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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-04-06
A FRIEND, SINCE 1890, AND A CAN'T SEE AN
FRIEND, NOW. FREE S
.IEND, NOW.

Dear Sir: I hope you are not
wearied reading letters from your
friends. We all feel such a deep in
terest in you and the work that you
are doing, we just naturally want to
write you about it,. When you first
went to Congress you won my con-
fidence and you have had it ever
since. [ have never doubted your
ability, neither your honesty, as a
statesman and a leader one moment.
1t always hurts my feelings to hear
your good name abused, for | know
you are purely patriotic, and the best
friend that we have got in the South,
and yet there are those that will
abuse you. | see just as clear as |
ever saw anything in the future, that
if the principles you are fighting for
are lost, we are a ruined nation of
people. 1t looks to me that any
thinking mind could see it, but they
don't; let us keep pressing the battle
If victory never comes it will put
off the evil day, and we will have
done our duty. My daily prayer is
that God will give you life and
strength and patience and protect you
from the enemy until you have fin
ished your work, and then may there
be another Thomas Watson, if such a
thing can be, to take your place. Let
us hope that the enemies are not so
mean, after all; just blind, and some
day God will remove the scales from
their eyes. The money power is the
anti-Christ that will finally destroy
this kingdom. Yours to the end,
w. M. BOWERS.
Royston, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-04-06
ONE OF THE OLD GUARD OFFERS
HIS SERVICES.

Dear Sir: Late yesterday | received
your weekly JefferSOnian. Allow me
to say to you by return mail, [ can
speak the sentiment of untold num-
bers when | say, outside of the days
and since the days of our confedera-
ton, and under your teaching, that
numbers are ready at moments
warning to take brogans and hayer-
sacks, with canteens as we'll as Bowie
knives, in defence of our wives and
grandchildren that live by honest
labor and toll for sustenance in life,
to defend the rights of our citizens
A wink to the wise and the by-Word
is sufficient to all Confederates if the
worst must come. Drop me a card
"Seventy-one" in 1911.
JERE HOWARD.
Statesboro, Ga.
Answer.
When I ran for the Legislature, in
1882, Uncle Jere Howard was a resi-
dent of bearing District, McDufie
county. He supported me, then, and
he has been loyal ever since.
Therefore, his tender of service
touches me deeply. However, I will
not have to go outside of my own
town and my own county to get all
the help that I am likely to need.
Besides, "fOreWarned is forearmed:"
they will never catch me off my guard
again. T. E. w.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-04-06
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Stops Pain in the Bladder, Kidneys
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Wouldn't it be nice within a week or
so to begin to say. goodbye forever to
the scaldng, dribbling, strainng, or
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have recipe for these troubles that
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you use it, so 1 think you had better
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send you a copy free-yot can use it
and cure yourself at home.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-04-06
A CALL FOR ACTION.

To the Men of Monroe County: My
sakes alive, men, why don't you do
something? Don't wait to be last.
Call that meeting for first Saturday
in May.
Mr.. Watson made the first step in
December, and is fixing for big rally
in July. Why don't you make the
middle step? Don't you know Mr..
Watson can't do everything? Are you
all asleep, and can't you read the
signs Of the times?
| tell you, men, unless you rouse
yourselves and do something more
than talk, our children will suffer for
your weakness. Where are our bril-
liant men, such as G.. O. GOodWyne,
w. j. Walker, Ben Hill, and others,
that they don't do something in this
matter? Call that meeting for May
at once; get to work and just help
Mr.. Watson.
Wives and mothers, encourage the
men in this work, for don't you know
that Mr.. Watson is working for us,
you and our children, without price
or pay? Now, it's up to us to get a
move on and do something worth
while We fathers and mothers must
work out our own salvation and now
is the appointed time. We need not
wait for God to just lift us out. There
is work to do. Be men, manly men!
Would you all could see and feel this
as I do.
ONE OF THE SUFFERERS.
Forsyth Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-04-06
WISHES EVERYONE WOULD
READ THE JFFFS.

Dear Sir: I am highly pleased
with The jeff and magazine; am
glad we have got one man that is
smart enough to keep up with the
rascals and brave enough to expose
them; am highly pleased with your
answer to Mr.. Robert Miller, in the
last jeff in regard to Hoke Smith.
[ have said all the while, if Hoke was
innocent why did he lie under such
charges? Don't think he would.
Keep up with them, Mr.. Watson, and
let us little fellows know what is
going on, for we cannot find out
through the other papers.
The Jeffs are the best educators I
ever read; hope you may live long to
expose error and advocate truth.
They say Watson is a crank and
crazy. Pay no attention to him.
Wish everybody would take The
Jeffs. Yours very truly,
T. z. HEAD.
FroIona, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-04-06
A PROPHECY FULFILLED.

My Dear Sir: With all the fore
sight of Tolstoi or Nitschka, your
predictions in your great speech, de-
livered eighteen years ago at Doug
lasville, Ca, while 1 was yet a mere
lad of fifteen and could not under
stand, today is being fully fulfilled,
as l see it. Would to God we had
in Georgia few more men like you.
hope some day to pay your city a
visit to see you and talk with you.
Kindest regards, NJ. II. RICE.
En- route, Americas, Ga.
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SEE ANY HERESY IN
FREE SPEECH.

Dear Brother: The Baptist church
has brought a charge against me for
preaching heresy. 1t was malice that
caused them to do this. There was
a young man, a preacher, who was
sent out to our church from the Bur-
lison College to fill our pastors ap-
pointment, and on Saturday night he
dismissed his congregation before
o'clock and took them and went to
a party-that is, play party-and
I did not like that and as I con-
demned it in my sermon. l said we
had better be more scriptural in our
practices than to allow young man
to go out without any restriction, and
that four prominent Bible characters,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-04-06
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
CONGRESSMAN RANDELL. OF
TEXAS,
TEXAS,

Dear Mr.. Watson A short extract
from the Atlanta Constitution con-
tanning a news item to the effect that
Hon. G. B. Randell, Of Sherman, Tex,
had issued an announcement of his
candidacy to succeed Hon. Joseph
Bailey, in 1913, ION a Progressive
PLATFORM has caused me to wonder
why Randell's record in congress has
not received some notice at your
hands.
Doubtless you know that he is a
Georgian. | recall now that he lived
for a year or more in Wilkes county.
He superintendent the farm of his
grandmother, Mrs. Gabrielle, who
then resided on the old Gabrielle
homestead, which is now owned by
Mr.. J. G. Fawning. Randell and
Fawning are cousins. I we'll remem-
Der him as a young man. The last
time l saw him he was endeavoring
to make arrangements for purchasing
guano. He approached a local dealer
who turned him down. [ was COM
parative stranger, but he turned to
me with the remark that at the
earliest opportunity he intended
shaking the dust off his feet from a
COOIlCS w IC1C 1C SOu1u1 SCI IuS
credit accorded a niger"
Accordingly, he and younger
brother went west and the rest is
history.
He succeeded Joe Bailey as con-
gresham from, I think, the Fifth
Congressional district. He now as
pires to higher hOnOrs.
You would confer a favor on one
who recalls with pleasure the manly
face Of struggling young Georgian
who has made good" in his adopted
home, by giving epitOme of his record
in congress.
That he will receive the support of
The Jeffs must be foregone con-
clusion, as his entering the race
against Bailey as Progressive,
prOclaims him in line with the prin-
cipIes advocated by The Jeffs.
Wishing you abundant success and
waiting a greeting to Randell, I am
Very truly, j. T. HUDSON.
Amity, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-04-06
AS TO ELECTION OF UNITED
STATES SENATOR'S.

Dear Sir: Please inform your
many friends and readers of the
weekly as to the effect Of the recent
act of congress in regard to the cleo
ton Of United States Senators. There
are many people who think the mat
ter Of electing United States Senators
by a popular vote is unconstitutional,
according to recent action by Con-
gress. Respectfully,
Warthen, Ga. J. S. NORRIS.
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Answer.

In this paper, I took occasion to
pay Randell a high compliment, a
year or so ago; and I meant to give
our readers one of his dashing
speeches. Of course, we are for him,
to beat Renegade Bailey. T. E. w.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-04-06
Answer.

To have given control of Senatorial
elections to the Federal Government,
would have been not only unconstitu-
tional, but revolutionary. T. E. w.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-10

stake, reserving final choice until the
training season is over, has helped
swell the total Geers, for instance,
names no less than eight trotters for
the big stake. Macy, Murphy. La.
sell and others are free with dupli-
cate nominations
The liberalty with which the
horsemen have patroniZed the pacing
stake Is, however, a surprise, as the
Walter Cox PAGER Branham Baugh-
man. is conceded 10 be a 1903 perform
err and II will be necessary for the
winner 10 beat him at that time.
Branham has had the advantage OF a
very thorough education. He has been
the winner OF thousands or dollars in
second moneys on the Grand Circuit
during the past two seasons. He Is
being trained and campaigned by one
of the shrewdest men In the business
and il is hard to see where he Is go
ing to be beaten. That the race is
not already considered as paced, is
evident from the opinions OF the many
horsemen who have made entries IN
the stake. The only logical deduc-
ton is that each one OF them believes
he has 2:02 performer waiting for
the word.
Space forbids the publication OF the
list OF 2S candidates for the 211 trct,
and OF the 10 nominated In the 2:04
pace the minor early-closing events
OF the local organization. Both these
events filled, even beyond expecta-
ton
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-10
PESKY SUN HITS
OElAHANTY AGAIN
Stray Ray Gets in His Eye Just as
He Is About To Pounce on
Fly-We Lose.

III the pesky sun would only keep
out OF Jim Delahanty's eyes, Detroit
might be able TO make lot better
record In its spring exhibition games.
Two of them-precisely half-occurr.
ed when Jimdel got slugged In the eye
with stray beam of light.
once the catastrophe happened at
Mobile aud the Tigers blew ball
game Sunday IL happened at Gin.
cinnati. Always, as the position OF
the sun would imply, the game was In
the closing stages when Del had his
misfortune. Yesterday 1t was the
ninth, the score TO 0, one out and
man on second. Mitchell whacked
ball straight at Jimdels cap. The
Tiger infelder raised his head and
hands. Bling! The low sun got in Its
work. The game was over.
The Tigers and Reds were both up
against hermetically-se pitching
and IL was certain that a streak or
luck like this was going TO be enough
TO settle everything. Mullin, Willett.
McQuilan and Gaspar were all In
great form--Willett best LATTE
wouldn't have been scored on but for
bit OF pardonable wildness in his
first pitching Of the season.
The regulars, shy Crawford. Cobb.
Mullln. Willett, Covington, Stroud,
and Trainor Tuthill. all OF whom are
back in Detroit. play at Dayton today.
In the meantime the Donovan Yam.
igans have been licking Quincy In the
Western association, IL took IL in
nines Saturday, but they eventually
put one over Sunday with Ralph
Works. the famed Quincy Ounce, on
the mound fop the Tigers, the home
hopes had no chance They call Ralph
Sammy" out in his home town. Much
fun was had by the rooters.
Details OF the encounters will be
found in another column
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-10

BE boss OF the diamond" says Silk
O'Loughlin, famous American league
arbitrator. whose name is household
necessity In most American homes
The best jumps" is a tyrant on the
field-in the opinion OF players who
like to start something" He rules
with a hand Of iron. He won't stand
for back talk. The lippy belligerent
Is hustled TO the bench or clubhouse
and is apt TO hear That will cost you
$50"
And. OLoughlin's Punishment and
fines go, as many players have discov-
cred. He is backed up in everything
he does by President Johnson. the
man who introduced the national
game to polite society and who in.
sists upon keeping Il there.
Not only does the big mogul sup.
Fort o'Loughlin. but every other man
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-10
az PAUL HALE eRuskE.

Hack from the most successlu
training trim in which Detroit base
ball club has ever taken paIl, :,
eral OF the Tiger veterans arriNeu -
Detroit this morning. The rest Oh tn'
Jungle array will be back tonorro"
after the game against the paSuon
Central leagueTs TO-DAY.
II has been an eyentful SIX weeks
in local baseball history.
For the first training trip since the
one of 1908, the team has come BACK,
with every promise OF having oe'
veloped a new infielder.
The last former event OF this KIND
n took place on the trip when Detroll
found Oleary. To be sure the team
got Bush since then but DOME was
one OF the made-to-order kind anu
came TO the club In the fall.
Del Gainor's advent is almost
epoch-making in its importance.
II seems also certain that the II,
ger management has found two ana
probably three pitchers OF big-league
caliber. Lively and Mitchell are De
lieyed BY Manager Jennings TO be
certainties in the big league for many
years. II also looks as IL LATTE VIII
be good enough to win many game
In fast company.
To realize what IL means to find
pair Of pitchers on spring trip,
zone must only recall that Detroit has
developed but two Of them-Wiiiett
and mmers--sinee 1902. At the
i rate of one every four years, the 1911
squad seems TO be fairly out-dolng
Itself.
Recalls tanIon's Great Year.
Then too, there are Schaller and
Drake, one OF whom is certain TO be
retained. II all makes total OF, at
least, four, and possibly six players
OF big-league ability, Detroit is draw
ing out of the 1911 squad OF recruits.
This is away ahead OF all former rec
ords for the local club and recalls the
year that Ned Hanlon developed Keel
er, Jennings, McGraw and Kelly, all
in one gigantic stroke of luck and
genius combined
In the development of pitchers De-
troit has been singularly unfortunate
in the past decade. The apparent good
fortune that has evidently attended
the clubs efforts this spring was
away overdue.
For the past five years and more.
the Detroit management has expend
ed an average of $4,000 annually in
the purchase of the best pitchers OF
the minor leagues.
High-salaried scouts secured the
entire field of professional baseball,
combed the colleges and delved into
the game as 1t fiourished independ-
emily on the sandkots Pitchers were
the chief lack of the club and the
dragnet each fall contained from
eight to dozen of them.
Each winter the Detroit bugs have
Toasted their eyes on the last-sea-
sons performances OF the Tigerette
recruit twirlers, and have looked for.
ward to great things. Invariably these
recruits turned out at training camp
with chronically sore arms, INDECENT
dispositions, malaria or nostalgia
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-10

he employs as umpire. II wasn't al
ways thus, however Time was when
an umpire was regarded as a nuis-
ance and AZ object for the coroner
every time he gave a decision i'm favor
OF visiting team. If the decision
affected favorite player or turned
the tide OF the game. the arbitrator
would be surrounded by a crowd OF
threatening players whose talk would
rot be- permitted in print. melted
by such actions, the crowds were not
slow TO toss things at the head OF the
unfortunate who had sunk low enough
TO act az Judge OF play.
The one act that put an effective
end to assaults by spectators was the
Get Of St. Louis fan who threw a
pop bottle at Umpire Evans and frac-
ured his skull. Evans came within
a, thin blond hair Of crossing the big
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-10
Short Lengths

A European car travelled 1,ig1 miles
on the Los Angeles speedway, setting
new record FOR "a hours yesterday.
A Cadillac was second, having aver
aged better than so miles an hour Tor
the "Trip
Columbus %, Pitt.burg ~ Boston 9,
Kansas City ) Toledo 2, Cleveland /,
Bosto on Nationals 10, Baltimore / Card
inals g. Browns s. were some Of the
ba sc ball results OF yesterday
The poor Browns didn't win one of
the seven games OF their series with
the Cardinals in 81 Louis
Michigan q. Reserve 4. Campbell
pitched. and the Wolverines played err
rorless ball behind him.
Hat Nelson II going 10 try Ia fight
Dummy Decker, AT Baltimore. June Il.
Detroit high schools are planning a
revival of the old interscholastic field
day on "A modified style The event may
take place late in MAY.
=. a =. broke even with the Chcro-
KEGS at Mack park, each team winning
one game.
Jay Gould holds his court tennis
championship.
"Bud" Moran II the manager Of the
Chalmers Motor Co.'S Detroit retail
branch at No. 26S Jefferson rave.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-10
HARVEY BussEY
HAS MADE 5000
Former Star of the Csss Club Will
Pitch for Washington During
Coming Season.

According TO all the sport scribes
with the Washington club, HarVe!
Bussey. the former Detroiter, mas
pitched such good ball this spring
that he is assured a place on the Ma
tionals' pitching stan.
Bussey will be remembered as a
Detroiter for several years, his best
work having been with the Cass CLUB
whom he pitched into the city cham
pionship one year.
In this same tournament Rubber
Knapp, who also makes his debut In
fast company this year, with Cleve-
land, pitched for the Hillsides.
In speaking OF Bussey, the Wash
ington Star says:
IF optimisism and confidence count
for anything, then Harvey Bussey, the
Virginia league spitball artist, is as
sured of a position with the Wash
ington team during the coming sea
son. L am going TO work for only
one man this year, and that man Is
McAleer. | never felt better in M
life. and / believe that | have got
more now than | ever had. and have
been with six pennant winners Bus
sey has been In professional ball six
years, and during that time has been
with a pennant-winning club each
year.
He believes that he is going 70
have a good season this year. i have
just as good control as any man in
the business, continued Bussey, and
with Charlie Street and Kid Elberfeld
knowing the weaknesses or every bat
ter in the American league. / know
that will be able TO keep them where
these fellows can't hit them
"McAleer likes Bussey. and he will
be taken back to Washington when
he leaves here Saturday"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-10
SPRING TRIP OF
1911 MARKS A REAL EPOCH

whatever. they had in the minors
was lost when they became Tigers.
And the peculiar part OF il all is the
fact that few OF them ever amounted
10 much OF anything on their return
10 the clubs where they won their
false regulations. One spring with
the Tiger crew apparently finished
them on
Even Best Were Poor.
OF course, some were worse than
others The least bad were saved 10
pitch on the days when the regulars
weren't available. But they we're
makeshifts at the best.
AT last, however, the Tigers are
starting their season with a force of
reserve pitchers which looks able TO
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-10

break better than even any day II
gets good batting support.
RIGHT NOW HUGHIE JENNINGS
WOULDN'T TAKE $4,000 FOR
JACK LIVELY. Clarence Mitchell
looks almost as good. Big. capable
men they both appear TO be. Both ot
them-Lively in particular-know
how 20 pitch. Mitchell will need a
little more seasoning before right up
his best in the big league A dozen
games under his belt should see him
as good as veteran. Lively entered
fast company with, the big-league
swing acquired in advance.
AS for Drake and Schaller. one OF
them is sure 10 stick and the belief
exists that the latter I'm particular is
likely 10 develop into real star.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-10
THE TIMES SPORT PAGE
Hugl1Ee Wishes for a
RecIpe to Faffen Those

CINCINNATI o., April sThe Tigers all about down
being the only exception But the PLAYERS
gaining weight
ughie would be glad OF
aid putting weight the bones OF sew
his
Pitcher Covingon height but weighs only
pounds Stroud is bit taller ana only rev
Tller weighs 100 and is feet lolph
this He looked
adyces from Bill Donovan nave
taking the road Inc same
Smith, walking beanpoe or the llgel
cites is about l5S
Jennings yearns for from pounds
a or lie
Pug Cavet the greatest
lefthander
additional muscle
to OF months All the
youths They will naturally pu'
on o
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-10

be made az that station. his fellow
umpire watching the opposite bag.
HE must study the delivery OF
every pitcher. gauge his curve ball
and note the Jump Of the fast ball. lie
becomes, through experience, able to
know instiuctively where a curve pan
or fast ball will cross the plate or
skim by II. | don't mean by THIS that
AN umpire can look at the ball as II
comes 10 the plate and tell where IL
will go but he can follow its fight
with accuracy because he has learned
the little tricks the ball thrown by
each pitcher will perform.
Running his own game does not
mean surliness. IL means the umpire
IS sent onto the field TO represent the
league. to decide plays and interpret
the rules. He may not tolerate inter
ference; he may not permit player
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-10

to show him up He must retain his
dignity and not permit an argument.
He should not make his decision too
quick or he may have to change IL.
II isn't good thing to have TO change
decisions. and earn a reputation for
being premature.
Ball players are human, and when
they realize an umpire Is stern, but
just, they are less apt to kick over
the traces even In the heat OF a holly
contested game than II they have rea-
son 10 believe they can gain anything
by attempting to bullyrag. or course
umpires make mistakes. not being In
falllble. but on the whole their del
sions are correct, as the players ad-
NIT when of the field. although some
times they find Il hard to do 50 when
the battle Is raging"