Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-07
LOOK our, MR.. yEFFERs.

ate for daring to dispute the word OF
a senator. We cannot help but Won
der now what will be the penalty
Cong. Lamar Jeffers, of Alabama,
will have called down upon his head
for going a few lengthy lengths far
Their yesterday and referring to the
recent Watson charges of the degra-
dation of American army nurses in
France as representing a business
worthy of the fiend incarnate."
Mr.. Lamar, who was a soldier in
France and in a position to know
whereof he spoke, didn't mention the
name of the Georgia senator But
every hearer knew to whom he was
replying. Mr.. Jeffers suffered a Sc
we're wound in the war and emerged
with the rank of major, recognition
won, not bought through favor, and
what he said fell from his lips with
great solemnity and force. In pic.
turesque language, he told the story
of the service of the American wo-
men in France. He followed this
statement by references to official
records, proving the women as de-
serving of honor as the men who went
into the trenches, the reports. tell US.
and yet, Mr.. Speaker" he con-
tinued, shameful though it seems,
and shameful though it is, we have
recently seen articles in the press
of our country containing accounts
of slanderous utterances, reflecting
upon the American nurses overseas.
Such baseness is worthy of the fiend
and the most charitable
view that can possibly be taken is
that anyone guilty of any statement
in any way besmirching the record
OF the, army nurse corps overseas is
simply ignorant of the calibre of wo-
men who served so Loyalty in that or
ganization.
1T occurs to me that it is partic-
ularly regrettable that the statement
causing such newspaper articles came
out just at time when all our dis
visitors from the other ma
lions were here on our capital city. Il
sincerely trust that they do not get
the impression that any such loose in
were the sentiment of our
people. | want these visitors to take
back home with them the correct i'm
and that is that all true
Americans have for our own Ameri-
can women who were, and who are
now, in our army nurse corps, the
very highest esteem and utmost res
'pect. Let US all emphatically tell
The world that these noble women,
low and forevermore, have the love
md the everlasting gratitude of the
1eople Of. the American nation"
A reader of the Times Recorder
VINO happens to of the Tom Watson
persuasion - which is his perfect
light, and gives us no cause or de-
'lre to quarrel with him-a few DAYS
ago sent friendly word asking if it
we're not about time to 'lay OFF,
Watson for awhile. We suspect
.olks are getting tired of hearing
us name and seeing it in print, an9
hat those who have defended him are
lot exactly as proud of him lately as
'ney may have been in the past. But
We do NOT believe it will be time
% lay Off him until he attempts
% undo the cruel and wilful wrong
ne mas done to his country by max
hg infamous and lying statements
loout the most wonderful army ever
1fawn together in the history of the
World, and besmirching the character
u the noble women who fought the
war as much and as surely as the
men who served in the trenches and
laced machine guns.
Senator Watson has found If necos.
sary to advertise to the world for
support of his charges. He saws he
has plenty of evidence. But for ev.
cry disgruntled witness he NAV nro.
cuee-none of whom, he will find
at the showdown actually KNOWS
anything about the allegations charo.
ed by Watson--there are ten ton.
sand former American douobbovs
ready to take an oath and swear that
tne whole IS lie and nothing more.
rms applies to privates, who know
and say frankly that the army was
"hardboIled" and filled with hard
ships and injustices, as we'll as
to the officers, against whom the
senator seeks to array 100000 men
who served without commissions.
Right here in Americas we have men
who spent months on the ground
where Senator Watson alleges MANY
soldier hangings without trial took
place, and wha say it is not true.
A full shakedown for Senator Wat