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The Washington times., 1915-03-21
Washington In Favor
Of a Strong Army

Washington, indeed combated both
the use Of the militia and the prejudice
against standing army. He believed
that the independence of the colonies
was not likely to be accomplished ex-
cept by means of a "permanent stand
ing army" and he did not hesitate to
write to that effect to the President of
Congress-
AT the same time he expressed the con-
viction. based upon his experiences with
the militia, that our liberties must be
greatly hazarded. II not entirely lost"
py continued reliance upon such troops
"To place any dependence upon mil
ltla, he wrote, lis assuredly resting
upon broken staff"
Then he went on to say:
.h me ]eaiousies OF standing army and
the evils to be apprehended from one
are remote. and, In my judgment, stu
ated and CircumStanced as we are not
at all to be dreaded. But the conse-
quence OF wanting one, according to my
IDEAS formed from the present view of
things. is certain and inevitable ruin.
For II / were called upon to declare
upon oath whether the militia had been
most serviceable or hurtful, upon the
whole should subscribe to the latter"
That was written by Washington in
lU6, about a year and a half after he
had been appointed to the chief COM
maRd of the armies of the colonies
-Four years later, VIXEN he had greatly
q.
compelled to endure hardships and dis
appointments the like of which no other
man in the history OF the country has
ever suffered, he wrote again to the
President of the Congress ampifying
his views.
Had We formed permanent army
In the beginning" he said, (which. by
the continuance of the same men in
service. had been capable of discipline.
we never should have had to retreat
with handful of men across the Del
aware in l77e trembling for the Sete
Of America, which nothing but the in
fatuation of the enemy could have
saved; we should not have remained
all the succeeding winter at their
mercy. with sometimes scarcely a sut-
| ticient body of men to mount the ordi-
| nary guards. liable at every moment
| to be dissipated, if they had only
thought proper to march against us
we should not have been under the
necessity of fighting Brandywine. with
an unequal number of raw troops, and
afterward seeing Philadelphia fall a
prey to victorious army; we should
not have beon at Valley Forge with
less than half the forces of the enemy,
The Washington times., 1915-03-21
Well Trained
As individuals

These things the regulars know.
Their training in these matters is thor
ough and effective. II that were all
that Is required of the regular estab-
l!shment. 1t would be in fact the highly
trained nucleus that 1t is in theory
The lack of proper tactical organiza-
ton In the regular army. though, pre-
cludes the possibility of training the
men and the officers In the kind Of
work by division and corps that will
certainly fall to their lot in case OF
real warfare. That is the most impor-
tant Of all Good training as individu-
as they have, but training In collec-
tive efficiency they utterly lack
Such. then, Is the condition of our
national defense For the main part
of it we ar- leaning upon what Wash
ington termed broken staff" To the
small standing army. which should be
the model and the form for the organi-
zation of the larger force. we have de-
MED the tactical organization that
wCul1 Nv" - ICY in the work for
which It is designed.
What no." l., ,ncrc for either if put
to a real test?
Copyright. 1915 by the Chicago Tribune
The Washington times., 1915-03-21
Army Men
Agree On Faults

Upon this charge Of lack of organiza-
ton In the army there is complete agree
ment among army men themselves.
They know the true situation, and they
have labored manfully to rectify it.
The popular theory upon which our
The Washington times., 1915-03-21

airy and artillery. II has secured some
artillery through the expensive process
of furnishing the guns and equipment
for the national guard artillerymen
Tho effort Is also being made TO SC
cure the organization of auxiliary
troops. but with the exception of sani-
tary troops the success has been prac-
tically nil.
Now the plea is for larger national
appropriations, and to have them avail
able for longer terms than heretofore.
In the belief that by this means more
rapid advance among the State troops
may be secured.
Meantime the training OF the guards
men Is going on In the same old way in
which 1t proceeded prior to the war
with Spain. No marked Improvement
proved the greatest deficiency of all In
that test. The guardsmen get their
armory drill and their training in the
manual Of arms and the frills of soldier
ing; but that is about all.
The reports of the inspectors general
In the Spanish war are filled with COM
plants that the national guardsmen
were utterly ignorant of the simplest
camp. They did not know how to make
a camp or how to live in II after 1t was
made. They either did not know or
Iaiied TO appreciate the imperative
their camps clean and sanitary IL they
expected to remain well and fit for
service. They did NOT know how to
secure their rations Or how to handle
them-after they had been secured.
These are the simplest matters OF
soldering, and yet the most essential.
A soldier who is sick Is far worse than
no soldier at all. for he not only can
, render no service himself, he demands
the attention and care Of other men
who might otherwise render service.
Training in the manual of arms and
in squad and company drill is of small
value compared with this. The state
troops must learn this great essential
Of soldering before they can begin to
become effective for national service
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
RECOVER FROM BAD WOUNDS
Injuries That Short Time Ago Were
Thought Fatal Yield to Mod
ern Surgery.

The case of the soldier who has
been lying in Munich hospital for
four months with a bullet in his
heart serves to show that there is a
possibility Of recovery after almost
any form of injury. Playwrights
and novelists usually make their vii
lains die Immediately when pierced
through the heart, but hunters have
often seen bears and other big game
run over a hundred yards after re-
ceiving such a wound, and in recent
wars several cures of heart wounds
have been effected.
When a bullet touches the brain,
recovery is not rare, provided that
only the outer portion of this organ
be injured, and that no large blood
vessels be opened. In the Anatomi-
cal Museum of Harvard university
may be seen a drill, four feet long,
which was blown entirely through
the brain of mechanic, from below
upward, destroying the sight of one
eye, yet the man recovered and sub
sequently proved capable of earning
his living.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
THEIR GARDENS A DELIGHT
Men of the Middle Ages Knew Wei
the Art Of Laying Out Beau
tiful Grounds.

Statues were a decorative element
of which the Florentine garden ar
Infect made extensive use. AT first
few antique busts were placed
along the parapet of the terrace or
under the central loggia.
But, ere long, Greek gods and he
roes, fauns and naiads were seen at
the end of every alley, while giants
and caryatides were introduced to
support walls and porticoes.
One great charm of Renaissance
gardens was the skillful manner in
which nature and art were blended
together. The formal design of the
giardino segreto agreed with the
straight lines of the house, and the
walls, with their clipped hedges, led
on to the wilder, freer growth of
woodland and meadow, while the
dense shade of the bosco supplied an
effective contrast to the sunny spaces
of lawn and flower bed.
The ancient practice of cutting
box trees into fantastic shapes,
known to the Romans as the topiary
art, was largely restored in the fif-
tenth century and became an essen
tial part of italian gardens.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
ORIGIN OF COLONEL CARTER"
Hopkinson Smiths Famous Book Had
Ito Inception In After-Dinner
Stories.

] have understood that the way
Colonel Carter of Gainesville"
} came to be written was this:
Hopkinson Smith was the best ra-
contour of a formal story | ever
heard. | recall that a mutual friend
once told me that Hopkinson Smiths
stories had changed the tone of sto-
ries told at mems dinners in New
York. | give the account as it was
once given to me.
He had become known as a de-
iightful after-dinner story teller, and
presently his stories made so much
impression that one day Glider Of
the Century Magazine said to him
that the stories he told-in the form
in which he told them-ought to be
preserved, and suggested his writing
them for the Century. Out Of this
grew paper which was styled, at
first, something like "The Colonies
Dinner Table" the colonel being
simply peg to hang his stories on.
But before the paper was finished
athe colonel" had captured the mar
rator, and out of it came "Colonel
Carter of Gainesville" with "lliss
Nancy" and her air of lavender and
grace, and all the chivalry and charm
of a beautiful picture of the old
lines in a new setting.-Thomas
Nelson Page, in Scribner's Monthly,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
WATER SUPPLY FOR EGYPT
Possibility That Underground Streams
May Be Made Of Use is seri-
Gus Consideration.

Writing in an Egyptian agricul-
tural journal, Mr.. V. NJ. Mosseri
presents evidence to show that an
enormous amount of underground
water in Egypt, which is both potable
and suitable for irrigation, is drained
away into the sea during low water,
and thus lost to a country that could
use it to good advantage in extend
ing summer cultivation and also in
experimenting the supply from the
Nile in seasons when the latter is
deficient. Mr.. Mosseri urges that
the subterranean water supply be.
developed, and proposes constructing
a network of deep wells parallel to
the coast of the Mediterranean, at a
distance of about fifty miles from
the latter. He estimates that the
water drawn from these wells, and
that now lost to the sea, would
amount to 1,500,0O0,000 cubic me-
tiers during the period from March
to August, and that the withdrawal
of this water would hardly affect the
subterranean flow toward the Nile
during low water or the amount re-
quired by plants. It is claimed that
the cost of this project would not be
misunderstanding American.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
MANY NAMES FOR LEMBERG
Lwow, Lwiw, Lwihrad, Lwihorod and
Llwiw Among the cosnomens
II Has Carried.

Many cities are known by more
than one name, but it is given to
few to rejoice in more than half a
dozen distinctive cognomens. But
the historic Galician city of Lem
berg has been known at one time or
another by no less than twenty-seven
different appellations.
According to the Polish Bulletin,
the ancient Ruthenian names for
Lwoff were Lwow, Lwiw, Lwihrad,
Lwihorod, Llwiw; the Germans
called it Lemborg, Lemberg, Lem
burg, Loewenburg; the Latin and
pseudo-Latin names include Lem
burga, Lamburga, Leontopolis, Lee
one, Livivia, Leopolya; il the thir-
tenth century it was known to the
Greeks as Litbon and Lifbada.
The patriarchs of Constantinople,
Alexandria and Jerusalem referred
to it as Leovios and Leontopolis; the
Turks call it in their books Hi, Ilbo,
Ilibot, Ilibow, Ilbadir; the Armeni-
ans gave to it the name of Ilof; the
Russians have lately baptized it
Lwoff.
The real name of the city, it is
asserted, is the Polish one of Lwow,
which literally translated means
Lion City.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
HIS ADMISSION.

ct wonder what is the matter with
my head" remarked Jones, as he
rubbed the bruised spot on top of his
Uranium.
"Oh, nothing unusual, guess"
replied the other half of the combine.
"Merely soft spot"
"No doubt you are right, my
DEAR" answered Jones. "My friends
all said l had one when / married
ou."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
LOOKING FORWARD.

elias your little son learned to
talk yet?
"Not so we can understand him."
answered the proud father. "But we
are not discouraged"
"No?"
eff he can conceal what he's think
ing about after he learns to talk as
successfully as he does now, he'll
make a great politician some day."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
JUST LIKE A MAN.

Said He-You lived on a ranch
for a number of years, believe.
Said She-Yes.
Said Heidi you like it?
Said She-No, it was too lone
some; there were no neighbors to
talk to.
Said He-You mean there were
10 neighbors to talk about.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
NOT ALWAYS COMPLIMENTARY

'There's no place like home," re-
marked the sentimental person.
"True," replied the cynic. "And
nine out of ten people will agree
with you"
care you sure"
eyes, but it depends on how you
say it"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
HE COULD.

"There's one thing about the auto
mobile--a fellow can't drive it with
one hand"
George cam" said Daughter Ma
bel, with more enthusiasm than dis
rretion.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
DOGS FOR THE TRENCHES.

A dog breeder in the United
States has sold several rat terriers to
a syndicate which will send them to
the German army to be used in rid
ding trenches of rats.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
SUITABLE ONES.

'FWhat do you suppose mermaids
have for pets?'
FT don't know; what have they%
ocean greyhounds and sea pus-
Sizes"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
OF COURSE.

"Belladonna sounds like a femi-
nine name and yet it is the name of
drug"
at is not unusual for drugs to
nave feminine names. There's Sal
Soda"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
TWO INQUIRIES.

She was entertaining her best
beau, when her father called from
the head of the stairs at II 80 p. m.
"Jennie, don't You think it about
time to go to bed?"
eyes, papa, dear" she replied.
"What in the world are you doing up
10 late?'
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
METHOD IN HER MADNESS.

Mayme = What do you think
Alyce has a stuffed squirrel on her
new winter hat.
Edyth-Well, I'm not surprised.
| always said she was nutty.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
WANTED TO KNOW.

eff I were to offer you two oppor-
tunities, one honest and the other
dishonest, to make a sum of money,
which one would you choose?"
"At which could l make the
most?"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
NOT AT ANY PRICE.

GAS 1 understand it, you lecture
on the subject of peace at any price. I"
"Not at any price. Ny rates are
$500 per lecture"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
LAST PRIZE.

"Only one chicken out of a setting
of thirteen eggs" howled the farmer.
"The BOBBY hatch" suggested the
cheerful idiot who was boarding
there.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
CAUSE AND EFFECT.

Patience-You know Clarence was
born with a silver spoon in his
mouth.
Patrice-Is that why he talks
through his nose?
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
TRACING THE SPOIL.

"1 found the parlor maid stealing
nap"
GOOD graciousl 1t must have
been the new carpets"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
MUCH MONEY.

He-What is the difference be-
tween gown and a creation?
She-I can't give you the exact
figures, but it's small fortune.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
BOUND TO BE HEARD.

Bacon = What do you suppose
makes that baby next door cry so
loud?
Egbert-oh, its father is hard of
hearing, you know.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
IN HARD LINES.

GA cynic is always an egotist."
mot if he's genuine. His only
hope of happiness is that someone
can convince him he is mistaken"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
THE REAL THING.

Little Lemuel-Say, paw, what is
the hand of welcome?
Paw-It's the one offered to 9
strange umbrella on rainy day, son
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
UNKIND.

"Pish is good brain food, which is
why I eat it,
"Do you make speciality of
sheepshead fish ?'A
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
THE PROOF.

"Can shellfsh be taught to do any
Aing?'
"Why not2 I've often seen a clam
bake dinner"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
AN ADVANTAGE.

doesn't your erratic climate an
noy ypu?"
'NOt at ALL 1t enables a man to
hang on to his straw hat indef-
nitely."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
nu. rhsx Navar Do.

Little fault would be found with
people who tell all they know IL they
would quit when they have done THAI
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09

For Heaven 10 His Home.
st. Peter will swing the gate WIDE
open for the man who has lived up In
his vife's expectations
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
Two Motives.

Emulation is the child C anna
don; rivalry is the unlovable d4uxhheg
Of envy.-Balzac
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
Foolish Question.

Old Party-"Hey. there. boy. who
are you throwing stones att" Young
Party Ito companion in eviDZ"Say.
Jimmy, keep up de good work; de old
gent don't seem to know when he's
hit"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
klndne@

No one thing does human hfe more
need than kind consideration Of the
faults Of others. Everyone sins; evqry-
one needs forbearsnee. Our own I'm
projections should teach US to b meg-
ciful.-Henry Ward Beecher
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
:ur.s ,ld sor.s. nthar Rsmedlas Won.t Cure.

The worst cases, no matter ofnow long standing,
IRE cured by the wonderful, old reliable DR..
porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. 1t relieves
Pain and Heals ct the time. CSC. SOC. 9 90
The Mlcrobe Age.
The old-fashioned boy who used TO
eat red ants spread on his bread and
butter now has son who won't touch
a table knife until he knows that 1t
has been properly sterilized.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09
piles Cured In 6 to DAVIS

Your druggist will refund money if PAzO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case OF Itching.
Blind, bleeding or ProtrudnR Piles Ia 6to n dfvs
The FIRST application gives Ease and Rest. Sc,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09

Because of its tonic and laxative effect. LAXA-
TIVE BROMO QUININEi is better than ordinary
Ot1iuine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing in hesd. Remember the full name and
look for the signature of Z. W. GROVE. 2Sc.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-09

The Dog-F'm happy as larl
how are you?
The Bird-I'm sick as a dog.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-09-23
The State versus John NJ. SlatOn

- some hills and gullies, in the midst of
a small town, and he paid for them in chips
and whetstones.
And it came to pass that shrewd builders
of railroads picked out this town as the best
place for iron horses to come together.
So, in the course of the years, the town grew
into city; and the mans hills and gullies
became gold mines, not through any labor Of
his own.
He merely had the good luck to launch his
boat on the river of Progress, and the river
carried him on.
And it came to pass that Carpet baggers
from the North came to this Southern town,
for Sherman's army had burnt it down, and
Northern bayonets had pinned the Southern
people down, and it was good time for pat
riots with Carpet-bags, holding an extra
shirt and a celluloid collar, to also come
down
They came, accordingly, and many of
them were the descendants of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob; and, while they no longer
set up golden calf to worship, it was be-
cause they had other and more profitable uses
for the gold.
These Children Of Israel became the ten
ants of the man who built houses on his
levelled hills and his filled-in gullies; and
while the man grew fat on the rents OF the
Jews, the Jews grew ldU OII CI1C1I NIoOOAAA LII
the handling of merchandise.
Every sweat-shop in Boston, Philadelphia
and New York poured cheap goods into
Atlanta; and, by the time they had been
transferred to the Gentiles, these goods were
eminently respectable, so far as tile price was
concerned
IF the sweat shops starved, brutallzed and
ruined the girls and boys who made the
goods. the Gentiles did not know it, and the
Jew merchants did not care.
And it came to pass that the Jew carpet
Dagger became the Mighty Man of Atlanta.
He controlled the principal stores, he con-
trolled some of the banks he owned some of
the mills, he bcssed some OF the newspapers,
he cut a large block of ice In politics; and
he took himself very seriously, indeed, as a
man who could buy pretty much everything
that he coveted.
He was found in many lawfrms, he was
found in tie advertising agencies, he dealt IN
real estate, he dealt in stocks and bonds, he
dealt in electric companies, and he laid
persuasive hand upon street-car lines. Incl
dentally, he male pencils; and his pull was
so strong with men high up, that his pencils
have to be used in the Public Schools of
Fulton County. although they are stained
with the life-blood of little girl who ought
to have been at school, at the time the
Superintendent of the pencil making en-
trapped her, assaulted her, and killed her.
And it came to pass, that when this Super
intendent of the pencil making. had been
ing to Law, and had been legally sentenced
to death, the cmpet-bag Je1cs of atlanta
tooh mighty cath that he should NOT die!
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-09-23


Judge Roam had officially declared that
Leo Frank had had fair trial.
The Journal said, LEO Frank has not had
a fair trial"
The Supreme Court had officially declared
that he had been legally convicted upon suffi-
cient evidence
The Journal declared that 'he has not been
fairly convicted and his death without fair
trial and legal conviction will amount to
judicial murder"
The verdict of the jury was six months
old, and before it was announced, Hearst's
Sunday American had declared that the long
trial of Leo Frank, stretching ouer q period
of four aceeAs, had been as fair, as it was
possible for human minds and human efforts
to make it.
Nobody contradicted this deliberate state
ment of the Hearst Atlanta paper
The Journal did not: Franks lawyers did
not the correspondents of Northern papers
did not
But when the Haas brothers, months
afterwards, followed up the Cohen at
tack on the witnesses, the jurors, the
judges, and the people Of Atlanta, there arose
a clamor about the mob, the frenzied mob,
the jungle fury of the mob, the blood lust of
the mob, and the psychic drunk Of the mob.
That c1amor grew louder and LOUDER
spread farther and farther, became holder
and boder, until millions Of honest outsiders
actually believed that the mob stood up in
the courtroom during the month Of the trial,
and yelled at the jury
"Hang the damned jew or we will hang
you"
1t was not until John Cohen and James
r. Gray had started this food of libel against
the State that The Jeffersonian said one
word about the case
The files of this paper will show that it
took no part whatever in the Frank matter,
until after the unheard of attack which the
Atlanta journal made upon the courts
Then The Jeffersonian did what no other
editor with a general circulation seemed
willing to do: came out in defence of the
Law, the Courts, and the People.
If that be treason, turn me over to Straus
Are the Laws not entitled to support?
Are the Courts not worthy of respect? Are
The Jefersonian did not stoop to any per-
sonalities, or mean abuse, or malignant mis-
representation.
Our files will show that this paper went
no further than to vindicate the conduct of
our judiciary, and the attitude of our peo-
pie
We had given to Leo Frank as much as we
had to give to anybody. We had measured
him by the same yardstick that measures
Gentiles before they are condemned.
We could not kill poor old Umphrey Of
Whitfield County, Oh circumstantial evidence,
and then refuse to execute jew.
The one was an aged tenant, aggravated
by a dispute with his landlord, about his
share of bale of cotton: the other was