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The Lee County Journal
ALFRED Z. WESLEY, M. E. TISON, Editors and Publishers. M. E ,TISON, Business Manager, ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY AT ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
VOL, VIII.
5 3
Furnished SJuthern Demo
crats by Mr. Pattersoa
AN SIGNIFICANT SPEECH
Declares Scuth’s | Sef-Abnegation Has
l.asted Lony Elnough and Dixie
Should kurnjish a Candidate
fer the {Presidency, :
¥
S-4n & spegéx de¢plivered in the house
of representitjvips, Congressman Pat
terson, of Tf‘ 3see, voiced tersely
and clearly aé Ytiment which, though
perhaps longfigf nt in the thoughts ot
southern pul____men, has recently be
come most i (ounced in the under
current of gsefussion of democratic
possibilities 21 Chis year's campaign.
Has not the ¥ coms when the dem
ocracy of th? sfith may, and in justice
to itself should, name one of its lead
ers for the presidential honors?
The most' gignificant utterances of
Mr. Patterson were as follows:
- “The time has come for the soulh
to assert l‘er jpolitical independence
and resume her historical place in fhe
union. Ih¢ hoyr is now for the south
to lift the :uor(igage on her electoral
votes, whicl shie has paid to the utter
_ most farthing. |
3 do n(‘: think that to neminate a
southern han; for the presidency
would ch’mgei\ one electoral vote
against thq depjocratic party. For one
I am wea}y of hearing the constant
and subsey'viexpt iteration that the
south is f¢§ anly man whom the north
may nameffor ipresident. It is an in
justice to'yhe {south and a reflection
upon the igelljgence and patriotism of
the northe/n (lemocracy.
“The qu'stién should no longer be,
from what statle or section a possible
nominee of the| demogratic convention
should hailb-'fn,xh; should solely be, what
are his quelifications, what his weorth
as measured ''by the high office to
which he aspires.”
EDITOR RICHARDSON DEAD.
Well Known fieo’rgia Journalist and
Orator Succymbs to Grim Reaper.
Hon. F. H. Richardson, who for
years was at (ifferent periods editor
of The Atlantz Constitution, Atlanta
Journal, C()lumgs Eaquirer-Sun and
Macon Tel¢gral and one of the best
known newsna % men in the south,
died Saturday 1 ".ing at his residence
in East Prini, <4, six miles from
Atlanta, afler .. iingering illness of
nearly two yearjy
The®annoance snt of the death of
this brilliay = */ifnalist, whose writ
ings have | @ted attention in all
parts cf the;, unted States, will be re
ceived with( Teit sorrow in every sec
tion. No man yas better known or
better loved tha, Henry Richardson.
I:lis death. wa; not unexpected, as
h¢” had been in a critical condition
jn’ce November, 1502, when he was ta
" ken suddenly ill At times he would
grow better, andat one time he recov:
LEESBURG, GA. SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1904,
‘ered sufficienly to resume his work on
}The Atlanta Journal, but in a few
days he was taken ill again and had
‘to give up.
~ Mr. Richardson leaves a devotad
‘wife and one little child to mourn
their loss. And not only will his fam
{ly mourn, but théusands of his friends
everywhere will be bowed in grief
when they read the sad news of his
death.
F. H. Richardson was born in Upson
county, Ga., July 4, 1858. His family
moved to Atlanta when Mr. Richard
son was two years old and he lived
there nearly all of his life. He at
tended the city schools and then went
to Emory college, graduating with sec
ond honor at the age of sixteen years.
On his return to Atlanta from col
lege, Mr. Richardson began tHe study
of law under Luclus J. Gartrell, and
was admitted to the bar. Shortly af
ter becomifg a lawyer he was offered
a position on The Columbus Enquirer
Sun, which he accepted. He worked
on that paper in Columbus for a year
and returned to Aflanta to take a place
on The Constitution. He worked or
The Constitution for several years
and was then made Washington carre
spondent of that paper. In Washing:-
ton Mr. Richardson did excellent work
and won a national reputation. He
made hundreds of frlends among the
public men at Washington and the
members of the newspaper fraternity
there, and for years he sent to The
Constitution the happenings in the na
tional capital. :
Leaving Washington, Mr. Richard
son returned to Atlanta to do editorial
work on The Constitution. Later hsa
accepted the editorship of The Macon
Telegraph, where he served for two
years, returning to Atlanta in 1889 to
become editor of The Atlanta Journal.
REPORT OF JAPANESE REPULSE.
Paris Hears from Shanghai Some
News of Doubtful Import.
A dispatch of Friday from Paris
says: No reports have been received
at the foreign office or elsewhere con:
firming the boerse rumor of a great
Japanese defeat, which probably grew
from the Shanghai report of the de
feat of 200 Japanese by a Russian
force of 300 men. .
DATTO HASSAN FINALLY SLAIN.
Obstreperous Filipino Run Down and
Exterminated by Trecops.
From Manila comes the news that
Datto Hassen, who wounded Major H.
L. Scott during an engagement in Jolo
in November last, has been killed
All the other Dattos aided the troops
in locating Hassen. Everything is
quiet now, with no opposition of any
kind to the American rule on the is
land of Jolo.
VOTS IS AGAINST STRIKE. j
“Local” Miners of Nine Btates Cast
Ballots to that Effect
National officers of the United Mine
Workers of America gay that, from
reports they have received from locals
of the nine states which Tuesday vot
ed on the subject of accepting or re.
fusing the offer of the operators, the
two years’ scale is acocepted, and there
will be flo strike. Returns from Cen
tral Pennsylvania show three to one
against a strike.
Port Arthur Again Bombard
ed Without Success.
DETAILS YET LACKING
Official Report of Attack on Vladivos
tock Received in Toklo—Japs
Claim that Damage
Was Done,
An Associatd rress dispatch says:
The Japanese fleet appeared off Pors
Arthur harbor at midnight Wednes
day night and bombarded the city in
termittently until 8 o'clock Thursday
morning.
The Russians replied to the Japan
ese fire. A message from the signal
station at 11 o’clock p. m., announcad
the appearance of a Japanese squad
ron on the horizon. Fifty miputes lat
er the shore batteries opened fire on
the Japanese vessels. A gale sprang
up and the attacking fieet soon with
drew,
A dispatch from Tokio, Japan, says:
Vice Admiral Kamimura, reporting the
bombardment of Vladivostock on
March 6, says the attack commenced
at 10 minutes of 2 in the afternoon,
and the firing was kept up about forty
minutes. He believes the bombard
ment was effective and demoralizing
to the enemy. Onr this occasion the
Russian forts did not reply to the Jap
anese fire. Japanese cruisers subse
quently reconnoitered several adjacent
places on the coast, but found no trace
of the enemy,
The full report of Vice Admiral Ka
mimura, who commands the second
Japanese squadron, says:
“As prearranged, we reached the
east entrance to Vladivestock on the
morning of March 6, through a frozen
éea. The enemy’s ships were not seen
outside the harbor. We approached
the batteries on the northeast coast
from a poiht beyond the range of tha
batteries on the Balzan promontory
and Bosphorous strait. After bombar4-
ing the inner harbor forty minutes,
from 1:50 o’clock in thé aftermoon,
we retired. I believe the bombard
ment effected considerable damage.
Soldiers were seen, but the land bat.
teries did not reply to our fire. Black
smoke was observed at the east en
trance to the harbor about 5 o’clock
and was thought to be from the ene.
my’s ships, but this smoke gradually
disappeared.
“On the morning of March 7 we re
connoitered America hay and Strelok
bay, but saw nothing unusual. We ap
proached the east entrance to Vladi
vostock at noon. The enemy’s ships
were invisible and the batteries did
not fire. We turned toward Possiet
bay, but not seeing the enemy, re
tired.”
EVANS ASSOCIATE JUSTICE,
Of Ceorgia Supreme Court to Succeed
Turner, Who Has Resigned.
Judge Beverly D. Evans, of San
dersville, judge of the middle Georgia
circuit, becomes an asggociade justice
‘of the supreme court of Georgia on
April 1 next by appointment af Gov
ernar Terrell, succeeding Assoclate
Justice Henry G. Turner, who tender
ed his resignation to Governor Ter
‘rell Thursday, taking eifect on thh
date named. “
The resignation of Justice Turner
and the appointment of Judge Evans
came as a declded surprise to the en
tire state,
Justice Turner has been on the su
preme bench only about eight months,
and could have had the remainder of
the unexpired term of the late Jus
tice Samuel Lumpkin without opposi
tion—a period of four years more from
January 1 next. He is known to have
been highly pleased with the associa
tions and, with the work.
Russ and Jap Scouts Meet.
Russian and Japanese mounted
scoutg met north of Ping Yang Thure
day, says a cable dispatch from Toklo,
"‘After a brief engagement the Russians
retreated. No casualti®s are reporte’d
on either side,
WILLIAMS PAYS THE PENALTY.
Negro Assailant of Mrs. Shields and
Daughter Legally Executed.
Henry Williams, a negro, was hang
ed at Roanoke, Va., Friday. The exe
cution was witnessed by several hun
dred persons assembled in the jail
yard, while thoysands thronged the
streets about the prison.
The crime for which Willlams was
hanged was committed on January 30
last. He entered the house of George
J. Shields, and after assaulting Mrs.
Shields, cut her throat. He then struck
Mildred, the 3-year-old daughter of the
couple, over the head with a hatchet,
and robbed the house.
SUMMERS LOSES HIS JOB.
Dietrich Affair Proves Boomerang to
Nebraska District Attorney.
A Washington dispatch says: As a
result of the Inquiry into the charges
against Senator Dietrich, of Nebraska,
Willlamson 8. Summers, United States
district attorney, of Nebraska, will be
removed from office. President Roose
velt has given notice that he would
take such action against Mr. Summers,
OBSERVER ALLEN RESTRICTED.
Japs Turn Down Our Military Repre
sentative with Russian Army.
An Assoclated Press dispatch from
Seoul, Korea, states that the Japan
ese have stopped Brigadier General
Henry T. Allen, chief of the Philippine
constabulary and the United BStates
military observer with the Russian ar
my, at Ping-Yang, requesting him not
to proceed nearer their outposts.
THE SACRILEGIOUS HEATHEN.
Statue of Jesus Christ on Boundary
of Chile and Argentina.
The dedication of the great statue
of Jesus Christ on the boundar¥y line
between Chile and Argenfina has been
made the occasipn of impressive cere
mories in which nigh officials of both
countries participated. The dedica
tion gave an opportunity for the
expression of most cordial feelings of
friendship .
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