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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-06-15

took thousands of dollars out Of the national
treasury, to create lovely bathing beach for
the Washington negroes, and y0W (tariff
taxed, or Internal Revenue taxed) help to pay
for the beach, the partition, the soap, and the
toevezs.
Besides which, you pay helf the expenses
of the negro schools in Washington City and
the District of Columbia.
Don't like niggers any more, Ell? Print
odious cartoons, do you! burlesquelng and
ridiculing the black mani
WATCH OUT, LITTLE FLORIDA FooTKIssERs
You are headed for disappointments and
set-backs, If you only knew it.
Your 4th degree oath, binds you ''to support
the Constitution" you know!
You don't take any other oath, you know.
You swear to serve the Law and the Lord,
and to show mankind how sweet and fasclnat-
ing person 4th degree Knight of Foreign
Foot kissery can be.
You don't swear to persecute anybody.
We haoao you don't, because you sag you
don't.
You don't boycott any mans business, and
try to ruin him.
O no! We bnoao you don't, because you sag
you don't.
You don't drag into politics the absurd
ClA1do Cl1oO yOu C61I yOuA 1oAC1A d11N yOW
don't try to stir up religious hatred, political
strife, or racial prejudice We know you
don't, because you say your oath binds you not
to.
Bully for you, Papal Poodles!
Cartoon the negroes some more!
[ am going to reproduce that antl-negro
cartoon Of yours, and plaster it all over those
doubtful Northern States
1t mag aeiaa mo0ny 6zacb votes for your Jes-
authorizing candidate, WOODROW WILSON.
Ia, ia, little Florida Poodles of Foreign
Footkissery!
We smashed your Pasco-C County Rule Can
didate for the United States Senate; and Nat
Bryan may just as well say Goodbye, to pub
lie life.
We smashed Ion Farris, because we had to,
not because we wanted to- His father was
Populist; he himself was raised Populist;
but he k1euc7tzed to the Knights Of Foreign
Foothaasery, and now he's done for.
And Sidney J. Cats, dauntless fighter!
whose candidacy for governor created so
much gayety among the 18th degree Papal
Poodles, made the most astonishing race that
the South has known since the Civil War
killed the American Party.
Let the Poodles and the mossback Politi-
clans look to themselves!
This fight against the Italian church aohich
seehs political control OF america, HAS
JUST BEGUN!
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PAGE EIGHT
PAGE EIGHT
The Florida knights of Foreign
Rule and OF Kiss My Foot
POpery, are Desperate.
THEIR CARTOON AGAINT NEGROES

negroes may establish their own separate or
CARNATIONS which shall stand on equal foot
ing with the white organizations, as to politi-
cal rights and privileges
The 14th Amendment of the Constitution Of
the United States provides for the samething.
The Declaration Of independence provides
for the same thing.
The Guardians of Liberty are pledged to
maintain inviolate those liberties which our
forefathers won with their swords, and hal
lowed with their blood
The deadlicst enemy of those liberties is, the
foreign church whose laws and whose secret
societies are irreconcilably antagonistic to
American principles.
One Of those secret societies, now battling
in the dark and in the open, against those
blood bought liberties is, the 4th degree
Knights of Columbus, whose proper name is,
The knights Of Foreign Rule, and of Kiss
MyFoot Popery.
That gang of oath-bound traitors have al
ready stamped out free speech in Romanist
communities; have resorted to riots, boycotts,
arsons, assaults, and assassinations; and have
subordinated the marriage laws Of this coun-
try to the marriage laws of a foreign poten-
tate.
Between these Knights of Prostrate-at-
your-fe Popery and the principles which
our forefathers embodied in our supreme law,
there can be no compromise, no reconciliation,
no n2utua2ity Of Tolerance.
Between a traitor and patriot, there can
be no enduring peace.
An eyitable clash is coming-forced upon
us by the insolent priests who have spat upon
our marriage laws; broken up legal, happy
homes; cast Protestant wives adrift branded
with the stigma of "filthy concubinage'';
waged abusive war upon our Public Schools;
melted riots and burnings and assinations, to
suppress freedom of speech; and resorted to
the Federal Courts and to Congress in their
popish purpose to destroy the freedom of the
press.
Prior to the Civil War nobody ever heard
Of a Nc tcnoere decree of the Pope of Rome,
as being the supreme marriage law of call
Christians"
Nobody ever heard Rome attack secular
education
Nobody heard Of her attempts to gag the
mouth and shackle the pen.
Nobody saw Papal Ambassador at Wash
ington, holding political relations with the
resident.
Nobody saw tho priests robbing State, NUM-
cipal, and Federal tcraslrics
No Juvenile Courts were sending Protestant
children into Roranist slaye-pcns.
No Police Matron, like that lawlcss woman
of San Antonio, was vested with autocratic
authority 10 imprison Laura Stones, in the
Popcs commercial laundrcs.
no swom-sll5jccts Of the Pope held COM
missions i'll our Army and Navy, running up
their church-flag above the flag Of this Re-
public.
No Jesuit secretary stood between President
and People; and 10 Papal hierarchy dictated
wl&t thc President should do, in regard to
Mexico, in regard TO Germany, and i'll regard
To iEn IiiSh- I l.n11.rI4 IN ro,oll
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-06-15
THINGS HAVE CHANGED:

court !
THINGS HAVE CHANGED:
Protestant apathy, American good nature,
fanatical fads and fancies, frantic pursuit of
"Reforms" which lie at the end of the rain
bow-and most of all, Immigration-have en-
abIed the subtle, tireless, and INSCRIPTIONS
Roman hierarchy to make such gigantic
strides, toaoard q Romanised America that
their exultation their pride, their arrogance,
and their insolence knows no bounds.
But pride goes before fall.
It's coming to them, and they are going to
get it.
Every outrage they perpetrate now, serves
to arouse dormant Americanism.
The mobbing of DR.. Augustus Barnett; the
kidnapping and brutal beating of Rev. Otis
Sturgeon, the burning of Evangelist Boles
tent, the attack upon the Baptist church in
Carbondale; the Cardinal O'Connell riots
against Lecturer Leyden, in Haverhill-aH
these characteristic crimes Of popery have but
strengthened the forces of Americanism.
When Ben Burbridge slapped the Methodist
preachers face in Jacksonville; when Bryan's
Committee accepted that Catholic rule to ex-
clude from voting all secret societies except
their own; when Thomas E. Pearce was
assassinated in the Catholic stronghold Of
Pasco County, and Romanized grand jury
refused to indict the assassin; when William
Black was foully set upon and murdered in
his room In Texas and his assassins we're re-
leased on bond, while the case was transferred
to a Catholic city-these characteristic
movements Of popery strengthened the hands
of Americanism
In vain will the Knights of Foreign Foot
Kissery and c0qoGrdly murder, cartoon the
black man as Guardian of Liberty.
BY the splendor of God It's fight where
in [, for one red-headcd Southern man,
realize the need of all the help can get, and
if decent negroes want to hold up my hands,
let them come!
Yes: let the negroes form their separate
lodges, or courts.
| don't have to dine with them, as Grover
Cleveland dined with Booker Washington in
New York, nor do have to invite them to
my wedding, as President Cleveland invited
Fred Douglass
Let em come! [ won't appoint any of them
to high office, over aOhite FOLKS, as President
Wilson appointed the Republican negroes,
Bob Terrell and Lincoln Johnson
Let 'em GOMEZ [ won't authorize and re-
qulre them TO use the cloak Of religion, as an
excuse for their obscene tall to q01tite aooneen.
If the Democratic party is SO Disguised with
the colorcd brother, why did Woodrow Will
sons managers make that secret deal qcith the
Republican negro leaders, which secured for
Wilson the vote Of the Northern blacks, in the
doubtful States.
Woodrow Wilson owes his election to the
negroes and the Catholics; and the Florida
Catholics know it, as we'll as do
Why throw off on the black man? Wilson
meg need him again, AND SOON!
How many negroes have been given offices
under this Democratic administration?
The Departments at Washington is black
i AZ
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-06-15
Fighting COca-COIa.

Ezra WEAVER, in his "Anti- Clerical
Whip" published in Lancaster, Penn,
has this to say of the "dope" drink sold so
openly:
Coca-Cola is dangerous DOPE sold a harm
less and an exhilarating beverage; and it is more
destructive in it's effects upon the nervous system
and upon the moral character than anything the
saloons openly dispense. 1t embraces within it's
debauohing grasp the young of both sexes, and
drags them down to the pit together
Down in Georgia, where this hog-wash is made,
Tom Watson, who has for years denounced it,
has found the wealth accumulated by it's manu-
facture and sale has become debauchng factor
in politics, also, and he has opened his batteries
upon this phase of its dangerous power.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-06-15

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, $1.00, postpaid. The Jetferso-
MAN Publishing Company, Thomson, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-06-15

those white women, language so lewd, las
civious, obscene, and filthy, as to be unfit to
be spread upon the records Of United States
Court
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-21
TAZEWELL AVENUE HAS NO
REPRESENTATIVE.

Mr.. Editor: Referring to your ed
itorial in last weeks paper in regard
to TaZewcll avenues spectacular and
delightful "ditch," ] call attention to
the fact, that the avenue, and that
section Of town has now no resident
member of the council, since Mr..
Steele, who was elected to represent
that section of town, has sold out
and moved to another part Of the
town. The lack of representative
here may account for our failure to
get anything of value done to our
streets and alleys. Had Mr.. Steele
remained among us no doubt he would
have done for us fine service. He
has succeeded finely in getting the
street improved in the new section
to which he moved, in the shortest
time, and his removal from the ave
nue. is regretted. The object of this
writing is only to call attention to
the fact that Tazewell avenue and vi
cinity is without representative on
the Board and suppose must remain
so until next election. The recent
heavy rains have about filled up the
"ditch" again which had just been
cleaned out, and the work will have to
be done over again in a short time.
TAZEWELL AVENUE TAX
PAYER.
July II, 1916.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-21

all better quit "fghting" and get to
IGlaihg ana thinking. But enodgh of
philosophising. This communicotion
is meant to follow up an announce
meht made last week in this paper of
thc actual progress realized in the
making Of this library. I'm that nm
nouncement Miss Lawson, whose
Characteristic enthusiasm has so
largely promoted the scheme. pives
her report as acting secretary and
treasurer.
from that report it will be seen
That a nice little sum of $325.OO has
already been collected and il may be
added that another $4,000 has been
subscribed and will be collected at
once. The attractive room in the
pretty new school building, kindly
placed ut the disposal Of the com
munity by the school authorities. has
been tastcfully furnished and more
than 22b books have already been
shelved in the new unit cases. With
a fund of almost $500 put into a nice
~ furnished room and some 600 hooks
TO start with, the material side of the
idea may be said to have passed the
experimental stage. The library itself
is reality. But there are problems
yet to face before the dreams of the
leaders will come true. There are
problems of selection, problems of
administration, and most acute of all.
the problem of interesting the entire
community in the reading of the books
really worth while. The solution of
some of these problems has been
sought in the following plan of ad-
ministration, enacted in the form of
resolution at recent regularly
announced public meeting:
This preamble to the resolution to
follow is intended to recitc the origin
and conception of Community Ii
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-21

brary" idea for Burke's Garden and
to intimate the appealing possbii-
ties of such an institution.
In this connection recognition
should first be given to the far sight
ed public spirit and well known gen
erosity of Mr.. r. M. Lawson, because
for years he has had in mind the
founding of at least an agricultural
library Of such books of reference
as would conduce TO the more rapid
progress of the community in farm
ing and stock-raising and because he
has now consummated that purpose
by generous foundation subscrip-
ton. Recognition should also be Civ
en- in this record to Miss Garnett
Brooke Lawson, who has with char
acteristic enthusiasm crystalizcd her
fathers idea and promoted the move
ment to its present stage, where il
may be regarded as a permanent ed
ucational institution to be elaborated
and enlarged with the growing hori-
zon of community progress.
Inasmuch, then, as the Community
library" idea has already had it's in.
ception and an auspicious founda-
tion fund, cheerfully and quickly
contributed. First, by the young peo.
pie, second by the heads of families
and third by certain interested indi.
viduals who have privately givcr
handsome donations, more of which
are easily available, if merit and
need should appeal.
J Therefore, Be it Resolved, that thi:
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-21
PANORAMIc VIEW or BEAUTIFUL BuRKEs GARnEN-

merging of selfish interests into
things of general interest, altruism,
to use another philosophical term, or
to use a palmer term, public-spirit-
ness. Probably no place on the globe
presents such unique adaptations for
the working out of such an idea. Ap-
parently designed by nature in its very
isolation for some peculiar destiny,
Burke's Garden, surrounded by a
double mountain wall, like some an
cient castle with ditch and cmbank-
ment, is, philosophically considered,
a miniature world. In the life of lit
tie community like this may be found
every problem of society and every
blessing of heaven, every opportuni-
ty for good, every temptation to evil,
all the charities of religion, all the
antagonisms OF depravity, all the
charms of culture, all the curses of
coarseness, all the temptations for
grasping, all the opportunities for
giving, all the theories of philosophy
all the experiments of government
No more can community than can
an individual work out higher des-
tiny without books. So it seems emf
, nently auspicious that this commu-
nifty library should be started on its
mission Of uplift and enlightenment
of culture and education. 1t seems
also suspicious that it should be
founded not only at this particular
spot, but at this particular time. The
world had better now put aside bayo
nets and take up books. Had MT VIZ
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-21
Ihe Community Library Idea is
Carried Out i'm Burkes Garden

Burke's Garden, Va, july 90
FOR several months there has been
IN process of consummation the found
ing ol community library in Burke's
Iafdcn. This community library idea
Is so broad III its conception and so
Ias;cinatlngly interesting in its possi
DiiltleS that your correspondent pre-
sumes to present it not only as news
item Tor your many readers who have
a personal interest in the unioue little
community of Burkc's Garden, but as
an idea of general interest because
any country community, as well as
village or town community NAV casi-
~ adopt and adapt the idea for itself.
Ire world knows about public libra
ries of the Carnegie type, machine
made, for the emblazonment of the
name of Il lordly and muniiicent pub
lie henefactor ca, and everybody is
familiar with libraries of the club
type, which are intended primarily for
the culture or entertainment of n
select circle, and everybody should be
familiar with the public library OF
the strictly educational type founded
and maintained by public funds under
the direction of State or Federal reg
ulation. But the library being found
ed in Burke's Garden is unique in that
it is being founded by everybody for
everybody. Almost every family in
the community has contributed and
the interest is general enough to al
most warrant the hope that this libra
ry idea may furnish an example of
real community solidarity. Most of
of us, perhaps, have rather hazy
notion of that much-uscd phrase,
community solidarity" but ali of us
know the thing it intends to express,
a common and universal interest in
the same thing expressed in close
and sympathetic cooperation in
bringing that thing to pass, sub
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-21

BE it further resolved, that
The name of the library shall be
Burkc's Garden Library, and that all
officials shall be elected for a term
of one year from date to be deter
mined on and which date shall be
known as Library Day.
In pursuance of this action there
were named as the officials under the
plan:
Board of Trustccs-T Local
School Board.
AS Librarian, Mrs. j. B. Meek.
AS Finance and Purchasing Com
mittee, A. s. Grecycr, Miss Garnett
Lawson, Geo. ii. Moss.
AS Mothers Censoring Board, Mrs.
r. S. Moss, Mrs. w. j. Hoge, Mrs.
G. j. Moss, Mrs. M. Cassell, Mrs.
George w. Moss. AS was contem-
plated in the resolutions, other moth
ers will be asked to read and express
an opinion as to the desirability of
certain books and periodicals.
The Assistant Librarians will be
announced on the opening day, soon
to be held, when n reception will be
given, to which everybody will be
invited, and when the purposes and
privileges of the library will he fully
explained. Briefly, the library will
be conducted after the usual manner
of public libraries. There will be the
loan feature and the rcading-room
feature, both conducted according t.
tried and approved rules. EXPED
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-21
USERS OF THE
PHONES TESTIFY
Business And Professional Men
We're Asked as to The Ser
vice, And They Make Plain
Replies.

The News has taken the trouble of
gettlng an expression from the bust
ness men of this town who have teIe-
pnones as to the service they are re-
ceiving. The following are the replies
given to the question, as YOUR telp.
phone service satisfactory
TaZewell National Bank: "Servic.
reasonably satisfactory"
G. +. Peery & Son: "It's better
i a;nrrisSon; la ,!ssS, ), Barns & Co.; Service
Hawkins Pharmacy: Better than
John E. jackson: Have had no
trouble for the past week"
Dr. Il. ID. Johnston: "Telcphonc
service rotten. Statements to the
contrary are all lies"
Bank of Clinch Valley: "Telepbonn
service satisfactory NOW"
factory"
JEFF Ward: at has not been. bet-
ter now than usual"
II. p. Britain, County Trcasuror.
very satisfactory. But l think ms -
pubic officer, the Court House should
not be required to pay telephone rent
IN view of the privileges granted the
phohe company on the public high
ways OF the county. Also the county
shouid be made unit of service, and
subscribers in the county should not
De required to pay toll within the
county, and minimum rental should
be established which would Justify
such phone service"
u. A; Martin, County Road Engi-
heer: mo complaints to make"
Chapman, Peery d Buchanan: "Ren-
sonably satisfactory"
/. G. Bowen: "When Miss Sallic is
at the switchboard the service could
not be better" ''''
Greevcr & Gillespie: "Scryice hnt-
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-21
THE RECENT STORM.

from recent reports received from
different parts of this county, con.
| siderable damage was wrought by
| the recent storm, which swept all the
eastern and southwestern sections of
the country, doing great damage
along the larger streams.
In this county trees were uprooted,
corn was blown down and in some
cases broken off. Apples were blown
down in great quantities, as also were
grapes. In some localities meadows
were swept clean of hay just moved,
wheat shocks blown down and dam
age to the wheat. The Clinch was
high and in some places out of its
banks, but so far as reported no very
considerable damage was done. In
Burke's Garden the big mill dam Mt
John p. Gose's mill was injured, u
part of the bank giving away on one
end.
This county came out remarkably
well when compared with other sec
tions of the south and southwest. The
railroad and county bridges along the
New River and in Tennessee and in
North Carolina, as well as the farms,
were seriously injured. The Ohio riv-
er is reported as being dangerously
high.
In certain portions Of the county
the dirt roads were washed out, but
no damage has been reported to the
new roads.
Not since 1878 have the waters
been as high as they were last week,
in certain sections of the southwest.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-07-21
w. c. Il. U. MEETING.

The w. C. n. U. held their regular
meeting Wednesday afternoon, at the
residence of Mrs. j. ID. HARRISON.
There was full attendance and mat
ters of Importance were discussed.
The ladies were, as Il rule, in fine
humor, until the dates of the big
convention which meets here in Sep
tember, came up for discussion. 1t
appears that the date for the county
Fair and the State convention of the
w. c. 7. u. conflict, both coming
on the same date exactly. This con-
flict, the ladies brought out, was due
to the Fair Association changing it's
date, so as not to conflict with the
Graham Blucfeld Fair. The w. c.
I. u. date was set first, some months
ago, and the ladies did not think it
exactly the thing for the Fair people
TO take their date.
The capacity of the town and COM
munity will be taxed to take care of
either of these meetings, coming at
different times, but with both at the
same time,-well, it just couldn't be
done.
AS many as 200 delegates and visi-
tors are expected here from the out
side, to be in the town four or five
days, and something will have to be
done. And so, the ladies here have
taken steps. looking to a change of
date for the w. C. T. U. so as not to
conflict.
The President, Mrs. Hoge, has been
written to in regard to the matter,
and so it will rest until she is heard
from.
Renting the Opera House.
Another question discussed was n
place for holding the meetings of the
convention. 1t is the opinion of the
ladies that no building in town is
large enough to accommodate the
convention audiences, particularly at
night, except the new opera house,
and it is understood that negotiation.
are pending looking to securing the
building.
It should be stated, as was suggest
ed, that when the Taewell Fair people
changed their date they did so with
out thinking of the conflict of dates.
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ter now"
Harman 4 Pobst: 1--WE are not
making public our complaints"

Ter HOW.
Harman 4 Pobst: 1--WE are not
making public our complaints"
r. o. Crockett: Nothing to saw"
II. l.. Spratt: "Not satisfactory"
Nj. J. Hankins: at is now"
w. b. Peery: at has not been. ex-
Seept when Miss Sallie is at the switch
board.'
r. c: Chapman: "Not entirely"
G. '. Insurance Agency: "When
Miss Sallie is at the Switchboard
no complaint to make"
j. s. Bottimore: sour service is
not good"
, c. R. Brown, Ca stakeholder of the
Bluefield Telephone co., :"My service
IS very unsatisfactory, except when
Miss Sallie is at the switchboard"
w. |. Painter: "Service unsatisfac-
tory"
II. w. Pobst: "Service lis better
than it used to be-"
j. A. Greever: "Service unsatisfac-
tory"
W. r; Harman: "service unsatis
factory"
DR.. R. P. Copenhaver: "For last
two months service has been rotten, is
better since investigations"
DIR. NJ. b. Crockett: "Servicc is now
better"
Tazewell Republicans: al have had no
trouble lately"