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CRISP COUNTY PEOPLE ADOPT
RE&OLUTIONS.
Whereas, Official announcement
has been made by the Department
of Justice, by and through Attorney-
General Gregory, that Honfl Thomas
E. Watson is guilty of violating Sec
tion 211 of the Penal Code of the
United States, for that the publica
tions of the Jeffersonian Publishing
Company, a corporation under the
laws of Georgia, Thomas E. Watson,
president, is making exposure in con
nection with the Leo Frank case and
the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, was
in violation of the postal law's of the
Government, as being obscene, lewd,
lascivious and filthy; and,
Whereas, Attorney-General Greg
ory, speaking for this great Govern
ment, has passed jucFgment upon Mr.
Watson, declaring him guilty of an
offense against the Government,
without trial by court or jury, there
by denying to him that God-given
right guaranteed under the Constitu
tion, a fair and impartial trial by
a court of competent jurisdiction and
a jury of his fellow-countrymen,
within his own State; and,
Whereas, Mr. Gregory, speaking
for the Government, declares that,
unless the courts of Georgia, pre
sided over by such able and honest
men as Judges Emory Speer, W. W.
Lambdin and William T. Newman,
and the jurors serving in these
courts, try and convict Mr. Watson,
the Government will attempt to in
dict and wage a prosecution against
him in a foreign State, taking him
aw’ay from his native State and into
a section of the country among
strangers and those who are likely
his enemies and bitter foes; and,
Whereas, The Government has
now pending in the United States
Court at Augusta, Ga., a case against
Mr. Watson, which has been twice
tried, having been ordered throwm
out of court by Judge Foster, and
having been tried by a jury and a
mistrial resulting before Judge
Lamb din.
We, the people of Cordele and
Crisp County, in mass meeting as
sembled, appreciating Mr. Watson as
Georgia’s brilliant son, historian, au
thor, orator, journalist and defender
of the rights of the common people
and demanding for him his consti
tutional rights under the laws of the
country, a fair trial before court and
jury, and that he be not adjudged
guilty without trial, or forced by the
strong arm of this Government to
defend against a prosecution in a
State other than his native State of
Georgia.
Therefore, we most earnestly pro
test against the proposed plan of the
Government to single out Mr. Wat
son because he dared to defend the
courts and juries of Georgia and the
United States District and Supreme
Courts, standing for right, honor and
justice, without fear of destruction.
(a) Wo further protest against the
plan of the Government and its at
tempt to prosecute a citizen of the
State of Georgia in a foreign State
and to try him by his enemies in a
section of the country where the
Roman Catholics predominate.
(b) We further protest and claim
that, to place upon the courts and
juries of the State of Georgia the
st gma, that of being unfair and unfit
to give the Government a fair and
Impartial trial, as being without any
foundation of truth whatsoever.
Georgia courts and juries arc pos
sessed of Mio manhood and honor to
deal fair and just with every cause
and to defend every just principle
and will dare to uphold the majesty
of the law, both State and Federal.
Read and adopted by unanimous
vote, February 25, 1916, at Cordele,
Georgia.
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PUBLISH THOSE NAMES’
Dear Sir: I have finished reading
the contents of the best perodical
published in America and am so dis
gusted at the rascality of your per
secutors that I wish to suggest that
wo petition Governor Harris to as
sociate with himself our State dele
gation in Congress with any outside
THE JEFFERSONIAN
Congressmen to assist, and demand
of United States Attorney-General
Gregory to produce the names of the
twenty Georgia citizens that made
the alleged report and be allowed
to produce a counter delegation of
forty Georgians that has names that
they are not ashamed to own that
will say on oath that they are sure
Georgia can produce as upright ju
rors as any State in the Union, and
demand an investigataion of the mat
ter. If he is unprejudiced he will
agree to that; if he goes on as it is,
it may cause much trouble before it
is over. No lover of liberty in the
United States is going to stand for
such vile methods. It is a matter
of fact that if the Attorney-General
had been acting in good faith he
would have given the names of the
party and invited an investigation
before he would have cast that stig
ma on Georgia; and if he is a fair
minded man he won’t object to it
now. It might save much trouble
and perhaps the shedding of much
blood before it is done. I wish to
say further that all Christians of
every faith and order will pray for
you to be treated fair in the matter.
That is all that I believe you desire.
It is also strange that the Gov
_ ernment will lend its assistance to
the most corrupt hand that ever
disgraced the face of the earth to
prosecute one of the best patriots
we have in it.
Mr. Watson, when I wrote you in
December last I was in very bad
health- —did ndt expect to ever get
out of the house living—but the doc
tor changed my treatment and I am
yet living and walk out a little. Yet
I am very feeble, but would be glad
to live to learn that you get justice
done you by the courts. lamin my
85th year. Very truly yours,
Ga. T. J. CHAFFIN.
P. S. —If Mr. Wilson wants to re
tain the office of President he had
better turn about and undo the rot
ten work to date and build again
on the true principles of democracy
and stop his aid of Rome and the
Knights of Columbus. T. J. C.
AN OPEN LETTER TO CLARK
HOWELL.
Hon. Clark Howell,
Editor Constitution,
Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. Editor: I have just finished
reading your editorial entitled, “Go
Slow, Mr. Gregory,” and every time
I think of the attempted rape of
Georgia it makes the Puritan-Salz
burger blood in my veins go up to
the boiling point. Three cheers for
our noble 12, who have thrown them
selves into the breach. I am impel
led to ask is Senatorial timber dead
in Georgia? Has democracy in the
first flush of power lost her bear
ings? Has she forsaken the old land
marks and no longer stands for
states rights? Do the people of the
United States realize that this is no
longer the attempted trial of a man,
but the trial of constitutional gov
ernment? I ask, Mr. Editor, Is the
Declaration of Independence dead?
Does the shade of Geo. 11l sit on a
“Divine right” throne in Washing
ton? ,
Let me quote from the immortal
document of Jefferson. ‘He has
combined with others to subject him
to a jurisdiction foreign to our con
stitution, and unacknowledged by
our laws; giving his assent to their
acts of pretended legislation.”
“For depriving us, in many cases,
of the benefits of trial by jury.
“For transporting us beyond seas
to be tried for pretended offences.”
Mr. Editor, Section 211 of the
United States penal code was never
intended to abridge the freedom of
the press, as is proven by the very
language of the statute, and if fit
would be so construed it would then
become violative of the first amend
ment of the Constitution and would
be null and void. Oh, Mr. Editor,
when our Supreme Court wrote
“reasonable” into the. Sherman Law,
our judicial department began to
walk on dangerous ground! The
central government was created by
the constitution, and Las no author-
ity whatever for overstepping the
restrictions placed upon it by that
instrument. It must be held strictly
to the letter of our fundamental law,
and each of the three departments
must be confined strictly to the
bounds conferred upon them. If De.
mocracy was ever called upon to de
fend the principles of representative
government, the time is now at hand.
Mr. Editor, all history shows that
the worst form of anarchy is the vio
lation of law in the pretended en
forcement of the law. Can the over
stepping of constitutional limitations
do aught but bring about a disre
spect for government? If Mr. Greg
ory can stretch this law, and give to
it a meaning and extent that con
gress could not give, then he can
change all law and nulify all consti
tutions.
What will this misconception of the
Attorney-General bring forth? Let
us go to Holy Writ for the answer?
“That which thou so west, that will
thou also reap.” Will Mr. Gregory
sow the whirlwinds, then the mut
terings of the tornado will soon be
heard. Will the Democratic party
stand for the rape of Georgia? We
shall see. The people are aroused as
never before, and they are looking to
the party leader for the defense of
Democratic Principles.
As the executive placed in power
by any party, must of necessity be
come the representative head of that
party, Mr. Wilson will be held to ac
count for any violation of Democratic
principles.
Will Mr. Wilson permit his at
torney general to perpetrate this
crime? The Attorney-General and
his satelites are a part of the execu
tive department of our Government.
All are but the hired henchmen of
the executive, placed in power by the
suffrage of Democrats, hence the
leader can not .escape responsibility
for what is done. We have been
called barbarians by a venial, par
tisan, press, and now, if what we
read is true, we are called perjurers
by the Attorney-General, and I, for
one hurl the calumny in his teeth.
Does Mr. Wilson believe his Attor
ney-General? Has he forgotten that
his noble wife w’as a patriotic flower
of Georgia’s soil, loved and honored
her native state, and that her dust
now mingles with the old red hills of
Georgia?
We await his answer.
W. A. JONES.
A CHEERING WORD FROM SOUTH
CAROLINA.
Dear Sir: I assume that it is of
little interest, socially, politically or
otherwise, but it can convey the ad
vice that you have the support of at
least one of the club here.
I note the disposition of our learn
ed Attorney-General, that he would
set the pace, that he would drag you
out of your jurisdiction for trial
again on charges which they have
failed utterly to prove. As infor
mation, would say that I am an old
Taylor County boy, and proud that
we still have in Georgia such men
as you. Best wdshes.
Yours truly,
S. C. J. B. FRASIER.
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Reference: Savannah Bank & Trust Co., The Bradstreet Co., Produce Reporter Co.
J. J. Brown will
speak at Jefferson,
Jackson county,
March 4 at 10 o’clock.
For Superintendent of Schools.
To My Fellow Citizens of McDuffie County :
At the request of a number of friends f have
consented to offer my services as County Super
intendent of Schools, subject of course to the
primary e’ection, and respectfully solicit lhe
support of Ihe voters of the county should they
deem me competent and worthy.
A. W. SMITH.
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Prices : $2.1'0 per bushel. In lots of ten bushels
or more $1.75 f. o.b.
B. J. CALLAWAY,
Manassas, Ga.
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For Ordinary Jefferson County.
I am a candidate for Ordinary of Jefferson
county. Ga., subject to the rules of the white
primary. We Inesday, March Sth. Will appreciate
your support and votes, promi ing if elected the
best efforts of my life, for a faithful performance
of the duties of an Ordinary. Thanking you in
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