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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-02-22
What's the Matter With Us
BapitStS =?

DURING recent years, there are certain
So facts which have forced themselves upon
my notice, and made me think about the drift
Of things that are really out of my line.
Ecclesiastical affairs wouldn't have come
under editorial discussion in politico-
economic paper like The>Jefersonian, if the
ecclesiastics had confined their efforts to re-
hgion.
This paper has nothing to do with strictly
ecclesiastical affairs; but the modern world is
all SO topsy -turvy, hurly- hurley, and compli-
Gated, that the preachers and the editors some
times get themselves mixed.
The preacher roars politics from the pulpit;
and the editor works his way to "Thirteenthly
and last, in his sanctum.
On the one hand, Bishop Gambler will
60 to the floor of the Legislature urging the
Oath-bound members to change the Supreme
law of the State, SO that church institutions
may live, in part on the public crib
On the other hand, his getting out of his
place, and his persistent attempts to be as
Bossy in politics as he is in his church, forces
The Jeffersonian out of its preferred course
During the administration of Governor
Harris, these political clergymen have given
him no rest.
They forced upon him the "emergency"
special session of 1914, when there was no
emergency, except in the minds of these cleri-
cal busy bodies
Then, after they had plunged COL Nat into
whole sea of difficulties, they left him to
swim out by himself
Ihey didn't help him particle.
In all directions, we see Ministerial Asso-
Citations neglecting their Masters business,
and debating to the State concerning secular
affairs.
The church is doing its best to lose it's dis
tinctly sectarian character.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-02-22
THE .JEFFERSONIAN

the Press, and Divorce and Separation of
Church and State, right n0ac.
Sinth: Why is it that your foreign church
exacts oaths of allegiance to an Italian?
Seventh: Why is it that you are willing
to become object slaves and blind tools, IN the
interest Of a foreign corporation, ach0se pope
must a1aoays be AN ITALIAN?
Are the Italians the chosen people of God!
Eighth: Why is it that, in communicating
with your Italian sovereign, you begin your
letter, or telegram, with the words, ''PRos-
TRATE AT YOUR FEET?"
The Bible does not tell you to PROSTATE
yourself at the feet of man.
The Bible tells you to worship God, Omzy;
and there is no reason why your spiritual at
titude toward Jehovah should take the form
of a physical prostration.
Worship is of the mind the heart, the soul
not of the body why, then, PROSTATE your
selves at the feet of an Italian?
JACK SPALD1NG, you live in Atlanta and
y0m are q prominent member of the bar Of
Georgia.
YOU.
Ans0er them, SIR!
You have allowed the use of your name
to a new propaganda, started since y0ur gang
got achipped IN the Z. S. Court IN Augusta;
and that propaganda virtually arraigns me.
In turn, [ arraign YOU!
ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, JACK SPALDING!
The questions are fair and they strike
home
Answer, or call off yow Aypocriticoz
propaganda!
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-02-22
Some Questions for the Catholic
Laymen 10 Answer.

NOV that Galatians Committee on IRE
hglous Prejudice' has covered the
country with literature and lecturers. and
has stimulated Jack Spalding, A. j. Long,
A. d. DAILY, P, J. Rice j. j. Farrell and
other Georgia members of the Columbian
brotherhood into advertising their patriotic
D1rtueS, at SO much per inch, consider it an
appropriate time to PROFOUND some Interroga-
tories to these vociferous and industrious
patriots:
First: Why does your foreign church re-
gu1re so many secret societies?
Second: What is all this secret work that
has to be done IN the darh behind locked
doors!
Third: Why does your foreign church drill
these secret societies IN military formation,
arm them with Krag- Jorgensen rifles, and
build armories for the military drill and for
the target-practlse!
against a0h0n2, are you arming?
L. Nv HON DO YOU PROPOSE TO SHOOT?
: Fourth: If the Georgia legislature passes
an Act making it unlawful for any religious
organization to adopt military uniform for
nation, and preparedness, a0iU yOu obey 1t,
or will you defy it!
Fitth: If Governor Dorsey should insist
upon the enforcement of the Veazey law, and
a clash is thus brought about between the
Governor and Bishop Keily-a0h0 a4r0gantzy
declares that the zaaO shall not be enf0yced-
what will be YOUR attitude!
ANSWER, JACK SPALDING!
Let us understand one another, right n0qc.
We can't have two antagonstic codes of law,
the one foreig n-made, and the other home
made.
We can't have any church putting itself
above the law, nor. any bishop defiant of the
law.
You've got to obey our laws, cu6yy one Of
then3 OR YOU'VE GOT Us TO WHIP.
Which shall it be?
SPEAK OUT, JACK SPALDING!
Speak ont, Farrell, Long Co.!
Your foreign church is trampling upon our
marriage laws, right n0ao.
Your foreign church has set up the exemp-
ton of priests from State laws, and this
foreign law is in force throughout the country
right nOU
Your priests and your SISTERS exhausted
for certain interior purposes-are riding up
and down the railroads, on free passes, 5Y the
grace Of H. r.. magnates like Ha1Y@hon, and
IN utter contempt of the L. S. anti-free- pass
statute, right n0lr.
Your Romanist teachers in our Public
schools are slyIy undermining the system, and
proSe1yting the pupils, all over this Union,
RIGHT NOW.
Your 4th Degree traitors in Congress are
working like beavers to destroy freedom of
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-02-22


reverence of the people. 5..%ss
It stands to reason that, when preachers
turn politicians, they will be ranked with
politicians
Prayer is out of place at caucus: so is the
preacher; but we have taken the preacher into
the political caucus, and we might as we'll
have prayer before doing the dirt that we
came for.
Lord, how things have changed!
The old meeting house, festooned by q
thousand tender and holy recollectiOns, was
showed aside; and, in the new church, they
sing new songs to new operate airs, leaving
the elderly members to wonder how the min
listers could afford to surrender the old hymns
that had been sanctifed to the soul and en-
deared to the heart by so many generations
of sons grown to be fathers, of daughters
grown to be mothers, and of fathers and
mothers grown gray in the service, and totter-
ing on down the Western foot-hill
There was a good old Methodist wife whose
husband lay dying in Macon; and this
husband was persuaded to send for priest,
because his parents had been Catholics
The priest came and worked his accustomed
ghostly terrors upon the dying man. taking
cruel advantage of his weakened condition,
and threatening him. diabolically, with the
torments of an everlasting hell, unless he
earned "absoluton' from this abominable
priest.
The dying man was told that has aOife-
lawfully so under State law-ac0s Zeg07iseG
prostitute, and that his life with her had been
a continuous sin, FORGETTING his soul.
The poor dying man, under the revived in-
fuence of his Catholic education, was con-
ocf,.I L. e.
TESS that she was no more than cOncubine,
so that this Internal bachelor priest could
marry them right
In her agony of grief and distraction Of
mind, the Methodist wife yielded, although
she had a Is year-old daughter by her lawful
husband!
Here, there was a magnificent subject for
sermon, by Bishop Gambler
The wife belonged to his church, and was
a sheep of his flock, yet she was inhumanly
outraged by the lar of the Roman Catholic
church.
The wife was citizen of Georgia. as were
her husband and daughter, yet the laws of
Georgia afforded her no protection, an Geor-
gi0, against the damnable laws of the Roman
church, made IN Italy.
Can you imagine better subject for Cand-
Ter to preach on?
Can you think of better one for Aims
worth and Ashby Jones?
In this recent Macon case, the Pagan sys-
tenn Of Rome struck at it's twin enemies-the
Protestant faith and the Civil power.
The case illustrates fully what Romanism
has been doing in this country, since 1908.
the year when the Italian pope proclaimed
has law in these United States, and COM
manded that it supersede our law
Who preached on this subject?
did. Warren Gambler could have done IL
better, and with more effect, but wouldn't.
Why not?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-04-11
Around Wisconsin by
Mail and Telegraph

THE Mills Of the Gods grind slowly
and they grind exceeding SMALL so
Hon. Bob La Toilette is still with is.
Adolph Siminson, an electric road
employe at Big Foot, slipped between
the cars and had one leg cut off at
the hip and the other at the ankle.
He may recover.
-O-O-O-
Following the hot fight at Superior
when the city went wet last week,
forty warrants were sworn out for Il
legal voters The drys charge that the
vets colonized the city.
o-O-o-
Mrs. John Mythum of Stoughton,
ran a silver into her left hand but
thought nothing Of it. Later the mem
Der became infected and required
careful medical attention.
-O-O-O-
During the months Of February and
March the city of GAINESVILLE spent S145
maintaining the free dental clinic in
the public schools. Many poor child
rem received necessary dental atten-
ton.
-O-O-O-
The IS months old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Schwanke of Manitowoc,
was badly scalded when the rocking
chair in which he was seated tipped,
throwing him into a pail Of boiling
water.
1000
Mrs. Anna Hooking of Dodgeville,
was seriously injured when horse
ran away and threw her from the rig
she was riding in One wheel passed
over the woman's body breaking three
of her ribs.
1000
The result Of a referendum vote by
a ManitOwoc newspaper as to wheth-
er the United States should enter the
European war was 1,460 against this
country taking up arms and fifteen in
favor of war.
-O-O-o-
Ernest MarzahI, a married man Of
Freedom, charged with taking undue
advantage Of his 14-year-old sister-in
law, Miss Anna Wander Bloom, was
paroled for three years by Judge
Spencer at Appleton.
-O-O-O-
$4,000 acres of land in the upper
peninsula and northern Wisconsin
have been purchased by the Charcoal
Iron Co. of America. Of the purchase
amount $4,000 acres are located in
Luce and Chippewa counties, known
as the Chesbrough tract. Ten thous-
and acres Of land are located near its
Ashland plant in Wisconsin. The pur-
chase price is said to be nearly a mil
lion dollars.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-04-11

VIM. Kennedy, a GAINESVILLE man,
was placed under arrest when his
.neighbors found him on the floor hold
ing his so year old mother by the
throat. Kennedy pleaded guilty but
said he was lin his cups"
1000
A policy of frightfullness has been
adopted by the tax collector of Sis
kIyou county, California. He pro-
claims "All dogs after the 18th day Of
March, 1917, is subject to death if he
does not wear license tag"
A "petticoat masher," a man cloth
ed in the garb Of women, has struck
terror to women i'll Kenosha 1t is
declared that Sunday night the petit
coat masher paraded the streets in
the garb of a sister Of charity"
Following fit of dependency, F..
j. Miller, senior member of a large
Racine shoe firm, shot and killed him
self. Mr.. Miller had taken treatment
was prominent in Racine affairs.
-O-O-O-
The historic KickapOo went on a
rampage at Soldiers Grove last week
and washed out tracks impeding mail
service for four days. The city was
to the high water affecting the plant.
-O-O-O-
Joe Dahlman, a StOughtOn candy
man, was arrested and fined $25 and
costs for selling cigarettes to minors.
The said minors were high school
boys who violated the school boards
rule and were caught smoking Dahl
man pleaded guilty.
-o-o-o-
Senator Lodge may be credited with
striking the first blow of the war
The doughty, old Massachusetts man,
aged sc, knocked pacifst sprawl
ing on the floor of the capitol when
the latter called him a coward and
struck him. Good for Lodge!
-O-O-O-
The Goodrich steamer, Nevada,
built at Manitowoc in 1915 at a cost
of $2750OO, has been sold to the Rus
sian Government for $75O,OOO The
Nevada has a ~ foot beam, is PIP
feet long, is built of steel and can
make eighteen knots an hour. She
was built especially for winter cruis-
ing and ice fighting. The Russian
agent who negotiated the sale, Will
direct her passage down the Great
Lakes and through the Welland can
al to the ocean. The Goodrich COM
pany cleaned up nice profit on the
deal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-04-11

The record for optimism in mari
tai matters is held by Mrs. Anna
Vaughn of Oshkosh. She was mar
ried "a years ago in Michigan to Lam
son Vaughn, who left nineteen days
later for parts unknown A year
elapsed and a son was born but Mr.
Vaughn did not return. Waiting faith
fully through the years, Mrs. Vaughn
filed suit for divorce two weeks ago.
Mr. Vaughns whereabouts are still a
mystery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-04-11

A Sheboygan youth named Anthony
G. Gabrish, II years old, native Of
this country but Of Austrian parents,
wants an American to adopt him SO
he can enlist in the navy. He was
told he would have to get the written
consent of his parents or guardian
Both my parents are dead" he re-
piled and l have no guardian" His
only relatives in America, an uncle
and aunt, live in Philadelphia, but
are Austrian subjects.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-04-11
The Compensation
Bill is Merely an
Equal Rights Bill

ME So-caled Compensation Bill now before
the Wisconsin Legislature might be called by
any other name It doesn't grant compensa-
ton to anybody for anything It only grants the
right to sue. That is right every other citizen
enjoys-to go into court and ask payment for
injury or damage sustained It might better be
called an Equal Rights Bill.
1t could be called Legal Corrective Bill for If
only corrects the statutes which today discrimi-
nate against liquor men, denying them the other
wise universal right of citizens to bring civil action
for damages or losses.
1t you are run down by street car or auto
mobile, compensation payment for your in
juries is not handed to you. You have to prove
your case in court. But the point is right here
you have the privilege and opportunity of doing
50. The legal avenue is opened to you You are
allowed to sue for damages.
And thai is all the so-caLed Conper1-
SGtiOn bill provides. 1t does not grant
Compensation to brelOcrS or anubodu
else in of Prohibition IT BRO
DideS payment and carries no ob-
preparation. 1t only opens the LEGAL
tOay SO that the or corporation
effected go into the Circuit Court
and ask for a hearing of his claim
for damages. Then he must prooe
his case before jury Just the same
as any other petitioner.
And you sit on the jury. You grant him
measure of Compensation or you do not, according
to the evidence.
Is there anything unreasonable or unfair in
that?
The BreOers of Wisconsin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-04-11

ed him.
600
Milk has been advanced at Green
cream from 80 to SO cents quart.
Dealers say they are forced to pay
/ farmers higher prices to meet figures
/ Of condensories and cheese manufac-
turers, whose products, it is said, are
j sold to European armies.
-o-o-o-
Chesley Bertram, 10 years old, en-
pIoyed by the Waukesha Gas and Ell
ectric Co., was electrocuted while at
work at the Werra Aluminium Found
ry. He was on the top of post with
out rubber gloves, usually worn by
wiremen. He was thrown from his
perch by the force of the shock.
-o-o-o-
Several Evansville farmers were
taken in by a stranger who took or
ders for tea and coffee offering hand
some premiums as a bait. He also
collected in advance. When the goods
did not appear the house supposedly
represented, was notified. They de-
MED all knowledge of the matter The
stranger got away but is being looked
| for.
-O-O-O-
For a joke, Wenzel LObenstein, APP
pleton farm hand, cut the hair off the
tails of two horses belonging to z.
Kaddatz at Ellington. Kaddatz could
warrant for Lobensteins arrest, the
charge being "wilful and malicious
mutilation, disfguration, and injury
to his team of horses" Lobenstein
went to Jail to await trial.
-O-O-O-
Upon complaint of the state bank
examiner a warrant was issued for
the arrest of F. J. Barber on charges
! Of embezzlement. The charges relate
to the First State Bank of Camp
bellsport, Wis, of which Mr. Barber
was president. The sum of $4,000 is
involved in the charges. Mr.. Barber
is sc years old and has practiced law
in his home town for many years.
1000
Two negro pOrterS who attempted
to rob barber shop safe at James
vile, were caught and arrested by Of
ficers who were aware of their inten-
ton. One Of the colored men had an
by the policemen. The safe was badly
hacked up and the work indicated a
bungling job. The porters, named
Suggs and Staples, will be tried foc
the attempted burglary.
-O-O-O-
Indications that Racine boats may
be used in case war is declared was
evidenced last week when H. Jensen
secretary Of the Racine Yacht Club
received word from the Mississippi
Valley Power Boat Assn. asking him to
forward specifications of local craft
over forty feet in length to Ensign l.
F. Leonard at the Great Lakes Train
ing Station. Four Racine Yacht Club
craft will be included in the report.
-o-O-O-
Two carloads of paper weighing
$4,000 pounds, arrived at Neenah re
Gently consigned to the Lakeside Pa
per Co. The shipment consisted OF
used gum wrappers which had beer
turned into the Wrigley company in
Chicago for premiums The shipment
represented almost quarter of mil
lion dollars in premiums for which
they had been redeemed. Two men
from the Wrigley factory came with
the cars to see that the wrappers
were all used for the making of paper
and that none of them were taken by
persons who would send them ii
again for premiums. These wrappers
were originally printed at the Menasns
Printing Co. plant.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-04-11

The young son of A. Custard, a
Sparta farmer, fell in the waters Of
Beaver Creek near his home. The
creek was swollen and the current
swift and the youth in danger of be-
ing drowned when a passerby rescu-
ed him
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-04-11

1.-The Mills of the Gods grind slowly
and they grind exceeding SMALL so
Hon. Bob La Toilette is still with rs.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
The Price Of Freedom.

Oh, the dreary length of the days In
which we 60 to school with the law
the old dame with her cupboard full
Of pains and penalties! Oh, the bit
terness Of the continual repression OF
desire, the CALLING Of the bands, the
chatting of the fetters! Oh, the heavy
stupidity of authority-how 1t makes
us fume and fret! Oh, the monOtony
of the path with Its trim hedges, and
the everlasting warning to trespassers
wherever to our furtlve eye there
comes a glimpse Of a wider wilder
world which promises the chance of
risk and adventure! But, patience my
heart, patience little while. Some
thing meanwhile Is growing deep and
strong within thee. This is thy true
freedom, and at such cost has 1t to
be purchased. One day, when at last
thou art able to bear thy freedom, thou
shalt awake to world in which thou
mayest roam in every wood, loiter IN
every glade, drink Of every stream, fol-
low what path thy desire prompts thee
to, and, without hurt or peril, all things
shall be thine richly to enjoy Ed
ward Lewis in the Atlantic.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
LOVE OF LIBERTY
Trait Was Early Manifested In
Career of Thomas Moore.
Great Poet Spent Youth In Trinity Col.
lege, Where Flame Of irish
Patriotism Was Aolow.

The story Of Thomas Moore's boy
hood is as generally known as his
after life. His bright symptoms of
genius, his love of music and poetry,
his love Of domestic pleasures in the
genial circles Of his home, and the
grandest and purest feature Of his
whole character, his love Of liberty,
the liberty Of his native land.
He loved his land with love far brought
From out the storied past, but used
Within the present and transfused
Through future time by power Of thought.
In his fourteenth year he entered
Trinity college, Dublin, the atmosphere
Of which was all aglow at the period
with the flame Of Irish patriotism,
which was rapidly spreading among
the students. Robert Emmet was light
Ing up the whole college with the fire
Of Irish liberty.
sion Of Emmett and others from the col
lege Moore bravely faced and proudly
came through the cruclble of tyranny,
writes Charles O'Farrell in the Irish
World. When he was taken before the
college tribunal for examination he
manfully refused to incriminate any Of
his fellow students. In the course of
his examination he made Lord Clare
the following spirited reply:
II have no fear, my lord, that any
thing I might say would incrlminate
myself, but 1t may tend to involve 9TH
ers, and despise the character Of the
man who could be led, under any cir
cumstances, to inform against his as
sociates."
He resumed his studies in the col
lege, and at twenty years old obtained
his degree of B. A. Shortly after this
he proceeded to London to enter for
the bar. But fortunately for the lovers
Of fine poetry and song, fortunately for
the sublime music Of Ireland, which
he has made immortal he did not be-
come lawyer. Soon after he arrived
In London he published some Of his
youthful effusions, and they were so
successful In spite of adverse crit-
cism, that he gave up the law forever
and entered In triumph the field of
song. So rapidly did he publish series
after series Of the finest gems Of po-
etry that he very soon became famous.
The rich mine of Irish music, or Irish
valor and bravery, and of all the grand
phases of Irish character were COW
cred up for long ages by the dark pail
Of Saxon tyranny, TIL Tom Moore
tuned the Irish harp tore off the
shroud and raised up with his sublime
melodies the proud glory Of Ireland to
the "eyes of all time"
Well and truly does he say:
Dear Harp Of my country! in darkness I
found thee
The cold chain of silence had hung DER
thee long
When. proudly. my own Island Harp.
unbound thee,
And gave all thy chords to light free
dom and song
II the pulse Of the patriot soldier or lover
Have throbbed at our lay, tits thy glory
alone;
was but as the wind. passing heedlessly
over,
And all the wild sweetness I walked was
thy own.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-09-20
He Quit His Job Then.

James Carter, nitroglycerin driver,
gave up the dangerous business after
an experience he had the other after.
noon, says Washington (Pa.) dis
patch to the Philadelphia Record. A
motor truck loaded with several hum
dred sticks of gelatin-nitro, which he
was driving along a secluded highway,
became unmanageable, ran into tree,
tore off wheel and then plunged so
feet over an embankment, carrying
Carter with it.
The truck and its contents alighted
on the main street of the village OF
Meadowlands, almost in the midst of
bevy Of children who were playing.
The nitro was scattered in every d.
recton over the hillside and on the
street several sticks were picked up
by children before they were aware OF
its dangerous character. For some
unaccountable reason none of the nitro
exploded, although 1t was all of high
explosive character. After Carter had
gathered the explosive together and
taken it to place Of safety he turned
in his resignation to the company.