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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-02
OF THE FRANK CASE"

and receiving wide congratulations
1t is dirty shame that our papers
can be bought, and so much money
used to- clear the murderer of the
most horrible crime ever committed
in Georgia.
[ only wish there were more Wat
sons to show us the corruptness
practiced in our courts, and not so
many Rosser's, Arnold's and Burns.
Assuring you that your editorial
was highly appreciated by a MAORI
ty Of the people Of Atlanta, and wish
ing that you may live long to keep
up the good work you are doing.
I am as ever with you,
Georgia. w. P. HILL.
Dear Sir: I made this list Of sub
scriptions up in compliment to your
article on the Frank murder case,
in The Jeffersonian Of March 18th.
We, as all other fair minded people,
agree with you that Frank had a
fair and impartial trial. We do not
believe the statement made by
Franks counsel in New York about
the race prejudice in the South. 1t
should be looked on as false and a
grasping scheme, 1t took me but a
few hours to complete this list, as
the people subscribed SO readily af-
ter hearing your article read.
Yours truly,
Georgia. M. N. BOWDEN,
My Dear Mr. Watson: Allow me
to express my sincere and hearty APP
prevail on the article in The Jefferso-
MAN laying bare the monstrous eff
fort Of certain Atlanta papers to give
orders to our judges OF Superior and
Supreme courts, and trying cases in
the papers, and brow-beating the
public mind, or rather attempting to
do SO.
Let the great commonwealth Of
Georgia render thanks to our God, as
did the Hebrew children Of old-fol-
low the pillow Of cloud by day and
pillow of fire by night. Tom Wat
son is a light house Of strength, ever
ready with tongue and pen to give
courage to the wayering lines of a
fierce battle in behalf Of the great
masses-for he loves them, and the
great principles for which we have
long struggled.
With kindest regards,
Georgia. THEODORE RICE.
Dear Sir: I went into Miller's
Book Store on Marietta street in At
lanta Thursday morning to buy The
Jeffersonian of March 10Th While
there a news boy came in and asked
the man behind the counter to sell
him some Jeffersonians The sales
man refused, saying that he could
sell them himself The news bow
insisted and stated that he could sell
about fifty in q minute" if he could
get them. The salesman still de-
clined to sell the papers and the boy
started out of the store. AS he was
leaving l said to him. "Son why are
people so anxious to buy The Jeffer-
sonian." His reply was, "the Jews
are buying them and cutting them
up" 1t occurred to me that the
incident might prove Of interest to
you personally. Yours very truly,
Georgia. READER.
My Dear Mr.. Watson: thank you
thousand times over for the mas
terly editorial in The Jeifersonian of
March 10th, on editorial in the Jour
nal calling for a new trial in the
Frank case. You have done the ju-
dietary of this State and all good peo-
pie a lasting service. Nothing you
have written in recent years is being
so widely read, The good people of
both races are blessing and praying
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-02
CLARK HOWELL REFUSED TO
PUBLISH IT.

Dear Sir: Have just asked The
Constitution to reproduce your arti-
Gle on the Frank case. Clark How
ell refused. Yours truly,
Ca. AMERICAN.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-02

Dear Sir: j can't help but COM
ment on your editorial in The JEFF
fersonian, issue Of 18th inst, on the
Frank case. 1t does seem to me you
hit somebody. I hardly know how
to tell what / think, but if murder
trials are to be tried in the press Of
our State, and in the pulpits of our
churches, why in the name Of COM
mon reason don't we have the courts
abolished, I do not see any need of
going to SO much expense if the de-
cree Of our States highest tribunal
is to be set aside. If our religious
system has now got to take up cases
that have been tried and tested and
clamor for new trials, then I say cut
the court out, and let's have one sys-
TEN for the rich and poor alike. Go
on Thos. E., glory in your grit.
Respectfully yours,
GORDON RAINWATER.
Georgia.
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PAGE TWO
WHAT SOME

Dear Sir: I have just finished
reading in your paper the Frank
case. l wish you could put ten thous-
and copies in Atlanta, Ga. 1t is a
shame that we poor Weak-minded
men can be ruled by such rot and
unfair deals as the Atlanta Journal
is trying to give us. Trusting your
paper will reach every man and wo-
man in Atlanta. Yours truly,
Georgia. A. S. JACKSON.
Dear Sir: have just read your
article in The Jeffersonian of the
18th inst. on the Frank case, and
permit me to thank you from the
depths of my heart for same. never
so much needed at this time, not in
the Frank case only, for we have
thousands of cases in every State.
1t is a common saying, (and it is
true,) give one enough money and
they can murder you without a cause
and come clear. / am sure your arti-
Gle will do much good all over the
States. 1t will be read and appre-
ciated by the best people ali over the
country. l have often thought Of
thanking you for the good you are
doing in the many articles you have
written in the past, yet l write poor
ly and felt my weakness to express
my true feeling.
I hope you may not stop at this,
but Will continue to write On this
line, for if there is one thing that
calls for .rebuke it is the power Of
money and its influence over the
courts Of our country. I feel that
every honorable man in our county
will thank you for this article.
The newsboys sold The Jefferso-
MAN readily here for Csc.
Yours respectfully,
Georgia. NJ. ". DAVIS.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-02

Dear Sir: I want to compliment
you on your logical exposition Of the
Frank case in this weeks Jefferso-
MAN.
Though couched in different
phraseolOgy, it voices exactly what I
have been contending, especially in
regard to the Journals editorial,
those ministers who have touched on.
the Frank case from their pulpits
and VIM. j. Burns.
Every household in Georgia should
have copy Of this weeks Jefferso-
MAN.
What would Robert Toombs, the
great Southern lawyer, if he were
living, think of the methods that
have been employed in the Frank
case?
Hundreds and hundreds Of Allan
tans are hunting for this week s JEFF
fersonian. Yours very truly,
Georgia. CLERK.
My Dear Sir: The demand for
The Jeffersonian in Atlanta is some
thing wonderful on account OF the
article you haze in the March 10th,
1914, issue. I wish that IL could be
printed in pamphlet form so IL cou}d
be sold here to the citizons OF this
county since Mr Burns has taken
such am Interest In the case.
&c y0G should see your way clear
to print the article would be glad
tn have at least I00 copies Of the
same,
Tie defense is trying to work up
nlr- s,, H.
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Dear Sir: Enclosed please find
check for $3.50 for a club of IL sub
scribers to the Weekly Jeffersonian,
as per the enclosed list
I want to congratulate Mr.. Watson
upon the recent article on the Leo
Frank case. had decided that
would have my paper discontinued
when my subscription expired, but I
feel that I owe it to you to send
this list, which I secured in just a
few minutes. I now think that I
will be lifelong subscriber to your
paper, and assure you that [ am,
Faithfully your friend,
Georgia. D. P. G..
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-02

Dear Sir: You are right as usual.
I have wanted to see some BIG MAN
jump James r. If there is any hide
left on him, guess it is rather bruised.
He has let down a gap through
which the preachers and a whole lot
Of others as we'll are locking like
sheep. Can you not see where such
is inevitably leading? Why not ad
vocate Judge Lynch at once. Is it
not unlawful to turn a guilty man
loose by mob law the same as to
hang a guilty man by the same law?
In other words, why is the Iaw?"
if our leading men favor law by the
moulding of public opinion to fit each
criminal case. "ADMIRER.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-02

Dear Sir: Your editorial in The
Jeffersonian Of March 10Th, regard
ing the Frank case, ''When and
where shall rich criminals be tried
], like many others, am glad to know
that there is one editor in this fair
land that dares to beard the lion in
his den; to-wit, the Journals editor
and espouse the cause Of justice Of
equal rights to all, anad special privi-
leges to none. If Leon NJ. Frank has
not had fair trial it is strange that
after a careful examination Of the
testimony and proceedings of the
trial in the Superior Court that the
highest tribunal of the State fails to
see it, and we believe that even that
all that many can do the guilty man
will get justice, for we can see far
above the din Of this great legal bat
tie the towering form of the Invinci-
Bile Dorsey, and we feel sure that the
States case in in good hands. On
account of the stand taken by the
Journal in the Frank case a num-
Der of us here have discontinued our
paper and am sending you a club
of ten subscribers
Wishing success to The Jefferso-
MAN, I am very sincerely yours,
Georgia. w. T. HOGAN,
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Dear Sir: 1 have read with much
interest what you say in The Jeffer-
sonian in regard to editorial in The
Atlanta Journal, Frank Should
have new trial" You not only
expressed my sentiments, but you ex-
pressed the belief Of ninety per cent
of the people (Gentiles) OF Atlanta.
Your editorial is being read with
great interest throughout the city,
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THE SLE41tSE HAMMER, Yuma N O. fs
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
ToSpend Honeymoon
Among the Heather
Georgia Girl WEEDS Missionary and
VIII Return With Him
to Africa.

LAKE CITY, FLA, March III
Following their marriage here. the
Rev. A, Scott Patterson. of Month
cello, Fla, and his bride, formerly
Miss lone Geiger, of Nashville, Ga,
will soon sail for Africa. where they
will engage in missionary work un-
der the auspices of the Baptist Board
Of Missions.
The wedding, which took place in
the parlors of Columbia College, was
witnessed by the entire faculty and
student body of the college. The Rev,
Patterson, who has spent some time
in the African mission field, returned
to this country several months ago
on leave of absence. Miss Geiger,
his fiancee, agreed to go with him on
his return to Africa and the wedding
was arranged. the bride coming here
for the ceremony.
Mrs. Patterson is the daughter OF
the Rev. B. A. Geiger. pastor Of the
Baptist Church at Nashville.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
Miss Lucille Templeton Joins New York Com
pany to Produce Higher Dramatic Work.


KNOXVILLE. March 21.-Miss Luz
cile Templeton. Of Knoxville, daugh-
ter of Jerome Templeton, one of the
city's leading attorneys. will make
her bow as an aC -ress in StFindberg 8
Easter" In the Garden Theater. New
York, Easter week. The Southern
girl thus will take leading part In
what Is a most significant dramatic
venture-the production OF the plays
of Ibsen, Maeterlinck. Strlndberg and
other intellectual leaders at popular
prices. The project is fostered by the
Wage Farmers League and the Gar
den Theater. which is to be its medi-
UNI, is adjacent to the famous Madi-
son Square Garden.
Miss Templeton had planned to
make her stage debut In Knoxville
last week in "Everywoman," but aft
err many rehearsals was called 10
New York for try-out in the lead
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
GEORGIA PASTOR
IS FATHER Of "a;
HE WANTS MORE
Holiness Preacher Now Plans Re-
union to Become Acquainted
With His Ga Descendants.
NOT YET go; TWICE MARRIED
Has SO Grandchildren and Four
Great-Grandchi Idren-Sixteen
Offspring Now Living.

LAFAYETTE, March 21.-The old
woman who lived in a shoe has no
more claims to glory. since j. r.
Blackman, Holiness preacher of this
place, has humbly submitted his rec
ord of progeny for public approval.
When his twenty fourth child was
born the other day. he felt that he
was entitled to some recognition as
patriarch, for there are also SO
grandchildren and four great grand-
children, making Ga descendants in
all. And Mr. Blackman is not yet GO
years old.
The twenty fourth child is younger
than the youngest great grandchild,
and is said to be lusty and promis-
ing boy, and is likely to be the honor
baby of the coming reunion of the
Blackman family that has been
~'~nned. The father of the flock de-
sires earnestly reunion, that he may
become acquainted with all his grand
children. and great grandchildren,
many of whom he has never seen.
Married Twice.
Mr.. Blackman has been married
twice. taking his first wife when ne
was IS years old. OF this union nine
children were born. Nineteen years
after their marriage his first wife died,
and five months later he married his
second wife, who was then In her
nineteenth year and younger than his
oldest child. OF the second maria ge,
fifteen children were born. OF the
twenty-four, sixteen are living. There
were no twins or triplets in the lot.
Yet even with the ponderous rec
ord, Mr. Blackman is yet wistful OF
attaining the count of his own grand
father, who had q children.
A Former Bantist.
Mr.. BlaclSman was formerly a Bap-
fist clergyman, but is now a teacher
of the Holiness doctrine. His wife is
the same faith, and most of his
Children. There has been only one
tragedy of violence in the family,
when his son Tom was accidentally
shot and killed by a woman at Car
tersville.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
Urges Chloroform
For Criminal Insane
Or. Lydston Declares Murderers Of
This Type Should Be Treated
as society's Garbage.

CHICAGO, March 21.--Taking WILL
liam Cheney Ellis, the Cincinnati wife
murderer as an example, DR.. T.
Frank Lydston, whose announcement
of the transplanting of glands Gre
ated a sensation, advocated disposal
of criminal insane by the use of
chloroform.
For the insane murderer chloro-
form, the humane and quiet death,
should destroy the man who is so in
sane as to be economically useless.
We must get out OF sentimental views
of half baked sociologists.
I'VE would get used to the notion
that men of this sort form merely So
ciety's garbage heap, and we should
treat that garbage heap as great
cities are learning to treat garbage
heaps"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22

ing role OF Easter" After several
weeks Of appearance in the new play
house, the company will spend most
of the summer in preparation for an
entire fall and winter season. during
which the best plays win be pre-
scented.
For several seasons Miss Templeton
has been perfecting herself in the
arts of voice. violin and expression.
She has been a pupil OF the Frank
Sargent Dramatic School and has
often appeared at student recitals at
Berkeley Theater. She is a member
Of the Three Arts Dramatic Club =
A reading by Miss Templeton Of
Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poem, "Di-
vorce," at the Waldorf Astoria in
New York at a recent special meet
ing Of the Manhattan Chapter, d. A.
r., OF which Mrs. Livingston Schuy-
Ter Is president. was received with
extraordinary appreciation.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
Two Towns Move 5
Miles to New Road

SHOSHONE, March 21.-Two Wyo-
ming towns are bodily on the move
eight miles across country from one
railroad to another. They are Wolton
and Moneta, on the Chicago and North
western, east of this place. Because
the Burlington has built railroad
which parallels the Chicago and North
western through Central Wyoming, the
latter railroad no longer considers it
profitable to maintain agents at Wolton
and Moneta and they therefore have
ceased to be points of Importance.
Dismayed by the cessation of the Chi
cago and Northwestern's favor, owners
of business establishments and buildings
in Wolton are moving eight miles across
country to the Burlngton's new line.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
Davis, 90, Says He
WillLive To Be 100

WASHINGTON. March 21.-'T ex-
pect TO live to be 100 and maybe
more" said Henry Gassaway DaviS
before leaving for the South.
Mr.. Davis who was Senator from
West Virginia from 1871 until 1888,
and candidate for the Vice Presidency
on the Democratic ticket in 1904, has
celebrated his ninetjeth birthday. Mr..
Davis is a railroad president himself,
and engaged in the active manage
mont Of the coke and coal railroad
developing the great coal sections OF
West Virginia.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
SPIRIT LEFT HER
BODY, SHE SAYS,
THEN RETURNED
CIergymau's Wife Is Convinced
Her Soul Touched Portals
Of the Hereafter.
HEARD DEATH ANNOUNCED
81 Was Among the Clouds, Know
ing the Joy. of Flight" WO-
man Declares.

LOS ANGELES, March 2l.-Mrs.
Baker P. Lee firmly believes her dis
embodied spirit was transported into
the hereafter and returned to its ten
ement of clay. A religious and ac-
complished woman, wife of the rector
of Christ Church here. she is con-
WINGED she died, in the ordinary &C
ceptation of the word, and that her
soul, winging its way back from
among the Clouds. revivified her
body
Mrs. Lee, long very ill, seemed to
be dead when her wondrous vision
came to her Her husband and chill
dren briefly mourned her as dead. Her
recital will be transmitted to Sir
oliver Lodge, president of the Brit
ish Society for Psychical Research.
Heard Death Announced.
II had been unconscious nbst of
the time" said Mrs. Lee. MY periods
Of lucldity were few and brief. Just
before the experience which befell
me, as my nurse afterward told me,
my heart seemed to stop beating.
1.-The nurse suddenly started and
cried, Why, she's gone!'
"She called to my husband and said
Come, quick, she's gone!
81 saw my husband come in. He
looked at me and exclaimed. My God,
4 -
eyes, but 1 could not. l said to my
self, I'm not dead but was power
less to move
Then the four children were
brought in, weeping, and they looked
at me. Presently they all went out
"Then my father stepped into the
room, just as he used to. do in life.
He and were chums. said, I'm
mot dead He replied, Not yet, not
yet Then he went out
Suddenly l felt my spirit leaving
my body. 1t was gone in an instant.
leaping out. joyous, light and ex-
hilarating release of the essence OF
life into space.
MY form remained the same, but
the substance had utterly changed.
1t was now a translucent vapor, ca
pable, at my will, of going Immediate
ly to any place.
Floated Above Earth.
81 possessed all my faculties. imag-
ination, will and memory. was
among the clouds, knowing the joy of
fight. Then ! came down and how
cred over the city, saw the people
along Broadway and wished with all
my strength to be able to reveal my
self to some to let them know that
life after death was beautiful.
But all this while / knew | was
not dead, and so, at the end of a
period of time of whose duration
can not form an idea, and after expe-
riencing unimaginable joys, / went
back into my body with that instan-
taneous possession which had char
acterized my departure
"The entire experience was too real
for a dream, and since having It
have been firmly convinced that
dwelt for time upon the edge OF
eternity and knew, in part, at least,
what the future life is. The knowl-
edge has comforted me because 1t
revealed to me. existence beyond the
grave as immeasurably more de-
lightful that l had dreamed"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
Harvard Men to Pay
$4,000 Income Tax

BOSTON. MASS, March 21.-More
than $4,000 will be paid in income
taxes by Harvard undergraduates this
year, it is estimated.
Junius Spencer Morgan, son OF J..
p Morgan, and Nelson Morris. son Of
the late Chicago packer, are the
wealthiest students. Each will pay
$4,000 on independent incomes of about
5000, 900.
r. Norris Williams II, of Philadel
phia, the tennis lnternationalist. who's
father was lost in the Titanic disas
ter. fell heir to 100000 year ago
His income is well over 100000, and
he will pay the Government probably
more than $4,000.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
Boston Girl Agrees to
Trial Engagement

PASADENA, March 21.-An elope-
ment which was prevented by the
girls parents and a compromise
which was effected after stormy
scene whereby the young couple
promised to give their engagement a
trial of 60 days more before mar
riage figure in the romantic court
ship of Miss Katherine Thompson, Of
Boston, and Joseph aMther promi-
nent clubman of this city, who met
for the first time a week ago.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
Wives Gave Solomon
Wisdom, Says Pastor

WASHINGTON, March 21-Solomons'
300 wives were credited with the SUI
perior wisdom OF that monarch by the
Rev. Frank n. Palmeh, Of Winona,
Ind, before the midwinter Bible Confer
ence.
THE wisdom Of Solomon was not In
the spontaneous thoughts Of mind,
however great" said the Rev. Mr..
Palmeh.
Each of his sayings represented a
personal experience from which he had
drawn a lesson. We must not forget
that Solomon had 300 wives"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
Tells Women They
Are Not Politicians

PHILADELPHIA. March 21.-Women
are not naturally politicians, according
to Mrs. William Kent, wife of Con-
gresham Kent. OF California, who so
told the Plastic Club.
Mrs. Kent declared that in Cali
fornia, as in other States where women
have the vote, they have shown them
selves more interested in civic reform
than in politics. and have worlsed fen
local and state Improvements rather
than parties or candidates unless these
stood for the reform in which the wom-
en- were interested.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
Legacy Received
After 600 Years

STOCKTON March 21.--Moritz Lo-
cher, of this city. is in receipt Of $500
bequest left him by an ancestor in
Switzerland 600 years ago. 1t seems
that when one OF Lochers ancestors
died in the year 1915. he left legacy
In trust forever. the interest OF which
was to be paid to the oldest son Of the
male line. and should there be no SON
TO the oldest daughter and then to her
first born son.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
Says College Girls
Have Bad Figures

WELLESLEY. MASS. March I'll
Hollow chests, curved backs and. I'M
calmly postures are characteristic of the
college girl graduate. according to a
paper recently submitted to the gradu-
ate council of Wellesley College by Miss
Bertha Bailey, a Wellesley alumna and
prominent educator. Provinclalisms and
lege girl.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
Boy, Thirteen, Held
As a Moonshiner

wHITEsBURG, KY. March 2t.--Po-
lice officers Collins and Ashe. Of Jen-
hns. a new town in this county, have
arrested Vance Kelley. aged 10, charged
with manufacturing moonshine In the
Cumberland Mountains and carrying Il
into Jenkins and "bootlegginR' It to
miners and others working there.
The boy Ia being held pending an ex-
animation.