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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-04-18

American liberties, and advocates the
rule Of right to all and special privi-
leges to none. But the Hitchcock
problem sounds like business in the
Republican party that would mean
much to American people.
It looks unfair to not do away
with all political hurrahing and
nominate two just such men as
Underwood and Hitchcock so
that American people could come
together like business people and
cast their votes for two of Americas
better, fair-dealing, business people
and elect one Of the two for our next
president, and have a better admin
istration that is fair to all and spec
lal privileges to none. Come again
on this subject and let US all know
what others think along this line. I
am, Very truly yours.
ERASTUS N. FREEMAN.
800 Smith St., Dublin, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-04-18

the Primitive Baptists. It ~ NO
uncommon thing to hear from their
pulpits Of the good work Tom Wat
son is doing.
When they give rose, why must
they be pierced with a thorn?
When they give bread, why are
they made to eat stones?
And when they kindly offer a cup
of cold water, why must they drink
vinegar instead? My dear sir, you
must know that no body of Chris
tians have been so badly misrepre-
sented and abused through the pub
lie press as the Primitive Baptists.
And for no other reason than that
they have uneompromisingl stood
for some Of the very principles for
which your own property and life
are now endangered.
Surely, Mr.. Watson, you know
some of the charges in Josiah Henry
Combs article are unkind, if not
untrue. | say they are false.
Trusting you will pardon this
intrusion upon your time, l am your
well wisher and friend,
w. G. ARNOLD.
Crossille, I'll.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-04-18

the old papers and magazines until
they are worn out. This dollar rep
resents hard labor and bitter dis
appointment, but what is life to the
poor but an existence, filled with
these things, and without some
source of comfort, we would surely
despair.
My time was out January list. and
l thought l would do without it,
but find it is worth many times the
price in satisfaction. l am sorry to
have disappointed you in paying for
the stock, but | assure you that was
sad disappointment to me as well.
There are some things we can do
and some we can't, and [ am sure you
appreciate this fact from experience.
Wishing you good health and much
success, | am your friend,
[. L. HOPPER.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-04-18
THE JEFFERSONIAN

whatever. ever had a right to sell or
give away a fot of land. not any
more than highwayman or horse
thief has a right to steal my horse or
my purse.
Government land piracy is the
most colossal crime of all the ages
it is the most atrocious and inhu-
man crime that was ever conceived
by the beastly, brutal, beast man,
against mankind.
Give the people their rights-give
every man and woman free access to
limited parcel of land. and pauper-
ism and petty crime would cease to
exist within decade-God would be
good to all, and there would be no
"unfortunates'
Truly yours,
VIM. H. LYNN.
haywood, Ill.
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A CURIOUS SERMON FOR EAS-
TER-OR ANY OTHER DAY.

Dear Sir: At an Easter service,
this A. M, at Mt Carmel M. E.
church, the preacher took advantage
Of the occasion to refer to Oscar
Underwood, as the candidate that
Wall Street is financing. The
preacher claims that Wall Street
wants Oscar Underwood nominated
because he stands in with the Trust.
He seemed to try to impress his con-
gregation with the thought that
Woodrow Wilson was the man to
vote for, as he was fighting the Trust
and other things that were not right.
1t seems that the preacher is not
very well informed, politically, or
that he, the preacher, leans or wants
to stand in with the Hog-them-all
Smith crowd, Or as you say, Hog
it-all'' Smith.
1t might be well enough for you
to write an editorial on the above,
for the enlightenment of some peo-
pie.
Wishing you success, I close.
Respectfully,
J. T. WALLACE.
Hampton, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-04-18
FOOD FOR DEEP THOUGHT

Dear Sir: Bismark. immediately
after the close of the Franco-Prus-
sian war, began to legislate against
the papacy and the jesuits in Ger
many. He passed what were known
as the May laws directed against
the power Of the papacy in Germany.
Subsequently the Pope organized
the Catholic party in the Reichstag,
and under the direction of DR.. Wind
thorst, opened war on Bismark,
which eventually drove him from
power. Owing to the fact that the
Reichstag was split up into factions
(politicaD, the Catholics held the
balance of power. Bismark seeing
that he was doomed to defeat in his
fight with the papacy, proceeded as
followers:
The Silesian Poles had been a
thorn in the German scheme of con-
solidating the Empire. They were
a bold rebellious set whom Bismark
was determined to get rid of, and he
proceeded to open up the following
scheme with the papacy
For, and in consideration Of the
repeal Of the May laws against the
Catholics, the Pope was not to object
to the expulsion of the Silesian Poles
and in order to do this, the German
parliament appropriated a large sum
Of money to buy the lands of the
Poles, forcibly. The May laws were
repealed and the Poles were expelled
from Prussian Poland. Later on,
the Polish, citizens of the United
States assembled in convention in
Chicago and issued scathing denun-
citation in defiance Of the papacy.
We don't think fight limited to
the United States will have the full
effect desired. The fight should be
worldwide. The King of Italy
ought to be warned that if he har-
bors the Vatican Vipery, he will be
held responsible. England, Ireland,
Scotland and Wales should be organ
lied with as little delay as possible.
Also China and Japan. The United
States Congress ought to pass a law
forbidding foreign missions. This
worldwide reptilian gang should
be attacked in Italy vigorously, and
without mercy. The place to fight
these is in their ancient lair; expel
them from Rome and the battle is
won. A determined attack upon the
grating Irish of the cities of the
United States should be instituted. I
am glad to see you have opened the
fight already.
We shall organize a court of the
Guardians here, with as little delay
as possible. In the meantime, don't
forget that am ready to go the limit.
Faithfully yours,
STEPHEN O'CONNOR.
1409 Montana St., Ell Paso, Tex.
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HITCHCOCK SOUNDS LIKE BUSI-
NESS.

Dear Sir: I am writing you to
extend to you and your entire politi-
cal force my congratulations for join
ing ideas with me in your paper of
March %, 1912, on page six, in your
editorial regarding Hon. Frank H.
Hitchcock. In all the political mess
that / have read in various papers
concerning Roosevelt and Taft and
the commendable features of
(UnderwOod) that defends our
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-04-18
ALLUDES TO MRS. LYTLE'S FINE
~
ARTICLE.


Dear Sir: I. have received several
numbers of "The Jeffersonian" and
am greatly pleased to note the
progress made toward reViving true
Jeffersonian principles and putting
down the beastly monster Especial
Privilege.'~
And I am doubly pleased to note,
that at last, body blows are given to
that arrogant, cruel, depraved, malig-
nant, seditious, beaStly-brutal beast
the Pope, popery and priest who
have to wear caps and shirts to hide
the horns and the cloyen foot.
Because Of our misplaced belief in
religious liberty, the blows have been
too long delayed, but let US hope
that now, the blows may come fast
and fierce.
In The Jeffersonian Of March %,
page 8, in the article Am | My
Brothers Keeper" by L. A. L.,
was a little amused by the way the
writer cornered himself trying to
find reason why: con charge Of
breaking into box car, 14-year-old
boy was sentenced to seven years in
ers: "What the church-going Chris
tian men and women think when they
read OF such utter depraYity'
coupled with such dire restitution"
And he says: "But one wants the
reason-why it IS that, with all the
wealth, all our highly developed civ
ilization, there is so little room for
the fourteen-year-old boy who had
no opportunity for anything but
crime And says further: wouldn't
it make change in this old world if
each of us, more fortunate than SO
many would say: I am my brothers
keeper.
'*Wouldn't it be fine thing if
every child would become an object
of interest to the men and women to
whom God has been good" Let me
tell L. A. l.. that there never was
man or woman on the face of the
earth, ''to whom God has been
good" who didn't steal more than
any of them has, from the very
"unfortunates.
''Thou Shalt Not Steal is Gods
command, and that means and
includes government land pirates,
government made public land thieves,
government made bank shinplaster
thieves, government tariff thieves,
and all other government chartered
corporation thieves, as selling a.
charter is selling a license and a
privilege to steal. And it may be
remarked that selling charters is a
very profitable business to the seller
these government chartered and gov
eminent created thieves have a pipe
line to every farmers granary, and
every mans and woman's purse and
will take the last nickel
The land and allethat is on the
land and in the land belongs to all
the people, and no potentate, power,
president, or any other authority
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A PREACHERS ENDORSEMENT

Mr. Watson: I just want to tell
you that I think you are doing more
for the poor people than any other
man in the South l wish | could
send you thousand subscriptions.
l have been sick ever since last fall
is the reason [ have not sent you q
subscriber sooner.
[ heartily endorse everything you
write. REV. w. F. PENTON.
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DO WITHOUT 'sTHE JEFF"
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-16
FOREIGN.

The employing tailors' association
in Berlin has decided on general
lockout of mems tailors to become es-
fective at once. In the aggregate the
lockout will affect $4,000 tailors in 1853
cities.
The situation in the state of Vera
Cruz. Mexico, is serious. This was in
dicated when reports were received
that 300 men were killed in a battle
between 1000 Zapatistas and 1900
tederals and volunteers near Acatlan
The estimated expenditure on the
British navy during the coming year,
according to the report of the govern
ment, laid on the table of the House
of Commons, recently, is s220,427, 900.
a decrease of 81 ,535,O00 on the amount
spent last year.
special government commission
ordered that the whole town of Frank,
Alberta, be moved as protection
against rock and snowslides. 1t has
5000 inhabitants. Nine years ago in
slide eighty-four lives were lost For
several days rocks and snow have
been tumbling down the side of Turtle
mountain, at whose base the town
lies.
Henri Salvey, the French aviator,
arrived at Issy-Les Moulineaux, a su-
burb OF Paris, in his monoplane, hav-
ing Travelled from London without a
stop. He covered the distance of
about 222 miles in hours and 81 min
utes. He said that having urgent bust
ness to transact in Paris, and seeing
that the London-to-Paris train and
steamboat service was affected by the
coal strike, he had decided to make
the voyage through the air, in spite of
the uhfavorable weather.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-16
Montrose-Paradox Railroad.

Montrose. - New York bankers
whose names are known all over the
United States are organizing a S3,O00,-
600 company to build railroad from
Montrose into Paradox valley. This
100-mile road will form part of
great north-and-south line along the
western slope of the Rockies. devel
oping { rich virgin land lying between
Gallup, N. NJ, Paradox and Grand
Junction, Colo, and Thermopolis,
Wyo. 1t will connect with several big
systems The Montrose-Paradox road
is the first step by Eastern financiers
to tap the unlimited resources of the
new frontier with its fertile land, Won
derful> climate and enormous minera.
wealth.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-16
WASHINGTON.

Free raw wool to follow free sugar
has been reported to be on the pro-
gramme of the House.
The House adopted Martins resolu-
tion providing for investigation of the
alleged smelter trust.
Representative Martin of Colorado
asked the House for an increase in the
appropriation for road building in for
est reserves. The amendment in,
creases the appropriation from $780,
900 to 100000.
The governments fight to split the
merger of the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific opened in the Su-
preme Court of the United States,
Attorney General Wickersham and his
assistants, Frank B. Kellogg and Cor
denio A. Severance filed a brief OF
their argument.
Reforms galore in the nations pub
lie printing, estimated to save millions
of dollars, were described to the Sen
ate in a statement by Senator Smoot
on the seven years work of the print
ing investigation commission in the
preparation of the bill revising all the
laws relating to printing.
On account of the determined pro-
tests and opposition of Western fruia
growers, the House committee on coin
age, weights and measures, which has
been considering the Sulzer bill to reg
ulate the size of boxes used in inter
state shipments of apples, has decided
to take no further action on the meas
ure this session.
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, chief OF the
bureau of chemistry in the Depart
ment of Agriculture, has decided to
resign his office and accept a bust
ness offer which has been under con-
sideration for several weeks.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-16
Premoni.lon of Danger Saves Forty

Ouray.-But for the premonition of
Manager T. j. York of the Guadalupe
mine, that heavy snowslide was i'm
pending, the lives of forty men en-
ployed at the mine would have been
placed in leopard. York ordered the
men to leave the mine and take refuge
on the opposite side of the gulch, not
more than ten minutes before the
slide. the most terrific in this district
thus far this winter moved down the
mountain, carrying trees, boulders and
hundreds of tons of rock and debris.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-16
Two pead; One MortaIIy Wounded.

Denver Patrolman William Nc,
Pherson and A. j. Lloyd are dead as
the result of the attempted holdup OF
Loyd's Valverde saloon by Oscar Cook
and 19-year-old companion, Edward
Seiwald. Cook and Seiwald are both
under arrest. Cook is dying at st. Jo
sephs hospital. He is the victim Of
his youthful companion, who, repug
nant at Cooks useless slaughter, fired
bullet into his fellow companion g
chest, according to Seiwald's own
statement.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-16
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
HlGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooINGs AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

Railroad men of the Kansas division
Of the Santa Fe report snow ten 20
twelve feet in drifts near Dodge City,
Kan.
Governor Hunt of Arizona an
bounced as one of his policies The
working of convicts upon the public
roads without guards.
Chairman Adamson of the House
commerce committee has introduced
4 bill providing for a physical vaiLa-
tion of all of the common carriers.
Senator Hepburn of Idaho has been
compelled to give up his work in the
Senate temporarily and go to Atlantic
City on account of trouble with his
eyes.
Fifteen head of the finest elk ever
taken out of the Jackson Hole, Wyo..
country arrived in the Wallowa coun.
ty forest in Oregon. The elk were
transported over the Teton pass on
sleds.
Action has been taken by John S.
Dawson, attorney general of Kansas,
designed to stop '1oan sharks" from
bringing suits in that state to collect
from railroad men living in other
states.
Westbound Southern Pacific passen-
ger train was held up by robbers two
miles east Of Sanderson, Texas, and
the robbers detached tie engine, mail
and baggage cars and made their es-
cape.
What is claimed to be the largest
range steer ever sent to market has
been shipped to Chicago from Billings,
Mont The animal weighs more than
$500 pounds and brought 5000, which
is said to be a record price for range
steer.
The first organized effort ever
made by a lay association to prose
cute a campaign of education on den
tai hygiene is now being made by the
county committee of the Young Mems
Christian Association at Grand juno
ton, Colo.
Miss Viola Carver, young and
handsome Pasadena, Calf, girl shot
and killed ]. Edward Edge, a musician
and real estate dealer, in Los Angeles
because of disappointed love. The
shooting was done in the corridor of
downtown office building.
The home of Mrs. C. II. Worden at
Manhattan, Kan, was burned while
she was visiting neighbor, and her
youngest daughter, Gladys, aged three,
was burned to death, and May, aged
tive. inhaled smoke and flames and
is in dangerous condition.
Fire of unknown origin almost en-
tirely destroyed the treatment plant in
the Mogul Mining company at Puma,
near He'll, S. d. The mill had been
handling 400 tons of ore daily The
loss is about $150,OOO, fully insured,
and 200 men were thrown out of en-
ployment.
Denver boy is governor of a real
island in the Pacific. 1t is no make
believe island, but a sure-enough one
that belongs to Uncle Sam. Mason
Lawrence, son of Albert ]. Lawrence :
of the Lawrence-Hensley Produce
Company, is the youthful governor.
The island is Bucas, one of the Philip
pine group.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-16
Would Close Stores Sundays.

Colorado Springs.-The ministers
are compiling another Sunday closing
ordinance to be submitted to the City
Council several embryo laws having
been discussed and laid over by the
councilmen. The proposed ordinance
provides that no stores be kept open
Sunday except for the sale of certain
necessities or in an emergency.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-16
chinaman Can't Compete for Office

Georgetown.-The government has
decreed that Georgetown shall not be
the home of a foreign-born Chinese
officeholder. Leo (Charley) Cow, who
recently announced his candidacy for
alderman has received notification
from chief naturalization examiner of
the Department of Commerce and La
Dor, that his natm alization papers are
void because they were issued after
The federal statutes were revised
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-16
Loses Chance for Freedom.

Salida.-Benjamin Cook, a prisoner
serving twenty to twenty-four years in
the state penitentiary for the murder
of Charles A. Cope, a rival hotelkeep-
er, in Salida three years ago, lost his
chance for clemency from the State
Pardons Board, when he made a des.
perate attempt few days ago to es-
cape from the prison.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-16
Writ of Mandamus Granted.

Colorado Springs.-District Judge
Owen has granted writ Of mandamus
prohibiting erection of the proposed
100000 court house at Kiowa until a
vote OF taxpayers establishes the coun
ty seat at Ebert county at Kiowa.
The county seat has been at Kiowa
many years. but no formal action To-
eating the seat has ever been taken.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-16
Roosevelt Tunnel Flooded.

Cripple Creek.-A flow of water
heavier than at any previous time is
coming from the portal of the Roose-
welt Deep Drainage canal. 1t has
caused the suspension of work in the
bore Water measurements estimate
the flow at $1,000 or 10000 gallons
per minute
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-16
St. Elmo Supports scenic Highway.

st Elmo.-The st. Elmo Board of
Trade has decided that the proposed
auto route from Salida via st. Elmo
and Pitkin to Gunnison shall be placed
under construction as soon as weatE
er conditions permit.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-16
Trinidad Foreman Kills Miner.

Trinidad.-In a quarrel over the dis
tribution of groceries at the mine of
the Badly Commercial company, Dave
Rauzi mine foreman, shot and instant
ly killed Louis Franch, a miner.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-16
Canon CITY Wants Y. M. c. A.

Canon City.-A campaign was inau-
gurated here under the supervision of
State Superintendent D. C. Wade OF
Denver. to raise $4,000 by public
for erection of Y. NJ. C.
A. building.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-16
Pleasant View Grange Hall.

Boulder.-The Pleasant View grange
has voted $4,000 for building grange
hall opposite the Pleasant View school
house, on ground owned by the asso-
citation. The building will be 70x30 and
wiD contain a large assembly hall.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-16
COLORADO NEWS
hERED FROM
All Parts of the State
,estern Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS IN COLORADO.

~ Ht> ~ SoEoNhDo'
April 29.-Democratic State Convention,
Colorado Springs.
May 6-i1.-State Y. NJ C. A. Convention.
Pueblo.
June 1S-20.-State Sunday School Con-
Vention, Colorado Springs.
June 11-July 19.-Summer Term, State
Teachers College. Greeley.
Smyrna times., 1912-12-25
BIG OYSTER SHIPMENTS
Chesapeake Oysters Are Being Sent
to the Pacific Coast Now.

Seaford, Cambridge and Crisfeld
are having the biggest oyster season
in their history. The wholesale Oys-
ter packers were taxed to their ut
most in filling Thanksgiving orders
for oytsers this year. The openers
worked early and late and thousands
of gallons. were shipped to northern
and western points. Baltimore oyster
packers just now are breaking all
records for shipments of the luscious
bivalve, and various dealers recently
estimated that so, 900 bushels is the
average days consignment to San
Francisco, Portland and other Pacific
coast points. There is a steady stream
of oyster laden boats into Baltimore
port every day, and the dredgers and
tonguers, judging by their efforts,
are doing all in their power to cut
down the high cost of living. Stand
ard oysters this year are selling in
Baltimore at 81 gallon and the sell
ects are bringing $1.30. AS one
packer pointed out recently, there are
about eight and one-half pounds of
solid meat in a gallon of oysters.
Turkey and chicken are much higher
in price. The American Express
Company, in providing direct route
to the Pacific coast this year, has
! boIDod +O iDoraoea tho +ro1a Of +be
Maryland oyster market. Some deal
ers in Baltimore are shipping consign.
ments of oysters as far as Saskatche
wan, Manitoba and British Columbia,
Canada, this fall. Owing to the ac
tion of the health authorities in New
York, the oyster packers there hav'
been obliged to restrict their trade
and Baltimore is beneftting thereby