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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-12-14
A MISSOURI COUSIN WRITES A
SPLENDID LETTER.

Dear Aunt Addy: I'm so glad you
have taken charge Of the P. c. G.
I loved Daddy jim, and was sorry
when he left us. but [ think you are
just as good. I'm glad you are go
ing to have the little folks quit tell
ing what kind Of hair and eyes they
have And I think if they would
stop putting in 81 think Mr.. Watson
a great man, would be a good plan.
Of course, everyone that reads The
Jeff knows Mr. Watson is great and
good man. l don't know whether it
is necessary for @ boy to learn to
cook or not. If he has any sisters
it seems to me they might learn to
do the cooking. while the boys learn
how to raise something to cook; but
if the boy should be an old bachelor
perhaps it would come in quite handy
if he knew how to cook. Christmas
will soon be here, and ] am hoping
so much that Santa Will bring me o
set of furs. 1t is awfully cold up
here. [ rode on q big sled and went
to see my uncle we had a Thanks
giving dinner There was a big snO%
on the ground; SO by Christmas X
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Comment:
FROM A HAPPY LITTLE COTN-
TRY GIRL.

Dear Aunt Addy: viii you let
another little girl join your happy
band Of Cousins? am 4 years old
We live in the country; I enjoy coun-
try life so much. My papa is q farm
er; this is certainly a fine place for
farming. The farmers all have made
fine crops this year, down here. Aunt
Addy, I will tell my opinion about
boys learning to cook. I think all
boys ought to learn how to do house
work. l think it is SO nice for boys
to help their mothers about the
house; and it is certainly an honor to
them. [ dare say there is not a boy
that does not want his sisters help,
sometime to feed the pigs and COWS,
and do whole lot of other things
for them. | have five brothers, and [
know what boys like. [ now want to
tell them what makes beautiful boys;
just put mothers cook apron on and
roll up your sleeves and go to the
dining room; then get you a pan of
dish water and wash the Dishes and
when you get through look at your
hands and see how soft and nice
they look. Boys, that is the way to
have beautiful hands. Aunt Addy, if
you don't drop this in the wasta-bask-
ct, | will come again. With love to
you and the Cousins, ROSA LEE
burgess, Rentz, Ga.
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guess I will go some time after
Christmas. Aunt Addy, write again,
I like to read your letters. Guess
all of you Cousins had a fine time
Thanksgiving. haven't seen as
many letters on our Page as there
used to be. let us all write and keep
our Page filled up. Don't quit be-
cause your letter is not always in
print, for if at first you don't sue
coed, try, try againg. We take The
JEFF and Magazine, and papa reads
them through and through. With
sincere regards, I am, LENA DUKE,
Jesup, Ga.
Comment:
We have so little space for our
letters sometimes, we cannot publish
all we receive, but we will save all
that are written, and publish them
sometime. AUNT ADDY.
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4 GEORGIA COUSIN ANSWERS
QUESTIONS AND ASKS SOME.

Dear Aunt Addy: I have not writ
ten to The JEFF in a long time. / am
13 years of age. I will answer three
Of Pearl Goldman's questions. 1.
Georgia was settled by James Ogle-
thorpe. 2. Georgia was settled at Sa-
vannah, Feb. II, 1888. 5. John Rey-
holds was the first Governor of Ga.
l am not going to school now, but
will start the 4th of this month. I
never have studied Georgia history,
but am going to study it this year.
I studied the history of our country.
I will answer two Of Lille Blan-
chard's riddles. 1 is well. 2 is O.
blackberry. I will close by asking
some history questions. /. When
and where was John Reynolds born?
2. Who was Hart County named
after? 8. When was James Jackson
elected Governor? I will close.
BERTHA NUNNALLY, Baldwin, Ga.
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THIS BOY COUSIN KICKS ON
COOKING

Dear Aunt Addy: Will you admit
another Georgia boy into your happy
band Of Cousins? My father takes
The Jeffs and likes them. How many
Of you Cousins like to pick cotton?
I do. I have two pets, one is a dog,
and the other is an OK; their names
are Wiley and Bulger. 1 go to mill
with my OK every now and then. [
don't like the job of cooking; how
are boys on that line? I wish we
could get together and have a big
time Christmas. How many Of you
like to hunt? I do. I can see the
Waste-basket open the lid, SO I will
stop. Your Cousin, TESHONA POW
ELL, Eliza, Ga.
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PAPER FAILED TO COME AND
COUSIN WAS DISAPPOINTED.

Dear Aunt Addy: AS I haven't
written to The Jeff in long time. I
thought I would write a little letter
to you and the Cousins. | wrote a
letter to you once before, and asked
some questions, and as I did not get
the paper that week, I don't know
whether any of you answered them
or not. Don't think I would have
treated you all so if I had got the
paper. l think The JEFF is a mighty
fine paper; I like to read the P. G.
C. so we'll. And ] also like to read
Watson's Magazine. Say Cousins,
how many of you like to paint? do,
and can paint very we'll. | haven't
been to school any this term yet, but
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HERE'S A COUSIN WHO HAS A
BROTHER WHO CAN COOK.

Dear Aunt Addy: l guess you will
think strange of me writing so often,
though I always did like to write
when SO many others are writing. I
will agree with you Cousins about
boys learning to cook. | believe that
all boys should learn to cook and do
many other things to help their moth
ers and sisters, about the house. Some
boys don't want to do any thing at
all about the house; they think it's
disgrace, but boys, it isn't, it is a
disgrace not to help. l have broth
er that an cook and does cook. When
mamma and myself both leave home
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-12-14
OUR POSTCARD CLUB

know I'll need furs. What do you
want Santa to bring you? I guess
you do not need furs away down in
the South. Do you? 1 hope Santa
will bring you what you want. Good
bye, IMOGENE BOYLE, Centralia,
Mo.
Comment:
am truly glad Imogene has given
me the sort of letter | have wanted.
She has evidently been reading and
thinking.
In this part Of the South We have
some very cold days, and Santa
Claus has many demands for furs
here too. AUNT ADDY.
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enjoying your letters, and I
am happy to think some of you are
beginning to look into home matters
little.
l haven't heard from any one yet as
to the filling Of the woodbox and
the coal scuttles, so that Mother
won't have to worry about that. I
hope too there will always be lots of
nice dry kindling for her to keep
the fire going-and the strongest
hope l have is-that Mother always
finds a nice, hot fire when she gets
to the kitchen in the morning.
OF course, we know it is the girls
every one looks to for most of the
inside house-work, but where there is
jolly family Of boys and girls, what
a lot of fun can be had by all help
ing with the work.
Some girls | know "hate" to wait
on the children; don't like to bother
about putting them to bed To these
girls l would say: have you ever
tried making ga game Of bed time?
I knew girl once. and she had
little sister very much younger than
she was; the big girl had been an
only child for a long time, and while
she had dearly loved little children
she had none in her immediate fam
lily till a little brother and this little
sister came. The little brother was
a cheruby sort of baby and he grew
to be cheruby big boy, but the little
girl was i'll long time after she was
born and it made her peevish.
Bed time was usually the hardest
time for her, but she and the little
brother began racing" to see who
would be undressed first: I'm afraid
they raced" through their prayers
too, but the game was always inter
esting.
AS they grew older Big Sister
would promise to read them a story
after they got in bed, and then she
began inventing games on the line of
the story, One Of the best was q tale
of a shipwreck; the only dry place
on the wreck was the top of spar,
and to this top was fastened all the
food which was hauled up and down
with rope Little Sister thought
this fine and she got a little basket
into which she would hide crackers
and bits Of toast. This was fastened
to the mosquito cord and she played
'ship-Wreck' every night. Little
Brothers crib was along side, and
he was another ship wrecked marin
er. but he had no food unless the
lady with the basket gave him some.
Bed-t time was no longer a time of
worry in that house, it was always
the jolliest ending Of the day.
AUNT ADDY.
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FROM ONE OF THE OLD-EASH-
IONED LITTLE GIRLS WHO
PLAYS WITH DOLLS.

Dear Aunt Addy: l guess all you
Cousins think l have acted strange
by not writing again, after my last
letter; but l cut my finger and could
not use my hand in three weeks.
But here am again Aunt Addy. I
know that [ am gong to love you. I
have dear sister named Addy; she
certainly is good, sweet sister too.
l want to say to the boy at Winder,
that wrote to me and asked me to
correspond with him, that [ am
wee little girl, only ten years old.
certainly appreciate his opinion of
me and my letters. If he will wait
until | am ten more years old I may
write to him then. l love my dolls
too we'll to write to boys. I hope
Mr.. Watson is better now With best
wishes to all the Cousins, BESSIE
BURGESS. RentZ, Ga.
Comment:
Thank you very much Bessie for
your letter. [ am truly glad you love
your dolls. Mr.. Watson is quite well
now, and We are all glad. AUNT
ADDY.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-12-14

Mr.. Watson expresses himself
clearly in his new book, Tariff Prim-
er. You should read it. Price %
cents.
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AUNT ADDY'S LETTER.

= -lY DEAR BOYS AND GIRLS:
I'M 1t would be hard for me to
II tell you just how much I am
enjoying your letters, and [
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05
ASKS INQUIRY IN
SHOE CONTRACTS
Charge That Money is Being Used to
Give Eastern Manufacturer
Army Contract.

Washington, d. c., April 2S.-A SEN
sation was sprung in the house Thurs
day when Representative Gardner of
Massachusetts introduced a resolution
of inquiry in response to a charge by
Representative Diffenderfer of Penn
sylvania that money and influence
were being used to give an eastern
manufacturing concern monopoly in
the contracts for shoes for the army
and navy.
Mr.. Diffenderfer said he should prove
his assertion, and as a result Mr..
Gardner called upon the secretary of
war, and the secretary of the navy,
for all possible information concern
ing the shoe contracts.
Mr.. Diffenderfer interrupted Mr..
Gardner in his speech on the free list
bill Wednesday, while discussing gov
ernment contract prices for army
shoes.
is IL uOl d ldCl, nc dohSui Ohdl
Herman G. Co., of Boston, absolutely
control, after freezing out every other
competitor in the United States, the
manufacture of shoes for the army
and navy of the United States"
Mr.. Gardner replied that he had
never heard of such a firm.
81 shall be at liberty, then, in the
near future" Mr.. Diffenderfer said,
"to show to the gentlemen that they
have absolute control of the shoes
manufactured in the country for the
army and navy, and that they have
frozen out competitors that l know of
who have lost out and are today bank
rupt, owing to the fact that Herman
& Co., have used their influence with
the government Representatives of the
United States, or those in control of
the United States government have
used influence to freeze out competi-
tors, and have even gone so far as to
give money so that other firms may
not be competitors after freezing them
out"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05
JURY,DEC|DES AGAINST
HASKELL At TULSA

Tulsa, Okla, April 80. - After de-
liberating all night jury in the Unit
ed States court Friday awarded the
Columbus (Ohio) Savings and Trust
company judgment for $1,999.57 in a
suit for $4,000 involving stock in the
Indianola Contracting company of Mus
kogee, against former Governor Has
kell.
Seven years ago Mr.. Haskell negoti-
ated a loan for $4,000 from this bank
and gave as security stock in the In
dianola Contracting company, along
with other securities. Haskell charg-
ed the bank with dissipating certain
of the securities and the courts ver-
dict is construed in the light of vic
tory for him. Haskell appeared as his
own counsel. The trial of the case oc-
cupied three days and attracted much
attention.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05
DEPARTMENTS ACCEPT
KICKAPOO COMPROMISE:

Washington, d. c., April 29.-The
department of justice has accepted
compromises in number of suits
which it has been prosecuting to re-
cover large amount of land belong
ing to the Kickapoo Indians in Lin
coin, Oklahoma and Pottawatomie
counties, Oklahoma.
The suits were directed against
land spectators charged with having
fraudulently obtained deeds from the
Indians. Many of the spectators re-
sold or mortgaged the lands and their
transactions were once the subject of
an investigation by senate commit
tee which directed the attorney gen.
eral to begin suits to restore the lands
to the Indians.
By the terms of settlement the In
dians will recover their lands with
rent for the time they were occupied
by the spectators.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05
ALLEGED ATTEMPT MADE
TO DESTROY ALL BALLOTS

Guthrie, Okla, April 2S.-An attempt
to burn Logan county's $250,000 court
house. which was used here until re-
Gently as the Oklahoma state house,
was made during Wednesday night by
unknown parties The evident desire
was to destroy the ballots, voted at the
general election last fall, because of
several election contests now pending.
The outside wire screen was torn
from a small window into the big vault
in the county clerks Office. the win
dow was pried upward and ball OF
fire dropped through the iron bars on
to the sacks of ballots laying under
meath. The window was then lowered
and a cloth hung over the outside tc
prevent flames showing through.
Smoke alarmed passerby, however
The fire company was called and the
flames extinguished. About half o.
the ballots were destroyed. For sew
eral days the contest case hearing ol
S. ]. Favors, defeated republican nom
inee for county commissioner, agains
John Murphy, democratic incumbent
has been in progress. Favors is de
manding a recount of the ballots. W
H. Mitchell, defeated republican nom
inee for sheriff, also has contes
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05

nual conference of charities and cor
rections held here this year and as
sure you that we are deeply interest
ed in your work and we hope that it
will go on with it's mission of love and
benevolence, alleviating and comfort
ing suffering humanity until it reaches
the uttermost bounds of the earth.
You are carrying out the all pervad-
ing idea of charity when you behold
in every human creature a child of
God and when you protect helpless in
fancy, discrepit old age, the orphan,
the blind, the mute, the mentally sick
and the worthy unfortunates who are
inmates of our penal institutions and
save our wayward boys and girls, and
strike the shackles from the slave and
rescue degraded women from the bond
age and degradation to which their own
frailty has consigned them.
Let us do all we can in our day and
generation in the cause of suffering
humanity. Every man has a mission
from Almighty God to help his fellow
beings. We can all work miracles of
grace and mercy by relieving the dis
tress of our suffering brethren and
never do we approach nearer to our
Heavenly Father than when we ale
viate the sorrows of others, and bring
sunshine and happiness to hearts that
are dark and desolate and cause flow
ers of jow and gladness to bloom in
souls that were dry and barren before.
Organizations like yours will correct
the great wrong to humanity about
which Robert Burns was thinking when
he said: MANS inhumanity to man
makes countless thousands mourn"
In the name of the people of Vinita
we extend to you the freedom of our
city and cordial welcome.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05
CLUE TO IDENTITY OF
CENTRAL|A BANDITS FOUND
From Fridays Dauv.

From Fridays DaIIv.
Deputy B. S. Webb and W. H. Sapp
returned last night from the north
part of the county, where they had
been to search for the bandits, who at
tempted to rob the Farmers & Mer-
chants bank, of Centralia early yes
|terday.
The horse and buggy picked up yes
terday by the officers, was one that
had been stolen from Centralia, by
the bandits and deserted after hard
drive from the town. A clew to the
identity of the bandits was furnished
to the officers last night by an old
man at Talala who is trying to locate
his wayward son. The old man tele-
phoned the sheriff that the boy, in
company with three tough looking char
acters had been seen leaving the Usage
country for the east few days ago,
and they are believed to be the Cen.
tralia bandits.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05
DRY. IN HASKELL CASE
) ASKS FOR INSTRUCTIONS


Tulsa, Okla, April 2S-Deliberating
r the greater part of the day, jury
the case of the Columbus Trust and
wings company of Columbus, o.,
ainst the Indianola Contracting COM
nv, and indirectly involving ex-Gov-
nor Charles N. Haskell, reported to
FEDERAL court late yesterday even
that they had not reached YER
1t. The foreman informed the Judge
at the reaching of verdict was
her uncertain, and asked for fur
IF Instructions from the court.
rhe Columbus Trust company is
king to collect a damage of $4,000
stock deposited with the bank and
erwards transferred in default of
Aizing payment.
The jury was asked to report at 1880
kock for an additional period OF
le It appears that the jury will not
able to reach a compromise in the
i and a new trial may be granted.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05
WILL CONSIDER GRANTING
AID TO STATE GEOLOG|S1

Norman, Okla, April 2S.-For some
time the state geological survey has
been endeavoring to secure the help
of the federal government in further
ing geological research in Oklahoma.
Word was received today from Wash
ington, d. c., that such cooperation
would be considered for the coming
summer. Chas. N. Gould, state geolo-
gist, the man who made this aid pos
sible, is now in the east arranging and
making up the parties to carry on this
investigation. According to his tenta-
tive plans at least six different areas
in the state will be surveyed, namely,
in the vicinity of Vinita, around Tulsa
and Claremore, near Cleveland and Sa-
pulpa, throughout the north-central
counties, and in the Wichita and Ar
buckle mountains. Other parties may
be detailed later, but, at present, the
above are assured The assistance of
the government in this matter makes
| it possible to accomplish more than
twice as much as could be done by the
state, if working alone. For not only
does the federal survey advance GER
tain funds to forward this work, but
also offers the services of the best
geologists in the country as well.
| This seasons work, no doubt, will
greatly add to our knowledge of Okla
homas wonderful natural resources.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05
NOTICE OF MEETING OF SHAWNEE
INDIANS.

All Shawnee Indians who are inter-
ested either as an heir or as an orig
inal claimant, in any claim among the
depredations claims of the Shawnee IN
dians should meet at White Oak (post-
ofice) on Thursday, May 4th, 1911, as
early in the day as they can, to per
feet arrangements for the collection
of their claims.
All Shawnees who are able are urg-
ed to be present-and come prepared
to remain throughout that day and
until we complete the work.
Mr.. Charles B. Rogers, attorney for
the claimants will be there and trans
act necessary business connected with
these claims and the Shawnee Business
Committee will meet that day also to
outline its work in the collection of
the claims and assist the others there.
SHAWNEE BUSINESS COMMITTEE
BY Cyrus C. Cornatzer, Chairman.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05
RACE ACROSS CONTINENT
FAILED TO SAVE LIFE
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
New York, April 29-Mrs. Margaret
Daily Brown, daughter of the late
Marcus Daily, and wife of H. g. Brown,
the banker, died early today at her
mothers home on Fifth avenue. Death
came within few hours after her ar
rival here on a special car which
brought her on a fast run from Mon
tana. Her husband, mother and other
members of the family were at the
bedside She was taken ill at Ana
conda, where she went two weeks ago.
The high altitude, it is said, imposed
strain on her heart and it was
deemed advisable to bring her to New
York at once. The special car left
Anaconda Tuesday with doctor and
nurses abroard and reached here last
evening, when The physicians said her
condition wasnaeEz critical. She was
married in 1s0I And inherited several
million on the death of her father
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05
GRANTS HABEAS CORPUS
WRIT FOR LOR|MER MEN
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Chicago, ILL.,, April 2S.-Judge Petit
in the circuit court today granted a
writ of habeas corpus for Edward Til
den, George Benedict and w. G. Cum
mings within half an hour after they
had been arrested on warrants charg-
ing contempt by the Lorimer bribery
Investigating committee of the Illinois
senate. Deputy sergeant-at-Arms Hat
field held the warrants issued by the
senate after their refusal to obey the
subpoenas calling for their appear.
ance and the books and accounts on
deposit in the National bank and
Drovers Trust & Savings bank, relat.
ing to the accounts of Tilden. Tilden
was mentioned in the testimony be-
fore the committee as the man who re.
received subscriptions for the alleged
purpose of aiding the election of Lor-
inner to the national senate.
Judge Petit in the circuit court an
Inounced when the defendants counsel
and Attorney John H. Healy, repre-
senting the Helm committee appeared
he was unable to hear the petition to
day because of other matters. Next
Monday was set for the hearing. The
defendants were released on five thou
sands dollars bond each.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-05
PUBLISHED EXTRACTS FROM
CONFESSION NOT AUTHENTIC
BY Associated Press.

Los Angeles, CAL, April 2S.-When
the curtain rose on the third days
scenes and incidents connected with
the Imprisonment and impending trial
of the alleged dynamiters, John and
James Mcnamara and Ortie McMani-
gal, true outlines of the great criminal
case began to assume definite form,
All prominent features in the confes-
sion of McManigal are reported to
have been made first to Detective
Burns in Chicago then in more COM
plete form to District Attorney Fred
ericks here yesterday. What is claim
ed to be extracts from the confession
published, the officials say is non
authentic.