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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 . NO. 37,