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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL.
VOL. X.
GEORGIA NEWS
Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Wants Big Prison Probed.
W. M. Jacobs of Philadelphia, until
‘recently an inmate of the Atlanta
federal prison, who has made sensa
“tiona] charges of cruelty and inhu
‘manity against the officials of the
federal prison, has employed a law
yver and will push the charges.
Jacobs has retained Attorney Tapp
-of Atlanta to look after his interests,
and declares no stone will be left un
“turned to cause an investigation of
the prison and the alleged misconduct
-of the officials.
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Mercer President Elected.
The board of trustees of Mercer
university unanimously elected eas
“president Charles L.ee Smith, recently
-of William Jewell college, Missouri.
Dr. Smith is a full graduate of Wake
Forest college, North Carolina, doctor
~of philosophy of Johns Houkins uni
. versity ang attended lectures at the
University of Halle, Germany. Later
he was elected to the professorship of
history and political economy in Wil
liam Jewell college, where he has
taught for fourteen years with con
. spicuous success.
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Noose Awzits Jack Bone.
Jack Bone wil] be returned to Rome
from Milledgeville, where he has
been in the asylum for some time.
Bone is charged with killing Z. T.
Hall, and was convicted of murder.
He was found to be of unsound mini,
“but has been cured of his mental
trouble. On his arrival in Rome,
Judge Wright will re-sentence him
to be: hanged. An effort will be made
“to have the governor commute his
sgentence to life imprisonment.
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Tax Returns Show Great Increase.
Captain Tip Harrison, in the office
of Comptroller General Wright, is
kept busy at this time with returns
from the various tax receivers of
Georgia.
Up to Saturday thirteen counties
had made returns. The gains of last
year were considered unusually good.
The gains of this year are even bet
ter, as they are far ahead of the gains
of last year. The thirteen counties
which Hhave reported this year show
a 'gain over last year of $2,457,226.
The same counties last year showed a
gain over 1903 of $1,743,148.
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First Papers Signed by Governor.
Two resolutions which have been
‘passed by the house and the senate
have been signed by Governor Ter
rell. One of the resolutions recom
mends the repeal of the Chinese ex
clusion aect, while the other favors a
deeper harbor for Carrabelle, Fla.
The Chinese exclusion resolution
cause quite a fight in the house while
it was pending there, and even after
it was passed certain members moved
for a reconsideration. i
These resolutions were the first acts
of the general assembly to reach the
~chief executive.
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Consolidated Car Works Busy.
The Savannah car works, which,
after a busy experience in the courts,
were recently sold to a Fitladelphia
concern, and within the last day or
two acquired by the South Atlantic
Car and Manufacturing company of
yacross are now to have regular
rk, giving employment to a small
rmy of hands. The Waycross. con
ern is consolidating the loca] and
the Wayeross works. Orders for re
pairs on 3,000 cars are to be filled
in Savannah, while 2,000 new cars are
to be built at Wayeross. This will
keep both plants busy a year, even if
no other orders are received.
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Wool Brings Fancy Price.
Wool growers of Donalsonville and
vicinity sold their eclip of 50,000
pounds a few days ago at thirty-two
cents, netting the sum of sixteen thou
sand dollars. The entire loft was
pought by M. s¥ple Soms, of Mont
gomery, Ala., over. smart ‘qompeti
tion between . other buyers. from dif
ferent markets, The growers are well
i pleased this year, both as to the clip
land the price, as this is the best
l price received in six years. The
| wool industry in the section is the
| best in the state, as there is more
| wool sold at this one point than else
| where, and the business is on the
increase.
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. Great Fair is Predicted.
{ Captain Dudley M. Hughes, presi
| dent of the Georgia State Agricultural
| Society, declares that the state fair
[to be held 'in Atlanta from October
|9 to 25 will be the finest ever givea
|by the society. He says that the sum
of $44,500 offered to the society by
| Atlanta for the fair is the largest ever
| offered by any other Georgia city, tHe
| nearest approach being the sum of
1 $lB,OOO. :
Captain Hughes says that the fair
~will be complete in every detail, and
| altogether a credit to the south, the
| state and Atlanta.
| “With a few exceptions practically
:every county in the state will have
- exhibits,” said Captain Hughes.
| “These exhibits will be fine and com
| plete in every detail. They will show
| what the state is doing in the raising
|of cattle, in the industries such as
?manufacturing, in farm work, and, in
gfact. in every branch of enterprise.”
| Captain Hughes seemed greatly
' pleased that the fair would be hela
éin Georgia’s capital, and he declarec
ithat Atlanta was the ideal city to
' support such an exposition. He added
[Ehat he had been given co-operation
|by the people of the state that was
| extremely gratifying. i
First Bale Brings Thirty Cents.
I Deal Jackson, colored, the first bale
cotton farmer of Georgia, drove into
iAlbany July 20 with the first bale
of the new crop. The bale weighed
i 358 pounds, and brought 23 cents per
pound, being classed as gool id.
}:mmy.-fi’nj mwfrfuefl%mt‘%mmm
‘bale later ‘expressed to Savannah,
~where it was again put upon the
‘block at the cotton exchange. It was
classed full middling at Savannah and
‘was bought by @a local agent for a
Liverpeo] firm for 30 cents a pound,
which is a new record price for the
first bale in Savannah. :
Deal Jackson holds the record for
the earliest bale of cotton marketed
in Georgia each year for the past
several years. He has made a study
~of conditions which will make his crop
‘mature early and usually reaches the
market first. He is a prosperous ne
gro and a man of influence among
‘the members of his race. He beat his
last year’s record by two days.
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Indictments Nol Prossed.
The last indictment against Hall
‘man Sims, convicted of embezzlement
‘has been nol prossed by Judge W. T.
Newman at Atlanta on motion of Dis
\trict Attorney Angier. Theref were
in the beginning elevent indictments
pending against Sims. He plead
guilty in cne case and now the re
maining ten have been wiped out by
court order. E
Sims, it will- be remembered, was a
bookkeeper in the Capita] -City Na
‘tional bank- of Atlanta, in which ca
' pacity he found opportunity to make
away with many, thousands ofdollars.
He plead guilty when arraigned in
the Uniteq States district court, and
was sentenced by Judge Néwman to
six ‘years in the federal penitentiary.
' He is now serving that sentence.
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Plumber -Gets Heavy Fine.
With a reprimand that ‘staggered
him and almost threw him off his
feet, H. T. O’Shields, a plumber, was
fined $50.75 in each of two cases
of disorderly conduct by Recorder
Broyles of Atlanta police court.
O’Shields was charged with assault
ing, without provocation, two negro
men on the street and knocking,
them down.
| This fine is among the heaviest ever
| imposed by the recorder for a case of
disorderly conduct. O’Shields is a
tall, well-built man, weighing prob
ably 225 pounds, and he gives every
s it
Chattanooga College of Law
cobie Dsriment oot U o
preparation for admission to the bar of any state and
of the United States. Strong faculty of fourteen
members. Terms reasonable. Fine law building in
fener of Sy, <studens, T e Snsies
and literature address Major C. R. Evans, Dean,
{Dept. L) Chattanooga, Tennessee. DS
LEESBURG, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1905.
indication of belng an unusually pow
erful man. U s o g
To the fine, Judge Broyles added &
gevere reprimand} declaring he wish:
ed O'Shields had struck larger meén
and recdeived plysica] :punishment.
ag Wy W §.5
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Verdict Reached in Quick Time.
Since the discharge of the jury ia
the 'Milton Rawlings trial at Valdosta
it turns .oyt that a verdict' was mad
within twenty, minutes, But, the ju
rors decided that it would be better
to delay the presertation of that ver |
diet. + 3 —";--. eRO e e ¢
The first ballgtiwas on the guilt ar
innocence of the grisoper, The vote
was the solid twejve for guilt. Then
the question of punishment .showed
iseven for the rope and five for a rec
ommendation to merey. Four of
these five quickly went over, one
hung out for a few minutes and with
that one was an inclination to ‘make
that recommendaiion strong. _Withinl
fifteen minutes Rawlings’ doom was
settled, and ther for five hours, about,
the jury waited, rather than to appear ‘
Itoo hiirried. i e |
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: Atianta Weicomes Refugees.
Following the announcement to the
effect that yellow fever has been dis
covered in New Orleans, Atlanta opens
her arms to aii refugees from the
dread malady. ! |
While other cities of the south are
hurriedly estabiishing ‘quarantines
against the suppesed infected district,
'the Gate City, after the custom on
iformer years, issues a general invita
tion to all who Wish to come where
they will be gbq@fiteéyés;ue from the
Iravages of the horrible disease. .~
During the yellow fever epidemics of
the past it was prp¥en beyond a doubt
that the high ele¥ation and ideal“cli
{mate of Atlanta ‘tenders one wholly
immune from yelliw fever, and as be
fore the city will'weicome wi hin: he
BEFIBTE all igacbm s"eekxxi"?gf"’f“’x#gfiiiii%"
The city will be entirely free from
any manner of guarantine and pas
sengers will be allowed to bring their
household goods, baggage or other ar
ticles that they may see fit. ’
CHINESE BEGIN THEIR BOYCOTT,
State Department Notified that War on
American Gqods Has Begun,
A cableégram r¢celved by the state
department -at J ~‘%&ashington from
shanghai says thdt the boycott against
American goods bommenced Wiednes- ‘
day. Every efi?o} was made to allay
the agitation, which, it is stated, is A
part of the retaiixatl&n of the Chinese l
against the exclusign laws of the
United States. ! !
The state departmpnt has been in.
formed by its cons i that the Chi
‘nese boycott against jAmerican goods,
just instituted, was drganized by the
trade guilds in five prts—sShanghai,
Cdnton, Tienfsin, Hankow and Niu~
chwang. It ig believed the, boycott
will not be successful or do any partic.
ular injury to American goods ex
cept: in the cities of Shanghai and
Canton, where the guil!s are strong
er than elsewhere. There is. no offi
cial action which the United States
' government can take as long as it re.
' main a,simple boycatt or refusal to
‘pui‘chase" American gools, but “it is
thought the boycott will be discour
}-a'ge'd by the Chinese government as
far as possible.
' THIS STRIKE TIED UP BUSINESS. .
Truckmen Employed on Piers at Baltimore
* Refused to Work lLonger.
Busiiess was completely ‘tied up
Friday on all the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad company’s piets at Locust
Plant, as the result of a sirike on the
part of between 280 and 300 truck
men; employed ou @ ‘plertc Not a
truck moved all dage &g the men’s
bosm,;@,t‘;dlx;a_} AR % g
7O COMPILE COTTON STATISTICS,
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Secretary of Agriculture Wilspn Selects
\ Four Men for Important Work.
- Secretary Wilson made piiblic Fri
day the names of four men \who will
comprise the statistieal boaril, which,
under the direction of Assistant Sec
retary Willett S.. Hayes, wiz%m&epate
| the government .estimates. .o cotion
acreage and yields, as we! 13, stafls..
ltics of other crops. . L
AN OLD MAN’S TRIBUTE.
-An Ohto Frait Raiser, 78 Years Old, Cared
of a Terrible Case After Ten Years of
Saffering.
Sidney Justus, fruit dealer,of Mentor,
R Ohio, says: ¢I
ST was cured Dby
|ST Doan's Kidney
: ':,g do o r Pills of a severe
; A "‘;fi 4 case of kidney
4 ;7”\ 7 ;;—s4‘\'\, \\ trouble, of eight
i ;,, N or ten years
,/ »l\\\ A\ standing. I suf
e\ wfi»f ZER\ \‘ fered the most
4 a 8 (RN severe backache
: ’ and other pains
in the region of
SIDNEY JUSTUS. the kidneys.
These were especially severe when
stooping to lift anything and often I
could hardly straighten my back. The
aching was bad in theday time, but just
as bad at night, and I was always lame
in the morning.” I was bothered with
rheumatic pains and dropsical swelling
of the feet. The urinary passages were
painful and the.secretions were dis
colored and so free that often I had to
rise at night.. I felt tired all day. Half
a box served to relieve me, and three
boxes effected a permanent cure.” = ¢
Ifor sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents.
Foster-Milburn Co,, Buffalo, N, Y,
Vaccination Under Red Light. @ |
Dr. Paul, director of the WVieans
Vaeccination Institute, delivered re
cently a lecture on vaccination under
red light. Dr. Finsen discovered that
the blue and ultra violate rays of |
light produce the ugly scars which
disfigure patients who have recover
ed from smallpox. Smallpox patients
are, therefgre treated in rgp_g ke
those used by photographers, .to
which red light only is admitted.
The window panes are of red glass,
and no electric light, only candles,
are used in red glass globes. In cases
tréated in this way the disease la;;s
‘ a much - shorter ‘time, and the scars
L.are almost entirely aveided. Prop
artnef proposed 16 vacclnate chil
dren in red light. Numerous doctors
have taken his advice, with the re
[ sult that no pain was felt, there was
no fever and there were no scars aft
'er the pustules had healed. This re
| sult, declared Dr. Paul, is the reverse
of what is intended by vaccination,
’ which is meant to make people im
| mune against infection, and the more
| its effect is felt the better will be
i the ultimate result. Red light, which
| should be applied in all cases of‘
. smallpox, must be avoided in vacci- |
nation if the effect of the vaccination |
is not to be illusory—New Yorkl
| World. L |
! CHANGED HUSBAND.,
Wife Made Wise Change in Foods
Change of diet is the only way to
really cure stomach and bowel trouble,
! A woman says:
“My husband had dyspepsia when we
were married and had suffered from it
for several years. It was almost im
possible to find anything he could eat
~ awithout bad results. .
- ‘T thought this was largely due to
~ the use of coffee, and persuaded him to
I‘, discontinue it. He did so, and began to
ir drink Postum Food Coffee. The change
did him good from the beginning, his
) digestion improved; he suffered much
‘ less from his nervousness, and when
he added Grape-Nuts food to his diet
he was soon entirely cured.
“My friend, Mrs, —— —~——, of Vicks
burg (my former home), had become a
nervous wreck also from dyspepsia.
Medicines had no effect, neither did
*travel help her. On my last visit home,
some months ago, I persuaded her to
use Grape-Nuts food. She was in de
spair, and consented. She stuck to it
| until it restored her health so com
pletely that she is now the most enthu
siastic friend of Grape-Nuts that I
ever knew. She eats it with cream or
dry, just as it comes from the package
—keeps it in her room and eats it when
ever she feels like it.
“I began eating Grape-Nuts food my
self when my baby was two months
old, and I don’t know what I should
have done without it. My appetite was
gone, I was weak and nervous and af
forded but very little nourishment for
the child. The Grape-Nuts food, of
which I soon grew very fond, speedily
set all this right again, and the baby
grew healthful, rosy and beautiful as a
mother could wish., He is two years
old now and eats Grape-Nuts food him
gelf. I wish every tired young mother
knew of the good that Grape-Nuts
would do her.”
“Names given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. ,
“There’s a reason, : :
: Blg Families The Best. |
Father Beck, of the Holton Recor&
er, has lined up on the side of Presi
dent Roosevelt in the big family con
‘troversy, and raises a new point te
justify hig position. :
_.“lf the opposition will investigate
the matter just a little it will find
that nine out of ten of the great men
and women of this country have been
members of large families. And if
it 'will carry tie investigation a little
further it will discover that as a rulei
where there are only one or two‘chfl‘:
_dren in the family they become spoils
ed and selfish and seldom amount to
‘much. The more education you give
a spoiled, selfish boy the worse you
make him, unless he can in some way‘
overcome his selfishness. We will:'
‘leave it to any of our observing, in
telligent readers if among their ac
quaintances the best boys and girls
are not as a rule the members of large
familes,”—Kangas City Journal,
WANTS THE CHANCE.
Late again, Mr. Brown! Late
again!” chirped the manager. “I be
lieve yow'd be late at your wedding.”
~ “Ah!” murmured the married man,
“And a lot later, toeo, if 1 got the
- ”
chance again, --_Qf;l";gg{so Joureal. |
FlTSpermanently curad. No fits or nervous
ness after first day’s use of Dr, Kline’s Great
Nerveßestorer,s2trial bottleand treatise tree
Dr,R. H. Krlx%, Ltd.,981 Arch Bt., Phila.; Pa.
~_An immature banana is apt tosbe in
sipid inng:vor and to cause dygpepda.
‘ i .——o———-——p.—-h——n'—n—'——'—-' =
Mrs, Winslow’s Soothing Byrup for Children
teethiag, soften the gums, reduces inflamma
tion,alleys pain cureswind collo, 36c.a bottle,
; Lm':ft fishing is decreasing each year
in qu&n ‘y.‘ e .""lm&.', A‘- I !5
Tamsure Piso’s Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.--Mrs. TRoMAs Rop-
ERTS, Muple st:}_(g_r_wioh. N.Y., Feb. 17,1900
¥ormer Archduke leopold has become a
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DISFIGURING ULCER -
People Looked at Her ix‘x Amu‘cmont—
Pronounced Incurable-Face Now Cleard
t as Ever=Thanks God For Cuticura.
Mrs. . Hackett, of 400 Van Buren St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y., says: “I wish to give
thanks for the marvelous cure of my moth
er by Cuticura. She had a severe ulcer,
which physicians had pronounced incur
able. It was a terrible disfigurement, and
[ people would stand in amazement and look
after her, After there was no hope from
“ doctors she began using Cuticura Soap,
' Ointment and Pills, and now, thank God,
} she is completely cured, and her fage is as
- smooth and clear as averss il ...;’/
| S R Ty
i . The Smell of Cities. '
Some sensitive essayist should
take the smell of place as subject.
| Paris for example, is highly pervad
ed with the odor of burning charcoal,
'and, coming from Paris to London,
| one is newly assailed by the appeal
lof soot. Cologne has a reputation,
!long undeserved. for smells other
; than that of its famous “water,” and
f it has beéen said that in years of old
a blind man could find his way about
!Cologne by following his nose. Mos
| cow has an old perfume of its own.
'lt suggests cranberries of peculiar
pungency. And it never leaves the
| nose. Garlic, of course, is the basic
ismell that greets the stranger who
tlands at Calais. But the most curi
| ous of the smells of place is that of
| Bt. Petersburg. The present writer
‘ had often wondered what it was, hav
ing detected it even between the
sheets of his bed at the most exorbi
tant hotel. On his third visit he was
driven in a -drosky from the station
with a fresh young English girl, who
had never been away from Kent be
fore. “Now, do you smell anything?"
he asked. “Yes,” said the girl. “Old
boots.” That is the smell of St.
Petersburg. Centenarian shoe leathe
er.~London Chronicle. o
Colors Birds Don’t Like.
Red will annoy a turkey cock as
much as a bull, but a sparrow will not
let it disturb its mind. But if one
shakes a blue rag in front of a caged
sparrow’s eyes he will go frantic with
| disgnst. Sparrows and linnets, too,
i will refuse food offered them on a
| plece of blue paper, and dislike the ap
pearance of any one wearing a blue
I dress. Medium light blue affects
| them most, but blue serge they
| scarcely mind at all. Thrushes and
| blackbirds object to yellow, but will
i use red or blue dried grass left) about
| their haunts to biuld the ouieér layers
|of thelr nests. Yellow grasses they
| will not use-—Chico®e Journal. .
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