The Lee County Journal M. E. TISON, Editor and Publisher. VOl, VIII. -3 5 4 ‘é GEORGIA. ¢ VOVVIVTCO 20D “Q‘: Brief Summary of Doings Throughout the State. The seventh district convention will assemble on May 4, There are fifty eight lodges in the district, and all will be represented. The proceedings of the convention will be of great in terest to all Masons, % ¥ % : Exhibit to Be Ready June Ist. Governor Terrell announces that the Georgia exhibit at St. Louis will be complete in every detail by June the first. The building will be turned over finished by May 20, and it is believed that in ten days thereafter the exhibit can be in place. 2 %® =% Reward Offered for Murderer. A reward of $lOO has been offered by Governor Terrell for the arrest of Evans Jones, who is wanted in Lau rens county for the murder of War ren Green in December, 1903. Jones escaped shortly after the crime was committed and has not been heard ©of since. . * i *® Georgia Troops Invited. Georgia has ,been invited to send 1,250 of her regular organized militia t> take part in the fall maneuvers of tke United States army, to be held at Manassas, Va. beginning September 5, next. Governor Terrell has received a letter from the war department ex tending this invitation and giving the particulars of these maneuvers. 2 8 8 . Bound Over on Peonage Charge, William J. Fleeman, an old and highly respected farmer in Oglethorpe ccunty, was arraigned before Judge Kinnebrew, at Athens, on the charge nf peonage. He waived trial and gave, bond in the sum of $1,500. The wit nesses in this case were not sent to jail in Atlanta as in former cases, on account of the expense attached to such procedure. * %= . A Hustling Tax Collector. Without having to sell a dollar’s worth of property, Muscogee county, has not only collected all its taxes for 1903, but the final report of Tax Collector Andrews, made to the coun ty commissioners, shows that not only was all the tax money secured, with tlic exception of $332.40 on the insolv ency list, but $407.232 not on the di gest was collected, making the net gain over the entire digest $64.83. " o 8 Masons to Meet in Rome. Great preparations are being made by the Masons of Rome Tor the great Masonic celebration that occurs in that city May 4 and 5. Already the necessary committees have been ap pcinted and invitations have been sent to every lodge in Georgia and quite a number in Alabama, Tennessee, Florida and Mississippi. The indica tions are that this celebration will surpass all others that have preceded it: T 8 3 Saloons Close During Revival. While a revival was in progress at LEESBURG, GA., FRIDAY. APRIL 22. 1904. lGriffln the past week, every store and saloon in the town closcd between the hours of 3 and 4 o’clock at the request of Rev. T. C. Betterson, of the First Methodist church, who conducted the meeiings, It is the first time in the history of recent years that such a history of recent years that such a general recognition has been given an effort of this sort, and the fact that the whisky men were as prompt as any other merchants in closing their doors has caused much comment. . £ % =» The Centennial Commencement of the State University. All Georgians are naturally interest ed in the celebration of the one hun dredth commencement of their state university. In order to bring vividly before the minds of the living the courage and faith of the fathers who pianted a university here in the midst; of an almost unbroken forest the pres ent commencement will be celebrated, as was the first, under a bush arbor, erected on the very spot where the ar bor stood one hundred years ago. The university calls for a general gather ing of alumni and citizens on this aus picious occasion, = & ™ Mill Sold Under Court Order. Commissioner Billups Phinizy and Receivers A. L. Hull and T. P. Vin cent have sold the property of the Athens Manufacturing Company under -order of Judge Newnan, of the federal court. Judge John R. White, of Athens, purchased the check mill for $20,900, and the yarn mill was bought by J. Y. Carithers and W. T. Bryan for $38,000. The other property of the company brought enough to run the total up to $75,000. The Cen tral of Georgia railway' bought prop erty along its right "of way for yard purposes to the amount of ss,ooo. The new purchasers will at once make great improvements on the property, and will have two of the finest mills in the south if the court confirms the sale. ** * | Will Withdraw Injunction Suit. Attorney General John C. Hart has gone to Washington to represent the state in fhe injunction proceedings against the Ducktown Copper mines at Ducktown, Tenn. It is these mines that have been issuing the fumes that have destroyed a great deal of vegeta tion in Georgia. Arrangements have Ibeen made between the state and the }mining companies, however, to settle | the suit, as the companies have agreed to us another process in roasting the metal. Attorney General Hart will probably withdraw the suit when it is called. : ‘ . & Faced Five Different Juries. The case of the State vs. Gill John son, charged with the murder of Dr.; A B. Frix, near Trenton ,about three 'years ago, was terminated at Dalton %Saturday by a verdict of not guilty. lThis is probably the most remarkable ’murder trial ever tried in the courts lof this state. Johnson has_been tried tby five different juries, three times in jDade county and twice In Whitfield. IThe case was tried twice in Dade,one of the trials resulting in a verdict of guilty and a new trial being granted by the supreme court; it was brought to Whitfield county by a change of lvenue, after which it was tried at Dal- ton once, then carried back to Dade !county and again tried in Dalton, re sulting as stated. The case was bitter :ly fought on both sides. !, ¥ - Meeting in Interest of Canal. Governor Terrell has received a let ter from Governor W. S. Jennings, of Florida, inviting him to be present and to appoint delegates to attend a Panama canal convention to be held at Tampa, Fla., beginning May 4, next, to discuss plans by which the people of the United States may se cure the greatest benefits as the re sult of the building of the canal. - Governor Terrell replied that he would be unable to attend the con vention himself on account of official duties, but stated that he would be glad to appoint delegates. Governor Terrell is a strong advocate of the Panama canal, and was one of the first to come out in favor of it when the matter was under discussion in the senate. 2 * 3 u To Test Peonage Laws. . A mass meeting of Tifton citizens was recently held in the city court hall for the purpose of taking action on the peonage case of 8. M. Clyatt, which has been certified by the United States circuit court of appeals in New Orleans to the United States supreme court for information. The case, as al ready mentioned in these columns, is the first conviction in ‘'many years, un der the United States peonage laws, and arose from Mr. Clyatt having two negroes who had left his employ ar rested in Florida under warrants from this stdate on charges of gambling and larceny. Five thousand dollars is re ported to have been pledged towards“ securing the best legal talent in the country to see that Mr. Clyatt’s side of the case was properly presented to the supreme court. An effort will be' made to employ Mr. Elihu Root. Every turpentine operator and saw mill man, as well as every one employing lahor in this section, feels that they are af fected by Judge Swayne’s construction of this law, and take a vital interest in the case. 2 8 = .Shareholders May Sue. In the federal court at Atlanta Judge Newman rendered a decision 1n the case of Daniel W. Smith and others against Bird M. Robinson, W. A Wimbish and others, which, in ef: feet, gives the right to the sharehold ers of the Atlanta National, Southern Home and Inter-State Building and Loan associaions to sue the parties named in their bill filed on November 21, 1903. Judge Newman holds that the share holders have a perfect right to sue and that the defendants named must be brought into the suit and made par ties to it. The bill filed on November 21 al leges that Bird M. Robinson, of New York, as a shareholder in the associa ticns and an expert in such matters, recommended a receiversiifp for the building and loan associations; that W A. Wimbish, of Atlanta, had him-{ self appointed attorney for the re ceivers, who were W. A, Henderson and John T. Pendleton; that Wim bish recommended that the bid for the unadministered assets of the as sociations, submitted by the National Finance company, of New York, be ac. ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY AT ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. cepted, and that this company, hav ing never been chartered, was nothing more than a dummy organized by Wimbish and Robinson to buy these assets. The bill further alleges that suus of money aggregating $40,000 tor more, which were turned over by ‘the receivers to Wimbish, have never been satisfactorily accounted for, " A short time ago the defendants fiied a demurrer to this bill, claiming, in substance, that the shareholders of the association had no right to bring action against the associations and the receivers. They also took exception to certain alleged scandalous allegations made against them in connection with the Baltimore Building and Looan asso ciation. Judge Newman sustained the last demurrer, but held that the share holders had a perfect right to bring suit. JAP OFFICERS CAPTURED. Were Preparing to Blow Up Railroad Bridge When Surprised. Axn Associated Press dispatch says: Two officers of the Japanese general staff have arrived at Harbini, under strict escort, having been arrestea by the railroad guard eighteen miles from the city. They were dressed as Thib etan Lamas. - In attempting to escape they for sook their tents, in which were found sixty pounds of high explosives, a i fuse, a string of keys to unscrew rail ~road nuts, etc. They evidently in tended to blow up the bridge over the Nonni river, near Fullardi. The prisoners displayed great cool ness, confesing that it was their inten tion to destroy the railroad. KOREAN PALACE BURNED. Residence of Ruler of Hermit Kingdom Now a Pile of Ruins. A cable report received at the for eign office in Paris says that the im perial palace at Seoul, Korea, was completely destroyed by fire Friday night. Only the ruins of the palace remain, A The emperor and his suite succeed ed in escaping to a nearby refuge, The tecent political unrest in the Keorean capital leads to fears that the destruc tion of the palace was the work of re bellious element, BiG BILL SEEKS DAMAGES. Former Police Chief Devery, of New York, Sues for Breach of Contract. At New = York, Tuesday, Former Chief of Police Devery, through coun sel, filed formal demand on Police Commissioner McAdoo for $35,000, which he alleges is due him as dam ages for breach of contract on the part of the city. He sues the com missioner as trustee of the polie fund. SUICIDED ON THE MAINE. Chief Engineer of Battleship Sends Bullet Into His Brain, " Lieutenant Commander Edgar Town send Warburton, chief engineer of the battleship Maire, now in Pensac®, Fla., harbor, suicided in his cabin on board the vessel Friday. A bullet from a 38-calibre revolver was senf crashing through his brain, and death resulled within forty minutes after ward. 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