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FOREIGN MISSIONS BY A SOLDIER
FROM GEORGIA.
To the Editor cf The Jeffersonian,
Dear Sir: Will you please allow
me a small space in your respective
and highly appreciated columns?
1 have been reading The Jeffer
sonian regular for some months, and
have become very much interested in
Mr. Watson’s subject on foreign mis
sions. Ami at the same time approv
ing of his point of view on the sub
ject.
1 have been a Soldier now for four
years, as quite a lew of the readers
will understand, and 1 have put
eight months of mv service in the
Philippine Islands, which is in five
hundred miles of Shanghai China.
Ami in th Philippines the most of
our food is Muppet! I'rcuii China and
it is very elmmj iudwl. A soldier’s
ration allowan' - is about 4 cents a
day, and they live like Kings on it,
and we are allow'd 2 7 cents a day
here at home, ami if any difference
we don’t livt as good as they do, on
4 cents.
Now the mystry is, why is it that
these preachers, or men w! o have ob
tained a liccn / to be titled as such,
are always putting up a holler about
how bard it is to support himself and
family? Well 1 can answer that in a
very few words, there is no such a
thing as hard living in China for a
man who is drawing a wage of not
less than nine-hundred or a thousand
dollars a year.
But it is an excuse to induce the
good hard working people to increase
the mission fund, in other words his
salary, so that he can hire himself
another servant, or butler and pay
turn about 3 cents a day rid his
ton rd which would cost ab'-.-i 5 or
€ cents a day, to meet his visi -rs at
the door and relieve them c their
coats, hats, etc.
And if he don’t get more money,
t.e is deprived of being able '■> hold
as many Banquets as John D. la, and
ie has got to have himself an oven
lug dress suit, and a forenoon’s out
ing before he can meet his iri ’s up
town at the French lunch ro ? . n . but
If you notice ho is vein careful,
never to bring these point- of high
cost of living in view of the i* • and
Learty givers. And nine out of ten
<*f Ihe people that, are fu’.uLhing
fe/.m with all this money, are not able
t •> hire their washing done, but still
tuey will say to a neighbor aim- :t the
middle of the week, 1 declare: f have
jeot to have two bits, or a half dollar
fey Sunday, for they are going to take
a collection for the forci :i mis
sionaries so 1 guess 1 had bmter sell
& chicken, or a couple of pcuuds of
Butter.
So there you are: he or she is
jpumh innocent, and giving with a
good spirit, but if she only knew
♦ here the value of this chicken and
Fitter was going to, she would not
even think of giving a pt any to the
c'-mc, and would semi to town and
set..- either her-self or little girl a
ii.*w dress.
You can't blame the man or wo
rv.n. for neither of thee was ever in
China; how do they lw »w that liv
ing is so cheap over there? Why,
th. v will say, Mr. so and so, is over
re and he said not. I have an
v'iio-i confidence in Mr. Jones, he
*> oms to be so smart, well Mr.
Jeeies is a smart man, to be sure for
1 ok how he has kep‘ you in the dark
» I spent your hard earned money
fm the hiring of these servants, and
<g- lug banquets, etc. And while he
•« engaged in all this foolishness,
1. . iiouid have been out trying to
t.- u -ome poor heathen his A. B. C.s.
!'»• v we may have some mon over
to r - that are rendering good service,
>’•.* 1 have reference to the majority
ili' in. but why could we hot use
mi in our own country
•t m me? 1 am personally acquainted’
Wiih several men from every state
in ; he union, and I can tell from the
g - - :eval converse among them, that
ci lurches are not so thick around
-re they came from, that you
*r I not find a dance hall.
-r long agb I was talking to a
«. i from West Virginia about civil-
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ization and several other things, and
he said he knew of a man living on
what they call Paint Creek. And a
minister was riding along on a mule
one Sunday morning going to his
church several miles up the Creek,
and came to this man’s house, or log
cabin rather, and hollered hello! and
the .woman came to the door and
says what do you want? The preacher
says, where is your husband? Who,
John? why, he has gone fox hunting.
What! fox hunting on Sunday? Isn’t
he afraid of the Lord? No, guess not.
He has a double-barrel shot gun, and
seven hounds with him.
Now this is no rediculous illustra
tion at ail compared with some other
places in the United States. I was
born and reared in Henry County,
Georgia, near McDonough. And i
have been in 2 6 of the United States
and I don’t say it because 1 am from
Georgia, but 1 never nave seen or
been in a state, where the people was
so near all alike, and treated me so
well as they do in Georgia, not only
right around home but everywhere in
Georgia.
And all the Eastern states arc
jealous of Georgia, and her people,
well in other words t.iey are jealous
of the grit they have in their craws.
And we may note that since the
lynching of Leo Frank, it has been
worse than any other time. The peo
ple in this part of the country be
lieve in whipping a man and then
get up and shake hands with him, and
people in Georgia never speak after
such an occurrence, only in very few
cases.
Now I have written more than J
really intended to write when "1
started, but it I see this short note
in the dear old Jeff. 1 will try to
■write on the v.ar across the sea, giv
ing some official reports of it's out
come, as you all understand by this
time that I- am in a very good posi
tion to become acquainted with a
great deal of the real truths about it.
1 am awful sorry to hear of Mr.
Watson having a case in the United
States Courts in Augusta, but 1 am
sure that he has the sympathy, and
gratification of any thing he might
wish, of every good true Georgian,
and those that love to lend a hand
to such a man as Mr. Watson. Wil
ing all The Jeffersonian readers a
merry Christmas, and a happy New
Year, and Hello, to all those that
know me, I am respectfully yours,
11. D. CATHY.
New York.
OLD FRIEND IS WITH US.
Dear Sir: 1 have beard you speak
several times and have been reading
your literature ever since you was
G. M. C. I don’t agree with you in
everything. I am in my 75th year
and I never have seen a man that I
agreed with in everything, not even
my father in the flesh.
The old school Baptists are nearly
all with you in your fight for the
rights of the people.
1 took in the Colquitt County Mis
sionary Association. 'They gave you
and the primitives down the country.
1 wrote my children that all 1 noticed
was lies and rot. It was stated there
that “if you want to get right get on
the other side from Watson.” 1 hear
it going around that Mr. Shipp, our
representative, says that you are
fighting his warehouse bill because
of your financial interest in local
warehouses.
COLQUITT COUNTY CITIZEN.
ANOTHER GOOD FRIEND HELUS
ROOST THE JEFF.
Dear Sir: I am enclosing a list of
2 4 names which you will please enter
on your mailing list, and send the
Jeffersonian to each one of them for
the period of one year at 50c each.
I herewith enclose check for $12.00
to pay for same.
You will note that there are some
renewals.
I have been a staunch admirer of
your principles for 23 years.
Wishing you complete success I am
your friend,
It. T. SMITH.
WATSON’S PIIOSECUTION A
FARCE.
A farce comedy was enacted at Au
gusta last week, when Hon. Thomas
E. Watson, editor, author, historian
and politician was arraigned before
the United States Court for publish
ing and sending through the mail
extracts from a Roman Catholic
Theological work. The United States
•was simply being used by the Knights
of Columbus as a “cat’s paw” to si
lence Mr. Watson in his exposure of
the corrupt practices and Jnsiduous
methods used by tht Roman Catho
lics in their efforts to debauch wo
men; and to gain political control of
the United States. When this prose
cution was first started the Knights
of Columbus made their coast that
they would put Watson out of busi
ness; but they reckoned without their
host.
They knew that Watson had ren
dered himself unpopular with the
leaders of the various Protestant or
ganizations; they knew that certain
politicians would glory in his des-
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The Cream of Mr. Watson’s Miscellaneous
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Writings Covering a Period of 30 Years
Altogether apart from his political, economic
and historical work
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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
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We have a beautifully printed and illustrated edition
bound in board covers, and the book is typographically
as pretty as new shoes.
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A Book About the Socialists
and About Sialism
In this work, Mr. Watson takes up. one by one, each of the
propositions of Karl Marx, and discusses them fully and
fairly.
Tie also analyses the great book of Herr Bebel, the world
leader of Socialism, “Woman Under Socialism.”
Mr. Watson cites standard historical works to prove that
Bebel, Marx and other Socialist leaders are altogether wrong
about, The Origin of Property, the rise of the Marital relation,
the cause of the inequality of wealth, etc.
Mr. Watson demonstrates that Socialism—as taught by
Marx, Bebel, LaSalle, Engel, &c., would annihilate
Individuality and personal liberty, Home-life, as we 7cn->
it, The White Man's Supremacy over the inferior races, the
Marital relation, with its protection to women, and finally
RELIGION OF ALL KINDS.
Mr. Watson proves that SPECIAL PRIVILEGE,
intrenched in law and government, is now, and always has
been, the Great Enemy of the Human Race.
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traction; they knew that the Gov
ernment. would like to suppress the
voice of one who was not afraid to
show the tricks which were being
turned at Washington in the interest
of special privilege, and they knew
that even Watson’s death was desired
by thousands of men throughout the
country, and they thought the time
was ripe for action. They see now,
though, the futility of their move.
Tom Watspn will never be convicted
for doing what Catholic publishers
have done for years; for the people
are aroused as never before to the
insiduous workings of the Roman
Catholic Hierarchy. Persecution for
contending for the right only in
tensities the determination to see
that right triumphs. This persecu
tion of Tom Watson will only give
him leverage to continue his fight
for religious freedom and to uproot
the deadly Upas Tree of religious
ami political bigotry.—La Grange
Graphic.
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