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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16

Around the flreside or about the we'll
lighted family reading table during the
winter evenings the children and
grown-ups can play with their wits AND
see how many words can be made.
20 people making the greatest mum
Der of words will each receive a little
box containing a $1,000 gold piece.
10 people will each win one box con.
tanning $500 gold piece.
300 people will each win a box con
tanning $1.O0 in paper money and one
Of words over all contestants will re-
ceive box containing $4,000 in gold.
1t is really a most fascinating bit of
fun to take up the list evening after
evening and see how many words can
be added.
A few rules are necessary for abso-
lutte fair play.
Any word authorized by Webster's
dictionary will be counted, but no name
Of person. Both the singular and
plural can be used, as for instance
grape" and grapes"
The letters in "Y-I-O-Grape- Nuts
may be repeated in the same word.
Geographical names authorized by
Webster will be counted.
Arrange the words in alphabetical
classes, all those beginning with A to-
together and those beginning with e to
come under E, etc.
When you are writing down the
words leave some spaces in the A E.
and other columns to fill in later as new
words come to you. for they will spring
into mind every evening
1t is almost certain that some con-
testants Will tie with others. In such
cases a prize identical in value and
character with that offered in that
class shall be awarded to each. Each
one will be requested to send with the
list of words plainly written letter
describing the advantages Of Grape
Nuts, but the contestant is not required
to purchase a pkg. These letters are
not to contain poetry, or fancy -four
ishes, but simple, truthful statements
Of fact For illustration: A person
may have experienced some incipjent
or chronic ails traceable to unwise Sc
lection Of food that failed to give the
body and brain the energy, health and
power desired. Seeking better condi-
tons a change in food is made and
Grape-Nuts and cream used in place OF
the former diet. Suppose one quits the
meat, fried potatoes, starchy, sticky
messes of half-cooked oats or wheat
and cuts out the coffee. Try, say. fol-
breakfast a bit of fruit. a dish OF
Grape-Nuts and cream, two soft-boiled
eggs, slice of hard toast and a. cup OF
Postum Food Coffee. Some amateur
says: "a man would faint away or
that" but my dear friend we will put
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16
WILL REDUCE SEA ISLAND ACREAGE.
Growers Of Long Staple Cotton Hold ImpOr-
tant Meeting IN NaIdosts.


An important meeting of the Geor-
gia and Florida Sea Island Cotton
Growers Association was held in Val
dosta Thursday. Eight Florida and
ten Georgia counties were represented
by delegates, and a number of others
by proxies.
The association resolved to reduce
the sea island acreage this year IS
per cent, the vote being overwhelm-
ingly in favor of this reduction. The
reduction, however, is not to apply
to those who plant less than eight
acres. The discussion brought out
the fact that something like 10000
bales Of sea island cotton will be
carried over into next season.
A motion was adopted recommend
ing that all those who have not yet
sold their cotton hold it for the prices
named by the convention at a recent
meeting, namely, "a cents, 20 cents,
q cents, 20 cents and Is cents, ac
cording to grade.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16
The VIII To Die.

Two or three years ago, In a
cashire town, while a fair W
progress, to the proprietor Of a /
roundabout there came a shopk,
whose wife was lying supposed
the point of death. Thou nun
thy organ" he said. ''Why?"
the other. Thou nun stop it,
tha'; my missus cawn't dee" We
reply-a dialogue for which the
er can vouch. A clergyman had
ed on record a similar instance.
ing a sick parishioner, he was
by the doctor that the sickroon
full of mourners. assuring the W
that she was about to die. An
woman was dying-from sugge
though organically there was NJ
least reason why she should.
clergyman entered the room
cleared out the doleful ones. ~
not going to die" he said. "V
Am not dying, parson? Then,
God. I won't" That woman was
in next to no time, and round 6
vicarage thanking it's master fol
ing saved her life.-St. James Ca
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16
BABY COVERED WITH SORES.
Would Scratch and Tear the Flesh Un'
less Hands Were Tied-"WOuId Have
Died But For Cuticura."

'My little son, when about a year and
a half old, began to have sores come out
on his face. had physician treat him,
but the sores grew worse. Then they be-
gan to come on his arms, then on other
parts of his body, and then one came on
his chest, worse than the others. Then /
called another physician. Still he grew
worse AT the end of about year and a
half Of suffering he grew so bad had to
tie his hands in cloths at night to keep
him from scratching the sores and tearing
the flesh. He got to be a mere skeleton,
and was hardly able to walk. My aunt
advised me to try Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment. l sent to the drug store and got o
cake of the Soap and box of the ONT
ment, and at the end of about two months
the sores were all we'll He has never had
any sores OF any kind since. He is now
strong and healthy, and | can sincerely
say that only for your most wonderful
remedies my precious child would have
died from those terrible sores. Mrs. Egg
bert Sheldon, R. f. D. Nc. !, Woodville,
Conn, April q, 1905"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16
REMAINS OF DEAD MAN IDENTIFIED.
Body Found in Virginia Woods was That Of
Mlssina Bank Cashier.

Body Found in Virginia Woods was That of
Missing Bank Cashier.
The badly decomposed body Of a
man with a bullet hole through his
head, which was found in a thicket
on the outskirts of Roanoke, Va, is
that of Sturley G. Armstrong, cashier
of the washington National Bank,who
mysteriously disappeared from Pitts
burg on January 2. The Identification
was made possible when the number
243241, attached to a bunch of keys,
which were found on the body, was
identified as the number of TIE acct
dent insurance policy carried by the
missing cashier.
Mr.. Armstrong was well known in
banking circles. His accounts were
found to be entirely correct. He
leaves a wife and four children.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16
When irving Was Turned Down.

Bran Stoker, who for many years
was connected with the management
of the late Sir Henry Irving, tells OF
an amusing incident which occurred
during the players tour Of the Middle
West.
It appears that Irving, in order to
break long jump" from Chicago to
another city, was DESTROYS Of securing
for one night the theatre of town in
Indiana. Accordingly, Stoker wired
the individual who was both proprie'
tor and manager of the playhouse in
question, requesting that Sir Henry
be given a nights engagement.
In a short while Mr.. Stoker receiv-
ed the following: Does Irving pa
rade?' When shown this, the distin-
guIshed Briton was much amused. He
directed Stoker to reply that Irving
was tragedian, not a minstrel.
The further reply came, Don't want
irving unless he parades. - WNPnE .
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16
orouth q the cIty eehooI.

The school city has been organ
ICED in thirty-three Of the Philadelphia
schools. and In number Of schools In
New York, Syracuse, and other cities.
Besides this, Mr.. Gill, at the invita-
ton Of Gen. Wood, spent two years in
Cuba, as an appointee OF the United
States Government, organizing this
system In the public schools to the
boundless delight of the children and
The hearty appreciation Of the authori-
lies. The government has also stated
70 Mr.. Gill its desire that he should
do similar work in the Philippines
From an open Letter" by Frank Par
sons in the Century.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16
DIPLOMATIC.

John Henry, as you so 10 the -
flce. step around and ask my dress
maker when she can come"
you mean that young woman with
cheeks like peeches, teeth Of pearl. a
halo OF golden hair and laugh that
makes you think Of angels? Sure
I'll step around and I'll wait there
for her"
Never mind! I'll be going out,
and can attend to the dressmaker
myself. And 1t won't be that one.
either!"
The last remark was inaudible, but
anyway John Henry was chuckling so
hard be would not have heard it.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16
LIGHT IS WANTED HERE.
Savannah People Resent 0uSting of
Quinn, Who Dared to Speak Fav-
orally Of Greene and GaYnor,

OrablY Of Greene and Gaynor,
Lieutenant Colonel ]. B. Quinn, who,
for three years, has been In charge
of the river and harbor work of the
Savannah district, under the chief en-
gineers of the army at Washington,
has been ordered from duty at Sa-
vannah, to relieve Major Chittenden,
at Sioux City, Iowa, and assume
charge of government works on the
Missouri river and in the Yellowstone
park. Major Cassius E. Gillette is
ordered to succeed him.
Now comes a story that this trans
fer was directed by the war depart
ment at the request of the depart
ment Of justice, and that the motive
of the request grows out of the fact
that Colonel Quinn took a view con
trary to that Of the department Of
justice and that of Major Gillette and
others connected with the govern
ment relative to the Improvements
made on the rivers and harbors Of
the Savannah district by Greene and
Gaynor who are now on trial in tho
federal court on charges of conspiracy
with former Captain o. M. Carter to
defraud the government out of mil
lions.
Colonel Quinn dared, some months
ago, to give an interview, in which
he stated that it was his opinion as
an engineer that the work done by
Greene and Gaynor was according to
specifications in their contracts and
OF satisfactory character. He has
been summoned as a witness for the
defense in the present trial, and in
due time is to take the stand. This
evidence will be directly contrary to
that of Major Gillette, whom Colonel
Quinn succeeded, and who is relied
upon as one Of the strongest witnesses
the government will have.
Only Thursday did this condition of
affairs become generally known,
and at once the Savannah chamber of
commerce adopted the following res
olutions, addressed to Senator Bacon
and Senator Clay:
"Since forwarding our former reso-
lutions, 1t has come to our knowledge
from a most authentic source that the
removal of Colonel Quinn from this
field of labor was at the instance and
on the request of the department of
justice.
ut is obvious that the last named
department has no knowledge of the
engineering work of the Savannah har
Dor, or of the administration of the
same by Colonel Quinn, therefore such
request clearly cannot be based on
any objection to Colonel Quinn as an
engineer or to the administration Of
the harbor work here.
Knowing that at this juncture any
change in engineers will be very In
furious to the interests of this port,
and in making this statement we wish
to say that we intend no reflection
upon any one, we respectfully request
the senator's from Georgia to take all
necessary steps to ascertain the facts
pertaining to this removal, and to this
end TO call for all correspondence
and documents relating to this mat
ter, so Colonel Quinn may be retained
here II possible"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16
QUITE EXCITING.

did you play football while you
were in college, Mr.. Mushie?"
"Oh, yaas, indeed. Deah old foot
ball"
what position, Mr.. Mushie?"
"Any old position, don't you know.
stood at one side with the othah
fellows and when the chappies made
a touchdown we said 'rah-rah'. It's
deuced exciting, yes, really. "-Cleye'
land Plain Dealer.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16
How'a This .

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY 4 Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. J.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business traHsac-
tlons and financially able 70 carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST q TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, D.
WALDING, K1xNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ingdirectly uponthe blood and mucuous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16
AN HoNoRH NAME.

McJigger-So Belle Is married
Thingumbob-Yes; with her b
she captured an honored name
McJigger-Huh! "Sniffkins?"
don't call that an honored nam
you?
Thingumbob-Well, you just +
to see how It's honored at the +
Philadelphia Press.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16
WRECK CLAIMED FOUR VICTIMS.

Official RopOTt Mode Of Accident on SoGtha
err at Greensboro, N. c.
The official report Of the accident
on the Southern railway at Green's
boro, N. c., Saturday morning, re-
ceived at the offices of the company
in Washington, states that four en-
ployes were killed, as follows:
owen Norvell, engineer train No.
"a; Yard Engineer Sellers, Yard Cen
ductor Newman, Fireman Johnson.
Fireman Sparger of train "a and
William Bailey, an outsider, who was
on the switch engine, we're badly
injured.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16
FAR WORSE

Il think that the people who have
taken this affair in hand have made
you sincerely repent"
Repent" exclaimed the man who
had been involved In questionable
finance. TITS worse than that. They
made me return some Of the money"
Washington Star.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16

Mail Carrier Arrested for Robbery.
The chief inspectors Office in Chat
tanooga has been notified Of the ar
rest of Rural Route Carrier James
P. Warren. The charge is robbing the
mail.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16
AND THEN HE WENT.

Little brother-Do you know
[ think?
Sister-No; what Is it?
81 think If I were not in the
Mr.. Jones would kiss you"
you impudent boy! Leave
room Instantly" = Translated
Tales from "Megendorfer Blattei
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16
PRECAUTIONARY.

Jigson-"I just joined the
Worry Club"
Hdgson-"Why2"
Jigson-"Going to be married
week. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16
RUCKEa IS ORDERED TO PHILIPPINES.
Lieutenant Is Unexpectedly Called from
Work Of Inspection in Georgia.

Work OF Inspection IN Georgia.
First Lieutenant L. S. ID. Rucker,
Jr, has been relieved from duty with
the national guard Of Georgia, by or
der of the war department, and has
been directed to join his regiment,
the sixteenth United States infantry,
which is now in the Philippines.
This order comes in the nature Of
a surprise, in view of the fact that
by an order issued some time ago, it
was directed that Lieutenant Rucker
should remain on duty with the Geor.
gia militia for another year.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16
(At7-'o6)

Twenty of London's most expert
,airdressers have decided the fashion
Tor 1906.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16

The late Charles T. Yerkes was gold
miner in his youth
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money iiit fails to cure. L..
w drove 'sslgnAture on each box. Csc.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-16

nOh cured in so minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion never fails. Sold by
Druggists, Mail orders promptly filled
by Or. DetChon, Charlottesville, Ind. 81.
England's first spinning wheel tc be
worked by electricity has been started at
pendleburY.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-12
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

See James Loney's Canadian
ad.
Chas. shippy went to Towner
Tuesday.
Arthur Robinson is sick with
pneumonia.
Senator Talcott, Of Buffalo, was
a visitor in the city Tuesday.
w. u. White and family have
moved back to the farm for the
summer.
The Casselton (6piece) Orches-
ira plays for the Easter Ball
April Goth.
Chas. Murray, of Minneapolis,
arrived on the Thursday even
ing's train.
The city looked like a tropical
garden Observation-Disclosures
opening you know.
WANTED: Girl to learn millin-
cry business and do house work.
Mrs. Bowen.
Mrs. Tom Sussex and son,
Frank, returned from st. Paul
Saturday where they have been
visiting relatives.
Miss Jennie Taplin spent
Saturday in our city and re-
turned to her school near Sher-
brooke the same evening.
The statements of the First
National Bank, The Hope State
Bank and The Colgate State Bank
are published this week. All
show a remarkably healthy con-
dition, which speaks well for this
part of the country.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-12
Was Right in His Line.

Those little dabs a man gives his
wife when he leaves town and calls
them kisses are about as thrilling as
the average kiss n sees given in
parting at the Union Station, for kiss.
ing at that place is so common an oc-
currence that the employees pay little
attention to it. But the other after.
noon, the people who watched the
Twentieth Century Limited pull out
saw a kiss that was nearly good
enough to put in a "best selling"
novel. The nan put his arm around
the woman, drew her close and then
kissing her on the mouth, pressed
his cheek to hers for a moment; let
her go and jumped on the already
moving train.
Every one was thrilled until it was
learned that he was an actor and had
learned to kiss as a child learns its
Alb, C's.-Columbus Dispatch.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-12
PITY the Poor Tramp.

AttrAmp entered the shop of a Lon
don#haker. Although the weather was
not very cold, he shivered and trem.
bled piteously.
"a loaf, please, num-" he said, de.
posting the money on the counter.
The woman lifted one from a shelf
and, having wrapped it in paper, hand
ed 1t to him. AS he took it he said,
with shaking voice:
would you, please, mum, tell me
where the nearest 'orspital ISL"
'"The nearest h%ospital?" she ejacu-
1Ated.
"Yes, mum, please. I'm feeling very
bad. / believe I'm sickening for
something-the scarlet fever, I think"
What" she shrieked. "Get out of
my shop, you wretch!"
He turned submissively to obey.
Here, take your vile money" she
cried. He did SO; then, %proffering
the bread, asked humbly, you'll take
yer loaf, won't yer, mum?"
Get out of my shop!"
He crawled out, and with bowed
head went round the corner. Pres,
emily a twin monument of wretched.
ness came towards him.
well, Bill?" he said.
tits all right. I worked it in foine
STYLE"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-12
Leader Of Woman sutfraoists.

Anna Howard Shaw, who recently
was reelected president of the Wom-
ans National Suffrage association, has
been noted for years as an earnest
worker In the cause Of woman suf-
frage. She was born in England, was
brought to this country in her fifth
year and was reared among the wilds
of Michigan. She got her primary ed
ucation in backWoods school, subse-
quently receiving a thorough training
at Boston. Miss Shaw is an ordained
minister of the Methodist Protestant
church, has received the degree of
D. D. and also is a homeopathic ply
sician. She has lectured in almost
every state and territory in the union
and has travelled in Europe, the West
Indies and South America.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-12
Posers for Scholars.

Twenty words submitted to a spell.
ing bee in Springfield, Mass, in 1916
were given to the high school class at
East Liverpool by Supt. Rayman, and
it is reported not one in the class cor
rectly spelled every word. Only ten
had averages of over 80 per cent. The
average Of the 124 pupils was 1917 per
cent.
The words submitted were accident
al, accessible. baptism, chirography,
characteristic, deceitful, descendant,
eccentric ~evanescent. fierceness, feign-
eddy, ghastliness, gnawed, heiress,
Mysteries, imbecility. ~inconceivable.
Inconvenience inefficient, irresistible.
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-12

:tvative banking methods are a.
moug the substantial advantages
offered to present and prospec-
tive patrons. TO maintain and
increase these advantages is the
policy Of the management.
The equipment in every de-
partment is thorough, modern
and efficient.
FIRST. NATIONAL BANK
OF HOPE.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-12
An Incredible Fact.

In a frenzy, the astronomer ran his
long, white fingers through his gray
hair.
How can explain to you," he cried
"the immensely of the universe, and,
by contrast, the ~littleness of the earth,
the petty futility of man?
Light travels at the rate of 10000
miles a second. The inhabitants of
Sirius, il they are looking 1t us now
through their telescopes, are behold
ing the destruction Of Jerusalem,
which took place owe 1900 years ago.
$50 far away is Sirius that the light
of the world, with what this light
Eliminates, travelling 10000 miles a
second, takes nearly 1000 years to
reach Sirius"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-12

II The ample
capital and sur
plu $ of this
bank, it's fnan-
cial POI j til n
and it's estab-
lished reputa-
ton for conser-
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-12
e, Too.

Mrs. Nagget and her husband"
said Mrs. Hicks, "have had a dreadful
quarrel just because he carried around
for a week a letter she gave him to
mail. Isn't it silly of herr"
WELL" replied Mr.. Hicks, perhaps
that would make you mad, too"
ooh, no, dear, | wouldn't lose my
temper Owe a little thing like that
I'm glad to hear you say so, dear.
| just recall that I've still got that let
ter you gave me last Saturday"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-12

Miss Jennie Taplin spent
Saturday in our city and re-
turned to her school near Sher-
brooke the same evening.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-12
SHIELDS FOR TROOPS in wA7
Their Use Urged by a German Mill
tary Writer.

tary Writer.
A writer in the Militar-Wochenblatt
raises anew the question Of the use
of portable shields for. the protection
of infantry in the attack, says the
Broad Arrow. He writes approvingly
of the Japanese spade work in the
offensive, the more so because he
mentions incidentally, as a matter re.
garding which there can be no dis.
pute, that the German authorities
have long since advocated the use of
artificial cover in the attack, and
points out that when the ground was
frozen or rocky, and the spade could
make no impression upon it, the at
lacking Japanese infantry not infre-
quently went forward, carrying with
them filled %sandbags weighing as
much as forty pounds. He remarks
that If the undoubtedly brave Japa-
nese soldier found it necessary to.
load himself with so bulky and bur-
densome a protection when advancing.
In the open against an intrenched en-.
envy it would seem far better to equip
the infantry with a light, handy shield.
Furnished with a handle by which
to carry 1t, a loophole to irethrough
and some arrangement to. prevent it's
falling down, the infantryfnan would
then find himself, like his gunner
comrade. protected by a bu%llet-proof
shield. The writer in the, Wochenblatt
suggests that on the march the shield
should be carried on the back, when
going into action on the chest, and
when advancing to the attack in the
left hand, SO as to be at once available
for s when lying down to fire, both
as head owe and rifle rest.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-12
Force of Habit,

Congressman McNary says he called
on a constituent to see the new baby,
and was surprised to see it was bruised
and black and blue. Upon inquiry,
Mrs. Murphy said:
Sure, we TUX him doun to Father
Doolan to be christened, day before
yesterday, and Mike was holding the
kid, whin the 6 o'clock whistle blew
and Mike dropped the baby"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-04-12

Doctor-This mild spell is due to a
slight variation in the polariscope Of
the p~entateuch, %occasioned by a con-
slant %efluxion Of electricity
Old Lady-Ihen what shall I give
TIL child fer it?