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Evening star., 1916-12-03

0N Germany schools for the wounded
are progressing actively. Men who
Ill have been crippled in the war begin
x their studies before they are entire
ly we'll. Perhaps the hardest task of all
the war Is the educating of the blind
soldiers. for they are not only more or
less helpless. but they are apt to become
despondent.
In Berlin there has been established
IN the St Maria-victoria Hospital 4
, school for blind soldiers. and there they
are taught all sorts of useful tasks by
which they earn good living. As
soon as a soldier is taught trade and
Is ready to go out into the world again
a position is waiting for him.
The whole inspiration of the school is
woman-a blind woman-Fraulein
Betty Hirsch. She was in England when
the war broke out. and she came home
to help the blind soldiers. Now she has
charge of all the training in the hospital
and has organized all the systems.
From the very beginning it was Frau
lein Hirsch's ambition that her soldiers
should not learn the old monotonous
trades of basketmaking and broom
making She wanted them to have a
broader scope in the world. So she her
self went to all the factories around Ber-
lin and found work that blind man
could do and then she had her soldiers
trained to fill these positions.
Now she has more than forty-five blind
men in good muntion factory positions.
and they work from six to eight hours
day At first they receive 46 pfennigs
lie fpcr Sai
to SIS pfenngs Some of the men put
cartridges into frames and others ill the
cartridges into pockets. Every night the
men come home to the hospital. where
they are cared for and housed free
Every morning from II to II o'clock
at the St Maria-victoria Hospital the
soldiers are given their lessons, and they
can take the rest of the day for prac-
ticing them a part of the hospital Is
fixed up like schoolroon,s, and here the
grown men must be taught like little
children.
In the first room they have the begin
ners-soldiers just learning to read the
blind system of raised letters. Some In
the very first stages are learning to
write the alaphaIet others are writing
sentences and others are reading out
loud.
After they learn to read they are ad-
vanced to the second room. where they
begin to learn some trade. In this room
they learn typewriting and are taught
how to become telephone centrals. 1t is
remarkable the accuracy and the speed
of the men One young fellow. an un-
Ger officer. who had lost both his eyes at
verdun. has been studying typewriting
four months. and yet he can take dicta-
ton as we'll as person with sight.
It is forbidden to use the dictagrapn
in Germany but Frauiein Hirsch got
permission to use 1t for the blind people,
because they can then take their time
about writing the dictation- AS they
had none of these instruments in Ger
many she copied the English model, and
had them made here in Germany at her
direction. All the blind stenographers
expect to use them.
The most remarkable blind soldier In
Evening star., 1916-12-03
The Wrong Spirit.

s6Ts HE wrong spirit" said Adofph
Lewisohn. president of the ma
tional committee on prisons, apropos
of recent prison legislation.
These people show the wrong spirit
as markedly as the child did.
"A little child was about to be spank.
ed. As his mother advanced, with the
slipper, he threw himself on his knees
and prayed:
Now, then, bod IL you're - dood
to little chillun as they say you are
now's your chance"
Evening star., 1916-12-03

II URKING in a package of imported
nursery plants a few years ago.
- earwigs-insects of a variety new
to this country, cousins Of cockroaches-
got past the vigilance of the inspection
service Of the country whence they were
emisrating and founded colony at New
port, in Narragansett bay, and despite all
the efforts of the inhabitants. who at
tackled them bitterly, they still hold their
ground and will eventually overrun all
the states.
Earwigs are not poisonous or danger
Gus. but they are disagreeable neighhors.
They are shorter than roaches-about
three e-auarters of an inch long-and quite
slender. with folded double wings. six
legs and pair of ferocious nippers,
much like Holsters, at the steering end
of their anatomy.
Their bodies are rich chestnut and
their delicate legs are straw colored.
With those powerful legs, for they get
no help from their wings. they run quite
swiftly over the ground, up the side of a
when they seek cover
Charles l.. Marlatt. assistant chief of
the bureau of entomology. who is ac-
ouainted with every variety of bug that
walks flies or wiggles, was induced to
talk little about them.
"Earwigs came here undoubtedly in
some nursery stock sent to Newport.
where so many imported plants are used
on the beautiful places there. The i'm
porters must. to get them through the
customs. have obtained a certificate that
they were not infested from the inspection
service of the country whence they came
The plants must also have passed the
inspection Of the Rhode Island service
Unfortunately. there is no provision for
federal inspection of plants coming in
under those conditions, but they are here
and we must make the best of bad
situation.
''Earwigs, unless disturbed, give very
little annoyance during the day, for they
are hiding in all sorts of dark places
under stones, behind Ivy clinging to the
walls, in closets, under doorsills, any dark
place Of concealment, and if it is little
damp SO much the more attractive to
them.
''They bury their eggs under ground
and fortunately have only one family a
year, but that consists of over hundred.
Their new environment is favorable to
their rapid propagation. Men are not
Evening star., 1916-12-03
THE PLEASURES OF AN ABSENTEE
LANDLORD, And Other Essays. BY


The "absen ntee landlord lie not, as one
might naturally suppose him to be- some
carefree EnSlishrau exacting the utmost
toll from Irish teuantry and spending
trary. any one who betakes himself out
OF his own times and slips back into the
century OF his choice. there to partake
OF the spiritual and intellectual benefits
OF that period without sharing its respon-
sio'lities. To show us how this may be
done. how we. 100, may become absentee
landlords. Mr. Crothers takes US with him
on one Of these happy truancies. whose
pleasures he points out with such init
mate friendlness as to proclaim him a
practiced. and even an inGorrigible. run
away. And these essays, the most of
them. are but Joyous expansion OF the
escapade recorded in the first one-that
is. they are In the main adventures in
literature. leaning toward the seventeenth
century as the chosen held OF the authors
loiterings. In this field he leads us to a
new appreciation Of tho huge. heroic
common sense" Of that period. to new
eavoring OF the language not yet overlaid
by the last three centuries of multiplied
meanings. The whole is a holiday Jaunt
into the past with a guide OF fresh out
look. good scent for the human kinships
upon whose trail we bound and a
neighborly informality of manner through
which wit and plain sense and keen OBJ
servation flow in a specially pleasing
freedom OF speech
FRUIT-GATHERING BY Sir Rabin-
dranath Tagore, author of "Gitan-
talf." etc. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
, A. the name implies. these-are poems
sS ripe ys>es. Of the years that wait
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the institute. a tall blond man. has been
there about five yconths He has a
helpless look that some blind people
have. In these five months he has In
vented and patented attachment to
the typewriter that holds the machine
fast when the end of the paper is
reached. 1t is very hard for blind per-
son to tell when he comes to the end of
the paper. and he goes on writing and
writing after the paper is done. This
front, and undoubtedly will be used by
blind soldiers all over the world.
Another instrument the blind soldiers
use here is the shorthand instrument
which makes raised letters that soldier
can read: also, he can write raised let
tiers that are shorthand. 1t has only six
keys and there is no limit to the speed
the blind acquire with it
In the third room the soldiers who
have not had much education are taught
cigarette making. The German cigarettes
are not rolled like American cigarettes
but the tobacco is stuffed into papers
that come already rolled. The soldiers
learn this very quickly, and there is a
great demand for men of this trade.
The fourth room of the st. Maria-Vic-
toria Hospital Is the music room. In
this room all branches of music are
taught. One student was a blind lieu
tenant-a Saxon. He was a splendid.
big. handsome man, about thirty years
old. He had the fine physique of an
athlete and courtly manners.
He had been In Russia. and during an
attack a hand grenade was thrown al
most In his face. He staggered back.
Evening star., 1916-12-03
de Schools for the Wounded Soldiers Of German

zen's duties. civil Law. household and
professional booking. Many firms are
making special positions for the blind
and for wounded men who have lost
part of their usefulness to the German
fatherland.
Evening star., 1916-12-03

rHE LEATHERwOOD GOD. By Will
liam Dean Howells, author of The
Rise of Silas Lapham." etc. 1llustra-
tions by Henry Raleigh. New York:
The Century Company.
Evening star., 1916-12-03


ter figured under this name in the early
years of the last century. when Ohio was
a part of the western frontier. On one of
the streams in that locality settlement
had been made. Growing along the banks
Of the stream was bush whose bark, by
reason of it's strength and fexibility.
served some of the minor uses Of leather.
The "leatherwood| bush that played so
useful d part in the daily economy gave
name both TO the creek and the settle
ment itself. And. finally. when Joseph
DyIks came into the settlement with the
claim that he was God he became known
In the familiar records Of that event as
the "Leatherwood God" II is this epi-
sode that Mr.. Howells recreates in his
new novel For its setting he reproduces
the backwoods settlement of seventy-fve
years ago or more. This he does not
move up into the present. where unavoid-
able contrasts would be- likely to dull its
keen edge of reality. On the contrary, he
takes the reader back TO 1t in its remote
isolation. where he. too. becomes d part
of the energetic. nakeshift little settle
nent. himself no more of reality than
Is many another OF the folks around him
there-Squire Braiie. and David Gillespie
and joey. and Nancy. and Jane. This vas
a plou@ community, much concerned about
hell and the hereafter. as far away com
rnunities Of that time were wont to be in
the dear,h Of a variety Of absorbing in
terests. So. Joseph Dyiks. first as
preacher then as revivalist. then God
himself. found in i.eatherwood an open
mind toward his religious fervors Mr.
Howells treatment of the psychology of
the religious ir1postor as this comes out
here and there IN the story Of Joseph
Dylks - broadly Illuminating Of the whole
tribe. one thinks releasing its members
in part. from the charge OF pure BIAS
phemy Around the figure OF Dylks Mr.
Howell has produced a vivid and inter
esting picture OF pioneer lie. warming it
throughout with mis- own kindly humor
and tolerant spirit
Evening star., 1916-12-03

HE LEATHERWOOD GOD"
as a title. suggests nothing
at all. 1t appears. how
ever, from the story itself,
with the authors predatory
Evening star., 1916-12-03

plainly. And with their engine mufT1ed
the London street car bells could be
heard. as we'll as the shrill whistles
for cabs.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-09-07

| told him that I had mot Kept up
with the case; was not familiar with
the facts and evidence, and did not
feel that [ was in position to do as
requested. When subsequently ap-
preached I still refused to sign the
petition or write letter.
AS the Jeffersonian is familiar
with the names of those who did sign
such a petition and wrote letters or
sent kilograms, will thank you to
state the truth as you have found it.
| wish to add further that there is
being circulated in the district a tele-
gram written by R. p. Hale, Clerk
Superior Court, Dougherty County,
who has always been my bitter politi
cal enemy, which states that I APP
pointed Catholic as one of the Jury
Commissioners in Dougherty County.
The Jury Commissioners appointed
by me were selected by the Law and
Order League of Dougherty County.
Five names were submitted, to me as
being men who would stand for law
enforcement and would select Jurors
who would enforce the prohibition
law in the county. On this recon-
mendatiOn l named them as Jury
mmissioners without investigation
on my part as to their qualifications
or religious beliefs. They did select
jurors who enforced the prohibition
laws IN the county. This was be-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-09-07
FROM HON. FRANK PARK.

Sylvester, Ca, Sept. 4, 1916.
Editor The JeffersOnian,
Thomson, Ga.
The following letter was received
by me today from a gentleman in
Grady County which | will thank
you to print in this weeks issue of
The Jeffersonlan, together with my
statement regarding the matter re-
ferred to which follows:
Hon. Frank Park.
Sylvester, Ga.
Dear Sir: 1t is reported to me
reliably, although I am not at liberty
to divulge the source that on the day
of the election there will be circulars
distributed at every voting precinct
in the district that you signed the
petition requesting Governor Slaton
to pardon Leo M. Frank. I think
you can count on this as reliable and
am letting you know in confidence
so you can take the same for what it
is worth"
Soon after I returned from Wash
ington when these petitions were be-
ing circulated, l was approached on
two occasions by Mr.. Jacob Wigod-
ner, who has been in the mercantile
business in Sylvester for twenty
years and urged to sign a petition, or
write a letter to Governor Slaton in
Behalf of Leo Frank,
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1 hereby announce as a candidate
to succeed myself as your representa-
tive in the 65th Congress, subject to
your will and under the rules of the
Democratic Primary.
While important measures affect
ing your interests are before Con-
gress, and when every vote counts,
| feel that I should attend to the du-
ties to which you have assigned me,
and return only when your interests
are not neglected. I expect to be
in the district and shall see as many
of you personally as possible before
tho Primary on September 18th.
Faithfully yours,
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For Representative in the 65th Congress.
To the Voters of the Second Con
gressional District:

To the Voters of the Second Con-
gressional District:
Feeling profoundly grateful to you
and deeply conscious of the g1eat OBJ
legation and responsibility resting
upon me, I hereby acknowledge the
debt of gratitude I feel for the con-
fidence you have so generously re-
posed in me.
l have spared no effort to serve
you faithfully.
My record for the short time 7
have served you is before you and
am willing for you to pass upon it,
confidently relying upon a fair YER
dict at the polls in September from
a great people who are just as well
as generous.
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tween four and five years ago, be-
fore my first election to Congress.
1t was told to me subsequently that
one of the revisors selected by the
Law and Order League was a Cath
Ollie. The fight that is now being
Waged against me in Dougherty
County is by those who were opposed
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-09-07

to the enforcement of the prohibition
law, and who seek revenge at this
time in every conceivable way and
by circulating statements which are
part truth, but have all the vices of
falsehood.
FRANK PARK.
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THE JEFFERSONHAN
PAGE VINE

roaded into the Pope's hel1-holes, without
notice to parents, guardians, relatives, or
friends.
His conscience erupts violently when North
ern owners of Southern mills wish to con-
tinue the exploitation of our children. and
when Wall Street billionaires demand con-
tinuance of their arbitrary control of the
National Highways
The Senator-who is one by virtue of E. J.
Reagan's steam-roIler- that he is op-
posed to governmental surrender to ''men
highly organized"
Since when?
The Sugar Trust, "highly organized," de-
manded and obtained a continuance Of the
tariff duties which were to have expired in
May Of this year.
The railroads, "highly organized" de-
manded and obtained a general advance in
freight rates.
The cotton gamblers, "highly organized"
demanded and obtained governmental in
surance at 4 and 5 per cent, to escape the
premiums of 20 and 30 per cent asked by the
private insurance companies
The national banks, Hhighly organized" de-
manded and obtained new governmental pa
per money at a nominal cost, and are now
amassing fabulous fortunes by farming the
sovereign power of controlling the finances of
one hundred million people
Did Senator Hardwck's virtue and con-
science trouble him on any of these demands
of "men highly organized?"
No, indeed. He himself was writing in
soent letters to distressed farmers, in 1914,
declaring himself opposed to government
loans to farmers, because such government
loans were unconstitutional.
And, in behalf Of the highly organized ex-
press companies, he was ridiculing and lying
about the Parcels Post, pretending thot
farmers aoonted to ship bales Of cotton By e1-
PRESS
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Where You Can Find the Jeffer-
S0nian i'm Alabama.

Birmingham-117 1-2 N goth St., Wetsen
Harris.
Observation-Disclosures Terminal Station.
Gadsden-Riley Bros.
Opelika-Unon Depot Restaurant
Bessemer-No. IA, 10Th St., F. F. Scott
Slocomb-Mr. Zell McGhee
York-Hill & HILL
Anniston-The Smoke House.
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How the Constitution of the
United States Prevents
Noble Congressman from
Doing Good.

must have made the heart of Senator
Hardwick bleed, when his sensitive con-
science coerced him into siding with Wall
Street 65lzi0n05reS against the Railroad
eOOrhers.
jerome Jones must have suffered in his
mind, and those Labor leaders who were so
ardent for Hardwick must have grieved
sorely.
Hardwick's virtue would not allow him to
support the President and his Democratic
colleagues because, he said the Government
should not yield the demands of men 'highly
organized"
Therefore, he deserted his President, and
his Democratic colleagues, carrying his con-
science and his vote to the Republicans
Clarke Of Arkansas was the only other
Democratic Senator who voted with the Re
publcans and billionaires, against the men
whose toll, last year, enabled the billionaires
to pocket net profits to the amount of
thousand million dollars
Not long ago, the Hardwick virtue en-
deavored to defeat the Child Labor bill.
Although the U. S. Constitution expressly
gives Congress the power to regulate com
merce, and although the Child Labor bill
merely forbade commerce In the products of
Child labor, this conscientiousy virtuous
Senator denied the power Of Congress to pro-
tect the Republics little white slaves.
Thus, you will observe that the highest law
of the land is perpetually frustrating our
Steam roller Senator from doing good for the
lowly.
Strange to say, it does not hamper him in
the other direction.
His conscience does not torture him when
the interest of the Sugar Trust are at stake.
He suffers no qualms when the Government
pays an army of spies to gather up informa-
ton for Wall Street SPECTATORS
He does not sweat blood when the military
law is centralized, the power of the State de-
stroyed and compulsory service slipped into
the system.
He made no war upon the new postal law
which clothes the Postmaster-General with
despotic power to destroy the freedom of the
press.
He saw no invasion of, Constitutional law
IN the Ben johnson Juvenile Court Bill Which
provides that children can be secretly rail
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socialists and Socialism by Thos. E.
Watson, has vast amount of information of
interest and value to those who think they
know what Socialism stands for. Price 25c
The Jefersonian Pub Co., Thomson. Ga
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Britain has persistent1y defied the public
opinion on the question of free school-books,
and he has never failed to serve the Yankee
trust, slaVlshly, by lobbying against every bill
full monopoly.
He has also been utterly contemptuous of
criticism in the matter of violating the high
est law OF this State by financing the teaching
OF Roman Catholicism, at the expense of Pro-
testant tax payers.
In his latest expensive cards in the papers,
he virtually proclaims his intention of pur-
suing his illegal methods
His motto seems to be, "D-n the law ~
And the scornful Britain saws that the law
against church-use of State-money is "thread-
bare"
Is the law against theft any less threadbare
than the law which says that public funds
shall not be given to religious institutions?
Is the law against murder any younger than
the law which requires complete separation
Of Church and State?
What markedly indefensble position is
occupied by this sworn officer of the State,
when his only reply to the charge that he has
constantly violated the highest law. is that
the charge lis threadbare"
lhe more threadbare the accusation. the
deeper the guilt of the official who can't make
any other answer.
Do you want to condemn Hugh Dorsey for
convicting Leo Frank, and re-establish the
recreant governor who acted both as State
officer and the murderer's attorney?
DO YOU want to ruin the Solicitor who did
his duty, and vindicate the Governor who be-
trayed his trust?
If you do, vote for Stations candidate, n E.
Harris
Slatons entrance into the campaign, on the
Frank case, means exactly thut
Slaton and his newspaper organs have made
the issue:
ton, TWO YEARS FROM NOW!
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Hugh M. Dorsey's spe akiuo nafes

Columbus, Muskogee County, Thursday, Sep
TENDER Z, 8: 90 p. m.
Savannah, Chatham County, Friday, September
8, s: 90 p. m.
Atlanta, Fulton County, Saturday, September
8, 8: 90 p. m.