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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-02

Misery loves company, it is said.
but still poor old misery doesn't
seem to make a hit with company Of
any sort.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-11-07
FACTS WITH THE PUNCH.

Lawrence, Mass, is a woollen mill
town.
The Taft Tariff board shows that
the duties on woolens are never less
than two and half times the cost
of labor and in most instances are
from four to seven times the wages
paid to the American worker.
Woollen cloths imported to COM
pete with the products of the
American Woollen Trust pay aver
age duties ranging from 95 to 1924
per cent Of the foreign values.
The Woollen Trust controls
thirty-two plants with a total CAPT.
talization of $64,00O,O0O. The value
Of the product in 1911 was $419,-
$4,000.
Wages paid at Lawrence, Mass,
have provoked a strike winning
national attention
Wages paid at Lawrence have set
the employees of the mills marching
under the banner: tNo God. No
Country
The Woollen Trust in 1911 paid
1929 employees the average year
ly wage of $47O.8O.
The immigration Commission S
report on the wages paid to the
heads Of families in representative
American industries includes: Wool
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-11-07

Georgia. If you have time think
that would be good move. What
say you. Mr.. Watson l will tell you
another thing that l have had on my
mind and heart for long time and
that is for you and number of pro-
gressive men to get. together and
start great daily newspaper some
where. tell you it is the daily pa
pers that count most. But for Gods
sake don't have anything to do with
Wind TANNER Bryan. Please think
about this. l am glad we have one
man in America that had the man
hood to tackle Roman Catholicism.
| most heartily agree with Bro. Scar
boro in what he said about you, and
If there is anything good that he
didn't say, just write it and I will
subscribe to it. / never see a Cath
Ollie priest but what I think of
stallion or jack.
Well as I haven't time to write
more will have to close for this time.
Your friend,
J. A. WALL.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-11-07
FANATICS.

For many years, certain large
portion of the public, has condemned
Mr.. ThOs. e. Watson as a fanatic.
This may Or may not be true, but:
In casually glancing over the
pages Of history, am forcibIy struck
with the peculiar fact; ninety-nine
per cent of all the really good men
and by good men, I mean men
who have followed their own concep-
ton of the right, unfalteringly, and
in the face Of all odds-have been
branded, and even condemned, as
fanatics. This is especially true in
regard to those who have conscien-
tiously labored for the good of the
masses, Or common people Il. e. the
working Glass;
1t seems to me, therefore, that
this very branding or condemning
OF a man as a fanatic, by this GER
tain class of people, although unWit-
ting and unwilling, acknowledge
ment of that mans honesty and 10y
atty; and coming from this source
as it does, is the highest compliment
one could receive.
If my own humble opinion were
asked, would say, that, if Tom
Watson is a fanatic, then should
those of us who are devout, pray to
the Lord for more such fanatics
for more Tom Watson's.
Not being a politician, or seeking
debate, [ sign myself.
ANONYMOUS.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-11-07
SOME RESOLUTIONS.

Whereas, The Roman Catholic
Hierarchy in America is seeking to
overthrow our government and it's
free institutions and to establish a
union of Church and State, and that,
Whereas, AS they have already
captured our president and mani
pulating the affairs of legislation,
trying to muzzle the press and free
speech in proof of which we refer
to the arrest of Hon. Thos. E. Wat
son of Thomson, Ga, and to the OBJ
legations in the Jesuitical oaths; to
statements made by their priests,
cardinals, ETC., also their secret mill
tary organizations as the Knights of
Columbus.
Therefore, be it resolved, that this
body speak out in no certain terms
in condemnation of their encroach-
ments upon the liberties guaranteed
us by the constitution of the United
States. Also be it
Resolved, That Liberty Leagues
be organized in all parts of our as
ISOLATION and that copies of these
resolutions be spread on our min
utes, and that copies be furnished
the Arkansas Baptist, the Liberator
and the Jeffersonian for publication.
L. M. BYERS,
e. HODGE,
w. G. STORY,
Committee.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-11-07
FROM ONE OF OUR MOST LOYAL
AND HELPFUL FRIENDS,

Esteemed Sir: Enclosed find two
dollars P. 0. money order for renew
al of my subs. to both Jeffs. / in
tend to stay with you as long as you
hit the nail on the head, like you
have done and are doing am anx-
ious to learn the verdict in your case
before Emory Speer. I think it will
be an eye opener to many, as it will
show up, and expose our privileged
class. We are so far advanced in
civilization, that you are threatened
to be done up" for telling the
truth, and if man cannot get JUS
tlce before a court, what remains
for him but to take the law into his
own hands. Something has to be
done here, and the sooner the better,
as both old parties are~-so hungry
for the flesh pots, which showed at
their conventions by their cater
ing for the Catholic vote. The whole
shooting match made asses of them
selves. But it showed the appetite
for the jobs
Well Tom, if you can tell me
where we are at, or whence we are
drifting to, you will confer a favor.
That We are drifting is sure as we
cut loose from our mooring. That
Augusta episode of yours was not a
nincompoops who are running it,
set who it would be dangerous to
tie to.
Truly yours,
T. J. LEONARD.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-11-07
PAGE SEVEN

len and worsted manufacturing.
$500.
It is fact that wage earners of
highly protected industries receive
lower wages than those of unpro.
tected industries.
1t is plain that protection of the
Payne-Aldrich variety does not reach
the pay envelope. 1t does, however.
extort tribute from the working
mans pocket to fatten monopolies.
Buffalo Enquirer.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-11-07
THE HIGHLY APPRECIATED Eff
FORTS OF A STAUNCH
FRIEND.

Dear Sir and Friend: Enclosed
please find check for eighteen dol
lars and five cents, sixteen new sub
scribers. [ want to write so much
that l hardly know where to begin.
I didn't know what to do about vot-
ing for president, but had made up
my mind to vote for Wilson, but
since he has Joined the Knights of
Columbus I can't swallow him at
all, and l don't like Roosevelt very
much. / think we old Pope made
a great mistake when we went
back into the Democratic party, for
it is the rottenest old hulk in the
world. Mr.. Watson I want to make
a suggestion to you, couldn't you in
vite Debs and number of his best
speakers down in your State, (Geor-
gia,) and you AXE the stump and
beat the filling out of Wilson in
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-11-07

The Life and Times of Thomas
Jefferson, one of the most delightful
of the Watson historical series.
Paper bound, beautifully printed and
illustrated. Price, $1.1O, postpaid.
The Jeffersonian Publishing Com
pany, Thomson, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-11-07

i HAVE EVERYTHING BUT THE
GREEN-BACKS BROTHER AND
MY FRIENDS WILL HAVE TO
SUPPLY THOSE.
SEAR SIR: With kindest re-
I'M CARDS and much respect to
III you as Georgia's greatest
leader and a man without
man fearing spirit, I feel it my duty
as man of God, and one that al
ways stands for the defence of truth
and liberty Of the gospel and our
free government, I would like to in
troduce myself to you as one of the
Watson family by name, the third
son of Thomas G. Watson, of Bibb
county, who died in the Civil War
In the denfence of liberty in our
Southland; don't know that we are
any kin, only in one sense, and that
is to stand in the defence of right
principles, regardless of opposition.
AS | am an illiterate man and can't
understand all the different plat
forms of the different men running
for Office and politics in general, yet
there is one thing / can understand,
and that is when Honorable Tom
Watson opens fire on the Roman
Catholic church. I believe that he
is means in the hands of God to
expose this gigantic evil.
No doubt the Catholic people
would deny every charge against
them, but if all the reading public
and especially the Professionals will
Of Mi
compiled from Fox and others and
published in 1880, ana especially
the 4th chapter, I fully believe it
will convince every true lover of
liberty and freedom of conscience.
My dear Mr.. Watson, I mean to
stand with you in this great con-
f1ict with my prayers and good
wishes, there are so few men that
will wage war on gigantic evils,
alone. My motto seems to be yours
in this warfare and that is to speak
the truth and~then stand by it to the
end. I feel assured that you are
better qualified and equipped for the
fight perhaps than any man in
Georgia with grit, grace, and green
backs; but while you stand in front
Of the battle like David of old when
he slew Goliath the champion Philes-
tine, we little Protestants will stand
by you with our prayers and good
wishes. We read in the Bible in
Exodus 20-3, where it says Thou
shalt have no other Gods before
me-" yet we see the Roman Catho-
lie church worships images of Saints,
when God says their sorrows shall be
multiplied that hasten after another
God
l have read Martin Ruter and
"The levin in Robes or the Sin of
Priests, with spirit Of awe and
sadness. To think of the many lives
lost for true religion and for the
promotion of the iron hand of tyran-
ny. No wonder the constitutional
laws of the United States is today
crying out for separation Of Church
and State. We do not desire any I'M
kindness to any man, yet we feel it
our duty as one standing for the
right to lift our voice in behalf of
the welfare of humanity every
where.
Yours very truly,
YnC
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-11-07

NOTE:-Tho above House is Perfectly Reiab!o.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-12
RAT WEARS WEDDING RING
Rodent Killed Carries Gold Band Lost
by Woman Years Ago-Bears
Date of 1890.

Bloomington, nl.-Wallace Fauber, a
farmer of Woodford county. was pitch
ing hay when a rat al out of the
stack. He transfixed it with the tines
of the fork.
He was struck by the peculiar shape
of the rat. 1t was deformed about the
neck and shoulders, giving it the APP
pearance of a kangaroo in miniature.
Inspection revealed a ring around its
neck, and when removed the inscrip-
ton, "F. S. to M. s., Sept. 26. $780,"
was visible.
The theory is hat a former tenant
on the farm, Mrs. Frank Swaider. lost
the ring, and that the rat when small
had inserted its head through the ring
and was unable to dislodge 1t.
If this is the ase the rat wore the
ring for sixteen years. An effort Is
being made to locate Mrs. Swaider.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-12
SNAILS TRAINED TO RACE
LaxIty Among Paris P~ostofiee Clerks
Leads to an investigation; Ban
on "Games."

Paris.-One Of the chiefs Of the
chiefs Of the French postof1ce admin
stration. says the Matin. recently no
iced that the clerks in a certain Paris
district office were very lax In an
Iwering official communications. and
paid a visit of inspection.
He ordered the clerks to open their
desks, and they reluctantly complied.
revealing a quantity of vigorous snails,
which Immediately crawled In all d.
rections with surprising speed.
Inquiry elected the fact that the
clerks had trained the snails to race
each other. The report Of the COM
mittee of inquiry ends.
steps should be taken to curtafl
the lamentable love of racing and
games of chance which appears to
exist among the p~ostofice employees"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-12
HUNG HIGH BY ONE HAND
Saves Self by Grasplng
etanchion.

New York-Zelma Helklia told tho
other day how 1t felt to hang by one
hand to the stanchion Of a revolving
Ferris wheel SIS feet above the ground.
This experience was hers the night
before and her friend, Mrs. Anna Wort,
suffered the more serious attack OF
falling to the ground when tho a
In which the two were riding at a car
nival In New Rochelle overturned.
I'VE got in one Of the cars" said Miss
Heiklia, land the wheel began to lift
US. l was sitting on the right side OF
the single seat and Anna on the left
Suddenly, just as We reached the top
of the swing, our car turned over with
out warning.
"Instinctively l spread out my hands.
The fingers of my left hand closed
around an upright stanchion and there
l hung in space. l did not see Anna
fall, but I heard the noise Of her body
striking the ground.
THE wheel continued to turn and
another basket came up. directly be-
low me. l let myself drop into it and
then I tainted. When 1 recovered con-
seriousness l expected to see Anna
dead, but they told me that she was
living and had been taken to 4 hos
pitsl."
The doctors at the hospital said that
though she had a fractured skull, Mrs
Wort would probably recover.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-12
EXCELLENT AS A FERTILIZER
Hen Manure 10 Very Rich II Properly
Prepared-varles According to
Character Of Feed.

Hon manure and poultry manure
are very rich in fertilizing constitu-
ents, especially nitrogen, due to tho
facts that in addition to the undi-
gested residue Of the food 1t contains,
the urinary secretions in which are
large amounts Of nitrogen as well as
potash, in ready available form, are
voided with the solid excrement in
this class of animals. The analyses
which have been made show that hen
manure Is very variable in compost
ton, depending Upon tho stage OF
growth of the fowl, the character OF
the feed and the care taken Of the
manure. The nitrogen has been found
to vary from about OF to 2 per cent,
the phosphoric acid from 0.5 to 2 per
cent, and the potash from OBS to 0.9
per cent. This. shows that such ma
nure. If properly cared for, Is much
richer than that Of other farm AMI
mails. It, however, quickly loses it's
nitrogen by fermentation and deterior
ates In value If not properly mixed
with absorbents and personalities. Va
rious methods of preventing this loss
have been proposed.
The New York station advises:
when the manure is not used wher
fresh 1t is better to mix with earth
muck or plaster" The Massachusetts
state station says: "The value Of her
manure depends not less on the care
which is bestowed on its keeping thar
on the kind Of food the fowls con
sumo. A liberal use Of plaster kies
ente or of good loan is highly recon
mendable for the absorption of am
monia. A sandy soil is OF little use al
an absorbent"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-12
JAIL TERM REDUCED
COUNT RONlkIER OF WARSAW
HAS SENTENCE CUT DOWN.
rashIonabIy Dressed Women In Court
oush over Noble Guilty Of Killing
His Boy Brother-in-Law-Also
Load Him With Flowers-

Warsaw.-Count Ronikier. who n
charged with the murder of his boy
brother-in-law, will be freed at the
end OF next year, his original sentence
being committed to one and one-nalr
years Imprisonment without hard la
Dor. His trial, the most sensational
since that Of his cousin, Countess Tar
nowska, in Venice. some time ago.
lasted for 100 days.
In the first instance he was SEN
fenced t. fifteen years hard labor.
On his appeal, which occupied tho
time of tho court for two days. though
the judges affirmed his guilt. they gave
Ain the shortest possible term. be-
aus all tho experts disagreed.
The court was daily crowded with
~fashionably dressed women who load
ed him with flowers, and went into
spasms when he CHANGED to forget to
acknowledge a posy by blowing kisses.
Troops OF soldiers had to keep the
streets clear when judgment was ex-
pected; counss fought duels with wit
nssses, and one barrister attacked
Ronikier 70 bitterly that he appealed
to the judges for protection.
He IL to be released on bail for
e1.s0o until his petition goes to tho
csar. His wife, who long refused to
believe him guilty, says she will ME
papers for q divorce the moment he
leaves prison, because he had shown
himself to have been a faithless hus-
band
Her father, who Is a millionaire. II
now getting rid Of his fortune A. last
- he can, to keep Ronikier IRON In
hsriting any Of it. He tainted In cour
on hearing that the sentence was %
light
When Ronikier returned 20 his col
after the verdict he found more than
100 letters from women ready to marry
him when he is free.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-12
RICH POULTRY BY-PRoDUcT
waited Crop, VIII Give Large Crop
Of Anything Planted.

All farm animals yield an annual
profit beyond their other earning
capacity In their manure or droppings.
If their droppings are saved and used
right, they will amount to about rs
per cent. Of the feed consumed.
Did you ever notice how fertile the
soil becomes around the poultry house
and grounds after the poultry have
run on the grounds for a year or two?
Such poultry runs. when planted to a
cultivated crop, will yield very large
crops OF almost anything that may be
planted. The reason is that the drop
pings from the poultry, including
feathers shed, have supplied the soil
with a variety of the richest fertilizers
that contain a variety Of both mineral
and organic compounds.
Poultry droppings are the richest OF
all animal e~xcreta. from the fact that
birds consume a large quantity OF
mineral matter for the production OF
egg shells, and also that their o Is
ground up almost as fine al powder In
the gizzard, hence the residue Is high
- - ~ vi P0a@
tains nitrogen, the most useful OF all
the elements in plant growth, In two
forms-ammonia and mineral nitrates.
1t also contains lime. phosphorus. pot
ash and q number OF other fertilizing
elements. Pigeon manure Ia the rich
est Of all poultry fertilizers, being
worth commercially about 37b a ton,
or 81 cents a pound; more valuable.
bulk for bulk, than the feed they eat
Chicken manure Is worth from $26 to
$40 per ton, or as much rs the highest
grade commercial fertilizers. With 9
good sized flock OF chickens and the
right methods OF handling the drop
pings, the average farmer could save
a large share OF his commercial fer
tiliser bill.
Not all, by any means, Of the
poultry droppings are saved and uset
on the average farm. Much OF then
fall upon the ground OF the run ant
dissolve away where they are no
needed. II these grounds are ever pu
In cultivation some of the richness 1
saved and will be represented In tn
extra growth OF the crop. However
these grounds are seldom used for cul
tivated crops, and the good IL neve
realized from this rich ~by-product o
the poultry yard. The writer know
of a very large poultry yard on a farr
where the top soil is probably fou
inches deep with this rich fertilizer
SO rich that II the space were plante
to corn 1t would yield more than 10
bushels to the acre. On the sam
farm land Is annually cultivated ths
scarcely pays for the labor and see
used. The people running this farI
do not fully realize the value OF tn
poultry manure, or they are to
apathetic to remove it to the field
and gardens where 1t would do muc
good.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-12
SPOKANE WEEKLY REPORT.
Provisions.

Butter-Local quotations are IN
changed at the figures prevailing 1or
the last several weeks. Receipts are
shrinking, however, and market is nrm'
At Chicago a good demand is reported,
but with prices steady under continued
heavy production. New York Market
is strong. H. anna
CheseGPrices locally are the same
as last week, and the market is appal,
emily steady under fair requirements
and receipts that are holding up wei.
Eggs-Local production continues 10
slump though all through this season
production has been well above the leo
ord of previous years, Prices are are
slightly higher. Eastern fresh eggs are
moving and considerable stocks OF locai
storage gigs are being held in reserve.
AT Chicago demand is good ana prioe9
have advanced with a free movement
both in and out of storage, Ne" hoiA
market was reported steady
PoultrvlThere is a fair movement
of chickens at unchanged prices. DUCKS
geese and turkeys nominal anu u"
changed. - noon no
Fresh Meats-There have peen III
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-12
RUN MEN DOWN TO ROB
YOUNG CALIFORNIA BANK Cash
Ter STRUCK AND HIDDEN.
Held a Prisoner All Night In q Den
by Gang Of Thieves Operating
With an Automobile - May
Have Killed Othera

Los Angeles, Cal.-Held a prisoner
In a den of thieves, whose leader II .
woman. Thomas Moore. a young bank
cashier, after having been struck and
Knocked unconscious by q pirate car"
driven by one Of the criminals. listen
I'd to the planning OF tho disposal OF
bis body after death. unable to move
or speak a word.
Moore, who lives At No. 1924 Uni
versity avenue with relatives, was
held a prisoner during one night and
\ part of a day. Hourly fearing death.
be lay half unconscious on q rude bed
/ a lodging-house In the downtown
district, while the thieves stripped
him of his valuables, including a dia-
mond stick pin. a pair of diamond
studded cuff links, q watch and chain
and 317.62. All Identification marks
were also removed from his clothing
The mystery connected with tho
Moore case leads some Of tho omcers
TO tho belief hat tho man Identified
~ Bernard Rien, whose body wa
found in the inner harbor several
weeks ago, was q victim Of the same
persons. It II thought that Rien was
struck by the automobile In tho same
way that Moore was, and that no died
from his injuries. The clothing on
the body had evidently boon changed
and all Identification marks removed
n exactly the same manne a. Wal
done In Moore's caDe. The theory now
Ii that the dead man was taken In the
automobile to San Pedro. his body
Weighted with a heavy iron bar. and
then thrown into the bay.
Moore says the thieves ran their csI
upon him purposely while he was wait
Ing for = street Ear At Eighth and
Spring streets at IL O'Clock At night
He was tossed half way ACROSS the
street and rendered unconscious. The
next thing he knew he was lying IL
the machine, which contained ave mel
and a woman. and was driven rapidly
through the downtown streets. He wal
taken to the thieves rendezvous In
lodging-house somewhere on Thru
street, and was held In a room In tn
place until 8 o'clock yesterday morn
Ing. Evidently the thieves were afra1t
10 finish their work. Moore says the.
we're counseled against numbering hin
by a woman member of the band. ar
that he was finally loaded into an auto
mobile while still dazed and unable u
comprehend where he was, and take
, 10 his home, where he was unceremc
niously dumped on the front porch
The strange story told by the younI
bank cashier is borne out by Mrs. No
Kelvey. his cousin, at whose home b
has been staying since he came her
g from Kansas City. Mrs. McKelve
heard Moore's feeble cries for help an
/ ran to the door just in time to SEQ tn
chauffeur Of the car make a quick tur'
md disappear.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-09-12

Champ Clark, at a banquet in Wash
ington, was talking about certain cleo
ton prognostics.
It's as simple as the nose IN your
face, he said. It's a mere matter of
arithmetic. In fact, in its striking
mathematical aspect, it reminds me of
Lungge's case.
Poor Lungge was in a bad way.
Tell me the worst, doctor, he said.
I can bear it.
Well, the doctor answered gravely,
your disease il far advanced, and 1 fear
you are not long for this world.
How much time do you give me, doc
tor7
I give you, if all goes well, two
years, no more.
Dear, dear. Two yearsl And how
long do you give my wife, doctorf
Your wife9 Why, there's nothing
the matter with your wife. Her health
is superb.
Yes, I know, and how long did you
say you gave her?
Why, without hesitation, I can give
your wife 25 years.
Twenty-Five yearsl The sick man
closed his eyes and a beatifc smile
played over his pale lips. twenty-five
minus two-23. Thank heaven for %
years of peace.-Washington Star.