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ZETTERJ TROM THE PEOPLE
Covington, Tenn., June 15, 1907.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir: I wish you would please
give me some information in regard
to the cause of the great rise in the
price of news p: per, and if it is not
asking too much, suggest a remedy
for us. The great hope of the coun
try is in the country weekly, but if
we are taxed to death, this hope will
soon be a thing of the past.
The postoffice department, that
pays its millions to railroads for car
rying the mail, can soon put us out
of business, if the tax is made a lit
tle higher, and then get unfriendly
rulings from the department. It
strikes me that we as newspaper
people, should all demand free pulp,
that all tariff be taken off of pulp
and paper. Then we should do
something to stop the government
from entering the job printing busi
ness in competition with the local
newspaper or job printer. Every
merchant, banker and lawyer in the
land has his envelopes printed by the
Government. This is an outrage
that ought not to be submitted to by
the people who make congressmen
and senators.
If you can give me some informa
tion on these matters you will greatly
oblige, Your friend,
R. H. GREEN.
Evens, Ga., June 17, 1907.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson,
My dear Sir: Yours of the 24th
of May, also the 15th of June, re
ceived and contents nol c-'d. In re
ply will say, I world have answered
sooner, but I have been sick• besides
I was looking out for a man for your
Jeffersonian and your magazine. I
have got Mr. T. J. WaHer of Evens,
to consent to canvass the contv for
your two publications. I wish I
could do this work myself, but it is
so that I cannot leave home.
Well, Tom, I predicted sixteen
years ago that the Democratic party
would take yon up and land you in
the Senate. Sometimes I think that
day is not far off if you will give
your consent. Tilings are working
your way very fast. Sixteen years
ago Tom Watson was about the only
man of any note that advocated the
government control of railroads.
Who would have thought then that
we would have a president of the
We Commenced Selling' Good
Clothing Sixteen Years Ago
We improve our Manufacturing facilities with every season’s advent. We can’t
possibly see where there’s any room for improving our Clothing. We know there’s no
room to improve prices. But they have always been very reasonable,
New Spring Suits for Mens7.so, $lO, $12.50, sls, S2O, $25. '
Boys’ and Children’s Suitesl.so, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6.50.
Men’s Panto... ..$1.50, $2, $2.50, $3, $4, $5, $6.50, $7.50.
Everything that’s right in Hats and Furnishings.
Mail Orders:—Samples of Suits or Pants will be sent to any address. But always give
size and price goods wanted.
THE GLOBE CLOTHING COMPANY
•Ml WHITEHALL ST., ATLANTA. GA.
United States advocating this today!
Bryan says it must come some day.
I am getting very anxious to hear
you spea kagain. I am not well, but
I think if you were to speak in 20
miles of me and I had no other way
to go except to walk, I would go.
Now, Tom, please pardon me for writ
ing you such a long letter. I read
a good many of your letters over;
you can afford to read one of mine.
With best wishes for you and your
better half, I remain,
Your true friend,
CAPT. C. L. WEST.
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Lewiston, Ark., 6-14- ’O7.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson,
Thomson, Ga.
Dear Sir: The best I can learn is,
that B. M. Bush sold his paper (for
what cause I do not know) to one
C. B. Andrews, a regular silk hat
whelp, who represented Nevada Co.
and was charged with taking a bribe
while in the legislature, lay in jail
a while, and was acquitted—a ver
dict rendered by arch-Democracy.
One man in Georgia I am proud of
—it don’t matter what he may do in
future —and that is John Temple
Graves. He is a brave man, one that
dares to tell a truth. There was a
time when I hated a Populist worse
than the Devil hates holy water, but
when G. Cleveland, Esq., was elected
and failied to comply with any prom
ises his party had made, his treach
ery was so palpably plain that un
der the preaching of such men as J.
0. A. Bush, Harry Tracy, Cyclone
Davis, and a little pamphlet by T. E.
Watson on public ownership of rail
ways, telegraphs, etc., I subscribed
to the “faith once delivered to the
Saints.” And I believe when a man
knows what is right it is his duty
to do it, so here is my hand to the
end.
Capt. W. B. Parks, a true Popu
list, and who made the race once in
our State for Governor, died yester
day morning at 10 o’clock. I for
one would love to see Gordon Nye’s
picture in your magazine.
Will try and get some subscribers
on your No. 3 club proposition for
weekly.
With best wishes for you and
yours, I am your friend,
W. M. FORMBY.
WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN.
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CONTENTS:
Gov. Jas. K. Vardaman, of Mississippi—Frontispiece
Editorials Thomas E. Watson 717
Illustrated by W. Gordon Nye.
Some Political History and Comment —Rotten
Advertisements —The Great Political Battie <
in Mississippi—What is Law? Two Celebrated
Cases —Color Line in England—Drive the
Usurpers Back —The Greatest of Women.
A Survey of the World 741
On the Trail of the Settler ....Ernest Cancroft 749-
Ann Boyd—A Serial Story Will N. Harben 754
The Ultimate Peace—Poem....S. H. Lyle, Jr. 761
Women, Men and Sexßev. P. W. Jones 762
The Mortgage Jeanette Holly 765
The Life and Times of Andrew Jackson
Thos. E. Watson 768
A Bride to Pharaoh Frank E. Anderson 779
Some Aftermath of the Civil War 781
“His Highness,” Pacificator... .E. L. Chandler 793
Educational Department 797
Book Reviews 801
Letters from the People 803
What the Press Says of Us 810
Say of Other Editors 812
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