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The Lee County Journal
Yiil. IX.
‘Claim is Made That They Did
Not Report to Bureau.
‘CENSUS MAN QUERRIED
:Memphis Cotton Exchange Takes Up
the Cudgels—Resolution of Con
gressman Livingston Receiv
ing Much Attenti‘on.
The Meniphis, Tenn., cotton ex
change has sent the following tele
.gram to Census Director North, at
Washington:
“Many ginners in this district deny
‘having made a report as to the amount
of cotton ginned from November 14
to December 13.
Rellable reports from other districts
indicate that the same conditions ex
ist. .
“In making up your report, what
per cent of cotton ginned was allowgd
those not reporting, and what per
cent of the total did not report?
Pleasg advise.”
North Makes Statement.
A Washington special says: Direct
tor North, of the census bureau ad
mitted having received a telegram
“from the Memphis cotton éxchange,
stating that many ginners in that dis
trict denied having made reports as
to the amount of cottop ginned from
November 14 to December 13. He has
replied as follows.
“Where information was refused in
Shelby county, the November returns
were brought forward for December
without estimates. Comparatively
few instances were noted throughout
the belt where correct information
was not available.”
In discussing the matter, Director
North said that for some unexplained
reason a number of ginners refused
to furnish information regarding the
amount of cotton ginned during the
period stated, and that following the
cuctom of the bureau under such cir
cumstances, the returns for the pre
ceding period were brought forward
without estimates.
Director North explained that 2s
Memphis is in Shelby county, Tennes
see, his reply to the Memphis cotton
exchange referred especially to it.
Consider Livingston Resolution,
The house committee on agrieulture
has been giving some attention dur
ing the holidays to the resolution in
troduced by Representative Living
ingston, of Georgia requesting that
‘all the facts concerning the manner
:in which the department of agricul
ture makes up its cotton estimates be
sent to congress.
.~ While nothing definite has been de
‘eided on, it may be stated that the
‘commiitee will be ready to report
pext Wednesday, if Mr. Livingston
exercises his prerogative and aks for
a report.
There is intense interest in the mat.
ter here, as a result of the slump re-
LEESBURG. GA.. FRIDAY,JANUARY 6. 1905
sulting from the estimate given out
on December 3.
Congressman Burleson, of Texas,
is preparing and will introduce, as
soon as poSsible after congress re
convenes, a bill amending the act cre
ating the census bureau, in such a way
as to cause that bureau to gather and
publish from time to time statistics
showing the amount of cotton con
sumed by mills at home and abroad,
the amount exported and the amount
held over, by persons other than the
producers each year.
VETS INVITE ROOSEVELT.
Alabama Confederate Camp Assures
President of Hospitable Welcome.
Jones M. Withers camp, No. 675,
United Confederate Veterans, at Mo
bile, Ala.,, has forwarded President
Roosevelt an invitation to visit Mo
bile, assuring him 'of a hospitable
gouthern welcome from all confeder
ate veterans and citizens at large.
MONEY STCLEN FROM TRUNKS.
$1,400 was stolen from a prominent
citizen of Abbeville, Ga, a few days
ago. He had collected the money, and
instead of putting the same in a bank,
he carried it home and put it in his
trunk. The hinges were taken off
his trunk while he was up town and
the money was stolen.
A merchant in our town had $175,
which he intended paying out on Mon
day morning. ‘On Satvrday nlghi he
left the money in his trenk and ran to
the warehouse to help sav: a bale of
cotton that was burning. Some one
picked the lock and when he returned
the money wag gone and has never
been recoverd.
So many people in the country make
this same fearful mistake.
The safest and most reliable place
to keep your money is to deposit the
same in your home bank, where you
can always get it when you want it.
The BANK OF SMITHVILLE, Ga.,
is insured against robbery, fire and
dishonesty, besides it carries DEPOS
ITORS’ INSURANCE for $100,000.00,
which absolutely secures DEPOSIT
ORS Against LOSS.
We invite you to call on the Cash
ier and hecome acquainted and open
your Bank Acoount. ;
BANK OF SMITHVILLE, GA,,
J. 0. McCLAIN, Cashier.
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NEGRO'S DESPERATE DEERQ.
Explodes Dynamite in Car Full of
‘Prisoners in Attempt to Escape.
A Birmingham, Ala, dispatch says:
While a train carrying 130 convict
miers in the employ of the Tennes:
see Coal, Iron and Railroad Company,
were going from mine No. 3 to the
prison, William Faler, a negro con
vict from Bibb county exploded a
stick of dynamite in one of the coach
es with a view to effecting a whole
gale release,
J. Dawkins, a conviet from Henry
county, was killed, Guard Pickett had
a leg and an arm blown off, George
Delaney, one of the trainmen, was
hurt and several convicts were slight-
Iy injured.
During the stampede guards from
other cars rushed forward and pre
vented the escape of any of the con
victs.
The explosion blew out the end of
the coach in which it occurred.
JAPS CAPTURE MOUNTAIN
After Desperate Fighting and Heavy
Losses Mikado’'s Men Finnally
- Possess Rihlung Fort.
Advices from Japanese headquar
ters at Port Arthur state that Rihlung
Fort was captured at three o'clock
Thursday morning with a thousand
Japanese casualties.
‘Seven dynamite mines exploded at
ten o’clock Wednesda)} and Imade
breaches in the front- wall, through
which a large body of Japanese troops
charged under cover of a tremendous
bombardment end captured the first
line of light guns. A bitter fight re
sulted in the capture of the fort.
The garrison, numhering five hun
dred, escaped.
Rihlung fort, situated on Rihlung
mountain, formed part of the inner
circle of the chain of forts defend
ing Port Arthur. Rihlung is situa
ted about two miles from the out
skirts of the town of Port Arthur from
which it bears due northeast. The
fort just captured is a mile and a
half southeast of Keekwan iort, re
cently captured by the Japanese. The
possession of these two forts should
‘make a most important breach in the
fortifications of Port Arthur and cut
off communicaion between the Gold
en Hill forts and the forts of the
western section of the inner circle
of fortifications.
From Rihlung mountain, which is
nearly opposite 203-Metre Hill, it
would appear that the Japanese fire
’will be able to reach anything in the
‘harbor and town which the Japanese
‘heavy guns on 203-Metre Hill are un
‘able to hit, thus making it apparently
impossible for the Russian second Pa
cific squadron to make any use of
Port Arthur even should the Japan
ese content themselves wita holding
the strong position they mow occupy.
MOB AVENGES FARMER’S DEATH.
Negro Lynched at Neal, Ga., for Mur
der of J. A. Park.
Herbert Simmons, a negro, was
lynched at Neal, Ga., Thursday for
the killing of J. A. Park, a white farm
er. The pegro was taken by a num
ber of white men and hanged to the
limb of a t}ee.
The crime was an atroclous one,
and took gplace on night of the 27th.
At the time Mr. Park was going
home, and wag accompanied home by
negroes who lived on the farm, three
in number, two left and the third con
tinued with him, saying that he was
going home, which was beyond Mr.
Park’s pilace.
Just before reaching the Park home
Park was knocked down with a hand
stick and hig skull crushed. His wife
was first to find the remaing of her
husband on the following mnrorning,
lying with his head in a pool of hlood
in the road where he fell.
His wife notified his brothers, who
at once set out in search of the negro
last seen with Park, and they suc
ceeded Phursday morning in captur
ing the assassin,
After a coroner’s jury had rendered
their verdict that Parl: came to his
death at the hands of Herbert Sim
mons, colored, the prisoner was start
ed to Zehulon jail. Enraged citizens
anticipated a legal trial by taking him
from the officer and hanging him to a
limb of a tree. They also riddled his
body with bullets.
BUREAU’'S WORK NULLIFIED.
Census Director Ceplores Act of Gin
ners in Refusing to Make Reports,
A Washington special says: Direc
tor of the Census North, in a letter to
Representative Burleson, of Texas,
ma?ie public Thursday, takes notice of
the situation preseneed by the cotton
statistics given out for publication
Wednesday, and expresses his sur
prise and concern at the recent alleg
€¢d movement in the southern states,
“apparently approved and augmented
by the cotton growers themselves,” to
destroy the census reports by concert
ed refusal of the ginners to make re
turns. The ginners’ report is impossi
ble without the sympathetic and
whole-hearted co-operatign of the gin
ners of the south. |
A QUARTER MILLION BLAZE,
Columbus, Ohio, Suffers Heavy Busl
ness Property Loss By Fire.
Fire in Columbus, Ohio, early Wed
nesday destroyed $225,000 worth of
property and stocks in the center of
the business district and in an explo
sion during the fire five firemen were
more or ress injured. The fire start
ed in the Mithoff building. The sec
ond, third and fourth floors were occu
pied as flats and something like fifteen
families reside there, but all were res
cued. The flames then spread to ad
joining stores. ;
WANT ALL DUTIES ABOLISHED.
Philippine Chamber of Commerce
Says Islandrs are Near to Ruin.
Secretary Taft has received the fol
lowing cablegram from the president
of the Philippine chamber of com
merce at Manila:
“Secretary of War, Washington.—
Philippine chamber of commerce asks
congreésg to save the Philippines from
ruin by wholly abolishing the tariff
on our tobacco and sugar.
“PRESIDENT.”
MOTION TO QUASH DENIED.
Trial of White Woman and Negro at
Jacksonville, Fla,, Set for Jan, 9,
Judge Call, In the circuit court at
Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday morning
denied the motion to quash the indict.
ment against Nellie Plummer, white,
and Jake Bradford, a negro, for the
killing of John Plummer, husbanl of
the accused woman. The defendants
were arraigned and pleaded not guilty.
The trial was set for the 9th of Jan
uary.
NEGROES PAY DEATH PENALTY.
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Butler and Reid Hanged at Thomson,
Ga., for Murder of White Man,
John Butler and Guy Reid, who mur
dered R. C. Story in the early part of
December, were hanged at Thomson,
Ga., Tuesday.
Reid stated that he made his peace
with God and both repeated their con
fessions af murdering Mr. Story. The
two negroes Xiiled their employer by
beating out his br.ins with an axe,
and a lynching was narrowly averled.
NO. 23.
