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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23

President Given tbg Glad
Panama--Makes TOar Of
Of Great Waterway


President Roosevelt spen
day Thursday on the Isthmu
anna, and settled down iav
at the Tiyoli hotel on the Ii
canal. During the day he csp
Colon 70 Panama, seeing mH
canal and the famous Culeh
the way: he took q trip arc
anna bag. and was welcomel
ANA City, which lies ohtsid
canal zone. by President AM
other officials Of the Panama.
The day passed according to-
~ was i'm every respect 4
and no untoward or unexpeI
dent occurred
The president eft the i
early Thursday morning and
the Colon. COCK. Here, he
coined. BY Canal Commissioner
Chief engineer stevens and
fciaas, and the school chi
Colon sang "The Stan spans
ner" and America" fen his /
few moments later Prasidsf
yelt was greeted by Breslt
Mrs. Amador, and at $40 /:
whole, party left colon for p;
train.
The trip across the. ischi
made slowly in order to m
presidential party to e q {
at all tine points of inCorest |
route. SeVerar-ss0ps We're i
at each station school chiE3{
down ard sang patriotic airs
The presidential train aa
front of the .Tivolt hotel
Here President !. Amador' ]
Roosevelt and went on to
while the American presider
aued to La Boca, the Pacific
TO the. canal, Here. PresilIes
welt boarded the steamer
made a trip arouhd Panama
returned to Ia Boca for lund
Amador,s Address, Of Wei
In the afternoon the presfd
from La Boca to Panama /
was. welcomed all the way
cheering of the crowds. AZ, Il
President Amador delivered
dress of welcome and Presfde
welt replied. The president, 4
by the officials Of the Panama
lie and a bodyguard of 200 I
members of the Panaman ari
then returned to the Tfvoli
the night.
President Roosevelt wasSy
with unbounded enthusiasm
people Of Panama. He SCENE
mined to obtain all the inform
possibly could. He asked que
all the canal employees. Du
trip from Colon he met a Mt
work trains loaded with Ga
rock from the Culebra cut't
several hundred steam shove
ing. a q
To a newspaper. reporter, 81
Roosevelt said that he felt
general. of q great and, s
arnny.c~'I -, - ~ .. L. = .
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
Enpress company chartered.

Secretary Of state Philip Cook has
granted charter to the Electric
Railways Express Company, with a
capital OF $4,000, which proposes to
do a general express business on the
electric railway lines which those In
terested are preparing to construct
between Atlanta and Albany, Ca, via
Macon.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
Georgia Cuttings
ClIrtailed Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
eli Fer Rank statements.

Treasurer and State Bank Examiner
r. 4. Park has issued a cali upon
all Of the state banks in Georgia,
some $50 in number, for a statement
OF their condition at the close Of bust
ness IN November ~.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
pEARY ARRIyfS'lV rABRADOR

- 80 atAt.
Stsunch ship Roosevelt, With a
pIOrer Aboard, is foo Bound
"A dispatch from chateau Ba
radof, ann6tinced the arrival t
s O'Clock THURSDAY, cEpipg
Roosevelt, with Commander
aboard, which had been della.
heavy weather up the coast, the
ier is f0g.5oand at Chateau, B
is expected to sail at cnca for@k
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
DECISION AGAINST COLORG0sEL
Macon Judge Bars Negroes from Usi
insignia Of the Order.

Judge A. L Miner, pfssidini
Judge w. H. FELTON, Of Bib 81
court, in Macon, Friday rende
final decision in. injunction proce
of Macon lodge order of Elks' a
q score of negroes in that ..cir
strainlng them from using the
title and insignia Improved B
lent and Protective Order Of E
the World,p. or any similar nal
any colored order in Bibb ceur
within the state Of Georgia
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
Ike pIstrIct Farmers, unIon.

Tie nth congressional district Far
mers' Union was organized at the
capitol in Atlanta Saturday. The meet
ing was called to order in the senate
chamber b. state Organizer J. l.. Lee.
zach county in the district was wen
represented.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
tlsHN-rwo DOLLARS FOR ONE CENT.

Specimen of First Coinage BY Government
Brings Fancy Price at Auction.
A specimen OF the first cent struck
in the United States mint in 1898,
with thirteen links in a circle on the
reverse, was sold for $50 in New York
FRIDAY at the end of two days sale
of coins held at the Hotel Rartholdi.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
! ..!rA 49,. ~ -, -

,.taS ss.S t-.S.s stfsS'a
SynOdical College Tor Men Oedict
The Alabama synodical COLE
Men Wasr dedicated at Admission
day, The alabama synod. adj
at Talladega, and met in Annist
the dedication exercises,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
ROOSEVELT THANKED BY OAuG
FOR Part he Took in Passage
Marking Confederate GEsv

Marking Confederate Grave
Resolutions were adopted
United Daughters Of the Com
in session at Gulfport, Miss, t
President Roosevelt for. the
played in the marking of the
Of the Confederates who died
northern. prisons.
Other revolutions commend.
stitution of chapters of the
the north.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23

at Atlanta. definitely decided that It
will await the execution OF old man
]. G. Rawlings and the negro, All
Moore, sentenced to be hanged at Val
dosta for the murder Of the Carter
children, before passing upon the petit
ton for executive clemency filed in
behalf OF the Rawlings boys, Milton
and Jesse.
All Moore is under sentence to be
hanged on November 80, and old man
Rawlings is to be hanged on Decem-
Der 3. AS the South Georgia Methodist
Conference will be In session at Val
dcsta on those dates, It has practi-
cally been decided to grant respites to
Moore and Rawlings until December
4 Judge Mitchell and Solicitor Gen
eral Thomas having made a recon.
mendation to this effect. Governor
Terrell will act on this recommends
ton. and grant the necessary respites,
80 that the hangings will be deferred
until after the conference adiourns,
as II will do the night Of December,
third.
Milton and jesse Rawlings, sonr OF
I @. Rawlings, are sentenced 10 DE
hanged for the same crime on Deceni-
u 7, the Friday following.
The prison commission will, there
sore, meet ON December S and 6 for
The purpose of taking their petitions
under consideration.
The District Agricultural Schools.
Much interest Is being manifested
throughout the state in the location
of the eleven agricultural schools au-
thorized by the last general assembly
Governor Terrell is giving much time
to this important matter and is meet
ing with the several boards to perfect
IN organization in each district arr
TO receive bids for location of the
school
Two meetings of the seventh dis
trict board have been held. At the first
meeting, which was held in Rome,
three bids for the school were made.
one each from Barlow, Floyd and
Cobb counties AS the bids were not
in proper shape, these we're rejected,
and the counties were asked to make
amended bids at a later meeting. A
committee OF the board was appointed
to inspect the several sites before the
next meeting. At the second meet
ing the bid of Cobb county was ac-
cepted over those of Floyd and Bar
tow. The school will be located two
miles FROM Powder Springs. The Deo
pie of the county gave 240 acres of
improved land with the several farm
houses thereon aud agreed to erect by
the first OF June the main academic
hall and the boys dormitory of brick
according to the plans of the architect,
now planning the same for the gov
ernOr.
A very large and enthusiastic meet
Ing was held in the eleventh district
on the 18th at Waycross. A bid Of
$4,000 in cash and so 0acres, three
miles from Waycross, and an annual
gift of $4,000 for four
years, was offered by Ware county.
4 bid Of $50, 500 in cash, 200 acres IN
Ocilla valued at $1e0 an acre, $1,000
Ter five years for maintenance and
free water was made by Irwin county.
A bid of $4,000 in cash, 800 acres
of land in and sdiacent to Douglas,
free electric lights and city water, ana
sewerage for ten years, was made by
Coffee county After several ballots
Ae bid of Coffee county was selected.
The course of study and plan of con.
Quoting the schools will represent the
best thought in agricultural secondary
education.--JOSEPH S. STEWART.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
pecnllar tlNdronhobla case.

Charley Bransford, a young white
farmer, who lived two miles west Of
Concord, died few days ago Of ny
Irophobia. On September II, while
riding bicycle ON the public road
near town. he met a large black dog,
which. after passing him, turned AMI
attacked him.
He grappled with the dog and was
in the act Of cutting It's throat when
It escaped him He went to the Pas
teur Institute in Atlanta ard took
treatment there, but was taken in sew
sral DAYS ago and passed away with
out experiencing any Of the agonies
usual 10 hydrophobia- He leaves a
wife and four small children to mourn
his death.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
BISHOP II6ERT SERIOUSLY Ill.
Well known Methodist Prelate Stricken
With Bad Case Of TOnsilitis.

With Bad Case Of TOnsilitis.
Bishop John j Tigert of the Meth
odist' Episcopal Church, south, whose
home is at Louisville, KY, is danger
ously i'll at Tulsa, Indian Territory,
with tonsilitis, and has family has
been summoned, The. bishop was to
preside over a conference in Tulsa,
but was unable to oficiate.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
governor Refunds Pension Money.

Governor Refunds Pension Money.
Governor Terrell has just paid from
the state treasury to Hon. James M,
smith. of oglethorpe, $4,000 which
Mr. Smith advanced last spring be-
cause OF the shortage in the pension
fund, fer the purpose OF paying at the
same time with others the pensions of
certain Confederate veterans who
would otherwise have had to wait IN
ul after the meeting of the legisla-
ture. At Mr.. Smiths request, bis
name was not mede public in connec-
zion with the loan. He was at thar
lime candidate for governor, The
amount necessary to pay the loan was
appropriated at the recent session Of
The general assembly
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
rhanksaIvlne prooIamatIon.

Governor Terrell has issued the fol
lowing proclamation setting day of
Thanksgiving:
"The benefcient and far-seeing
Ruler of the universe has found it in
keeping with His divine plan to vouch-
safe once more, as the years come
and go, untold blessings to the PEG
pie of Georgia
Fertile lands, under conditions of
generous seasons and Industrious till
ing, have giving to the farmer a boun-
tiful harvest; our people, engaged in
varied occupations, have suffered few
reverses; laborers have found, with
out instance Of failure. remunerative
employment, and citizens generally,
whether farmers, merchants, bankers,
manufacturers, or those engaged in
whatever pursuits, as a rule, have
been prosperous and happy
During the year now drawing to a
close there have been no disasters
to distress, and no contagious diseases
TO appall our people 1t is mete
end proper that we return thanks to
a merclful God for the blessings which
He has so lavishly bestowed upon our
great state.
Therefore, in accordance with the
immemorial custom of our country l.,
Joseph NJ Terrell, governor of the
state Of Georgia, do issue this my
4 proclamation, designating Thursday,
the 2Sth Of November, 1906, day
of Thanksgiving and praise.
ION that day the people are re-
quested to renounce worldly occupa-
tions of whatever character. AS gov
ernor Of this state I suggest that all
the people praise God, by assembling
in places Of worship or about family
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
Pension Law May Be Amended.

Pension Law May BE Amended.
AL the state reunion of Confederate
veterans in Savannah Commissioner
Of Pensions Lindsey introduced a rcsc-
luton which was supported by State
Treasurer Park, to memorable the
next legislature to so amend the pen.
sion laws that the clause making it
obligatory for those deserving vet
Grams who really need pension but
cannot get one because they have no
injury sufficient to make them de-
pendent without taking pauper oath.
Under such an amendment as is pro-
posed in this resolution, the pension
list will not run ever a million and a
half dollars. The resolution was un.
animously passed
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23

RawIinosf Hanging Deferred.
before its adjournment last Satuy-
CAV the prison commission, In session
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-10-17
SWITCH ENGINE RAN
INTO FREIGHT TRAIN
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN SCALDeD
Accident Occurred in Yards Near
Depot Tuesday Evcning-In-
jured Probably Recover.

Engineer w. B. Cunningham and
Fireman w. E. Kelley, the crew of
switch engine No. 9S2, stationed in
the yards of this city, were severity
scalded last night in a collision be-
tween the switch engine and a string
of freight cars standing on the main
line. The men were taken to st.
Elizabeth's hospital and were attend
ed by DR.. c. j. Lynch, who states that
while he believes both will recover,
their injuries are very serious and
that the result of those Of the en-
gineer cannot be foretold at this
time.
The accident occurred at 7:10. The
switch engine was left standing on
sidetrack while the crew was at sup
per- During their absence a west
bound freight pulled in and stopped
in the south end of the yards, on the
main line. The engine was uncoupl-
ed and ran on up to the water tank,
leaving the train without light or
danger signal. The crew of $50 re-
TUNED from supper and ran their en-
CINE ort on the main line, and not
seeing the freight cars, ran into
them.
AS result of the collision the
tank of 9S2 was badly damaged and
several steam pipes bursted From
these the steam and hot water pour
ed ont on the engineer and fireman,
and before they could make their
escape. both were so badly scalded
that they could walk with difficulty
The injuries TO Mr.. Cunningham are
the most serious; his entire body
with the exception of the chest and
abdomen was scalded. Mr.. Kelly's
injuries are principally about the
legs and back.
The engine was so badly damaged
as to be useless until repaired, al
though able to proceed under her
own steam, after temporary repairs
were made. She was taken to the
shops in Tacoma, and another engine
will be sent to take her place tenn
porarily.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-10-17
WILL PUT UP FIGHT.
Railroad Men to Come to Relief of
Charles Bay.

Attorney H. J. Snively has been
retained as counsel for Charles Bay,
the Northern Pacific brakeman
charged in the coroner's verdict with
having caused the death of James
Kelley, a negro. by kicking him from
a freight car beneath the wheels of
west bound freight at Yakima City
last Saturday night. Kelleys re-
mains were inferred Tuesday, no
word being received from his rela-
tives as to the disposition of his body
Since the inquest Bay has been in the
county Jail, awaiting a hearing.
Mr.. Snively was retained by the
Order OF Railway Trainmen, to
which Bay belonged. He will de-
mand an immediate hearing today
in the court of Justice Taggard, from
which the warrant for Bays arrest
was issued, and if this is denied will
apply to the superior court for a
writ OF habeas corpus as a method of
securing the release Of his client.
Frank Lane, who was very positive
in his Identification of Bay as the
man who committed the murder, and
Matt Kane, claiming to be a witness
to the tragedy, are being detained as
witnesses against Bay.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-10-17
THE SCHOOL BOARD
IS Up AGAINST It
ACCOMMODATIONS ARE TOO SMALL
Large Attendance at All the Brilu-
ings Makes Matter of Accommo-
dation Serious Problem.

What is to be done with the school
population of this city is problem
that the school board and city super
intendent are spending many hours
endeavoring to solve. Every room
is full to overlooking and every pass
ing day finds more pupils seeking adj
mission. Talking the matter over
with a Herald representative Clerk
Nichols said:
"There are 1870 children in at
tendance upon the schools now, and
GAS more than last year at this time,
a gain of 81 per cent. There are
more children attending school now
than at any time last year during the
fullest month, and the first month Of
school is not yet through with. Three
hundred more will apply for admis-
sion within the next ten days. The
seating capacity during last vacation
and they are full. The two nom
graded rooms will have to be used
for regular class and recitation
rooms. There are 220 pupils in the
high school and ten or fifteen more
to come. What in the world are we
to do with no obtainable school ia
cilities in the city, unless the board
of health removes it's interdict from
the basement of the Columbia school
and allows the school board to use
that for class rooms?
ut is very evident that with the
rapid increase in population there
will be two eight-room buildings re-
quired next year. There should be
an eight-room annex constructed at
both the Columbia and Central.
These two school houses should be
renovated and made modern and
safe, and while that is being done
suitable heating and ventilating
plants should be placed in those two
buildings and the Lincoln"
This great growth of population
gives the school board a hard nut
to crack, but the Herald believes that
the nscole will stay with them and
vote all necessary bonds for the
requisite school facilities just as long
as they are satisfied, as they now are,
that the city is having up-to-date,
practical and successful schools.
The schools are in excellent shape
and everything is moving along
smoothly and Systematically. Every
teacher is doing good work and the
pupils are in touch with and support
ing their teachers. The instructors
can attend to only SO many pups,
and any overcrowding of the rooms
is a serious mistake, injuring the
health and welfare of the pupils,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-10-17
BEGAN THE TUNNEL.
Force of Fifty Men at Work With
Compressed Drills.

That actual work has commenced
on the 400 foot tunnel through the
mountains on the Milwaukee road
four and half miles west of Thorp,
Is the word given out by a party OF
engineers who are in the city for a
few days.
The road has been definitely To-
Gated and will run direct from the
crossing six miles above Priest
Rapids to Ellensburg, from there il
almost parallels the Northern Paci-
fic tracks to Easton and there
branches off to where the tunnel is
to pierce the mountain five miles
west of Thorp. A force of fifty men
are already at work with compressed
air drills and other modern appli-
ances tearing away the side of the
hill, and as soon as practicable the
force is to be doubled, rushing the
work night and day.
Three hundred feet from the
western end of the cut there will be
another tunnel four hundred feet
long on which work has not yet COM
menced although the contract has
been let
Weylin Brothers have the contract
for the longer of the two pieces OF
work which they contracted to finish
in ten months for 100000.
Grading on the highline is also
progressing very rapidly and all the
work in that vicinity should be done
if the present rate continues within
the year.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-10-17
STOLE FAMILY WASHING.
ClOthes-line Thieves Make Haul AT
A. l.. Flint's.

Sneakthieves entered A. L. Flint
yard at 316 North Third street early
Tuesday morning and stole $12 or
SIS worth of wearing apparel from
the clothes line. The thieves enter
ed from the alley and left the same
way, going through the gate in the
fence along the alley.
The family washing was allowed to
remain hanging on the line Monday
evening and was taken from the yard
without disturbing any of the owners.
Mr.. Flint said in speaking of the
theft, when got up everything was
gone but the mans tracks. Not every
thing, / don't believe, either: it's
evident that they don't wash at the
thief's house, for he left all the
towels"
The tracks seem to have been made
by number 10 shoe.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-10-17
Total
APPRECIATED THE AID.
Y. NJ. c. A. Committee Expresses Its
Gratitude.

Further plans for canvassing the
city for the remaining So 900 need
ed to complete the Y. NJ. c. A.
building were discussed at a meeting
held in the office of the secretary
in the First National bank building
and the following resolutions pass
ed:
Resolved. BY the board OF trus-
tees and advisory board in Joint SEES
sion on Monday evening, October 10,
1906. that a vote of thanks be ten
dered to the above named gentlemen
for their unselfish and most efficient
service on Sunday the 18th of Octo-
Der. 1t was Immediately apparent
that great good was accomplished
by the addresses OF these gentlemen,
VINO, we believe, have the gratitude
of all the people of North Yakima
who seek for their city the best
things
The second one reads:
Resolved, BY the board of trus-
tees and advisory board of the North
Yakima Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation, that the thanks of said asso-
citation be extended to ar. John
Cort for the use of the Yakima thea
tire for the mass meeting on Sunday
evening, October IA, 1906"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-10-17
To Take Sam Jones' Place.

L. o. Meigs received a telegram
from the manager of the Great West
ern Lyceum bureau informing him
that the bureau had arranged to Sc
cure either Newell Dwight Hills or
Maude Darlington Booth to take the
place on the program of the late Sam
Jones, who was to have lectured in
this city on the 18th of February.
The local management of the lect-
ure course has not decided yet which
one of these notables it will ask.
The matter is to be considered this
evening and the choice made known
tomorrow to the bureau. While
some might prefer one and some the
other, it is needless to say that either
the great Hills or the world-loved
Maude Ballington Booth would prove
an attraction which very large
number could not resist
Don't miss that hat sale at Mrs.
Cary's Saturday. 1t
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-10-17
WHERE Is ENTOMOLOGIST?
Another Mystery That Really Ought
to be Unraveled.

Newspaper circles here are a-fut-
ter with excitement over the myster-
ious disappearance of little Ento-
mologist, so ramed because of the
numerous insects living off him, or
Pedro, as he is commonly called.
Pedro is a small ir significant look
ing fox terrier with friendly dispo-
sition and guileless countenance. He
is accustomed to wear black face,
with white stripe running down
the center and two small brown spots
over the eyes. His body is white ex-
cept for a small black spot where the
tail joins, and he is usually dirty
When last seen he wore small,
studded collar.
Never before has Pedro been so
completely lost. His master made
preparations last week to leave for
the east Sunday morning. Saturday
evening Pedro was nowhere to be
seen. He failed to hesr his masters
voice.
Search was Immediately instituted.
The pclice gave aid and small boys
in large nun bers ranged the coun-
try Sunday, but without result. No
new developments Monday.
Pedro belonged to a reporter on
the afternoon paper and during his
two months stay here formed a
large circle of acquaintance among
the newspapermen. Every effort is
being made to find the dog and if any
person sees or hears of the dog it
will be greatly appreciated if they
will communicate with the police,
who will send the canine to his mas
ter.