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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-04-13
The Funny Predicament OF the
Democratic Bosses i'm GeOruia.

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EVER since the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad commenced in Georgia a cam
paign similar to those which gave the cor
poration full swing in Kentucky, Tennessee
and Alabama, we naturally expected queer
doings.
We expected to see daily papers, and pro-
fessonal politicians, and well-known LOBBYISTS
work together, in divers ways, to create a
public sentiment which would greatly facili-
tate the unselflsh ambition Of the L. & N
a corporation owned in New York and Balti-
more, with a record stained by the assassina-
ton of Goebel and Carmack.
The L. & n. stands indicted before the
country by The Interstate Commerce Com
mission, and the Indictment includes the
wholesale bribery of newspapers, legislators,
and politicians
The Indictment might have been much
more definite and damning, had not the L.
& n. officials, In Louisville, defied the Coz
e17enoent, and refused to show it's books!
Such is the Wall Street Corporation that
seeks to gobble our State Railroad, and of
course such politicians as the unsavory Bur-
we'll, of Hancock County, turns up as an L.
& N. toot
Watch this State of Georgia, this gear, as
you never did before
Candidates who are running for office, on
no platform at all, ARE L. d: ". DUMMIES.
No man has the right to ask your vote, If
he's so AFRAID Of the L. & ". railroad that he
dores not publish his platform.
So eager were the self-chosen Bosses to fix
the slate in Georgia that they over reached
themselves.
They haven't fixed anything!
They hurried together in February, almost
before Santa Claus had got out of sight, and
they adopted rule whereby President Wood
row Tumulty should have walk over, unless
an opposition candidate entered the race by
certain day in March.
The primary was to come off in May.
The March time limit went by, and no can
didate against Wilson Tumulty appeared.
Whereupon, the Bosses gleefully exclaimed
that no primary aCdS necessary.
How interesting! A bob-tail Senator and
a Coca-C Cola squirt-gu can meet IN Atlanta,
and pledge soverei On State to presidential
candidate, by the ridiculously simple device
of resolving that, if nobody runs by a certain
day, somebody else shall have the nominal
ton.
Has anybody voted for Wilson and Tu-
nudity? Not a SOUL
Did anybody authorize the stump-tailed
Senator and the Coca Cola pop gun to mort
gage the State to Cardinal Gibbons candi-
dates?
Not that I ever heard Of The bosses are
afraid to hold May primary, because they
know it will be treated with the scorn it de-
serves.
Not 30 per cent. of the voters could be
party-lashed into such snap-judgment
primary.
The whole Protestant South is watching
the Mexican invasion, with the deepest sus-
pcion, for the Protestants know that the
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-04-13

dare at this time, to give the people of the
Protestant South chance to show what thew
think of Wilson and Tumulty
Without a primary, what right has Wilson
to claim Georgla's vote in the Convention?
BY what method, will delegates be in
structed?
Is the Executive Committee the whole
cheese? Does its voice control the State? If
SO, by what authority?
Watch out, little Bosses! You'll have po-
litical chaos on your hands, unless you look
sharp.
Not single voter in this State has been
bound, by the unauthorized action of the Ex-
ecutive Committee.
If it fails to call a party primary, there
will be no Wilson delegates, legally chosen
and instructed.
Make your own law, if you want to, but
others will then make theirs.
AS to the regular State primary, which
cannot be held until after the summer
months, every registered voter has the same
right as every other.
Every Democrat, every Republican, every
Socialist. every Prohibtionist and every
Progressive, black and white, rich or poor
can cote as he darn pzeases
DON'T FORGET IT!
The regular State primary is established
By lac, and the law did not take notice of
how you had voted in the past, because 1t
couldn't. The law did not take notice of your
politics or your religion, because 1t couldn't.
The State Primary is not under the con-
troll of party Bosses, and cannot legally be
prostituted to their base uses.
If any registered voter is asked at the polls
how he voted in the past, or how he intends
to vote in the future, the question aotU be u
gross insult, AND IT SHOULD BE RE-
SENTED.
renew my advice to my friends, in all the
States:
Do not let the Bosses chain you! Stay
free It is too soon to fasten yourselves for
or against Presidential candidate.
New forces are at work: new issues are
coming to the front; and one Great Question
is about to overshadow all others.
It is the Roman Catholic question.
It is the eternal issue of Home Rule against
Rome rule: free speech and press, against
Romanist gags and censors: civil and re-
lgious liberty, against the hideous foreign
machine which demands physical and mental
prostration before an Italian impostor who
uses pagansm to subdue a Christian civili-
ZatOn
Keep y0ur hands united.
Keep yOu4 minds open.
Despise the Boss and his party lash. Be
your own man.
Shake off the mesmerism of party names
Remember how the Democratic bosses
helped the cotton gamblers rob you Of $780,
100000 in 1914, how they increased your
taxes, and how they insultingly broke their
promise as TO Rural Credits
nonss NHsv WSnrux T'sBRxraarS
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-04-13
THE JEFFERSONIAN
PAGE SEVEN

0UA OL Y II"
Whose Filth? Whose Obscenity?
FROM a leading Roman Catholic paper.
the following extract is taken:
F.. B. Jordan Found Guilty of Distributing indc-
cent Literature-Trial Held at Benson, MIMI,
This Week-Jury Returned Verdict After q
Brief DeliberatiOn.
F B Jordan, an anti-Catholic lecturer who halls
from Minneapolis, Mimi, found guilty of the
charge of circulating obscene literature, at trial
held in Benson, Mimi. recently.
AS the city officials realized the purpose
of the lectures and discovered the kind of itera-
ture Jordan circulating, they had him arrested
the charge Of distributing indecent literature
which consisted, for the most part, Of quotations
from Catholic theology taken from the context
Church.
At the trial Jordan and his attorney wished to
substantiate the truth Of these statements in an
effort to indict the Catholic Church, but the
judge ruled that the Catholic Church and her
doctrines were not on trial. the sole point at issue
being whether not the literature complained Of
indecent. 1t made no matter whence the quo
tations were taken, whether from works on Catlo-
lie theology, the Bible any other book. Under
this ruling the question confined entirely to
the literature distributed by Jordan and his hench-
This given to the jury before retiring
and after short deliberation verdict Of guilty
returned against Jordan.
In other words, Roman Catholic theology
is so filthy and obscene that a Protestant is
guilty of crime if he tells what it is.
The beastly priests can read that filth,
learnt by heart, and pour the slime into the
ears, hearts and souls of innocent American
women, but if an indignant American lee
turer, or publisher undertakes to warn our
people against the polluting theology of
Rome, the Protestant courts and juries will
convict him of crime.
Under this view of Justice, the man who
tells on thief ought to be sent to the chain
gang for stealing.
The man who exposes seducer should be
punished for seduction.
The man who reports lewd house, should
be treated as though he kept it.
Verify the foreign potentate seems to have
our judges by the throat.
When American courts enter into the ser
vice of Romansm, by penalizing those who
say against it what Luther, Calvin, Knox
and all the pioneers Of the Reformation used
to say, we certainly have reached queer
phase of Christian civilization.
In olden times, person prosecuted for Libel
was not allowed to prove that he had pub
ished the truth.
A little more than 100 years ago, that I'M
just law was repealed, and, under the Charles
Fox act, the defendant has ever since gone
free when he could prove that his charges
against the plaintiff were true, or supported
by probable cause and made in good faith
without personal malice
But the courts, English and American
have bent the knee to Romanism, and have
gone back to the unjust law which holds that
the truth cannot aid the defendant.
The Protestant mast not tell the truth on
R0nanism, If that truth wnc0vers R0noe's
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-04-13
Whose Filth? Whose ObScenity?

FROM leading Roman Catholic paper,
the following extract is taken:
f. 3. Jordan Found Guilty of Distributing indc-
cent Literature-Trial Held at Benson Minn
This Week-Jury Returned Verdict After q
Brief Deliberation
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16

way. Then a voice sounded be-
side her.
Give us your money"
No one spoke in the row before
her and there was no one beside
her. She looked around in desper.
alton.
Then she noticed the wall swing
an inch open. If she could only
reach it! II they only would not
see her intention!
She moved toward it. The voice
sounded again.
"Give me your money"
She moved again and still they
did not notice her designs. The
voice sounded again and again; and
the fifth time she shrieked and
rushed for the door.
She swung it open, passed
through it, then Slammed it shut.
Something clicked. The men were
so dumbfounded that they didn't
come to their senses till they were
locked up. Then they swore for
all they were worth.
But Carolyn did not notice this.
AS soon as she was free she ran
for all her might
Luckily, she went in the right di.
rection, so she soon arrived at
little town.
She was q fright Her hair was
down, her dress torn, and her hands
dirty. She ran to the first man
she saw, who had on a star. He was
the constable.
She gasped out her trouble to
him, and it wasn't two hours until
the whole gang was in the county
Jail.
She boarded train for home,
and believe me, her father and
mother were glad to see her. They
almost smothered her with hugs and
kisses.
And you may be sure the next
edition of the Palladium had the
story of ten ruffians captured by
a single girl named Carolyn.
CLAUD G. MILLER
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16
Minstrel Show Attracts
Attention to Children

During the intermission Mrs
Fred Bartel sang, and Miss Mary
Jones played several lovely selec-
tons on the violin.
Bobby Shafto, which formed the
second part of the program, prov
ed the greatest success. All the
parts We're perfectly learned, and
recited without a mistake. Alice
Carr, as Bobby Shafto, made a
most devoted lover to little Marie,
Carolyn Bartel, and when his af-
lection was spurned, he went away
to sea, quite downcast But after
he was really gone, Marie proved
a very faithful sweetheart and was
not even tempted by the pleading
of Thaddeus Braffett as Herbert.
1t took longer for Bobby to get
back from his sea voyage than they
were expecting, but he came and
the closing scene between Marie
and Bobby was SO loving that Herb
ert decided he better beat it."
The Minstrels ended with three
dances, solos by Winifred Com
stock and Helen Robinson, and a
finale by Misses Helen Robinson
Winifred Comstock and Gertrude
Williams.
AS every one was leaving, one
little fellow heaved a sigh and
said, We'll, I guess l had my nick
els worth
Success was partly due to the
help of friends, as when Mr.. Coe
donated both the tickets and pro-
grams, and Miss Florence Bartel
played all the accomplishments on
the piano. Over twenty-eight dol
lars were cleared, and the children
were SO delighted that they all
took it up to the Day Nursery
themselves Saturday morning.
Those who took part in the min
strel show were Misses Helen Rob-
inson, Miss Center of Attraction;
Winifred Comstock, Mrs. Votes for
Women; Margaret Coe, Miss Swat
the Fly; Alice Lemon, Miss Fluffy;
Gertrude Williams, Miss Board
walk; Carolyn Bartel, Janet Har-
ris. Jean Shiveley, Anna Hale, Vir-
ginia Harris, Alice Carr, Mary
Jones and Martha Holcomb.
The caste of Bobby Shafto was:
Alice Carr. Bobby Shafto; Caro-
Ign Carr. Marie; Thaddeus Brat
felt. Herbert; the peasants, Paul
Runge, Billy Hornaday, Robert
Mungavin, James Hibberd, Barbara
Bernherdt, Ellen Bartel, Jean Shive-
ley, Evelyn Carr and Mini Murray.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16

The Summer Girl Minstrel Show
given entirely by children for the
benefit of the Day Nursery, Thurs
day evening, was one Of the most
attractive and successful entertain
ments presented in Richmond this
summer.
The audience was SO large that
extra seats had to be provided at
the last minute, and when seats
failed, blankets and pillows were
spread on the ground for the child
rem down in front.
The minstrels opened with the
chorus off stage. I'm the Good Old
Summer Time" and soon the NOV
ing line of parasols announced the
approach of the company. AS the
summary troupe came on the stage,
one little girl in the audience cal
led out Hello Virginia; hello
Janet"
Miss Center of Attraction, Helen
Robinson, then introduced the lend
men, herself charming the onlook-
ers with her graceful bows, and
Ladies, gentlemen, and children,
and other members of the aud
ience." Miss Fluffy, who was "all
balled up" and Miss Board Walk,
who was very bright" were most
pleasing, while Mrs. Votes for Wo-
men made a acknowledgements
speech telling all she did for her
husband and six children (even
though she did sneeZe pretty loud)
and Miss Swat the Fly made a
reputation for snoring.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16
Children Enjoy
Swimming Pool

All the children all over the city
are growing more and more anx-
ious for a good sanitary swimming
pool. There are several suggestions
about it, and many places where
different people want one to be.
Some think the public Fairgrounds
would be the place for an outdoor
pool, as they have in the parks
in most big cities. The school board
also wants one, but would like to
put it more down town, and prob
ably make it SO that you could use
it in both summer and winter. And
in the last meeting of Boy Council
Floyd Nusbaum suggested putting
in a cement basin just below the
dam at Morton Park, where the
water would be constantly chang
ing
But one of the most attractive
plans for a girls pool is in the
new Martha Washington Hotel. Al
though work has been delayed in
starting on account of the scarcity
of steel, the plans are being car
ried out in every way possible to
make the work a still greater sue
cess when it is completed: and Mr..
Krone said last Tuesday that he is
planning to get out blanks for all
girls to sign who will have a mem
bership ticket to the pool, and IL it
is large enough number, the pool
will be assured.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16
Mary f. Pardieck
Tells Us How Rice
Crop Is Harvested

Rice is kind of grass growing
about four feet in height. 1t is one
long stalk with branches out at the
top. The best rice is raised where
the ground is flooded with fresh
water. These plants must have the
hot sun, so we find the best rice
fields along the Atlantic coast.
South Carolina and Texas produce
most rice raised in the United
States.
1t is not easy to raise rice. Rice
is planted in the mud. The ground
is flooded with water, and in q
short time the green sprouts come
up and form joints. Then the
ground is plowed and hoed. Then
the fresh water is turned on again
until the grain is yellow. 1t is now
ready for cutting.
The harvesting of rice is much
like that of wheat and oats; first
the straw is cut and shocked up in
the field, and after a short time is
threshed to get out the grain. The
hulls stick tight as if they were
glued. Before the rice can be sold
these hulls must be removed. When
the rice comes out of the hulling
machine they are polished and
rubbed until they are smooth and
glossy. 1t is said that many peo-
pie eat rice instead of bread. One
fourth of the people live from rice.
Contributed by Mary E. Pardieck.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16
St. Andrews School
Has Many Pupils

st. Andrews school is SO full this
year that they have had to open an
extra room, making seven instead
of six. The school started week
earlier than the public schools, but
the children were let out early in
the afternoons because of the heat.
Tuesday afternoon Sister Rich
ards started a sewing class for the
older girls, in which they will do
not only plain sewing, but also en-
broidery, hemstitching, drawn work
and crocheting. In order to let the
girls see what they may work to-
wards, Sister Richards showed
them several of the pieces she has
made lately, one large piano COW
er with an edge at least nine inches
wide, of beautiful crocheting; and
another large stand cover that was
valued at anyhow $25; so with
these to look at, and know that
their own teacher made, no wonder
the girls are enthusiastic to learn
with her helping them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16
Wishes to Swim
In Girls Pool

To the editor Of the Junior Pal
ladium:
Something was said to me con-
corning a swimming pool for ladies,
which is to be placed in the new
building. If there is any possible
way of helping to establish this,
I would be willing to do my share.
More than once l have wished that
! were boy, so that / might have
the pleasure Of going into the Y.
M. C. A. for a good dive when ever
was at liberty to do SO.
Another reason | am so anxious
to have a ladies' swimming pool,
is to teach the coming generation
of girls in our community not to be
afraid of water, and to be able to
be of use when swimming is nee
cessary.
If you can give me any inform
alton about the new swimming
pool 1t will be gladly accepted and
carried to others who would be
interested in making it success.
Yours truly,
M. e.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16
Little Cats Please
Helen Williams

I've seen so many letters in the
Junior I'm going to write one.
live in the country and am fond of
pets. have two of the cutest lit
tie white and blue spotted kittens.
/ named one Janise after my cousin
and the other one Mary after my
aunt.
They are awfully playful. One
will hide and the other one will
try to find it. Then it will Jump out
after the other one, and they run
up trees and have the best time.
/ like to watch them. They catch
mice, too.
have one big blue maltese cat,
and it's name is Glee. | had an
other one just like it named Lee,
but it ran away from home or some
thing killed it. l very nearly cried
when it didn't come home any
more. I could dress Glee and Lee
up in dresses and ride them in my
cab, and they would just purr until
they would go to sleep.
have a dog named Jack. l can
hitch him up to my little wagon
but sometimes he gets contrary
and won't pull, but just sits down.
HELEN WILLIAMS, age G.
Greensboro. Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16

One day as I was going along the
river | saw a workman and he had
just dropped his ak into the river.
He mourned because it was gone,
for by this ak he made his living.
Mercury, who came passing by.
asked the man why he wept. He
said, 81 dropped my AK in the riv-
err" Mercury plunged in the river
and brought up a gold ak, but the
workman replied that it was not
his. Mercury went again into the
river and brought up a silver ak,
but the woodman said, ut is not
my AK So Mercury brought up an
old ak, and then the woodman said,
at is my AK" Taking it he held
it tight Mercury, being pleased
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16
Pretty Girl Kidnapped
But Escapes Captors

Carolyn was twenty and very
beautiful. Her father was we'll to
do, but not exactly wealthy. Then
there was only one drawback.
Carolyn was kidnapped just one
month ago today.
It was by band of ruffians; and
she was confined in cave far
away from home At first they did
not seem to want her valuables
for she had twenty dollars in mon
ey, besides a beautiful wrist watch,
two diamond rings and necklace.
Twice day a rough man brought
her food. 1t was old stale stuff,
not fit to eat, but she had to or
starve.
She could find no means Of es-
cape. There seemed to be no door
to the cave other than the stone
entrance which was closed up with
a large boulder, and she could not
move it.
One day ten men came to the
cave They entered without a
word They came in and sat
down not uttering sound. Caro-
shook till her teeth chartered. They
sat for long time in silence look
ing at her.
She shrank to the wall of the
cave. They watched her in a blank
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16
Describes Honest Deed

with the mans honesty, not only
gave him his own, but the other two
with it.
On the way home, the woodman
related his story to his companion,
and the man that he told it to ran
and threw his ak into the river He
sat down on the bank and wept.
Mercury came along. The man
said his AK fell into the river. Mer-
curry plunged in and brought a gold
AK up. The man said, This is
mine" Then Mercury went after
him. He got the golden AK and
took it away from the man.
Honesty should be our daily
motto.
Selected by Elsie Morgenroth.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16
NAMES YOU SHOULD KNOW

Vance McCOrmick, who Will man
age the campaign for President
Wilson; William r. Wilcox, the
manager of the campaign for Mr.
Hughes; General Sir Douglas Haig,
commander of the British forces
in the Franco-British offensive;
General Ferdinand Foch, who was
in command of the French at the
great battle of the Somme last
month
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16
ICE CREAM is HOT

Have you ever thought how much
alike the sensations of burning
your tongue and eating something
very cold are?
When little Elizabeth Keller first
tasted ice cream she said, "Oh, how
hot!"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-16
Will And Bill

VIII finished painting Bills a
lets his hind They
When VIII
the smile VIII and
a running something Ike
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-28

The Overly State Bank has
installed a private electric light
plant.
V. B. Noble returned last
night from a business trip to
Fargo.
Have you tried one of those
excellent meals at Golden 8
Lunch Room? If.
Short order lunches and
meals served at Golden's Lunch
Room at all hours. If.
The Ladies Aid parcel post
sale Of the NJ. E. church at
Lansford netted $40.
For Sale-Two second hand
heaters. Will be sold cheap.
Apply at the Courant office. (tf
Always a good line up of
Home Made pies, cakes, cook
les and coffee rolls at Kelley's.
10 cents.
Harry Bjerkness arrived last
night from Minneapolis for a
holiday visit here with. his
family.
Russell also had a community
Christmas tree. A splendid
program was rendered in the
Goheen hall.
r. NJ. Lobb, of the. Home
Auto Co., left Saturday for
Minneapolis for a visit during
the holiday season.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-12-28
Seen ana Heard

Quality first at Kelley's.
Wigeby has lots of Soft
Coal. (tf
Always good coffee at KEEL
ley's.
If you have land for sale or
trade try Wigeby. (tf
Wanted-To trade good mare
for wood. G.. r. Gleason. If.
Pillsbury's Best and Rex
flour for sale at Wigeby's. (tf
Six. room furnished house for
rent. Inquire at this Office. 2t
For Sale-Hard coal heater,
in good condition. Apply to
l.. A. Larson. (tf
Ward Heatwole returned
Friday evening from Enderlin,
where he has spent the last
month.