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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-05-04
May
Overcome

constipation permanently by proper
personal cooperation with the bene-
fetal effects of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, when required. The
forming of regular habits is most i'm
portant and while e~ndeavoring to
form them the assistance of Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA Is most val
liable, as it is the only laxative which
acts without disturbing the natural
functions and without facilitating and
1t is the one laxative which leaves the
internal organs in a naturally healthy
condition, thereby really aiding one in
that way. To get it's beneficial effects,
buy the genuine manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only. and for
sale by all leading druggists. Syrup
Of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is never
classed by the well-informed with
medicines which make extravagant
and unfounded claims to cure habitual
constipation without personal coop
Grafton.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-05-04
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
STOVE FOR SALE-Royal steel
range; six holes, with water tank,
$40. Apply this office.
FOR SALE-Alfalfa hay, in any
quantity. Address 8. R. Young,
Lovelock, Nevada. If.
FOR SALE-Cheap for cash, several
promising mining claims at Barrett
Springs, close in. For particulars,
inquire at this oce. If.
FOR SALE-Six 50-foot lots, running
back $50 feet, at corner of First
and Lay streets, with improvements,
consisting of three-room house, two
cabins and ~corrals. Inquire this of
fee. If.
a high-grade Ludwig piano. inquire
at Fashion saloon. If.
FUN oALE-Cnedp, TOT CASH, nhe
double barrelled shotgun. inquire
at this office. If.
FOR S~ALE-Winnemucca saloon in
good location. Inquire at this of
flee. If.
WANTED
WANTED TO BUY-Second hand
platform scales. Inquire at this of
fee. If.
WANTED-By woman with little girl
s years old, cooking on ranch or
private boarding house. Is a first
class cook and will furnish Nevada
reference. Address Mrs. Grace NJ.
Harris, 26 East Second street, Reno,
Nevada.
SITUATION WANTED-By a first
class Japanese cook, long expert
ence in hotel, family and camp; all
styles of cooking. Address Harry
Teramasu, P. 0. box 80, Winnemuc-
ca, or at the Nevada Laundry.
WANTED-Sitution as cook on ranch
by man and wife. Inquire at this
office. If.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-05-04

WANTED-Sitution as cook on ranch
by man and wife. Inquire at this
office. If.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-05-04

FOR SALE-Alfalfa hay, in any
quantity. Address s. R. Young,
Lovelock, Nevada. If.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-05-04

FOR SALE
STOVE FOR SALE-Royal steel
ange; six holes, with water tank,
$40. Apply this office.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-10-26
'sT'Eae Negro Question. -

WITHIN the past month there have been
W an unusual number Of letters from
Northern people, friends and strangers ask
ing me for ''ny views" on the negro question.
From the tenor Of these letters I have about
come to the conclusion that Cufey amt be-
having himself "up North" as he should,
with all the privileges, advantages and other
dcEirable features Of Northern residence he
has so long enjoyed there.
AS [ have so often said, we Of the South do
not feel that we have "problem" or 'ques-
ton" insofar as our relation with the South
ern negro is concerned we fchl that we I'M
dcrstand him. The following editorial, writ
ten in November, 1907, was read over by me
recently, and as it seems to answer so we'll now.
all the inquiries that have been made by our
Northern friends, I am reprinting it for their
benefit and also in the belief that it will in
terest many of our other readers.
There are some excellent people who contend
that there is no such thing as a negro ques-
ton Everything will settle itself, say these
excellent people if you will just quit talking
about thq alleged problem We have swal-
lowed something which we can't digest
can't assimilate-and these excellent people
say that our pains, abdominal and otherwise,
will cease if we'll just be silent!
When was boy the negroes were slaves.
Living on the farm with them, I came to know
them very we'll. Quick to sympathize with
those in distress, there were many incidents
and circumstances which caused me to warm"
to the negroes When the "Boss" laid the
strap to the naked body of a runaway slave, l
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-10-26
PAGE NINE

ical life2 Speaking for Georgia, I can an
swer without hdsitation:
owe Southern white people did it." And
what is true OF Georgia is true, to the best
of my knowledge and belief, in other States
of the South.
When did we white mdn of Georgia call
upon the black voter to become arbiter Of our
political differences? In the famous ColQuitt-
Norwood campaign Of 1880 Who can deny
this? Had not Senator Tom Norwood taken
precisely the same position on the negro qud5-
ton which DR.. Tom Dixon takes in "The
Leopard's Spots?" Had not he boldly pro-
claimed the principle which Mississippi made
the cornerstone Of her new Constituton-an
example which the Carolnas and Virginia
followed by Constitutional enactment, and
which Georgia has reached by the "White
Primarily"
And yet do we not remember how Senator
Norwood was assaiIed upon the hustings,
throughout this State; how his attitude upon
this question was Advertised, exploited, and
denounced; and how, amid the furious bowls
of the blacks who had been massed at the
hustings, this brave, far-sgh and loyal
hearted leader Of the whites, Norwood, was
overwhelmed in a swelling torrent of public
condemnation?
The Colquitt campaign Of 1880 was SO con-
Quoted that its net results most important
result-was to give the blacks better political
position than the carpet-bag emissaries of
Thad Stevens had ever been able to give them.
And ever since that time we have haQ the
negro question ION our hands" Who told the
blacks In 1880, and III the years following
told them in speech and editorial that no race
had ever made such progress In civilization,
in the same length of time, as theirs? We
1 Il
us-meaning well, no doubt.
God what O blunder it was!
When has the negro race ever made 0ny
progress any2che9p. in civilization? In the
Soudan? In South Africa? In San Domin-
go? Left to himself he makes no progress
upward anywhere. In the South we have
partly compelled him and partly persuaded
him, to conform to our civilization, to ape our
ways, to initiate an example Is that progress
In civilization to such an extent that the black
must be spoiled by extravaCsnt eulogv? Does
the school girl who takes her seat at a whcezv
piano and beats tin-p2n melody out Of a
Hungarian Rhapsody, by Listz or Moon
light Sonata, by Beethoven make any real
progress as q musical composer? She plays
what is set before her-take away the copy and
ask her to furnish some music Of her 0ac91 and
a blessed silence would at once ravish the
long-sutferino neGhborse who have heard her
attempts at imitation
So with the artist who copies painting
by Titan, Reubens or Turner. When the daub
is finished, has the copyst made any real
progress which can be compared with that of
the Master who taught him? What painting
can the artist achieve unaided by the Master,
Or apart from the Master? That Is the true
test.
The white man carries his civilization with
him wherever be goes-imposing it upon him
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-10-26
rs those That eosU not see; nor any so deaf as
those that Will not hear Yours, with pity.
CHARLES JAMES BUDLoNG."

% It is. not true that refused to publish
replies by Roman Catholics. None has ever
been sent me- The President of the Catholic
Society told Mr.. Budfong falsehood. That
old dodge, about writing to me and being
refused space, has been worked time and
again. Let Mr. Budlong get a copy of his
mans reply, and send it to me himself, under
special delivery stamp. He will then learn
quickly who has lied to him. No Catholic
whomsoever has ever sent me a refutation
Let some of their scholars try it on me, he will
get as much space as [ use, and get a respect
full reply.
~ The fact that Mr.. Budlong reads my
magazine, and speaks highly Of those parts
which do not refer to the Romanist church
ought to awaken q suspicion IN his mind that
am right on that subject also.
(3) Mr. Budlong says that Mary, the wife
Of the carpenter Joseph, had no child but
Christ. Budlong asserts that those whom I
called Christ's brothers and sisters were His
''coasi3as." Well, it's queer that He and His
mother, and His neighbors called them His
brothers and His sisters There was a com
mand that Joseph should not know his wife
until after the birth of Christ but after that,
he knew her as other husbands knew theirs,
and she bore him several sons and daughters.
1heS0 on tIl6 human SlQ6 were CnrlStS nall
brothers, not cousins.
~ AS to prayers to Mary and the worship
of Mary, Mr. Budlong displays surprising
lack Of information. He needs to read up on
Roman Catholic literature and Papal litur-
gies. Did it never strike Nj. Budlong as
strange that his priests dress up like lot Of
paunchy old women, and that the very first
garment they put on is an exact copy of
womans chemise?
They got their feminine attire from the
ancient pagan priests, who dressed that way
when worshipping pagan goddess.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08
SHALL WE PLACE ALL OUR
FLOWERS UPON THE DEAD?

Dear Sir and Friend: I have been
reading after you for about seventeen
years and have watched you closely
I know of some Of the fiery trials that
you have passed through--some of the
time treading on the very brink of
eternity-holding your life in your
hand, while battling for the cause of
the people. [ know you have been
belied, ostracized and prosecuted by
the politicians and their deluded fol-
lowers; yet through all of these great
trials you have come out more than
conqueror. I have often thought that
the Holy Spirit must be directing you
and the mighty power of God protect
ing you, for I do not see how man
could have overcome the money
power, combined with the corrupt
politicians, all trying to crush him
unless God be with him.
Fight on; the darkest hour of the
night has passed and the light of
morning is breaking through. Many
people who, a few years ago, were
"cussing" you, are praising you today.
Right here I want to tell you that I
fully endorse all that you have writ
ten in reference to Foreign Missions,
MOrmonism and Roman Catholicism.
[ consider Roman Catholicism one of
the most dangerous foes facing the
American people today and I feel
proud that we have a man not afraid
to expose it.
1t seems that our great Protestant
ministers are all asleep, or afraid to
warn the people of the approaching
danger. You are the lone Waterman
upon the tower. I hope the good
Lord will spare you many years yet
to use the mighty brain that He has
given you to turn on the light, which
will shine on and on long after your
body has been placed in the cold and
silent tomb and your spirit has re-
turned to the God who gave it.
Yours until the battle is over,
GAINESVILLE, Ga. G. L. BUTLER.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08
additional Letters From the People

that we should pay $40, 100000 in
stead of So, 900, we are cheating
the Lord out of $37,O00;000. He
figured our members each to make
rs cents per day, tSunday too I
guess) and the tenth was and is the
Lords. We have large families and I
am satisfied the whole family don't
clear that; and a half dozen church
members in the family. He said for
us to get religion through our bust
ness; guess he meant to buy it.
I cannot unroll his Mexican Mis-
sionary and war tang1e; he had TO-
600 Of us braves from Georgia Gall
volunteers), fighting the Mexicans
one while and then we were doctoring
and giving them through ticket to
Heaven next, is the nearest way and
shortest I can explain. I don't re-
member al about you, but you were
a very simple, mean man.
Continue to open our eyes about
the way our 100000 is and will
be used; we are reading. Yours
Respectfully, A SUBSCRIBER.
SWainsboro, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08

and hold a primary? Scatt, again.!
Don't you know that if we had a
thousand political parties, that either
of them could hold primary if it
wanted to, under the law?
Because other parties in Georgia
have not practised holding primary
elections in the past, is no proof that
they could not-but rather that they
did not think it expedient.
know Of no law which limits the
existence of political party, nor any
law that binds a man to any party
any certain length of time
The law gives to ''the party calling
the primary power to fix rules, ETC.,
but does not limit the calling and
holding of primaries to any one party
If it was otherwise we would have
a law-created party. I contend that
inasmuch as the dominant partys
committee refuses to call and pro-
vide for a primary expression of the
people, that some other party should
do so.
[ contend that now we need a move
OF the people-a real Peoples move,
or self-government is a failure.
will start back for Georgia next week,
and if you and Old Man Peepul are
ready for insurgency from this ring
rule, count me in. Your friend.
J. J. HOLLOWAY.
Prescott, Ark
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08
PAGE THIRTEEN

friends. At the close of the year,
Hon. Jas. e. Ransdell of the Fifth
Congressional District of Louisiana,
offered an appointment to the L. S.
Naval Academy to the one who made
highest on competitive eXamina-
ton held at the school | entered
the competition and as good luck was
still with me, I won the appoint
ment, came up here and entered in
months time.
That appointment was a GOd-send
for me, because it opened my way
to a good education, good home
and good position for life. I have
been working hard up here and have
done fairly well in all my studies and
records. Am to graduate on June
the second and will remain in the u.
S. Naval service for the time being
anyway. 1t offers me d good posi-
ton, good pay and a chance to re-
pay my country for what they have
done for me. I expect to stand
about twenty-five from the top Of my
class of 1876 Members.
Sir, it may be no IOng-to-be-re-
membered fact to you that you have
helped one poor boy almost made
him, in fact, by a kind word and
encouragement, but please know that
no matter what happens, I will never
forget the night that you talked to
me and urged me onward and up
ward. That was fine thing for you
and I know you have helped many
others in the same way. / shall
ever look for and grasp any oppor-
tunity that may arise by which I can
repay you in the smallest degree for
your kindness and help.
Please again accept my thanks
for your help and believe me to ever
be, your sincere friend,
E. G. M'GEHEE,
Midshipman, U. S. n
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF COL.
STUBB'S MISSIONARY LECTURE.

Dear Mr.. Watson: I heard Col.
w. B. Stubs, the Savannah lawyer
and Foreign Mission Expounder, Sun
day the Goth. Will say I was inter-
ested until he let in on you; being
to your back, I thought it wrong in
him to fly at you, claw and scratch
at you but he finally got back to his
talk; for while he flew back and
clawed at you some more; I cannot
remember all that he had to say
about you, but remember he said
your idea of ego preach and do no
more" would not do, as one of the
most wonderful things Christ did,
was to doctor the sick, and if we can
not go, We must send as duty bids.
He says go per cent of every dollar
lands into the foreign field. He
says our money is ourselves, and
therefore we must go or send part
of our lives; says one man told that
he worked "a hours every day, as
this man has missionary that gets
up when he lies down don't guess
he knows what his missionary does.
He wanted it understood that it
was not what Mr.. Watson thought,
but Christ. He also had on his chart
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08
MINISTER BITTER IN DENUNCIA-
TION OF THE ROMAN CATHO-
LTC CHURCH.

Louisville, Ky.-The Rev. D. c.
Pinter, of Yancey Mill, Va, today
bitterly denounced the Catholic
Church at the Southern Presbyteri-
an General Assembly, introducing a
resolution, Resolved, That Assem-
bly, views with alarm the pernicious
activity Of a powerful politico-re-
ligious organization known as the
Roman Catholic Church, which al
ways has been a menace and blight
to civil and religious liberty in ev-
cry land it is in; that it views with
alarm the apathy of public men and
an evident disposition on the part of
the Government to grant it favors,
and an ominous silence at any ad-
verse criticism publicly spoken; that
it asks other Protestant bodies to
help oppose the Catholic Church"
Mr.. Painter said Congressman
fear Catholics. He sees a menace
in appointment of Mr.. White as
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
''The fact that White was educated
in the Jesuit school disqualified him
for the high Office"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08
WHY THE ETERNAL 'INDTAN
CLAIM?

Dear Sir: I would like to ask you
a few questions through The Week
ly Jeffersonian: When will we ever
get through settling up with the
Indians? I have been living here
fifteen years and families we
have always considered white peo-
pie and have never heard other
wise. We are going over to Nc
Comb, Miss, registering their In
dian blood, claiming that the Gov
eminent is due them 800 acres Of
land apiece and $4,000 apiece. They
claim it was under a treaty with
the Choctaw Indians. Those that
are doing this are registering for
their children not of age, so | have
been informed.
There are a good many people
scattered through this country that
show up to be half-breeds and so far
as know none of them have reg
istered. They are claiming that
more than 1000 have registered at
that place. Yours most truly,
MARK GUESS.
Hawthorn, La.
How can anybody expect that the
Government will ever finish paying
Indian claims, when SO many law
yers, near-lawyers and lobbyists need
the money?
Shucks! T. E. W.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08
FROM A BOY WHO "MADE GOOD"
u. S. Naval Academy,

Annapolis, Md, May "a, 1911.
Mr.. Thos E. Watson, Thomson, Ca
My Dear Sir: Doubtless you will
be surprised to receive letter from
me, whom you have, I suspect, long
since forgotten. I do not write it
to boast of any success or to ask for
any praise for my luck, but to thank
you for the help and encouragement
you gave me when you walked the
floor in third-Story room of a ho-
tie lin Rustons, La, while I tried to
make smoky stove behave proper
ly. During those few moments, you
were not the eloquent speaker that
all know you to be, but the friend
of poor boy, and man who by his
kind words and encouragement
helped to lead poor boy to a bet
ter, higher and possibly a nobler life.
That years work was hard. very
hard, but by sticking to it through
the encouragement and assistance of
many friends, I made good and hope
I did not disappoint any of my
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08
GOOD ADVICE TO FOLLOW.

Dear Sir: You are the only man in
America that stands undauntingly to
the truth in all things, in hazard of
his own life. But my dear statesman.
lease don't let your great nerve lead
you into unnecessary danger. Re-
member an old saying, Caution is
the parent of safety" If you are
clipped off like bubble of the ocean,
I fear our nation will suffer.
l trust you will be able to get up a
state primary on Senator's election
by the people. Excuse my feeble let
ter, but you have got the Tariff Trust
truckers on the ice where they see
the great danger of their national
fall. Good-bye-long life and per-
severance to you. With the greatest
of love and confidence.
ALLISON w. SMITH.
Gainesville, Ga, Rt. Z.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08
WHITTIER ARE. WE DRIFTING?

Dear Sir: Have we reached state
of affairs in which the creature is
creator than the Creator? Is it pos
sible that the whole people of Georgia
are absolutely helpless and deprived
of a great principle of self-govern-
ment-iust simply because a small
committee of men-which committee
was created by only one faction of
only one party-refuses to call
primary election? Is this what you
call Democracy?
Does this look like government by
the people? Scatt! Whittier are we
drifting? Can't somebody head us?
Now, who said that the Democratic
Executive Committee was the only
power under the law which could call
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08

Well, when the Suffragettes had
their big parade in New York the
other day, they had a Grassland
whose costume was "kilties"-the
Scotch national dress; and it proved
that men look as funny in skirts as
women would Neutrality-suspicious..
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08
ANOTHER LITTLE DETAIL OF
"FOREIGN MISSION" RESULTS.

Dear Sir: Your position on the
Roman Catholic Hierarchy, in my
opinion, cannot be successfully con-
troverted. | wish the same statement
could be made concerning your esti-
mate of foreign missions. You chal-
lenge the papacy on the poverty of
Jesus, using a text of Scripture an
tagonistic to that fleeing system.
There are one Or two texts which I
wish to throw at your feet on the
question of foreign missions: eco We
therefore into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creature"
aye shall be witnesses of Me both in
Jerusalem =. and in the uttermost
parts of the earth" These assail
Brother Watson more strongly than
the one he hurls at the papacy. What
can an anti-foreign mission advocate
do with them? That those in other
lands need the gospel is evidenced by
unimpeachable testimony. A friend,
living and working for the Master in
Wing Shang Hsien China, writes thus
concerning conditions with which he
is in personal contact
zone bright day last May we were
coming down the Hwai River. The
brightness of the day was in marked
contrast to the spiritual darkness and
terrible needs of the people surround
ing us for hundreds of miles. We
had almost forgotten, for the mo-
ment, the misery and distress among
the people. :. In our vicinity, in the
province of Anhwei, we noticed much
distress. Many committed suicide.
Women we're willing to sell
their children for almost nothing.
:, To be relieved of caring for their
children, many kill them, and throw
them away The first day we ar
rived I saw little girl about three
years DID, who had evidently been
struck in the head, and thrown into
the hole in which 7 saw her. She
had no clothes on, and her bruised
face in the cold clutches of DEATH
looking up at mine, was a chilling
picture of distress in this land.
Coming down the river We saw a
dead mans body A dog was chew
ing at it's head: and, gruesome as the
sight was, woman near by, washing
clothes, only laughed and pointed to
it as she noticed the astonished ex-
preston on our faces. For nearly
two months we lived in typical Chi
nese house, with a straw roof, full of
bugs, and a cold, damp brick floor.
There we're no windows, except two
square holes in one wall, which we're
covered with thinner paper. Many
times we had to light lamp during
the day, in order to study"
Similar conditions exist in other
lands. If as result of all the work
done in foreign fields but one person
accepted Christ and gained eternal
existence. this would justify all that
has been spent by the Christian
Church in men and means. Jesus, in
His estimate of the human soul,
makes it of greater value than the
entire world. And the believer in
Him must accept his estimate. You
antipathy TO foreign missions, I can
did1y believe, weakens your opposi-
ton to the papacy. Sincerely yours,
JOHN N. QUINN.
Takoma Park, d. G.