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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-11-14
WatsOn's Reply TO Windle.
NO. 15.)

| Ell us take one more view of the ancient
r pagan world, it's literature, it's legislation.
its philosophy, its standards of civic duty and
morality, its treatment of children, of women
and of the poor.
There is such vast deal of misconception
and misrepresentation on the subject, that
am sure you will pardon me for lingering,
little longer, upon that Old World from achich
ere haze Inherited all that 20o hn0a0, and aGZ\
that zee Think; all that ne fear, and all that
q0e hope.
Of it's literature, let me briefly recapitulate:
(D The pagan historians became the
tutors the models of all writer's of after
years, Thucidydes, Xenophon, Tacitus, Cm-
sar, Livy, Horace, Sallust and Virgil are
today the textbooks of our schools of Higher
Education, where no Roman Catholic com
pilation of fables about the Saints" about
miracles, and about the re-appearances of "the
most blessed Virgin" would be tolerated.
~ In poetry, the ancient pagans still lead
the procession, with Homer, Sophocles, Anac-
reon, Aristophanes, Euripedes, Pindar,
Eschylus at the head of the Immortals
(3) In philosophy, the pre-eminent names
are those of the pagans- Pythagoras, Arts
totle, Plato, Epictetus, Socrates, Simonides,
Marcus Aurelius, Cicero, Seneca, and Plu-
tarch.
(4 In legislation, modern Europe went
to school to the pagan lawyers of old Rome.
The Napoleonic Code owes it's best provi-
Sions to the compilation of imperial laws that
was prepared by Ulpian, Papinian and their
illustrious colleagues. The civil law of today
is the hneal descendant Of the pagan law.
(5) In the practise of the medical science,
the world has left the Popes, the relics, the
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-11-14
Some Surprising Facts About
the Presidential Race.

| N 1888 Mr.. Cleveland received, in round
numbers, 100000 votes
In 1892, he got 5,556,OOO votes.
In 1896, Bryan polled vote of $500. 900.
In 1900, he received 6,358,OOO votes.
In 1908, Bryan received 6,4O9,OOO votes.
In 1912, Woodrow Wilson gets practically
the same vote that Judge Parker received, in
1904
Parker polled little more than five million
votes, and Wilson polled little more than that.
Taft and Roosevelt together polled nearly
eight million votes, and Debs polled nearly a
million.
Thus it would seem that the national Demo-
cratic vote has actually declined, while other
parties have gained.
The total vote this year was nearly mil-
lion less than it was four years ago.
1t seems to me that the leaders of the
national democracy had better be extremelV
careful how they make enemies and break
campaign pledges. Il
They have no votes to spare.
Their success was due: 4
(D Taft's vetoes and broken promises. ]
(2) The split in the Republican ranks /;
1t doesn't take a Solomon to realize that a
majority of the people have no confidence I'M
Bryan and Wilson.
The Solid South, apparently, would vote
for niger if the Northern Democrats nomi-
mated him: get the Solid South could dictate
to the North, if the spell of Organism could
be broken.
AS long as that oily humbug and hypocrite
can boss things, no Southern man need aspire
to the White House, and the Solid South
indispensable to the success Of the national
Democracy-will be the door-mat of the
North, East and West.
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Attention! Officers and Stock
holders of The JeffersOnlan
Publishing Company!

4 MEETING of the officers and stock
holders of The Jetfersonian Publishing
Company is hereby called for Thursday, the
Dist of this month.
[ hope that there will be a full attendance
We wish for the part-owners of the plant
to see for themselves what it is
A full report on the condition of the
business will be made.
Let us assemble at the plant at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon.
Matters of great importance are to be dis
cussed.
THOS. E. WATSON. President.
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THE .JEFFERGONIAN

Would the pagans have deifed and wor-
shipped Woman, if she had been "a slave?"
Would the pagans have built and MAIN
tanned the most magnificent temples to Diana,
the goddess Of Chastity, if there was no ador-
alton of that virtue, and of those who pos
sessed it, among the ancients?
Their temple to Diana-at Ephesus-was
one Of the Seven Wonders of the Old World.
Romantic love reared upon the Euphrates
another of these Seven Wonders-the Hang
ing Gardens of Babylon.
When Sappho the Greek poetress died, her
contemporaries named her the Tenth Muse,
and erected affairs and temples in her honor.
When Roman King violated the chaste
wife, Lucretia, the men of pagan Rome broke
out into a furious instruction, and expelled
the reigning dynasty.
Not only did the pagan poet, Ovid, immor-
talize the matron who slew herself because
she had been soiled, but Chaucer and Shakes
peare we're fascinated by the same virtuous
type, and wrote of it in words that will never
die.
In no literature save that of the Roman
Catholic church, is Lucretia made the SUBJ
ject of cruel sneers. Saint" Augustine was
one Of the brutes who endeavored to cast
obloquy upon the memory of the chaste pagan
wife who refused to survive her honor.
Did Mr.. Windle ever hear of the Queen Of
Sheba, of Semiramis and Zenobia?
Did he ever hear of Aspasia?
If the pagans had no respect for woman,
how did these women become rulers of Man2
Mr. Windle will perhaps admit that the
pagan heaven and hell represented the pagan
ideal of life beyond the grave
How, then does Mr.. Windle account for the
fact that the pagan gave to woman the more
beautiful position in the life of the gods?
The mother of all the pagan gods was a
woman, and in the Greek form she was rep-
resented as Trinity.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-11-14

CO The world has repudiated the papal
dogma that the earth is fiat We have adop-
ted the pagan belief of Ptolemy that the earth
is round
(D We have scornfully rejected the papal
theory of a stand-still earth and a daily-go-
around sun.
We accept the pagan Zodiac of the
pagan astronomers of Chaldea and Egypt.
(8) We no longer denounce education, as
the P0peS did; and we no longer burn, tor
ture, or imprison the Roger Bacons, the Cali
leos, the Abelards, and the Brunos whose
genius leads them to 60 ahead of their times
We now practice the liberalism which
encouraged such pagans as Archimedes,
Esculaplus, Pliny and Hippocrates.
We now believe as the pagan Seneca
taught, that there can be no true happiness
without virtue and wisdom.
One of Tennysons most noble poems is an
expression, in rhyme of Seneca's chapter on
"The Equality of Man"
Burns thrilling stanzas "a Mans Man,
for a that" is a lyrical version of Seneca's
words upon the same subject.
Not pedigree, not wealth makes the man:
worth alone can make one better than
another
The scholarly compilers of ''The Museum
of Antiquity" say-in their article on Plato
"Would that many so-called Christian
legislators and Christian people would go to
this heather philosopher and learn of him
learn that to do right is always and ever
the highest safety, the highest expediency,
the highest conservatism, the highest good"
Plato's tribute to the Beautiful the beau
tiful in life in nature-is SO exquisite, that
the poet Shelley translated it into our
language, where it glitters, very star in our
literary skies.
I think that it has been proven to your
complete satisfaction that Mr.. Windle was in
error when he declared that "the philosophy
of the ancients, even among the greatest, was
inhuman."
If woman was a slave, under paganis1n-
as Mr.. Windle asserts-how does he account
for the existence of romantic Zove, among the
ancients?
Lust is one thing: Love is~quite another
Among the lower savages, there is raging
lust, but no love-
With such men as Dante, Petrarch, Keats,
Tennyson, Poe, and Charles Lamb, there is
the most refined Love-and not lust
The literature of paganism reveals roman
tic love in richest, fullest blossom There
fore, this iterature-immortal and unsur-
passable and unimpeachable- proves beyond
doubt that Woman's place, in the minds
and hearts Of men, was as enviable as it is
today, or as 1t ever has been, anywhere, in
any age.
The very ancient and beautiful story of
Cupid and Psyche shows the antiquity of
romantic, sentimental love-
The epics of Homer and Virgil reveal it,
and glory in it. The songs of Anacreon
breathe it ana voice it. The Grecian drama
recognizes it. The NEUROLOGICAL system of
the pagans assigned to Woman share of the
dominion of the whole universe-heaven,
earth and hell.
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-25
HYPNOT|z|NG TO
REMAIN LAWFUL
Nh. WENDENBURG KILLS "ANTT'
BILL BY HAPPY REMARK
OF SUFFRAGE.

Louis Wenderberg. senator from
Henrico county, killed the hypnotizing
bill. He didn't mean 70, but he did
1t all the same.
Everything was plain sailing until
yesterday. The bill went In on its
first reading slipped through the COM
mittee and came up yesterday. Wen
ednburg knitted 1t.
A substitute for the original meas
ure was offered by the ratron OF the
bill, Mr.. Bowers. yesterday. II would
have put an end to experiments by
amateurs and would have required
professionals to take out State license
before Z board Of medical examiners
Mr.. Bowers explained is purport:
he described fts advantages; he told
why 1t was framed. Not only did the
bill make II unlawful to hypnottze. but
made 1t unlawful to be hnnotized
Just before vote was taken. Wen
denberg, who seemingly hadn't paid
the slightest attention. disen9a9ed
himself from q stack Of employer
liability bills. arose. andfasked:
do understand that this bill viii
make Il unlawful for senator of this
sovereign State Of virEinia to stand
In the lobby ana listen to an Angel IN
petticoats tell OF tho ADVANTAGES "
eQual' suffffrageT'
The bill was killed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-25
MODERN WOODMEN
WAR OVER RATES
INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS or
FIVE STATES URGE THAT
THEY De RAISED.

CHICAGO. Jan. 24.--Rebellion
against Increased rates crystaliized at
the Modern Woodmen's convention
held here today. Protests against the
conduct OF the convention, where only
the supporters OF the new plan have
been heard were made and head Con-
sui Talbot presiding oincial at the
convention. failed to quiet the uproar
until he announced that ]. l. Sum
dean. leader OF the faction opposed to
increases, would be heard tomorrow.
Insurance commissioners Of i've
States addressed the meeting and
urged the adoption Of the Mobile law,
providing q uniform system OF high
er rates for fraternal insurance. Cir
cuiars that have been spread broad
cast among the delegates alleging that
tho Mobile law and the increase adj
vocated by . majority Of insurance
commissioners are inspired by the
money interests of Wall Street. which
control the old lire insurance COM
panies and desirc to eliminate tns
competition Of fraternai organisations.
were declared by the State insuf-
ance officials to be without foundation.
Insurance Commissioner Darst. Of
West Virginia. called particular at
tention to circular declaring that
the movement In q covert attack on
labor unions. He declared that the
passage referred to was q Joker" aim
ed at unions.
Tho offending circular referred to
by him charged the commissioners
with an alliance with Wall Street In
Aerests.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-25
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
D. JosEPH =, pnyTcHARp.


CHICAGO. Jan. 24.--When a mes-
sage was received here today saying
that Colonel q. d. Rodgers, secretary
OF the Minneapolis Chamber. OF Com
merce. and the leading statistician OF
the Northwest, had given out an es-
sstifnAte Of Il. 01D, 600 bushels Of wheat
In farmers hands In tho three spring
wheat States, there was general cover
ting by shorts and there was invest
ment buying AZ well. Resting spots
for the day showed net gains OF 1
to 3-8 cents and closing were only
quarter to as cent below the hign-
est The estimates on the farm re-
serves In the Northwest varied some
what as several received guesses Of
100000 bushels to 100000 bushels
while one concern received \ message
saying that the amount on the farms
mean about 25.s40,000 bushels. AL
though all classes OF spectators
bought wheat freely on these small
estimated reserves, there were u great
many who doubted the guess being
anywhere near the mark. The lead
Ing statistician in Chicago. and q man
who 10 well posted on the holdings
by farmers in the three spring wheat
States. said tonight that II the re-
ceipts at Minneapolis and Duluth are
figured up 1T the end Of the sea-
son, 1t Will be seen that the guess OF
today was great deal out Of line
with the actual facts.
There was q bull movement In corn
today. and 1t was at white heat when
the message referred to above was
received. and it was also noised around
that the principal short in MAY corn
was covering his contracts. wnicn
looked az II q complete reversal of
conditions was I'm the Running and
that bull markets were likely to be
seen for some ume TO come. When
the fact is considered that long wheat
was sold In quantities to suit, and
that the La Sale Street plunger was
credited with leading In the onslaught.
II may be said that long wheat viii
come out on all the sharp advances
and that short lines will be estab-
ltshed al well.
There was more doing In cash wheat
at Chicago. with sales to Indiana,
bushels. This wheat was all sold ~
one man. there was general covering
| by shorts In corn. and In addition to
this buying. investors seemed to have
confidence In the future course OF
values. and they bou~ht literally. Final
figures were Ills to l Ia cent high
er for the day. and ciOsinks were
within lis to IA cent Of tho best
prices. The excellent demand for cash
corn IN the Southwest and the de-
creased offerings in that section were
the leading bullish influences.
Oats were quarter to S-4 cent high
er on good buying by longs as well ~
shorts, and the talk OF small sup
plies OF cash In the East. and the
strong bids received by holders In
this market. 1t was reported that
a round lot was sold here to 70 to
New York at the opening Of naviga-
ton and the seaboard reported 10000
bushels as cleared for foreign ship
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-25
Nsw Yovs Money MARKET

q NEW YORK. Jan. 34.-Business In
ne tins money market II very dGll.
With rntes unchanged at liz per
est Tor aixtv days. 2 81 per cent.
- nfneky days, 8 per cent. for four
Deatha, - = Ia per cent. for nve
1n0ntha. ~ per cent for six months.
- J 3-lo% per cent for over the
opsnm1fc1ai PAPER n quiet At : 1-2
4 "a ~ 10r the beSt names.
1geheg on call At the stock EXCHANGE
;11ey opened It IL per cent. hioh-
-: sowAat. 2: CLOSING. : Ia per
Anst Of the days loans were
SS1A II H Das cent.
xrenden Alsoonnts ! SIS per cent.
aA1nked. Paris discounts. Ia per
y !, Nnehanred: Berlin discounts. 5
a " eoxk. nnchanUe0.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-25
49,. la,s- So @. 4 ~
The Wasts Of Big Farms.
Nearly $4,000 farms in the United

Nearly OV,VvV laIIHB Ia tuc OAaVcO
States-40.604 to be exact--contain
over fo6o acres each. And therein
Hes the full explanation of the TAFT
ure Of many farming districts to nm
prove and attain their full possiDil-
lItes. Few men have tho Orxxl4lLdllOn.
the capilal ana the equipment 10 oper-
ate q farm OF l.v00 acres In SUCH
manner that II yietus adequate re-
turns on the actual vAlMe .o1 The land.
more farms and better farming are
the crying need Of The nation.
Ten tarms Of 400 acres each. oper-
ateQ by ten farm owners. yiel0, . vast
" greater income to a community than
one farm OF al,VO0 acres operated ny
q single man. A farm owner keeps
up fenees, paints his house, cleans
the weeds out Of the corners OF fields
and taxes pride In keeping the lanes
and ROADS about HIS place in present
apie cunoitton. The result il a con-
dition OF general thrift which makes
n neighborhood attractive to other
farmers and enhances land values.
But tenant formers have no In
terest IN the appearance Of land or
improvements. They rob the soii
without Qualm Of conscience ana have
no heart In advancing the reputation
81 4 neighborhood or In improving
schools and churches. Smaller ss.rms
"a the hands Of working> farmers are
the demand OF the hour. north and
south alike. So
intensified tsrming must come In all
secttons. II means the salvation Of
Thousands OF families. and II also
means the financial salvation at land
owners who are biindiy holding large
tracts that do not Yield even . fair
interest on the investment Live and
let 1--we. Give the ambitious settler
a chance to make = home for him
seff.-From tho Nashville Tennesaesan.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-25
PRESENT VISIT IS
MERELY PRELUDE
(Continued from iIrst pages

tContinued from hrst page.)
Taft In the Red Room. Mrs. Taft will
Invite the wives Of the cabinet Of
fceFs and their husbands and the wife
Of the British ambassador to be pres-
ent at this informal tee On leaving
the White House. th6 mounted cavalry
band stationed immediately In front
OF the north ported will play the
American national anthem until the
II. r. H., the Duke Of ConnaughL
and his party have lsft the White
House grounds The band which will
be stationed within tho grounds prior
to the arrival OF IA. r. H.. the Duke
OF Connaught. and his party Will play
the British national air. '.0od Save
the King and win continue the an
them until H. r. H., the Duke 6f
ConnauEht. shall have entered the
White House.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-25
American Romance.

What one feels chiefly In following
the modern romAnces n that they
move ii too email spaced and make
appeal to minds Of very elementary
structure. They arc al amazingly
aftke. what. wrote an Indignant
magazine editor to an incautious cor
respondent. do you insinuate that all
our stores are alike?" And the cor
respondent would like to have re-
plied: so alike that can't tell
t'othef from which or remember any
thing except the eternal recurTAnt
central facts. Y They al twirl around
the same theme. are al handled In
like manner. The only possible diff
fcrcntiatlon 10 In the background" A
girl nnds man or . man finds a.girl.
They meet they fan IN love; they are
duly separated by circumstances or
together again, and that n the end.
II II TO be said that Americans aih
moro continuously tlssns any .other
writer's or readers III thisl sort OF
thing. French writer's not only vary
the tale. but they do uss lAnguass
70 express . temperament. an indi-
ytdual, More or less, English writer's
aim at serious ana truthful tran.
acrtpt1On Of lie and able expres-
sion. They are mot aetisfled, a. our
writer's are. with cuttinr out III the
tales after the Same old pattern y
But what the speculative mind
would like 70 ask ana keep on esk-
tng uutil some one listeue and ~
swefs y this: - rosnance neyer 10
move in lArssrs ransss! ~ - g
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-25
ROOSEVELT NOT
READY TO SPEAK
WHEN OCCASION ARISES Wild
MAKE srATEsGENT OVER ms
OWN HANDWRITING.
CAN'T BE DRAWN OUT
.-.--
WONT SAY POSITIVELY MHA1
HE rs COMO 10 no ABOUT
SEEKING NOMINATION
FOR PRESIDENT.
CAN'T BE DRAWN OUT
WONT SAY Positively yEHAa

OYSTER BAL. N. u. Jan. go
Colonel Roosevelt wants his solicitous
friends to stop springing suggestions.
every few day.. that he como out
With an unequivocai announcement -
to the presidential candidacy.
II have had many letters and many
hints from Callers urginG mo to as-
sue Z public statement. remarked
tho colonel tonight u = reporter of
the InteRnati0nal News NsTvtce. II
Il all very flne. but there's nothing
for me to cay. have made u plAin
that when the occasion arises ! VIII
Issue q statement over any handxrit-
Ing. Ttat's Nil can nay nov"
Tho ex-Prosident.s u.teradce wa1
inspired BY letters he had receivsd
from Gcvprnor 6tUhbA oe KAnsaas
Ind flirS6 Ofnef 60vGf66tss who are
WORKING for the Roosevelt candi-
dacy. The colonel spoke OK the inn
portuning EATERS and feuaarked that
while he felt they were written IN .
kindly spirit, the writer's we're vast
ting time when they pressed nim TOR
public declaration.
Il haven't answered the letters"
the colonel went on. II wont take
my notice Of such letter4
The colonel was In hne huu1Cr after
his Visit In New York The news
from Oklahoma that the Republicans
conyention OF the Fourth congres-
sional District had elected Taft del0-
rates 10 the State convention, after .
bitter n9ht. did no disturb MIN.
Chairman Perry. Of the congressional
convention, the colonel aAjd. had sent
MIN letter saying that he and other
pro9ressives were Ct work on = Roose-
welt boom. :.
Il aidn't reply ID II" said tho COLI
onel, II took no part In the Okla-
houaa convention. and authorised NO
one 70 oct for me. :.
Turning 70 the situation IA Cook
county, Ill. wheres the proEresstyes
have come out with - ell fnf Mr..
Eso sevAlt 10 issue Z dAnntee staea.
struEsles ths colonel re-
50 Il cant talk about my such thing
q thai"
when II was suessstsd that coow
county Roosevelt hOpG4efo AFe hopln9
for some precise Word from th0A c0s~
onei BY February when they are -
hold primaries IA ChicAgo. NJ. Rooss-
velt murmured.
''is that y?
The ex-preslAent WA secrst1ve Con.
ormsby NcFIar9. who Aas bsen on A
extensive trim On IN 1outh. appareMtly
QA ~ yilt VI ~ y /. &c a
Z n have not oeen Nj. 0cl3ArE
do not know that NJ Aas h@ou dOin9
anythinx intlae south Or An~whero
cine for me. Iatd 1fr. kuCsuv65t.
'.cefteinly havs never asksd him =
q Informed Inst NJ. ncsIays Ma
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-25
Only Workcd On way

That's q very knowing animal Of
yours. said = gentleman 10 the keep
er Of an elephant
Very" was the cold ra3Oinder.
"He performa strange tricks a1ad
antics, does he?" queried the gentle
man.
.'surprisn'.", retored the Keeper
We've taught him to put money In
that box you see there. Try him with
half a dollar"
Tho gentleman handed the Ai0uhAnt
half dollar, and. sure. enough. he
took II In his trunk and plnced II IN
the box hixh out Of > reach.
well. that II very extfaosHtnarK.
Astanishing. trulv.' said thu green one,
opening his eyes. Now lists - him
take 4 out and hand Il back
~Wet nsver taught him That trick"
retorted The keeper. who then turned
awav 70 STIR up the nsonkeys ana
punch the hyenas
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-25
Sudden Death Of q Russian.

Sudden Death Of . Russian
Especial to The sRichmond virginian.)
STONY CREEK, VA, Jan. 24.--
Peter Maurin. Russian. who lived
near Sussex Court house. died ut this
place today. He was adjudged :
lunatic by commisstons oe laanacy
on January s. and owing to his yio-
lent condition was confined In the
county jail until the williamsburg
authorities could, send for him.
Today Deputy Sheriff Thornton
brought him from Sussex TAIL to this
place. where he was met by q guard
from the asylum.
Before the train arrived he passed
away. An inquest was deemed un-
necessary. as he died from natural
Causes.