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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-31

afternoon for the marriage of George I Mitcham and Miss Leola Brown,
 both residing just west of Pine Bluff. The groom-lo-ba having not yet at tained the age of 21, he was accom- panied to the country clerks office by his father, w. D. Mitcham, who authorized the issuance of the license.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-31
Accordion Plaited Dresses

Should be sent to Frank Dietrich's Clothing Hospital to be re-plaited; also any other ladies' or gents cloth ing that need cleaning. pressing or altering. We also put new Things in coats and do all general repair work on clothing.
 Phone 1926. Over Lewlne's Quality w}'s' Shop 9SO1s Main st.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-31

Revolutionary war. Many are still receiving pensions, however, as a re- suit of the Mexican and later wars.
 Religicn-The Roman Catholics far outnumber any ether one religious sect in the United States, with about 15,000,000 communicants. The Methodists are ranked second, with about 5,500O00 communicants.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-31
 L o c A L.
WINDOW GLASS

Baughman Cabinet Shop. Phone 1247.
 --One dollars worth for 4Sc Mon day at Reap & Crawfords. 1T
 Lot Graphic 'claesiIed" ads hunt your wants. They go everywhere. al- Wost. h
 Three dollars worth for $1.35 Monday. See our, window. Reap X Crawford. tf
 --Halrdressing, manicuring. sham Dooing, scalp treatment and chiro- pody. Mamade Susie Hockenhull, 16lC w. Barraque, phone 1G00. If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-31
X MONEY TO LEND.

have money to lean on farm lands and city property ina large or small amounts. Five or ten year time with prepayment privileges. Office Second avenue. over the National Bank oi Arkansas.
 1O-24-6t fN~st. H. J. STEWART
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-31

Doris Orr. little daughter of MT. and Mrs. T. O. Orr, is i'll of diphtheria and the Orr home at 1700 Main street is under quarantine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-31

White enameled bath room mir TOTS for 4Sc Monday. Reap X Craw- lords. tf lnvlgoratlng to the Pale and Sickly The Old Standard general strengthening tonic. GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC drives out Malaria. .enriches the blood and builds up the sys- tenn. A true tonic. For adults aad children. soc.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-31

You can make your choice in the quiet of your home or office, by hav- ing Graphic classified" ads bring applicants and applications to you If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-31
WEDDING BELLS.
Williams-Albright.

J, P. Williams, young man of Star City. and Miss Carrie Albright, who has resided nears Pine Bluff, were married here yesterday afternoon, Justice of the Peace l.. E. Cheek per formed the ceremony.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-31
HOW TO RE EFFICIENT.

Nothing saps the vitall:H like kid ney trouble. It causes backache. headache, stiff joints, sore muscles "alWays tired" feeling. rheumatism and other ills. To be efficient, you must be healthy, Fcley Kidney P!.ls strengthen the kidneys. help them do their work of Altering tut from the system the waste matter that causes the trouble Mann Pharmacy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-31
FRENCHTOWN LEVEE DISTRICT
 TAX NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the Frenchtown Levee District tax for the year 1915, will be due November 8, 1915 and unless paid within sixty days thereafter penalty of twenty five (25) per cent will attach. Under the law the collector has no authority to remit any penalty.
 R. H. WILLIAMS,
 Collector. Pine Bluff, Ark, October 2, 1915.
 10-2-1m
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-31

Monday special. white enameled
 bath room mirrors for 4Sc and $1.@5. Worth double the price asked. Reap X Crawford. aa tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-31
PINS BLUFF BAGGAdt and TRANSFER co.

The best, cheapest and ol,, U. reliable baggage transfer o .1, : in the city. Baggage anu ,,.a kinds of small packages o' :, for and delivered to any par. a..ni- the city. We have bondea ,oi a insi form agents to meet all .ho | at union station. We mas ms;ns.. speciality of moving, pacashoId) storing and shipping Ah0nS1a 1ssasE V goods,--- Padded nov IT IT with experienced white ms,
 charge. Onice at Unio4 n s3 Phone 61 or 62.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-09
How a Georgia Congressman
Regards the Case Against
ThOS. e. Watson.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON, D. c.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 4, 1915.
Hon. Thos E. Watson, Thomson, Ga.
Dear Sir: The Postmaster General d.
rected the former District Attorney to come
to Washington before you were called upon
to answer Federal prosecution and urged the
withdrawal of charges against you, and had
reason to believe that the case would be with
drawn The first bill of Indictment was
thrown out of court by the Judge; the jury
then in session did not re-indict you, the jury
finding second Indictment only needed one
more vote to defeat the bill, and now ten
jurors desire to acquit you after full inves-
tigation. 1t seems to me that this should end
the case, and trust it will.
Respectfully,
S. j. TREBLE.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-09
PAGE FIVE
A Letter from a Famous Educ
CaaGr.
PAGE FIVE
CaGGEs

Athol, Mass. Dee /, 1915
Hon. Thos L. Watson.
My Dear Sir: | ana Just advised that the
enemy has prosecuted you and YOU are to
stand for the nations freedom
You may rest assured that we are with YOU,
and | wish to say | know | voice the sent-
ment of the liberty loving people Of Massa-
chusctts and iii behalf OF mere than 500
slgners Of protests against religious legisla-
ton sent to Congress for the past few years.
We congratulate you for the noble fight Won
have fought against tie enemy Of oar Ccnsti-
tuition and we cherish YOU memory and shall
stand with you and if we can help you in any
wise we will be clad to DO SO
Most sincerely yours,
HORACE MANN.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-09
EDITORIAL. ri CITES
Ew Z "a EyATGnN
HORACE MANN.

The SiXty-fourth Congress convened Tues
day. Senator Clark, Of Arkansas, being elected
President pro tenn. OF The Senate. while
Champ Clark was reelected Speaker of the
House
Almost Immediately after convenino. the
House was flooded with resolutions some in
favor Of peace the world over while others
demand that we Immediately be armed and
equipped to whip any European power that
could make war upon us.
Undoubtedly much Of the time of the pres
ent session viii be taken up with the defense
measures, and If the plans of the President
are successful he will have to yield great
deal to the Republicans III framing the bills
that now seem to be taking tie entire atten-
ton Of the President.
One thing we can bank on about the new
Congress IS that it wiIl not be cheap one in
any sense of the word
Secretary McAdoo's estimate shows that it
will take one and one-quarter billion dollars
Tor the next fiscal year, and McAdoo's esti-
mate does not include hundreds of millions
chat will be added on by Congress-
The old Pork Barrel gang is still in the
saddle, and, with the European war aiding
them, the jingoes bid fair to get the biggest
pickings they have ever had
Only few years ago billion-dollar Con
gress created scandal-now the spending of
billion dollars hardly attracts attention, and
the limit / S nowhere in sight
While Congress is divided over the Presi-
dents program for preparedness, our South
ern Congressman could do the greatest work
for the farmer that has ever been done-they
could get the long promised Rural Credits bill
through.
The President needs every vote that he can
get to put his pet measures through, and any
dozen members who would band together to
make fight could exact terms from the Presi-
dent that would fulfill the terms Of the
Baltimore platform.
Next year is election year, and now is the
time to put it squarely up to your Represen-
tative to do what he Democratic Party, the
Democratic Administration, and the indvid-
ual Representative promised would be done
If the Farmers Union intends to make
fight for the farmer, now is the time for the
Union to make it,
The fight can be successfully made now, and
the time to strike is while the iron is hot
Read "a Book of Sketches" by Thos. E.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-09

furnished by those great works of art which
the world has recognized as good.
] Standards of merit in sculpture, in archi-
lecture, in agriculture, &c. are supplied by
those specimens and other systems which in
itelllgent men have agreed to accept as g0od
7 The Almighty, In the awful and sublime
loneliness of an unapproachable God, looked
around over his earthly works as the morning
stars sang together, hailing the advent of Il
new world-pure, beautiful, virginia. -unpol-
luted by single vice, unstained by single
human tear, guiltless Of disobedence, murder,
and ever increasing sin, sand he saw that it
was good
He had has standards OF comparison: His
eye comprehended the utteImost reaches of
space: every constellation, from the beacon
lights Of the North to the Southern cross
the Zodiac OF our own vision and the infinite
Zodiacs that human eyes will never see-these
were His standards Of comparison; and look
ing upon our Earth, It's sun, its moon, its stars,
He said EIt is good !"
Poor, weak mortals that we are. What are
we If not pale reflections, at best, of the Omni-
potent of which we,are so small portion?
We stand IN the midst of a system Of things
which Reason cannot explain, but which
Faith endeavors to reconcile to our hopes and
our fears: and we, in our small finite way
are cOuUluudllE seeking CifdI WHICH IS good
In religion, in philosophy, IN science and art
in politics, in literature.
We must have standards to go by-we need
guides for our faltering footsteps.
Then qch0t2
We must apply to the books and papers of
this defendant, the same standard which Con-
gress is conclusively presumed to have had
in mind-to-wit:
Wherever the book is bona t3de contribu-
ton to legitimate literature whether prose
or poetry, history or biography, fact or
fiction, science or morals--it is not condemned
by the new law, unless its character, as q
achoze, is so obviously vile, obscene, lewd
filthy and lascivious, that the book loses its
literary, or controversial, or scientific char
acter, and falls to the base level Of those
books, those pictures, and those objects which
appear to have no other motive than to excite
sexual passion, infame lust, depraye morals,
and entice boys and girls, men and women
into vices that lead to crimes.
The new law means just that, and it means
nothing more.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-09

Decameron, the Heptameron, Rabelais, Bal
FAC, lola, &C.
But the Court permitted Professor Pullam
to translate the Latin, and thus PIT the de-
PENDANT IN the position Of hae5ng done some
thing different from aoh0t aeas charged IN the
Spdictnaeq1t, at the same time virtually
directing the jury to judge Watson on the
special knowledge of one expert instead Of
upon the general knowledge Of the community.
am confident that when Judge Lambdin
reflects more maturely upon this point, he will
reach the conclusion that the articles should
hare gone to the jury az the eseact shape they
bore, qohege they qcere mniZed to The public.
The Court allowed me to state from what
source obtained this difficult, indicted Latin,
uzzeged to be too obscene to be spread on the
record.
My answer was, that took it from Father
Chiniquy's book-"The Priest, the Woman,
and the Confessional that Chiniquy
himself had extracted it from the Moral The
ology of the Romanist prelates, DR.. Peter
Dens and Saint" Alfonsus Liguori
[ put on exhibition before the Court and
jury, the books of Chiniquy and DR.. Dens,
which contained the same Latin for which
was indicted, and which have been going
through the mails generation after generation.
Hence, it was made manifest, that Watson
was not prosecuted for Watson filth, but for
Roman Catholic filth.
Further, it was argued to the Court that
Each mailing must necessarily be separate
offense. The Indictment would not be de1nur-
rable If it charged defendant with mailing
1000 copies of the same book, magazine or
paper. on the same day, as a part Of one
continuous act; but al Indictment is demur
rable for duplicity, If it alleges that defend
ant mailed four separate parcels, on as many
different occasions, said malling5 covering
period of more than two years
Such an Indictment accuses defendant OF
four distinct felonles, and requires HIM TO de-
fend four different cases, at the same trial.
Tt can readily be seen how great an injustice
and hardship this might be to a defendant;
and how such practice would lead to con-
fusion in the rules of pleading, for II tour
felonies, distinct III time and IN deed, are
Joined together in one BILL there is no reason
why 400 should not be thus joined,
The decisions say that the jury must deter,
mine as a question Of fact, whether an indicted
book is obscene, within the meaning OF the
Law: but where can any jury acquire the
canacity to thus Judge a book, if not from the
reading Of the average, standard works OF our
literature?
We have to look somewhere for standard,
q test a guide-in all matters where human
iudoment is exercised. The standards OF one
nation. one era, one class of society dlffer
from others.
The standards for one time and place, even
IN the same era and the same nation, dlHer.
Thus, the bathing suit which is decent on
the beach, would be most indecent Tor the
The loin-cloth in Africa meets all the de-
mands Of propriety; and the naked children
Of the Orient, or of the American tropics,
excite no attention among the adults
In these days of the tight-it gown, the
r I1.a1 e tho c;vtnnnth and seventeenth
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-09

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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-09

Read "a Book of Sketches" by Thos E.
Watson. This book covers wide field of
literary research. Historical, Biographical,
Personal. Beautifully illustrated. Paper
cover. Price. 75c, postpaid. The Jeferso-
MAN Publishing Co., Thomson, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-09

malls but also such eodc literature the furnished BY
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-26

ondary cause l am not prepared to
say, but when combined with the eco
nomic situation it makes a complete
case"
'The money situation seems to be
the greatest trouble" said Mrs. Fish
er, when l asked her if her visit to
the court Thursday night had given
her any opinion relative to the chief
cause of domestic strife. 1.-THE hus-
bands do not make enough to sup
port their wives and children and
women become desperate. 1t is the
women pity. When a woman has a
child or two and not sufficient money
to take care of them she needs sym
pathy.
81 could not help feeling what an
improvement such a court is over
the old-time method of family coun-
Gil to adjust difficulties between hus-
bands and wives Most of the couples
went away with smiles on their faces,
but it is amazing the number of
young people who come into the
court"
- She was silent a moment then she
said: There is one thing / think
should be different. / feel that the
wives should be given a larger share
of their husbands earnings. If a man
makes 500 or $25 a week and his
wife has one or two children, think
the court should make him give her
SIS" She laughed little. 81 told
you my sympathies are with the
women"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-26

OF all the cases tried In the boys
court in which the prisoner was dis
charged, and in which instances the
boy had a previous record, of which
record the court was informed.
The majority of boys who come
into this court have been arrested be-
fore. 1t is not common thing to
find that a boy has been arrested four
or five times and on each occasion on
so absurd a charge that no finding
can be made against him. Chief JUS
tice Olson commented on this fact
when he was sitting on the bench
and ordered in one case where boy
had been brought in five different
times and the most serious charge
against him that of sitting on park
bench that if the boy was brought in
again charges should be preferred
against the officer who arrested him.
Many of the police are protesting
much dissatisfaction that they do not
secure more convictions Of boys in
this court. A police captain in one
case had to be admonished by the
court that the states attorney was
there TO prosecute, SO ueteFn4Ileu
was his effort to secure the boys
conviction.
In the juvenile court yesterday
school teacher who asked that her
name would not be used went to this
court to protest against the continual
arrests of Red" Bolton, 16-year-
old lad she says has been bounded
by the police of Maxwell street sta
ton. She declared in one instance
the boy had been arrested when he
was going to ball game with
chum and another time an officer
came into the school grounds to get
him. She also made the assertion
that there was sign in the Maxwell
st. station ordering police to arrest
Red" Bolton on sight, but the officer
denied this.
She said the boys conduct record
of cohoOI uUoc 100 DorooOf and that
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-26
POLICE ORDERED TO REPORT
DISMISSALS OF BOYS

Despite the record of the boys
court that out of 10000 boys arrested
in a year it was found necessary to
discharge 1000 because of the fimsy
evidence presented against them and
the absurd charges upon which they
were arrested, the police department
seems determined to handle the mat
ter from the angle of justifying their
numerous arrests by a criticism of
the boys court.
Chief of Police Healey sent an
order out to all commanding officers
Evening journal., 1915-07-16
HERCULES PREFERRED DIVIDEND
COUNTY Will repair
MANY Stone ROADS

Following a lengthy conference yes.
terday afternoon between James Wilson.
highway engineer, and the members of
the Levy Court, it was decided TO resur-
face a number of roads in the county.
Stone chips and binder preparations will
be used. Mr. Wilson Is sanguine that
during the next three months consider.
able road work can be done. Contracts
for ma-lnp repairs to the State road
from the city limits by way of Hare's
Corner to Tybout's Corner. and from
Birds Corner to st. Georges. was award.
ed to John A. Clarke, of Wilmington
Telegraph road by way of St. James
Church. to Newark. was awarded to the
Juniata Company, of Pennsylvania.
The same company will do the work
on the roads from Summit Bridge to
Mt Pleasant, from Middletown tc
Odessa and from the town limits of
Middletown. by way of St. Anne's
Church, to Ginn's Corner.
The work on the Philadelphia turn
pike, Concord turnpike. Rockland road
Montchanin road, Adams Dam road and
Prices Corner road, from Lancaster
turnpike, will be done by Walter s.
French.
Evening journal., 1915-07-16
YEGGS FAIL IN
ATTEMPT TO BLOW
NEWPORT P.O. SAFE
continued From FIrat Paee

located on the main street had been
opened. once inside the "yeggs' went
to The rear office where they pried
open the cash drawers with a chisel.
the wooden drawers showing plainly
the marks Of the tool The bottom
Of the drawers we're also pried open.
The yeggs desired money. how
ever. as the stamps in the two draw
ers were left untouched. Several
pennies were also undisturbed.
Finding their search fruitless at
the postoffice, the robbers went to
the safe and that was attacked in a
way which showed the men to be
professional "yeggs." The nitro was
poured into the crevices at the top
of the door It trickled to the bot
tom the traces being seen today. The
soft soap was then formed into cup
opposite the two bolts at the top Of
the door and into this more nitro was
poured.
The safe is located alongside the
main door and marks on the safe
door show that Two matches were ig-
nited and applied to the charge In
working on the safe the yeggs
dropped a considerable quantity Of
nitro on the floor.
| The charge when it exploded broke
small piece off the top of the iron
door. but the bolts were not sprung
and the contents were not molested.
Had the "yeggs" gained access to the
safe, their efforts would have been in
vain, htYever, as Postmaster Duff to-
day admitted that he had carried all
the money and money order blanks to
his home last night as ne does each
night.
The attempted robbery was discov-
cred today by Mrs. Nettie Wheary, the
assistant postmaster. when she went
4 TO the Office to open it for business
On seeing the door open. she called
4 Postmaster Dun, who lives but few
yards from the building. He had not
heard any noise during the night that
caused him TO suspect an attempt al
robbery.
With the discovery Of the visit oi
the 'yeggs" at the postofice, it was
also learned that some time durins
the night robbers forced an entrance
TO the home of William King, nearly
a mile distant from the postoffice ant
stole all the eGibles in the pantry
Nothing else was disturbed and it is
thought that the "yeggs." after arriv-
ing at Newport first visited the Kins
home and then went to the postoffice
Postoffice Inspector Plummer i:
working on the case.
Evening journal., 1915-07-16
BERNSTORFF MAY
outline PLAN TO
CHECK BLOODSHED
Continued frnm First pape.


tangible result--it was nevertheless
looked on in official circles as a
tendency in the right direction.
As an offset against these favorable
indications, however there was the
Austrian note declaring arms expor-
tations 10 belligerents, on the scale IL
has been going on between the United
States and the Allies, unneutral.
This statement was made, according
TO the press version Of the note. which
Secretary Lansing admitted was sub
stantally correct, in plain terms.
The note even said it could mot be
allowed"
What was more, It was understood
on the best authority that this note
was a mere preliminary, that others
like it we're coming from Germany
and Turkey, too.
II any one thing was certain in the
war situation, officials said, II was
that the United States would never
admit American munitions sales to
the Allies was unneutral
Hence IL was conceded that this
German Austrian-Turkish contention
If pressed-wculd give rise to a
more serious situation than the
United States has faced since the war
began.
II was not believed il would be
pressed If negotiations progressed
satisfactorily in connection with the
other and earlier controversy. II
they did not progress satisfactorily
all signs were that the munitions dis.
pute would become dangerous al
once.