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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-16
FROM A CHATHAM COUNTY
VOTER.
Rockland Ohio.

Dear Sir: Just a few words
please. I am a railroad man in this
city, was raised in Emmanuel County,
Georgia, by parents who would al
most die for T. E. w. Have been
here for three years. I used to think
that you had no following here, but
was mistaken, / see the jeff in
several of our news stands, and it is
read by lots of our best people Some
weeks ago in a meeting of several
hundred citizens of this city the
speaker, one Of our ablest Baptist
preachers said in laundering tones,
81 wish we had 10000 Tom Wat
sons" The meeting was an anti
Catholic meeting of the Cracker
Club which has membership up in
the thousands, SO your literature is
no dead stock here. You are recog-
nized more every day as the greatest
man in the South, especially for the
great common class.
I have had the pleasure Of voting
for you once, and wish / could get
another chance as feel that your
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-16
WHAT ONE MAN KNOWS.

Dear Mr. Watson: On June IL,
1918, I spent part of day at Sha-
ron, Ga. 1t was gala day as the
Romish school there WAS closing. At
table at the Jackson hotel, several
boys of the school were taking din
ner with some Augusta friends. The
conversation drifted on Sunday fish,
ing and their good luck, etc. I re-
marked surely your boys, being
taught by priest, and nuns, would
not fish on Sunday" etc. They said,
yes, they fished with their parents
often near Augusta, on Sunday" and
defended it. They were highly in
doctrinated in Roman Catholic dog
ma. Well, at the station I met them
again and a lot more, and they
brought up the matter again. They
asked me what church I belonged to:
I said ''I am Catholic" They
asked "who is your priest?" I ans
wered Jesus Christi" then one Of
them said, "do you believe in Tom
Watson?" I laid yes and then
the Roman devil 1areu out, the ring
leader said, ''They are going to kill
him" I said, "Oh no. when one
boy nudged him to hush.
Now, where did those boys learn
that?
May the God of Righteousness, in
whose power you are, uphold you
with His strong arm, when the
hounds of hell seek to get you at
Augusta
Be firm and true, sit steady in the
boat and the harbor is yours. Amen!
Your friend,
JAMES Nj ROGERS
Charlottesville, Va.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-16
THE FRANK CASE AND THE
BEATTTE CASE.

My Dear Sir: I have been a
friend of yours for long time, but
never tried to write to you until
now. I want to encourage you in
what you wrote in the Frank case.
You are the only public writer and
publisher that has had the courage
and grit to say anything against
that libertine reprobacte.
Listen at him how he raves and
bowls about his innocence. Don't
it remind you of how Henry Clay
Beattie pleaded his innocence, and
that the State was going to murder
an innocent man, and just two hours
before he was executed, he said, Il
am the man that killed my wife. ,"
I believe 95 per cent Of the people
of Georgia believe Frank to be guilty
of killing little Mary Phagan, and
l am an old man and ] have never
seen SO large per cent of the people
go wrong. Amt it strange, Mr..
Watson, that Rosser, Arnold and
Hass have to go to New York and
Chicago so much to hunt up Jim
Conley's record? Has Jim ever been
to either place showing himself over
the country? We are all satisfied
that said lawyers saw nearly every
rich Jew in New York and made
them believe we have race prejudice
against the Jews; that is false as can
be- We all have a great reverence
for the Jew, and am afraid the
Jews are making a grave mistake in
trying to shield this Jew.
There is All old saying in Georgia
that you can't hang a rich man; it
seems that the Jews are furnishing
all the money necessary to save this
man. Every time his lawyer goes
to New York and back you hear a
preacher or some paper speaking out
for Frank. One preacher said he
would give three reasons why Frank
should have a new trial and did not
give one.
Shake 'em up Mr.. Watson.
Your friend,
Georgia. LICE WIGGLES.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-16
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE

strength is greater by far than it
ever was, am glad you are putting
the people wise to Hoke Smiths
stunts. To my own knowledge there
were lots of country people voted for
him in his last race for governor just
because you were silent on the mat
ter, but will never do SO again.
I yet believe that God ill reward
you for the great fight you are maxi
ing for the principles of right and
the opposing OF wrong.
Respectfully,
CHATHAM COUNTY VOTER.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-16
(COnnnent.)
A VERY GOOD SUGGESTION.

My Dear Sir: A copy of your
Magazine and paper received, many
thanks. Enclosed please find 10c
for which please forward the March
number of Magazine.
The Roman Hierarchy has begun
to boil over in this region. We are
expecting a speaker here next We'd
nesday evening. We mean to orga-
nize if possible. We think your
Magazine a sharp thrashing instru-
ment having teeth.
Say, why cannot a delegation of
25 or so men on the Firing Line call
on our President? Also, a lobby of
two good men with spinal columns
be placed in Washington d. G.. 1t is
not enoubh to believe that Rome is
a menace to the Nation but it re-
Quires doing things. We have been
pulling away alone here for two years
or more. Our mayor is a Roman
Catholic and we were with him in
his Office not long since for more
than an hour We don't propose to
let up on the enemy till they are
ours.
l have thought much about you
and your trouble with Rome.
Respectfully,
REV. A. V. DONALDSON.
Mich.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-16
CAN YOU ANSWER THIS?

Dear Sir: If this is really Demo-
cratic administration and our Sena-
tor Hocus is as powerful in Washing
ton as his friends claim, why is it
that the Georgia negro Johnson still
holds the 1000 job? and Henley a
Republican is left in the District At
torneys office with a fat salary? and
so many able Democrats who could
fill the positions with equal credit to
the nation are overlooked and neg
lected why? Is it because our great
Senator is too busy skinning the cat
over the Panama Canal tolls?
Exclusively
Yours truly,
Georgia. DEMOCRAT.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-16
A LINCOLN COUNTY BOY WRITES.

Dear Mr.. Watson: I am a In
coin county boy, only fifteen years
old, 1 should have said T. E. w.
boy, but let her rip. 1 have been
reading after you for four years and
think you are the smartest man on
earth. Keep up your fight on Ro-
man Catholicism, it is fine, and we
are with you. I have just finished
reading the Roman Catholic Her
archy, it sure is good. Would to
God we had some more w. L. Pick
ards to expose Catholicism from the
pulpit. 1t is sure needed, the people
have been Rip Van Winkling long
enough. May God spare your life
for many years to come.
Yours sincerely,
Ca JOHN d. DINKARM
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-16
AN OPEN LETTER TO A ROMAN
CATHOLIC PRIEST.
Rev. John Mcbride,
Parkersburg, W. Va.

Dear Sir and Brother: As small
stockholder and representative of
Watson's Magazine (Hon. Thos. E.
Watson, editor,) published at Thorn
son. Ca, by the Jeffersonian Pub
fishing Co., sometime ago arranged
with the ]. Carl Ebert Co., of your
city to sell the Magazine. AS you
probably we'll know, the Watson's is
anti-Roman Catholic in spirit, and
for that reason a protest was made
to the firm named and the result was
that they have felt compelled to cease
handling our Magazine.
Trusting that as clergyman Of
the Roman Catholic church you may
have at least its best interests at
heart, I feel constrained to write
this letter.
I was a subscriber to Watson's
Magazine before the editor began his
series of articles against Roman
Catholicism and am frank to say that
at first / did not believe there was
much foundation for his attacks, but
to my utter establishment the Catho-
lie secret societies seemed to fall
over each other to see how quickly
they could prove by their daily ac-
tons the truth of Mr.. Watsons
charges. For heavens sake, why is
it?
Now, Father Mcbride, I honestly
believe that the only way to avert
a crisis in this matter is for the Ro-
man Catholics to cease the use of
the boycott and other means of in
timidation, let the anti-Catholic pub
lications fall down on their own
falsity and rottenness, if the charges
they make are untrue.
AS to preventing the sale of Wat
sons Magazine in Parkersburg, that
may be possible, but / am unable to
believe it. At any rate, the fight
will not be given up SO. easily. / be-
lieve in justice and liberty, in giving
each man fair show
If the charges against the Roman
: Catholic church are not true, it ought
to be comparatively easy to prove
them untrue; but no considerable
number of people will be convinced
of such fact until the church changes
it's methods of replying to unfavora-
BILE criticism. Why does it not use
the methods that are open to any
and all, that of meeting argument
with argument of the same kind?
Trusting that I may have the
courtesy of a reply, and that you and
your fellow clergymen may use your
influence in the right direction while
Sincerely and fraternally yours,
Crew J. w. GRIMMER.
Rockland Ohio.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-16
HEED THIS WARNING.

Dear Sir: In an editorial in the
western Watchman," march 26,
1914, we are given this hint:
Bishop Foley wrote a public letter
the other day, addressed to the
Catholic Christians and the Pro-
testant Christians of Detroit. The
letter will never be delivered if the
carrier knows his business"
Does this mean that it is not now
the business of mail carriers to de-
liver all packages or letters entrusted
to them?
The beast is now only Kissing
while he is coiling ready for the
strike-the last strike.
N. c. A SUB.
(Comment.)
The Western Waterman is the pa
per of the bold traitor, D. S. Phelan,
who proclaims the right of popery to
kill people who reject the Pope
The Romanists grow holder and
holder, while Americans sleep, or
send missionaries to the heather"
T. e. w.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-16
FROM A BOHEMIAN FRIEND.

Dear Sir: 1 see it is time for me
to pay up, I am sending you $1.00.
l could not do without the Jeff.
am a Bohemian or Czech. [ am
ready to fight the Roman Catholi-
cism. Yours truly,
Oklahoma KAREL KLOS.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-16

5000 GUMMED LABELS. printed aud per-
.forated, 100. prepaid. Illustrated Catalogue
Free. HANZEL SALES CO., Dept. j, North
Federal St., Pittsburgh, Pr.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-16
WASTE OF MONEY IN PUBLIC
PRINTING
PRINTING.

Dear Sir: Having worked in
country post office for the last TWEEN
ty years, have noticed all this time
that nobody reads more than about
one in ten of the Congressional
speeches and such other records that
the government Franks" out to the
people, but a large per cent Of them
are thrown down in the post Office
yard, or left on the benches around.
The same thing is almost true of
seed, they never plant them.
Why is this unnecessary expense
carried on by our government?
Printing, conveying and handling
must amount to very heavy expenses.
Can you explain it?
Respectfully,
Ga. P. A. BLANCHARD.
(AnsWer.)
The politicians think that the
speeches are read, and that the seeds
are planted.
1t is a cheap way for the Con-
gressmen to advertise themselves,
and to make the impression that
they are doing a mighty work in
Washington.
The cost to the Government is i'm
mense, but it helps the railroads
whole lot. They get paid for haul
ing the stuff. T. E. w.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-04-16

Watch the label on your papeE.
Don't Let yoaE subscription expire.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-02-19
Valentine Party.

Original and exquisite in every
detail was the Valentine party gil
ven Friday evening by Mines. P. A.
and L. c. Wright complimentary TO
the teachers of the Lynden public
| schools.
The guests We're received at the
L. c. Wright home, where the CO.
sy rooms were aitractively decorated
in red, canopy of red crepe paper
from which We're suspended cupids
/ hearts. and other emblems charae-
teristic of ST. Valentines festival,
! forming the center of The decora-
tive scheme.
All entertaining feature of the
evening WAS the unique games ar
ranged for the occasion by the host.
esses. In the first, Bird Romance,
Miss Fenton receiveG. the first prize
aud Miss Harris the consolation.
Progressive Sweethearts' followed
| in which Prof. Fisher proved the
most expert, and accordingly WIS
awarded the first prize, while Mr..
/ Simpson claimed the consolation.
! The guests were then requested
to choose partners for Follow the
/ Leader" the leader being Prof. P.
A. Wright, who led the party 10 his
home near by. Here the decora-
lions were in pink and white, pink
crepe paper forming a canopy over
the handsomely appointed table at
which the guests We're seated for
refreshments. From the canopy dan
gled a shower of cupids and hearts,
! while graceful festoons Reached to
different parts of the rooms and t.
| BILE. Table and buffet We're lighted
with pink candles. a tiny pink can
die being also placed at each plate
AT given signal each member of
the party lighted his or her "andle.
tradition having it that the one
whose candle burned out soonest
would be the first TO be married.
The distinction fell to Miss kenne-
dy. who received the congratulations
of others present.
The place cards We're little Dutch
girls cunninsly fashioned from
| hearts, while the menu cards were
artistic productions with decorations
of pink hearts. The menu. viii h
WAS a s follows. was the subject OF
much conjecture on the part of the
guests: Golden Ring Salad; Uniied
Hearts, Spiced Sweetness; Hearts
Frozen in Jealonsy; Swerl hearts:
Nectar: Kisses and Fond RAmeln
ORANGES. After the evening plea
sures were over the hostesses pre-
scented each departing guest with
Good Night Kiss" basket.
Those present We're Misses Eva
and Caroline Cole, Crete Topping.
lone Fenton. Laura r ndsll, Eller'
Knapp, Myrtle Kennedy, Edit h Har.
ris, Mabel Plank. Edna Mckinnon
M. and Mrs. william Fisher, Mr..
Ralph simpson, and Mis- Landon.
of Bellinghem, and Miss Anna
Wright, of Wahl.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-02-19

The Lynden Implement Co. has
installed brazing machine and Is
now prepared 10 do all kinds # ma
chinery repairing.
Mrs. Eerkes, a sister of ]. P.
Boerhave and Mrs. John Pilon. lied
ut her home 1T Oak Hsrbor last
night after long Illness. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Eerkes. Mr. and Mrs. J. p.
Boerhave, and Mr. and Mrs. John
Pilon have gone To Oak Harbor 10
attend the funeral. Tire deceased is
survived by her husband and seven
children.
A number of friends of Mr.. F. E
Kelsey and Mrs. J. X Rinehart
rendered them a. surprise par'y at
the Kelsey home Monday, the occa-
sion being their 59th bit day.
The affair WAS in the nature of a
postal card shower and dinner. Dur
ing the afternoon ice cream and
cake We're served Those present TO
extend congratulations and good
wishes to Mrs. Rinehart and Mr.
Kelsey We're: Messrs. and Mesdames
W. Palmer. Biddell, Treadway. VAIN
Patten, Mines. Frasier. Brecken-
ridge, Schroeder, MeSorley. Beach
Bame, Sears, Bay, Jones, and Mr.
and Mrs. Kelsey and Mr.. and Mrs.
RinehartH
Peter Carlson, who resided about
miles west of Lynden, died Mon
day after an illness of some weeks
with typhoid fever The deceased
was ~ years, nine months and three
days of age He WAS native of
Sweden. About two years ago lie
purchased the Frank Booman place
and made it his home. Mr.. Carlson
leaves two brothers, Ed and Carl,
who reside in the vicinity of Clear
brook, and IA sister. Mrs. Lindgreen.
The funeral will take place from
the Swedish church at Clearbr0ok
tomorrow, intermeut being in the
cemetery at Pangborn Lake.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-02-19
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

ii. II. Jameson is transaetins
business i'll Bellingham today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Oordt ar
rived III Lynden last week.
Ed Philo Went to Bellineham YES.
terday.
Miss Jessie DeHaven of Belling-
nam visited her friend. Mrs. Mar
saret Watson, Sunday
Miss Mabel Osgood of Bellinp-
nam spent Sunday with her parents
al Greenwood.
Mrs. Mcleod and Miss Cecile
watson shopped in Bellingham Sat
urday.
George H. Cole. of the firm of
Brown d Cole. Bellingham was in
Lynden yesterday afternoon.
The marriage of Miss Cecile p.
Watson and William A. Meurer is
announced 10 take place soon
Mr.. Lewis Tromp was passen-
ger On the morning train 10 Bell
insuam saturday.
W V. Weber, of the Farmers
Mercantile Company, was a business
visitor 10 Bellinsham Tuesday.
ID. De long has returned from
a weeks visit to Monroe and other
points in Snohomish county.
There will be a social dance at
Hoffman's Hall on next Saturday
night, February q.
The next meeting of the W. c. T
|. will be on Thursday afternoon
February 20, at the home OF Mrs.
Mary Jones.
r. r. Helder has ordered some
new and modern shoe repairing ma
ehinery which he expects to receive
soon.
Mr.. H L. Williams was IT his
place of business Monday for the
first time after an Illness of some
weeks.
j. w Sears of Vancouver, r. c
a brother OF the genial manager If
the local light plant was over on
ID visit the first part OF the week.
The Souaw Man" will be pre-
sented AT one of the local theatres
soon by home talent company
Watch for the dates.
Public meeting at Firemen's Club
room on next Monday evening
Everybody is invited 10 attend the
meeting, be he q member or not
Miss Tilda Tromp is celebrating
her birthday today by spending The
day at the home of her parents west
of town.
A marriage license has been Is
sued by the county auditor 20 Chas.
J. Jacobson and Ellen johnson, both
OF Lynden.
The volunteer fire department
was out practicing Monday evening
trying out the new nozzles just re-
ceived. The fire apparatus Was I'll
found in splendid working order.
Mr.. Sears, of the light company
announces material reduction IN
rates TO take effect March l. See
advertisement on page two OF The
Tribune.
Mrs. Barney Collins. and daugh-
ter Nellie. Miss Stella McDonheli
and Harry Mcdonnell left on Mon
day for a visit to Seattle, Victoria,
Vancouver and other Sound points.
The Sunshine and Delta schools
held a spelling contest on Monds!
in which Sunshine carried off Inc
hopors. This is the first OF a ser
les of such meetings.
Every man and woman Interested
in th. fruit growing industry shoulo
attend the meeting OF the frult
Growers Association. which Is ~
M held at Jameson s Hall on next
Saturday forenoon.
Mr.. |. r. Armstrong, OF oeatlIe'
senior member of the firn oi Al III
strong-Hammond Co. visited Lsh-
dan for several days during the
carly MARI of the week and was III
r.rrained at the Hammond home
n Noteboom and family, WHO
hay. been spending the wlhler III
Southern California, returned nome
Tuesday Mr.. Noteboom Expresses
himself as being much pleased Win
the Golden State.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Fl. Sears en- ana
rt,..f
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-10

The admiral was asked If he agreed
with that view Explaining that the gen
eral board has no recognized Official
status" he replied that there was no
doubt Of the great advantage of a definite
naval policy 20 any country. He ex-
planned however, that he did not mean
to infer that the policy Of building three
hattleships one year and two another
year would lead the. United States to
war.
Representative Butler expressed the
hope that the President of the United
States would take steps after the Euro
pean war to secure an International
agreement for disarmament and said
that with that purpose in mind 1t was
contradictory to continue construction Of
great vessels of destruction. Admiral
Fletcher agreed that it would be n very
opportune time after the war in Europe
is over to bring up that questionable
best opportunity We ever had.
Admiral Fletcher denied reports that
the American ships Were improperly
handled ny being too close together at
Vera Cruz and said that If collision
quarters were sounded on any ship he
had never heard Of II and II was very
improbable When asked about the ef-
| feet Of reaching out for South American
uade he replied that II the United
States did that and had interests T. -
conf:cted with other nations the United
States must have an adeauat, fleet"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-10
TROOPS GET
ORDERS 70 GO
TO ARIZONA

Mace. Ariz., Dec. s-The 9th y. S. cav
airy will move It's camp tomorrow from
It's position along the interna tional bound
AIRY to a point one mile north II get the
men and horses out OF the range OF Mex
lean bullets. The border patrol will con-
tinue as heretofore.
Since the American troops settled down
In trenches along the boundary 60 days
ago II of the soldiers have been hit b.
stray shells and bullets from Naco. So
nora. one American cavalryman died
from his wounds. one is blind and several
are in a serious conditions
Five persons in all have been killed on
the American side OF the line and Al
wounded. Twenty # these We're Amer
leans
ARTILLERY ORDERED TO NACO.
IL Paso, Tex, Dec. S.-Gen. ]. J. Per
shing tonight received orders from de-
partment headquarters at san Antonio
Texas, to despatch batteries a, B, and
G, Of the 9Th field artillery to Naco
Arizona, at once.
The battalion under Col, F. S. Greble
is expected to leave for the Arizona
border at daylight.
GENERAL BLISS STARTS FOR NACO
San Antonio. Ten, Dec S-Gen. Tas-
ker H. Bliss left San Antonio early to-
tight for Naco to take charge of the
situation there.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-10
BURLINGTON MARKETS.

Fresh eggs are now 20 cents per dozen,
while the wholesale price is so cents
English walnut meats are 70 cents per
pound.
In retail grains provender No. l is S1.75
and cracked corn SLIGO.
Considerable hay was disposed of yes
terday In the market, the prices secured
ranging from sl6 to SIS per ton.
Tangerines are 30 to 40 cents a dozen.
Florida oranges are Is to 30 cents n
dozen.
The following prices were quoted for
the Free Press tv the Burlington Fruit
company c. A. Barber, grocer, p. e.
Howard, meat dealer. A. d. Pease Feed
company.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-10
TWO SUDDEN DEATHS
IN ST. JOHNSBURY

St, Johnsbury, Dec 9.-Benjamin Oar
ling. IS, a resident of Peacham. dropped
dead in the waiting room of the Boston
& Maine railroad station this morning. He
had been visiting his son here and went
to the station walk. DR., w. b. Fitch was
called and pronounced death due to heart
disease. Mr.. Darling is survived by three
sons, Charles +. Darling of St. Johns
bury benjamin Darling of RYegate and
George Darling Of PeaCham The body
was taken to eacham this afternoon and
the funeral Will be held Friday afternoon.
Mrs Amanda NJ. Truscott, resident
of St ROudshurg Pa, aged &C, died sud
denly this morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs Samuel NJ. Hubert. Heart
disease was the cause of her death. She
is survived by three sisters and two broth
ers, besides her mother who is 50 years
old. The remains We're taken to St
Roudsburg Tonight for burial.