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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21

report of the State School Commits
sioner Merritt have been distributed
among members of the legislature
The report shows among other
things of interest that there has been
an increase in school population in
Georgia of nearly 10000 in 1904 over
1903.
Reports from all the heads Of the
different departments of the state r:i3-
versity show these institutions to be
in excellent condition.
The statistics for 1904 show that
the school population was $4,000. The
number of pupils attending school was
49O.O13. Of these 298,S65 were white
children and 2OO,238 we're negroes.
The number of teachers was lO,96O.
OF these 6,951 were white and S,4OO
negroes. The number Of school
houses in the state were 1876. Or
these 4,877 were for whites and 1859
for negroes. The total value OF the
white schol houses is $4,347,274, while
the negro school houses are valued
at 567,S7O, making a total of $4,91O,
IA.
School libraries, 663; volumes in
school Libraries, 1O1,105; value OF
school libraries. $61,590.
Amount appropriated by state, ST.
5s1,441.OO; raised by local taxation,
66o,72OO5; received from hire Of con-
vcts, $41, 1894; received from other
sources, $102,S9O.12. Total receipts,
1896, 750.61.
Paid to county school commission
ers and to superintendent, $780,
S48.53; paid to teachers, $1,888,O2213;
paid for school supplies and build
ings, $162,721.8O; other expenses,
$121, O1O.5!3. Total expenses, $2,327,-
SOB .04.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21
NEGROES DISCUSS TUBERCULOSIS.
Great Plague Was on List of Subjects at
Eiamnfon Conference.

The closing session of the Hamp-
ton negro conference was held Fri
dav at the Hampton institute. In a
discussion of the ravages Of con-
sumption among negroes, DR.. Francis
Of Portsmouth, Va, showed that the
death rate of the colored population
from that disease was twice as great
as the death rate of the whites from
the same diseases.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21
After EmanueIs Territory.

Perhaps the county occupying the
most unique position in the matter
of creating new counties, is that of
Emanuel. One member very naively
expressed it, that the onslaught on
the territory of Emanuel by four pro-
posed new counties, was but the eter
nal fitness of things, as Emanuel"
means sacrifice.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21
HE KNEW BETTER.

Weary Willie-Dis paper SEE dat
yer kin tell be de bark at de foot Of
a tree how old it is.
Prayed Freddie-Huh I guess de
man dat wrote dat wuzn't never up a
tree under dem circumstances. Dat
amt no way ter tell a dogs age,
Phila 1ABohia Press.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21
CANAL AFFAIRS ARE DISCUSSED
At Conference Held by Roosevelt, ShOnts
and Chief Engineer Stevens.

Important matters relating to the
construction of the Panama canal
were considered by President Roose-
welt and Chairman Shonts and Chief
Engineer Stevens, who were visitors
at Sycamore Hill.
This was the first opportunity the
president has had to discuss canal
matters with Mr.. Stevens, and they
went over the subject pretty thor
oughly. AS both Mr.. Shonts and Mr..
Stevens expect to sail for Panama
on the 20th instant, the president
desired to consult with them before
their departure.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21
Chattanooga College of Law

Law Department of Grant University. Two years
course comforting degree Of Ii. B., with thorough
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
center of city. Students may be self-suppOrtng.
Lectures open September TO- 1905. For free catalogue
and literature address Major c. r. Evans, Deans
dept, ID Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21
KMsla BILL cONfERs WITH OSCAR.
German Emperor and King Of Sweden Hob
Mob Over the Situation.

A special from Berl says: No in
dication Of the ~esu f'of the meeting
between Emperor William and King
oscar at Gene, Sweden, Thursday, has
reached Berlin, nor is any report OF
their conversation likely to be made
public, as it is explained that this
was a strictly private visit Of one
sovereign to another
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21
Convicted After Seventeen Years.

Oliver Wilcox, colored, was con-
victed a few days ago in Telfair SUI.
perior court of manslaughter and sen
fenced to ten years in the peniten-
tiary. Wilcox was charged with kill
ing Boss Fletcher, another negro, No
vember 1, 1888, nearly seventeen
years ago. He was arrested in COT
fee county last November.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21
Ban on Sacred Bull.

Recently a sacred bull was brought
from India for exhibition at the Crys-
tai Palace, near London. But the
British authorities refused to let II
be landed, except in the form of beet.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21

FITS permanently cured. Motifs or nervous
ness after first days use Of Dr.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer, 52trialbottle and treatise free
DR.. r. q. KLINE. Ltd. 991 Arch ST.. Phila., Pa.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21
GEORGIA NEWS
EpitOrnized Items Of Interest
Gathered at Random.
State Prohibition Bill Introduced.

Mr.. Covington of Colquitt has in
troduced his state prohibition bill in
the house: It prohibits under penalty
the manufacture or sale of intoxicat.
ing liquors within the state. Mr.. Gov
ington says he is going to make
hard fight in it's behalf, and he ex-
presses the belief that he has good
chances for success.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21
The average salary of professor in
Harvard College is little less than $4,000.
BABYS TERRIBLE SORE

Body Raw With HumOr-Caused Untold
Agony-DoctOr Did No GOod--Motlle
Recommendations Cured at Once.
my child was a very delicate baby. A
terrible sore and humor broke out on his
body. looking like raw flesh, and causing
the child untold agony. My physician pre-
scribed various remedies, none of which
helped at ALL became discouraged and
took the matter into my own hands, and
tried Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
with almost immediate success. Before
the second week had passed the soreness
was gone, not leaving trace Of anything
Mrs Jeanette H. Block, Isl Rosedale ST.,
Rochester, N. Y"
Charity covers a multitude of sins, but
H. doesn't remove them
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21
A womANs MISERY.

Mrs. John LaRue, of 115 Paterson
Avenue. Paterson, N. j., says: II was
troubled for about nine years, and
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21

the house the back ache has been so
bad that it brought tears to my eyes.
The pain at times was so intense that /
was compelled to give up my household
duties and lie down There were head
aches, dizziness and blood rushing to
my head to cause bleeding at the nose.
The first box of Doans Kidney Pills
benefited me so much that l continued
the treatment The singing pain in
the small of my back, the rushes Of
blood to the head and other symptoms
disappeared"
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by all
dealers, so cents per box. Foster-Mil-
"urn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21

what l suf-
fered no one
Will ever
know. 1 used
about every
known rene
dy that is said
to be good for
kidney COM
plant, but
without deriv-
ing permanent
relief. Often
when alone in
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21
Total

me Appropriation Tor puDllc ScnOOIs
from direct taxation is only $1,0O0,000,
but this is in addition to all amounts
from other sources, which the law re-
quires to go to common schools, bring
ing the total up to $1,735,7O4 as es-
timated for each of the years 1906
and 1907.
The total estimated revenue for the
state for 19O6-and it will be about
the same for 1907-is $4,250,O00, OF
which about $2,7U0,OOO will come from
direct taxation and about S1,550,000
from the rental of the Western and
Atlantic railroad, convict rental
liquor and other specific taxes and
other sources.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21
Bill for states Expenses.

The general appropriations bill for
1906 has been introduced in the
house by Hon. w. H. Davis Of Burke,
chairman of the committee on general
appropriations, to which committee
the measure was referred.
No special appropriation bill will
be considered by the committee until
the general bill has been disposed Of
The general appropriations bill as
introduced provides for total appro-
priations of $4,1O8,298 for each Of the
years 1906 and 1907 as follows:
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21
Death Claims General Thomas.

General B. NJ Thomas died at his
home in Dalton Sunday afternoon.
Peritonitis was the cause of mis-
death. He was a graduate of West
Point, and was distinguished brig
adler general in the confederate serv-
ice. He was one of Dalton's ableSC
and most influential citizens, and has
been superintendent of the Dalton city
schools for a number of years, and
held that position at the time of his
death.
F. F. Morgan, cairman of the board
of the directors OF The Georgia diyls-
ion of the Travellers Protective AS
ISOLATION, has given the press a very
pointed statement about the associa-
ton and state politics.
He declares that the association is
not in politics, and that the effort to
make it appear so was without any
foundation. He referred to the drag
ging of the association by certain
newspapers into politics, and spoke
of some members of the Georgia g
vision who had stated what he de-
nounced as not true.
After Ducktown Copper Company.
Senator G. w. Phillips, of the for
ty-second district, has introduced in
the senate a resolution providing for
another investigation of the damage
alleged being done by the DucktoNn
copper companies of Tennessee, in
the northern part of Georgia.
Hon. J. C. Powell, representative
of Fannin county, introduced the same
resolution in the house and is wo<k-
ing for the measure. The resolutions
provide for the appointment of com
mission of five consisting of the COM
missioner of agriculture, state chem
list, state geologist, William H. Ship
pen and Judge ]. R. Chastain.
Most Unique Peonage Charge.
Alb Rhodes, farmer, near Hephzibah,
and one of the largest planters in
Richmond county, was given pre-
liminary hearing before United States
Commissioner w. c. Lane at Augusta
on the charge of peonage, and bound
over to the next term of the federal
court, under a bond of $1,000.
The case was brought by the wife
of w. E. King, who declares that
her husband is being kept in bondage
and forced to work for a salary that
is not sufficient to keep the wolf away
from the door.
In explanation, she declares that
over her husband is held warrant
charging larceny; that by means OF
This he is held on the farm, and
in fear of prosecution forced to wEk
If wages that mean starvation for
the family.
Rhodes denied the allegations.
Georgia School Statistics.
The advance sheets of the annual
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUl9lANA,
It's advantages for practical instruction both
in ample laboratories and abundant hospital
materials are unequalled Free access IS given
TO the great Charity Hospital with 800 beds and
30 900 patients annually. Special instruction ia
given daily at the bedside Of the sick. The
next session begins October l3th, I3Obs For
catalogue and information address
PROF. y. E., CHAILLR. NJ. D., Dean,
p O. Drawer gel. NEW ORLEANS, LA.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21

lido not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
tionhas anequal for coughs and colds.-JoRN
F.BoYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is. 1900
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21

African epicures consider the tongue Of a
young giraffe great delicacy.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21

The Swiss.Snanish commercial treaty ex'
pires August 81 1905.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21

Georgia school Statistics.
The advance sheets of the annual
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21

Charity covers a multitude of sins, but
II doesn't remove them.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-07
EYTR4DITION AT LAST.

After long absence John F. Gaynor, forlneriS
trea surer of the New-York Democratic otate
Committee and his fellow contractor, benJaihl
D. Greene will soon have the feilcity ol re'ui ~
ing to their native land. Incidentally, they VIII
have the privilege of standing trial on tpe charee
of matchmaking in the Savannah River improve
ment frauds for which Oberlin NJ carter mas
already served a term of Imprisonment. Ine
decision Of Judge Lafontaine in the eXtradlton
nroceedings at Montreal yesterday apparently
o,,+s an end to their exile, for after the mandate
Of the British Privy Council and all the suotef-
f,1ges for delay we do not understand that there
is any further recourse for these celeordleu
fugitives from justice.
Tho disnosition manifested by some judges
and lawyers of high rank in Quebec to protect
these men created a most unfavoraple impress
sion. which was happily removed by the relusaI
of the Privy Council to allow the CANADIAN ul-
hunel 10 be made the instrument OF immunity 10
men accused of theft from the United States
government and the corresponding attitude OF
the Montreal authorities. The officers OF the
Danartrnent of Justice who. in the face OF great
diAlculty and discoura cement, have perslstently
followed on the trail of these conspirators are
entitled to great credit. Gaynor and Greene
have fought desperately at every stage OF thelr
nrosecution and have been able TO secure years
of DELAY. but they have been beaten at every
noint. Their fight, when all expedlents 10 es-
cane trial on technicalties failed them, amount
al 70 q confession Of guilt and there is every
reason to expect that when they are once Dack
in this country justice will be quickly done
New-York tribune., 1905-06-07

estimates that 100000 was annuahs 1
into tho machine treasury through these aheseu
oIubs whose members were also requieu "
take an active part in the manipulatlohs VI W.
nol;tics Sustained solely by the olieehoiuS ~ = !,
tbesa organizations must fail 10 Tue
,nder tbe reform order, and the Duf ,iis
will find itself deprived of one OF l'S cl'iei
sources of revenue and power
s,ob n severance of the ofhcehoiulhs ei
from nartisan activities is, Of course
80 bonaet and efficient municipal administrator
philadelphia had too long tolerated 'ne iu.a
+la+ government should be conducted Iol tne
benefit not of the people but OF the poil'iciah'
ond oflcehoIders The ring had come 10 peiie'
+ho. II owned the city and the city eiipio!
ho1 come 70 think that their first duty was to le
IoI;4icians and not to the community Inc ioei-
-, o,,+oon,e of such q perverted view was INC
.o4o.rted gas steal. philadelphia now reaiizeS
.ho+ m teen municipal service clean and non
o. q n,,,s+ no kent out of partisan polltlcs he
eicebo,der must be protected from the preu'
80, ,,oit;cian; and on his side he must also oe
nodo IN realize that partisan activity llJule Go
h;s s+et,,s and impairs his usefulness- ne Is
erst of all a public servant, and IN that Cd
.oo;+,. no has no place in the routine work OIL
.;sor notifies No city can attain seI-goN-
s.,o,+ in the true sense until 1t compels lhe
s,,-o-co of its own working force from partisan
associations Philadelphia is going to the roo'
=. long standing trouble in breaking up us
oI,bs of oficeholders Every other city couiu
vol, nroft by this excellent example
New-York tribune., 1905-06-07
oFFTCEHoLpERs Nv Politics.
See opposite page for subscription rate

Philadelphia has given the country timely
object lesson in demonstrating the publics abil-
ity 10 master and demolish a supposedly invul-
nerable political machine. The efficacy of not a
few old fashioned methods of dealing with
"grafters' and corruptionists has been estab-
iished. and some new ways have been discov-
cred for meeting new abuses. Under Mayor
Weaver's leadership the Organization" mana
gers have been forced TO abandon their iniqui-
tous gas lease hold-up. This surrender showed
what power an aroused and united public senti-
ment can exercise in defeating proposed betray-
ais OF public trust. Mayor Weayer's subsequent
warfare on the Philadelphia machine has Droyed
with what ease and thoroughness a corrupt Do
htical organization may be smashed when once
the voters band together resoutely for its de-
struction.
The Mayors latest blow at the odious local
ring is one which might we'll be initiated in
many other municipalities. 1t is a sweeping
order 10 all municipal employees to withdraw
their support and countenance from an organ
iZation caught redhanded in attempt Il
plunder the city. The new Director of the De
partment OF Public Safety issued on Monday
notice to the bureau chiefs under him that mem
bership in political clubs is hereafter not only
not 10 be considered "a cause for appointment
prefernent or promotion but ''detrimenta
''to the maintenance of proper discipline in tn
department This change of attitude on tn
a.art OF the city administration will PRACTICAL,
cmancipate AL city employees from political con
troll and Will extirpate the so-called ward clubs
which have been used clearing houses 70
office brokerage and for the collection of politi
cal assessments
All employees we're previously made to under
stand that activity in these clubs pre-
requisite TO advancement in the city service, AM
I'm the guise of membership dues large sums O
money were collected each year for the use o
the machine leaders. ''The Philadelphia Ledger
New-York tribune., 1905-06-07
which his predecessor has been so much dis
tiuo11ebed
roo MUCH RACING9

Judge Kenefick in Buffalo. has rendered de-
cIsion in the case of jockey named Baird ap-
nrentlced TO an owner named Thomas, in which
he says:
NV opinion is that the courts are bound to be
careful lest they turn contracts of service into
contracts of slavery. and perhaps more par
ticularly in dealing with jockey apprenticeship
agreements Furthermore, ii is the courts firm
belief that TO force a jockey or an apprentice
into voluntary servitude is too akin to slavery
TO receive the sanction CT any court. Horse
racing is evil enough without the court holding
a minor to a contract that would not be short OF
slavery if sanctioned.
For more than Il hundred years there has
been horse racing in the principal countries of
the world. and in this generation the passion
for il is amazing New-York, whose racetracks
annually give handsome percentage of what
tbev make to the State treasury, is the undoubt-
ed centre of the sport in the United States,
and ii is now carried TO an extreme that sur
masses all previous records. There are more
tracks than there ever were before, and there
IS racing every day except Sundays from the
beginning to the end of the season. But many
friends Of the sport are inclined to think there
is too much Of it.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-07

~. ,ou,o ,ermt belligerent vessels
20 remain in port for that purpose nes
" s,r bours' limit But Mr.. Tafts Juuiciai
It'd r;ebtIy perceived that discrlihlia'ioA, i"
- made between different kinds Oh rep"irs aS
'ea,, pe ,ifrerent kinds of supplies which YES
col cocks to take aboard. Had the hun'i"i H'it'
,,oop damaged by storm, by grounding VI ny
.,n+ tho reuuest for time to make repairs
sh+ have been granted But that was not tue
csc They had been damaged by lhe ehehi!
E, hattie and that circumstance hia'e "oiu
oF difference TO permit such dallnses " n
.onared I'm neutral waters wouid nave pee
onuivaIent to letting them restore OF lhcieaee
+beir lighting strength or take on ifesh hiuih
tinns of war something forbidden since our
earliest years; it would have Deeh 10 i1' -
maize of our port belligerent naval Dase oi
-, AGAINST Janan and to make America to
+bat extent the aid and ally OF RUSSIA IL was
therefore in compliance with the strict require
ments of neutrality, of reason ana OF our OWL
laws and practice that the Russian request was
refused.
There can be little doubt that the welfare OIL
the world would be promoted IL smllar piiii-
ciples were enforced by all countries ana IL
there were uniform practice upon such SUBJECTS
~, all nations Bv way of comparison, though
with no intention of being invidious, two other
cases in that part of the world may be recalieo'
One was that of China Her neutrality laws
resemble our own, but she has not the iliiitaiy
strength to make them respected. In conse-
ouence both Russia and Japan have played Iast
and loose with them, the one in the case OF the
Mandiur and the other IL the case Oh the
RyeshiteIni China's inability to ENFORCE heI
laws and to hold her neutrality inviolate not
only caused deplorable impression Dur also
menaced the world with vast extension Oh Tue
area of the war The other case was that Oh
France She was strong enough TO enforce her
lows and did enforce them; but her laws were
so vague and indeterminate as to give oppor-
tupity for abuse of their spirit without infringe
ment upon their letter, and there can De h'tie
ouestion that in that case, too. an unfortunate
inpression was produced. 1t must thereIore'
he regarded as desirable that neutralty laws
shall be so explicit that there can be no mlStahihs
their purport and that they shall be UNIFORM
in all wars and among all nations Nor VIII IL
escape thoughtful attention that-to parapnraSe
q familiar lipe-they have laws who can ENFORCE
them. The unfortunate plight OF emma during
the last wear shows that a neutral power WIN
oven the hest of laws and best OF intentions
NAV he made an actual menace to peace unless
il has the physical power to compel respect lo'
IFS laws and to fulfil it's wishes. 1t is not only
the Justice and reason of our neutrality laws
but also the known power of the nation for thelr
enforcement that makes this Manila episode OF
good omen to the world.