The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-01-20
THE .JEFFERSoNrAN

EaSn That NOT -T1fcer IN proper std1,i1aq would
be turned away for lack of money"
No officer an proper standing: why did Drs
Smith and Te1sler leave that loophole?
DO they mean to imply that Lieut.. Clay was
not IN proper standing, and for that reason
he was turned away, when sick, and far from
friends and home?
1t is certainly very suspicious, that they
avoided the mention of the Nome of the very
officer whose statements to his brother are
the subject matter of the discussion.
What statement Of mine has DR.. Smith
overthrOWn?
He denied that the cost of living in the
Eastern lands is cheaper than it is with us,
and he actually contended that the food of
China and Japan is unfit for missionary to
eat.
Was he able to produce any evidence? Not
a particle
On the contrary, / not only introduced such
living witnesses as Clarence Poe Professor
Headland, Bishop Frank Warne, Miss
Emma Lester and several others, but printed
the letters of United States soldier now in
the service, that he lived better on his cent
ration in the East than he could on his 81
cent ration in our country.
Let me give you another letter to the same
effect, and as you read it, please remember
that every one Of the witnesses used by me
are disinterested voluntary and unimpeach-
able.
I DO not even know any Of the witnesses
upon whose testimony have relied, except
ing Mr. Clarence Poe, Of Raleigh, N. G,
The following letter, like that of the Geor-
gla soldier, is purely voluntary:
Nichols Ca, Jan. g, 1916
Mr.. Thomas E. Watson,
Dear Sir: Will you listen to few words OF
an ex-Marine? In 1903 l enlisted in the United
States Marine Corps. Served five months at the
Navy Yard, Charleston, S. c., and went from
there to Olongopo, P l.. served nine months there,
from the Philippines, was transferred to Pekins.
China. Was in Picking two years and seven
months Do you think that is long enough to
learn something of China?
/ want to say something in regard to the prices
of food in Peking. Our food consisted of Chinese
products About the only thing we ate that was
not grown there Irish potatoes, and they
came from Australia.
Chickens eggs and such cheaper than any,
where else in the world think bought eggs
by the hundred. Seventy cents per hundred
Chinese money about thirty cents i'm United
States currency. All kinds of fruits be OBJ
tanned there cheaper than anywhere I've BEEN
You go to q restaurant and get meal fit
for anyone for thirty cents. There some places
you can go and get dollar Mexican dinner, about
fourteen courses
I did not go among the missionaries much, be-
the enlisted is not welcome rule
He does not and can't fly high enough for Them
We were able though to keep servant for each
twenty men and we paid him forty cents apiece
tMexcan), month. That was large sum for
a servant. He shined our shoes swept the floor
made up our bunks brought water and done
anything that wanted done.
I've seen missionaries riding i'm inclOsed
riages, drawn by two horses, with three out-riders
for protection, to ride ahead and clear the
road and two rode behind body-guaFd When
he has two horses he must have four, because
the servant must go and take care Of the horse.
lone servant to each pair Of horses. The servant
Luis called Cooe.
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