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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-15
"A PETITION TO THE GEORGIA
LEGISLATURE.
To the Georgia Legislature:

To the Georgia Legislature:
Whereas The Constitution of the
State of Georgia declares that the
legislative, judicial and executive
powers shall forever remain sep
arate and distinct, and no person
discharging the duties of one shall
at the same time exercise the func-
tions Of either of the others" and,
Whereas, John NJ Slaton, in COM
muting the sentence of Leo M.
Frank, has violated both the letter
and spirit of said Constitution, in
that he assumed the powers Of the
Judiciary practically granting a new
trial to said Frank, and basing his
decision on evidence upon which
Frank had already been convicted,
said conviction being confirmed by
all the courts up to and including
the Supreme Court Of the United
States; and,
Whereas, The said Slaton, in thus
multiplying the action of the courts
and overriding the due and orderly
administration of the laws of the
land, has not only violated his oath
and exceeded his legal authority, but
has insulted the courts, exhibited
contempt for the law, brought dis
honor upon the State, and establish
ed dangerous precedent which will
tend to promote anarchy and in
crease mob law;
Therefore, We, the undersigned
citizens of Troup county, Georgia,
respectfully petition the Georgia
Legislature to pass resolutions con-
demning in no uncertain terms the
said Slaton's illegal and contemptu-
Gus act, and that said act be de-
clared breach of his oath Of office,
and not representative of the State
of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed by 500 citizens of Troup
county, Georgia.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-15
LET US RAISE A MONUMENT TO
MARY PHAGAN.

Dear Sir: Your articles on the
decision" of John NJ. Slaton crown
you forever the champion Of the
masses, the poor mans Man.
| notice in the papers that Slaton
has given out an interview in New
York, in which he is quoted as hav-
ing said that 'the best people of
Georgia do not condemn him. If
all Georgia's sentiment is the same
as is Valdosta S, the ''best" are in
very insignificant minority, as the
sentiment here is almost unanimous
on the side of Virtue among all
classes of people, whether the good,
bad, or otherwise"
We have started here movement
to raise $1,000 to erect a monument
to Virtue, to be placed over the last
resting place of that little girl
whom the Atlanta Journal was
pleased to style "on1y little fac
tory girl'-Mary Phagan
All people who are interested in
the preservation for future genera
lions the struggle made by this poor
little girl who died rather than part
with Gods one endowment, are in
Vited to contribute $1.0O each to
this fund, mailing all contributions
to G. w. Barnes, Valdosta, Ga.
For your Herculean efforts to pro-
tect Georgia laws, her courts, her
people and Virtue, please allow me
in behalf of that vast majority of
citizens of South Georgia, whom Sla-
ton would put in "the worst ele-
ment" of Georgia's citizenry, to say,
l thank you.
With best wishes for you in all
your undertakings, and kindest re-
CARDS for you and yours,
Your friend,
Ga. WILL H. STANFORD.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-15
THIS OLD TEXAN rA-4KS RIGHT
OUT.

Dear Sir: I want to shake your
hand and bid you Godspeed on the
work you are doing for the common
herd Of humanity, but especially do
l want to shake on the stand you
have taken in the Frank case. I
would never have known the truth
in the Frank case hod / not been
reader of The Jeffs, for the big
dailies such as the Dallas News and
the Houston papers know nothing of
the evidence in the case, yet in edi-
torials they ask the Governor of
Georgia to commute Franks SEN
tence. Why do they not discuss the
evidence in the case? Because they
are paid to not. The Texas blouse
Of Lords" has passed a resolution
asking the Governor to commute his
sentence. What in the name Of
heaven is it their business what the
jury of Georgia do to a fiend and
murderer? I have the names of the
Senators that voted for the resolu-
ton, and they have one vote in
Texas against them for any Office
they bob up for in my county. I
think the day Frank is hanged
should be holiday, as it was such
day as that when the little girl
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-15
NEW FLOUR AND GRIST Mill. At
CULVERTON, GA.
Now in Operation, and is Equipped
With the Most Modern Machinery
That Money and Brains
Could Produce.

The flour department is the new roll
Ter process, and has a capacity OF
sixty barrels each day. The grade of
flour we. make will depend entirely on
the grade Of wheat you bring, as we
have all the requisite machinery for
making as good pure -four as can be
ground, and if your wheat is good we
can give you good -four.
Those living so far that they can
not make the trip here in one cay
will find good camp house on the
mill yard. and place TO house your
stock. If you prefer to ship your
wheat by freight, you must pay the
freight charges on it to this place.
we will handle it to and from the
depot to the mill free Of charge, and
ship the -four back to you collect"
Please be certain to use good sacks,
we'll sewed, also that your address is
plainly marked on a tag on each sack
SO that the tag will not come Off, and
that you send enough empty sacks to
hold the products from your wheat,
such as flour bran, etc.
1t is our intention to do our best
to please you, but We wish to warn
you against shipping or bringing to
this mill damp or smutty wheat.
Please be certain that your wheat is
dry, as We will not allow bad wheat
to pass through the mill.
If you have surplus Of wheat, we
wish to buy what you do not need,
and will pay you the highest market
price for all you have fo~ sale We
will be in the market for good wheat
at all times.
Let us grind both your corn and
wheat, We will appreciate it and do
our best to please you.
CULVERTON MILLING Co,
CulvertOn. Ga. Advt.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-15
THE FOOL. KILLER

Tbe hottest aud funniest paper on earth.
rtte1 With red-hot poker dipped Liz in rSzor,
ga IDLE, and spurs him at every lope. Death to
ools rascals and bypocrites. Monthly, 25c
n ames and get it wear for your trouble. Thu
oL-KILLER Is A ST., MOravian Falls, n. @.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-15
PAGE ELETEV

lost her life in defense OF her honor,
and all true Americans should do
honor to the day that truth and JUS
tice prevailed over big money and big
interest. Hang him, not because he
is q Jew, because he is a fend and u
murderer.
A long and useful life to The
Jeffs is the wish of yours truly,
Tex. J. d. TROTTTR.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-15
ANYBODY GOT THIS BOOK?

B. H. Brown, Of Oakwood, Ca, is
wanting to find copy of a school
reader, the title of which is Port
er's Rhetorical" of date back in the
sos. Anyone having a copy write
him, giving price.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-15
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-15

HIGH GLASS MEN for the United States Con-
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-15
THE: JEFFERSONIAN

not only lies in the rural and small
town districts, but also the bravery
which might have redeemed Georgia,
had it only numerical strength
enough to do it,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-15

0OA (uctA q VSlJ ISCSnI 0ONGE-
nor, and we are to understand
that the line Of demarcation rests on
money.
That the division has not been
recognized as resting on anything
more than money, is evidenced by the
power that same money has had to
silence all criticism that has dis
agreed with the remarkable. action
of this so-recent Governor who prom
J ises to speedily be in the class of the
recent Secretary of State, in the mat
ter of talking.
TIL Jeffersonian was instituted pri-
marily to give expression to free
speech. It's columns have never been
silent when it came to a matter of
principle, as against power OF money.
And The Jeffersonian has not always
won out, in what it stod for; money
has never been plentiful with it, for
the reason that it had to work hard
and wait long for what it got. The
boycott was used to rob it OF it's circu-
lation on the news-stands, and it is
thoroughly familiar with the threat
to withdraw advertising patronage,
if the Editor persisted in saying what
he thought was right.
He kept right ON saying it, and he
lost the advertising patronage, just
as the wei1ders Of the big money said
he would.
The papers of the State have not
been losing any money, because of
their valor, and they have not been
particularly keen about expressing
the sentiment of the people, when
Governor smashes all precedents, and
ignores the trial-by-iury method, the
law of the highest State Court, and
of the United States itself
To read only part of a thing, gives
one a very unbalanced idea of the
true status of the thing itself; even
some of the State papers have been
blind to the fact that the press, out
side the big cities (who had to keep
both eyes ON the advertising patron
age of the papers) has had a differ
ent tone from that of the big dailies.
Always there is the exception: the
Commerce News, of Georgia, said
this:
Among all our exchanges, so far
as We have observed, only three i'm
pugne the motive of Ex-Governor
Slaton. These are: The Jeffersonian,
The LAGRANGE Graphic, and The
Gainesville News. OF the three, the
latter was the most virulent and
vehement. We wonder if Hardy is
really mad about what he is mad
about"
And the LAGRANGE Graphic replied
in this fashion:
Brother Shannon either does not
read the editorial views of the edi-
tors of Georgia, or his exchange list
is limited to the big dailies, and a
few other lesser lights. With the ex-
ception of "a papers whose editors
have expressed themselves, and some
others which have no editorials,
there are close around 200 papers in
Georgia that have severely censured
Slaton for his act.
For Brother Shannon's benefit,
we will mention just few of the
Georgia weeklies which he might add
to his exchange list: The Jackson
Herald, The Gainesville Herald, Ma
rietta News, Forsyth County News,
Clayton Tribune, Triton Gazette, Sa-
vannah Press, Cleveland Courior,
Newman Herald, Meriwether Vindi-
Gator, Pickens County Progress,
Buchanan Tribune, Rochelle New
Era, Quitman Advertiser, Milton
County News, Talbotton New Era,
Dahlonega Nugget, Senoia Enter
NFa ION
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-15

Watch the label on your paper.
Don't let your subscription expire.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-15
ANOTHER MAN CORRECTS L. e.
w. ABOUT NOAH AND
NTELCHTSEDEC

Dear Sir: | notice in the June
oath issue of The Jeff a reply to
letter some one wrote you asking if
Christ lived before the food. You
said No, but Melchisedek lived be-
fore the food, and you also referred
to God choosing Noah to manage
the Ark, even If he did get drung.
Now, | thought l would call your
attention to the matter so you can
correct it. Melchisedek didn't live
before the food That is the first
account We have of him was some
thing ibe $50 or 375 years after,
when he met Abraham. Now [ know
he is referred to in another place as
having neither beginning of days,
etc, but | understand that you was
not speaking of that.
AS to Noah, I understand you to
mean that God chose him to manage
the Ark after he had showed up to
be drunkard, but I wish to call
your attention to the fact that he
got drunk several years after the
food, and we have no account Of his
being drunk or even a moderate
drinker before.
Thanking you for your good ar
ticles you write, for they are all
good, I am, your true friend,
Ga. H. G. HOGG.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-15
(Comnent.)

Somehow, I had been led to be-
lieve that Columbus was a dead
town, but it seems to be alive and
up to date. Ftwon't even let me
have my little joke about Father
Noah and the water wagon.
Brother Hogg is evidently we'll
posted on the Bible. T. E. w.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-15
AS to the Sentiment of
Georgia's Press

OR the first time in it's history,
Georgia has been divided into
two classes, by no less a per-
son than a very recent Cover
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-17
In the Alfalfa Belt

The purchase by R. J. Reynolds of
 North Carolina of 4000 acres of al-
 falfa land in Sumter county for $100,-
 GOO is of more than ordinary interest,
 especially when it is understood that
 MT. Reynolds will invest large capital in live stock with a view of developing a great stock farm.
 Alabama's alfalfa belt extends through the central part of the state from the eastern counties of Missis- sippi to the western part of Georgia. The great productive value of this land had not been fully appreciated until few years ago when demon stratlon farm work came into vogue. { When the late James B. Haggin, multimillionaire and the owner of the most noted stock farm in Kentucky, bought 5000 acres of alfalfa land in Greene county for the purpose of rais- ing hay for his dairy cows, Alabama's agricultural resources began to at tract wider attention than ever be- fore. MT. Haggin made large expen- ditures on his Alabama farm in build ing good roads and in installing a sys- tenn of thorough drainage. The flag gin estate now has model alfalfa farm.
 Another telling advertisement for Alabama from an agricultural point of view was when Leslie M Shaw, ex- governor of Iowa and ex-secretary of the United States treasury, year or so ago invested S50,O00 in the black belt. There have been other large in- vestments in the alfalfa region, and MT. Reynolds investment in Sumter will doubtless be followed by similar purchases in Alabama
 The crop diversification campaign will be of vast benefit to all classes of farmers-those with ample capital and those with little or no capital; and it is safe to say that within the next two or three years homeseekers from the north will settle in Alabama in large numbers-truck farmers, all round farmers with 200 or 300 acres, and great cattle raisers. Alabama as a farming state is certainly coming into it's own.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-17
Local Products Exhibition

Birmingham has long needed a permanent exhibit of the manufac- tured products of this district, and now that want is about to be supplied by the recently organized Birmingham Manufacturers Permanent Exhibit association, with J. E. Shelby as pres ident and J. H. Edmondson as secre- tary and manager and strong board of directors. This association has rented the building adjoining the Chamber of Commerce and provision will be made as soon as possible for displaying the products of the dis trict's mills and factories.
 In order to make this project really worth while every manufacturer in and around Birmingham should be en- listed in the enterprise. It is some times said that Birmingham should have greater diversity of industries than is found here at present; but the fact is that Birmingham has already a greater variety than the public is perhaps aware of. Everybody knows about the large industries, but within the past few years the number of small manufacturers has increased very appreciably, and it will doubtless be the object of the association to have them all make exhibits.
 A permanent display of home prod ucts with only partial representation of what we have would have a bad effect on the public and especially upon visitors who are eager to in form themselves as to Birmingham's industrial activities. Let every manu- facturer cooperate with the associa- tion and the result will be of great practical benefit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-17

they have done so, whether mistaken or not, with the laudable purpose of defending Germany's cause and at the same time placating their fellow citi- zens in the United States. So long as they had any grounds to stand on they argued with force and persuasiveness, but facing a break between the United States and Germany is an entirely diff ferent matter.
 Mr. Ridder made enemies in the United States by the earnestness with which he devoted his paper to the Ger man cause. His patriotic avowal re- veals him to his critics in a decidedly new light and one which elevates him tremendously in their esteem. No doubt MT. Riders views are shared by a majority of German-American citizens. AS he says, they have not been found wanting in the past, and they will not be found so in the future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-17
No More Smokes

Cigarette sales are falling off in Kansas City. At least, there are sev- eral hundred fewer consumers of cigarettes in that city, according to press dispatches.
 Eight hundred boy high school stu dents of Kansas City upon whom a social ban was placed by the girl stu dents, have capitulated. The girls, un- der the leadership of Miss Eleanor Hughey, freshman student, have been waging an anti-cigarette war for several weeks, with signal success.
 The girls organized themselves into a club, each member of which signed a pledge which read.
 Believing that the cigarette is harmful to the growing boy, promise to do all 1 can against it's use"
 A ban of social ostracism was the means employed by the girls to bring rome to the youthful gallants the fact that they were in disgrace. The boys laughed, but finally capitulated, one by one at first, and finally by crowds, until eight hundred of them have given up the cigarette habit.
 "The remaining four hundred are nearly surrounded" the girls declare, "and are expected to shortly run up the white flag. If not, another assault will be ordered along the entire line"
 There is food for thought in this occurrence, for reformers who have been laboring to stamp out the use of cigarettes among young boys. By en- listing the girls, it would seem that more progress can be made in a few weeks than hitherto has crowned the efforts of learned physicians and lec- turers devoted to "health talks
 After all, youth will largely solve its own problems if wisely directed, for whatever the boy or girl "goes into" that thing receives their full en- thusiasm. It is being more and more recognized, that youthful exuberance direction by mature experience can ac- complish wonders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-17
LUKE M.LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Kentucky hospitality used to be great stuff. But nowadays, in most of the counties in that state. the farmer votes the dry ticket and hides his demijehn out in the barn nobody can get a swig of it but himself.
 Before he. gets her she is so different from other women that he can't live without her After he gets her he is al- ways telling her that she is just like the rest of the doggone women.
 The man who is always knocking is sure to miss and hit his own thumb every once In a while.
 When there are five or six grown girls in family the oldest daughter always has an idea that her mother is trying to raffle her off.
 After man gets to be 70 years old he can remember a whole lot of things that never happened.
 A woman always has because" as a reason. but a man sometimes hasn't even one that good.
 Good habits are hard to form and easy to break. But it is different with the bad habits.
 What has become of the old-fashioned woman who used to say that fingers were made before forks and who said that any man who soiled two knives when he was eating a meal was a dude? Never laugh when you hear the woman next door giving her husband Hail Co., lrmbia. You never can tell when your own ootsy wootsey is soing to start in on you.
 If the truth were onlyi known. many a mans will power is at} home washing the the da dishes and getting h supper ready
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-17
STEEL THAT STAYS BRIGHT

From the Iron Trade Review.
 steel that will neither rust nor tar fish has been discovered and is being made commercially in the United States The importance of this invention can hardly be exaggerated. Rust and cor rosion are the great enemies of iron and steel. Cut through lemon with your pocket knife and it comes out tar nished-corroded; stop the street cars even for few hours, and the rails are yellow with rust. Various more or less clumsy expedients have been adopted to fight this condition. For fine table ware the metal is silver plated gal vanized or painted. Sooner or later the start their work of destruction. The loss of steel through rust in the United States has been estimated at 1,O0o, 900 tons a year, valued in the crude, semi finished state, at from $50 900 to $40, ,000.O0.
 The new stainless steel need not be plated or otherwise coated and it stays bright under all conditions of weather and usage. For years scientists have been seeking such a metal for table ware, pocket knives, watch cases, for certain parts of typwriters, guns, sew ing machines, automobiles. bicycles and for countless other uses. Table knives forged of this metal can be used with impunity to cut acid fruits with no fear of stain and the knife will remain bright without incoseant securing that 10 bugbeaT to very house holder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-17
GREAT WRITERS IMPARTIAL

ously. His professionally good people he therefore they are not alive. Pecksniff is alive, not because Of Dickens moral judgment upon him but because he sees him humorousy, and no one could pass any moral judgment on Mrs. Camp or
 Mrs. Wilfer. Dosoievtsky does not need
 the spell of humor to escape from judg-
 ing. He is above humor even. as above
 spite or pomposty.
 He can take everyone seriously yet
 without bitterness, because he does not
 take himself seriously. because he never
 sees himself as a god dividing men into
 sheep and goats according to his own
 tastes He is so great an artist that
 he escapes from all human infirmities in
 his relations with his characters. and
 ''maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good. and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust" He knows what is evil and what is good as well as anyone, but he does not pretend to know what men are evil and what are good: and for that very reason. because of this forbear- ance of judgment, he seems to know more opoot iiCi siidi ohy othci WtitCI. I1io characters, like ourselves, are doubtful in their destiny, and mixed in their na- ture. He has seen them as we see our selves, when we condemn our own &C., tions, perhaps, but not our own souls. It is the artist in him that makes him thus universally merciful. as we are all merciful to ourselves; and every novelist should remember that whenever he en- joys himself at the expense of his char acters, he is ceasing to be an artist. He may be as advanced as he likes: he may in all his Judgments be reacting against Victorian morality; but in doing so he becomes just as inartistic as those Vic torians whom he despises; and, sooner or later, other novelists will react against his reactions. Those advanced favorites of his who. in his novels, score such easy victories over the old fogies will, in another generation, seem old fogies them- selves, and their epigrams will be as trite as Victorian moral reflection. It is only the artists impartiality that can pre- serve him from making a fool of him. self to posterity, however clever he may seem in his own day. He, too must judge not so that he be not judged. His busi- ness is to make a world not to tell us what he thinks about it.