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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08

The Pure Food and Drugs Act does
not prohibit false labels, says news
paper dispatch; nope-and it hasn't
really affected the contents of good
many cans, bottles and packages,
either.
Some folks are so fond of music,
and thea Ggain-but read this: some
Nevada rangers killed the members
of an Indian band, and now the In
dams are on the warpath, killing the
rangers.
Between the American duchesees
and SIGH, and John Hays Hammond
in knee-breeches and silk stockings,
Uncle Sam is adding "quite some" to
the high jinks of George and Mary's
coronation.
A seven-year-old boy had his IA
theirs gun, and the father said the
little boy didn't know how to shoot,
and the little boy said he'd show his
father. The coroner's jury rendered
a verdict of accidental shooting"
A bank ad says: 'Make your wife
happy with a bank account" But
we've known some women who were
happier with a life-insurance policy.
You had to share the bank account
with hubby, but the life insurance
policy
New York State has just begun to
realize how thoroughly Roman Cath
Ollie influences are directing her po-
litical policy. \The latest Tammany
henchman to be elevated is Dan Co.
halan, who now graces bench of the
Supreme Court of the State, and Co.
halan's chiefest recommendation is
that he is "the brainiest steerer of
Tammany policy"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08
LEARN WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY

Let us teach you Wireless Telegraphy.
We have the largest Wireless Sta
ton for school purposes in the United
States. A genuine 2 KilOwatt Station
under the management of Prof J. M.
Baskerville, Of New York, a practical
Wireless Operator and Engineer of
land. This Station copies other sta
tions as far away as Cape Cod, Mass,
and is constantly in touch with YES
sells on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts as
well as Key West, Fla, Tampa, Fla,
and New Orleans, La Good positions
are awaiting those who desire them.
Our tuition for the summer very reason
able. Write today for further partic
ulars.
Milledgeville Telegraph School, Box
70, Mflledgeville. Georgia
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08
By L. A. L.

each year as an industrial factor, and
the question of development lies with
the white people-and it's up to the
municipal authorities to realize the
fact that, given fair civic conditions,
the problem Of gaining new citizens
will not be hard to solve.
It is high time the South woke to
the real reason for her small towns
being fpassed by" when prospective
settlers have made visits of inspec-
ton.
Amt John w. Gates the sassy lit
tie tell-tale?
Georgias peaches, human and
tree, are at their best now.
Sure it's hot-but it always is,
this time of year; so why grumble?
Another high decision handed
down by court; declares crabs are
animals.
Mr.. Lorimer will soon become very
adept at reciting the story of his life
to those Investigating committees.
Curves are no longer in style,
says newspaper item; but it refers
to the human, not baseball, variety.
Maybe the little King Alfonso may
learn a trick or two from Diaz, after
the latter has been in~Madrid awhile
Birmingham must have been be-
of oh ri mo ont
taXicab company there has dissolved.
Mexico ready to pay all war claims,
says a dispatch. That's easy, but
wait till the pension rolls are made
up.
They're growing distressingly hon
est down in Texas: one man had an
other arrested for cheating in horse
trade.
Besides the decision of Justice
White in regard to the Tobacco Trust,
John F. Ryan is also suffering from
a boil.
The firemen of the Southern Rail-
way are ''sot'' in their determination
to strike if they don't get an increase
in dibs.
Maybe it was an error, but under
the classified line "Calamities,
weekly paper recently had Marriage
Licenses"
The preachers Of the U. S. A. seem
to be anxious to mix more in poll
tics, and some of 'em are in bad, as
the result.
Men more economical than wo-
men, says a classy article; sure they
are-when they're dealing in things
for the women.
If Mexico could organize a nation
al baseball team or two, she might
let those gringoes fight it out along
that line all summer
It's a wise municipality that real
ICES the value of cleanliness and in
sists on the simple rules pertaining
thereto, being followed.
The cid" put on in some Georgia
towns seems to start a leak in the
boiler, and the usual wetness prevails
for those Sin the know"
A poet is named Leander Leghorn,
and we forgive him, because man
with a name like that would be in
cited to most anything.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08
PLASTERING

Did the plastering in your friends
house break or fall? We will put on
material with our mechanics, absolutely
straight and smooth, and guarantee no
defects. When in need of first class
work it will be to your advantage to
let us figure with you.
c.. BARDIN & co, Thomson, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08
The Good, the Bad, the Ot6er1vjse
Qr1d Fe1V LQcO11jcs

very great degree.
The Tobacco Trust evidently thinks
the Supreme Court may be OCCASION
ally jolted into doing the right thing
at the unexpected time.
Diaz may be down and out, but he
has proven there's life in the old
man yet" by the way he helped de-
fend his train from attack
This is the time of year when
'shirt-sleeve' oratory is at it's height,
and the farmer is SO we'll up with his
work he has time to listen.
Queer how our benign Government
will arrest folks for attempted sui
eide, but permits the automobile-race
slaughter to go merrily on.
When that Italian prisoner threw
his glass eye at the Judge, was it
because he wanted the Judge to see
things through another's eye?
Somehow or other the halos of
John D. and Andy G. are shrinking,
the more intimately one becomes ac-
quainted with 'how they got it,"
The only reason there isn't a Bib
lical injunction to ''swat the fly is,
they didn't have butter and milk in
those days: but "sWat" 'em, anyway.
Mr.. Taft should be able to keep
cool even in the midst of the rather
warm discussion over the wool sched-
ule; he has an ice-cooled room to sit
in
Maybe if more editors were mem
bers Of GeOrgias Legislature, there
would be more interest evinced in
the agitation of removal of the cap
ital
The Mexican brother evidently re-
sents being classed as yellow and
he's solving the Chinese emigration
problem by killing off the Celestial
sons.
The Chicago Post says the reason
the Mexican revolution wasn't more
exciting was because the patriotism
of the natives was burnt out by their
hot tamale diet
Current fiction: ''The hottest day
in several years" ''I have no politi-
cal aspirations" ''That piece of ice
is full weight" "These goods guar
anteed not to shrink etc.
Some Of those Northern folks have
queer ideas of pleasure; at a picnic
in New Jersey recently two people
were killed by picnickers who were
having target practice
Speaking of dignity among young
ladies, here are the "pet" names of
some who were members of a house
party: "Spot," "Red," "Wickie,"
"Ret, "Rister" and Josiah"
1t seems to some of us that Geor-
gia was promised good roads, when
the old convict lease system was
abolished. Has the promise joined
the army of New Years resolutions?
Scotland being depopulated, says
news item. Well, when the natives
read of how easy it was for Andy
Carnegie to get mortgage on the
U. S., do you blame 'em for coming
over?"
1t was said that Kaiser Wilhelm
and King George had spat the last
day of the Kaiser's visit to the King.
Comes now the news that Kaiser Will
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08
CIVIC DEVELOPMENT IN SMALL
TOWNS
TOWNS.


natural beauties and to inaugurate a
system Of identifying the town.
1t is becoming more and more APP
parent that the trend Of a large part
of humanity is toward BODYBUILDING
in the small town. With the in
creased and increasing railroad and
trolley car development, the suburb
ante finds it easier to make his home
outside the large cities, and the
health Of the people, as a nation, will
benefit.
To those who have lived all their
lives in q fiat or a city house, where
everything from light to water was
on tap, and the grocer, butcher, ba-
ker and dry goods store were merely
at the end Of q telephone, life in a
suburban town or in the country is
tragedy almost, for the first month
or two.
And this is where the up-to-date
civic authorities in small towns are
usually found asleep at the switch.
1t really seems marvellous how
dead some folks are to the absolute
necessity for a system of WaterwOrks
which make possible so many other
civic Improvements.
This article will deal more spe-
cifically with the small towns in the
South, as it is here that civic deVel-
Opment seems to be creature of
slow growth.
In the laying out Of the towns of
seVenty-fve and a hundred years
ago, the town itself developed in the
near-neighbOThOOd Of the first store;
and this had usually been erected on
the spot most convenient to the road
over which the greater part of traf-
fic passed,
1t is easy to suppose that future
population wasn't thought Of, when
the surrounding country was devoted
to "crOps," and each householder
erected his dwelling very much on
the plan Of the one who had built
before.
In some Southern towns of moder-
ate size, the cemetery will be found
on a beautiful hill, around which
have grown the homes Of the people.
Sentiment is a beautiful thing,
and our reverance for the dead is
something not even to be discussed
but epidemics of infant mortality
may more often be traced to wells
polluted by such situations, than by
t'visitations of Providence"
In these same towns there will be
an utter absence of anything even re-
mOtely resembling a sewage system.
1t has often been noted that, given
an unusually mild winter, an cpl
demic of "slow fever" typhoid or
any of the less malignant forms will
make great inroads in the popuIa-
ton, but the civic authorities are
slow to place the blame where it
belongs
Ornate court-houses academic
school buildings, Queen Anne iails,
magnificent churches are beautiful
things for 9 town to possess, from an
architectural point of view, but the
chances are there would be Just as
much satisfaction in the possession
of less ornate edifices, and a deal
more health if the money was put
into a good waterworks system which
would permit of an-up-to-date sew
erage system.
Take the health statistics of a
town and you have a fair idea of the
nature of it's inhabitants.
The average Southern town which
is, geographically and civically, just
where the Civil War found it, usual
ly has an overcrowded list in the
Chair Warmers Club. The old men
sit around to tell any and all how
different conditions were "before the
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08
Have You Seen Hin ?

If J. C. P. Ferguson is yet living,
it is profitable to him to communi-
cate same to his brother, H. J. P.
Ferguson, Milledgevi1e, Georgia,
care The Asylum Mail.
The Meeker herald., 1911-04-29
SPORT.

The first continued flight from
London to Paris in an aeroplane has
been made.
BY = score OF seven to four. the
Omaha Western League club de-
feated Lincoln Of the same league.
President McGill OF Denver an
nounced the purchase of Lee CULLEN.
. third baseman, from the Brooklyn.
Nationals.
Captain J. Hardness Lloyd OF the
Al-English polo team, which is to
play the American team for the inter
national championship, arrived in New
York from England. accompanied by
Herbert Wilson, one Of his players.
Washington punched three hits IN
the sixth inning and with Cunning
hams triple and Miller's single In
the eighth defeated Boston to 2.
Aviator Lansor flew In an aero
plane from the aviation field At
Kiewit to the Belgian capital. Brus-
sells, carrying his three sisters as pas
sengers. ai
Jim Flynn, the Pueblo fireman. and
Al Kaufman. the most hopeful ap-
pearing hope" Of the white race,
have agreed to fight ten rounds here
Nay 9Th. In Kansas City.
The Meeker herald., 1911-04-29
GENERAL.


A shortage in the ice crop and in
crease in freight rates is held respon-
sible for threatened raise in ice
prices.
Theodore Roosevelt has returned
home to New York from seven
weeks tour Of the West and middle
West.
John c. Stubs, vice president and
direction Of traffic of the Hartman
lines, of Chicago, has resigned his
place.
Federal Judge John H. Rogers of
the western district Of Arkansas was
found dead In his bed at hotel in
Little Rock.
Alexander Doty, sixteen, lost his life
trying to save his chum, Osborne Oar
by, eighteen, with whom he had gone
boating on Lake Michigan.
Eighty-five thousand persons tras-
eled from eastern cities to points to
the Pacific coast during the thirty-five
days period ending April 10th.
On the ground that 1t was special
Liquidation. the Pennsylvania eight
hour law was declared unconstitution-
al by the State Supreme Court.
The directors Of the Metropolitan
opera house in New York, have decid-
ed to raise the price of orchestra and
other circle chairs from IS to Sc.
The United States is spending $780,
100000 In fortifying the Hawaiian
Islands, making the whole insular
possession the Gibraltar of the Pa
cific.
Gen. w. q. Muse. sixty-eight years
old, U. s. M. c., retired, died at Cam
bridge. Md. He entered the marine
corps in the Civil War as second lieu
tenant.
A newspaper to be published in the
interest of the tramp is the latest
fancy to emerge from the brain OF DR..
James Eads How. the millionaire
tramp.
Fearing that his five-year-old son
William, would not recover from an
attack Of diphtheria, Harry Van Blair
com, a farm hand OF Hohokus. N. j..
slashed the boys throat as he lay on
his sick bed, with q razor.
Grant Riekerd Of Youngstown, a
plumber, attacked his wife and five
children with q gun and AZ and killed
his wife and three children and prob
ably MORALLY wounded the other two
children. He then shot and killed
himself.
The Meeker herald., 1911-04-29
FOREIGN.

Lieutenant WGlter H. Rodney of
the Second United States cavalry.
stationed in the Augar barracks. In
the department Of Mindanao, P. l., was
murdered by Moro, crazed with re-
ligious passion. The assassin belongs
to the Mohammedean sect of Juramen-
tados.
The most important battle Of the
Mexican revolution was fought at
Aqua Prieta between 1000 federals
under command of Lieut.. Col. Diaz
and 1000 rebels under Balasario Gar
ella. and resulted In the repulse Of the
former. Seven persons In Douglas,
Ariz.. were wounded from flying bull
let's. regardless Of the warning from
the officials at Washington.
The Meeker herald., 1911-04-29

The wonders of the Rockies are de-
scribed and pictured in = beautiful
brochure Just issued by the Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad. entitled "Around
the Circle" written by Mr.. Edwin L.
sabin, the well known author. and H.
Illustrated with photographs by Jack
son. Beam. Smith, Mcclure and other
we'll known Rocky Mountain land.
scape artists. geographically and
pictorially the publication is one OF
the handsomest issued for free dis
tribution by any railroad. while from
q literary standpoint the story - far
better than the usual run of railroad
booklets.
The Meeker herald., 1911-04-29
latest NEWS |
EP|TOMIll'E|'D|.
FROM rELeaRApA,c R1PoRTs
THAT COVER THE wEGk9
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER PoerEp
ON MOST IMP RTANT
cURRNET TOPICS.
WESTERN

Col. Charles M. O'Connor and the
Sixth cavalry, stationed At Fort Des
Moies, have left Des Moines for Artso-
ma. t
A fall of rock in alslope ON tho 6oo-
foot level of the Homestake niue ~
Lead, 8. D., killed Gust T. Beckfath
and seriously injured Ben Battson.
Two troops of cavalry It Fort Ye!-
lowstone. Yellowstone park. have re-
ceived orders to be In readiness TO go
to San Antonio at moments notice
Joseph Hammil. aged 80. recently
escaped from Colorado penitentiary.
where he was serving time for muir
der. was arrested at Assumption. III.
The business section OF Bothell a
town Of 1900 people. situated at the
head of Lake Washington. twelve
miles north of Seattle. was swept ny
fire with loss Of $4,000. -,
Judge w. 8. Kenyon. progressive
and government 'trust-buster was
elected to the Dolliver seat In the
United States Senate from Iowa. on
the sixty-seventh Joint ballot.
DR.. Daniel X. Pearson. Chicago's
distinguished philanthropist. cele'
brated his ninety-first birthday BY dis
tributing 100000 among educational
institutions and for missionary work
The steamship Northwestern ar
rived in Seattle from Cordoya. Alaska
bringing the first cargo Of copper ore
from the mainland OF Alaska. and wa
greeted with the noise and color De
fitting the magnitude Of the event
Miss Elsie Stuart Of Ell. Neb.. sue
ceeded in seeing the back Of her new
Easter hat, but in 80 doih. she dislo
Gated her neck, tearing some of ths
likaments from their fastenings. neces
stating her being sent to hospital.
Sabine Rarebit. fox terrier. owned
by Thomas Plant Of the Sabine ken
nels Of Orange, Tex. was awarded
the H. g.. Blake cup as the best dog
exhibited in the twenty-seventh an
nual show OF the New England Ken
mel Club in Boston.
While Mrs. John Norman was walk
ing along the beach at Long Beach
C14lI.s Wltu 4ei IwoAy =" v v -lsSs
old baby boy toddling by her side.
gigantic wavs suddenly swept In and
tore the child from his mothers grasp
The baby drowned.
Twenty-three persons are reported
dead, at least hundred injured, two
towns practically swept away. scores
Of buildings demolished and thousand,
of dollars worth Of property dam
aged as the result Of tornado tina,
ragged In Kansas and Oklahoma.
The vacation camp of the Kearney
Neb., military school will be estab
lished at Mast, q station on the Colo
RADIO Midland, $50 miles west Of DEN
yer, June 2sth. and will continue until
July 2sth. This will be the first time
that an Eastern school has maintained
q summer camp in Colorado.
The Meeker herald., 1911-04-29
COFFEE CONGESTION
Causes q Variety o. Ais.

A happy old lady In Wisconsin
says:
During the time was . oo0es
drinker l was subject to sick head
aches, sometimes lasting or 8 days.
totally uniting mo for anything.
To this af1iction was added. some
years ago. . trouble with my heart
that was very painful. accompanied
BY . smothering sensation and faint
ness.
Dyspepsia, also. came to make life
harder to bear. I took oil sorts Of pat
snt medicines but none Of them helped
me for any length of time.
"Ths doctors frequently told me
that coffee was not good for mo: but
without coffee felt ~ II had no
breakfast I finally decided about J
yeaB ago to abandon the use Of COZ
Sse entirely. and a. I had road . great
deal about Postum I concluded to t0
that for . breakfast beverage.
Il uksd the TASTE of It and was par.
ticulas1y pleased to notice that It did
not come up ~ co6Rse ussd to Ths
bad spells with my heart grew jsss
and lsse frsqusat, and finally ceased
altogether, and have not had an at,
task Of sick headache for more than
year. Ny digese3oa II good. too. and
an thankful that am ooce more .
healthy woman. know my wonder.
full rastceatoa 70 health came from
quitting co6se and usdng Postum"
Name given BY The Postum Co, Battle
The Meeker herald., 1911-04-29
Embroyo Architect.

A popular conception Of the archi.
tect's failing In completing house
within the estimate is illustrated IN
the story Of the. proud father who
though he discerned great architeo'
tural talent In his 6-year-old son.
why" asked a neighbor, docs he
draw well?'
"No," replied the father. but he
started q few days ago to build .
hen-coop at an estimated cost Of IS
cents, and It has already cost me about
S3,60,-Metropolitan Magazine.
The Meeker herald., 1911-04-29
Tn. F.cts In the Case.

Old man Aesop was writing his
famous fable about the Fox and the
Grapes. when the fox happened along
and looked over his shoulder.
Observing the nub Of the fable. the
fox laughed raucously and remarked:
Foxes are not vegetarians."
"That is what makes this all the
more fabulous" replied Aesop. folding
up the fable and preparing to mail 1t
to his ubscribers.-Judge.
The Meeker herald., 1911-04-29
WAshINaroN.

The Senate confirmed the nomina-
ton Of Walter L. Fisher Of Illinois ~
secretary Of the interior.
| Representative Hardwick of Geor-
eia introduced bill providing for the
OF all negroes.
Searching inquiry into the situation
lin Mexico II demanded in resolution
offered by Senator Stone of Missouri
4 Another decision day passed with.
out the United States Supreme Court
announcing Its ruling in the Standard
Oil case.
Nearly 800 delegates to the twen-
tieth continental congress of the
Daughters Of the American Revolution
are crowdins hotels in Washington.
After brief conference between
prsstdent TAFT and Secretary of State
Knox, the resignation of DR.. David
jayne Hill. as ambassador to Ger
many, was announced.
Representative Hawley of Oregon
introduced bill authorizing the Sec
Rotary Of the Interior to grant to In
dividual water users on reclamation
project an extension OF time. the Pc
fiod not to exceed one year at any one
time.
The State Department has notified
the Mexican government that there
must be no fighting on American soil
and that the. recent shooting of
Americans from across the boundary
at Douglas. Ariz., must not be re-
peated.
Representative Hawley's bill to
amend the statutes relating to the lieu
reelection OF lands for educational pur-
poses, Just introduced. provides for
lieu selections of any unappropriated
surveyed non-mineral public lands. not
excepting those within forest reserves.
F. 8. Holbrooke. inspector for the
national bureau of standards. will In
spect weights and measures used by
merchants In Colorado. New Mexico.
Wyoming, Utah. Idaho, Montana and
Nevada to ascertain II they conform
to the standards established by the ma
tional government.
The alleged murderers Of George
W. Crichfield, the American recently
killed at his ranch near Tuxpan. Mex.
are under arrest and are being Wig
orously prosecuted by the Mexican
courts, declares American Consu
Miller at Tampico In telegram t.
the state Department.
| Increasing interest in the postal saw
ings bank system is indicated by
StAtement made public by Postmaster
General Hitchcock; S201.961 was ol
deposit At the forty-eight postal saw
ines hanks at the close of business OF
march t1st. increase Of $6S.O92. Thu
number Of open accounts are 4,307.
Reports to the effect that the Demo
crafts OF the House are about to pass I
bill putting wool on the free list wer'
emphstically denied at the capitol b!
Democratic leaders in a position t.
know what is now under considera
tion by the Ways and Means commit
tee.
Should Representative raylor's bill
+ became a law each OF the states II
which public lands are situated will
be given 100000 acres Of land. thu
proceeds from the sale of which ar
to be used solely for the purpose o
constructing. improving and maintain
ing public highways.
The Meeker herald., 1911-04-29
Crippled by Tuberculosis.

According to q recent report by Dr..
Conrad Biesalski OF Berlin. there are
$1,000 cripples in the German empire
out of . population Of 60,600.000. Over
$1,000 Of the cripples are in need Of
proper treatment. Doctor Biesalsh
states that in IL per cent Of the Grip
pies examined. their deformity was
due to tuberculosis of the bones and
FONTS, and that there were 10000 such
children In great need Of medical
treatment He advocates the estab-
Mshment Of seaside sanatoria for this
latter class of cripples.
The Meeker herald., 1911-04-29
Pointed Paragraphs.

Few men give As cheerfully as they
receive.
No man. likes to hear . woman
praise another man.
Ever notice what funny names the
people In strange town have?
II kisses were poisonous. only few
girls would live to graduate.
II you would discover a mans sore
spot, keep quiet and let him talk.
There il one woman q man can de-
pend upon under all circumstances
his mother.
And vanity may be thinking things
about yourself that other people
would never think Of thinking.-Chi-
cago News.