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The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-30
JEFF BRASHEARS
 FATALLY WOUNDED
Young Man Who Killed His Father Near Paragould in 1908 Is Shot
 By Brother-in-Law.

A dispatch from St. Louis under date of April 21, tells of the prob able fatal shooting. of Jefferson Bra shears by his brother-in-law, Samuel e. Stephens, near the Prospect Hill station of the Burlington railroad on Wednesday night.
 Young Brashears was sent to the penitentiary for 21 years for mur- dering his father at the ,latter's home several miles west of Para gould in 1908. The boy was at that time living in Southeast Mis- souri, and one day he slipped into this section and that night he sneaked up to the home of his fath- CT and fired through the window at his parent, the ball penetrating the head and producing instant death. The murderer returned to Cardwell, Mo-, but was soon arrested, brought here and tried and given a sentence of 21 years in the penitentiary. La ter he escaped from prison. The story sent out from St. Louis is as follows:
 Jefferson Brashears of Holcomb, Mo-, was shot and probably fatally wounded by his brother-in-law,S Sam uel C. Stephens, also of Holcomb, near the Prospect Hill station of the Burlington railroad, here to- night. Brashears is in the city hos pital. Stephens was arrested.
 Three years ago Brashears es- capped from the penitentiary at Little Rock, Ark, where he was serving a q year term for shooting and kill ing his father Henry Brashears, at Paragould, Ark, in 1908 in a quar- ofrel about money.
 ''Today's shooting was the result of an old feud between the men. Brashears is said to have chased Stephens over the county for sev- eral weeks. Stephens said Bra shears had threatened to kill him. He was in the Burlington station and saw Brashears approaching. He walked out and said to him:
 "I guess l am the man you want" and drew a revolver and fired two shots at Brashears, who fell. Ste phens then surrendered to the po-' lice.
 According to his statement to the police, which was corrobOrated by Brashears, the trouble started last September, when Stephens and his wife, who is Brashears' sister, sep arated. H. J. Fields of Holcomb wanted to marry Mrs. Stephens, and he and Brashears wanted to get Stephens out of the way, according to Stephens. Fields was shot and killed two weeks ago by William Nothington, constable at Holcomb, while resisting arrest. The consta- ble arrested Brashears on a charge of disturbing the peace, and Fields interferred Brashears shot at the constable, who returned the fire, wounding Brashears, and then shot and killed Fields, it is stated. Bra shears escaped"
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-30
Saltpeter Cave in Ozarks.

Near Big Flat in the Arkansas Ozarks is a saltpeter cave, from which early settlers got saltpeter to be used in making gunpowder. During the Civil war saltpeter for part of the gunpowder used by the confederate army was obtained from this cave
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-30

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, J. A. Grooms, as Sher- if of Greene County, Arkansas. will
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-30
One From Kansas.

From Atchison, Kas., comes the story of windmill on top of a chicken coop which, during recent high wind caught fire from fric- tion of the heat caused by the revO- lution of the arms. The chicken coop was destroyed
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-30

FOR SALE-Saw mill and fix lures, known as the Barker & Ab- ney mill, located near Bethel, Ark; in good repair. Will sell cheap for cash or good notes. Write or call on w. F. Harkey, liquidating agent, Rector, Ark. w4tp
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-30
Notice of Execution Sale.

ANOcASN VA AAANOusAVA 0UAvs
 Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, J. A. Grooms, as Sher if of Greene County, Arkansas, will on
 Friday, May 14th, 1915, at one
 o'clock P. M., offer for sale, at public outcry, to the highest bidder, at the south door of the courthouse of Greene COun- ty, Arkansas, the following describ- ed lands situate in Greene County, Arkansas, tO-wit:
 Lot two (2) of block ten (10) of E. P. Holt's First Addition to the Town of Marmaduke, Arkansas.
 Sail sale is to be made for the an execution which came to my hands on the 17th day of March, 1915, based on a judgment of J. c. Cochran against J. T. Watson, rem dered in the Circuit Court of Greene County, Arkansas, on the 1st day of March, 1915, in the sum of $150.75, together with interest from date of judgment till paid at the rate of six Fer cent per annum; the amount nec- essary to satisfy said execution be- ing the amount of said judgment, costs in the sum of $20.40 and the costs accruing by reason of said ex- ecutiOn.
 Said sale will be made on cred it of three months, purchaser being required to execute good bond for the amount of his bid with interest at the rate of six per cent per an- mum from date till paid.
 WITNESS my hand as such Sher- if on this 22nd day of April, 1915.
 w2t J. A. GROOMS.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-30
Chamberlain's Tablets.

This is medicine intended espe- cially for stomach troubles, bilious ness and constipation. It is meet ing with much success and rapidly gaining in favor and popularity.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-30
Carefully Treat
 Children's Colds

Neglect of children's colds often lays tho foundation of serious lung trouble. On the other hand, it is harmful to continu- ally dose delicate little stomachs with in- ternal medicines or to keep the children always indoors.
 Plenty of fresh air in the bedroom and good application of Vick's "Vap- O-Rub" Salve over the throat and chest at the first sign of trouble, will keep the little chaps free from colds without injuring their di- gestions. 25c, 50c, or $l.00.
 HE GEMyzNE HAy zzzls TRADE Az4RK
 VAPoRUB" MFK1E Group and GxTvE NNA0 Pneumonia AAH E
The weekly soliphone., 1915-04-30

SUDAN SEED PROCLAIMED, GUARANTEED Free from Johnson Grass, 15c per pound; NOT PRE- F H ff44ASfF2 Ft 1fff9fS, fstaeado, Texas. wSt
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-02-04
THE JEFFERSONIAN

oI1cs, the capital, the Protestants or
the middle class of people. l believe
that every man and woman, who has
the proper love for their country
should take a great interest in sup
porting the Jeffersonian and other
like papers If my finance was such
I would put a Jeffersonian in every
home in the United States.
Brother Watson, l noticed in The
Jeffersonian some time ago some of
your high-up Georgians made a trip
across the pond in Europe with a
view of getting cheap labor. Will
say with but very little expense.
there are several of us who would
like awfully we'll to have the con-
tract to furnish them with train loads
Of cheap labor. If they are very par
t1cular about the kind Of labor, we
might have a little trouble in getting
all one nationality. Ours is strictly
a Dukes Mixture; different coIors,
shapes and sizes and nationality.
The odOr' will range in different scent
from Musk rat to Linn berger cheese.
but will guarantee them to be cheap
labor in every respect, and we reserve
the right to burn the bridges behind
the train as it leaves. To show you
that we can fill this order, San Anto-
Mo three years ago had one hundred
thousand population, today, she will
number two hundred thousand.
Since the Mexican war broke out they
have been coming over the Rio
Grande River into Texas like sheep
over the fence. Five hundred Cath
olics and four hundred nuns arrived
here at one time; and this is just
part of them. There is one more
important point have failed to men
ton, which I have no doubt would
please your high-ups very much: we
will guarantee ninety-nine per cent
of this train load Of cheap labor to
be Catholics.
Yours very. truly,
Texas. w. M. CROW.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-02-04

the press lies the great bulWark Of
our liberties and the perpetuation of
institutions peculiarly American.
9TH. Because no individual in pri-
vate or public life or service or or
ganlZatlOn as such or political party
as such either individually or collec-
lively or institution as such. should
be above the wholesome criticism of
a free and untrammeled public press,
for therein lies the betterment of all,
as servants of the people.
Now, therefore, it is urged upon
you by the unanimous adoption of
this letter of protest by Washington
Camp. No. IA, P. o. S. of A.. repre-
senting several hundred American
citizens Of this city and vicinity, that
you, and other representative from
Georgia, use every honorable means
TO defeat the measures proposed
these measures, in our opinion. being
an Arrangement of the freedom Of the
press and violation of the constitu-
ton Of the United States.
1t is ordered that copies Of this let
ter be furnished each representative
in Congress and the Senate from
Georgia also that a copy be furnished
the press.
T. F. WILDER, President.
0. D. REESE, Recording Secretary.
NATHANIEL L'MASTER,
H. D. WATTS,
G. L. WILLIAMS,
Committee on National Legislation.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-02-04
AN OPEN LETTER,

To the Aldermen of the City Of Mil
Waukee.
1t has come to the attention Of
this, the Abraham Lincoln Castle, No.
IL, Knights of Luther, that a resolu-
ton was introduced in the Common
Council on Monday, Jan. 18th, 1915,
y one Waldemar G. Wehe, Alderman
of the 22nd Ward, said resolution
calling for a legislative bill to vest
the direction of all Public School &C
tiVlties in a Board of Education con-
sisting of five members to be APP
pointed by the Mayor.
We herewith desire to enter a
vigorous protest against the enact
ment of any such legislation as pro,
posed by Alderman Wehe, believing
that the same would be decidedly un-
American and tyrannical in practice.
We further desire to go on record
as being heartily in favor of the
present method Of the administration
OF School affairs. The management
Of the Public Schools should remain
under control Of the people, and not
under the control of one man, who
may at this or some future time be
bitterly antagonistic to the Public
School System.
Hoping Alderman Wehe's resolu-
ton will be speedily Quashed, we re-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-02-04
(GA.) PATRIOTIC Or
DER FORWARDS PROTEST
TO CONGRESS.

Americas, Ga.-Americus members
OF the Patriotic Order Sons of
America, through Washington Camp,
No. IA, at recent meeting took for
NAL action protesting vigorously
against the passage of the amendment
to the postoftice appropriation bill as
proposed by J. J. Fitzgerald of New
York, which would restrict the free
dom of the press. Letters to this
effect have been mailed the Georgia
Senators and Congressman. The fol-
lowing letter addressed to Congress-
man Charles r. Crisp is duplicate
OF those sent other Georgia members:
Americas, Ca, Jan. 81, 1915.
Hon. Charles R. Crisp, NJ. c.,
Washington D. c..
Dear Sir: Washington Camp, No.
IA, Patriotic Order Sons of America,
through it's committee on national
legislation, desires to file this letter
of protest against the passage of the
amendment to the postoffice apprO-
priation bill, H. r. 1906; also H. r.
2O644, measures proposed by John J.
Fitzgerald, M. c., from New York.
These bills being directed at the free
dom of the press, same being in direct
violation of the Constitution of the
United States, which plainly says
Congress shall pass no law abridg-
ing the freedom of the press"
We wish also to assign the follow
ing reasons in addition to the fore
going:
LIST. 1t is not in order where
offered, being a rider to the postoffice
appropriation bills.
End. AS stated by Congressman
Finley on the floor of the House,
"The power that is proposed to be
lodged in the hands Of the postmaster
general by these measures should not
be lodged in the hands of any one
man in all this country"
3rd. In the language of Congress-
man Finley again, cit should not be
left to the decision of any one man
and he an executive officer and ap-
pointed by another man." to say what
printed matter as pertaining to the
public press, shall or shall not pass
through the mails except as now pro-
vided by the constitution and decis-
ions of the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States.
4th. Because in the freedom of
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-02-04
PAGE THREE

main, yours for the Protection and
Perpetuation of those Pillars of
American Freedom-the Public
Schools
The Abraham Lincoln Castle,
No. II, Knights of Luther.
This letter was adopted by the Abb
raham Lincoln Castle, No. II,
KnigL@5 Of Luther, or Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, on the 2Gth day of Jam
uary, in the year of our Lord, Nine
teen Hundred and Fifteen, with the
instructions that copy of some be
forwarded to the Aldermen of the
City Of Milwaukee, also to the local
daily press, the patriotic press of the
Nation, and to the Guardians Of
Liberty Of Milwaukee, Wis.
A. w. HINKLE, President.
G. F. SPONHOLZ, Secretary.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-02-04
GENUINE FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS
NOW observation-disclosures EAPVv

Extremely early headers. Very valuable for
market gardeners and truckers use also the
home garden s,, Planted in November, month to
ivered to your P. O. Box daily by Parcel POST no
delay 9 Orders filed from January 1st to May list.
1000, $500 cash with order. These prices (de--
!iyeredl in olude parcel postage, etc. Order from
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-02-04

To the Aldermen of the City Of Mil
Waukee.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-15
SHIPPING CRISIS IMPENDs.

An administration bureau statement
was given out the other day. which
contained In a letter written by Secre.
tary Redfeld to the Secretary OF the
Treasury. in which the seamen's act
vas defended and the withdrawal OF
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
from business was minimized and
houted as a result OF the operations
OF that act. In other words. that q
was a blum. intended solely for polite
al effect. But here comes the report
OF Consul General Anderson, of Hong
kong. China, which verihes all reports.
and states that the sale OF the vessels
of this company has precipitated a
crisis in the carrying trade OF the Far
East as related TO trans-Pacifc service
which is OF the greatest possible prac.
teal importance 20 American export
ers and importers interested in Far
Eastern trade"
The Consul General three
japanese lines. all heavily subsidized
by their government. which are max.
ing every effort to seize the trade Of
this American company as It relin-
quishes its business. lie calls atten-
ton TO the fact hat the Robert Dol.
lar line has given up the run from
the United States to China. and the
routing Of the one vessel operated by
the Great Northern Company has been
changed to Canada. He then recalls
the fact that during the acute tonnage
shortage Of last spring the Japanese
government ordered the Japanese lines
TALL subsidized) to take freight during
certain months from japanese ports
only. thus serving japanese industries
and japanese shippers in preference
10 other shippers in the Far East. and.
Of course. without any reference to
American interests In the premises.
and remarks that IL when the strain
on freight facilities actually b. real.
lied this autumn. tho japanese gov.
eminent adopts the same policy with
respect 70 Japanese carRoes and Japa.
nese products 81 adopted the past
spring and summer. namely. Q o con.
fine tho cargo space offerings In an
ships Of Japanese lines TO japanese
ports until such ports are fully served.
there win BE- no cargo whatever taken
20 the west coast Of the United states
from HongkonE and South China gen.
orally. from the Philippines. North.
China. or from India and the East o..
dies BY usual trans-shipment ~ Hong
kong" And our Chinese export trade
wll BE- paralyzed For eli 81 which
the Democratic party is responsible
and proposes 10 a@geravate the sit.
uation BY tho revival Of the ship pur
chase bill
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-15
A GREAT RECORD.

In no other hazardous business has
the Safety First" rule brought such
agreeable results as that OF the rail.
ways OF the country. This is striking.
ly exempliied by the report OF the
first three months OF this year. which
establishes a new record. as the coun.
try's entire mileage of over $50. 600
miles was operated with a total OF
only So fatalities. And this includes
passengers. employees. trespassers and
others. The comparative safety OF
railroad travel these DAYS is signia-
cantly shown by the fact h a I'm
these three months the railways han.
died a passenger trafHc totaling over
202,OO0.OO0 passengers. who travelled
a distance of SSH, 10000 miles. Rec.
ords covering the entire period since
The present law requiring monthly ac-
cident reports went into effect. in
1901. show this safety record never be-
fore TO have been attained in the en-.
tire IL years.
AhH ~ Ant setOnQ quarter IN sue
o%ession that the railways have broken
the record in smallness OF total IA
t~alities in train accidents. the IS re-
ported for October-Decembe 1914.
having been the best performance up
To that time. The latest quarter re.
ported cuts under this record by 10.
Following the uniform law which gov.
ems railway accidents. the total has
fallen incident to a falling on in traf-
nc. the 202. 900. 900 passengers OF Janu.
ary-March comparing with over 23O..
100000 in October-December. while
freight tonnage showed a correspond
Ing decline. How Safety First" has
played It's part Is seen only by compar.
ison with the earlier years. for while
volume Of tramc has grown about so
per cent. In freight and so per cent.
In passengers since 1902. the total "a.
t~alities IN train accidents IL only IS
In three months against from 100 10
252 In the successive quarters OF 1901
and 1902 Moreover. the small 1915
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-15

opinion on the subject. and that came
In the form OF an official statement
from Secretary of the Treasury Nc
Adoo last week. Mr.. McAdoo declared
he would recommend t o Congress the
necessity Of retaining the present du-
ties on sugar until such time as when
the customs may be re-
stored to normal. This is not a
change Of policy. but a matter OF ex-
p~ediency. The Underwood bill pro-
vides for the admission of sugar free
OF duty next year. which would de-
prive the government of $50. OOO. 900
or revenue. The administration sim.
ply can't AFFORD to dispense with that
revenue. Outside OF this forced re-
version the Democratic leopard will
not change another spot. and the &C
ton on g is not a definite change;
1t is merely a suspension OF its OBJ
stinacy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-15
MERE BUNCoMBE.

Some days ago The I~ntelligencer
quoted a statement appearing in the
Washington Star intimating a radical
change OF the views OF the President
on the tarin. even to the extent Of
being willing to revise some OF the
schedules OF the Underwood bin along
protective lines. The Iatenigencer at
the time doubted hat the President
was in any such mood. or would ever
DO. In fact. the Democratic party
cannot AFFORD 20 make any such re.
cessions. II would be a definite ad.
mission that the fundamental princi.
pies OF the organization are wrong.
and always have been wrong. Il would
simply BE- political suicide.
Many rumors have come out Of
Washington lately Of a ohanRe or
front on the tariff but there has been
bat n authoritative expression Of
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-15
WEAK ON PREPAREDNESS.

While 1t is reported that the Presi-
dent has finally been won around to
Secretary Garrison's plan for a larger
army in the scheme OF preparedness.
IL has only been done through the i'm.
pressive intimation of the Secretary
OF War that he would resign IL his plan
was not adopted. There is little en-.
c-ouragement to believe that the adj
ministration is sincere in its accent.
anee OF preparedness. II has been
forced upon It, and there has been
small enthusiasm for the various pro-
Jects suggested.
Secretary Garrison. from the first.
has been the only member OF the cab
met who seems TO have had an intel
ligent grasp of the situation. and he
has been slow in expressing his
opinion as to our inferior defensive
ress. A year & Mr.. Garrison wrote
a report on the state of the military
establishment. which made no conceal
ment OF the i~nadequacy OF the United
States army and which urged immedi.
ate action to remedy the situation.
This report was followed up by the
recommendations for emergency leg.
i%slatIon. which were submitted to
Congress. but failed of consideration.
No action was taken at the White
House with referenc eeither 10 Mr.
Garrison's report or TO his proposed
legislation. Even II the President has
agreed 10 Secretary Garrison's present
recommendations. we do not believe
that the Democrats in Congress will
support the measure. And il is also
likely that the buster about a larger
and more efficient navy will fall short
OF performance. All Of these things
viii require extraordinary conom in
expenditures by Congress. which
we do not think It will be inclined TO
practice. The President is timid on
preparedness. and a large element I'm
his party IL strongly opposed to any
extensive preparation against the fu.
ture.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-15

The glitter and pageantry OF
warfare. all the veneer that hides
IL from appearing the deadly busi-
: that II Is. were strikingly
absent In London a year ago.
There were no bright uniforms.
no bands. little cheering, only the
quiet earnestness OF the English
man at his best. Yet Kitchener
had no lack OF recruits then. To-
day conscription is the burning
question.
A mans instinct to fight for his
family. tribe. or state. when neces-
sary. became recognized as a duty
very early In the history OF the
race The Athenians had
compulsory militia service while
the Spartans trained for war In
Tune OF peace. Rome conquered
the world with her regularly
levied. we'll disciplined legions.
After her fall military service was
Tor a thousand years a matter
or allegiance TO the individual
rather than 10 the state. The
Feudal vassal had TO fight for his
overload at certain times Just as
a and owner pays taxes today.
At the beginning OF modern times.
warfare became a profession in
which the soldier sold himself to
the leader who could pay best
in money or pillage.
Gustavus Adolphus and the
earlier Prussian kings established
regular armies. but France during
the Revolutions inaugurated the
modern military system. In 1898
a introducing ~conscrip.
ton was passed. Few laws have
had more important results. IL
made possible the conquests OF
Napoleon. for every able-bodied
citizen was liable to military
service from the ages OF twenty
TO twenty-five. and he could truth
fully say, Il can afford to expend
10000 men a month"
But the French law had one
serious defect-a substitute could
be hired. II was left to Prussia
TO eliminate this feature and per-
feet the system Almost annihi-
lated by Napoleon in 1867, Prus-
STA began to realize that he could
be beaten only by his own wea-
pons. Under Scharnhost and his
able assistants. the Prussian army
was r~eorganized with compulsory
service and reserves OF landwehr
and landsturm.
After this citizen army helped
TO overthrow Napoleon, King
Frederick William could not re
fuse 10 legalize the reforms that
had been so brilliantly successful.
Boyen's Law. 50 called from the
Minister Of War who drew II up,
was passed in 1914. IL has had
far-reaching influence for IL marks
actual beginning OF the standing
armies OF today. The Prussian
system has been adopted since
1870 by all the great nations OF