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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-04-09
GEORGIA WOMEN RALLYING TO
MAKE A DAUGHTER OF GEORGIA
MISTRESS OF THE WHITE HOUSE
Friends and Class
mates of Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson Organize at Rome.
Ladies of Cleveland, White
County, Individually Urge
Georgia to Make Her First
Lady of the Land-Leading
Club Women of Columbus
Planning to Organize

Georgias women are rapidly organizing
to send Mrs Woodrow Wilson to the
White House. to make daughter of Geor-
make the White House the home of a
Georgia family for the first time in his
tory.
The first organization has already been
effected at Decatur.
Here is another, and powerful one,
from Rome, organized among Mrs. Will
sons girIhood friends and classmates in
that city by Miss Ava Printup, whose
parents were received into the Presbyte-
rian church at Rome, and later welded,
by the father of Mrs. Wilson, Rev. DR..
Edward Arson.
From Cleveland, the county seat of
White county, come also numerous in
dividuaI expressions from ladies resident
in that town, urging that Mrs. Wilson be
made the first lady of the nation.
From Columbus, too, comes word that
a Mrs Woodrow Wilson club" is to be
formed there at an early date, and that
the leading club women of the city will
become charter members of the Organiza-
ton.
All throughout Georgia the women are
Joining this movement to help shape the
political affair of the nation. Unequipped
with the franchise, they are organizing
TO WELD the even greater power that Is
naturally theirs-the power to sway mere
man and make him do their will. They
have set themselves ito this task. and
are RAPIDLY rolling up a bigger Wilson
majority than was even anticipated for
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-04-09
Cleveland Ladies Urge
GEORGIA WOmanlS Name

Especial Dispatch to The JournaL)
CLEVELAND, Ga, April 6.-Many la
dies of Cleveland have expressed in
unmistakable terms their sympathy in
the movement among Georgia's women
to make a daughter of Georgia mistress
Of the White House.
81 would be pleased indeed to see Mrs.
woodrow Wilson in the White House"
said Mrs. r. T. Kenimer.
"It would be pleasure beyond ex-
preston to have Mrs. Wilson as our
next presidents wife" declared Mrs.
Frank Kenimer.
Other expressions follow:
''I had rather Mrs. Wilson would be
the first lady of the land than any
one 1 know of"-Mrs Harry Walker.
"As for me, / would prefer that Mrss.
Wilson represent our Georgia woman
hood as the presidents wife, than any
one / know."-Mrs. RUDE Morris.
"I am in favor of Mrs. Wilson as our
next presidents wife."-Mrs. Steve Ash
81 am in favor of Mr.. and Mrs. will
son as strongly as L can be."-Miss
Katie Harrison.
IT am in favor of Mrs. Wilson; first.
because she is a Georgia woman; and
next, because 1 think beyond all doubt,
Mr.. Wilson is far the best man in the
race. Mrs. j. w. II. Underwood.
II am in favor of Mrs. Wilson, be-
cause we want a Georgia woman as
mistress of the White House, and be-
cause Mr. Wilson is the right man in the
right place. Mrs. DIR. J. b. Norton.
ST would be so glad for Mrs. Wilson
(Continued on Page Ten Column 81
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-04-09
ROOSEVELT TALKS
Of LINCOLN AND I
IN ANGRY SPEECH
He SternIy ReSentS Fact That
LOrimer Also Made Free Use
of Martyred Presidents
Name
Especial Dispatch to The Journal)


SPRINGFIELD. H., April Sin TIE
home city of the emancipater, Colonel
Roosevelt tonight bitterly denounced IS
outrage upon the memory of Abraha N
Lincoln, the use of his name by Sena-
tor William Lorimer in connection with
his political organization-the Lincoln
league.
Roosevelt declared that the issues
which confront the people today are the
same that Lincoln battled 70 surmount
and that the fundamental plank of Lin
coins platform, the right of the people
to rule themselves an not be ridden by
mere part of the people, is precisely
the issue Of today.
ut is of vital importance that the rule
of the people should be exercised for
social and industrial justice in a spirit
of broad charity and kindness to ALL"
he said, but with stern insistence that
privilege should be eliminated from our
Industrial life and should be shorn Of
its power in our political Ffe The
defenders of privilege have no real
right to represent the Republican party,
still less to dominate it. Especially men
and women of Illinois, it is an infamy
and an outrage that Lincoln. who stood
for honesty in politics as well as in
every other phase of our national life
should have his name decorated by its
use in connection with Mr.. Lorimer and
his associates. They stand for and they
typify all of those evil influences
aaginst which Lincoln's whole life was
a protest
ADMITS THE CRISIS
'They are not the only men, however,
who at this crisis, while claiming to
represent us or belong to the Re
publican party, are fundamentally hos
tile to every worthy tradition in that
party. A number of very rich men in
GLIDING both the heads of big corpora
tions and big corporation lawyers who
have been associated with them have
shown that they are not loyal to the
cause of human rights and human jus
tice and human liberty. The rich man
who trusts in his riches, the rich man
who feels that his wealth entities him
to more than his share of political. So
cial and industrial power, is naturally
aaginst US So likewise. the men of
little faith, the men who from the bot
tom of their hearts disbelieve in our
whole people of the Democratic govern
mental rule are also against us. But
this is no new thing.
It is exactly what happened 81 years
ago, when out of the plain people, Lin
coin and those like him, fashioned the
Republican party. In November, 1858,
Lincoln wrote: Out of Sangamon as
we'll as in it, much of the plain old
democracy is with US. while nearly all
of the exclusive stock in whiggery is
against us.
The individuals who believed in privi-
lege and those who distrusted the people
were against Lincoln then; and they
are against us now.
The men against whom we stand in
clude the men who desire to ex plot the
people for their own purpose and who
profit financially by the wicked alliance
between crooked business and crooked
politics.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-04-09
Underwood DROPPED
As A LAME DUCK IN
STATE OF MARYLAND
allies" Turn Their Influence.
Immediately to Harmon
When They Discover Weak
ness of Underwood
BY RALPH SMITH.

WASHINGTON. April 6.-The at
tempt to foist the candidacy of Rep
resentative Oscar Underwood upon the
Democrats of Maryland has not re-
ceIved much encouragement and it de-
veloped today that the "allies" have
determined that Governor Judson Har-
mon shall make the fight in Maryland
against Governor Wilson. Mr.. Under
woods presidential boomlet was form
ally launched at Annapolis under the
most suspicious circumstances follow
ing which his campaign managers
and publicity agent proclaimed to the
world that the Alabamian was assured
of the Maryland delegation to the DEM
But the -Wilsonites have evil
IDENTIFY discoVe' ed that MI. Underwood
is not the man to capture Maryland.
If it is possible to take it away from
the Jersey governor, wherefore 1t has
been determined that Governor Har-
mon shall have the support of the
united opposition.
1t is not believed that either Speaker
Clark or Representative Underwood will
make any fight for the Maryland dele
cation.
Although Overwhelmingly defeated in
their last contest, namely, Wisconsin.
where Governor Harmon withdrew IN
favor of Speaker Clark, there is re-
newed evidence that the coalition OF
interests is TO continue it's allied fight
A dispatch from Baltimore today said
in this connection:
1.-THE chances are that Harmon VIII
be selected to make the running
against Wilson and every organization
man will be called upon to help put
him over The argument to be used is
that Wilson is the candidate of the
'highbrows,' who have no interest in
the men down >the line, who would
therefore not be benefited in any way
should Wilson be elected"
DIVISION CONTINUED.
Mr. Clark will not be a candidate
against Harmon in Nebraska, as Har-
mon is not a candidate against Clark
in Illinois. The division of the terri
tory has been carefully made the eff
fort Of 1.-The allies" being to pick as
the opponent of Governor Wilson that
man who apparently has the greatest
strength.
Similarly Governor Harmon is the
opponent Ex-Governor Wilson in Texas.
while Chairman Underwood is the cam
didate I'm Florida, where Speaker Clark
and Governor Harmon have recently
stepped aside.
The following statement was issued
tonight from the Woodrow Wilson
headquarters;
1.-THE big development Of the Demo-
cratic presidential campaign was the
remarkable victory of Governor Will
son last week in tie first state fur
nishing a contest in a presidential pref
erential primary. Wisconsin afforded
demonstration of the great strength
of Governor Wilson before the public;
late figures show that Governor Will
son polled approximately $4,000 votes
to 10000 cast in favor of Speaker
Clark,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-04-09
FARMERS THROWN DOWN
BY UNDERWOOD SCHEME
Appointment of Lamb as Chairman of Agricultural Committee
Held Up Farmers Unions Dearest Measure to Prevent
Gambling in Cotton Futures

These facts are of record and are well
known by the officers and leaders of
the Farmers Union.
Governor Wilson supported and help
ed to elect Mr.. MARITIME. a farmer, to
the United States senate, against ex-
Senator Jim Smith, the representative
of "the interests" and the big political
boss.
1t certainly behooves every southern
farmer to stop and consider well and
long. before casting his vote against
Woodrow Wilson, who is the ablest and
most typical democrat since the days
of Thomas Jefferson, and in favor of
Oscar w. Underwood, whose candidacy
is inspired by Wall street and has
freely been charged to be financed by
Wall street, and who willfully and de-
nberately, over the supplicatons of the
Farmers Union threw the farmers
down"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-04-09
Illinois Decks Cleared
For Big Primary Fight


CHICAGO. April I9.-PoliticaI leaders
today gave final instructions to their
lieutenants in the Illinois campaign, pre-
ceding the voting tomorrow. which is TO
determine the complexion OF the ballots
in the election next fan.
The presidential preference vote con-
tinued to occupy the center Of the po-,
litical stage. Colonel Roosevelt planned
to close his campaign in the state with
speeches in the congressional district
which for years has returned former
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon to congress.
The speaking campaigns of the Taft and
LaFollette forces in the state are over.
On the Democratic side the Wilson and
Clark speakers wound UP their laborn
Saturday.
Chicago has also to vote on the ad-
visibility Of woman suffrage and the local
suffragists have. prepared to be repre-
scented at every polling place In the 1,sA
precincts OF the city.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-04-09
MRS. SNYDER JAILED
FOR DEATH OF HUSBAND

NEW YORK, April S.-An inquest IN
to the death Of Walter J. Snyder. editor
of Sports Of the Times. who died yes
terday from stab wounds inflicted by
scissors in the hands of his wife, were
planned by the coroner today.
Mrs Snyder was arraigned before the
coroner and was sent to the tombs to
be held without bail pending the in
quest, which was set for April Is
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-12
CALL BY NUMBER
Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
Stockholders Meeting

The Annual Meeting Of the Stock
holders Of the Norfolk & Western
Railway Company will be held at the
principal office of the Company in the
City Of Roanoke, Virginia, on Thurs
day, the 10th day of October, 1912. at
12 O'Clock noon. to elect Directors, to
elect independent auditors to audit the
books and accounts of the Company at
the close of the fiscal year. to consider
the annual report of the Directors for
the fiscal year which ended June Both,
1912, to ratify and approve all action
of the Directors set forth in such an
nua report and in the minutes of the
Company, to consider, and vote upon a
proposal to acquire by purchase all the
railroad, property and franchises of
The Columbus Connecting and Terminal
Railroad : ompany and to transact
such other business as may properly
come before the meeting.
The stock transfer books will be
closed at o'clock P NJ, Wednesday,
September 25:h, 1912, and re opened
at 10 o'clock A. M, Friday. October
18th, 1912.
By order of the Board Of Directors. s.
E. II. ALDEN. Secretary,
& Of
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-12
A Wise Centenarian.

A telegram from St. Louis saws
that benjamin West of BelleyilIe.
Missouri on his one hundreth birthday
renounced his allegiance to the Repub-
lcan party Of which he had been 4
member for fifty years and stated
that for the first time in his life he
would support q Democrat for the
Presidency, If a man who has been
true for fifty years and deserted that
party At the age of one hundred years
because he finds it has departed from
the principles u which he Believes, It
should be easy for younger man,
who has not been in the party SO long,
to follow the course of the wise old
centenariaD and get into the party
which represents the people. before
be gets too old.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-12
Supreme Court Of Appeals.

On Saturday morning the Supreme
Court of Appeals in unanimous opinion
sustained the contention of the Attor-
neys who represented the saloon men
Of Martinsburg, and ordered the Coun-
ty Court of Berkeley County to grant
license in the cases before the Court.
This is q sweeping victory for the
VETS in Martinsburg and their attorneys
and those who helped to get the charter
which has been construed by the SUI
prema Court in this decision Faulkner,
Walkr and Woods represented the
saloon men IN these matters from the
start to the successful ruling of the
Supreme Court Of Appeals. The Prose-
cutting Attorney for Berkeley county,
Mr.. Noll. and Mr. Nadenbousch and
Mr.. Marshall Mccormick. of Berryville,=
represented the County Court of Berke@
ley County.
The Court will adjourn this week, and
while it has been busy term, the
only case of personal interest to all onr
people is the one against our County by
Fonrose Shipley who seeks as administe
traitor, to recoNer for the death of
man who lost his life on traction en-
CINE while crossing bridge on the
pike at Weirick's mill, south Of Charles
Town, when the bridge broke down as
claimed in the suit. because the County
had been negligent it letting it get out
Of repair. The jury found against the
County damages for $1,000. and Judge
Faulkner decided that the County was
not liable, because of the negligence of
the man who lost his life Appeal was
taken to the Supreme Court by Faux
ner, Walker and Woods who are seek
ing to recover for the death. With
them is MIR. Geo. M. Beltzhoover, Jr.,
and our County is represented by Prose
cutting Attorney, Geo. D. Moore, and
It's two OK Prosecuting Attorneys, Mr..
James N, Mason, Jr.. and Col. Forrest
w. Brown.
A number of cases we're continued,
ard some submitted without ARGUMENT,
and there seems not to have been the
usual mum er of attorneys from other
parts Of the Safe present at this term.
Mr. W. W. Brannon, of the western
part OF State and q relative of Judge
Brannon, was in the county last week,
and both of them went to WINCHESTER,
the birthplace Of The Judge, end re-
manned oyer Sunday Attorney Gen,
eral Conley. and +. P Jacobs former
Circuit Court Judge were among those
cour here.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-12
The Sheep And The Goats.

Last weeks aColliers Maya
zineo turns the 4ight on the
Trevitt &ribe offer to the state
Press last Spring.
1t seems that the offer was
made to set a trap for the yenal
newspapers, and as the author
expresses it to separate the
sheep from the goats"
One Johnson, strong tenn
perance advocate, who it is
claimed was forced out of the
Government service by the liq-
nor interests on account of his
activity in prosecuting yio1ators
of the Excise laws conceived
the scheme of appealing to the
cupidity of editors and then lay
ing the results of his campaign
Of temptation before the public.
Whether such methods are
justifiable the results must de-
termine.
But one thing is certain--that
the alliance between corrupt poll
iticians of both parties and the.
liquor corruptionists who have
no. politics-is clearly proved
as witness the following edify-l
ing correspondence:
w. & Hicks, editor of the Putnam
Herald" Winfield, under date of Feb.
9. writes:
aCSH giUe you from one to ttCo
cOlssnesss OF space each eoeek from March
4 70 November 5, for the sum of 81, 200,
payable quarterly, 500 for each quarter
IL Advance; and If you decide to accept
this proposition I soiA run ovea. to Wash
iegtOn the last Of qsert neck and enter d
contract spith you to that effect. IS. II
dssurey this, IF I undertake tie fqht
that Putnam Coasnty seiu uote aqasnst
prohibition, as Ihare nerer yet lost o,lt,;
and feel sure that I can ION IN this one.
4 also hare the County COMMITTEE ,cith
alss, aud sUiu name the chdirnsan and
TIE election officers, and II I 90 into this
Jlgkt scilt have about three iaIluentialE
.Corkers at the polls IN each cosing pre-
csmct on election day, and Ifedr no de-
feat. 4 carry couple Of liquor adj
usrtisensents n the Herald, bit al.Days
gss double price for such advertisements. !
It is the old story of manipu-
lation by the jobhunters of party /,
committees, conventions, etc,
and betraying the befooled hon L
est voter by an appeal to patriot
ic ideals while the crooks pluck /,
The pluins from the political tree. q
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-12
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.


For President
WOODROW WILSON
For Vice President
THOMAS r MARsHAII
Vi Indiana.
cr.rr -,r,,rm
DfAih HVMLi.
For Governor.
W 4. THOMPSON
OF CabelI County
FOR Secretary OF State.
HAL w. DEPUE
of Roane County
For Auditor.
w. F. ALEXANDER
of Jefferson County
For Attorney General.
THOMAS A. BLEDSOE
OF Kanawha County
$500
1cNATI1Is ppEa,n,r,1
---- 0AN "a - W oAsG4N1NGN
of Ohio County
v
L. W. BURNS
of Fayette County
con,.,a.;o.a- = .;,.
w. D. zINN
of Barbour County
Congressman-at-Large.
BENJAMIN HINER
For Congress Second District.
- 49,. Gs..
$500
WIN pEnfN1rur1 ?
neI 60.
=. z. SMITH,
Of Harrison County,
-. &C. e.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-12
A Texans Appreciation.
Waco, Texas, Sept. s, 1912.
Hon Am Campbell,

AAoli's7sF Ill taIIk)D0ii,
Editor The Virginia Free Press.
Charles Town, West Va.
Dear sir: Enclosed please And p. o..
order for one dollar to cover suhserip-
tlon statement to which it is, attached,
e ! beg to say that in addition to the
pleasure have in reading the Free
Press (Which read over fifty years
ago) often hand it to some of nv Vir-
ginia friends in this city, who observe a
lively interest in looking over its Con-
federate contents, general news and
Virginia items.
+ We enjoy the Grafton of Col. r. p.
Chew, delivered at Lexington, at the
of the statue of StonewalI
Jackson for we know that those words
as published in your paper were ex-
pressions of truth by d soldier who &C.
ted well his part in our great conflict
for right knew Colonel Chew years
ago, and being familiar with his heroic
record. read his, speech with deepest
interest.
the Marking Stones designating
the battles in your vicinity. of which
you saye descriptive details-were very.
interesting and which we enjoyed
greatly.
Your strong support of woodrow
Wilson was commendabie, and Texas
vent in vigorously for .'Our next
President. z
Yours tsulg,
CHAs. w GREEN.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-12

AAl1N4N4 ana AAlllpI IL
A number III new rules have been
adopted " the house COMMITTEES Of tbs
Edeewood Country Club. Of charleston,
". Va, and they are in effect now.
The committee is composed Of q. B.
Lewis, 81. $. johnson, and C. K. Payne.
The request has been made that all
members Of the club acquaint them
selves with the rules, especially the
new ones. 30 as to prevent
any. embarrassment that might
be brought about through failure to do
70. All rules Of the club viii be rieidly
enforced from this time. The enter
tainment committee, composed Of De-
Witt Gallaher. John A. Thsyer, and
Wilcox Adams has issued card TO the
members Of the club on which the fol-
lowing injunction is printed
after hearing and considering q
number of remarks and criticisms per-
tanning to the dancing Of the turkey
trot'' and similar dances at the club,
it becomes the duty of this committee
to request all members and their guests
to refrain from such dances at the
club
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-12

The new Fan hatss n1s heEs m r. ~
sands. We have tie NiffieSf 2'.S77s
imaginable for Won and TT v6ns' = -
Kahn's Models. 81. 90, s.. 80. .. %. AZ.
WM. KAHN
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-12
Communicated.

# statewide prohibition were really
ineffestiye then the liquor dealers
would al become prohibitionists. why
should the liquor dealers cIanor for
the chance to pay an enormous license
for selling whiske5 if they could really
sell more whiskey under prohibition
and have no license to pay besides.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-12
Tsss B e. B Values Isss
misses wash dresses

Winsome styles one-piece
Dresses, also one and two-pfece
Norfolk models round, square
and high&=neck-lace and sailor
collar-others trimd with en-
broideries and plain color combi-
nations checkt, plaid and plain
color Ginghanls, Tissue Ging-
hams, Mu1ls, Striped and Fig
'ured Lawns.
$3.50 and $3.50 Dresses, $3.50.
for the school boy
Boys Double Breasted and
Norfolk School Suits Knicker-i
booker Trousers coat lined
good substantial Brown and Grey
Diagonal Cloths sizes s to III
years, 500.
Boys two pants suits-both
Knickerbockers full lined fan-
cy Grey and Brown Mkt mate
rails, also Blue Serge special
value, $500.
Reys pressy Blue Serge Suits,
S. .00 to $l6.S9
Boys School KsHgiigekI.erbockers
SOC to ST.
Boys Waists, soc and 81 90.
BOdGS & BUHL,
NORTH SIDE PITTsBURG PA.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-12
HaeerstoNtR Fair Banquet.

We acknowledge the courtesy Of an
invitation from the President and Off
GERS Of the Hagerstown Fair to the
Banquet and other guests on Saturday
next.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-12
The Wilson Campaign Fund.

Owing to the Editors absence, and 10
the, fact thatAmany of those who might
desire to subscribe have been unusually
busy during the past week, the matter
Of collecting funds to help elect Wood
row Wilson has been necessarily de-
layed. but will be taken up in. the inn
mediate future.
Meanwhile send in your amount, and
it will be acknowledged direct to you
by the Democratic National Committee.
A community has the same right TO
prohibit saloons as il has to prohibit
.cssspools. = President Jordan Of STAN
ford University.
In a dry town only a sneak can sell
liquor.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-12

If the men who vote for saloons had
to furnish the boys to fill them, every
town wopldsgo dry"