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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
DEBATE AT ABBEvILLE.
Franklin and Morgan Societies
 School in Contest.


 School in Contest.
 Abbeville, Dec. 16.-(Special) )-The Franklin and John T. Morgan Literary Societies of the Southeast Alabama Ag- ricultural School held a debate and de- clamation contest in the school audi torium last night. The subject for de- bate was. Resolved. That the United States should abolish a protective tar iff" O. E. Tompkins and S. J. Weeks of the Franklin Society represented the affirmative and w. I. Pittman and R. F. Ray of the Morgan Society discussed the negative side of the question. Mayor Robert Newman. Rev. F. M. Woods and Prof. J. s. Espy acted as judges for the debate.
 The speeches were good on both sides and showed that the young men had given great thought and study to this important question. The speech of each debater was about twenty minutes in length and the large audience show ed its appreciation by giving the best attention throughout the entire debate. So well was the subject discussed by both sides that the judges, in render ing their decision, stated that it was cided that the contest was a tie. Dr. L. s. Nichols, N. F. Chears and W. J. Ward were the judges for the declamation contest. The declaimers for the Morgan Society were Miss Mary Bradley, Miss Lucy Oates and Joe Mo Lendon. and for the Franklin Society were Miss Jewel Jones. Miss Eloise Searcy and Luther Dunn. These de- chalmers rendered their pieces remark ably well. The decision was given to Miss Eloise Searcey. The stage was beautifully decorated with the colors | of the two societies. The exercises were interesting and instructive throughout the entire program. Practically all of the cotton in this section is ginned but very little is be- | ing brought to market. The merchants and farmers refuse to sell at the prices I that are being offered by the shippers However, the most of the cotton in this section has already been marketed. Prof. J. V. Brown left Thursday for Montgomery to place his little son, | Kirtley. under medical treatment !, Dr. J. B. Long returned from Mont gomery yesterday. Dr. Long has built l a handsome residence at Cloverdaie and he and his family will move to Montgomery on the 1st of January. | Mrs. A. c. Espy and children of Sa- vannah are visiting the mother of Mrs. Espy, Mrs W. s. Wright.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18

was pronounced by the Rev. W. c. Lindsay, and the vast audience dis persed, after attending exercises that meant much to the manhood of a State Many civic organizations attended the exercises in bodies.
 The monument Is made of Carolina granite. finely proportioned, beautiful iv finished and a fitting tribute to the man that N. G. Gonzales was.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18

Territory; Frederick W. Collins, collec- tor of customs. District of Pearl River, Miss.
 Canal commissioners-Theo P. Shonts. Charles E. Magoon. Benjamin M. Harrod. Col. Oswald H. Ernst U. s. A; Brigadier General Peter H. Haines, |. S. A: Civil Engineer. Mordecai E Edincott, U. $. N
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
VIII Be in GOodIy Company.
Anniston Star.

Anniston Star.
 We have often heard of sinners by commission or sinners by omission. but his hhIt a uiall , ar' D, D: ooner enterea upon sinners by environment" One of the latest and greatest sinners of this type is the Hon. John B. Knox of this city. Tn being consigned to the Comeric perdition. however. Mir. Knox will find cancellation in the fact that he is not alone.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-18
CnnfIrmed hx the sennte.

Washington. Dec. 1.-The Senate in
 executive session yesterday confirmed the following nominations; Dana Fl. Kel- sey Indian Territory, agent for the Indians of the Union agency in Indian
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
RAPs STATE HEALTH BOARD.
Atlanta Council Approves Action of
Mayor and City Board.

WdyOI ana Slty DOSTus
Endorsement of all thst has been
done by the city board Of health and
Mayor Woodward, and condemnation
Of the state board Of health's atti
tude toward Atlanta were the theme
of resolutions offered by Councilman
Bagley and adopted by the Atlanta
city council Monday afternoon.
The resolutions term the action of
the state board of health as unwar-
ranted and uncalled for, and as the
source of irremediable injury to the
city of Atlanta.
They assert that the city by its
attitude and climate is immune from
yellow fever and has been so recog-
nized by the highest authority in the
world, the United States fever ex.
perts. It is further asserted that
these advantages are Of immense ma
terial value to the city and that sne
has a right to the enjoyment of them,
without interference from the state
board of health.
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted without debate.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
NICHOLAS HAS ENOUGH.
Russian Ruler Is Now Willing to Make
Any Old Concession for
Lasting Peace.

A st. Petersburg special says:
Emperor Nicholas again appears be-
fore the world as promoter of uni.
versal peace. No sooner is the Rus,
n-Japanese war over and even be.
fore the peace treaty has been rati.
fed, than his majesty issues invita-,
tons to a second peace conference
at The Hague.
1t is officially announced that the
Russian government proposes to az.
dress the foreign powers with view
to the holding Of a second peace con.
ference at The Hague" but it Is
known that negotiations preceding
this announcement that the govern
ment proposed to address the pow
ers" were entered into ESPECIALLY
with the United States and were con-
Quoted with the greatest secrecy,
there being not the slightest inkling
that Russia contemplated anything Of
the kind.
The fact that President Roosevelt
is reported as being entirely in sym
pathy with the proposed conference
and that he is said to believe that
to the initiator of the first Hague
conference should belong the honor
of convoking the second, and readily
and even gladly acceded to the Rus
sian proposal, is clear proof that the
conference has already been called
and that Roosevelt relinquished his
part in it to the emperor.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
BOARDSAT DACGERS
Atlanta Health Officials Make
Counter Move in Court.
STATE ASKS INJUNCTION
Orders QuarantIng state Of Georgia
Brings on Complication and the
Strong Arm Of the Law
is Invoked.

Denying that it has in any manner
interfered with the state quarantine
Or the officers in charge of it, the city
board of health of Atlanta, Monday,
made answer before Judge Pendle.
ton in the superior court to the pc
tition for injunction filed by the state
board of health, and asked for a coun
ter Injunction restraining the state
board of health from interfering with
the city in its efforts to preserve
health, and the officers of the state
board from violating any Of the city's
rules and regulations on this subject.
It was conceded after the reading
of the state boards petition for in
junction and the answer and demur
rer filed by the city that the ques
ton before Judge Pendleton in the
quarantine injunction hearing was
purely one of law.
Judge Pendleton stated that he con-
sidered the question involved sub
stantially legal one, as to whether.
for instance the state board of health
having instituted state quarantine,
had the right to guard the passage
through the city of Atlanta, Of
through passengers from territory in
fected by yellow fever and against
which the quarantine had been in
stituted.
The argument of the case then
took practically this course, involv-
ing the construction of the law Gre
ating the state board of health and
as to whether the powers Of the state
board is supreme in matters of quar-
antine, or whether 1t is subordinate
when it comes into conflict with the
power Of local boards of health.
During the preliminaries many in
teresting points connected with the
quarantine situation were brought out
Before the argument was conolud-
ed Judge Pendleton, shortly before
o'clock, adjourned the further hear
ing Of the case until Tuesday after
noon.
The petition of the state board was
first read to the court by Attorney
General Hart. the answer Of the city
board Of health to each paragraph be-
ing read by City Attorney Mayson.
In it's answer the city board Of
health denied the right of the mem
bers of the state board to institute
the suit for injunction, it being held
that the suit should be brought in the
name of the state, as the state board
Of health has no corporate existence.
The city board Of health admitted
the supreme authority of the state
board in matters of quarantine, but
held that the act creating the state
board Of health provides that it shall
hive no power to supersede local
boards of health where the same are
properly organized, but shall act in
harmony with such local boards. 1t
was asserted that there is local
board of health in Atlanta properly
organized and maintined, and that
the state board had no right to SUI
persede It within the corporte limits
Of Atlanta.
The Atlanta board denied the prob
ability or the possibility of yellow
fever spreading in the northern part
OF the state.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
WILL SIN NO MORE.
Morton to Cut Out Gifts by Equitable
TO Campaign Funds.

to Campaign FUNDS.
At New York Monday, Paul Nor
ton, president Of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society. said that hereaf-
ter. the Equitable Society will refuse
to contribute to political campaign
funds.
Mr.. Morton was asked if the con,
tributions of the New York Life In.
surance company to the Mckinley and
Roosevelt campaign funds had been
equaled by that Of the Equitable.
GAS to that" he answered, Il can
not say. am only concerned with
the future of the Equitable, not with
its past"
"Will it be the policy of the Equit
able Ia the future" he was asked,
"to defray part Of the campaign ex
penses Of presidential candidates or
other seekers for public Officer"
mot any more" replied Mr. Nor
ton.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
FAVOR SEA LEVEL CANAL.

Most Of Foreign Members Of Con-
sultIng Board Against Locks.
A majority Of the foreign memLers
Of the consulting board Of engineers
Of the isthmian canal appear to IA
vor q Sea level canal, says a Wash
ington dispatch. This fact may be
come of the greatest Importance, If
their votes shall become necessary
to decide that which is after all the
principal question requiring decis-
ion at the hands Of the board.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
City and state Clash.


Attempts on the part Of Atlanta
city officials to cut in twain the pa
latial through train from New Or
leans to New York just before it
steamed out Of the terminal station
at noon Saturday were the exciting
outgroWth of the controversy between
the city and state boards of health.
The incident was further enlivened
by the smiling defiance Of state health
officials, who stood cody behind the
locked doors of Pullman sleeper
the humorous sallies Of the impris.
onod passengers; the hurrying to and
fro of railroad officials; the arrest
of two Pullman conductors and the
evident frame of mind Of the city
officials who were headed by Mayor
Woodward
The elimination of the affair was
letter from the executive head
Of the city to President Wickersham
Of the Atlanta and West Point rail-
road, In which it was emphatically
stated that hereafter no locked pas
senger cars, whether Pullman or day
coaches, would be permitted within
the corporate limits Of the city Of
Atlanta
By an order issued later signed by
John T. Pendleton, Mayor Woodward
and each member Of the Atlanta
board Of health are enjoined from
further interference with the state
quarantine officers, IN any manner
whatever, until the further order of
che court.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
LOST" NEGRO is FOUND.

Chicken Thief Chased and Killed by
Posse of Boys.
A negro was found where he had
been killed near Daleville, Ala, a
few days ago.
The dead man was identified as
one who had entered a chicken roost.
and was pursued by a posse Of boys.
When they returned home they re-
ported having lost him near the place
where the body was found.
It is alleged that two Of these boys
have fed the country.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
Preached Funeral Anyhow.

The execution of ]. G. Rawlings
and his sons Milton and Jesse and
the negro All Moore, all Of whom
were implicated in the murder of the
Carter children, was get for last FRI
day at Valdosta, but a stay of sen
tence was ordered 80 that the case
could be carried to the supreme court.
A preacher came over from Col
quit county and announced at the
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
FEVER REPORT ENCOURAGING.
Fears Are DIssipated In New Orleans.
Gases Few Outside.

A New Orleans special Of Friday
was as follows: The number of new
cases continues larger than was to
hoped for but this had not had any
dispiriting effect on the people. The
same air Of happiness and confidence
mat the disease will eventually be
stamped Gut exists.
Country reports we're a little more
encouraging, there being fewer cases
and fewer deaths reported than for
some time.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
%-S-s~R'S-a~sa-s-
s GEORGIA NEWS3
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Epitomized Items Of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Premiums for school Exhibits.

State Superintendent Of Schools
Merritt has sent out a letter to
County School Commissioner naming
the premium lists which are offered
by the state fair at Atlanta and the
Macon fair for the best exhibits of
school work.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
Johnson AppeaIs to or0wera.

M. L. Johnson, president Of the
Georgia division of the Southern Cot
ton Association has issued strong
statement, urging the cotton grow
ers Of Georgia to hold their cotton
for the minimum price fixed by the
association. He also appeals to UNI
organized counties to join the move
ment and not let it be said of them
that they have reaped the benefits
without doing their part of the work.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
simmons VIII Filled.

The will of the late Chief Justice
T. j. Simmons has been filed for pro-
bate in Atlanta 1t is understood that
the estate left by the distinguished
jurist amounts to about $4,000, which
under the terms of the will, is to be
equally divided among his widow and
tbrpa children
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
Land withdrawn from Entry

The secretary of the interior has
ordered the withdrawal from en-
try Of 100000 acres of land in the
Roswell, ~ NJ, land district on ac-
count of the Carlsbad irrigation prof
ect.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
REVELRY IN. NEW ORLEANS.

City Has Great Festival TO Help Out
Yellow Fever Fund.
The yellow fever situation at New
Orleans Saturday showed little
change. The people of the city took
a holiday and joined hands In max
ing a brilliant success Of the Diamond
festival, arranged to help swell the
fund for fighting yellow fever.
A multitude gathered at Athletic
park, where the festival was held
The program was formally opened
with a telegram to Mayor Behrman
from President Roosevelt, which was
received with universal enthusiasm
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
cUsTER's SLAYER GOES HENCE.

Chief Rain-in-the.Face Takes Journey
to Happy Hunting Grounds"
Rain-in-the-Face, one of the leading
Indian chiefs in the Custer massacre,
and who is said personally to have
killed General Custer, died at the
Standing Rock reservation, South Da-
kota, September IL. He was sixty
two years old.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
Orders Issued To Railroads.

Railroad and steamboat companies
operating in Georgia have been no.
tilted by the state board of health
that tickets cannot be sold to points
in the state from territory infected by
yellow fever except to passengers
holding properly issued health certifl-
Gates.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
RACE TRAGEDY AT RACE TRACK.
Whites and Negroes in Clash and Gore
Flowed Freely.

A clash between white men and
negroes occurred near Germantown,
Tenn, Saturday afternoon, in which
Eugene Scott, a constable, was shot
and stabbed; a negro, named Smith,
from Cordova, was killed; Robert
Howard Of Georgetown, was cut about
the head and three or more negroes
wounded. The fight occurred at
the Wolf river race track, midway be-
tween Germantown and Cordova. Eff
ty or more shots, were e changed.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
Snow Ealls in Colorado.

Several inches of snow fell at Grip
pie Creek, Col, Monday. The fall was
preceded by a high wind that blew
down several buildings.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
Colonel Smith Enters Race.

About 1900 people crowded into
the court house at Elberton to hear
Colonel James M. Smith Of Ogle-
thorpe, open his campaign for gov
ernor.
Mr.. Smith spoke for about one and
a half hours, roundly scoring the pro
fessional politician, demagogue and
chronic Office seeker, whom, he said
never did any good. In his life he
had tried to follow the golden rule
and now that he was a candidate
he expected his neighbor to do the
same.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
GRADY TALKED IN HIS SLEEP.

UOH5eqWsITIIy VIE NO. 7 DIoCUVET 90
That He Was a Bigamist.
John Grady, a longshoreman, who
earns $12 a week, was arrested in
New York Monday, charged with big.
amy. It was found, according to the
complaint of his first wife, that he was
maintaining a second establishment
near his old home
A few nights ago the longshoreman
talked in his sleep. Early next
morning Mrs. Grady vert o.. a
sleuthing tour. which resulted in her
finding the second household.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
Rawlings Trial Raises Rate.


The county commissioners Of
Lowndes have fixed the tax rate OF
the county at $50 on the $1,000,
against SO 10 last year. It was expect.
ed that the rate would be reduced
to $40, which is the lowest in Is
years but the cost of the Rawlings
trial made it necessary to raise al
extra $4,000.
The cost Of that case up to the
present is just about those figures.
The stenographer's fees alone amour.
ted to $500. the record being one Of
the longest ever taken in criminal
case in the state. It consisted Of
over one thousand pages or about
100000 words.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
RusslHs NAVAL LOSSES.
According to official Statistics Sum g
Placed at $11s,ooo,ooo.

A st. Petersburg special says; The
Russian losses in ships at Port Ar
thur Vladlvostol1 and the Sea Of Ta-
pan, according to official statisGcs
published Sunday morning, amount
to one hundred and thirteen million
dollars,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
Contract La to RuIId Llne.

The Central Of Georgia railway hae
announced the letting OF the con.
tract for building the extension from
Greenville to Newman, Ga, TO Oliver
& Co., OF Knoxville, Tenn.
Work on the extension win begin
as soon as 1t Is possible 10 get the
equipment on the ground. This wiz
not require more than a week and
the limit for the completion OF the
contract is nine months. The exten.
sion will be about twenty miles long,
A narrow gauge read from Green.
vile to Columbus will be widened,
but the work win not be done by
contract.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
Rucker RemaIne untII January.

Lieutenant L. S. D. Rucker. six
teenth infantry, U. s. A., who has
been detailed to the office of the adj
tutant general, Georgia state troops
will be connected with that office
until January /, 1906, his period OF
assignment having been extended for
three months from October 1.
The assignment Of Lieutenant Rucl.
er was to have expired in October,
but, owing to the many important mat.
tiers in which he is interested, and
the splendid work he has done on be.
half Of the state troops, the state adj.
jutant general has requested that Lieu.
tenant Rucker remain until January.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22
Death claims captaIn WIIcoxon.

Captain Cleveland Wilcoxon died
Saturday afternoon at his home in
Atlanta. He had been i'll for many
months, suffering from injuries sus-
tanned while serving in the Philip
pines, complicated by malarial fever.
Captain Wilcoxon was hurt as the
result of his horse falling into a pit
He never recovered his strength, but
slowly grew weaker, and a few
months ago was retired as a first
lieutenant in the regular army,
Few men in the military service
from this state were more warmly
liked or more highly respected than
he. He was made major of the fifths
Georgia regiment, which Office he held
until 1898, at the outbreak of the
Spanish American war Captain
Wflcoxon enlisted and was a captain
Of company A, Second Georgia Regi-
ment At the close of the war he en-
tered the twenty-uinth United States
infantry as a first lieutenant and was
adjutant general of the regiment. He
went to the Philippines and served UNI
til disabled by injuries sustained in
the service.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-09-22

tail that he came to preach the fun
eral Of the executed men, but found
after reaching the city that the exc
oution would not occur. After a sec
ond thought he decided to preach It
anyhow, and took position one one
of the corners and spolge for about an
hour about sin and its results.
Planning to Entertain President.
Plans for the entertainment Of
President Roosevelt who will be a
guest of the city of Atlanta October
20, while the state fair is on, are
being made by the state board OF al
rectors Of the state fair association.
While the complete details OF the re-
ceptlon of the president have not been
perfected committees nave been ap-
pointed to arrange for Mr.. Roosevelts
visit and an elaborate program wiil
be arranged for the entertainment OF
the chief executive of the land.
President Roosevelt will reach Az
lanta at II o'clock Friday morning,
October 20, and Will be the guest OF
the city for eight hours. He will speak
at the fair from stand platform
erected near the grand stand and
benches will be placed across the
race track to which the guests will
be admitted by card. The present pro-
gram calls for a grand review of
troops by the president and a recep'
ton nt the Piedmont Driving Club.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-29

as the chosen representatives OF the
citizens Of our Commonwealth.
The question that is Of most inn
rortancc just now is that Of immi-
grafton our state should be the
foremost in such matters of public
interest and DEVELOPMENT, Immigra-
ton of the right sort should be IN
duccd and encouraged in every legiti-
mate way possible. We sould fol-
low the example Of Alabama,
louisiana, Mississippi. South Carolina
and other southern States that have
pr0tllcd H.. -hcir efforts to secure
good immigrants.
First. i'm order TO set u good class
OF immigrants the legislature must re-
establish the immigration Bureau or
appoint a state Immigration Agent
whose duty it shall be to induce inn
the State and engage in farming. day
Iaboring, etc. ctc. Our State should
especially try and induce Anglo
Saxon Teutonic and scandinavian
from England and Scotland, Germany.
Norway aud Sweden, which now the
United states Immigration Laws pro-
hibit individuals. corporations and
.ia.ms from doing, but perm its Of
states ANA Territories under the juris-
diction Of the United States, inducing
immigrants (See L. s. Tmrigratioa
Laws. Act Of March 3rd. 1908. Sec
tons i. ;. aud ~
The only available source for Oh
tanning Immigrants, al the present
time are from the arrival ports of
Philadelphia and New York. A very
large percentage Of these immigrants
being undesirable. State Bureau Of