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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-04-06

Motorists Rewarded and Punished
London NOTORIOUS drivers VINO
avoid accidents fo- G week receive
bonus. They are fined for accl
dents.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-04-06

Taylor's Cherokee Remedy Of Sweet Gun
ana MIllen is Natures great remedy--Cures
Coughs, Colds, Group and Consumption,
and all throat and lung troubles. 81 drug
Pists, 25c., SOC. and $1O0 per bottle.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-04-06
GREATEST EVER.

Green-Who was the greatest liar
known?
Brown-Old Rip Van Wrinkle.
Green-How do you figure that outF
Brown-Why, didn't he lie in the
woods for twenty years Chicago
News.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-04-06

CRUEL.

Mrs. Gunner-This paper says "
moths can be killed with cigar 81
Don't you think it cruel?
Mr.. Gunner should say so, if it
was the smoke from the cigars you
buv for Illustrated Bits.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-04-06
SHAKE.

Some men when your moneys free
Shake your hand effusively.
When it's gone you find that they
Shake you In another way.
philadelphia Record.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-04-06

and they will not.
We will gladly make present OF
S25.O00OO to any rooster or importer Of
old fashioned coffee WHO will accept
that wager.
Free inspection Of our factories and
methods is made by thousands of peo-
pie each month and the coffee. impOr-
tiers themselves are cordially invited.
Both Postum and Grape-Nuts are alb
solutely pure and made exactly as
stated.
The formula of Postum and the an
alysis made by one of the foremost
chemists of Boston has been printed on
every package for many years and is
absolutely accurate.
Now as to the food value of Postum.
1t contains the parts of the wheat berry
which carry the elemental salts such
as lime, iron, potash, silica, etc. ETC.,
used by the life forces to rebuild the
cellular tissue, and this is particularly
true of the phosphate of potash. also
found in Grape-Nuts, which combines
in the human body with albumen aud
this combination, together with water,
rebuilds the worn out gray matter in
the delicate nerve centres all over the
body, and throughout the brain and So
lar plexuS.
Ordinary coffee stimulates in an I'M
natural way, but with many people it
slowly and surely destroys and does
not rebuild this gray substance so vi
tally important to the Weli-belng of
every human being.
These are eternal facts, proven, well
authenticated and known to every prop
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-04-06

The deepest gold mine in the world
IS at Bendigo, in Australia.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-04-06

In Siam the lighting of a cigar indi-
Gates a beuOthal
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-04-06

says ~ can't quit you will have dis
covered one of the slaves of the coffee
importer. Treat such kindly, for they
seem absolutely pOwerless to stop the
gradual but sure destruction of body
and health.
Nature has way of destroying 4
part of the people to make room for the
stronger. 1t is the old law Of the sur
vival Of the fittest" at work, and the
victims are many.
We repeat the assertion that coffee
does harm many people, not all, but all
army large enough to appall the inyes-
tigatOr and searcher for facts.
The next preyarlcatiOn of the coffee
importers and roasters is their state
ment that Postum Food Coffee is made
of roasted peas, beans or corn. and
mixed with a low grade Of coffee and
that it contains no nourlshment
We have previously offered to wager
$100,O00O0 with them that their state
ments are absolutely false.
They have not accepted our wager
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
Coal at Cent Per Ton
Valuation by Lehigh

PHILADELPHIA. Feb 2S-DecIara-
uOn that "a false value had been nut
upon the 5ooOu0 On0 tons OF unm1ned coal
Of the Lchigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany in order To avoid taxation. calm
admission that all the anthracite inter
ests are tied up together" and lively
celiOQules between those supporting the
management and those opposing it.
made the annual meeting of that cor
porauon Tuesday The most remarkable
IN its history.
Frederick II. Lee. of Mt Holly, y j
insisted upon knowing why more money
is not earned by the Navigation Com
Tany, and followed with a demand for
detailed information as 10 the earning
capacity Of the various properties.
IRE TtSldeut Riley YVES called uy,ysl 10 eX-
plain why the company = 500 COO go tons
of uDmined coal were valued on the
books at only 81 S9l ,23l, or about / cent
a ton.
Coke Brothers unmincd coal had been
valued officially at S5 cents a ton
Mr.. Riley said the figures quoted rep
resented cost When he admitted that
il the value were marked up more taxes
might have to be paid. a. stoCkhOlder
asked if ne meant that this was TO de-
fraud the State Mr. Earle called the
valuation false and misleading. Mr.
Clark entered prompt objection 10 his
phrase.
rs the valuation correct@'' Mr.. Earle
asked Mr. Clark
"Of course it isn't" he replied
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
EDUCATION BOARD UNDER HOT FIRE

the school buildings and property abso-
luteIy
Mr.. LeisinTing Contradicted Commis-
SiOner MacfaTland's statement that there
is no wide dissatisfaction with the pres
ont board lie said there is great dis
satisfaction with it. He contended that
teachers are often appointed here By
pull
7 have been told he said. that
there IS drinking in some Of the white
schools"
There are 50.00o pupils here" inter
rupted Representative Greene. mot all
OF them can be perfect
NO, said the witness, but a pTiHci-
pal should not allow such habits to con
tinue- / have found and run down tEir-
teen or fourteen cases Of IL at the II
Street HlSh Schoo!. Something ought 10
be done about it"
The subcommittee viii meet again to
morrow morning at $50 o'clock ReDre-
sentative Olcutt VIII address the sub
committee tomorrow, and Representa-
tive Foster on Friday
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
WOULD INCREASE SALARY
OF PRESIDENT TO $4,000

a bin providing for a $4,000 increase
IN the salary of the President Of the
United States. and a general increase in
the salaries of the Vice President. mem
berS OF Congress, and Cabinet officers.
was introduced in the Senate today by
senator GaIilugCT, a member of the
Senate Committee on Judiciary
The Dill provides that the change in
salary becomes effective on and after
March i. 1909. The Vice Presidents sal
airy Is Increased to $1,000 q year. Speak
er of the House OF Representative to
Sl2.uto, each Cabinet officer TO $1,000
senators. Representatives. and Dele
gates IN congress 10 s., 500 each per year.
After the bin had been read twice by
Its title IL was referred to the Senate
tornmttee on Judiciary, where it is
claimed, il viii be considered in con-
junction with the bill changing in
auguration dav to the last Thursday in
April. beginning with 1893
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
Well Invested Is This Nickel.

The Sunday Times. without anything
unusual 20 add 10 its aJtractiveuess. is
q pretty good investment For the next
ten weeks IL will have a still greater
value With none Of its popular fea-
lures eliminated q genuine Gibson pic
tuTe will be added TO the regular large
Eaper. Try 10 buy q Gibson picture at
an art store and YOU will appreciate
what a good thing the investment of a
nickel in next Sundays Times will be.
and. Incidentally. 1t viii be The same for
nine more weeks
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
Continued from First Page)

Il Brent, 1890 l. street northwest, tell
ing how he and other boys at the nj
street school had organized combine"
70 smoke and drink In the recess hour
He also read an affidavit from Maude
Duval, a pupil of the school, saying she
had seen Love at the school when he
had been drinking
Another affidavit was read from Miss
Seely Andrews, who sold lunches at the
school, saving she had seen some of the
boys who had been drinking near the
school IN the lunch hour. He said all
these and other afiidavits had been sent
last fan 10 the Board OF Education,
which body. last October decided to re-
Tain Mrs. Cooper in the principaiship Of
the II Street High School, in spite OF the
showing against the rotten conditions"
there.
He declared that he knew. and the
afadaVits proved the prevalence Of
cigarette smoking and drinking among
the male teachers and pupils at this
particular school. He also made ObjeC~
uon to the changes in the teaching
force of the school necessitsted by the
appointment Of inefficient teachers
there
Was the case Of Mr.. Love. with
whom these af1 tavits have something
10 dc, ever considered by the Board of
Education" 80 asked Mr.. Morrell.
cannot say J don't know" replied
At this point Representative GouIden
of New York asked leave to make a
brief statement in favor of his bill. He
said the cgly object ne had in introduc-
ing his bill WIS 10 better the condition
OF the local teachers and 10 raise the
standard of the District school system.
so that II might he a model
y have been called a meddler." he
declared. "D1lt / was born and raised
sixty miles from this city.
After / introduced my bill I was sur
prtsed that scores ard scores Of the
local teachers called on me. That NAV
be surprise to Superintendent Stuart
but they came 10 confer with me. max
ing their complaints not against the
superintendent Of schools, but against
the system here. There was nothing
personal IN their position
Il call your attention 10 the provi-
sions In my bill for open sessions by
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
Want Assessment Insurance
Companies to Give Statements

Representative Babcock introduced IN
the House today an amendment - the
District Code providing that any com
pany or association transactiug the bus
mess of lie insurance on the assess
mcnt plan in the District of Columbia
shall file by the first day of March with
the superintendent Of insurance sworn
statement. showing its true financial
condition. and on December 81 preced-
ing
Al he bill also provides that all COmpa-
nies shall be required To pay their
debts and indemnity claims, and shall
fulfill all the provisions Of the law on
the penalty OF having rhe license re-
vOked
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
NO COAL STRIKE
Is SAFE PREDICTION
ocontlnued LON -. Pagel

man. Frank NJ Osborne and Thomas Z.
Young, Of Ohio; J. c. Coulson, A. NJ.
Osle. J. H. Seferth. Hush Shriners, ana
j. s Tallie. of Indiana. with Francis l.
Robbins, J. II. Jones and Cia0rge A
Aiagoon- representing Pennsylvania.
All OF them We're seen at the office OF
the PittsbUTg Coal Company, but not
Il word would any Of them say regarding
the situation or the probability of a set
tlemcnt. The interests represented by
Mr. Robbins ana some others are be-
leVed 10 be favora BILE to making a con-
ceSSlon of 90 per cent TO the miners
while some of the Independents and
smalled operators are opposed to grant
ing tne advance. An informal meeting
of the operators VIII probably be held
about noon. and more prolonged ses-
sion VIII be held in the afternoon.
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
DIED,

CHESTER-Entered into rest on Tuesday
February .. 1876, at her residence 1916 EleE-
enth street. washington. D g. AIARIETT
NEWTON CHESTER widow Of A Chester
In her uInety-secord year Il
LEVI-On Sunday. February - 1895 at
go a III. CATHERINE LEVI beloved wife
Of John Levi, in the seventy-slxth year Of
her age IL
McMAHON-On Tuesday. February - 1905
al 10 ., IN. WILLIAM JOSEPH MCMAHON.
infant son Of William and Nora Mcmahon.
Funeral Thursday March J. 81 $50
o'olOck. from his late residence, &Sf = street
northeast Il
NOLAS-on Tuesday. February o. 1906
1915 a. m. SELMA GOODWIN, be
loved wife OF Michael Nolan. II
NUNAN-On Tuesday, February q. Is1s
Mrs. MATILDA NUNAN- in the sixty-ninth
year Of her age. !
SCHRINER-Ou Tuesday. February q 1906.
at 6:45 a. M. LAWRENCE Y. believe
brother Of John T Schriner. aged thirty
four years. 1905 Thirtieth street north
west
Funeral at $50 a m, Thursday. March l.
Mass at Trinity Church. a. m. friends
invited feZ7~3t
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
Only Lawless Fear Courts.

Another unconstitutional feature Of
the bin, he argued. was the failure to
provide for proper court review of the
commissions findings. why should
jurisdiction be withheld from the
courts?" he asked. ''Who distrusts
them? Only viulators of the law have
reason to fear the justice they admin
lister
ASIDE from the legal questions in
VoiVed, he continued there is
just ground for questioning the
wisdom of conferring upon a board ap-
pointed 10y the President such aurOcra-
tie powers with respect TO such tremen-
dously important interests Thoughtful
men may We'll take fright when hey re
call that these powers are To he eXer-
ciSed without supervision or control by
a commission which, according to the
decisions of the Supreme Court Of the
United States, has errOneouSIy decided
almost every important case upon which
IL has passed judgment in the nineteen
years of its existence"
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
SAYS PIN WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR CASH IN MANS FACE

"Yo' homo deed ! didn't cut that man.
The way he got that slice down his
face was he and / was scrapping, and
a pin In my sleeve scratched him" was
the explanation given Judge KimbaU in
the Police Court this morning by
Georglaua Butler. when she was tried
on charge of iafiictinE a lonz cash i'm
the countenanCe of Charlie Anderson.
This explanation did not seem sum-
Cient for the court and she was SEN
fenced TO $50 days i5 the workhouse.
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
DEATH RECORD.

Simon Bradford. 43 years; Daniel ".
Belford. months; Nina Contee, IS
years; Mariett y. Chester. @ years;
Gladys Douglas. S months: Nancy
Louise Y. Love. 90: Matilda Numan'' 6S;
Jane Taylor so; Bessie Whiting. Is;
George W. Wallace. 81; James Washing
ton, GO.
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
Ruled Out by Court.

Other questions asked by Mr.. Stanch-
field. designed 10 elicit from the witness
the answer that the officers of the COM
pany knew nothing of any attempts to
bribe Beavers, were ruled out by the
court.
Mr. Stanchfeld offered in evidence
various letters of recommendation of
Beavers, which counsel said were de
signed to show il was not due to Green s
influence that Beavers was appointed
Inc letters We're ruled out by the court
Joshua ". C2pen, of BiughamtOn.
was the next witness He is an employe
Of the international Time Recording
Company, and was, at the time of the
events alIeged in the Indictments
The Washington times., 1906-02-28

osition has ever before been success
fully presented 70 the American Con-
gress. 1t would be an absolute dis
aster to the country If 1t should be
successfully presented now. were IL
not that il is impossible for such
measure to receive the sanction of the
courts"
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
All Quiet at Pekin.
SENATE COMMITTEE FAVORS
SANTO DOMINGO TREATY

The Senate Committee on Foreign Re
latious today ordered favorable report
on the Santo Domingo treaty
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
LONG BUFFETED LINER
FINALLY REACHES PORT

NORFOLK. Feb. 2s.-The Old Domin-
ion liner Princess Anne arrived tn port
early US morning after being ashore
three hours on Craney island
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
Headaches and Neuralgia From Colds

Laxative Bromo Quinine. the worldwide Cold
and Grip remedy. removes the caCse. CaU for
the fun name and look for signaf11~ Of r. "
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
Employe Corroborates Statements.

This witness said the postoffice orders
for Bundy time recorders were taken
from the Office files and turned over to
Green, and that they have never been
returned.
Harlow E. Bundy. inventor OF the de-
vice which has caused all the trouble.
was next placed on the stand. He is
treasurer and general manager of the
International Time Recording Company.
He also testified that the original post
office orders for clocks were taken from
the files and turned over to Green.
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
PEKIN LEGATION
BUILDINGS DONE
Are First to Be Erected by
United States.
SURROUNDED BY HIGH WALL
American Fort on City Wall Adds Pro-
lection to Refugees in Case
of Trouble.

The first foreign legation buildings to
be built by the United States have re-
Gently been completed in Peliin. sydney
w. Meeley, supervising architect Of the
Treasury Department. who was sent TO
China more than three years ago for the
purpose of designing and constructing
them. returned to Washington today
after having completed his assignment.
Ministers Residence Palatial.
These buildings all are constructed of
brick and ltone. and are very solid in
construction. The largest building is for
the ministers residence, and cost about
$4,000 Surrounding this are buildings
for the different secretaries, the chan
cellory building. and a number of
smaller ones They are all built closely
together, and surrounded by formida-
bic stone wall. But a short distance
back Of che wall on one side IS the great
city wall, on which has been constructed
an American fort armed with small
guns.
The American legation now is pro
tecfed practically as well as anv other
legation in Pekin. The German and
British legations have a stronger arm
ed defense but the new buildings Of the
American legation greatly increases the
safety OF the inmates OF American
refugees in case Of trouble.
The entire work cost in the nefghbor-
hood OF Sl50,90. Mr. Meeley completed
the contract last December after which
he started for home. He called at the
state Department today and Will shGr--
" file report on his work.
All Quiet at Pekin.
Mr. MeeIey stated that all was quiet
in Pekin when he left there. and that
the trouble in connection with the boy
colt situation seemed most likely 10 oc-
cur in the southern and interior prov
! inCes. He says he does not believe that
there Will be any outbreak in the neigh
borhOOd of Pekin
He says that the feeling "A China
seems TO be much an 0Utgrowth Of the
general hatred for foreigners as II does
OF the boycott on American gods
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
3Oc Habutai SILK 19c

our regular Soc yard grade Of nat
uTal white Habutai silk. fun y inches
Wide; pure Jap silk, closely woven:
goes Thursday special. per ward. l9c.
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
Green's Checks Identified.

John Coleman. jC.. a bO0kkeeper of
the kniCkeTbOckeT Trust Company, Of
New York, Identified various checks de-
posted TO the credit of Green in that
institution. He testified also as to
dates of these deposits, showing they
were synchTonOus, practically. with the
dates Of the payments of comm issIOns
TO Green. The books of the bank also
showed that at practically the same
time equal amounts of money were
withdra wn from the Green account
This was the second stage of the trans
actions alleged between Green and
Beavers
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
Asks for Commission

Mr. Goulden further asked the enact
nent OF the provision in his bill author
izing a commission to look after the
purchase Of school sites and the matter
Of removing schools when the shift Of
population necessitates such action.
said the Board of Education should be
mace corporate body and control all
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
Morgan Quits Room.

Senator Morgan left the committee
room. 1t was apparent that me was
disappointed at not having been up
held by the committee in his effort 20
make the witness answer questions
pertaining to Mr. CromwelTs connec-
ti0n with the Panama railroad. prior
to its transfer 10 the United States
Mr. Cromwell exhibited much relief
at Mr. MOrgans retiring. and when he
resumed gave Il graphic exposition Of
the work Of peTfectiuE the agreement
At times he was eloquent in his dec
laratlOnS about patriotism and in gen
eTal showed much enthusiasm in stat
ing thdt he WAS proud he had had a
hand IN bringing about en- arrange
ment that has proved so satisfactory
At 1 o'clock the committee ad-
jOurned until tomorrow
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
Hose Supporters, 25c

Pad Hose Supporters with rubber
covered buttons large satin pad. four
straps of heavy elastic. they are COM
Portable and viii wear; Thursday spe-
CitI, one day 25C.
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
CROMWELL'S CASE
OF L0CKJAW BAD
Continued from First PagcD

tCOntlnued rom First PagCD
for the Panama Railroad COMPANY and
ot the republic of Panama. The United
States was represented by War Depart
nent officials. Everyone connected with
the formulation of the agreement ksew
or his connections with the various in
JtreSts-
senator Aukney suggested that if
this Government coined the Panama
silver coin that the premium would re-
vert to the United States Government
and asked if such scheme would be
practical NT Cromwell said he
could not see why il would not, and
said II may tend to simplify the cur
rencN situation L. 4 .art.tr cxrart
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
81 GRAY Suiting, 75c

Gray SuitinE promises To- be one Of
the leading fabrics this season. we've
a fabric 81 inches wide: in all the new
est effects, worth a dollar a yard
TO sell at 75c
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
Beauty Pin Sets. 10c

Gold Beauty Pin Sets. for waist
fronts and cuffs; two and three pins to
the set; they include several new and
unique designs; leader with US for
loo
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
Turnover Collars. 1Oc

Swiss Turnover Collars; twenty-five
new and beautiful patterns; very dain-
tily embroidered; only five gross for
this sale-speCially reduced for Thurs
day only to 10c
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
SC Belding's Silk, &c

BeIding best Flo Embroidery Silk;
in paper holders: all the most desiT-
able shades; sold usually Tor &c a
sEein-narked for Thursday only,
speciaL PC
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
SOC Albatross. 39c

All-wool AIbatrosS in all Colors.
never sold for less than SOC a ward.
we We made a large purchase and Sc
cured low price. Thursday as a
l. der. yard. S9c
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
65c Regent Sheets, 39c

The weH-known Regent Sheets; size
72X9C; made OF the best brands of
bleached cotton; cannot be surpassed
at 65c, a leader for Thursday at S9c.
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
81 Peau de SOie. 69c

AlI-siIk Peau de Sole; full yard wide:
extra heavy quality; best Lyons dye.
sold regularly ar = yard. our price
for Thursday only, per yard, sec.
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
39c Kid Belts. 25c

Kid Crush Belts; % inches wide: the
proper belt for spring wear. very sty-
Hsh and seTvicea BILE: this kind usually
sells for 39c-Thursday only at 25c
The Washington times., 1906-02-28

he board and for much better pay for
the teachers In the grade schools.
''It seems TO me also that the PresI-
dent OF the United States should name
the Boa4d of Education. ] don't blame
the Commissioners for wanting 10 keep
their power in this. J. for instance
don't give up anything unless ] have
to- The President names the Register
Of Wills and the Board of Charities
Why should he not name the Board of
to do it than 10 have il done by the
Commissioners. the Presidents ap-
pOintees.
Il notice that the board has decided
the meetings of the boards commit
tees. So long as these are star cham
ber' proceedings you may look for
trouble. because all the work IS done
by the committees, not by the board
Mr.. GOulden said ne would like to see
the cause Of free lectures IN the schools
40 forward
He objected to the Commissioners
having the privilege OF scaling down
each year the estimates Of the Board Of
could result In nothing but holding back
the development OF the school system.
One thing he argued for was that the
teachers should be allowed 10 take short
trims to visit schools IN other cities
'Ws do that in New York he said
suavely. because in New York we ad-
nit We can learn something from other
cities schools
He contended that there should be
pension system for tire teachers He
said this had been done in New YCr-
and resulted IN removing from that sy---
TEN go principals and teachers who had
grown so old as 70 be an Incubus on the
SchOOiS. He said be wanted such q cvg-
tenn fully developed here. so as To re-
tire each person on 60 per cent OF his or
her actye salary. provided that no pen
The Washington times., 1906-02-28
SOC Muslin Gowns. -21c

Lot Of Ladies Muslin Gowns: yokes
OF 4.e tucks with cambric ruffe in
neck and sleeves; these garments sold
Tor soc always-Thursday very special