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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-02-15


give them hearing, and they want to
bulge in, every week.
But as johnson promises to send me
another dollar, will let him enter, one more
time. We need the dollar in our business
Brother johnson made mistake in not
allowing me to do some shop-work on his
letter. He left it to his ''elder SON.; and
his Felder son" doesn't do as we'll as his
father did. But it is not my disposition to
make fun of the illiterate; so I have taken
the bull by the horns, and made his second
communication more presentable.
It would be disingenuous were I to deny
that there IS considerable force and PLAUSIBLE
ity in what this unlettered correspondent says.
I am always willing to get the other fellows
point Of view, and to give him fair hearing.
() Mr.. Johnson says, in effect, that no
representative Socialist Of national reputation
would come into my magazine and discuss
Socialism, because "no Socialist cares to boost
any magazine, except Socialist magazine"
That's an injurious admission. It repre-
sents the Socialists as being more anxious to
build up their publications than to defend,
expound and disseminate their principles.
But is Mr. Johnson sure of his facts? Charles
Edward Russell had Socialist article in
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-02-15
"DELAND, FLA, Jan. 81, 1912.
TO The Jefersom5an,
Thomson, Ga.


note what you say of John Brown, and
of me, in The Jeferson5on of the 18th inst.
Doubtless Fair Play is something you are
incapable of compromising, or you would
have sent me copy of the paper; and you
would have told that the five men went to
Kansas for the purpose Of driving out Free
State settlers that they did drive out some:
that they kept others from locating near them:
that they wanted Browns head, and wanted
to drive him off that they went to his house
and told him they would come again in a
week, and if they found him they would hang
him: that there was no law to protect Free
State men that the law was in the hands Of
the Democrats, and they used it to harrass
and persecute Free-State men.
What would you have done, if you had been
in Browns place? Would you have gone off
and given up your land, and your right to
be citizen of Kansas? Or would you have
stayed there to be hanged?
/ believe Brown killed them. [ believe he
did right. / believe it caused fewer outrages
to be committed on Free-State settlers, and
gave others courage to settle around there.
From the earliest times there appear to have
been people like you: they have spoken evil
of Christ; Washington; John Brown; Lin
coin.
am glad Roosevelt had the courage to tell
the truth. If you care to know what decent
Americans think of John Brown, you can
read Col Anderson's Grafton at the last
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-02-15
MIR. Ropes and John Brown: Evidence, Against

had no motive to Witty John Brown; and
they knew him, we'll.
Does Mr.. Ropes bring forward any evil
dence, at all?
He does not.
Mr.. Ropes mentions Give men" who wanted
Browns land Who were these five men?
How could they want Browns land, when he
had none! Brown never owned a foot Of land,
In Kansas. He never had home, there
In my former article, / proved, by Eli
Thayer and others, that the PROSTATE gov
eminent was in full CONTROL at the time that
John Brown robbed men of their horses, on
the highway; looted a store, at night; raided
a plantation, and murdered its peaceable and
unarmed old proprietor
The Free-State men were in full control
when John Brown led his gang to murder
those settlers, on the Pottawatomie
The Abolitionists drove John Brown out Of
Kansas, because they could no longer tolerate
his robberies and his assassinations.
Mr.. Ropes says that he believes Brown did
right, In killing those people.
Was it right to Stay, and then mangle those
two boys?
Was it right to kill that woman, in the
raid on the store?
Was it right to rob and murder the old
planter, in Missouri?
Was it right to shoot and kill the negro
at Harper's Ferry? He was quietly at work,
about the cars; and was not molesting soul
Yet, he was the first victim of the butcher
who professed to love the negro so devotedly.
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWELvE.)
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24
this DATE IN HISTORY"

1712-Frederick the Great. king OF
Prussia, born. Died Aug. IL. 1856.
1s06-Bishop William Quarter. first
Roman Catholic bishop of Chicago
born. Died April 10, 1s4S.
1S6i-Jefferson Davis Of Mississippi
defended State sovereignty i'm speech
In Congress, and withdrew.
1S70-Prince Arthur Duke OF Con-
naughty received by President Grant
at the White House.
1S73-United States Congress abol
ished the naval ranks of admiral and
vice admiral.
1sSs-New South Wales celebrated
its centenary as n colony.
1S95-Lord Randolph Churchill. Eng
lish statesman. died. Born Feb. l..
lS49.
1903-Alasl,a boundary treaty signed
by the United States and Great Brit
ain.
1905-Clarence ID. Clark elected Unit
ed States senator from wyoming.
19i1-Edward II. Anvil. y. Il. bishop
of Western Missouri, died in Kansas
City. Born in Red Hook. N. ". Feb.
rs. lS4O.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24

threading their way through the sub
urbs. The situation was desperate.
All that was left for the Infanta 10
do was TO feign illness
The solicitous ambassador ordered
his chauffeur TO speed back 10 Paris
that hel' majesty might consult a fam
Gus phy stefan.
As the ear was crossing the Place
dc Ia Concorde. the Infanta recovered
sufficiently 10 murmur:
TO the Hotel Maurice
SO the Infanta and her lady In wait
ing passed the night at the fashionable
Hotel Maurice with all their clothing
al the Hotel de Commerce. because OF
her false pride and the too extreme
politeness OF an ambassador.
Besides having 20 bend the knee 10
King Alfonso, lnfanta Eulalia has been
commanded 10 go to Rome TO apollo
gizc and TO seek absolution from the
Pope for her chapter on divorce. only
I 900 copies OF her book have been
printed. Needless to say, no more viii
so through the press.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24
FRENCH ocTRol SYSTEM.
Many Cities Exact Duty on Articles
Brought Within Their Limits.

There are i'm France 1922 cities and
towns that maintain what is known
as the CctrJi. or system of local duties
assessed upon food products, fuel,
building materials, and other articles
brought for sale and consumption
within municipal limits.
The system is generally complained
of as troublesome and annoying TO the
public. as well as costly to administer;
but the French municipalities have not
been able to devise any other plan OF
local taxation To replace II, and the
year 1910 witnessed the adoption of
the octroi by nine municipalities which
had not previously enforced ii.
The whole revenue collected by this
system IN Frnee last year amounted
to about 100000. 900, Of which amount
food products paid the greatest
amount and wines and liquors next.
The rates are not the same in all
cities. Paris has the highest rate and
collected two-thirds as much revenue
this way as all the other towns put
together.
At Paris wines and liquors pay an
octroi duty of about $50 a hectoliter
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24

(26 gallons). 1896 per hectoliter. on
olive oil, almost a cent a pound on
beef, Sl.15 a ton on coal and 4S cents
on cubic meter OF firewood. As a re-
suit, says Consular and Trade Reports,
most OF fine factories, machine shops.
etc, which use large quantities Of
coal, metals. wood, ana other mater
lals. are located outside the walls of
Paris. and thus escape the octroi con-
tribution.
The system is especially commented
upon by the owners of vehicles pro-
PEELED by gasoline motors. Gasoline
costs in Paris II cents and outside the
octroi limits only cents per liter, and
i'm passing out through the city gates
the chauffeur is obliged to have his
tank inspected and take a receipt for
its contents on returning he Il
charged on any excess above the
amount taken out.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24
INFANTA EULALIA POOR.
Finds Il Difficult to Live Up 20 Her
ROYAL Station.

Finds IL Difficult to Live Up 20 Her
Royal Station.
Infanta Eulalid's need OF money, the
difficulty she finds in existing on her
allowance OF $4,000 year, is eXempli-
fled in an adventure the royal lady had
recently.
The Infants attended a great social
function in Paris. At midnight when
about TO leave with her lady in wait
ing, a certain foreign ambassador in
sisted on escortlEg the two unprotected
women to their hotel The lnfanta pro-
tested that they were perfectly safe.
for she was loath To- disclose TO the
diplomat the name of the rather hum
BILE hotel. where she was a guest.
But here protect was in vain. AZ
last. to shake him off. Eulalia told the
ambassador that she was passing the
might at a Versatile villa and added
sweetly:
"Of course, that is much too far for
you TO go"
She did not know that his excell-
ency had villa IT Versailles and so at
1870 a. m. the Infanta. the lady in
waiting and the ambassador found
themselves in a powerful motor car
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24
HELLO GIRLS GET INSIGHT
INTO LIFE OF COMMUNITY

with my own tew eyes his kid abitin'
NV IT, N thet's why my telephone wun't
work, so 'tisl"
Biting WHAT" queried Central
"Why, bitin' the telephone cord. So
help me JIMMY Yew Jest call up his
mother n see IT amt a'tellin tn gos-
pei truth. es sure as yew're allVe!"
Central did SO and found that such
vas actually the case, and was inform
Ell by The devoted mother that Jamie
was teethlng and the pretty green
cord was the only thing that he would
bite on, SO OF course she gave 1t to
him. Sufficient 10 say that this new
use of the phone was ordered discon-
tinued and the man reported no fur
Their trouble.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24
GETTING BACK.

"a famous tenor" said Giulio GATH
Casazza of the Metropolitan opera
house. was invited one night 10 din
rer at a Chicago trust magnates
The dinner was superb. but at its
end the trust magn1te asked the tenor
to sing. This, of course, was breach
of etiquette. IT was as bad as invit-
ing a doctor to dinner and then asking
for a free prescription So the tenor
politely declined.
The trust magnate. however, had
The mpertinence 10 inrist After FIVE
or ten minutes Of this ill-mannerd in
sisting. the tenor said. with laugh:
"'Oh, Wen. everyone 10 his trade
Let me see YOU pick a pocket. Then
I'll sing
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

Tie Democratic State convention Of
Missouri Will be held in Joplin on Feb
r%ary 20.
The Republican State convention Of
Iowa to select delegates to the national
convention will be held in Cedar Rapids
on April "a.
The Socialist party has inaugurated
a campaign in st. Louis i'm incorporate
the recall into the constitution of Mis-
souri,.
George A. Medley, the new represent
alive in Congress from the Seventh
Governor w. r. Stubs.
Among the first Of the conventions 20
elect delegates to the Republican ma
tional convention will be those of Flor
ida, on February 6, and Virginia. on
March r.
The Consolidated Republican, Clubs
of the United States. an organiza-
ton Of negroes throughout the country.
has declared for the denomination Of
President Taft
Woodrow Wilson, Governor of New
Jerscy, will be a speaker at the Wash
nston day dinner to b. given by the
Kansas Democratic club in Topeka
February %.
Prank G.. Katzenbach. former mayor
of Trenton and for many years a
prominent figure i'm New Jersey poll
tics, is mentioned for the Democrat: &c
"a.
The Democrats OF oklahoma will
hold their State convention in Okla
homa City, February q, when twenty
delegates to the national convention
In Baltimore will be named.
The Republican State Committee OF
Virginia has adopted resolutions in
dorsing the administration of President
Taft. and pledging the Republicans of
Virginia to work for his renominat and
re- election.
The association OF Young Republi-
cans of Missouri. organized at Kansas
City fifteen years ago, has decided ~
hold its yearly meeting and banquet In
st. Louis on Lincoln's birthday ami
versary
Mary Godat Bethany, the only woman
member of the legislature of Wyoming
is reported to be the leader OF move
ment To have the vacancy on the
bench Of the Supreme Court of the
United States caused by the death of
Justice Harlan filled by n woman.
In Illinois the congressional district
conventions to elect delegates TO the
Republican national convention at Chi
cago have been called for April IL.
The State convention to elect the dele
gates at large will be held two days
later.
Alabama Republicans held State
convention last August. at which all
factions We're represented. and elected
Taft delegates, but this convention
having been declared null and void.
being before the call of the national
committee, another convention has
been called for March Z.
The Republican, and Democratic ma
tioral conventions are each to have
,O74 delegates. A Republican candi-
date is nominated by a majority of the
delegates. therefore President Taft
needs only 53S votes for denomination.
The Democratic national convention
dominates a President by two thirds
vote, therefore the winner In that con-
vention must secure 716 votes.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24
NEWS Of ERATERNAL
IN the - SOCIETIES

The general committee of the Gala
met lodge OF Elks will meet at the
close Of the regular meeting of the
lodge this evening To make further ar
rangements for the big bazaar which
il is proposed To conduct at the Calu-
net Light Guard armory next month.
Dates viii be decided upon, sub com
mlttees named and other details ar
ranged SO that the machinery may be
set In motion To complete the prepare
ton for this affair which IL Is pro-
posed to make the biggest that the
Calumet Elks have ever attempted.
Those who have attended past func-
tons will realize that this is some
what difficult undertaking.
wednesday. Feb. IA has been select
cd as a tentative date for the visit OF
Deputy James j. Donovan of Mar
quette. This will be Mr.. Donovans
first visit to the copper country Elks
and arrangements will be made to make
his visit a very pleasant one.
Royal Neishbors.
The newly elected officers of the
ROYAL Neighbors were installed at the
regular meeting held last evening, as
follows:
Oracle-Della Steckbauer.
Chancelor-Mary Vivian.
Recorder-Kate Sumo.
Receiver-Susie Wilcox.
Inner Sentinel-Bertha Blue.
Outer Sentinel-Priscilla Roberts.
The retiring oracle, Mrs. Steckbauer,
was presented with a beautiful cut
glass vase as a token or the apprecia :
ton of her fellow members for faith
ful service, and a black leather hand
bag was presented to Mrs. +. III.
Schumacher the retiring receiver. Both
responded feellngly 10 the presenta-
ton. Luncheon was served and the
evening proved a very enjoyable one.
Calumet Odd Fellows.
The initiatory degree was conferred
AT the regular meeting OF the Calumet
lodge Of odd Fellows last evening.
Word has been received by the CAL
umet lodge to the effect that william
williams. past noble grand of the
lodge, who was badly frozen a short
time ago at Rhinelander, wis. has
been sent to his home at Minneapolis
Soon after Mr.. Wflllams' condition
was learned, Calumet lodge was COM
municated with. and the authorities at
Rhinelander were advised to give him
every possible attention. II is believed
he viii recover rapidly.
Knights Of Pythias.
Feb. % will be the forty-eighth an
niversary of the founding of the order
Of the Knights of Pythias and arrange
ments will be made by Charity lodge,
No. 1871, to conduct a roll call meet
ing on this occasion. Every member
of the lodge will be communicated
with and urged 10 be present and
those who are unable to attend will
be requested TO send some communi-
cation which may be read as the mem
bers name is read at roll call. These
meetings have proven very interesting
I'm other parts of the country and IT
Ia expected the same success will fol-
low the meeting here.
Grand Inner Guard A. T. Sharpe of
the 500 will visit Charity and Laurium
lodges Jointly on February ], at
the Charity lodge hall, to con-
duct school of inspection. Mr..
Sharpe visited Calumet last year In
the capacity of Deputy Grand Cham
cellor ard the members of the lodge as
well as of Laurium lodge enjoyed the
meeting immensely. They will be
pleased to welcome him this year as
grand lodge officer.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24

why does a railway conductor cut
o hole in your ticketG-To let You go
through
What is that which makes everybody
sick but those who swallow it?-Flat-
terry.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24
HoGWALLoW HAPPENINGS.

Tophat Turncy is visiting friends
across the range until the community
rocovers from the straight flush he
held Saturday night.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24

Sam Hill, who Is buying an automo-
bile by the part from a mail-order
house, received a very handsome brass
nut yesterday.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24
Hear Many Things on the
Wire and are Asked All
Sorts of Questions

Number, please"
a sweet voice asks the question.
Number? l dunno the number
That'swhat l want to find out. | want
was is-nafne. but | dunno his mum
Der"
"Pll give you 500." he is told.
We'll. all right" and with a little
click at his ear another voice sings
out
Chief OPERATOR"
Huh? Oh, you're 500, are We? my
ye're gettin' old. Well, kindly inform
was name that I'd like to speak with
him. No. l dunno his address. an
don't want his address. l want him to
talk to. Not I'm the directory? Well
say, what We givin' us. anyway? You
beat tarnation. anyhow. / want n fell
low and | don't know where he lives
an you don't know his number. What
in heck air you there fer eff you don'i
know nothin'?" and with a slam of dis
gust he throws the receiver down and
walks away
ms Time u is Woman.
Another ring and again Central calls
Number, please?"
This time a woman's voice says
Central. we are having a dispute here
How do YOU spell alignment-one oil
two Is? One /? | just told them you
wouldn't know! l said there were two
is in II and you say there is only one
but I'm going to consult the dictionary
Those telephone girls don't know any
thing. any how" and she is mad. Evil
IDENTIFY she finds Central right, becaus,
she isn't heard from again.
Central. will you please call me al
O'Clock tomorrow morning? BE sure
you don't let me OVERSIGHT" and with
this admonition not only one. but
many citizens lie down to rest at night
and know perfectly well that at that
hour their phones will announce to
them the time to get up Calls are
left with Central for every hour OF the
day.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24
When There Is a Fire.

The fire alarm blows and Immediate
ly Central Is besieged. Where is the
fire? Is IL a big one? Is anyone in
the building? And later-"Is the fire
out yet? Was any damage done?' Did
the fire department get there in time?
Where is that street that the fire was
on anyhow" and a dozen other such
questions from hundreds of different
sources, and all I'm the short space of
time that the fire is supposed To be
going on.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24

The Paul Reveres or today may be
found among the lady operators, as
was the case in the recent breaking of
the dam at Austin. IA. when two Of
the operators saved hundreds OF lives
by warning the telephone users OF the
accident and giving them time to get
out of the way of the approaching
flood. Approaching storms are told OF
as soon as the news of them reaches
Central from the weather bureau.
AS to hearing converse tons over the
phone, the average operator is usually
too busy attending to the numerous
calls that are coming constantly over
the wires to stop for few minutes
to listen to the conversation over an
other line. Then. too. should this hap
pen. the chief operator has line
whereby she may at any instant cut
In" and then there Is trouble for the
lady listener.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24

The business In the Green Head ga
loon viii be reversed next week when
the saloon viii begin charging for the
lunch and giving uway the booze.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24

loon viii be reversed next week when
the saloon Will begin charging for the
lunch and giving AWAY the booze.
The elocutlonist who was at the
town hall on Monday night will be
buried some place in the East.
There was a gold rush over the range
last week. -Four roulette outfits went
there from this side
The free dinner for the local bar
was a magnificent testimonial TO Hog
wallOw as community. The lawyers
were all pretty hungry.
Jim Draper has looked up at the Car
neqgie library the great events that
have occurred in January. and is cele-
brating them at the Green Head in the
order Of their importance.
Uncle Joe Derricks got his mail
order wife from Chicago Tuesday
They We're married in the postoffice
The bride is very jolly woman
She says she would probably have
gone to the dead-letter office for good
|lf it had not been for Uncle joe
Bill Simpson and Joe Ridgely will
have "A trading match next week for
500 a side. They will both start out
on Monday morning with a burro. and
the one that has the best automobile
on the following Saturday night with
out having given any To boot will take
down the money.
Pablo Mescala, the porter at the
Green Head, was married this week
Pablo has a very good position. get
ting 50 a month and what he finds on
the fioor.-Dunk Bolts.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24
IAURIUM BUSINESS DIRECTORY
M. &, O'BRIEN INSURANCE.

Insurance is a good sound business
and man cannot do bet
ter in taking a life insurance policy
with the Detroit Life Insurance Co.
First Nat Bank Bldg. Laurium.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24
Amusing Incidents.

Funny Incidents and humorous sit
uatlons come In so often as To be Of
every day occurrence. A man called
up a short time ago and reported his
telephone was out of order. hut that u
was only during certain hours Of the
day that he noticed the trouble. Gem
trail Immediately took up the trouble.
but after trying for n few days failed
to locate 1t. when couple of days ago
she was nearly shaken from her chair
by terrific shout In answer to her
reply of Number. please"
BE that yew. Central?" excitedly
called "A deep voice.
Eyes. what's the trouble?'
wal. found out what be the mat
ter with my phone. just dropped
In to Neighbor KS house n / saw
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-24
Varied Uses Of Phones.

The uses i'm which the telephone is
put are many and varied. When ball
game. n football game, boat race,
prize fight. an election. or anything OF
public interest is In progress the ears of
the operators are as busy as they can
possible be In answering calls.
"How long is Fifth street? Where
does the president live in Washington?
What Is his salary? How old is the
Queen of England" and thousand
other questions come over the line n
dozen times a day and truly the girls
in the office must he information bu-
reaus. Spelling. pronunciation. geo.
graphy, sporting records-everything
must be answered, or at least attempt
ed in the central Office.
Then there is the connection of the
telegraph and the telephone whereby
the message received over the tele-
graph wire is in many cases trans
way of the telephone. Nor does one
need to leave his home TO send a mes
sage. He may call up Central. who i'm
turn will give him either the West
tern Union or the Postal, and without
stepping outside his message is soon
on the way, whether it be a distance
of a few miles or around the world.
The housewife who wants a bunch
of celery has the same facilities and
the same quick service as does the
head of a big corporation should he
want to give an order to a manager.
She can talk To or about her neighbor;
che can sSmpathizze with her in sor-
row or laugh with her i'm JOY; II one
of a number invited sends regrets at
the last moment she can call another,
and fill the place, ell over the tele-
phone.