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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
GREAT COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS.
Institution Assured for Nashville by
Aid Of Peabody Fund.

Institution Assured for Nashville by
Aid Of Peabody Fund.
DR.. Wlycliffe Rose, dean of the Pea.
body college at Nashville, Tenn, at
tended the conference for education
at Columbia, 8. G.
He announced that the trustees of
the Peabody educational fund, who
met in Washington, January "a, voted
s1,000,000 for the establishment Of
a teachers college on condition that
the trustees of that institution raise
an additional 100000, and that this
$4,000 had been raised, an in the
state of Tennessee. This will insure
the establishment Of the teachers col
lege at Nashville for southern teach
ers, with an endowment of $1,800,000
to begin with. Of this 100000 the
state legislature of Tennessee voted
100000, issuing bonds to be paid of
SO much every year for ten years. 1t
is also expected that the county Of
Davidson, in which the city of Nash
Vile is located, will give '$50,000.
Dr. Rose also said that a member
Of the board had made an offer to
Give an additional $250,O00 on his
personal account, provided the college
raised a similar sum. While 1t is not
announced, il, is understood that this
member is Mr.. j. Plerpont Morgan.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
FOR POOR TEACHERS
Carnegie Hangs Up a Dona-
ton of Ten Millions.
A NEW PENSION SYSTEM
Money Has Already Been Transferred
to Trustees and Consists of First
Mortgage Bonds Of Great
Steel Combine.

A gift Of $100O0,0O0 by Andrew Car
negie to provide annuities for college
professors who are not able to con-
tinue in active service was announc-
ed Thursday by Frank A. Vanderlip,
vice president of the National City
Bank of New York. Professors in the
United States, Canada and New
Foundland will share in the distribu-
ton of the income of the fund
United States Steel Corporation 5
per cent first mortgage bonds for $10,.
100000 have been transferred to a
board of trustees and steps will be
taken at once to organize a corpora,
ton to receive the donation. DR..
Pritchett, president of the Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology, and Mr..
Vanderlip nave been selected by Mr..
Carnegie to obtain data on the sub
jects to he presented to the first
meeting Of the board of trustees, which
will take place on November 10.
Annual Income OF 100000.
The bonds have a par value Of
$11,000O00 and will produce an an
nual income of 100000. The corpo-
ration which is being formed will be
styled 1.-THE Carnegie Foundation"
Mr.. Vanderlipe has sent letter to
the press, giving the foregoing infor-
NATION and inclosing a letter from
Mr.. Carnegie, dated April IS, which
says, in part:
81 have reached the conclusion that
the least rewarded of all the profes-
sions is that of the teacher in our
higher educational Institutions New
York city generously, and very wisely
provides retiring pensions for teach
ers in her public schools and also
for her policemen. Very few, indeed,
of our colleges are able to do so. The
consequences are grievous. Able men
hesitate to adopt teaching as a career
and many old professors whose
places should be occupied by young
er men cannot be retired"
Mp Race, sex, Greed or Color.
NH. Carnegie says that the fund will
apply to universities, colleges and
tel Anical schools without regard to
ac4e, sex, creed or color" but not
; 4 institutions supported by state or
b q tonial governments, Another class
#icluded is sectarian institutions.
only such as are under control of a
\ k,ct or require trustees or a majority
hereof, or officers or students, to be-
long to any specified sect or which
impose any theological test are to be
excluded"
Mr., Carnegie specifies the duties Of
the trustees and concludes with the
hope that this fund may do much for
tn cause Of higher education and to
rel I'VE a source Of deep and constant
am ty to the poorest paid and yet
one y the highes Of ali professions. F."
Among those AIMED as trustees are
Presidents Edwin B. Craighead of Tu-
lane and George H. Denny of Wash
ington and Lee.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
TORNADO IN TEXAS
A Disastrous Storm ,SWOops
Down Upon Laredo,
TWENTY-ONE ARE DEAD
Majority at Victims Are Mexicans Who
Were Caught Under Failing Walls
OF their Adobe Flouses-An
Appeal for Aid. Il.

--latest details of tornado which
struck Laredo, Texas, Saturday even
ing indicate that first reports were by
no means exaggerated either as to the
number Of lives sacrificed or the fnan-
cial damage resulting. Scores OF
people we're injured and are being
attended by the various physicians.
1t will be impossible to state the
number Of the injured, but it is not
believed that many deaths will result
from injuries
The number killed is sixteen in La
redo The victims, majority OF
whom were Mexicans, were all crush
ed to death by the falling in of the
heavy walls of Adobe buildings, which
they occupied.
A trip through the town fails to
show a locality that has not suffered.
more or less from the storm. Trees
fences, telegraph and telephone poles,
corrugated roofs, chimneys and walls
and debris of all imaginable kinds
strew the streets
The city authorities set diligently
at work cleaning away the wreckage
of the storm.
Conditions in New Laredo, across
the Rio Grande river, are similar To-
those existing on this side. It Isl
not officially known how many dead
Or injured there are, but in an i1teT-
view city official of that place
stated there were five dead that ne
knew Of, although rumor has 1t that
ten lives were lost The five known
dead added to the list Of dead on this
side Of the river would bring the
number of deaths in both cities up 10
twenty-one persons.
Or. II. ]. Hamilton Of the United
States hospital services has placed lot
tent, with bedding, etc, at the dis
posal Of the homeless.
Late Saturday afternoon the follow
ing communication from Mayor San
chez of Laredo addressed to Governor
Lanham at Austin was received:
Laredo appeals to you and through
you to the good people of Texas for
immediate aid in our great misfor-
tune Of last evening. The cyclone
wrought untold damage to this city.
Several lives were lost and distressing
conditions prevail. 1t is impossible
Just now to state the extent of loss
Of life and damage to property, but
have seen enough to satisfy me that
we need immediate assistance to re-
lieve the suffering and the home
less"
In response to this request Cover
nor Lanham issued a general appeal
for help, expressing the wish that
Texans in general would be liberal
and prompt in their assistance.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05

o.. aava %, Texas has held the
1rst rank amons cotton produeins
s slpSs i| for twenty ysags, Its produc'
ton in 1904 was S,134,677 ban, o *,
gia, with production of l'Svo,,.>
bales, was second, having passed MIS-
sissippi, which held the second rank
in 1903. Mississippi is third and Ala
bama fourth.
The states which show the most no
table increase compared with 1908
are Alabama, Georgia and South Car
DINA, the largest increase be'ne
found in Georgia, where the crop eX-
ceeded that of 1908 by 612,3SO bales,
or 48.S per cent. The increase in AL
ALBANIA is 46.5 per cent, in South Car
olina Asst per cent and in Texas ~
per cent.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
WILL DEPREcIATE THE PRICE.
Too Much Cotton Being Sold, Says
President Of Cotton Association.

Too Much Cotton Being Sold, Says
President Of Cotton Association.
Too much cotton has been finding
itB way to the market lately, and the
fact that so much cotton is being sold
will have a large influence in depre-
chatting the price next fall, unless the
sales are stopped. Cotton mills and
action dealers are buying all they can
" the present prices, and unless the
4Tnaers and others who have cotton
ST their possession stop these sales
tie surplus which is now being held
VII all be upon the market next fall
wien the new crop comes in. Presi-
dent Haryie Jordan of the Southern
Cotton Association calls attention to
tbs fact, and asks the question, "Why
s.ll for cents now when in a few
months you can get 10 cents?"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
REDUCTION AN ASSURED FACT.

REPORTS Remove All DOUBT Regarding
Curtailment of Cotton Crops
There is no longer any doubt ABOUT
the farmers Of the south having re-
duced their cotton acreage. Ine TACT
that the amount Of fertilizer used this
year is smaller than in many years
before is an assured fact, and all that
remains for the southern farmer to do
now to make his victory complete is
to hold on to the cotton he now
has on hand.
Reports received frGn various states
by the headquarters Of the Southern
Cotton association show beyond any
doubt that the reduction of acreage
Ia already an assured fact.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05


At Macon, Saturday, the jury in
the case of the state against E. r.
Henderson returned a verdict acQuit-
ting the accused man Of the charge Of
embezzling $4,000 Of the funds of the
Macon and Birmingham Railway com
pany. Within two hours after the
charge had been delivered by Judge
FELTON, the verdict was made up.
For five days and nights during the
trial, the twelve men had been locked
in and had no communication with
any one except through the officers
of the court.
Nearly two years ago the charge
of embezzlement was made against
the auditor and cashier of the Macon
and Birmingham as the result of an
investigation which, he asserted, he
brought on Julian Lane was the
~~osecu1Dr of Henderson and Hender
vas the utor Of Lane The
state has prot, he -oocence Of
Lane and prosecu, soM and
the acquittal is the resulc
Solicitor General Brunson at once
mol pressed the charge of embezzle-
ment against ex-General Manager Ju-
Ian Lane.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
Road from AIbany 70 FIOrIda.

Following the petition Of the Alabny
and Northern railroad, filed few days
ago with the secretary of state, to
1extend it's road from Albany to Col
qaitt, in Miller county, notice is now
given of the intention of the Albany
and st. Andrews Railroad company
to apply for charter to build rail-
road from Albany to st. Andrews,
Fla, touching at Newton, ColQuitt and
DonaldsonYille.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
UNITED STATES LEFT OUT.

Our Tariff Agreement with Germany
viii Be Allowed to Terminate.
A Berlin special says: The imperial
preparatory to excluding
the United stadns from the privileges
of the new reciprocity treaties signed
recently with seven European states,
has formally notified the American
government that the tariff agreement
between Germany and the United
States, signed April 10, 1900, will
terminate May 1, 1906, the day new
treaties &c into effect but that Ger
many stands ready to negotiate a reci-
procity treaty with the United States,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
Short Line to Ocean.

It is reported in Columbus that the
Central of Georgia railway is pre-
pairing to extend its line from Anda-
lusia, Ala, to Pensacola, Fla, a dis
lance Of between thirty and forty
miles; that it now has surveyors on
the scene. With this extension made
and the short gap filled in between
Greenville and Newman, which con-
struction work has practically been
decided upon, the Central would have
short line from Chattanooga, Tenn,
to Pensacola, via Columbus.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
Froat Given "ParsIfaI.0

The engagement of the Metropoi
tan opera house company, rendering
"Parsifal" in Atlanta, was financial
failure, as a result of the unusually
high prices charged, and the fact that
the same company was seen in other
cities not SO large as Atlanta at much
lower figures. This fact became known
in Atlanta and the people simply re-
fused to be treated in q way that they
deemed unfair and remained away
from the performance.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
Nearoea He'd for Murder.

Two of the negroes-Ben Slaughter
and John Russell-who participated in
the killing Of Kelsey Crawford in the
upper part Of Morgan county, two
weeks ago, have been caught and
jailed in Madison.
The other two negroes, Jack Bivin
and Ernest Mitchell, are still at large.
Public sentiment is intense in the
neighborhood where the young man
was killed 1t is said warrants will
be sworn out for several prominent
white persons as accessories to the
killing.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
Big Tax Cases With Judge.

Final argument was made Saturday
before Judge John r. Pendleton in
Fulton superior court at Atlanta In
the Georgia railroad and Central of
Georgia tax cases, involving taxation
OF 10000 shares Of Western Railway
OF Alabama stock, half of which is
owned by each of these railroads, and
the case is now with the court.
There is nothing to indicate just
when a decision will be rendered, but
Judge Pendleton has stated that he
would give the cases careful and
prompt consideration.
1t is a serious question, however
whether the cases can reach the SUI
prene court in time for a final ter
mination by that tribunal before the
October term, which will mean that
Il will be some time in the latter
part of the year before final decision
is reached in the court of last re.
sort.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
A DEARTH OF ADVERTISING

Causes St. Paul Globe to Give
After Thirty Years.
After a life of nearly thirty "
the ST. Paul Globe with Sunday
sue suspended publication.
The globe was the only den'o'
morning daily in Minnesota
was the recognized organ Of its
both in state and municipal
The reason announced for susper
was that, in spite Of its larg ci,
ton, the paper was not properly
tronized by advertisers.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
Almost the Golden Eaa.

w A. King of near Triton, has a
very valuable goose. The fowl is 80
years old and has been owned by Mr..
King for twenty-seven years. The
goose lays an egg every day and once
a year she will set. From this goose
several focks of geese have been rails,
ed and from her product enough feath-
ers have been gathered to make a
feather bed for every member of his
,sfaRily, eight in number, and a pair
of pillC IS each. Besides, he has feath-
ers for 70 extra beds and the goost
still live and is, now on her annual
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
THIRTEEN MINERS ENromsED.

Disastrous Pit Explosion in Indian Ter%
rltory Deals Death.
The most disastrous mine explosion
to occur in the Indian Territory since
the Savannah accident Of 1887, took
place all 1920 o'clock Sunday morn
ing in the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Coal company's mine, near Wilburton.
Thirteen men were entombed, with lit
tie prospects of their bodies being
recovered for several days.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
FINAL COTTON CROP FIGURES.

Census Bureau Places Number of
Bales for 1904 at $13,5s4,475.
The bureau of the census at Wash
ington has just issued the final report
Of the cotton crop grown in 1864.
The crop Of 1904, as returned by the
ginners, and including linters, is 49,
584,457 bales, Of 500 pounds. It ex-
ceeds the crop of 1903 by 3,49I, 1856
bales, or 1874 per cent. The largest
crop produced in the United States
prior to 1904 was that Of 1898, which,
according to commercial returns,
amounted to 11,295,OOO bales, or 15.a
per cent less than the crop Of 19det
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
LABOR WAR IN CHICAGO.
business Men Aeeept sac Thrown

Business Men Accept Gage Thrown
Down to Them by Unions.
With 8,100 teamsters on strike in
Chicago and with constant acoessions
being made to their number, and with
the express determination of the EN-
ployers' Association to take a firm
stand for the 2open shop" and fight
the Transfers union to a finish, the
city, to n. appearances, stands on the
eve Of lol Of the greatest industrial
upheavals "a her history. There was
rioting IN ySrious parts Of the city
Thursday debpite the strong guards
Of police.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
RUSSIAN EA, ER PEACE
Expected disorders Failed t.

Expected Disorders Failed te
lie in St. petere'
A St. Petersburg spe'
ter day, Russia's grea'
joy and peace, was
none Of the disorde
was dreaded. AS 70
of the Russian
the empire gather
urday night in ?
thedrals, church.
greet the rising
mark the end
gloom and sad
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
Admitted Crime, But u Cleared.

NUIIIIILGu OIIIHVI but % WFVtI W
The jury at Thomasville, in the
case of j. B. Barrow, accused of the
murder of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Min
ME Parish, on December 20, brought
in a verdict of not guilty.
The jury was out for fifteen hours.
Barrow is an engineer of the Atlantic
Coast Line and on the day Of the trag-
edy attempted to kill his wife. Bar
row had confessed the killing to sew
eral people, and for this reason the
verdict caused a sensation.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
sIeELow DRIVEN FROM HOME.
Defeating Cashier Gives Up PalatiaI
Residence TO Receiver.

ItN9INVTIOV % IlINGIWIT1
A Milwaukee dispatch says: Bitter
ness was added to his already over
Towing cup Friday when Frank G.
Bigelow, the defaulting banker va
Sated his palatial home on Aston
street, the Wisconsin Trust and Sc
cmity company as receiver for the
-Rigelow estate, having taken charge Of
fl Mr.. Bigelow, with his family, TAX
Zig little save their personal effects,
went to the home Of his son, Gordon
Bigelow, where they wiz make their
home for the time being.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
Cotton Burned at MOntezuma.

Sunday morning at o'clock the
cotton warehouse of Patrick & Mead
ows at Montezuma was destroyed by
fire. About two hundred bales Of cot
ton were virtually consumed, but fully
insured; no insurance on the ware
house. The salvage will probably
reach $500. The cause Of the fire is
unknown.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
q
GEORGIA NEWS3
3 !
Epitomized Items Of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Body Found After Long Search.

The body of Rev. J. L. Anderson,
the Methodist minister who was
drowned near Ellijay some time ago,
has been finally recovered,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
.uff on Eertlllzor Lays.

That til fertilizer companies have
bought mole tags than they have used
this year, and that numbers Of fer
tilizer tags have BEEN thrown a&ay
and five Or six IS placed on each
sack is a very ddent fact now, and
the public ca no longer be fooled by
the statements that the heavy increase
in the sale Of tags indicates a heavy
Increase in the use Of fertilizers Pres
ldent Harvia Jordan Of the Southern
Cotton ASSOCIATION, in an article Oh
the subject Of fertilizer tags, calls at
tention to- the methods which have
been pursued for advertising pur-
poses.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
eeorala Road Cuts Returns.

A cut OF ($17O0OOO is made this
year in the property returns of the
Georgia Railroad and Banking COM
pany, received few days ago by
Comptroller General w. A. Wright,
below the returns of last year. The
Georgia railroad is not taxed on the
value of it's property, as are other
railroads in the state, being exempt
from such taxation under it's char
ter. Nevertheless, the reduction in
this return, as may readily be seen,
cuts an important figure. The only
tax which the Georgia Railroad and
Banking company is required to pay
under it's charter Is one-half of one
per cent on its net income. This
year the net income is reported as
being $50, 6O5.05, on which the state
receives total taxes of $2,854.57
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
Electric Line from Atlanta to MacoI

Electric Line from Atlanta to Macon.
With a view to building line of
electric road from Atlanta to Macon,
a corps of civil engineers have begun
surveying a route via Forsyth, Barnes
vile, Griffin, Hampton, 'Jonesboro,
Hapeville and asst Point, and the
superior court of Fulton county is
petitioned fer charters for the Atlanta
Macon Interurban Railway company
and the Atlanta Construction and De-
veIopment company The capital
stock of the companies will be in ex-
cess of $2,0O0,o00
The construction and development
company will build the road and the
Atlanta Macon Interurban company
will operate the line, after it has been
constructed. The directors Of the two
companies are identical, and most Of
them are residents Of Indiana, Ohio.
Illinois and Michigan.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05

Georgia is Second IN Line.
According to the final cotton cen.
aSs bulletin issued at Washington
Evening journal., 1905-01-21
TdE WORLDS NEWS
CONGRESS.


The Senate Interstate Commerce Com
mittee began work on a railroad bill.
The House passed the army appropria-
tlon bill with the amendment cutting of
full pay for General Miles.
The Senate considered the fur seal and
statehood bills.
WASHINGTON.
Commander Dillingham; is trying to in
duce san Domingo rebels to support Presi-
dent Morales in the payment OF American
claims.
William J. Bryan visited the Capitol. re-
ceiving an ovation as the Acknowledged
leader OF the Democratic party.
Senator Reed Smoot. of Utah, testified
before the Senate Investigating Commit
tee upon his right TO his seat.
John Sharp Williams. disguised by the
failure of the Democrats to follow him
in opposition to the blow aimed at Miles,.
called caucus to resign the minority Lead
ership.
FOREIGN.
The Balkan Committee is preparing an
appeal TO America TO support Great Brit
ain n efforts TO secure peace in the Bal
kans.
The Russian officials are stnl investigat-
ing the shower Of shot that imperiled the
Tsar Reports Of the discovery of a far
reaching conspiracy are denied. The gun
ners are under arrest
MISCELLANEOUS.
President Castro, Of Venezuela, LETT
Caracas TO avoid further negotiations with
the United States I'm the asphalt con-
troversy. Relations are strained while the
history Of tho trouble is being reviewed
pending the next step by the State De-
partment.
Johann Hoch. a Chicago machinist, mar
ried a woman last December. She died,
and two days afterward he married her
sister. whom he deserted, taking $3.50 OF
her money.
A young wife in Chicago committed sui
eide because her husband upbraided her
for smoking cigarettes.
President James b. Angel, Of the Uni
versity Of Michigan. sent in his resigna-
tion, to take effect October /, but the re-
gents refused TO accept It,
Burglars restored a young girls ring
they had taken with other plunder from a
/ Chicago house, the child having pleaded
that it was a gift from her dying mother.
A Lexington, Ky, negro attempted 70
assault two white women and shot the
husband OF one.
w. S. Kirk, said to be an expert raiser
Of national banknotes, was held in $4,000
bail in Chicago.
The Missouri Senatorial deadlock re-
mains unbroken. Niedringhaus and Ker-
ems held a fruitless conference.
Evening journal., 1905-01-21

days. or days on which the other
branch might sit. Sunday. though not
an ordinary sitting day, is, according
TO Cushing, a day on which either
branch may sit and transact business
if Il should think proper.
Il would seem that the action Of the
House in adjournlng from Thursday
until Monday was for a longer period
than allowed by the Constitution, and
therefore illegal. but as the Senate has
not yet organized the question is
raised as to the application Of the law
in this case
If the act Of adjournment was Illegal
and void the House continued TO be in
session and the act OF few mem-
bers and adjournlng the body from
day to day was perfectly proper and
the only thing to do under the circum-
stances.
The fact that the House undertook
unwittingly to do an act prohibited by
the Constitution does not affect the
standing Of that body or Of the Legis-
lature. although the Every Evening Of
yesterday sought to raise a question as
to the legal standing Of the House after
it's action on Thursday.
The question Of the legality OF the
adjournment OF the House from day
to day by a minority Of the members,
has been passed on by the Supreme
Court Of this state in March, 1903.
when "A majority Of bdth Houses went
to washington to see the newly elected
Senators sworn IN, leaving a few mem
bers to adjourn the Houses