The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, April 22, 1904, Image 1
The Lee County Journal
M. E. TISON, Editor and Publisher.
VOl, VIII.
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‘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,
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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.
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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. .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.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. No cause is known for the ac:.
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