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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
Most important Ruling Made
by Commissioner Ware,
OF WIDESPREAD IMPORT
Treasury Will be Thrown Open After
April 18th Next to All Federal
Claimants Beyond 60
Years of Age.

Commissioner Of Pensions Ware,
with the approval of Secretary Of the
Interior Hitchcock, promulgated the
most important pension ruling We'd
nesday that has been issued in long
time.
1t directs that beginning April q
next, if there is no contrary evidence
and all other legal requirements have
been met, claimants for pension under
the general act Of June 81. 1890, who
are over 81 years old, shall be consid-
cred as disabled oOe-half "a ability to
perform manual labor and shall be
entitled to Sc a month; IS years to So;
over 60 to years to $40, and over 20
years to $12, the usual allowances at
higher rates continuing for disabili-
ties other than age. This order will
not be retroactive.
Commissioner Ware, just befc
leaving for trip south for his health,
said the order would save both the
old soldiers and the government a
good deal Of money and time. He said
it was based on the Mexican war PEN
sion legislation of 1887, approved by
President Cleveland, which placed all
the Mexican war veterans ON the pen
sion roll thirty-nine years after the
close of that war.
ut would seem that if thirty-nine
years after the expiration ofEservice
Mexican war soldier was entitled TO
a pension at 81 years, and no other
requisite for drawing a pension should
exist except age, that to SOLDIERS OF the
civil war, who fought vastly more and
longer at least, as good rule OF hit
to apply.
"The order could not have been IS
sued earlier because it is only w
that the thirty-nine years fined by ne
congressional limit has been reac4 led.
The civil war ended April 10, Iaa
Hence the thirty-nine years would ex
pire on the 18th of next M nth."
Mr. Ware said the order would save
the government at least 100000
year. lie was not able tot say what
expense the bill would entail in the
shape Of additional payments.
"The extent 70 which It will aug
ment the necessity for furt her appro-
priatton cannot be told" said Mr..
Ware at will, without doubt. in
crease the payments to SOME extent,
but no one is able to fix THE amount
The bureau has not considered that as
the proper element of consideration.
1 do not think, however, that the in
creased expense in the long run will
be very noticeable, because the deatF
rate is also to be considered, and the =
is also to be considered the fact that
the ones to whom we give the pension
without proof other than their ages
would have proven themselves anyhow
under former circumstances as emit
tied to the pension by reason of their
disabilities"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
Majority Of only one Vote.

The returns from the MuscOgee
county primary consolidated by the
democratic executive committee,
showed that P, E. Whittlesey was
nominated tax collector over d. A. An
drews, the incumbent, by the narrow
majority of one vote, he having re-
ceived 1888 votes and his opponent
1882 votes
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
10 FIaht pulmonary Diseases.

AT the fifth annual session of the
Medical Association of Georgia, which
will convene at Macon on April 20,
remaining in session throughout the
22nd, Georgia Anti-TubercuIosis AS
ISOLATION will be formed. The move
ment has been on foot for some time,
and the promoters are now confident
that permanent organization will re
suit from their efforts.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
INTERNAL BOX ExPLoDEs.
Work of Miscreant at Liege, Belgium,
Results in Disaster


An Internal machine exploded Fri.
day outside the residence of Com.
missioner of Police Laurent, at Liege,
Belgium, wrecking the house, fatally
in1uring an artillery officer and Sc
riously wounding half dozen other per
sons.
When the machine was discovered
Major Papin was summoned and was
examining the package in which the
machine was concealed when the ex-
plosion occurred. Papin's legs were
were blown off and he shortly after
wards succumbed A policeman who
also lost his legs by the explosion, is
in a precarious condition.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
pulaski Wants School Fund.

A petition signed by a number Of
citizens asks the county commissions
ers of Pulaski to rescind their action
and hold on to the $4,000 school fund
that the county will have to forfeit on
account of accepting seventeen con-
victs from the state to work on public
roads.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
cyclone Fund statement.

P. NJ Parker, of Gainesville, chair
man of the relief committee appointed
for relief Of the distressed in the cy-
clone of June list, 1903, has just coha-
pleted a full report of the amounts
used for the benefit Of the sufferers,
subscribed by the people OF the coun-
try.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
! GEORGIA. !
A%@%@~%N~ ~N~~~@NS
Brief Summary of Doings
Throughout the State.
ca a Dlspensary PIatfornn

The real sensation in Coweta coun-
ty politics occurred, when Judge w.
b. W. Dent, candidate for the legisla-
ture, came out squarely for a dispen-
sary and will make the fight on that
issue.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
cody business Proparty Rurned.

A IRE which started at an early
hour Thursday at San Angelo, Texas,
burned until late in the day, destroy
hug business property valued at $2OY'
600. Insurance about half.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
AUNT HErT BUYS MANSION.
Richest Woman in America Joins Mil

Richest Woman in America Joins Mi.
IIonalre Colony in New York.
Mrs. Hetty Green, Americas richest
woman, has joined the millionaire col
ony in New York city by purchasing
a home on Fifth avenue. She has for
years maintained a residence in Ho-
boken, N, j., but lately has lived in a
rented house on Fifth avenue, near
Washington square. Her new resi-
dence is a handsome fve-story man.
sion Of the most modern design.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26

This report shows total amount Of
cash received from all sources, .$45,-
1878; a total value Of clothing, pro-
visions, merchandise, etc., from all
sources, $12,17196, making a grand
total of $55,92469. Household furni-
ture, provisions, merchandise, ETC., to
the value Of $6,37196 was received
from the Atlanta relief committee, and
$500 in rations from the United
States government.
The $12,171.96 in provisions, mer-
chandise, etc., was judiclously distrib-
uted. Cash disbursements were as
follows:
For burial expenses of killed, ST.
$3.50; provisions, clothing and furni-
ture, $3,693.S4; labor, freight express
and livery hire, $1,195.17; paid physi-
clans for services, $3,445.25; paid
trained nurses for services 1894; paid
board physicians and nurses, $619.79;
paid hospital expenses, court house,
New Holland and colored hospital, ST.
626.47; distributed among the families
and wounded, $1S,8O8.66; Ninety-fve
homes rebuilt and repaired, $13,338.05;
five churches rebuilt and repaired, 3d.
655; expenses of relief committee for
secretary, postage, etc, 5000. Making
a total of $43,75273.
The killed, including those who died
since from injuries received during the
storm, numbered 112; the number of
wounded was S55 in addition to the
killed.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26

Carnegie Gives to Winthrop College.
Winthrop college, the state college
for women at Rock Hill, S. c., has re.
ceived a gift Of $4,000 from Andr 4
Carnegie for library building.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
Bride only Thirteen Years OId.

G. r. Daniel and Miss Hattie Lou
Blount ran aw : from Waynesboro
few days ago and were married in
Augusta by Rev. DR.. Fakes. Daniel
is a prominent merchant of Waynes-
boro Miss Blount is the 13-year-old
daughter of A. H. BIount, a prominent
citizen of Waynesboro. The parents
Of the bride objected.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
captaln WrIaht Las Recuperated.

Comptroller General w. A. Wright
has returned from Orlando, Fla, where
he went to reeuperate after his recent
illness which kept him so long confn-
ed to his home. He is looking much
better, and has practically regained
his health. The comptroller general
will soon have to take up again the
tax returns of corporations, which
must be made by May 1.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26
New Electric Line chartered.

b. F. Curtis, of Atlanta, has secured
from Secretary of State Cook a char
ter FOR the Piedmont Electric Railway
Company, the road 80 extend from At
lanta to Roswell. Alpharetta and Cum
ming, distance of 20 miles. The pro.
moters say the railroad, will be con-
structed or the charter disposed of to
others who night undertake the work.
Two Georgia Offices Re-EstabIlshed.
The postofice department, at the in.
stance of Representative Howard, has
re-established the postofices at Par
ker Store, Hart county, and BIize,
Franklin county, which were ordered
abolished upon the establishment OF
rural delivery routes in the vicinity.
Tt was founG'rnat the adjustment waa
a mistake, hence the change was made.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26

Negro Barber to Oppose Eardwick.
The republicans of the Tenth Con
gressional district met the past week
at Sparta, Hancock county, and nomi-
mated Sim Walton, a colored barber of
Augusta, to oppose Congressman T. w.
Hardwick, the democratic incumbent
from the district. The convention was
composed entirely of negroes.
Besides the nomination Of Walton,
resolutions were passed indorsing
President Roosevelt's administration.
A. w. Wimberly, a deputy revenue
collector, was indorsed as delegate
to the national convention.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-26

Road Purchased Outright.
It is stated on good authority that
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08
Deafness Cannot be Cured

BY local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. THERE'S only
one way to cure Deafness and that is by con-
stitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by
an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in.
famed you have a rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the infiam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to it's normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but
an intiamed condition of the mucous services.
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for anv
case OF deafness tcaused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send
for circulars, free
FL. CHENEY 4 co. Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists. Zoe
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08
Need of Men for the Navy.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.

Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The growth of the American navy
has been unprecedented in the annals
OF the world. 1t is a good navy, con-
sisting OF stout ships manned by
able men and intelligently directed,
but some of the naval officers and
officials of the Navy Department are
beginning to ask what good is it to
build the ships if there are men to
man them. Their queries are not
unreasonable. There is not a ship
in the navy that is not short of men
and officers, and in order to over
come this lack some ten or more YES
sells which are in need of some repairs
will be put out of co mmission for the
time being, not because the repairs
are so serious as to call for this step,
but simply because of the shortage
OF the men behind the guns.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08
Don't Know They Are Dead.
New York Press.

New York Press
1t is hard enough to fight soldiers
who do not know when they are
whipped, but to fight with people
who do not know when they are dead
is task in which success cannot
reasonably be expected, even from
the 'invincible' armies of the Car.
Official dispatches given out in st.
Petersburg have already moved
down like grass ''swept away like
chaff before the wind, etc, vast num-
bers OF Japanese, more in the aggre-
gate than the entire forces of the
Mikado operating in Manchuria. And
yet these annihilated Japanese bat
talions do not seem to mind the pro-
cess OF determination at all, but con-
tinue to press upon the heels of the
flying Russians.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08
Wade Harris On Success in Life.
Charlotte Chronicle

Charlotte chronicle
One often questions SUCCESS and
failure in the world and tries to draw
the secret formula of Fate. One man
succeeds where many fail. Why is
this? Too often are we inclined to
attribute all to chance, when nearer,
clearer view would enighten and per-
haps embolden us to bigger efforts.
There is no such thing as chance.
Everything occurs according to law,
though many laws are but poorly
understood. The one man who sue
ceeds where many fail usually earns
his success, and that by working a
little harder than the rest.
But there are many misconceptions
about :'hard work" Apparently
many work very hard and accomplish
very little. Why? The answer is
that successful work is no mere mat
ter of ''plugging away'-as valuable
as the spirit OF stick-to-it-iveness IS
in all work. To succeed one must
work with a clear and definite pur-
pose and from broad and tolerant
viewpoint. To take Joy in ones work
is the real secret of success, but to
work ioyfully means to be alive to
| the outcome and the use of the work;
to understand the meaning OF things;
in short, to be able to think.
The reason so many fail in life, or
make only a tolerable showing, is
that they have no capacity for
thought. They are mere automatons.
Set them at something and they do
it fairly we'll, but without the slight
est note of inspiration. A little sue
cess initiates them unduly, IL little
failure depresses them beyond recall.
What we need is more men who can
think and do, not mere theorists, but
actors as we'll. 1t is he who thinks rs
he works who is bound to succeed.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08
A Power for Good,

The pills that are potent in their action
and pleasant in effect are DeWitts Little
Early Risers. W. S. Philpot, of Albany. Ga.
says: During bilious attack / took one
Small as it was it did me more good than
ealomel, blue mass or any other pill / eve,
took and at the same time the effect was
pleasant. Little Early Risers are certainly
the ideal pill" Sold at Parker's Two DRUG
Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08

WANTED-lndustriou man or woman As
permanent representative of big manufacture
ing company. to look after its business in
this county and adjoining territory. Busi
ness successful and established Salary $40
weekly and expenses. Salary paid weekly
from home Office. Expense money advanced
Experience not essential Enclose seli-ad
dressed envelope. General Manager. Como
Block Chicago, oct -
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08
What is Life?

In the last analysis nobody knows, but we
do know that it is under strict law Abuse
that law even slightly, pain results. Irregu-
lar living means arrangement of the organs,
resulting in Constipation, Headache or Liver
trouble DR.. Kings New Life Pills quickly
re-adjusts this. It's gentle, yet thorough.
Only % cents at Melville Dorsey's drug store
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08
From I48 to 81 Pounds.

One of the most remarkable cases of u cold,
deep-seated on the lungs, causing pneumonia,
is that OF Mrs Gertrude F. Fenner, Marion,
Ind, who was entirely cured by the use OF
One Minute Cough Cure. She says: ''The
coughing and straining SO weakened me that
| ran down in weight from 14S to 92pounds.
tried number of remedies to no avail until
I used One Minute Cough Cure. Four bottles
of this wonderful remedy cured me emit rely OF
the cough strengthened my lungs and re-
stored me to my normal weight, health and
strength Sold at Parkers Two Drug
Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08

Wheat isnow selling 81 .O5 a bushel
Ii this thing keeps up, biscuit hung
on to a watch chain will be evidence
OF the fact that a fellow is Sin the
swim. Wilmington Star.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08
Is North Carolina a KIondyke ?
Charlotte Observer. Aug 10th

Mr.. J. NJ. Beattle came into town
Yesterday with some small stones, OF
which he gave one apiece to Messrs.
Leroy Davidson and John p. Ross.
These gentlemen took their presents
around to the mint and found them
to be worth about $40 each. As Mr..
Beattle says there are plenty more
such stones lying around his farm. it
is possible that Charlotte will be-
come second klondyke in the near
future
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08
THE LADIES favor painting

THE LADIES favor painting their
churches, and therefore We urge every Minister
To rnraemh nr give a Hh,rnl on nifty Of C.ao
Longman 4 Martinez Paint toward the paint
ing.
Wears and covers like gold
Don't pay $50 gallon for Linseed Oil
(worth go cents) which you do when you buy
other paints in a can with paint label on it,
8 & makes IA, therefore when you want
fourteen gallons OF paint, buy only eight OF
L. K NJ, and mix six gallons pure Linseed
Oil with it, and thus get paint at less than
81 20 per gallon.
Many houses are well painted with four
gallons of L & NJ. and three gallons of Lin
seed Oil mixed Herewith
These Celebrated Paints are sold by Mel
vile Dorsey, druggist
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08
What's In a Name?

Everything is in the name when it comes
to Which Hazel Salve E. C. Dewitt & Co.,
OF Chicago, discovered some years ago how
to make a salve FROM Witch Hazel that is a
specific for Piles. For blind, bleeding, iching
and protruding Piles, eczema, cuts, burns,
bruises and all skin diseases, DeWitt's Salve
has no equal. This has given rise to numer-
Gus worthless counterfeits. Ask for Dewitt
the genuine. Sold at Parker's Two Drug
Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08

SCIENTISTS now declare that the
bite of a snake will cure leprosy. The
remedy is not so bad when it is con-
sidered that men know what will cure
snake bite.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08

TIE latest advices from the front
are to the effect that the genial edi-
tor OF the GOLD LEAF and his party
are having a very delightful time at
the Worlds Fair. The two sections
OF he party had a comfortable trip
out and succeeded in uniting their
forces in st. Louis, where they have
secured pleasant quarters, convenient
to the Fair grounds, and are seeing
all that is to be seen. The editor ls
reported to make an excellent chap
eron. That he would prove a faith
full, patient and resOurceful leader his
many friends needed no assurances.
lie has been eyes and ears for the
general public for Il score OF years,
and the readers of the GOLD LEAF
have found him a trusty guide. by
the time this weeks issue comes from
the press, we expect the party home
again, when we shall hear accounts
of many strange things from foreign
lands.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08
Various Ways of Lying.
Raleigh Times.

Raleigh Times
There are a thousand ways OF
lying, but all lead to the same end.
1t does not matter whether you wear
lies, tell lies, or live lies, your char
acter is ruined all the same.
There is no more demOralizing in
fuence iii modern life than the I'M
natural straining to seem other than
we are. Nothing else so quickly low
ers selfrespect, takes the fine edge off
honor and blunts the conscience as
the sense of being a sham, a gilded
fraud, or an unreality. 1t cheapens
standards, lowers ideals, saps ambi-
ton, and takes the spring and Joy
out of living. No man can make the
most and the best of himself until he
is absolutely honest with his own
soul, and unfalteringly true to his
highest ideals, and this is impossible
while he is living a lie.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08
FOR SALE.

Eight barrels of long Corn, to be de
livered unshelled at Dabney.
E. G. BUTLER.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08

A nice lot OF Seed Rye at q. Thoma-
sons.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-08
TIE Lexington Dispatch says that

TIE Lexington Dispatch says that
the Eureka Trouser Company is one
of Lexington's prospecting infant IL
dustries. They keep eight travelling
men on the road all the time working
the Southern States, West Virginia
to Texas and Indian Territory, in
elusive. The Eureka employs 70 to
so hands, and turns out $50 pairs OF
medium grade trousers daily.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-06

The program prepared by Miss Carrie
Castle for her musicale this afternoon
is one which will delight music-lovers.
Miss Castle will. if possible, continue
her Sunday musicales until June or
July. Among the numbers this after
noon viii be violin solo by Mr.. Love,
and solos by Mr.. Arthur Wall, and Mrs.
Roy Lyon. Mrs. C. B. Damon and
daughters will sing trio, and Mr.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-06
MOTHERS AND TEACHERS CLUB
HEARS MARY ROBERTS SMITH

The second meeting of the Honolulu
Mothers and Teachers Club was held
in the gymnasium of the Y. W. c. A.
yesterday at p. m. After the usual
order of business an excellent program
was given. The first number, a soma
TIA" by Rubenstein, was beautifully
rendered by Prof. DAlbert with the
violin, Miss Caroline Castle accompany
ing him most sympathetfcally on the
piano.
Then followed the lecture of the aft
ernoon charmingly delivered by Mrs.
Mary Roberts Smith on The Influence
of Music on the Early Life of the
Child
Children are not little grown peo-
pie began Mrs. Smith. Their natures
are very different from those of their
fathers and must be dealt with accord
ingly. One cannot expect from child
that delicate judgment which the edu-
Gated adult employs. Children are lit
tie savages. With them as with the
primitive races the play instinct is far
stronger than the work. The uncivi-
nzed man is lacking in ability to reason
but his power of memory is great. Is
this not also true of the child? In the
child's love for startling contrasts in
colors, such as a vivid purple combined
with a striking green, is revealed a
barbaric taste, as likewise in their ha-
tired of detail work.
In this connection Mrs Smith criticiz-
ed the present day kindergarten meth
cd of furnishing the child with straws
and tiny bits of paper. He should be
working with sticks of wood rather
By studying therefore the forms eff
music of the primitive man we shall
gain an idea of what the child likes.
The keynote of this is simplicity 1t is
also marked by a rhythm and pronounce
ed melody combined with a noticeable
absence of harmony. The crudest forms
of music are the rhythmic chant which
gradually develops into a melody.
The musical sense of the child de-
velops by the same mode OF progress
sion. When first the baby lisps a lul-
laby he carries the words. in a mono
tone and not until later is he able 10
grasp the melody. Why then should a
child bestaught music?
First because il furnishes mode of
expression for pent up feelings. Moth
ing is so harmful to a child as con-
slant self-repression. These highly or
ganized, sensitive little beings must
find an outlet for the emotions which
are growing within them. What more