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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-09-23
FROM AN OLD CONFEDERATE.

Dear Sir: l am writing you a
few lines to let you know how l APP
preciate your paper. / am an old
soldier who wore the gray. l was
volunteer from Barlow County. I
served in the 18th Georgia regiment
in 1861. | followed General Lee and
Longstreet for about three years.
was with General Lee. when he sur
rendered at Appomattox. General
Lee, in my mind, was a model chris
tian gentleman. After the surrender
/ walked home, found my wife and
Two little boys, she had cared for
while I served in the army.
Now we are old and can't do any
soy reading the Jeffersonian. We
are glad to say that among all the
papers We have read, the Jefferson
ian is, i'll our judgment, the only
paper that he; given out facts III the
Frank case. 1t, has defended our
state, her people and our homes. 1t
IS waging a great fight and should
be read by everyone who wants to
acquainL themselves with ROme's in
fiuenct on our government.
Now to close with, please find
money order for fifteen subscribers
to the jeffersonian, whose names
and addresses please get correctly.
We are looking for you to keep us
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Yours for the truth,
w. r. BROCK.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-09-23
THE JEWS PLAN A SEPARATE
NATION.

Dear Sir: AS you seem to be
about the only person with suTtlclent
courage to publish anything as to the
true character Of the greedy Jews,
am sending you a clipping from the
Chicago Daily News, under date OF
August IS, 1915, which is additional
proof that the Jews have never
amalgamated or have any intention
of ever amalgamating with our peo-
ple or of becoming a part OF our
government.
The clipping sent reads as follows:
TELLS JEWISH NATION PLAN.
Pincus Kuttenberg Addresses 1900;
Begin Raising Funds To-day.
A meeting was to be held in the
Morrison hotel today to outline the
campaign for obtaining money TO
hold the American Jewish congress
in Washington neXt October and to
launch the movement to renational-
ize the Jewish people. Speaking be-
fore 1900 men and women who
crowded into the West Side Auditor
ium. Pincus Ruttenberg and DR.. II.
Zitlovslxi related the purpose and
plans of the movement.
eve want to care for all the Jews
of the United States, the rich and
the poor; for all the Jews Of Europe
and Asia and the other parts OF the
world" said Mr.. Ruttenberg, we
want the Jews to be placed on an
equal footing with other people. We
want national and political rights in
every country where we haven't such
rights now.
eve intend to weld the Jews of
all countries into tribe, union,
nation so powerful that we shall rank
with other nations. We don't need
to assemble our people in one coun-
try to do this; that wouldn't be pos
sible. But we must have the Jews
organized we must have safe home
in Palestine, our historic country,
and we must have ambassadors and
ENJOYS and ministers.
IF every class of immigrant would
colonize a nation in this country as
the Jews and Romanists do, and as
the Germans try to do, what kind
of government would we have, If
any? 1t would be tribe against tribe.
Why do the Jews want an organi-
cation with it's national lead in
Palestine and it's tail the U. S.? Has
not the Jew enjoyed full citizenship
in this country? Has the Jew ever
been Disseminated against polite
ally, financially or otherwise in
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-09-23
"A LETTER TO TEE SFMT-WEEKLY
JOURNAL, ALTA NTA.s

Sir: You will please scratch my
name from your subscription list, as
| don't care to patronize paper that
can be bought with Jew money, and
not defend it's own town and state.
You will find that my subscription
expires July II, 1916, but can afford
to give you that much as this is the
last you will ever get out OF me. Had
much rather have Macon News or
Watson's Jeffersonian anyway.
Respectfully,
w. e. BROWN.
Sylvester, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-09-23

Read Foreign Missions Exposed,
by Thos. e. Watson. Beautifully
printed. Profusely illustrated. Price
80 cents. The JETS, Thomson, Ga.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-12-06

BY what will the the Nevada building from the
PanamaPaf exposition Reno? ah
built
wekng the transportation would
the than the erection building university
n moving picture vars
leaving
Arabian Nights There greater opportunities today than
acquisition
which
perty, Peace Independence Equality.
twenty-five California
the lads nstu
ton have he o paroling themselves.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-12-06
MUCH DESIRED. LITTLE EXPECTED

HE president again has his hands the still
the president hands thank the this Demo
president and the Democratic will be af
ficed least
Were the a
the United would the
operation of the Democratic tariff bill
This session of
but little expected its political and
the naniy the administrative could tariff law that
immigration
eliminate the his
administration likely
will should
the incoming Republican president and Republican steps
the American distress that
IN impod o remedial
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-12-06
AFTER MARCH 4, 1917

HERE millions
maized native but of extraction multi
udes
candidate reelection His
Witness difference the those
Germany The pleading
is that both nations
ming the the Americans the
British Selling
peaceful friendship
enmiy another
himself right
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-12-06
WELCOME TO BETHLEHEM STEEL

HERE fairly well authorized that less than the
Bethlehem Steel itself the Tonopah district
This published
the still indications conclusive evil
Bethlehem whose palaed by
heavy Shares this like Zeppelin at
the beginning the plants multiplied working twenfour
hours in the
When will demands during the
which will will
dividends activity The
millions and seeking be
heved auxiliary which will
profit banks firing
interest They
abroad Cancelled ob
cations.
that Bethlehem Steel should Tonopah bust
dealing with adoption allied that
should production the noble
sides Charles Scfwab Bethlehem Steel
in Tonopah? The Bonanza lines
shortly, merely peage
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-12-06
DECEMBER s

price with spring
lamb.-Macon (Ga) News
opposition suffrage in New York forced the
the uger?-Nashye
preparedness let remember that the German govern
facoryres Eaand dsaserNew York
Evening
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-12-06
CLIPPED AND CREDITED

the should be
old ch
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the Chicago baby
physician
and didn't-Kansas City Star
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employer him. What his other quail
hcaio for a Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-12-06

When the silver for the uperdreadnaguh Tonopa
should be made the public function than
when the baehag brought this The Tonopa
silver there
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battleship
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-12

No matter what the result of the
fight in the Senate over the ship
purchase bill, Senator Fletcher, Of
this State, will come out Of it with
enhanced fame. He is in charge Of
the measure and has done all that
was humanity possible to put it
through. "a But the rule which per-
mits unlimited debate in the Senate
makes parliamentary skill Of little
avail when there is stubborn ma
jority, and no matter how worthy a
measure may be, sif it is made par.
ty issue, it can be killed by mere
party spirit, especially when there
are insurgents on the other side, as
in this instance, to help in the kill ..
ing. Senator Fletcher is now a ma
tional figure, a statesman in the
front rank, fighting for both the
best interests of his party and his
country in behalf of the ship pur :
chase measure, and the people Of
Florida have right to be proud of
him. 1t was a fortunate day for
them, not less than for him, when
they returned him to the Senate by
such an emphatic majority.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-12
THINGS TO FORGET.

If you would increase your
happiness and prolong your
life, forget your neighbours faults.
Forget the SANDER you have
heard. Forget the temptations.
Forget the fault-hnding, and give
a little thought to the cause
which provoked it. Forget the
peculiarities Of your friends, and
only remember the good points
which make you fond of them.
Forget all personal quarrels OF
histories you may have heard by
accident. and which, if repeated,
would seem a thousand times
worse than they are. Blot out,
as far as possible, all the dis
agreeables of life; they will
come, but they will grow larger
when you remember them, and
the constant thought of the acts
of meanness, or, worse still. NAL
ice, will only tend to make you
more familiar with them. OBJ
literate everything disagreeable
from yesterday; start out with a
clean sheet for today, and write
upon it, for sweet memory's sake,
only those things which are love-
ly and lovable.-The Trumpeter
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-12

representative who attended the
convention, expects to see con-
siderably more activity after this
week and a freer movement of
fruit. 1t is fair to assume that
with this activity better prices
will prevail. We usually look
for better conditions in prices
and movement about February
Y Hun i49gIsnd while financial conditions
are not as good. as usual, better
prices can be expected after this.
"The quality of Florida fruit
going out of the state is the best
in years, particularly grapefruit.
If a prospective customer eats
one Of this years crop, he is sure
to buy. another. I have been on
trip to the various packing
houses and never saw finer quail
ity of fruit or a finer grade of
packing going out. If there is
anything in the market situation,
it will develop rapidly" The
Packer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-12
NEW POSTMASTERS
NAMED FOR FLA.
TOWNS

The Postoffice Department
announces the appointment OF
the following Florida postmas-
terS:
Francis, Putnam county, Pos
eph A. Cannon to succeed A. I,
Browning, resigned.
Carleton, Putnam county,
Minnie A. Smith to succeed A.
w. Cole, resigned.
Osteen, Volusia county, Alvin
a. Brooke to succeed X. B. Os-
teen, resigned
Pittsville, Duval county, vii,
liam II. Pitt. This is a new Of
flee and Mr.. Pitt will be the
first incumbent.
Wabasso, St. Lucie county
William L. Leishcr to succeed ]
O Jameson, resigned.
1t is annuonced also thai
Frederick ]. Kennedy, postmas'
ter of Biscayne, Dade county
has been covered into the per.
manent civil serve.
The postofi6e at Yukon, Du'
val county. will be discontinued
\ commission has been ISSUED
to Charles c. Voorhees,. newly
appointed postmaster at Red
land, Fla.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-12
SAVING THE CITRUS
GROWERS BY GOOD
ROADS

The Florida Good Roads AS
sociaton desires to advance the
interests OF Florida in every way
possible, said Secretary Clark
son today, land it appreciates
the fact that every automobile
stuck in mud or sand; hauled
out at considerable expense and
great discomfort, and then ship
pc dbach North, prevents at
least one hundred others from
coming. With State supervis-
ion of main highways these
conditions can be overcome
within the next year or two.
An angle of the road situa-
ton in Florida not usually
brought out has been presented
by w. T. Chollar, an official of
the Atlas Portland Cement
Company, who has winter
home in DeSota county about
seven miles from Arcadia. His
citrus fruit grove will be in
bearing in about two years. Be
ing business man of wide ex-
perience, Mr.. Cholar has stud
led conditions and makes the
following statement concerning
the expense of marketing crops:
THE citrus fruit growers OF
Florida pays approximately ten
cents per box to have his fruit
hauled from his grove to his
nearest packing house-an aver
age haul of five miles-because
of the fact that the country
roads are generally unimproved.
I'm California, where the
roads leading from citrus groves
direct to packing houses are
generally improved with hard
surface, the average cost is APP
proximately two cents per box.
Take the crop of I9I4-IoI5-
100000 boxes of oranges and
grapefruit-and multiply this by
eight cents difference in cost Of
hauD per box, and this will
show conclusively that the cit
RUS fruit growers of Florida lose
approximately $4,000 annually
because of the fact that their
roads are not equal to those of
California. This loss would pay
the interest, at 6 per cent, on ten
million dollars of road bonds,
which would go a long ways to-
wards bringing the county roads
of Florida up ii the standard of
the roads Of California, and as
the citrus growers of Florida are
in direct competition with the
growers of California, it is inn
perative that they take definite
steps to change the unfavorable
footing which he now occupies"
Florida Grower.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-12

under more or less comprehen-
sive State Highway Laws, has
the power or authority or re-
sponsibility of county commits
sioners, or other county author
tiles, bee abridged.
at has been the invariable ex-
perience that State q qsuprvision'
which is almost universally con-
fined to main roads in these al
States, has resulted favorably'
The engineering assistance
which has been given localities
by competent State Highway
Departments has always oper..
ated to protect the people OF
communities and secure ecomi-
cal expenditure of their funds.
These factors add to rather than
detract from the work OF county
authorities"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-12
oo1 CARS GO TO MARKET
Florida Citrus Shipments
Cars moved last week. -. ooI
Cars moved week before. 86S
Total to last Saturday. -. 1868

Jacksonville, Fla.-The citrus
fruit mavement is gradually in
creasing. The movement last
week was 1873 cars larger than
the week previous. From the
beginning Of the season Septem-
Der IS to january 20, 3I9S airs
OF grapefruit and Io,445 cars of
oranges were shipped, making
I3,o43 cars of citrus fruit moved.
The demand for grapefruit is
increasing, particularly for the
smaller sizes and while prices on
oranges still remain low the de-
mand is somewhat improved.
There is not much Improvement
in weather conditions through
out the peninsula. There have
been heavy rains in aymost ev-
cry section and growers at some
points are much discouraged, as
bright sunshiny days and cool
, nights are needed to insure the
, arrival of the fruit in good con-
dition an distant markets. No
matter how carefully handled,
graded and packed it seems i'm
possible to dry the fruit out.
Despite the adverse weather
conditions Florida fruit is now
at its best and shows bright col
or and is good and sweet. 1t is
is estimated that so to SIS pei
cent OF the orange crop and
probably IS per cent of the
grapefruit crop has moved
There are still about 3,5oo,ooc
boxes OF grapefruit in the state
l.. d. Jones, general manager
of the Florida Citrus Exchange
reviewing the citrus fruit situa
ton this week said: While the
prices of oranges have not ma
terially changed in the last week
or two, grapefruit prices, while
still low, are improving. We
should not expect too much dur
ing January, as the records o.
past years show that the marke,
lis always slow during this
month.
Another reason tending tc
make the market slightly slow
at this time is the fact that a
majority of the big commission
men who handle Florida's crop
when it gets to market have
been to Detroit for the last few
days attending sthe annual con-
yentis4 fAsa National Leagr
Of Commission Merchants,
which met here at the Tampa
Bay hotel last year. During
their firms are c'testo o--S ,waha
their absence their firms are do
ing little buying, (
The Florida Citrus Exchange
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-12
FLORIDA STATE COOL
ROADS ASSOCIATION.

Jacksonville, Fla.-"Taking in
to onscideration the experiences
Union which have good roads
laws, and which have pro6ted
thereby, the question of details
as to what should be incorpor-
ated in such a law for Florida, is
one which must be worked out
by able minds" said Chas. E
Foote, the good roads specialist,
who is conducting the campaign
for a State Highway Depart
ment to be created by the enact
ment of the necessary laws at
the next session of the Legisla-
ture.
"In no one of those forty-one
states, that are building roads
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-12
SUBSCRIPTION RATES,
A FAME THAT ALWAYS GROWS

The anniversary of Lincoln
birthday is being observed as a ma
tional holiday today, and through =
out the North generally there will
be formal ceremonies and much fine
oratory in celebration of the event.
In parts of the South, also, the day
will be observed in some more note :
worthy form than by merely closing
the postof1ices, banks and other pub
lie buildings, and here in Lakeland
there would have been impressive
memorial services but for the uneX-
pected illness of the gentleman who
had been selected as orator of the
day.
Year after year Lincoln's memory
goes on its conquering way, destroy e.
ing the poisonous hates and stub d.
born prejudices left us as an unhap
by but inevitable heritage from the
great sectional war of which he was
the pre- eminent figure, and, now,
half century after Appomattox,
hate and prejudice have both ceased
to obscure our estimate of the man
and we can see him as he was. The
plain people from whom he sprung
and whom he loved so well, never
produced greater character, and in
his own personality were all the
magnified virtues of his class. He
typed the greatness of America, the
huge, gaunt, big boned, resistless
spirit of the young republic, in his
body, not less than his mind and
soul, and, like Washington, he was
one Of the emergency men in human
affairs. appointed Of God to lead his
country in an awful crisis and in.
fuse into his people his own un-
yielding spirit,
He died In the arms Of tragedy
Just when his work was finished, and
so well had he done that work that
his fame will endure forever and he
Is alongside Of Washington in the
pantheon of the worlds great men.
There is no possible excuse for any
human being to revile or reproach
the memory of this illustrious man.
With his vast strength he was a
marvel of gentleness. tenderness and
love. and in all his life there is
found no trace of hatred for any
living creature. He never spoke un.
kindly OF the South, even when hate
against us ragged all around him in
smaller souls, and had he lived the
story of reconstruction would have
been a very different one.
Lincoln and Lee both grow great =
er in the minds of men as the years
go by, and in the time to come when
our civil war will be but tragic
episode that for moment inter-
rupted ire smooth current of our
national life, these two men will
loom above all the others, the SUI
preme Americans Of their genera
ton even though one lost and the
other won.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-12

We are still faithfully tearing
the wrapper off Of Chris Codring
tons DeLand Daily News in the hope
Of finding something better than
plate matter and clubbing offers on
the editorial page, but thus far
without results. But patience is a
noble virtue and Christopher is sure
to come across in time. Some OF
these days he will get mad and boil
over or bust, and when that time
comes his editorial page will come
to the front in great shape.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-12

In the face Of what's happening
in Europe, Villa and Carranza in
Mexico. and mere party spirit in the
United States Senate trying to de-
feat a great patriotic measure to
give this country merchant marine,
SO that we may be Independent Of
foreign ships to transport our own
products. the Clearwater Sun says
the yeorldd y growing better. we
think SO, too, but, we have to dig
deeply beneath the surface to reach
that conclusion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-12

Winter Haven has a new paper,
the Saturday World, "the only pen
ny paper in Florida" 1t is a six
column folio, printed on pink paper
and Park H. Adams Is its editor.
He's good one, too, and knows how
to write live stuff for a paper. Flor
ida has an increasing number OF
good papers and we welcome the
Saturday World to the list.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-12

No fouler crime was ever commit
ted in this State than the murder Of
the Gardner brothers on the Okla
waha river by the negro cook and
pilot to whom they had entrusted
themselves with the confidence of
children, and who killed and robbed
them both with devilish deliberation
and then made his escape. Heaven
grant that he may be caught and
hanged for his crime. The two
brothers were fine young men from
the North who had come to Florida
for a pleasant vacation, camping
and fishing, and. doubtless thinking
all negroes harmless, honest and
faithful. hired this cook and guide
without knowledge Of his character,
and paid for their carelessness with
Qeir lives. Probably no white man
X the State would bSefeeh gtnty
OF such a crime, and there are thor
sands Of good Florida negroes
equally incapable Of such a iendish
Get. This negro murderer came from
the slums Of Jacksonville. the last
SPOT In the State. to find a decent
member Of his race.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-12
SOUTHERN LINCOLN
CELEBRATION

Chattanooga, Tenn, Feb. H.
An elaborate celebration OF the
birthday of Abraham Lincoln at the
Patten hotel has been arranged by
the local camp No. Z, Of cha Sons
Of Veterans. U. 5. A., for tonight.
Forest ". Brown will make the
principal address, which will deal
with Lincoln's life and character.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-24
lucky. enough to be saved. We hung
on until rescued"
WOMEN FRANTIC

Women with their hair streaming
down their backs ran about the shore
yelling for their little children. Men
were demanding of policemen to
know whether their entire families
had been wiped out by the disaster.
The cooler heads went about the
work Of saving as many as possible
~-hfte the big majority of the survi-
vors just seemed to lose their heads.
The work of rescue, however, was
wonderful To physicians, policemen,
fremen and many people who work
in the vicinity of the disaster too fuch
credit cannot be given.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-24

outing. It was bound for Michigan
I City. It was owned by the St. Joe
Steamship Co.
The Eastland, a steel ship, the new
est in the lake excursion service. 1t
was considered the most modern
When it was seen the boat was tip
ping frantic efforts were made to get
it back on even keel The boats Of
ficers cried for everyone to rush for
the other side, but the order came
too late.
Then began a scene of fndescrib-
able horror.
About 500 were below deck in state
rooms, parlOr and bar Many of these
never had a chance to escape. They
were drowned like rats in their holes.
SURVIVOR TELLS OF ACCIDENT
Mrs. Joseph Kostacld, 61O8 S. Ash
land, who was one of a party of four
rescued, told of how the disaster
came about.
I'VE were all making our way to
the upper deck and a great many
went to the side of the boat toward
the dock. Still a greater number,
however, went over to the river side.
All of a sudden, just as the boat
seemed pulling out from the dock she
began to list and slowly teetered over
away from the dock.
Hundreds rushed toward the dock
side and many jumped overheard.
Women and children became frantic.
Nobody seemed to know what to do.
Few thought of life preservers. There
was little time to think about any
thing.
Shortly the air was filed with
screams of horror. Hundreds sIiDDed