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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08
THOUCHT MIMIC ACTION REAL

never before seen any kind Of theat-
rical performance, sat as if spell
bound. At the crack Of the mothers
revolver, however, the spell was rude
ly broken.
"By heaven, she missed him!" red
shirted miner in the front row shouted,
drawing his own "six-shootor" and
leaping to his feet. Round to the
back door and head him off fore he
can git a boss, boys!" he yelled, and,
following him, half the audience sta@~
peded for the exit.
The excitement was finally al'aya1
by the mother" and the Villains a.
pearing hand in hand before the CTR
tain, and the managers explanation Of
the situation. When the performance
had been concluded, the audience IN,
sisted on paying another admission
price and having an immediate reppti--
ton from beginning to end.-Success@
Magazine.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08

SIS; in Germany the cash per capita
would amount to only SIT, Russia So,
and Japan SO, While in Cuba each per-
son would set 50 bill
Of the worlds S12,000,0O0,000 in2
cash $2,000000,000 are right here in
the United States. And one-twenty~.
fifth OF all the cash in gold in the
world is stored in New York alone.
This gold, this symbol and synonyms
of wealth, comes, like all things else
from the ground, from mines. Here
again, we lead all nations for we our
selves produce o2e-third Of all the gold
of the earth, as we produce one-thiGdl
of all the silver.
Our chief contributors to this prod
uct are the mines of Colorado, South
Dakota, California, Idaho Montana.
Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico and
Alaska. Consider merely Cripple
Creek! AS under a magician's wand,
that region has in fourteen years de-
veloped until it now covers at least
100 square miles with many cities and
towns connected one with another by
rail Here is an earnest. sober popu--
lation, engaged in the business Of eX-.
tracing precious metals from the
mountains to the time some years, of
$25 100000. So much for the work Of
man in securing the raw material for
money.-Leslie Weekly.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08

Upon one occasion, when the writer
was engaged upon the Patriot one Of
the visitors from Rumney called at the
sanctum, explaining his purpose, place
Of residence and scores of years the
paper had been in the family. AS he.
sat conversing and answering Ques~
tons as regards family, crops and mar
kets, Col. Bailey entered. and was in
troduced TO the stranger as the editor
of the Patriot, who wrote the numcT~
Gus argumcntative and yirile articles.
which warmed the blood Of Rurlney 81
Democracy.
Col. Bailey soon withdrew, having
been closely studied by the visitor,
who was about to leave, when a part
ing inquiry, do you find many changes
in Concord since you were last here?"
was met with, Was, a great many;
but there's the d--dest change in
Bill Rutterfeld."
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08
PIenty d Work for soIons.

On Wednesday, June 27, the last
session Of the present general as
sembIy will open. In the house there
are lac bills for third reading,
many Of them important general leg
islation
The other business is for a second
reading, tabled bills and resolutions,
those with unfavofable committee re.
ports and others referred to commit
tees and not reported back.
Should no other grist come to the
legislative mill than the unfinished
business" from last session, there IS
more THAI enough of that to keep the
house and senate hustling for the
the full fifty days, and still leave suf-
ftcient for the next general assembly
to grind on.
Nine hundred and twenty-seven
bills and resolutions originated in the
house alone last summer, and enough
more in the senate to bring the grand
total up to near 100. OF this huge
total only some 400 passed success
fully the gamut to completed enact
| ment.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08
ELEVEN KILLED;
TWENTY HURT
By Overturning Of Trolley Car Load
ed With Pleasule Seekers.
BLAME PUT on MOTORMAN
New Man in Charge Of Car, Blinded by
Fog, Rushed Upon Sharp Curve of
Which III Was Ignorant.

Eleven perons were killed and
twenty injured though the overturn-
ing Of a large FOLEY car on the
Rhode Island Company's line at
Moore,s corner East Providence, just
otter o,clo6, Saturday morning.
The car with was OF the open type
variety ant had fifteen seats, was
uou Allied 18th a party of Thorn
ton naon1e Tho were returning home
ostar do,j outing at Crescent park,
well ksFn pleasure resort on the
provider I river, several miles be-
low the; y.
Their, |ere two people among the
dead could not be identified.
Mo. ( Corner, the scene OF the
occi( is five miles from Provi-
donLbnd is situated midway of
Crt 1T Park and the town of East
Ppfl snoe.
! FLn6 CTGSCGuL L dI h S4do "
Eob's Corner, there is heavy
III, at the foot of which is a sharp
I% R. From the meagre reports re
I FED after the accident, it is
! n apparent whether the brakes fail
IN to work. 1t is known, however,
Wat the car came down the grade
III a rapid rate of speed and, striking
the curve, shot the rails and was
overturned. The car left the rails
with such great force that the trucks
left the body of the car and jumped
more than 20 feet from the track.
The spot where the accident hap
pened is in a sparsely settled section
and it was some little time after the
wreck before the news reached the
city. Ambulances and physicians we're
Immediately dispatched to Moore's
Corner from Providence. In the mean
time residents of the neighborhood
we're aroused and did all in their
power to relieve the sufferings of the
injured, some of whom were taken
to the hospital as soon as the ambu-
lances arrived. Others Of the injured
we're removed to nearby residences.
Many OF the victims Of the acct
dent were of English birth, and we're
employed at the British Hosiery Com
pany's mill and other textile factories
at Thornton.
The motorman, W. ]. Laucher, of
Olneyville, was making his first trip
over the road. Laucher was put in
charge of the car at the solicitation
of the passengers.
Fog prevented a clear view of the
road ahead and the mOtorman, una
ware of the sharp curve below, allow
ed the car to coast rapidly down the
hill, Suddenly he felt the car swing
into the curve and realizing the peril,
applied the brakes and reversed the
power. The weight Of a number of
men on the running board and the mo-
mentum sufficed to derail the car and
throw it into the road
Seven of the passengers were pin
toned beneath the car and instantly
killed.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08
SIXTEEN CHARGED WITH LYNcHlns.
Alleged SIayers OF JOhasO0 Must Answer

Alleged SIOyers OF JOhasO0 Must Answer
at Next Term of COurt.
Charged with participating in the
lynching of John V. Johnson, a white
man, sixteen men were arraigned be-
fore Judge Walter Neal of the SUI
perior court in Wadesboro, N. c.. on
Saturday and were released under So
600 bail each to appear at the next
term of the superior court in Union
county, which adjoiRs the county in
which the lynching occurred.
The men were bound over upon
probable grounds" Of being guilty Of
lynching a prisoner
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08
eeornIana ent RIa contract.

A Washington dispatch says: After
several days conference with officials
Of the isthmian canal commission and
Chief Engineer stevens, Senator Ba-
con has succeeded in completing ar
engagements by which the South At
lantic Car and Manufacturing COM
pany of Savannah and Waycross viii
be given the contract for the con-
struction of 500 fiat cars and perhaps
400.
The Georgia company was the low
est bidder under the call for 1000
ears, but could not insure the deliv-
cry required, causing a temporary
hitch. Senator Bacon took the mat
ter up with the officials wiNn a view
to securing a portion of the contract
with delivery such as the company
could FILL This has finally been ar.
ranged, the deliveries to be between
the first of December and the last
of January. The Georgia company
gets 500 Of the cars and perhaps 400
at its price of $1,129 for each car.
Increase in Georeia's Wealth.
The wealth of the state of Georgia
shows an increase Of $37717001 for
the year 1905 over the preceding year.
Comptroller General Wright's an
nual report for the year ending De
cember 81, 1905, has just been put
in the hands of the printer 1t shows
that the valuation Of property and
corporate interests in the state for
the year 1905 was S494, S20,28S,
against $457,031,7 29 for the year 1904.
Specific increases in valuation were
as follows:
Improved lands, 1904, $1S2,242, 9S7;
1905, $142,721,775; city and town
property, 1904. 1S5,74O,1O4; 1905,
S14S,T2S,4 07; bank shares and sur
plus, 1904, S1s,471,SS7; 1905, $2O,692-
226; merchandise, 1904, $27,9O6,S61
1905, $50, 276O95; manufactures,
1904, $27.SO6,s61; 1905, sSO276,O95 !;
manufactures, 1904, $26,62S,991; 1908.
$2s.s9734S; horses, cattle and mules,
1904, $29,665.24S; 1905, $50, 663, 474 !;
household goods, 1904, s1S,358,S29;
1905, S19,572,619; poll tax (white),
5000, 400; (colored), $115,S73.
The land owned in the state during
1905 was valued at S91,54S,276.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08
AcalI to PopuIlsts.

]. J. Holloway, chairman Of the ex-
ecutive committee Of the peoples par
ty of Georgia, has issued a call for
a meeting to be held in Atlanta on
Thursday, June IA, TO consider mat
ters Of vital Importance to the party.
All members are urgently invited TO
be present.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08
GEORGIA BRIEFS /.
Man and wife Both Crazy.

At Moultrie, T. P. Wilson and wife,
a couple about 40 years old, have both
been andjudged insane, and applica-
ton made for their admission into
the state sanitarium. They have
three young children.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08
state Chemist sued for Libel.

For referring to him as this feE
low" in card published In the At
lanta Constitution, May %, and for
using other expressions and alleged
inuendos in said card, Edgar Ever
hart, chemist to the state geological
survey has filed suit in Atlanta
against John M. McCandless, state
chemist, for $4,000 actual and punt
tive damages.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08
RawlInas, sentenoed ThIrd TIme.

Rawlings Sentenced lnITo llrhs'
]. G. Rawlings and his sons, Mil
ton and Jesse, and All Moore, the al
legged negro accomplice in the murder
of the Carter children, we're again
sentenced to be hanged by Judge
Robert G. Mitchell Of the superior
court at Valdosta Saturday afternoon.
This makes the third time within a
period of little more than ten
months that the men have been car
ried before the bar and heard the
words pronouncing them 10 DEATH
Judge Mitchell fixed the date for the
execution on Friday, July 10
Ola man Rawlings was the first TO
receive sentence, and in reply to the
Judges question, if he had anything
to say, he made a lengthy speech in
behalf of his boys, but said nothing
regarding his own sentence.
He said that neither Of the boz
had anything to do with the murd
of the Carter children; that y,
had not had a fair trial, and -
not been treated fairly. He toiql0
Judge that he blamed his attd,ey'
Mr.. Cooper, with the conviction ms
boys, saying that if Cooper hagAen
his advice that the boys woul},n"Vo
- o,oorod hn+ that he wo, have
been convicted.
Milton was the next to req SCI
tence, followed by his BROTH anu All
Moore. Both of the boys 81 Q i0w
40 ee. IS ~ +-a+f~ vRnce, ana
said that their lives had been sworn
away by ALI Moore and w, L. Car
ter, father Of the murdered children.
When ALT Moores turn came, he
said that he had but little to say, ex-
cept that he had told the truth in
the trials and had made his peace
with God.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08

to allow the state to have free ac-
cess to the files Of the war depart
ment.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08
E.aord Broken Al AndersonvIIIe.

Record Broken at AndersonVille.
The Goth of May was a red-letter
day in the history Of Andersonville
Everything passed off quietly. There
were no arrests, shooting or fighting,
as has been the usual program. Grand
Army posts II and IA, department Of
Georgia and South Carolina, partici-
pated in the memorial services. Sher-
iR Bell and strong posse of citizens
OF Americus were on hand to pre-
vent rioting among the thousands o.
negroes assembled.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08

be held on Cumberlands dIgg11eed = n
Great INTERESTS, and the coming
theng IS expected to be exceptional
MONT of interest, attendance and
.husiasm. Much business Of para
.aloSnt importance, together with per-
tinent discussions Of interest to the
association, viii come before the con-
vention.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08
BID Land Deal consummated.

]. A. Carlton, a Moultrie man, has
closed a deal for property In Decatur
county valued at nearly a quarter OF
q million dollars. The property con-
sists of 10000 acres of land on which
there is a thirty-hve-horse farm in OPP
GRAFTON, Ave hundred head of cattle,
over one thousand head of hogs. a
turpentine still with thirty-five crops
OF boxes, saw mill with a capaA
ity Of $4,000 feet of lumber daily, and
1000 acres Of fine round timber.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08
sIayers Of Ramsay Found Guilty.

sIayers OF Ramsay Found Guilty
The trial of Joe Swanger and jim
Franklin in Murray superior court
at Spring place, for the murder Of
Hon. A. X. Ramsay ended in YER
dict OF guilty with recommendation
TO mercy az to Franklin and con-
sent verdict for assault and battery
as TO swanger.
Judge Fite passed life sentence
az to Franklin and gave Swanger one
year in the changing.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08
state fsues Baggage Monopoly.

state iSues Baggage Monopoly
Governor Terrell has directed At
torney General John G. Hart to bring
suit in the name Of the state against
the Atlanta Terminal company and
the Atlanta Baggage and Cab com
pany for the abatement OF the mo
nopoly which the latter company en-
joys at the terminal station.
The decision of the governor was
taken on receipt of a petition from
attorneys for the Independent compa-
NY, who stated that they also repre-
sent many members OF the Travellers
Protective Association, as we'll as nu
merous private citizens.
The suit arose from the refusal of
the terminal station authorities to
give checks for any baggage delivered
ut the station without railroad trans
portation by any other than the At
lanta Baggage and Cab company.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08

Records VIII Cost state $1,000.
Governor Terrell has received a
letter from the secretary of war in
reply 10 the formers letter Of in
Quiry stating that the information re-
quired by the roster commission of
Georgia, which is compiling the rec
ords Of the troops from this state
who served IN the civil war, would
cost the state $1,000
This far exceeds the estimate made
by the governor and the commission
who thought that the expense would
not exceed $500, and the sum named
by the secretary Of war seems exor-
bitant.
It is possible that the legislature
may appropriate the sum required fol
the additional records, Or possibly
bill may be introduced in congress
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-06-08

Educators Prepare for Meeting.
The fortieth annual session OF the
raorvia Educational Association will
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Investigating Child's Death.

Some of the law officials of the lower part
of Prince George county, Nd, have been
investigating the death of the infant child
Of Mary Smith, a young colored woman,
whose home is near Friendly, Prince George
county, Md. The child died recently with
out there being any physician I'm attend
ance to certify to the cause Of its last ILL
ness. The story told by the mother was
that she had taken the infant to the home
of a neighbor last Friday, where she left 1t
while she went to cut some kale near by.
When she returned at 3 o'clock pm, she de-
clared, the child asleep. in which con-
dition she removed IT to her home. where
1t died about midnight without awakening.
Magistrate Willard Thorne summoned a
jury Sunday at Friendly to inquire into the
case. Dr. E. p. Simpson of Oxon Hill,
Prince George county, Md, held an autopsy
and later the stomach of the infant was
sent by him to DIR. Stokes in Baltimore for
report as to his finding. The mother told
her story, as did the neighbor whose name
Is Butler. 1t was brought out that the
child was supposed to have been playing
with a bottle that once contained laudanum.
DR.. Simpson is now awaiting the report OF
DIR. Stokes
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Deaths in the District.

Deaths were reported to the health Office
in the past twenty-four hours as follows
Jennie M. Nichols, rs years. PATS Ontario
road northwest.
Margaret J. Callan, 6s years, 1OS 9Th street
northeast.
Lewis L. Baker 81 years. Emergency
Hospital.
Edward Carter. IS years, 4ee L street
southwest
Sandy Foster. 90 years. Ills Sd street
northwest.
Steven Henry, IS years, 626 Navy place
southeast.
shurley H. Williams. SO years 23Os F
street northwest.
Henry Williams. As years. 800 Volta place
northwest.
Simon sayle. 80 years, 131 Reeves street
northwest.
Eugene Worthington, 80 years, 22I1 9th
street northwest.
John NJ. Hubby, SO years, 832 street north
west.
Carrie B. Raum. % years, 134s AZ street
southwest.
Susie Fields. % years, 10 Liberty street
northwest.
Julia Coleman, Is years, 1872 Sth street
northwest.
Albert Thomas, % years. 319 Dixon court
southeast.
Charles G. Cooke, 10 years, 1910 18th
street northwest.
Alice B. Frankel. II years. $50 street
northwest.
Everd Coins. 10 months, 1908 Q street
northwest.
Jefferson Clarke, months. lib 9Th street
northwest.
Helen K. Daily, months. 1910 Monroe
street northwest.
Thomas J. Humphrey, 1 day, Congress
Heights.
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DIED.

ASH. Departed this life October IS. 1906.
CHARLIE. beloved son of Lydia and Presley
MAY his soul in peace"
Friends are requested TO view the remains at };
winslows i2oe street during afternoon and
interment at Hamilton. Va, October 81.
FEENEY. In Jersey City October % 1906,
MICHAEL, beloved son of John and winif ed
Funeral from his late residence 10l1 oath street
northwest. Mass at st: Stephens church
Thursday, November !, at 10 O'Clock AM Omit
Va. Mrs g." MARIA H. FORBES. aged aged eighty.
seven years. eleven months and nine days
JULIAN B., beloved OF Mr.. and Mrs Stew
Minor of 1417 LIST street northwest. at the age
Of eighteen years, two months and twenty-five
Funeral from Third Baptist Church Wednesday.
October 81, at ! O'Clock Friends b,nS,,os are In
Richmond papers please copy
OLIVER, husband Of Susie f. Ellis.
Funeral from bis late residence Wednesday oetS.
invited. Interment private.
PARISH. On Monday. October o. 1905, Gas AM.
LILLIAN NJ. widow Of Albert ]: Parish
Funeral from her late residence wednesday. octo-
her 81 at ii am.
THOMAS. On Monday. October %, 1905. at the
Methodist Home; 6oi NJ street northwest, Mrs.
LUCY D. THOMAS
Funeral Wednesday, October 81, at O'Clock, from
the Home. Friends invited
WATSON On October &c. 1908, at 1:10 am.t
HAROLD BROWN WATSON, beloved son OF
BENJAMIN and Katie Watson, at their residence,
63S L street southeast.
little ray OF sunshine.
OF whom we felt proud.
Had cleaned for just few short years.
Then went behind cloud upward 10 heaven.
Funeral private.
WEBSTER On Tuesday October 30. 1906 at
am at his residence. l2l Tennessee avenue
northeast, FRANKLIN r., beloved son OF
Thomas E. and Eliza c. Webster, aged thirty
years.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
WOLF. At his home, 1124 King. street. Alexsn-
dra, Va, WILLIAM c. WOLF, ON October 80,
Funeral from his late residence Thursday, Novens-
In Memoriam.
REYNOLDS. In sad but loving remembrance OF
ELIZABETH ]. REYNOLDS. who departed this
life one year ago today, October 30, 1905.
Peaceful be thy silent slumber.
Peaceful in thy grave 50 low:
Thou more wilt Join our number,
Thou no song wilt know.
Yet again hope to meet thee,
When the day of life Is ned.
And in heaven with JOY to greet thee,
Where no farewell tears are she'd
BY HER son, A. c. REYNOLDs
yIGLE In loving remembrance OF my dear
mother, ELIZABETH V1GLE, who entered into
rest four years ago today. October 50. 1902.
BY HER DAUGHTER, HENRIETTA V. HEB
BRON.
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AN INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS.
Task Such as Few Authors Gould
ACCOMPLISH.

accomplish.
There is an English author of interna.
tional reputation who has recently set him
self q task such as few writers could ac-
comolish.
First-To get wholly new motive, mys-
terry and thrill from 30 ordinary a theme as
the murderer of a faboring man.
Second-To write a story every one Of
whose characters except one belong In the
lower walks of life: and to make such a
story thrill every reader by its sustained
action and its vivid character drawing.
ThfrdNTo create two great characters and
to leave the reader in doubt until the mar
rative's end as to which is wholly a hero
and which wholly villain.
To the LAY" mind those three feats may
suggest few difficulties. But every one with
experience in literature will say at once
that the triple task is one practically i'm
possible of fulfllment. And to nine good
readers out ten. it would be. but the
tenth has attempted the miracle and has
succeeded beyond all measure of expecta-
ton.
This fortunate author is Eden Phillpotts,
and the novel wherein ne accomplished
these difficulties is Daniel Sweetand."
Daniel Sweetland'' tells the story of
splendid. virile unprincipled English miner
whose heart is in the right place, but whose
body is often in places where it has atso-
lutely no right-in his neighbours game pre-
serve for the most part.
To the average American poachin' is an
almost unfamiliar word. But in England
where the vase game preserves are as care
fully and jealousy guarded as though every
pheasant were worth its weight In gold,
trespassing and secretly staying such birds
Is msdemeanor, carrying heavy punish
nrent, dire risks and no slight reward. It
is a sort of semi-reputable outdoor bur-
glary.
Dan Sweetland was poacher. To be
poacher the flrst-class reqfuires keen
wits pluck and absolute self-possession.
Dan had them all. And he underwent such
q series Of stirring adventures In love. war
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PEOPLES MISSION BENEFIT.
to Be Given in Masonic
Temple Friday Evening.

The music-loving people of this city are
promised a rare treat next Friday evening
at Masonic Temple. 9th and F streets north
west. The occasion will be a musical and
literary entertainment to be given by the
friends of the Peoples Mission, which is
located at 910 Pennsylvania avenue. and the
funds received from the sale OF tickets will
be applied TO mission work which is being
carried actively forward by the workers OF
the organization. The program will be as
follows.
Orchestra: solo, Mr.. Roland Roderck;
quartet. National Quartet" Chas. Meyers,
first tenor: Mr.. mcfarland, second tenor;
Roland Roderick, first bass: Dana Holland,
second bass; duet. Mrs. DIR. Smart and Miss
Stamford; solo, Mr.. Macfarlan,-: solo. Miss
Marguerite Standiford; trombone solo, DR..
Ben Madert; solo, Mr.. Chas. Meyers; recita-
ton. Mr.. Fred. O'Connell; solo. Mrs. DIR.
Smart; solo, Mr.. Dana Holland; quartet,
National Quartet; orchestra.
DR.. ]. w. Bischoff and Miss Amy Clement
Leavitt will be the accompanies.