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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-02-17

given, refused, suspended, or entirely taken
away, whenever the State Government sees fit
There is no such thing as United States
voter: the Federal Government cannot legally
enfranchise, or disfranchise.
The y. S. Government obtained-or claims
to have obtained-from the States the power
to decree that no citizen of a State should be
deprived Of the ballot, because of his color,
or previous condition of servitude.
There are no Federal citizens, no Federal
electors, no Federal elections: all that is the
affair Of the States.
You are not citizen of the Union, and
y. 5, voter: you are a citizen of a State In
the Union, and you are voter of the State.
1t is well enough, for the Sufragist leadef@
to consider this, because they seem to
asking Congress to usurp a power that b !
longs elsewhere
The Federal Government cannot legally
give votes to women, unless it first seeks and
obtains the permission of three fourths of the
States.
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Additional Letters From the Pe0Dle

Watson and the rest of the Jeff.
crew is making.
If any Of my friends is like Ray
mond Stubs of Ashland, Ala, Route
3, was, | want you to do like he die
He was SO prejudiced, he did not
want to read anything that Tom Wat
son wrote. | prevailed on him to
read the Jeff one year and he sub
scribed for it for one year. When he
had read the Jeff one year, he then
renewed for it and subscribed for the
Watson Magazine.
Then when they both expired he
renewed again for both, and he told
me last Friday he expects to keep
taking them as long as Tom Watson
keeps making the fight he is now
making. Can not all true patriots
do like Raymond Stubs did?
Yours very truly,
j. H. PARRISH,
in the fight.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-02-17
"FATHER' KAUL SAYS HE is
''BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE.

We happened to see a sly news
paragraph in the Lancaster Examiner
"a paper that has been Reformer,
Bull MOOser, etc.-that~ told Of a
new parochial school building that
had just been completed, adjacent
to the st. Anthony's Roman Catholic
Church, the Sacred Heart Academy,
and the Lord only knows what all
there is Whereabouts.
A line was added, that the Very
Reverend Father Raul said I'VE are
building for the future" He spoke
the truth that time That's just it!
Rome is building for the future. If
the editor Of the Examiner had been
a patriotic citizen, he would have
made that remark the text for
ringing editorial But he lacks the
backbone.
That popish parochial school
stands for ignorance, superstition
and idoIatry. it stands for a foreign
ecclesiastical system, the head Of
which claims to control the religion
and politics of it's adherents, outside
and above their rights and duties
under the civil government that gives
them protection. That parochial
school is a direct and emphatic an
tagonist to the object and purpose
Of every free public school, in the
city, State and nation, if it deserves
the name.
The Very Reverend Father" Kaul
(who is also a very successful bust
ness man and an accumulation Of
great wealth. knows what he means
when he says he is building for the
future, when he builds a parochia;
school in which the plastic minds
of the young are bent to popery, and
hell-bent to all things really Amer
lean, ever after.-EZra j. Weaver in
'The Antic-Clerical Whip" (Lancas-
ter, Pa.).
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-02-17
II WE HAD A FEW MORE LIKE
"GNCLE JIM" PARISH, WE'D
LIKE IT.


Dear Sir: | am able at last to
send you another club. l am glad to
tell Hon. T. E. Watson OF an old
friend OF long standing. 1t is E. w.
Galloway, Ashland, Ala, r. F. d. No.
1. lie was 81 years CID last October
Of i am not mistaken in what the
dear old man told me a few weeks
ago.
He said he had been reading your
papers ell the time since you started
the Peoples Party Pager in Atlanta,
GA, years ago.
When first went to see him since
| have been back here at Ashland,
Ala, from Sylvester, Ga, he was
reading the Jeff. and told me that he
would keep taking it as long as he is
permitted to stay here.
If he gets so blind he cannot see
how to read, he aims to keep taking
it neCause he thinks you are the best
friend the common people has in this
nation.
He told me that the people would
not have learned the truth about the
Leo Frank case if it had not been for
sands Of other people that you are
not tor sale at any price
He also told me that he was elector
from his district when the Populists
ran you for President the last time.
The dear good old friend E. w.
Galway is in line with thousands of
other good people that congratulates
you in your fight with the Roman
Catholic beast at Augusta, Ca, last
November. That poor Baptist preacher
WHO could not qualify as juror on
account of bias against Hon. Tom
Watson, | think needs the prayers OF
all good praying people.
May the good Lord have mercy on
his poor soul.
Ii he is biased on account of Hon
T. e. Watson exposing Foreign Mis-
sions | would be glad if he would
get the book Foreign Missions ex-
posed and read it (if he can with an
unbiased mind) and | think it would
do him lots Of good.
Say Brother Preacher, suppose you
take Old Jim Parrish's advice and
buy the book, it will only cost YOU
80 cents postpaid. Do get it for your
own sake. Also please read the
weekly Jeff. and learn how our Tom
Watson is winding up and whipping
out brother William II. Smith Of the
Mission Board.
: Please ask Tom Watson for the
y chly Jeff. Of January 18th, and
read it carefully and | think it will
tell you something that you did not
know when you could not qualify to
sit on the Tom Watson case.
Hurrah for the fight Hon. T. e.
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Dear Sir: l have thought for some
time that | would write you a few
words Of congratulation for the way
you handled the Frank case And I
say for one, if those other nations of
people does not want to come under
our rules of government, let them
stay in Germany, Italy, France, Rus
sla,>or Peru for we can get along all
0. K. without them.
And there is one other item, to-wit:
the Missionary Baby Bounty system.
| never have, in all Of my life, since
| can remember, been so close listed
that | was not willing to help any
one that was in need, but | don't see
very much charity in neglecting our
own children to make kings and
queens out of the so called heather.
And my Bible tells me that charity
begins at home, and truly that is
where it ought to begin But judg-
ing the future by the past, it re-
minds me of the old negro's cotton
rows. He said that it didn't make
any difference with him, as to
whether they are long, short or
crooked just SO they set comming, so
when the bell rang, he could go
straight to the house.
And if can see those missionaries
straight, all they are looking for is
the ducats to be coming and every
thing is all 0. K.
l will first say that | have never
been a Tom Watson man and have
been reading his paper hardly a year.
but | am here to say that in nv
humble Judgment he is one of the
best friends the farming class of
people has ever had and his friend
ship don't stop there, but | have not
words to express how far it goes, and
am looking for the time to come
when there will be more men, women
and children that will put forth their
best efforts to help cur uncle T. E. w.
on his journey for the people and
state.
Mr.. Watson, you can publish these
few lines if you wish Would be
glad if every man who is reading
your Jeff. or magazine would write
little, if no more than to say hur-
rah fer Tom Watson
Mr.. Watson I will ask you to
change my Jeff. from Uvalda, Ga.
Route 2, to Vidalia, Ga, Route 2, as
| am nearer to vidalia, Route 2, than
to Uyalda, Route 2. I hope to be
able to send you in another large list
Of subscribers this year.
Thanking you for all the good that
you have done, and hoping that your
life may be spared you many yelrs
to come, is the wish and prayer of
your friend.
J. w. GAY.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-02-17

Read Foreign MissIens Exposed,
by Thos. r. Watson. Beautifully
printed. ProfuseiJ illustrated. Price
80 cents. The JETS, Thomson, Ga.
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MAN GTyaMCRTAl- NOW

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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-08-24
FIVE NEGROES LYNCHED
BY A FLORIDA MOB

Gainesville, Fla. - Five negroes,
three men and two women, were talk
en- from the Jail at Newberry, Fla, and
hanged by mob and another negro
was shot and killed by deputy sheriifs
near Jonesville, Fla, as the result Of
the killing OF Constable S. G.. Wynnc
and the shooting OF Dr.. l. G. Harris by
Boisey Long, a negro. The lynched
negroes were accused Of aiding Long
to escape.
Dispatches from Newberry said that
the mob, which lynched the five ne.
groes, was composed Of about 200 men
and worked quietly and rapidly. AT.
ter gaining entrance to tho jail they
took the victims to point about a
mile from town and hanged all to one
large oak tree. Not shot was fired
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-08-24
JABLONITZA HAS FALLEN
RUSSIANS TAKE JABLONlTZA ON
WAY FROM GALACIA TO
HUNGARY.
Fierce Figting Is Being Waged AIona
Entire Line at Brody-italians via.
orousIy Pressing Advance on Carzo.
Germans Admit Loss.
tCopyright.) J

London.-The Russians have cap
tured Jablontitza, one Of the princi.
pal gateways from Galicia to the Hun.
garian plains, and Petrograd reports
that their offensive in this direction
is continuing. This is the first news
OF an advance by the Russian South
ern army since the conquest Of the
Austrian corwnland Of Bukowina was
completed
Further to the nacth the Russians
are continuing their driving opera.
tions against the Austrians with ap,
parently uninterrupted success. Their
troops are pouring across the Zlota
Lipa at several points in spite Of des-
perate resistance on the part of the
Teutonic forces. Fierce fighting is
being waged along the entire line
south Of Brody. and General Brussi-
loft apparently Is making a supreme
effort to cut off the army Of General
Won Bothmer and force it's surrender
In the other theaters of war inter.
est centers in the Italian operations
no important action being reported on
either the British or French fronts
The Italians are vigorously pressing
theid advance. on the CARO- plateau
and Rome reports the capture of sew
eral sections Of the Austrian trenches
and the taking of more than 1900
prisoners.
The Germans admit that the Brit
,ish have obtained a foothold in their
trenches in the Thiepval-Pozieres
front and report the repulse of clio
lent attacks by the British and French
in other sectors Of the Somme line
According to Paris and London the
day passed without any event of sig
nificance.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-08-24
GARARD MARSHALL CONVICTED
OF ACCEPTING 6RIBE

Girard. Ala.-City Marshall John
Oakes of Girard was convicted at
Scale, Ala, on charges Of accepting
bribes for the protection Of liquor
dealers here and on testimony given
at the trial. Mayor Earl Morgan and
City Clerk I. A. Weaver we're later
arrested on similar charges. They
were released under bonds Of $4,000
each.
The Girard city council voted to
tax illegal liquor venders in Girard
$25 q month and instructed Oakes
to collect this amount, according to
testimony. Cakes testified that the
council instructed him to make these
collections and he admitted receiving
money under these Instructions.
Onkes was remanded to jail to
await sentence. Conviction carries
with 1t q penitentiary term Of from
three to ten years
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-08-24
VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN 70 PRE-.
VENT FURTHER SPREAD or
IMgANTILE PARALYSIS.
HEALTH AUTHORITIES MEET
Resolutions Adopted at MeetIng.--Ex
press No Alarm That EpedemIo
Might Become Countrywide, Prepare
Agalnst Widespread Outbreak.

Washington.-Plans for more Wig
orous campaign to prevent further
spread Of infantile paralysis were
made here at conference Of health
authorities Of most of the states with
officials of the Federal Public Health
Service.
Resolutions were adopted by the
conference in which eminent plague
experts, scientists and bacteriologists
are participating outlined different
proposals for checking dissemination
Of the disease.
Few Of those present expressed
alarm that the epidemic might assume
countrywide proportions, but they
uniformly declared measures were
necessary to guard against a wide.
spread outbreak. Admission was
freely made by many experts that the
cause of the plague Is unknown and
the means of its transmission not con.
clusively determined
Uniformity Of regulations for trav.
ell on railroad trains. steamships and
| other carriers, was urged by Secre.
ltary McAdao of the Treasury De-
partment in opening the conference
| and while several speakers held that
general quarantine again passengers
from the Eastern infected areas was
unnecessary, the. conference probably
will recommend q system Of uniform
inspection, issuance Of health certif.
Gates and cooperation between Fed
reals and State health and railroad
authorities toward safeguarding trav.
ell. Medical representatives Of doz.
EN- large trunk lines urged the con.
ference to assist in securing uniform
traffic rules.
A national survey presented by the
state delegates showed 11,717 cases in
3S states reporting, including cases
since January 1.
| Following is a summary of con.
ditions in Southern States.
| North Carolina-Dr. w. S. Rankin,
20 cases; two deaths; conditions not
town in last three weeks. Only two
cases traceable to New York Seven.
teen deaths last year. No quarantine
against Eastern States.
South Carolina-Dr. ]. e. Hayne
1S cases in July and 81 in August
with none before. Developing in
Wagner and Springfield districts. No
state quarantine but rigid intrastate
travel regulations.
Virginia-Dr. e. G. Williams, 10
cases in June and 10 in July; only
ONE attributable to importation. Lc'
cal but not state quarantine. More
cases in 1915 and sporadic since every
month.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-08-24
eRITisH LOSE TWO CRUISERS BY
TEuToNlc SUBMARINE
ATTACKS.
ONE SUBMARINE DESTROYED
kalser's HigF Seas Fleet Como Out
But was Put Back Quickly.-One
German Submarine Rammed BY An
other, 80 Fatalities Are Result.

London.--Two British light cruisers,
the Nottingham and Falmouth, were
sunk in Moth Sea by German sub
marines while the vessels were
seaching for the German high seas
fleet, according 10 an official an
nouncement by the Admiralty. One
German submarine was destroyed by
the British while another was ram
med and possibly sunk, according to
the Admiral statement which follows:
Reports from our lookout squad
rons and other units showed there
was considerable activity on the part
of the enemy in the North Sea on
Saturday. The German high sea fleet
came out, but learning from their
scouts that the British forces were
In considerable strngth, the enemy
avoided an engagement and returned
to port.
'In searching for the enemy we
lost two cruisers by submarine at
tacks--H M. S. Nottingham Captain
G. b. Miller, and IL. NJ. S. Falmouth.
Captain John Edwards. All the Off
GERS of the former were saved, but
38 Of the crew are missing. All the
officers and men Of the Falmouth
were saved. but one stoker, Norman
Fry. died Of injuries.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-08-24
HAVE YOU ASTHMA?

II you have this will interest YOU. Mr..
and Mrs. II. Brown wrote us as follows:
I'VE have a son who had asthma for nine
years, and we spent night after night try.
ing to enable him to breathe. We con.
suited physicians and used their prcscrip-
tions.. We. also used other famous asthma
rary relief. We saw an advertisement of
LungVita and have used several bottles.
If he has asthma now we can't tell it, We
are no longer disturbed and distressed
about his condition. He enjoys life, and
SO do we" Mr.. Brown is member of
the H. Brown Furniture Co. of Nashville,
and lives at 1920 10th avenue, N. Lung.
Vita is for consumption, asthma, whoop-
ing cough, colds, grippe and bronchial trou-
bles. Get bottle from your dealer TODAY.
or, IL he does not have it send us S1.75
for thirty day treatment. Nashville Medi.
cine Co., Dept j, Nashville, Tenn. Adv
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-08-24
ALLIES GAIN ON GERMAN
CENTER IN SOMME FRONT.
Another Step Made in AnuIo.French

Another Step Made in AngIo-French
Advance Toward Combes.
London.-Assauults by British and
French forces agains. German posi-
tions north of the Somme in France
have resulted in the gaining of addi.
tional ground by the attackers, ac-
cording to the British and French
War Office. The French advance was
In and around Maurepas, the scene of
much hard fighting during the last
few weeks, and the British gain was
IN the direction Of Ginchy and Guile.
mont, near the Southern end of their
section Of the Somme front. The
Anglo-French attack London says,
took place along the whole line from
Pozieres to the Somme.
The gains reported by Paris and
London were in the center of the Ger.
man positions on the Somme front
and mark another step in the Anglo
French advance toward Combles
French troops gained more ground in
the village Of Maurepas, after the
stopping Of German counter ttacks
near the village. Calvary hill, south
east OF the village. was carried by as
sault and the French positions on the
Maurcpas Clery road was also ex
tended.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-08-24
NAVY BILL PASSES AND
DEFENSE PROGRAM FINISHED
Great increases Written Into Meas.
ure Is Accepted BY House.

Great ,ncreases Written Into Meas.
ure Is Accepted BY House.
Washington. = Congress virtually
completed the national defense pro-
gram by finally approving the great
increases in naval construction and
personnel written into the naval bill
and urgently supported hR the Admin
istration. The house accepted the
building program, to which the con-
ferees on the measure had refused to
agree by vote OF 283 to 81, with
seven of the members present not
voting. The personnel increases on
which there also was disagreement
in conference were appFoved without
record vote.
The personnel and construction sec.
tions which already have the appro,
val of the SeIate. authorizes an In
rease in enlisted men to TATTOO and
the building OF 157 war vessels with.
in the next three years. with four
battle cruisers and four battleships
included among the ships for 1917
Previously the house had refused to
adopt continuing building program
had authorized only Ave capital ships
all of them battle cruisers. and had
provided for q personnel OF only g.,
900.
On several less important sections
including appropriations for improve
ment OF the Navy Yards, the house IN
sisted on It's disagreement to senate
increases and voted to send the bill
back to conference for settlement o.
} these points. ~
Secretary Daniels issued state
ment pointing out that the buildinf
. authorizations. in the bill were th'
greatest ever passed in any country
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-08-24
SENATORS URGE U. S.
BOND ISSUE OF $130,000,0 900
Unexpected Recommendation In Con.
qress to Meet Mexican
a. Evnondifurac

OncXpGCtcQ hcCoIIiHiCHuae'ou '' WV
gress to Meet Mexican
Expenditures.
Washington.-A bond issue Of $780,
O0O, 900 to meet extraordinary govern
ment expenditures due to the Mexican
situation was Unexpectedly recon-
mended to Congress by majority mem
bers of the Senate finance committee
with the concurrence of the treasury
department.
The bond issue is urged in the
report of the finance committee Dem.
ocrats filed in the Senate late today on
the $205, 100000 revenue bill. In addi-
tion to the proposed issue and the reve-
nue. bill the finance committee asserts
that a further appropriation of $86,00O,-
900 will be necessary to defray the ex-
pense OF operations in the Mexican
emergency IL conditions on the border
continue as they are now after Decem-
Der 81 1916. The $130,000,000 to be
provided by the proposed bond issue
the report says, will meet Mexican
expenditures only until the end Of this
calendar year.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-08-24
ADVANCE BY TRIPLE BLOW
FRENCH AND BRITISH STRIKE
WITH TERRIFIC FORCE ON
SoMME FRONT.
Teutons Are Driven Back 800 to 500
Yards.-AIlles Are Now Near the
Big Railroad Town of Combles.
Quiet on Other Fronte.

London.-The French and British
striking with terrific force in three d.
rections on the Somme front, have
stormed nearly three miles of German
trences, driving forward at points to
Q depth OF 800 to 500 yads.
The most important gains were
made by the British and French
troops striking north from the point
where the Allied lines meet Maure-
pas and Clery, two of the most impor-
tant points held by the Germans in
Sides
The road has also been reached be-
tween Maurepas and Guillemont, the
latter town being the immediate OBJ.
jective Of the British. This advance
If maintained, brings the Allies direct.
ly in front OF the large railroad town
Of Sombles.
South of the Somme, the French
stormed German trenches over a
length Of about three-quarter@ of q
mile, driving forward in southerly
direction from Belloy-on Santerre
Paris reports that considerable mum
ber of prisoners were taken in these
operations.
For the first time in many days nc
important action is reported from the
Russian front and the same dearth OF
news prevails in regard to the Italian
operations. The most important item
of news regarding the Italian advance
against Tfiest Is contained in a news
dispatch from Milan, which says thai
German troops are to be employed IL
the defense Of the big Austrian port
If corroborated, this means that Italy
and Germany will at last enter into al
active state of war.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-08-24
WILSON ADMINISTRATION sUc-
cEEDs AFTER HARD LEoIsLA.
TIVE STRUGGLE.
SENATE VOTE WAS SO TO 21
Several Important Amendments Are
Agreed to.-BIIl Has Already Passed
House and VIII Very Likely Find no
Opposition In House to Amendments.

Washington.-The government ship.
ping bill passed the Senate by a vote
Of 3S to 21, ending one Of the most
bitterly contested legislative strug-
giles OF the Wilson administration. In
the last Congress the measure precipi-
tated Democratic revolt and a fill
buster which forced postponement Of
many important bills, but revised so
as to minimize the government opera
tion feature, received unanimous Dem
ocratic support and solid Republican
opposition. 1t already had passed the
House.
The shipping bill provides for Gre
alton Of a government shipping board
to acquire and operate ships for re-
Mobilization OF the American merchant
marine and 1ppropriates $5O,OO0,0OO
for the purpose to be raised by the sale
Of Panama Canal bonds.
Several Important amendments
were agreed to just before the final
vote, among them one which would
reduce the salary of the shipping
board members 2rum $4,000 to $500
a year. Other amendments passed in.
clude one which would authorize the
president to seek adjustment Of foreign
discrimination against American ship.
ping through diplomatic negotiations
and to take retaliator, action If such
negotiations fail. Another would
authorize the treasury to withhold
clearance from masters ~ vessels who
deliberately refuse to accept freight
rom American citizens without salts
factory reasons.