Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-07
LOOK OUT, Mr.. JEFFERs.

ate LOT udIIIiS 10 dispute the worn Oi
a senator. We cannot help but won
der now what will be the penalty
Cong, Lamar LETTERS, of Alabama
viii have called down upon his head
for going few lengthy lengths far
ther yesterday and referring to the
recent Watson charges Of the degra
dation of American army nurses in
France as representing cuisines:
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. Nh. Jeffers suffered Sc
we're wound in the war and emerged
with the rank of major, recognition
won, not bought through favor, ana
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 tais
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 u.s.
"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
incarnate, 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-
ulany regrettable that the statement
causing such newspaper articles came
out just at time when all our dis
tlnguished visitors from the other ma
tons were here on our capital city. /
sincerely trust that they do not get
tee impression that any such loose in
situations were the sentiment of our
people. | want these visitors to take
back home with them the correct i'm
preston, 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
spect. Let us all emphatically tell
the world that these noble women.
now and foreyermore, have the love
and the everlasting gratitude of the
people of the American nation"
A reader of the Times-Recorder
who happens to of the Tom Watson
persuasion which is his perfect
right, and gives us no cause or de-
sire to quarrel with hinl-a few DAYS
ago sent friendly word asking if it
We're not about time to 'lay OFF,
Watson for awhile. We SUSPECT
folks are getting tired of hearing
ms name and seeing it in print, an9
that those who have defended him are
not exactly as proud of him lately as
taey may have been in the past. But
we do NOT believe it will be time
70 lay off, him until he attempts
10 undo the cruel and wilful wrong
ne has done to his country by max
ihg infamous and lying statements
ABOUT the most wonderful army ever
drawn together in the history of the
world, and besmirching the character
OF the noble women who fought the
war as much and as surely as the
men who served in the trenches and
faced machine guns.
Senator Watson has found it neees-
sary to advertise to the world for
support of his charges. He saws he
has plenty of evidence. But for ev-
cry dlsgruntled witness he NAV pro.
cuee-none of whom, he will find
at the showdown actually KNOWS
about the allegations chare.
ed by Watson-there are ten ton.
sand former American dougbbovs
ready to take an oath and swear that
the Wnole IS lie and nothing more
This applies to privates, who know
and say frankly that the army was
"hardboiled" and filled with hard
ships and injustices, as well as
TO the officers, against whom the
senator seeks to array 1900 900 men
who served without commissions
Right here in Americas we have men
VINO spent months on the ground
where Senator Watson alleges MANY
soldier hangings, without trial took
place, and who say it is not true.
a full shakedown for Senator Wat