The Jeffersonian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, January 28, 1915, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE ******************** * Letters intended for this de- * * partment must have full name * * and post office address of writer. * * This is not necessarily for publi- * * cation, but as a guaranty of good * * faith. " * * THE JEFFS. * * * * * :!: H: Hs sjs -•!: *****s**** * NO HOPE IN EITHER OF THE TWO OLD PARTIES. Dear Sir: I think more of your writings than any I ever read, except the Bible, for when 1 read your writings I feel deep down in my heart that I am reading the truth; I am a poor man, but if I was rich I would freely send you SIOO,OOO to fight the battle with, but remember that I can pull a trigger if it becomes necessary, if I am 57 years old. It looks like that time is near, even at the door. I am an old Pop and a Baptist and haven’t forsaken you and the princi ples that you advocate. If we ever get any relief it will have to come through a new party, no hope in the two old parties. Every move they make is to the downfall of the'masses of the people. May God bless you and yours. Your true friend until death. Ala. A. BELL. WHAT RE THINKS ABOUT THE FRANK CASE. Dear Sir: As your paper is one of the few printed in Georgia which has stood by the integrity of our courts and court officials, you would probably be one of the few editors who would read my letter upon the subject which has gained “in some way” such Nation-wide notoriety. I was born in Georgia and 1 am proud of it. I would not change my birthplace if I could. It is not with in my right to judge a man guilty or not guilty of any crime he may be charged with before he is tried. But it is within my right to believe a man guilty or not guilty—which ever the case may be —after his case has been tried before twelve good men of the Empire State of the South, and the decision of the trial jury upheld by every court appealed to. The fact that Georgia is trying to execute the law without fear or favor in the murder case of Mary Phagan is no reflection upon her, Puck’s cartoon to the contrary notwithstanding. If I am not mistaken, Frank has not secured a new trial, but is try ing to have the verdict of the Supe rior court annulled. Puck states that he has- been given a new trial, which is calculated to mislead many peo ple. For the past two years we have had to read or have had the oppor tunity to read slander after slander upon our State. New York sent four men of the Jewish race to the elec tric chair, and I fail to remember seeing a single cartoon casting a slur upon New York officials and accusing that State of race prejudice. If Geor gia is to turn her courts over to other States, why not import our Gover nor. our judges, etc., from those States who know just what should be done. There is no man within the bor ders of the best State in the Union, who seeks the blood of an innocent man. But on the contrary every man who has the proper respect for our good women want any man of any color or race who- snuffs out the life of a pure girl, whether she be rich or poor, put out of the way. When one of the best citizens of Georgia speaks for law enforcement he is given a “raking over the coals” by the convicted murderer of a pure Georgia girl. As I said in the outset, it is not within my right to pass on a case which I know noth ng about, but af ter a man has had a fair trial by an THE JEFFERSONIAN acceptable jury to the defense and prosecution and is found guilty, I believe the law should take its course, and as a citizen of Georgia, I shall subscribe my name to a list asking our Governor to let the sen tence of the Frank case be executed as he had had two years and the best legal talent to prove him innocent, if such thing were possible. Very respectfully, Fla. T. H. PICKETT. A BUGLE-BLAST FROM ALABAMA. Dear Sir I Please find list of 18 names for your Weekly, together with P. O. order for $9.00 to cover same. Be assured my brother, the work you are doing is not lost. The seed you are sowing will yet come forth. The stream having its source in your large “think-tank” is waking up, making fertile many barren heads. Y’our patriotic appeals are going - deeper and farther, stirring the na tives and allarming the aliens. Keep the ball rolling, no one seem ingly, is so fully competent to put this love of right where now we have the love of party—the love of God, where now we have the love of creed, as T. E. W. Go on —the God of Right be with you, is mv prayer. As ever, Ala. C. H. COLE. • -g HE IS SORRY HE DIDN’T TAKE IT. SOONER. Dear Sir: It is much pleasure for me to wwite to your valuable paper, for it is the best paper I ever read in my life. I have been taking The Jeff about a year now, and I regret I didn’t take it sooner, for I have lost many a copy Chat I ought to have read. I sure do like the way you tell the truth on the Roman Catholics, and it makes me feel good. You are not afraid to tell the truth. I wish we had some more Tom Wat son men today, for there would be a better time in this world. You are gaining friends every day you live. lam one till 1 die. Don’t you forget that I am 2 4 years old now, and I hope I will live to see you victor. Yours till death, Ga. ALEX STOVALL. THE NAME “WOODROW WATSON” would) NOT HURT ME, BUT IT MIGHT BE TOUGH .ON THE BABY. Dear Sir: I have been a subscri ber to The Jeff for over a year, and I think every paper gets better, I admire the way you hit “us Demo crats” as well as the Republicans. I am a Democrat and my wife is a Republican, so we had a bran new baby boy born to us on Jan. Ist, 191-5, and I told my wife I would name him Woodrow Watson. But I feared that you would not like to have your name mixed up this way. So Mrs. Stewart says that the “Wat son” part is all right, but wants some Republican name affixed also. She and I agree that you are the smartest man in the U. S. We like the way you write on the Frank case. I am enclosing 12 cents for your January Magazine in order to get a “full treatment” on the Frank case. If I were a millionaire I would put your paper in many a home that knows nothing of it. 1 am going to send you a check soon with a club of new subscribers. I have been thinking a long time I would write a letter, but knew I could not ex press my thoughts as strong along the line as I would like. I will not say any more just now, only I hope you will live a long time and that you will continue to press the Roman Catholic question and let not our good people do down into ruin. * Very truly, Ala. J. NL STEWART. THE JEFFS NEED JUST THIS SORT OF WORK. Dear Sir: I wish to ask through your valuable paper that all my brother subscribers take just a lit tle of their time among their neigh bors and get up a club for Mr. Wat son’s publications. I feel that this is our duty to help all we can in the great fight Mr. Watson is making for the good of humanity. The true sentiments he has given us on the Catholic church, Foreign Missions, and the Frank case are worthy to be studied by every Ameri can loving citizen. Mr. Watson’? desire is to make this a safer and better world to live in, therefore lets help him all we can to spread his writings while we have him to lead our fight. Yours truly, N. C. FRED W. BURNS. IIOW ONE PREACHER KNEW CLEVELAND WAS TO BE ELECTED. Dear Sir: Enclosed lam sending P. O. order for one dollar sos one year’s subscription to The Jeeffrso nian. 1 have been a reader of other peoples papers, but prefer to pay my price and get my own paper. ' I wish to say to you that I am with you in your stand against Catholicism as an iniquitous politico religious system. I heard a practis ing physician say a few days ago that when he was-in the medical col lege a number of years ago, that he boarded next door to Cardinal Gib bons, and that his landlady was a Catholic. On the day when Cleve land was elected President of the United States, the landlady remarked that Mr. Cleveland would be elected. ‘I asked her,” said the physician, “how she knew.” “O,” said she, “they have installed a private telegraph in the Cardinal’s house, and he is pull ing the wires for him (Cleveland.)” True American patriotism, and true Bible Christianity must assert them selves, or we shall suffer severely. Also, with reference to the Frank case; and your stand in that matter; I had a circular letter yesterday, postmarked New York City, calling attention to marked copies of Col lier’s Weekly of Dec. 19th and 26th, containing two articles on the Frank case, and stating that, they, the signers of said circular letter, be lieved that Frank had not had a fait trial, etc. They urged support for The Cream of Mr. Watson’s Miscellaneous Writings Covering a Period of 30 Years Altogether apart from his political, economic and historical work They reflect the rare, occasional mood of the man of ideals, of hopes and dreams, of love and sorrow, of soli tary reflection, and of glimpses of the inner self. We call the volume PROSE MISCELLANIES ■■ ■ ■■■■■■ ! ■ —w—, , llli . . .... „ _ __ We have a beautifully printed and illustrated edition bound in board covers, and the book is typographically as pretty as new shoes. PRICE SI.OO, POSTAGE PAID THE JEFFERSONIAN PUBLISHING CO., THOMSON, GA. — Frank. My reply to them, which I am sending in today’s mail, is as follows: “Messrs. Charles A. Eaton, James M. Farrar, et. al. Gentlemen: With reference to your appeal in behalf of Leo M. Frank, I wish to say that in. my opinion he has been given as fair a trial as could be secured for any American citizen; that if the Courts of Georgia be reversed and he set free, or his sentence lightened, a great blow will have been struck at the effectiveness of the courts as a means of protection for the innocent and defenseless. Further, it is my opinion that from ninety to ninety five per cent of the citizens of Geor gia are of the opinion given above, and that if any petition is signed by said ninety or ninety-five per cent of citizens it will be to the effect that the sentence of the court be exe cuted as pronounced.” With best wishes, I am, Very truly, Ga. P. E. LESTER. 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