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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-02-15

caesars wife, we are told, above suspicion.
But Caesars wife had despot for husband, and
it was extremely dangerous for anybody to suspect
her publicly.
That's fair specimen of historical writing
which makes me continue to taste the shad.
next day after eating it.
Caesars wife was not above suspicion.
That's what allied her. She had behaved very
suspiciously, indeed, by allowing dissipitated
young Roman, named Clodus, to enter
Caesars palace, unknown to Caesar, and DIS
guaSed as q qU0n10n.
In this disguise, the dissolute Clodius had
been present at the sacred mysteries of the
g0ddess Of births, violating the law which
permitted none but matrons to attend, and
Uiotati1ag the sanctity Of Caesars home.
When Caesar learned of this unprecedented
escapade, which made great noise in Rome,
he divorced his wife, saying, in substance,
that she might be innocent of any wrong
doing with Clodius, but that her conduct had
brought suspicion upon her, and that
"CaeSar's wife must be above suspicion'
He would not continue to live with her. be-
cause she was not above suspicion At that
time, he was private citizen, and not "a
despot."
[ sincerely trust that my friend and brother,
Brisbane, will employ some diligent student
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-02-15

mblushing premeditated, inexcusabIe, I'M
scrupulous falsehood
The several discoveries of this continent,
the first of which was by Scandinavian
p0gan8, did not become important, so far as
our national existence is concerned, until Sue
ceSSfuI colonization took place; and that was
accomplished by the Protestants of England
and the Huguenots of France.
This is a historical fact which no honest
scholar will deny, and if ''Father" Park is
ignorant of it, he is unfit to discuss the sub
Ject.
No Catholic co7ony th4ived: no good to this
country IS tr0ceable to Columbus. On the
contrary, he introduced slavery, and thus be-
came morally responsible for the extermina-
ton Of the Indians of ST. Domingo and other
West Indian Islands,
The Puritans of New England and the
Episcopalians of Virginia, together with the
Scotch-Irish Presbyterians the French
Huguenots of the Carolinas, founded the
Democratic Republic of the United States.
The Catholic church IS the historic foe of
Deno0cracies and Republics, because her law
and her system is monarchical, anti-demo-
cratic, and ant-liberal
None but tyro in history can be ignorant
of this.
A church which laid it's official curse upon
the Great Charter of our liberties, takes you
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-02-15
Is This the Way Arthur Brisbane Writes History?

IT HE editor Of the Hearst periodicals is the
best paid member of our profession-I
being the worst paid, and therefore the most
independent.
A big salary is in many respects desirable
thing but it often exerts restraining, or
coercive influence over the individual who
draws it,
When you are not paid anything, you can
take 1t out in saying what you please.
Brisbane is one of the greatest of editors,
but, when he undertakes to write history, he
impairs my appetite, disturbs my digestion,
harrows my feelings, makes my~eyes water
and my hair stand up.
Not long ago, he wrote piece for Hearsts
New York paper in which he alleged that all
the popes had been the strongest men of their
day; and of course | had to inquire about
Pope Joan, the lady pope who had bad luck
during papal street parade; and also about
the boys who had been made Popes, and about
the various times when there were two Popes,
and even three Popes at time, each one
hurting pontifcal thunderbolts at the other.
Mankind never realized how one human
being could curse another, until they saw and
heard three popes simultaneous at it.
In the Atlanta Georgian, my brother Bris-
bane recently said:
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-02-15

to look up this matter for him, and verify my
correction. The youth of the Gate City and
other cities should not have their historical
information given to them in reversals of
facts.
The subject of Bro Brisbane's Sunday Ser
mon is ISLANDER" He appears to have had
IN mind somebody who has been wofulIy dis
abled by scandal-mongers; yet [ can hardly
believe he was thinking about me.
If he a0as, can tell him right now to at
tend to his own business. Scandal-mongers
don't worry me. The only~reports that per-
manently hurt, are the truth: lies don't kill
Weak people may go down under lies, but
their own weakness is most to blame
No man can be permanently whipped, until
he himself gives up.
SANDER didn't give Nero bad name: the
truth did 1t.
Scandal-mongers did not bIaczen the char
acter of Messalina and Agrippina the facts
did It,
So it was with the Duke of Alya Torque~
mazda, Pope Alexander VI, and scores Of
other putrid Papas.
The facts made the reputation of Benedict
Arnold; and the facts are what destroyed the
political life Of a certain man who now con-
CONTINUED ON PAGE FoUR.)
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for an ignoramus, when it claims to be the
founder of this Government, whose Supreme
Laws embrace the principles of the Great
Charter.
A church which has for 20 years fought and
scotched an immigration bill, because its
reading test would expose the fact that, IN
Catholic countries the people are mot taught
TO read, displays amazing efrontery, when it
claims credit for our Government, based as
it is, upon free education, free thought, free
speech, free vote, and peoples rule
How asinine it is the gabbe about La
Fayette saving the liberties of our country
In the first place, Lafayette was not
Catholic, and [ have published the evidence,
again and again. He hated priests especially.
He helped to overthrow them, and to CON
fiscate the huge loot which they had got to-
gether in France
He utterly detested, loathed and despised
the popish system, because it is Pagan
affair, imposed upon Christians who don't
know its true nature and who are never
allowed to learn.
Such priests as "Father" Park keep the
eyes of papal dupes securely sealed.
In the second place, LaFayettes share in
Washington's success was almost negligible,
not to compare with that of John Laurens,
John Paul Jones, and the obscure Southern
(CoNTINUED ON PAGE FoUR.)
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-02-15
FEATHER" PARK SAYS THAT THE CATHOLICS ARE THE
FOUNDERS OF THE UNITED STATES"

THE Fort Worth Record, Tex, joyfully
prints a string of lies told by ''Father"
Frank Park, in recent spiel to the pope's
band of American footkissers, the Knights of
Columbus.
Said string Of lies follows, as an exhibit of
Roman mendacity, and of the willingness of
our daily papers to publish the output of
mendacious papal propaganda:
That Americas liberty today is directly due
to Catholics and that ever since there has been
such a country as the United States Catholics
have always been patriotic loyal and true, was
the contention of the speaker The life of Co.
ulmbus reviewed from his birth in italy
down to the discovery of America, the saving of
the liberty Of the country by Lafayette and other
Catholics; the financing Of Washngtons army by
four Irishmen of Philadelphia, all Catholics,
when starvation and exposure had almost ruined
1t, and other deeds of valor of direct bearing upon
the formation and establishment of the United
States as a country were referred to.
cit was Catholic who discovered this country;
1T was Catholic queen who financed the expedi-
ton that gave this country to the world as a
civilized nation; it was Catholic soldiers who
saved it from the iron hand of oppression, and
1T was Catholic money that financed it in it's
darkest hour and clothed and fed it's army in time
of Distress and yet we, as Catholics, are charged
with disloyalty," declared Father Park. 81 often
wonder why we Catholics, we knights of Co
these facts show that America is our country"
Every one of those statements is most
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-05

uous conditions: as 1t was, his .h.
passed as unnoticed as Molly's Whit urdty|
pered blue ribboned loveliness. As wrap-
Myrtle, In a crimson flannel dress,,,o,r VT Miss
and woolly slippers she was a dclighss sovu
British Indignation at having been Iru>
in his nights rest glowed in Mr.. Poi,n1sN
face. Viockt
Sheer hysteria showed in Miss ,,,..,
race. but Molly was set and pale i,n1
mask In that white flash from the tea,,.
light she had seen Chris, looking on sa' un-
graver than usual. and in his dr.cn nacn
gown and slippers, as though he baa sl
taken from his bedroom surrounaas yen
soldiers. II leaped to her brain thai ~
was a spy after all and that tbss. .nru
had come for him. A mental illumin.,,,nNean ,nen
truer than that of the searchIlght s'
whose CLEAN she had leaped TO such y
untrue conclusion. swept her mind ~, -
same instant. There comes to every ms
once or twice In life a moment of abso,...s. s
clarity such as this: when all values ~.
denly assume new scale, which va, y
recognized at once as the true one
This Is what had happened to Molly ro-
She saw that. as Chris had told her y.
idea was the most important thing in ~
only instead of being an impersonai ~ w
as his was, hers was based on her fes,Irs
for him. The mental obsession OF ~.
life for the next few years would be ~. ~.
attitude toward Chris. That this sbos,s
he 80 was tremendous advance on NJ.
previous preoccupation IA to his attltuS.
toward her. She saw that It was inors
satisfying to love than to be loved sns
that. no matter what Chris had done ~
horror at the action would be drowned il
her love for him, even though 1t poisonsS
its waters.
All this swept into Molly's life as swif,,,
as the searchlight, though 1t stayed beblrd
when that had passed and was to rernaIr
even when she found she had been mistakeu
in her premises. So when Mr.. Polloct
switched the lights up she said nothns
only gazed at Chris. =
We'll. now what's all this aboutyr
fused Mr.. Pollock the J. r. in him rising
superior TO his costume. "Sanderson
what the devils the matter?" and he ad.
yanced toward Charles, who stood pale and
mute.
"Stand back" ordered Brent sharply
There was Il moments absolute petrifac.
ton. during which Mr.. Pollock stared Al
Chris with mingled rage and incredulity.
stand back, indeed!' he clustered n
shall do nothing of the kind. I'm an Ens.
lish magistrate. sir. AS justice Of ths
peace. must insist 9 -
I'm afraid you will have to stand back
SIR" replied Brent politely, hut with a cer
tain enjoyment which he would have been
more than human not to feel 1--WE hays
just been capturing a spy"
"a spy" Miss Myrtle's rcedy pine and
Mr.. Pollocks boom came out simultant
ously.
Molly said nothing, but relief fared into
her eyes
"Pennicuik. you're here, thank goodness-
cried Mr.. Pollock Perhaps you will kindly
EXPLAIN"
Fire ahead. Pennicuik." agreed Brent,
rpNprtinp his ponchalnOt rnappar N, 1.
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tcopyrisht by Edward J. clode)

SYNOPSIS
The story opens in the West Crest private
hotel In English seacopst town wren
England has been at war one month.
MHs. SANDFRSON. the proprtetrcss; her son,
CHARLES sANDTBS0N. serving In the Eng.
1t1h Admiralty; MIR. POLLOCK. the Justice OF
the Peace; his daughter. MOLLY. nineteen:
CHRIsTOPHER BRENT, Molly's hancei MRS.
MTRIAM LEE, a widow OF thlriy-flve.
fhe latest arrival: MISS MYRTLE. spinstcr;
fRAULEIN SCHROEDER. coloress little
German woman. claiming twenty years of
Ensiish naturaii.a tion; PENNICUIk. young
Enriish soldier and FRITZ. a servant IN the
houee IRE the entire occupa nts Of the hotel.
Brent and Miriam arc representative of
the Ylritiph Intelgnnce Oficp, and discover
ON the reverse side OF the innoce mt looking
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There Are Many of Sanderson's Colleagues in rms
Country Who, If They Haze Not Already LlUed
Through Similar Experiences Are Not Very Far
A,Uay From the Business End of Some United States
ARM Rifles

Brent was glad when the light swept
| away; the next moment the dull boom Of
naval guns broke upon their ears.
Charles half turned his head, That
| said Chris grlmiy, his pity vanishing at the
| thought Of what this man had meant to
| happen that night, that Is n little practice
for our gnnncrs at n moving target sub
marines are tricky things TO hit. but think
they'll manage It all right"
That was 1t, then" said Charles. Your
signals--I understand" and maddened by
rage and hopelessness. he sprang toward
Brent with his hands out.
An extraneous circumstance stopped
Charles In his dash at Brent, who for his
part stood still where he was The word
Halt !" In an authoritative voice rang from
outside the window and almost simutane-
ously came the sound Of rife butts being
grounded on the veranda.
fnstinctvey Charles had checked. true
German that he was. at the sound OF the
command And now he saw his own re-
volver facing him implacablc as ever, as
Brent crcled slightly round the table. Too
late, Won Mantel. Keep quiet. Come in,
corporal" Brent added. raising his voice.
The corporal opened the window and
stepped into the room followed by Penni-
cullt and a couple of other men with fixed
bayonets.
Private Pennicuik told us what's up.
sir" said the corporal, saluting. what can
we do?"
Take charge of this man
"A spy, sir?" asked the corporal with
restrained joy in his voice.
The head of them. Better search him
for weapons" Brent stll kept the mu2zle
pointed on Charles, while the three SOL
diers searched his pockets AZ the order of
the corporal.
Sorry, Won Mantel but it's necessary"
said Brent. get your other man all right,
corporal""
"fes, sir, he's on his way to the hospital"
"Ah. then, you didn't kill him. Pennl-
cuik?" asked Brent.
"No, ] only winged him." replied that
youth regretfuy. II was something to
have drawn blood. but he felt 1t would have
been more exciting to have killed the man.
He'll mend for better shot" he added
cheering up.
There's nothing on the prisoner. sir"
answered the corporal as the search ended.
Very well, take him in charge" ordered
Brent. by George. there's everybody in
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The CdptiUe

ssENoR Gods sake. shoot me and have done
l. with IT," he said.
The sound of shot pricxed out into the
night, but not from Brent's revolver. PEN
nicuik had fired his rife. A thin cry rang
cut with its dying reverberations.
whats that?" almost shouted Charles.
TT is, trust, the end Of Fritzs danger
Gus career. Pennicuk is quite a crack shot,
they tell me. No. don't move. Keep your
hands up"
Again the bright light swept the room
and died into darkness.
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the house wakened up now Heavens N'ha'
explanations therell have to be-.
Indeed. footsteps and raised voices were
audible in the passage, and the next moment
the door flung open to admit Miss
Myrtle, Mr. Pollock and Molly. They were
in various stages of undrcss. Mr. Pol ocl
with only n tweed coat over his nightshrt.
SO that his bare and remarkably furry legs
showed lanky and long.
Another binding ray of the searchight
swept the room. showing up the little group
vivdly and bewldering the newcomers still
further At the CLEAN of the bayonets Miss
Myrtle. who was still all confused by the
effects Of her sleeping draught. gave loud
scream. IT'S the Germans, the Germans !"
she cried, Mr.. Pollock save 80 and
flung herself upon his unresponsive chest.
Don't be a fool, woman" cried Mr.. Pol
lock franticaly, and he switched on all the
lights The extraordinary figure he made
would have drawn all eyes under less siren
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There nothing be snached away at the last moment
pleasure dngmg squi
ing mousy sort oatng cat human or omer"e
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|yYkc WHJTE EEATHER
By LECHNlERE WORRALL
AND J. E. HAROLD TERRY

H Looked for Time as Charles Sanderson Would Hare
the Decided Pleasure of Sending Bullet Through
Christopher Brent, but an Unloaded Revolver and
Detachment of British Soldiers Changed the Entire
Situation
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23
Entcr1ains for Misses Knight.

Mrs. Malcolm Rivers entertained
charmingly at her country home Fri
day evening i'm honor of her nieces,
Misses Mary and Marion Knight. At
ter the guests arrived cards were dis
tributed for conversation. Delightful
refreshments, consisting of ice cream
and cake were served by Misses EN-
ma Reynolds, Marion knight and
Alice Bynum, after which dancing
was enjoyed 10y all.
Those present for this lovely occa-
sion were: Misses Molly Bowman,
Edith Williamson, Vermelle Pitts.
Mary knight, Marion Bynum Ida Boy
kin and Marion Jackson; Messrs. Ar
chic Richardson, George Rowland,
Thomas McAlpin Stubbs, Mac Brewer
Alva Solomons, Ray Handing, Robert
Mckay, Charles Wilson, Whit Shaw.
Tin Bowman, Shorty" Green, Buck
Burns, Edward Atkinson. Visitor.
Miss Mamie Richardson.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23
In The Recorders Court.

Though there were three offenders
up this morning in the Recorders
Court, none of them was fined, but al
lowed to go free without any penalty
being imposed.
William Ball, white, of Albemarle
n. c., was caught last night down In
the feright yards beating his way to
Columbia, where he expects to find
employment. He came here from
Florence, where he had been unable
to secure work on account of his in
ability TO use his right arm, which
was injured in wreck. Spectators in
the police court made up a sufiicien,
amount to send him on to Columbia
Tow suspicious looking negroes were
picked up last night hangin~ around
the freight yards, but as there was
nothing definite against them, the!
were freed with a warning to stee.
clear of the freight yards.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23

The Red Cross war fund is the con.
'ribution of the stay-at- homes tn the
service of the country. Every man
and woman owes something to tho
country, and if each one gives accord
ing to his or her ability there will be
no deficit. Those who are able IN give
dollar, five dollars, ten dollars or
twenty-five dollars should give IL as
u matter of individual duty, without
reference to what other people ara
giving. 1t does not matter that soma
others who are well able to give hun-
dreds are giving little OF nothing. It
IS not your concern that others are
shirking their responsibility. The mat
ter that is up to you is your personal
dutF ana how you are discharging il.
Pehraps if you do your whole duty IL
VIII react upon some of the shirkers
and slackers and shame them into do
ing their full duty. Perhaps if YOU
give until it hurts" in small way
others will make a similar sacrifice i'm
a big way
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23
Exemption Boards.

The local exemption boards for
each county i'm South Carolina have
been recommended by GOV. Man
ming. These boards, which will have
to pass on many important questions
i'm regard to those who are soon to be
drafted, are practically the same n:
the registration boards which had
charge of the registration on June :
the only change being that a local
doctor has, i'm each county, been sub
stituted for the Judge of Probate. Tho
exemption board for Sumter County is
composed of II. l.. Scarborough, John
III. Clifton AMI DR.. j. A. Mood.
The exemption board for Lee county
is composed of II. G. Mcleod, j. NJ.
Smith and Or. II. q. McCutchon; fo,'
Clarendon county, a. G. Bradham, T.
G. Dickson and DR.. w. Nj. Brockington
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23

TIE apparatus belonging to the
children's play grounds, formerly Sit
uated on the China lot, on South Main
street, has now been moved to the
campus of the Boys High school.
where it has been put in shape for
use. The grounds were opened on
Monday and crowds of children are
present now almost every afternoon to
enjoy themselves. This location is not
SO dangerous as the former one, being
far removed from the heavy traffic
OF Main street, and parents now need
they go To the grounds to play.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23
SCHUMACHER SCHOOL RECITAL.
Three Of Advanced Pupils Present DIFF.
ficult Numbers with Pleasing Ease.
The Columbia State.

The Columbia State.
A. trio Of the advanced pupils of
Wilbur Schumacher's school of music
presented in excellent style a diff
ficult and taxing programme last
evening. All three Of the talented
young violinists are from Sumter,
having studied in that town with Mr.
schumacher and accompanied him to
Columbia when he moved here. They
are Miss Gladys Turner, julius AL.
fred Stubbs and William Thomas
Truesdale. The accompanist was j
Clifton Wells, an admirable pianist
also pupil of Mr.. Schumacher.
The recital. held in the high school
auditorium, was listened to by an ap
preciative audience Of musical peo
pie.
Miss Turner has beautiful tone
and plays with ease and freedom. Her
first number was brilliant "Scent
de Ballet by DeBeriot and other Of
tcrings Of her group were the an.
dante from Opus 80 of DeBeriot and
an appealing Scotch lullaby by Luisi
Won Kunits.
Mr.. Stubbs played with verve and
abandon a "Mazurka de Concert" by
Ovid Musin and the beautiful "Ka-
mcnai-OstrOw" of Rubenstein.
William Truesdale. who is a young
ster still in knee trousers, handled tho
heaviest part of the programme. Ht
gives evidence of decided natural gif,
and has remarkable control of his i'm
| strumcnt. His numbers were tht
taxing Sonata No. Of Handel; tw,
com positions Of Musin. "Mazurka RO.
mantique" and 1.-The Nightingale ;
and Concerto No. in A minor, by Av-
coley.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-23
RED CROSS FUND.
Campaign for War Fund Jseing Push.
Ell Vigorously by MaycsvilIe Auxil-
iary Chapter.

The Mayesvile Red Cross commit
tee is working enthusiastically in the
campaign for the Red Cross War Fund
and the people Of that town are maxi
ing liberal contributions i'm response
to the solicitations of the commit
tee. Up to noon today the committee
had secured subscriptions aggregat-
ing 1927 and the campaign is not
nearly finished. If the CITY of Sum-
ter does as we'll as Mayesvillc, in pro-
portion to population, and if the 9TH
er sections of the county follow suit
the Game Cock county will not only
raise the $1,000 allotted to this county
put VIII do as Clarendon and Lancas-
ter and, perhaps, other South Caro-
Ina counties. and as hundreds of 9TH
er towns and counties in all parts of
the United States are doing-over-
subscribe the allotment fixed by the
National committee. The noon report
from Mayesville was decidedly heart
enlng to the central committee and
encouraged the local committees
working here i'm the city to put forth
redoubled efforts to make a thorough
of the city and to swell the
fund to as large proportions as pos
sible. SO that Sumter should not have
to take second place to Mayesville.