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Milford chronicle., 1916-12-08

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Milford chronicle., 1916-12-08
Another WOMAN TELLS
How Vinol Made Her Strong

Beallsville, Ohio.-'T wish all ner-
VouR weak, rundown women could
have Vinol. l was so rundown, weak
and nervous could not sleep. Every
thing l ate hurt me, and the medicine
I had taken did me no good. l de-
eided to try Vinol, and before long |
ooHld eat anything l wanted and could
sIeop all night. Now / am well and
STRONG, and in better health than 1
have been for years.-Mrs. ANNA
BhnnIsoN, Beallsville, Ohio.
We guarantee Vinol for all rundown,
weak and debilitated conditions.
II. ". D. MOORE, Druggist, Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1916-12-08
Broom Corn Wanted.

am now ready to make up your
broom corn to order. 1t can be left
at ]. M. Webb's or Vim. Denny's
blacksmith shop; or at my shop,
se9 East Front ST., South Milford.
! will have brooms for sale by the
piece or dozen.
vi. FOX, Milford, Del.
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-03-02
LOOKS BAD FOR GEORGIA.

There is talk of indcting Tom Watson, the
Georgia editor, charge of sending obscene
matter through the mails, in other State
than Georgia Government officials claim that
Watson cannot be given impartial trial in
Georgia. and for that reason they want the trial
in some other State.
OF course the proposed move has raised
great hue and cry. 1t is denounced as tyranncal,
and violation of States rights and the Consttu-
ton we'll, and it is all of that.
But back of it there looms up the question:
Is the law administered fairly and justly in
Georgia? Why should Government officials make
the claim that it is not? Is there ground for the
claim?
Georgia's record of recent years is too fresh
in the public mind to require much comment.
Things have been going from bad to worse over
there. It will be sorry day, and day full Of
danger, when the rest of the country loses
fdence in the power inclination of State to
administer justice, to give accused persons hon
est trials. 1t looks if the higher officials of
the Goyernment-and under Democratic Admin
to Georgia. 1t is-a pity, but it is true.
Mr. Watson is guilty, he is not guilty.
Georgia jury should be able and willing to decide
the case just as fairly and as honestly as a jury
from any other State And if all had been right
in Georgia within the recent past the question
never would have been raised-Anderson g. CO.
Daily Mail.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-03-02
PERSECUTION, NOT PROSECUTION.

The prosecution of Hon. Thomas e. Watson
by the Federal Government for an alleged VIOLA
ton Of the postal laws by sending obscene matter
through the mails is beginning to be looked upon
an act of persecution rather than prosecution.
Having failed in it's effort to convict him at the
last term of the United States Court in Augusta,
some of the enemies of Mr.. Watson have informed
the Attorney General that the Government cannot
get fair trial in Georgia, and he now proposes
to indict Mr.. Watson for the ofense in
another State and force him to trial there The
very suggestion is a base infringement upon
boasted estate rights and is a stencil in the
nostrs of every man, woman or child who loves
home and freedom. 1t is glazing insult to the
integrity and honesty of every loyal and patriotic
Georgan a sanction and endorsement to the
fragrant ISLANDERS which have been heaped upon
our State during the past few months; an insinua-
impartial verdict in cases in law, that Georgans
are not to be trusted
The sting which comes from such foully de-
lvered blow is all but insuferable and the infer
ence from such stated proposition is that the
dignity of our State would be spat upon by
outsiders to crafty few personal animosties;
the elimination of hatred growing out of political
disagreements in years past and gone.
1t is, however, with feeling of pride that we
point to Georgia Congressman and Georgia
Senator's who have, irrespective of party preju-
dice ard personal feelings toward Mr.. Watson,
made vigorous protest against such an unfair
procedure, and declared it to be an unwarranted
reflection upon the name of Georgia.
laws and jury system.
We think our congressman and Senators did
the right thing, and their action is strongly
dorsed by both people and press of the State
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-03-02
SIMPLE JUSTICE VS.. OPPRESSION.

The threat to carry citizen Of Georgia to
another State for trial for publishing an article
IN paper published in Georgia, deeply concerns
every man in Georgia that loves right and Justice
This threat comes from Democratic Admin
istraton and it must be sanctioned by Demo-
cratic President.
Georgia has the proud distinction of being
rock ribbed in the Democratic faith but if this
Administration thinks for one moment that we
will kiss the hand that smites us, they are mis-
taken. 1t is not a question of who the party is
that the United States Government seeks to crush
it is question of principle and this principle
outWeighs any party. This principle is as sacred
as life, for no life is worth living that shall be
compelled to surrender all that is sacred
Surely the Attorney General did not say that
Mr.. Watson was guilty and that he could not
secure a jury in Georgia that would so find Who
authorized the Acknowledgement to make such a
statement? The fact is that no prosecuting Off
Ger, even if Watson trial, that properly
regards his oath would make such a statement
but would leave it where the law places it: to-wt
to upright and impartial jurors.
If the Acknowledgement said that we did not
have upright and impartial jurors in Georgia. he
ought to do like some others in Wilson's cabinet
tender his resignation at once.
Every citizen in Georgia is entitled to a trial
in the county district in which the crime is
alleged to have been committed. This is simple
justice and less than this is oppression under the
form of law.-Schley County~News
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-03-02
WHY NOT PROSECUTE ALL?

The prosecution Of Thomas E. Watson for pub
fishing obscene matter in The Jeffersonian is
more in the nature of persecution than desire
to suppress crime.
The daily press of the country is more guilty
than Watson of the offense with which he is
charged.
Some of his publications are. objectionable but
the daily papers carry stories which reek with
indecency.
Let crime be committed and it's details are
told in the language of the gutter. Then pictures
are daily printed that unfit to be hung
the walls of place of shame.
We believe in a clean newspaper but it is
unfair to make scapegoat out of Watson because
two religious sects want to get rid of him.
The homes of the, country will never be pure
as long as they flooded with unclean literature.
The prosecution of Watson in other States into
which his publications has been mailed is the
result of his fight against Leo Frank and the war
he has waged upon Catholicism 1t is an eyort
to throttle him and will result in a Protestant
upheaval. Nothing could be done that would stir
up more resentment against the two sects behind
the prosecution of Watson in States other than
Georgia.
The prosecution will figure largely in the next
presidential campaign and seriously embarrass
the Democratic Administration in the election.
The people believe in fair play and will not
stand for making fish-fesh of one and fowl
flesh Of another.
Suppress all indecent publications and do not
allow the two sects to dictate that the axe shall
fall only upon the one man they hate.
An upheayal be projected that may amount
to Observation-Disclosures Vindicator
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-03-02

The esteemed Macon News in an editorial has
the following to say the subject:
Mr.. Watson has repeatedly declared that he
would never run for another political office in
Georgia, but if the Government persists in it's
endeavor to convict him. willy-nilly, the result
will be the making of a martyr of him and then
no power on earth can keep him out of any office
IN Georgia that he desires. His influence is al
ready an important factor, and his personal equa-
ton will be increased all the more if the idea
becomes we'll founded that he is the special object
of persecutive prosecution. '-Laurens (Dublin)
Citizen.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-03-02
A DANGEROUS PROPOSAL.

Thomas e. Watson, the fierce-tongued Georgia
politician and editor, is threatened with trial
outside Georgia for the publication of articles
which are alleged to have melted the lynching
of Leo NJ Frank. The Government prosecutor
who proposes to bring the does not believe
he can get a fair trial in Georgia, and takes the
position that a prosecution be commenced at
any point where subscriber receives a paper
containing an offending article.
Irrespective of Watsons guilt, the precedent
which it is sought to establish is dangerous.
If endorsed by the Federal Courts, it would pave
the way to the trial of a publicist in community
infamed against him, easily as in one which
is merely free from hostility.
Watson calls attention to the rebuke admin
istered by the courts to former President Roose-
Washington for trial for alleged offenses COM
mtted elsewhere. The case against him is only
technical variation of that which he cites in
the Roosevelt administration.
To show the absurdity Of the contention
brought forward by the Government prosecutor,
it is only necessary to observe that he bases his
charge upon the reading of the article by given
man in a given community outside the State of
Georgia. If Watson's article did incite the lynch
ing of Leo Frank, the melting occurred within the
boundaries of Georgia Subscribers living outside
the State not melted.
Watson's guilt, if he is guilty, arises by virtue
of the printing and putting into circulation of the
offensive articles. He should be tried where the
deed was done
If Watson can be tried in Iowa, or Massa-
chusetts or any State where his weekly circulates,
for melting the lynchng of Leo Frank, then it
would have been possible to try Horace Greedy
William Lloyd Garrison in Georgia or Louisiana
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-03-02

Bethany, by Thos. E. Watson. A Romance
of the Civil War, with vivid pen pictures of
plantation life, before the war. Bound in
cloth. Price. $100, postpaid The Jetferso-
MAN Publishing Company, Thomson, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-03-02

for melting the slaves to rebel This is enough
to indicate where the course planned with respect
to Watson leads. 1t points straight to judicial
tyranny.-Des Moines Iowa) Evening Tribune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-14
BANNER ASKS CORRECTION

From the Nashville Banner.
 The Montgomery Advertiser referred editorially to the alleged article from the Banner recently published in the Louis- vile Courier-Journal and The Birming- ham Age-Herald reproduced the article in full without comment. These two Ala bama papers have both been strong op- ponents of prohibition and hence their readiness to reproduce what the Courier Journal said. But without regard to their supposed that they are so forgetful of the amenities of journalism as to wish to misrepresent the Banner. nor so spiteful toward Nashville as wantonly to do this city an unwarranted injury.
 The Banner requests these papers to state that the article the Courier-Journal described as "a recent editorial in the Nashville Banner" had no such charac- ter. It never appeared in this paper.
 They can also state with entire truth that the Courier-Journals allegations in regard to Nashville's financial condition are wholly erroneous.
 There is no crisis in the financial af- fairs of the city and nothing like it. The report of the investigation made by New York experts was that in spite of the rob- bery and mismanagement Nashville has suffered from incompetent and corrupt officials it's finances are sound and it's credit wholly unimpaired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-14
TOWN OR COUNTRY?

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Charles A. Dana was credited with saying that there were three kinds of lies-plain lies, damned lies and statis- ties One of the familiar statements of the times is that longevity is in- creasing; that in the past half century the average of life has heightened more than 10 years.
 But when we examine the figures closely we find a shock. Fifty years ago the conservation of child life was just beginning to receive intelligent atten- tion. It has grown Today the babies fare better. Thus the babies and chill dren, by not dying so early, have pro- jected the life average of the American people.
 'It has been found, however, that more people are breaking down between the forties and the sixties. Right in the pe- rlod when they ought to be enjoying the harvest of health and happiness they are being buried. Medical experts ascribe it ito the intensive living and nervous over strain of cities.
  man who devotes his life to agriculture is usually strong in his middle years. He has found the peace and comfort and safety of his environment. To the man growing old the city sings no song of nope but the country greets it's kind with a daily benison.
 'The city man should escape to the fields before the undertaken gets him. The Country Gentleman.
 "HE commuter does not count, of
 course He has the worries of the
 II city bread winning at one end of the line and those of the country esta- iishment at the other. If his life is long in the land that is given him 1t is be- cause he has the persistent vitality of jimson weed and needs no encourage ment. But let us compare the actual country man with the town man. Which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-14
THE "RUN OFF' IN TEXAS

From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
 In the recent democratic primary in Texas the leading candidates for the United States senate were Mr. Culberson' now serving as a senator and Governor Colquitt The latter has been an out spoken anti-administration man. He has publicly said that "the Wilson adminis- tration has been the greatest failure in the history of the presidency"
 Senator Culberson is a man of ability and high character, and he was actively supported by the Washington administra- tion. In the primary, there were other candidates than these two, but they led all the rest, and Colquitt was given 27,- Al more votes than were cast for Culber- son. A run off, election will be held this month, and the voters will say if it shall be Culberson or Colqutt.
 It can be seen that to nominate,' and elect, for whoever gets the nomination will be elected, man who has denounced the administration as a failure, would be to give the President a black eye. As it stands, next to his own race, which is giving him some additional work to do, the President will be concerned about the result of the Texas primary. If he can pull any wires that will make votes against Colquitt and for Culberson he will be sure to do it.
 Texas will give it's electoral vote to Wilson, but it would have chilling in- fluence to have it go out that Texas has q determined tO send tO the Senate a man who declares the Wilson administration to be "the greatest failure in the history of the presidency"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-14

lives long the oftenest? Who knowsN Statistics, as MT. Dana said, are thE superlative thing in the way of mislea4 CTS. But everyone knows that the ma of 50 or 70 who is in touch with event. ana affairs is younger than the man q the same age who lives quiet life faLs removed from the press of the economi T. and mental struggle. Men do breal down at 40 or 50 in cities, and die, but it is from dissipation, early or late, oft ener than from work. Those who talk care of themselves remain able bodied and alert as long as, if not longer thars those whose environment inclnes tnena to rumination and the cancellations of th,o front porch in summer and the chimi ney corner in winter. In medicine an3 law and letters, and in various fields oe science old men who are physically anio mentally fit are conspicuously numerouSf Nobody works earlier or later thain Thomas A. Edison, or remains younSell His friend, John Burroughs, is blesse c with longevity and an unfailing body and mind, but he is a writer whosn country life is diversion, as golf oeo
 
 The United States Senate always ha h' in it's membership many old men why lead the lives of city men, and who repd main useful to a good old age Wherh is the farmer who is as young and activl at 79 as William Dean Howells is as' that age, after a life marked by hartu work as well as by brilliant achievepV ment. To make a list of the old me ui prominent in the nations affairs is un necessary. Everyone observes that tn U man who is beyond 70 and is in full pos session of his mental faculties and phy v sical health is at least as common il'' town as In the country.
 Differing tastes, rather than a diffeI' ence between opportunities for health anlo longevity, should be considered in decidr ing whether to live in town or in thIt country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-14

per, and so far as I know he has never done anything more than contemplate residence there Nevertheless, a man l do not know, although he was said to be resident of Jasper, was recently quoted as saying the captain intended re- turning to Jasper within a short time and taking up his permanent residence tIere. I am quite positive that the cap tain has not even rented house in the district in which he ran for Congress, and he has not been in this state since the campaign"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-14
HOTEL LOBBIES
Good Source of News

Montgomery has become more news center during the past month or so than has been the case since the legislature last met" remarked c. M Gormley, a newspaper man of the Capital City, who spent the weekend in Birmingham.
 The mobilization camp seems an in- exhaustible source of news, and stories frequently break that are of interest throughout the state All Montgomery citizens including the newspaper men, will regret the time when the state troops will leave for the border, but that time sems to be rapidly approach ing, if reports from Washington are to be given credit
 My Birmingham friends assure me that this city is still on the map when it comes to news, and my own observa- tion is sufficient to show that this city maintains it's batting average when it comes to happenings of real news inter est"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-14

From the NeW I OrK w OTlu ~ UPSIDE of one good solid damr O A couple of dozen healthy yip yip-yips and
 The bringing about of peace between two bellgerent cowpunchers instead Of let ting them go to a finish fight as they wished, and
 A few other minor activities You'd really never have known that Col Theodore Roosevelt attended "Tht Stampede (which is a western hawss riding exhibition), at Sheepshead Bay speedway yesterday. No, indeed. He remained that inactive And he was quite alone, save for MT and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., MT and Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt, Dr. and Mrs Richard Derby, Police Commissionel Arthur Woods and Mrs. Woods, MT. and Mrs. Fight Promoter Tex Eickard and few miscellaneous others whom he called Slim or Shorty or Alkali, or titles to the same effect.
 And never a word said the colonel about the show except:
 by 1Ooli SJ AAANo " VI
 riding myself!'
 By George! This is worth 50 movies!'
 q tell you! The kind of men that do this sort of thing (having reference to punchers who rode steers and buff falo saddleless, and who threw said steers by getting the kee-rect holt on their long horns) are the kind of men who are not too proud to fight!
 No, sir. Nobody could tell that the colonel was present except the 5000 or so who paid admission to the speedway and the 10 or 12 newspaper writers upon whom Brother Bill and Brother Phil Thompson, the press agents, rode con stant herd, exclaiming, Hey! Did you fellows get what the colonel just said?' .'IIey! be sure to stick around till after the show. The colonel's going to pull something"
 The colonel, inclosed in a dark alpaca suit got to the exhibition early and stayed late If there's anything he likes, it's riding. He adapted himself instant ly to the locale and atmosphere. And the first person he haile& and made sit be- side him was Mrs. LueIla Irwin Jones, a. former champion rider, daughter of Charley Irwin of Cheyenne, Wyo., big ranchman. Miss Luella," as they call her, told him all about the identity of riders and horses. Then Dad Irwin breezed along.
 "Colonel, how are va? Glad to seeya again!'
 By Godfrey, Charley (the colonel is speaking), the last time saw you you done busted a couple of ribs!'
 "All right again now, colonel. You-all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-14

If the high cost of white paper re- duces the size of Sunday papers to suct an extent that one can be read in about an hour there will be more time for that Sunday afternoon nap, stroll or auto trip
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 When an actor in the spoken drama has done his "bit" in a performance he can go to his hotel, but the movie actor can go off on fishing trip and stay un- til the rest of the picture is finished.
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 Oh well. Even if the guardsmen do have to eat Christmas dinner in camp, Uncle Sam will probably see that it's a good one. His tackles live high on Christmas Day.
 A dispatch via London tells of Cos sacks buying food from villagers. AL ways had an idea the Cossack took what he wanted particularly in the enemy s country.
 A fisherman at an eastern coast re- sort fired 90 bullets into shark before his sharkshp died. And that doesn't necessarily mean his aim was bad.
 * * * The rumor that Yuan Shi Kai is not dead continues to gain credence in China However, there is no doubt that he is dead politically.
 :s That French sailor at Pensacola who told of the Deutschland being captured couldn't resist the temptation to hoax local newspaper men. New York democratic editors are re- ported as wearing smiles on the first "opening night" Wait till they've been on the job awhile.
 # * * Sometimes when MT. Hughes is posing before movie camera he actually smiles, but it Is guarded sort of smile.
 Some wet poet should seize the op- portunity to write an elegy on the enor- nous quantity of liquor destroyed at Gi- rard.
 A white hen got loose on Broadway the other day. She didn't remain in one place long enough to lay an egg.
 <: The Petrolite is still a theme for diplo- matic notes, but nobody sems to be los ing any slep over the Petrolite.
 * Vernon Castle has proved himself an adept and courageous aviator. Score one for the dancing men.
 x * * Maybe the German crown prince did start the war. He's doing his level best to keep it going.
  King George is kept busy these days handing out decorations, but it's the kind of work he likes.