The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-06-28
Letters from the People.

PAL owner OF the paper, and MI.
Frank Willis Barnett, owner and
editor Of The Alabama Baptist, but
man who for years had been in secu.
lar journalism, and who very de-
cidedly knows the difference between
religious organ and q secular news
paper, was made associate editor and
really general manager, for the
owner, man of muCn wealth, does
not give his whole time to the paper.
Now, the Digest has peen advertising
in the Birmingham newspapers about
year or two. When the Romanjst
was in charge of The Age-Herald,
the digest advertisement appeared
regularly, and first, in this morning
paper, and also in The Ledger, after
noon publication, for twenty years
perfectly fair and impartial in serv-
ing the news of the day, aIbiet being
chiefly owned by gentleman who is
g Catholic and a knight CT Column
bus, yet | wish to make it doubly
plain that The Ledger always has
been, and now is, wholly acceptable
to Protestant and liberal persons.
But during this period, that is, prior
to January /, 1917, The News, which
had never been al organ fer anything
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could not possibly do any wrong, be-
ing wholly "infailible" in it's sight)
published these Digest advertisements
very irroguiaTly, and for considera-
BILE stretches not at all Now this
situation as to The Age-Herald and
The News has completely reserved it
self The Age-Herald has become
real secular newspaper, not "playing-
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interest; while The News, formerly
many papal tracks in the news
columns Of every issue, these being
very patent to those of us here who
have been checking up pupery for
years. You will see from the three
Birmingham newspapers, all of this
date, that ] am sending you that The
Digest advertisement has disappeared
from The Age-Herald columns alto
gether, while it now appears regularly
in the columns Of The News and The
Ledger.
Now, there is as surely design Cor
is it papal 'shenanagin" in all this
as there is surely design in God AL
mighty's marvellous and utterly in
comprehensive nature. But who
notified The Digest's Roman Catholic
managing director of what was going
on among Birmingh S newspapers,
Of course, and Of course again, it
was not those angelic spirits who as
sassinated William Black, in Marsh
all, TeX.-knights of Columbus. If
you can find out what Birmingham
organization is in communication
with the Roman Catholic managing
director of The Literary Digest,
kindly wire me at my expense.
When l began this letter, I in
tended to reveal another glazing in
stance Of pupery's designing hand,
during the presidencies Of Teddy and
old Bill Taft, who is to lecture here
in a few days, and who treasonously
sent Mai Archie Butt with a message
from the President to the Pup" of
Rome, in the matter Of the appoint
ment by Teddy Of a Federal Judge
for this district, one who had mar
ried an Irish-Catholic woman; and,
when the U. S. Senate refused to con-
firm his appointment, the appoint
ment by old Bill Taft (Teddy having
gone out of office in meantime) of a
man who had married an Italian
Catholic. Old Taft, as this story is
most credibly given to me, after my
chasing it for about eight years, had
already made out the commission of
Hon. Amos e. Goodhue. Baptist, law
yer, high-class man of Gadsden, Ala.
Mr.. Goodhue had already gone to