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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL.
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Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Special Election in Order.’
J. L. and George Galloway, wlo
were killed by R. T. Ewing, while
returning from an excursion to Knox
ville, were buried Saturday at the
family burying ground mnear Blue
Ridge. It is expected that the ordi
nary will call a special election with
in the next few days to elect a suc
cessor to fill out the unexpired term
of Tax Coliector J. L. Galloway.
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Graduates Demand InVestigation.
The graduates of Mercer university
for the past three years are circulating
a petition among the members
throughout the state which will be
presented to the bhoard of trustees
at the meeting in Macon for the pur
pose of asking that the present
trouble causing the resignation of two
members of the faculty be thorough
_ ly investigated and the true situation
. ascertained.
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Building of Courthouse Enjoined.
The injunction to stop the building
of the new courthouse in Madison by
_ direct taxation was heard pefore Judge
Gray Lewis in Greenshoro. Thne sa
junction was sustained and he author
Tzed the commissioners to refund 4he
bonus to the contractors. -
. It is said that the people feel very
- mueh relieved, as it woulli have been
quite a burden on them to have to
pay the extra tax.
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" Lumber Rate Case Set.
Judge Tmory - Speer of the United
States circuit court has set for a hear
ing on June 20th the celebrated “lum
ber rate case,” wherein the members
of the Georgia Sawmill associafion
have sought to enjoin thirty railroads
from increasing .the rate of lumber
2 cents a hundred.
The rates complained about, how
ever, have been in effect for the past
two years, a temporary restraining or
der having been retused by Judge
Speer when they went into effect at
the instance of the railroads.
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Plant to Resume Operations.
~~The plant of the owd Barnesville
Manufacturing company Tias been sold
and. will .be ,put in operaiion ‘in »
very short time. . Mr. W. . Robert
son of Macon is the purchaSer for
- himself or others. It is said the new
owners are able to back the mill
with a million dollars if necessary. It
~is understood that the price paid Ice
‘the property.is-about $65,070.
The mill went into The hands of a
receiver in December, 1901, and has
since been in litigation, until it was
sold some moniis ago to those hold
ing its bonds.
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Five Negro Children Cremated.
Last Friday night near Sylvester,
the family of Albert McDonald visited
the family of Isaac Fennell. = They
locked their children: up in The house
and went to chureh, as usual, and,
while at church, the house caught
fire, six of them escaped, and five
an all, were burned.
When they left to go to church they
locked eleven children up in the
house, and, when the house caught
afire, six of them escaped, and fire
were destroyed with house and con
tents. Two of the McDonald children
were burned and three of Feneli’s.
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Hoke Smith in Race for Governor.
Hon. Hoke Smith of Atlanta has for
mally entered the gubernatorial race.
He issued his formal announcement
Saturday night, and in it briefly out
jined his platform and the principles
which he proposes to advocate,
In his announcement Mr. Smith
states that his candidacy is based
on opposition to corporate aggression,
e mentions three particular reforms
‘hich he states he will favor. These
e the enlargement of the pewers of
the railroad commission, the election
railroad commissioners by thepéo-
‘ple and the strenuous enforcement of
laws against lobbying.
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Georgia's Jamestown Commission.
Georgia’s Jamestown exposition
commissioners held their first meet
ing at the state capitol a few days ago,
organized for work and mapped out
plans which they propose to pursue
| with a view to having the state welll
represented at the coming Virginia
fair. '
Hon. W. N. Mitchell of Atlanta, rep
resentative of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, was deginated by Goverdor
Terreil as president of the commis
sion. Mr. Mitchell is a native of
lVirginia, and because of his inteér
est in bhoth states he will use his
utmost efforts toward getting the best
sort of representation from Georgia.
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Father and Son Convictec.
Mac Patterson, 45 years old, and
Ihis son, PBurrell Patterson, 22 years
jold, who were the past week con
victed of the killing of William Stew
!art, in Frankiin, Heard county, on
April 20, 1904, the father receiving ai
life sentence and the son a sentence |
to be hanged on June 30, were re«l
moved To Atlanta by Sheriff Lipford
and lodged in the tower for safe-keep-!
ing.
Both men declined to make any
statement. They will appeal Their
cases, a motion of this kind already
having been made.
| On April 20, 1904, the Pattersons
met Stewart in Franklin. It was elec
tion day and all the men were drink
ing. It appears that Stewart owed
Mac Patterson money, and Burrell‘
Patterson asked him for it. Stewart
did not have it, and the men had a
dispute. Burrell went to his fafher
and told him that Stewart would not
pay up, witen the old man handed his
son a revolver and told him to kill
Stewart. Burrell returned and shot
Stewarf, killing him almost instantiy.
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Georgia Cotton Acreage Reduction.
Georgia’s cotton acreage has been
reduced 13 per cent, as compared with
last year, while there has been a
reduction of a little more than 14
per cent in the amount. of fertilizers
used under cotton, according to the
May repo-t of the state department
of agriculture, made public Saturday.
This estimate is based on reports re
ceived from between 500 and 1,000 cor
respondents in all parts of the state,
as many as six or eight reports each
having been received from the more
important agricultural counties.
Commissioner O. B. Stevens nas had
all”of these reports carefully analyzed
and tabulated, and his M@y crop re
port is an accurate summary of
them.
Commissioner Stevens predicts a
big slump in tle yield of cotton in
the state, as compared with IaST year,
which he attributes quite as much
to providential causes as to the re
duction in the acreage.
“If the present unfavorable weather
conditions, coupled with the scarcity
of.labor, continue,” Commissioner Ste
vens said, “Georgia will not make
more than 1,000,000 bales of cotfon
this year. Even with the most favor
able weathe condition from now on,
throughout the season, the state can
not, in my opinion, make more than
1,500,000 bales, as compared with the
1,900,000-bale crop of 1904. Tne in
dications are, as I see them, that there
will be about a 25 per cent reduc
tion in the yield in this state, even
though the reduction in acreage was
much smaller than that.”
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Colone] Stevens’ Report, |
The anrual report of the depart- |
ment of agriculture, O. B. Ste\'ens,i
commissioner, has just heen issued |
from tae press. This report contains
a number of interesting facts regard
ing the work of this department with
which, perhaps, the public is not gen-t
lex’ally familiar. The department main- ’
gtains four cattle inspectors in Rabun.|
| Towns, Union and Fannin counTies, |
the only counties in Georgia from‘
which eatZle can be shipped under the
United Stafes quarantine laws to the |
markets of the north and west, |
By carcful economy the department |
' has saved from the annual appropria- |
Et;’cn of $lO,OOO, during the pas? !‘mnr’i
{years, $4.000, which, has been turned !
| back into the staie treasury, not- |
LEESBURG, GA., FRIDAY,JUNE 9, 1905.
withstanding during that time it has |
issued and distributed 10,000 cop‘les!
of the most comprebhensive work ‘on§
Georgia cver published. The depart-{
ment has also issued 4,000 copies Ofi
a.comprziensive hook on ‘“Georgia’s |
Resources and Advantages,” some of .
which are still on hand and are now!
being distiibuted. |
The department received during the |
vear $92,177.97 from fertilizer Tuspec-‘
tion fees, of which $65,811.57 wasi
turned into the state treasuty for
the school fund, the balance going to
pay the expenses of inspection.
The department received $34,449:39
from the inspection of oils, ot which
$10,593.28 was turned into the state.
treasury for the school fund. ]
State Chemist John M. McCandless |
reports the inspection of more than|
700,000 tons of fertilizers during the
year, which necessitated a larger
number of chemical analyses than’
ever before in the history of the de- |
partment. !
The state entomologist, R. I. Smith,
reports the inspection of 210 nurseries,
to 178 of which certificates were is
sued. There were also inspected 163'
orchards, in fifty-eight of which the
San Jose scale was found. The boll
weevil quarantine hds heen strictly !
enforced. i
DOLBLY FATAL FIGHT ON TRAIN,
Flagman Slays Tax Collector and Brother
; in Desperte Conflict. ;
Tax Collector J. L. Galloway and
his brother, George Galloway of Blue
Ridge, Ga., were shot and killed at
6 o’clock Friday morning, ten miles
north of that place on an incoming
Louisville and Nashville train.
R. T. Hwing, flagman of the same
train, and the man who did the shoot
ing, is at a hospital suffering from
a’ number of serious cuts oa the
head and different portions of the
body.
The dificulty started between Geo.
Galloway and Flagman Ewing about
a broken car window. Words were
passed and George Galloway went into
another car, returning in a few min
utes with his brother, and a fight en
sued between Ewing and the two Gal
loways, ‘n which Ewing was stabbed
several times.
According to accounts, after Ewing
bhad been badly cut up by the Galle
ways, he pulled his pistol and fired
two shots at J. L. Galloway, one o 1 “
which took effect in the head. He
then turned and fired one shot at
George Gealloway, which entered the
head just behind the right ear. J.
L. Galloway died instantly and George
lived for about an hour. {
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THE LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE '
RAILROAD. E
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Best Line to Confederate Veterans
Reunion, Louisville, Ky., June 14- i
15-16, 1905—Very Low Rates. |
Stop overs allowed at Mammoth Cave,
America’s Great Natural Wonder., Pass
through the Historical Battle Fields. Rates
open to all. Tickets sold June 10th, 11th, |
12th and 18th. Ask for tickets via L. & N.
Full information furnished on application
to J. G. HOLLENBECK, |
District Passenger Agent, |
Atlanta, Ga.
HYDE REQUESTED TO VACATE. |
Frick Committee Demands That He Divest
Himself of Control of Stock.
Disputed claims of vigctory by the
conflicting factions in the Equitable
Life Assurance Society and an ap
parent readjustment of interests,
marked (he meetings of the directors
of the society, held in New York, Fri
day, for the purpose of passing on the
report of the committee of seven, of
which H. C. Frick is the chairman.
The only effective results of the
meeting, ¢f which officia] announce
ment was made, were the resignation
of Messrs, Frick, Bliss and Harriman
from the board of directors and the
passage of a resolution that James
Hazen Hyde be requested within
three months to divest himself of the
control of the stock of the society on
such terms and conditions as shall be
satisfactory to him and the beard.
Uniform excellent quality for over a quarter of a ‘
century has steadily increased the sales of LION COFFEE,
The leader of all package coffees.
is now used in millions of homes. Such e
popular success speaks for itself. It is a A“E %‘I/?W”""/?v;/,,,,
positive prosi that LION COFFEE has the o /7’:"‘« %O ,‘ R,
Confidence of the people. A
The uniform quality of LION ; ‘J/' ‘ ;?"-*@'Q\q N
COFFEE survives all opposition. V 7 4?%\%}\‘ g
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LioN COIEER ke B e e ‘{ |
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has even more /y‘(@ '7///% /5 0,/
than its Strength, Flavor and Qual- Moo ~/[(2s[ 7 S
ity to commend it. On arrival from _— J"%@ z%‘“ 0 O ,
the plantation, it is carefully roast- \\ 3 -:»-;5\.‘\ L“*#f /.
ed at our fiactories and securely °"=}é’i§\¢} >é}
packed in 1 Ib. sealed packages, & < §&?tfi'¢'§> y
and not opened again until needed %Qs
for use in the home. This precludes '
the possibility of adulteration or contact with germs, dirt,
dust, insects or unclean hands. The absolute purity of
LION COFFEE is therefore guaranteed to the consumer, i
Sold only in 1 Ib. packages. Lion-head on every package. ‘
Save these Lion-heads for valuable premiums, ,
SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE |
4 WOOLSON SPICE €OO., Toledo, Ohio.
President Johnson Poor Writer., |
The letters of Presidert Taylor are|
rare, but perhaps those of Andrew
Johnson are the rarest, as he did but
little of his own writing. His son con
ducted most of his correspondence and
sigred his father’s name to the letters.
It is related that one reason why Pres
ident Johnson wrote so little was ow
ing to an accident which happened to
him when he was working at his trade
as tailor. One day a tailor’s heavy
~ iron goose fell on his arm, so injuring
that member that he found it extreme
‘ ly difficult to indulge in penmanship
thereafter. Andrew Johnson was the
poorest writer among the presidents
as well as the rarest. His handwrit
ing was very much of a scrawl and
can scarcely be deciphered by the av
erage reader.
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Only Born Pilers Succeed.
The piling of fruit on the stand, ac
cording to a Kansas City fruit seHer,
does much in the way of selling. Ap
ples nicely piled will attract attention
much quicker than will apples in a
basket, and the same is true of
oranges. “When I get a new clerk,”
said the fruit man, “the first thing I
do is to teach him to pile properly.”
“Then you show him how to work off
specked fruit with the good kind,
don’t you?” was asked. “Well, frank
ly, no,” replied the stand man. “Hé |
has to have that born in him. Other
wise he cannot be a successful fruit
galesman.”—Kansas City Times.
FEED YOU MONEY,
Feed Your Brain, and It Will Feed You
Money and Fawme.
“Tver since boyhood I have been
especially fond of meats, and I am con
vinced I ate too rapidly, and failed to
masticate my food properly.
“The result was that I found myself,
a few years ago, afflicted with ailments
of the stomach and kidneys, which in
terfered seriously with my business.
“At last I took the advice of friends
and began to eat Grape-Nuts instead of
the heavy meats, etc., that had consti
tuted my former diet.
“I found that I was at once benefited
by the change, that I was goon relieved
from the heart-burn and the indigestion
that used to follow my meals, that ihe
pains in my back from my kidney af
fection had ceased, showing that those
organs had been healed, and that my ’
nerves, which used to be unsteady, and |
my brain, which was slow and lethargic
from a heavy diet of meats and greasy
foods, had, not in a moment, but grad
ually, and none the less surély, been
restored to normal efficiency. Now
every nerve is steady and my brain
and thinking faculties are quicker and
more acute than for years past. !
“After my old style breakfasts I used 1
to suffer during the foremoon from 2 |
feeling of weakness which hindered me |
serlously in my work, but since I
have begun to use Grape-Nuts food I l
can work till dinner time with all ease |
and comfort,”” Name given by Fgstum f
Co., Battle Creek, Mich. ;
There’s a reason. ‘ Jo o
Read ‘the little book, “The Road to |
Wellville,” in each pkg. |
f A man with lots of time aqn his
hands has figured that $25,000,000 8
spent on cabs in London each yeer,
COMPLETMSTORED-‘
Mrs, P. Brunzel, wife of P. Brunzei,
- stock dealer, residence 38111 . Grand
Ave., Everett, Wash., says: “For fif-
R teen years I suffered
- with terrible pain in
B R my back. I did not
/@Q'( know what it was to
Lk 4%"' ',33 enjoy a night's rest
LT& X\ and arose in the morn-
Tg" : ing feeling tired and
s unrefreshed. My suf
b, $::, fering sometimes was
[P\ e " simply indescribable.
:. " "&‘ When I finished the
ss\ 2w aq firstbox of Doan’s Kid-
RYs 3% 239 ney Pills I felt like
' ", >t a different woman, I
’,‘.l <continued until I had
taken five boxes.
Doan’s Kidney Pills act very effective
ly, very promptly, relieve the aching
pains and all other annoying difficul
ties.”
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all druggists., Price 50
cents per box.
Cuba’s immigration last year was 20,000,
Three-fourths were Spaniards.
Why Do We Go to Bed at Night ?
.Because the bed will not come to us, but
{mlu in the bowels will, which can be re
feved by Dr. Biggers’ Huckleherry Cordial,
which cures all bowel troubles, Cures the
children when teething. Cholera Morbus,
Dysentery, ete.
Sold by all Druggists, 25 and 50¢. bottle.
~ Coon Versus Mountain Lion,
» James A. McCallum has a mountain
lion that he is now willing to part
with to any one as a graclous gift, -
When he received the fine looking
cougar a few days ago from a friend
in the Rocky Mountains he thought
that he had an animal that could
whip anything that wore hair, but
when the king of mountain beast
was fought to a standstill yesterday
by an ordinary ola ring-tailed coon,
McCallum lost heart. The lion was
3een a few days ago in his cage by
Jack Cook. The lion tipped the heam
at 175 pounds, but Cook said his coon
could lick him. :
The other morning Cook’s coon
was thrown into the cage with the
lion, The fight began at once. The
lion made vicious strokes with his
paw at the coon, but the wily little
animal proved to be an adept at dodg
ing all the blows. No quicker would
the blow of the llon proved futile
than the coon would grab him by the
throat, and begin to claw with all his
might. He would soon loesen his
hold and jump away. This was re
peated for about twenty-five minutes,
when the lion, bleeding profusely,
skulked to a corner, and refused to
battle further,
The coon was taken out of the cage
with hardly 'a scratch or. him, and
apparently proud of his work with
his heavy antagonist. The little ring
tailed animal,L weighs about twenty
pounds, but Jack Cook says he is
worth his weight in gold.—
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