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tions will solve themselves. T have
all along had a conviction that Popu
lists. as well as Socialists. put too
much stress on merely economic mat
ters tn make this earth a paradise.
The idea seems to he involved in this
reasoning that with environment and
pleasing things of life, all the heart
can crave, men and women will be
pood and happy because they must,
or have no reason or temptation tn
be otherwise. This is Utopian and
altogether impracticable and falla
cious. How would this fine philos
ophy settle the race question of this
country? or the question of ecclesias
tical interference in civil affairs? Per
haps others, as well as myself, would
be interested in your vi«ws on this
matter. Yours respect full v,
EZRA J. WEAVER.
Hawkinsville. Ga.. Aug. 4, 1907.
Hon. Thomas E. Watson, Thomson,
Ga.
My dear Mr. Watson: As a pro
hibitionist T desire to call your atten
tion' to a very grave error T think
Bishop Candler made in concluding
his last article in your controversy,
to wit. the bishop concludes bv advis
ing the prohib : tionists to “drop’’ out
of the arena of politics—in othei
words, lend no encouragement to can
didates who announce with a temper
ance plank in their platforms.
Now. in my humble opinion, if such
a course should be adopted by the
prnhis in l°ss than two years the pro
hibition laws would be wiped off the
statute books. Os mv personal knowl
edge the whiskey element is taking
great comfort from the Bishop’s ut
terances. They openly avow they are
going to trv and elect the next legis
lature and should the prohis foßow
the bishop the result can be easily
foretold.
The fight has just begun. The at
tempt will he to make the law a farce
by non-enforeement. How neces
sary, then, is it, to have onlv friends
of the measure in office. The truth
is, we ought to have a general clean
ing out all along the line and every
true soldier knows this to be needed.
You are in position to do a deal
of good and I hope, you will impress
upon the people the importance of
carrying on the campaign until this
present generation shall have passed
away and with it the liquor curse,
for the oncoming generations will be
educated in the proper channels and
it is those who will enjoy the fruits
of our labors. Yours.
Rushville, 111., Oct. 9,' 1907.
T. E. Watson, Esq., Thomson. Ga.
Dear Sir: Please find P. 0. order
for $2 enclosed, for which extend my
subscription to both publications. As
an old Peter Cooper green-backer I
think I know a good thing when I see
it.
What do you think of F. U. Adams’
article in Success, “The Flow of
Gold’’? Is it near enough truth to
base calculations on for the future?
Hoping you success, I remain, yonm
truly, ENOCH EDMONSTON.
Kiron, lowa, Oct. 7, 1907.
Hon. T. E. Watson, Thomson. Ga.
My dear Sir: I find that the sub
scription to Jeffersonian will expire
on the 11th. I enclose herewith a
dollar for renewal for another year.
So send on the paper under the same
P. O. address, Wishing you great
success in your work for humanity,
Yours in love for the right,
A. NORELIUS.
Hartwell. Ga., Oct. 11, 1907.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson. Thomson, Ga.
Dear Sir: Enclosed find check for
$2.10, for which continue my sub
scription to the Jeffersonian Maga
zine and send me the Weekly Jeffer
sonian.
Yours truly.
JOE H. SCOTT.
Walnut Springs, Tex., Oct. 7, 1907.
Hon. T. E. Watson, Atlanta, Ga.
Sir:. I see my time is about out on
subscription to your very valuable pa
per, the Jeffersonian. Please find M.
0. for $1 to renew another twelve
months.
W. T. HOWELL.
My dear Friend Mr. Watson:
I noticed* in today’s Constitution,
a wreck on the Georgia railroad near
Kirkwood at Candler’s Crossing,
caused by “new switch.” just placed
in. no doubt a defective frog. Oh.
how nece p s , »rv for a safetv! Had my
improvement b°en in ns th a* sad ac
cident thet mav ramse the m ffio
noble, Mr. Jop Hogan, and
sev?d the road the enormous expense
of repairs, for had mv switch been
in service there it would have been
just a plain track, when nnf in nse
for swiMvng the cars. A wreck from
a defective frog could not happen
wiHi mine for I use no frog. I would
like verv much to meet von and give
you a personal explanation of my
switch. Also show you some very
cumnlimentary letters from the men
that know.
Bv the way, our Methodist pastor’s
wife here was one of your first pu
pils. She is now Mrs. J. M. Ruskin.
She was a Miss Sasser. She remem
bers you well, and would be very
glad to see you. Should yon ever
have occasion to come into this part
of the “moral vineyard.” we would
be onlv ton glad to entertain you.
Could I have an interview with von
about the 7th or Sth of next month?
I haven’t yet a model, but don’t
thmk that it will require a model to
fully give you the idea of its perfec
tion. Very truly yours,
* J. A. COPPOCK.
Lewiston, Mont., Oct. 21. 1997.
Dear Brother in “works and tribu
lation”: Your tilt in the arena with
Bishop Candler reminds me of the
passage in Sir Walter Scott ; s “Ivan
hoe,” where the disinherited knight
sent the great champion sprawling in
the dust. I am a Methodist of 57
years’ standing, but in the language
of Shakespeare I sav, “Lay on, Mac
duff!’’(Let the Bishop finish the
quotation, if he feels like it.) The
great and good Bishop in his anxiety
to avoid the Scylla of Populism ran
into the Charybdis of intemperance
and he hasn’t made as lucky an es
cape as the hero of the Odyssey did.
Great minds will differ. Dear Bish
op, I prefer reform veneered with
Populism. You seem to choose De
mocracy pickled in whiskey. En
closed you will find a few rhymes.
Please publish and oblige.
G. W. DRINKARD.
The few rhymes to which our wide
awake Montana friend refers are as
folloWßt
WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN.
Ex-Governor Glick Makes a Hit With
Clever Rhyme.
Ex-Gox. Glick, of Kansas, accord
ing to the Topeka correspondent of
the Kansas City Times, was called up
on the other day for a speech.
Instead of making a regular polit
ical speech, he read a rhyme, the
authorship of which he refused to
make known. The verse was by far
one of the special features of the con
vention, judging by its demonstra
tive reception. So pleased were the
delegates that its re-reading was de
manded. It follows:
“Along in November, when chill w’as
the weather,
Two ballots were cast in a box to
gether.
They nestled up close like brother to
brother,
You couldn’t tell one of the votes
from the other.
“The prohibition man, no man could
be truer,
Kept busy all summer denouncing the
brewer,
But his fervor cooled off with the
change of the weather,
And late in the autumn they voted
together.
“The Sunday school man had al
ways been noted
For fighting saloons except when he
voted.
He piled up his prayers with a holy
perfection,
Then knocked them all down on the
day of election.
“The foxy old brewer was cheerful
and mellow;
Said he, ‘ I admire that Sunday school
fellow,
He’s true to his church, to his party
he’s truer,
He talks for the Lord, but he votes
for the brewer.’ ”
HERE’S ONE THAT’S REAL
FUNNY.
(Because the book is advertised in
his magazine.)
Putnam Hall, Fla., Oct. 29, 1907.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga.
Dear Sir: I am somewhat of a
crank myself about Nanoleon and I
”nnt your history of him. Where
can I get it, and the price? You hit
hard licks, but right on top of the
nail. Yours,
J. P.
P. S.—Would like to see a copy
of your weekly paper. I take the
magazine. ( t|i j
HERE’S ONE FROM A GOOD OLD
FRIEND.
Mr. Watson: 1 would be glad to
ace you at your home and also to see
your family and your office helpers
and that much spelled town, Thom
son, Tompson, and so on, but I have
passed that 75-mile post, 27th of last
March, and can’t get around as 1
wish to, but 1 can do something for
you by talking and loaning my mag
azine and its close relative, The Jef
fersonian.
When I renew my subscription I
want, if possible, to send some of
my friends’ subscriptions along with
it. If you want me to, I will send
you the names of the old guard Pops
of the Bth Alabama District.
Yours truly,
THOS. B. PARKS.
Georgetown, Ga., Oct. 29, 1907.
Mr. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson. Ga.
Sir: Enclosed please find P. O.
M. O. for $2, for which please send
to the address below for twelve
months Watson’s Jeffersonian Mag
azine and The Weekly Jeffersonian,
beginning with the November issue of
the magazine, and oblige,
LEE HIGHTOWER.
Milledgeville. Ga., Oct. 9, 1907.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga.
Dear Sir: Your favor of Oct. 1
is at hand. I thank you for your
kindness in the past, and for the good
earnest effort you are making all the
time for the betterment of mankind.
I intended to have helped to extend
the circulation of your paper, but
find it an uphill business here, but I
will do you all the good I can and
no harm.
Enclosed please find order for $1
to renew my subscription for one
year. I remain, as ever, vour friend,
GEO. R. KEMP.
R. F. D. No. 2, Box 6.
Point Peter. Ga. Oct. 7, 1907.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson Thomson. Ga.
My Dear Sir: Ench .ed find pos-.
tai money order for $2, for which
please extend my subscription to your
Weekly Jeffersonian from October 11
to October 11 next. Also please ex
tend my subscription to your monthly
Jeffersonian Magazine from Decem
ber, 1907, to December. 1908, and
oblige. Yours very truly,
A. J. SCOGGINS.
R. F. D. 2, Box 46.
Macon, Ga., Oct. 23, 1907.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga.
Dear Sir: Enclosed I send you five
dollars in cash to pay for two renew
als to your Weekly and Monthly
Jeffersonian. Our former and pres
ent addresses are G. P. Rankin. 117
Second Street, and S. L. McWilliams,
656 Pine street, both Macon, Ga.
We are well pleased with your pa
per and magazine and feel that, at
the regular subscription price, we
are getting more than our money’s
worth. If you would please us bet
ter, send the Jeffersonian to us daily.
Yours truly.
s. l. McWilliams.
(Note: That’s the way to encour
age the old man! Thanks, neigh
bor.)
Sunset. Ga., Oct. 23. 1907.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson. Thomson, Ga.
Dear Sir: Please find check one
dollar for the Watson’s Weekly.
Yours very truly,
M. K. SHARPE.
(Note: Mr. Sharpe has been a
misrhty goed friend to the Jeffer
sonian.)
Galveston, Ind., Oct. 28. 1907.
Mr. T. E. Watson, Atlanta, Ga.
You will find two dollars to renew
my subscription to the weekly, also
for your monthly Jeffersonian, and
oblige one on the firing tine.
aaron McDonald.
R. F. D. No. IX
Dawson, Ga., Oct. 28, 1907.
Watson’s Jeffersonian, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir: Please find check for one
$1.55 for the magazine Dee., 1907,
to Dec., 1908. Youra,
J. R. MERCSJL
Fvre oente for exchange.
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