Is returning to Ohio to investigate. It de- veloped tonight that last nights mob were after two prisoners instead of one Frank Ame an Italian, charged with assaulting an iron moulder, was the other intended victim While the mob was searching the jail for him he hid under his cot. The lynchers left the second rope for him ly- ing on the floor of his cell.
 Tn beody of Young Etherington will be sent to his old home in Kentucky Sunday morning.