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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-07
ON OPERATOR
BLAME RESTS
For FrightfuI Wreck in Which
Samuel Spencer Lost. Life.
MATTOAX HAS LEYANTED
Statement Given OCT BY Officials Of
the Southern Explaining How
FrightfuE Horror Happened.

The cause of the awful wreck on
the Southern in which President sam
uel Spencer and his party of promi-
nent New york and Baltimore men
lost their lives, is laid absolutely at
the door Of G. D. Mateoax; the opera
tor who was in charge 81 the 6lock
telegraph station at Rangoon, .,..
Mattoax, who disappeared after be-
ing relieved less than an hour after
the wreck, has not been found, do
spite the fact that railway detectives
have secured the country around 'the
wreck and his home at Sandy Level,
in PittsylvaDla county, Va, some
forty miles from the scene Of the .ac-
cldent on small branch line "a the
Southern. -
An official Of the southerh railway
late Friday afternoon stated that the
company was DESTROYS Of apprehend-
ing Mattoax in order to- secure state
ment from him. that might throw
some light on the causes that, led him
to allow two trains in the. same. block
at the same time. This official was
not prepared to state whether or nor
the company would take steps to pros
ecute the missing ,onaEatQ and hesdid
not then know " he. could be. prosecul-
ed under the laws of the state Of VAR.
ginfa. -
An examination Of the telegraph
sheets kept at Rangoon and Lawyers
block offices by the representatives
of the Associated Press discloses the
TACT that MAtt6ax allowed 2train No.
IS, the Jacksonville express, upon the
block, the train passing his station,
getting a clear track from him at sos
o'clock Tne.opefatois at Lawyers, the
next station ahead, claimed that Mat
toax did not ask him for "clear
track" for Nc. 8$. and be, therefore, I
did not know this train had passed .
Rangoon.} The block sheet at Lawyers
hears out this claim The sheets az
both Offices snow that the operator
at Rangooh: asked LAWYERS for a clear
track for No. 81 the. Wasnipgtop ana
southwestern .yestibule. limited end
The lawyers operator not Knowing No.
sS vas ia the block, gave no $7 the
right Of way at' GA O'Clock. end No.
81 passed ftangoon at that time"
simneFeti down If 8Tattoax, at Rai,- /
eoon, had reported train NO. 80 on
the block TO lawyers -'rtren"' there
would have been no.aceident, because
the. operator, at lawyers. would. baye
held NO 81 at .Rapgoon pntfl the IIaaclS7
sonwlle train had cleared the block At
Lawyers, no. matter how l9Pg. tbe De- .
lay might liaaye been getwesen the typ,
Offices ~ - ~
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-07
TROUBLE IS BREWING
Over Course OF Roosevelt Anent Japan
csc in Frisco SchOOIS--Southsrn
Senator's are Watch ii.

If President Roosevelt and Sec
Root persist in the position they seem
to take in regard to the right of the
government to make treaties which
will bind states and municipalities IN
the conduct OF their local affairs half
a dozen able-bodied hornets in the
senate will break loose early in the
session. Senator Flint and Benjamin
lde Wheeler, Of California, both call
ed at the White House Friday to see
the president and advise him from diff
ferent points of view that any In
reference by the government or any
assumption of right to interfere
with the schools of San Francisco or
any other city would provoke riot.
Senator Flint declared that the fed
eral government would make a great
mistake because there was DISPOSE
ton in San Francisco to pass a local
ordinance limiting the age at which
pupils would be carried in the pub
tic schools This would do away with
most of the complaint, because a great
majority of the Japanese students
are adults, with whom white parents
are not willing to have their young
children associate.
Secretary Metcalf has come back
from the coast, intimating that any
attempt by the United States govern
ment by treaty or otherwise. to regu-
late the schools of any city on the
Pacific coast would be resented In
stantly and could be- enforced only
by the use of troops.
To complicate matters, southern
senators now in Washington are in
a perfect fame CT excitement because
they have been led to believe that
Chinese in San Francisco is merely
decoy for an attempt to break down
the whole system of separate schools
for negroes and whites in the south
ern states. so far as the intention Of
the administration is concerned the
southern senators are entirely mis-.
taken. because the president and Sec
rotary Root have done nothing more
than try to maintain friendly rela.
lions with Japan, nation with which
we have traded on ties Of friendship,
and which is just now particularly
valuable to us in a commercial way
While the administration is thus
clearly acquitted of any intention to
apply its theories to the negro ques-
ton, it is none the less true that The
two situations are so closely connect
ed that If the Japanese, by the power
of the United States, can be put in
the public schools In San Francisco
in spite of locel law fullblooded ne
gro with certificate Of citizenship
from France or, Germany or Great
Britain-and there are Thousands Of
such-cou1d be forced into the white
schools of Washington, Charleston,
Atlanta or New Orleans.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-07

His Private Car Smashed
to Kindllng Wood and
i Burned In FrightfuI
Collision.

Samuel Spencer, president of the
Southern Railway company, and one
Of the foremost men in the develop
ment Of the southern states, was kill
ed Thursday morning at $40 O'Clock
in real-end collision, in which two
fast passenger trains were involved,
10 miles south of Lypchburg, Va, and
q mile north of Lawyers depot. IN
the same wreck three of his guests
were killed. only MI. spencer's pri-
vate secretary; E. A. Merrill. Of New
York city, and one Of the three por-
tiers survived the accident.
MI. spencer's destination was
Friendship, N. c., where he was 60
ing. on hunting trip, with Messrs.
Schuyler, Fisher. Redwood and Mer-
rill as his guests.
Mr.. spencer's private car was at
tacbed to train No. SO, and bore the
full brunt of the fearful smash when
the fast vesttbuled express No. 81
dashed into it.
Fifteen people, most of them pas
sengers in the last two regular cars
of tie ,pssepger train to which the
spe3cer private car was attached,
were SO seriously injured that it is
feared some Of them will die.
The known dead are:
President Samuel Spencer Of Wash
ington, ID. 6.
Charles D. Fisher Of Baltimore, Md.
Pisilip Schuyler of@New York city.
Frank T. Redwood of Baltimore.
D. W. Davis Of Alexandria, Va, pri-
vate dispatcher. e
]. w. Shaw, colored, Spencer, N.
c., died in Lynchburg hospital.
An unknown person, whose head
and limbs are burned OF short, who
is believed to have been third porter
on private car, who is missing. Ills
name cannot be learned
When President Spencer's body was
taken out of the Mreckage, 1t was so
hlackened and charred that It could
not be recognized by his friends, he
having been practically cremated. !.
The operator, to whom is laid the
blame for the wreck, is named Mat
cox. and was stationed at Lynchburg
AS soon as he learned Of the acct
dent, Mattox disappeared
President Spencer leaves a widow
and two sons, one. Of whom is the
sixth vice president Of the Southern
railway.
The train had just passed the block
station at Lawyers. 1t had stopped to
make a slight repair in a coupling.
While it stood, train No. 81, whic2i
leaves Washington IS minutes after
No. SO. crashed into it from the rear
A club car, No. 81, and a passenger
coach, as well as Mr.. spencer's car
were all burned. In the passenger car
the persons, all negroes. were in
5ured.
The injured were removed TO Lynch +
burg.
President Spencer and his entire I
party, as far as is known. were
sleeping when the collision happened,
and the probabilities are that all Of
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-07
TRUST PLANTS REDUCED 10 ASHES.

Whitecsp Mob IN Kentucky Applies Torch
TO Two FobaccO Stemmeries.
A special from Princeton, KY, says:
The tobacco stemmeries of James
steger and John G. Orr, the latter
controlled by the Imperial Tobacco
company Of New York, were totally
destroyed at an early hour Saturday
morning by a fire which was ,kindled
against them by a mob Of masked
meIL The loss is estimated at about.
$4,000 ~
The mob, which numbered about
300 men, entered Princeton between
/ ard 2 O'Clock, seized the night mar
snail and disarined him. They then
went to the factories and quickly ap-
piled the torch.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-07

them, excepting Dispatcher Davis,
were killed instantly. 1t is certain
that life was extinct before the flames
touched them President Spencer's
body was burned almost beyond rec
ognition, as was that Of Mr.. Fisher.
The body of Mr.. Schuyler was taken
from under the train before it was
burned very much
President Spencer was lying direct
~ under the big locomotive of the
rear train. SO great was the force of
the impact that the forward train was
sent at least 1900 feet ahead, the To-
connective going over and upon the
body Of Mr.. Spencer. Until after the
debris burned itself out and the en-
CINE cooled off the bodies could not
be removed.
The wreck occurred on the crest
of steep grade when the Atlanta
train could not have been running
more than thirty miles an hour. If as
fast. Had it been a mile or two
further south the number of dead
might have been frightful, as the
train was about two hours behind It's
schedule, condition in the grade
there that would have meant d speed
of more than sixty miles an hour.
H. B. Spencer, the sixth vice pres
ident Of the Southern railway, and
son Of President Spencer, was a pas
senger on a northbound train from the
south which reached the scene of the
wreck a few minutes after it had oc-
CURED.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-07

Is Allegation Made By the Government
Against a Number Of North Caro-
lima Mil Owners

A Washington dispatch says Upon
request of Secretary Metcalf of the
department OF commerce and labor,
the attorney general has caused the
institution of proceedings against
number Of North Carolina cotton mill
owners for alleged violation OF the
alien contract labor law.
Colonel H. 6. Cowles OF States.
vile, N. c.. clerk of the United States
court, has issued summons for Messrs.
Thomas M. Costellom, Edward A.
Smith, s. B. Sargent and e. G.
DweIle, commanding their presence at
the approaching term Of federal court,
which conyenes in Charlotte, Decem.
Der 10, to answer to the charge of
having violated the contract labor
laws of the United States in the i'm
portation of number Of English mill
operatives. This action by Colonel
Cowles was taken at the instance of
United States District Attorney A. f.
Holton of winston and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney A. l.. Cobie of States
vile.
For several days it has been re-
ported that negotiations were in
progress looking to an adjustment
of the differences between the gov
eminent and the cotton mill men con
cerned The fact that a summons has
been issued and legal proceedings
commenced does not necessarily mean
that a compromise will not be reach
ed. A settlement may now be made,
and the whole matter kept out of the
courts.
The law which several of the local
cotton mill men are said to have vio-
lated is found in the act of March 3,
1903, entitled IAN act to regulate the
immigration of aliens into the United
States"
Within the past few months there
have been imported into Piedmont
Carolina, between eighty and ninety
mill operatives from the Lancashire
district Of England. Inspector Nc
Laughlin placed thirty-two of these
under arrest and they are now await
ing orders for their deportation. Their
evidence has been taken down and
they are being detained until the gov.
eminent decides how to act The case
has been turned into the hands of
the department of justice and District
Attorney Holton is in charge.
The cotton mill men have employed
counsel to represent them and there
is the promise of a battle royal in
the courts. The mill men assert that
they have not violated the laws and
hence we are not liable. No arrests
have ben made, nor we're any bonds
required.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-07
ROAD wnL fMpLOY WOMEN.

The Atlantic Coast Line Hsmpered BY
De6cth Of Male StenogroOhers
Beginning December IS, the exist
ing rules which debar women clerks
from the Atlantic Coast Line general
ofices will be modified Two depart
ments, car accountant and purchas-
ing agent, are authorized to employ
women stenographers when neces-
sary. Later the order will apply to ali
cffces. Scarcity Of male stenograph-
ers is the reason assigned for the
change.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-07
OEPOsLIoas pR0IEeIgp.aY aIMEa...

~ - = aEyr-~1-t , ~. f@s -, -
Those VIM Had Failh' n IFdAfTRem. :
bursed to.Fxtsdt on S'OOsoO Gss@ q
Receiver. Wilson, Of thesRgtnR bank, :
Of Butte, Mont. .repoTtea Midday that
he had received a check. from r. Au-'
gustus Feinze for. 100000. Mr.
Heinze formerly was president Of the
bank, but withdrew in 1903 Beliey-
ing, however, that many gepositors
had not ltDown Of his Withdrawal, al
though 1t wasa'%idely advsrtised at
The time. and that through confidence
in his reputation, many Of his Friends
may have lost .heir money btr
f4einze 'says in his'lettsf to iir VIII
son that ne contributes 'Sfd0,006 TO-
wards the banks assets Tire contrI- Z
button increases the. banks assets
80 per cent.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-07

Richard ]. Carney, representative.
elect from the second Missouri dis
trict, died at his home in St. Joseph.
Friday, Of pneumonia, aged ~ years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-02
MALARLAgFg Generally That iS Not the Trouble.

Persons with a susceptibility to ma ' IariaI influences should beware of cof- fee. wk:ch has a tendency to load up the liver with bile.
 A lady writes from Denver that she suffered for years from chills and fever which at last she learned were mainly produced by the coffee she drank.
 sI was also gFievously afflicted with headaches and indigestion,' she says. s4spliicfl became satisfied were likewise largely due to the coffee I drank. Six months ago I quit It's use altogether and began to drink Postum Food Cof- fea. with the gratifying result that my headaches have disappeared, my digcs- ton has been restored and I have not had a recurrence of chills and fever for more than three months. I have no doubt that 1t was Postum that brought uae this relief, for I have used no medi- cina while this improvement has been going on" Ct was really relief from congestion of the liver caused by cof- ese.)
 My daughter has been as great a eoffee drinker as I and for years was affiicted with terrible sick headaches which often lasted for a week at a time. Sine is a brain worker and exces- sive application together with the headaches began to affect her memory most seriously. She found no help in medicines and the doctor frankly ad- vised her to quit coffee and use Postum.
 ssFor more than four months she has not had a haadache--her mental facul- lies have grown more active and vigor- ous and her memory has been restored.
 ssnge more tea, coffee or drugs for us, ao long as we can get Postum." Name given by Postum O., Battle Creek, Mich.
 There's a reason. Read the little book ''The Road to Wellville" in pack ages
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-02

> with a chec-iId, ths said ehee-ild being little darling so necessary to this style oL entertainment. A railroad train oasncs across the stage, Indians are shot to dsatn and men engage in hand-to-hapn comoat. Now you know what to expect of 'rThe Den yer Express."
 Large audiences saw the meiodrama at matinee yesterday and last night. What- ever critical persons may say or tnlnk ot "The Denver Express and the actors wno are exploiting. It, the two Montgomery ap- G diences thought 1t was fine. There can pc no difference of opinion about that The company never played to more snthusiastie audiences. Even the most silly horsepiay was the signal for outhursts of applause, that threatened to impede the progress oi the play.
 R J Ravenscroft who had tho part oi Tommy Tucker. a silly country boy seemed to be highest In favor with the audience. al though little Miss Wizard as Poppy was a popular member of the company. MT. Barrfster appeared faverabty as Richard Warren and Mir. Wright made fairly favor able impression as Hiram Garvey.
 The other members of the company did as well as the scope Of the playwright would allow.
 Tonight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-02

Wednesday and Saturday Wa New Orleans and Southern Pacific.
 Train No. carries through Puilmans from and Jacksonville. to St. LoutS making con nection al Nashville with through sleeper to Chicago
 Train No. carries through Pullman sieeperg --om New Orleans to New York, Cincinnati Chicago and through day coach and sleeper MontSomery to St. Louis without
 All through trains make close connection at CtncinnatL Evansville, St. Louis and New Orleans for all points North. South. East and West.
 For further information pertaining to rates, rontes and schedules consult ticket agents L. G N. R. R. or write or cali on w. M. Wood. T. P. A.. 22 commOrcs St., Phone 1895. Montgomery, Ala or 6. 4. SurrRtt Union Ticket Agent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-02
"The Denver EEnress. :,

There is enough gun-Dlay, enough vil- lany and a sufficient number of hair raising escapes in 'The Denver Express To satisfy the most bloodthirsty person.
 If the number of people killed on the BijOu Theatre stage yesterday afternoon and last night had been killed in real life the stage would have run red in human gore and the walls of the cCzy little theatre would have resembled the walls Of m abattoir.
 In The Denver Express thcFo are nu- merous make-believe Indians, villains and villainesses, heroes heroines, low comedians a yelow-haired soubrette, woman in black
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-02

Electric lighted dining cars arc or 'raIhS
 and 4 between Birmingham and New Or leans Lebanon and Cincinna... also on trains : 10 5 between Montgomery and Nashville. Service a la carte.
 free) operated on trains l and 1 between Cincinnati and New Orleans. High back seat coaches and chair cars are also run on all through trains between CincinnatA Lou lsVIlle, St Louis, Evansville, Asl--nhiS. Nash vile and CIV Orleans.
 Train No l carries through Pulmans from Chicago. Cincinnati and New York to New Orleans. Also throvgh day coach and sleeper between St. Louis ard Montgomery. through tourist sleepers to San Francisco.
 Train No. carries through Pullmana from Cincinnati and New York to New Orleans and St. Loui. to Jacksonville; also leaving Montgomery at s;30p. m.' Tuesday
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-02
Central of Georgia Railway

Arrival and departure of trains. Union Pas senger Station Montgomery Ala. Etfect~ i've Jan & la0b. Doth Meridian Tilae.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-02
Ds,s.Inuinpt T,erinIature.

Jackson, Mass, Jan 1.--The Misisippi Legislature will convene tomorrow in special session. Amonk other import ant legislation to be considered are a new code and bond issue of million dollars. Governor Vardeman has an- nounced that he will place no limit on the time of the session.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-02
MCCALL HASN'T RESIGNED.
August c. Paine Authoritively Denie
 Report of His Stepping Down.

AuKusf c. Paine AufhOriffveiy Denies
 Report of His Stepping Down.
 New York, Jan 1.---A report that John A. Mccall resigned as President of the New York Life Insurance Company at meeting of the trustees of the com pany last Saturday was denied to-day by August c. Paine, a member of the committee recently appointed to go over the company's affairs.
 Mir Pains stated that the report was absolutely untrue and added that the trustees did not meet Saturday. It had been said that the meeting was a se- cret one and that the trustees had pled- ged themselves to keep the matter of the resignation secret until the annual report of the company came out to- morrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-02
cAsHEL BYRoN's PROFESSION.
Corbett Appears in Bernard's Shaw's
 New Comedy.

COrbNfN AnneHF@ tH bcEMhE0b oM~W
 New Comedy.
 New Haven. Conn. Jan. 1.--Georgt Bernard Shaw's comedy "Cashei By" ron's Profession" was given its first presentation on any stage at the Fly perion Theatre this afternoon. Miss Margaret wycherly, who played the role of lydia Carey, was supported by a strong company and considerable in cidental interest was attached to the appearance of James J. Corbett In the part of Cashel Byron, the gentleman pugilist-
 At the evening performance, which was a formal one, the matinee being practically a rehearsal, the audience enthusiastically received the play.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-02
nuthrenIxn in Bolivar.

f,uayaouil, Ecuador, Jan. 1.-The Cri-
 to del Pueblo reports that there have been simultaneous outbreaks at Rio Bamba, Capital of Rio Bamba, at Lat acuona, capital of Leon and at Guar acuna, capital of Bolivar, in favor of General Alfarro, former president or the republic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-02

TO CURE A COLD IN ON DAY
 Take LAXATIVE PROMO Quinine Tablets Druggists refund money if 1t fails to cure E N GROVES signature is on each box s5c .fs .tu-thu-sa
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-05-02
HOW RELIEF IS GIVEN
DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLIES IN
San FRANCISCO ORGANIZED.
Plans Carefully Drawn-Maenituds
Of This Task Never Before Under.
taken by the Army-Prompt Service
for Distressed-Rigid Daily Inspec.
ton Is Made.

Major General Greedy of San Fran
cisco has made public the plan by
which supplies are distributed to the
people Of San Francisco. The plans
have been very carefully drawn and
they are interesting because the army
has never before had similar task
of such magnitude to perform. 1t Is
not mere distribution of food to peo.
pie, but 1t is the helping of even a
vast number of people of considerable
means who now find themselves COM
PEELED to take their places in the long
bread lines.
The following officers are detailed
to have charge of the work: Major
Lea Febinger, Major G. A. Devol,
transportation. ETC.; Major C. r. Krat-
hof, providing food supplies; Colonel
George Fl. Torney. sanitation; Colonel
Heuer engineering problems. An off,
Ger is yet to be chosen to have charge
of the distribution of clothing.
| The officers named will, as far as
possible. transact their business with
each other and with outside appli-
cants direct, the object being to Sc
cure an economical and prompt SER
vice for the distressed and destitute.
A responsible civilian will be placed
in immediate charge Of each relief
station, with reasonable pay. and as
sisted by paid personnel.
l Aa lAu afrf1 tv,-
spection will be made of every relief
station, and abuses. neglects or mis-.
takes rectifed.
Charges of waste. deception, theft
and improper appropriation Of relief
supplies have been freely made, and
it is claimed that the food supplies
furnished are in some cases too lavish
In quantity and are now being issued
without suitable discrimination.
Issues Of luxuries or articles of spe-
cial diet must be confined to invalids.
Any other course will speedily ex-
haust the very limited means of sub
sistence now at the disposal of the
army and the national Red Cross Sec
retary.
Rigid economy is enjoined upon
every officer Of the army engaged in
relief work. No Indebtedness will be
contracted without the authority Of
one Of the officers named above. Any
unusual expenditure must be ap.
proved by the division commander.
The unburned portion Of the city is
divided into seven military districts.