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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-30

Now that 282 years have passed,
Thanksgiving has become our first
American holiday. 1t is essentially
the feast of the family 1t celebrates
the home and sings the fireside joys.
The day really celebrates a deliver
'ance from danger. The summer OF
1923 was unfriendly and the har-
vests failed The Indian hunters re-
treated into the forest, food and
game were scarce, and with terror
the Pilgrim fathers looked forward
TO the winter and possible starvation
and death. In their hour of extrem-
ity the minister announced that on
the last Thursday Of November there
would be day of fasting and prayer
on which they would commend them
selves and their enterprise unto God.
But scarcely had they reached the
cabin where the service was to be
held than the sentinel shouted the
announcement that a ship with
weather-beaten sails and blackened
sides was entering the harbor. The
good ship brought food against the
winter, seed against the spring,
friends and helpers against the enc
my. Delirious with joy, the Pill
.grims came together a second time
for thanksgiving, and so this day was
born-this day celebrating the festi-
val of the family. Ours is the only
nation in the world that by happy
holiday glorifies the home as the first
of Americas institutions.
If other years have furnished
grounds for gratitude, this year gives
them by way of pre-eminence.
Let us be thankful
For four bins stretching across the
continent from ocean to ocean filled
with wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye,
timothy, clover, alfalfa, cotton
ssheaves ripened for the hunger Of
herd and flock, and above all, food
for man.
For one bin stretching three thou
sand miles long 1lled with barrels of
apples, Jonathan and Spitzenberg
and golden pippin; with pear and
plum and peach, with grapes and
nuts, with all the preserved richness
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-30

of raspberry and strawberry, and the
rudy vegetcbles-potato and beet,
carrot, celery and turnip; the pump
kin and the squash.
For abundant rains, that have
filled the rivers, fed the water springs
and reservoirs, and rejoiced the cat
tie upon a thousand hills.
For the comforts and conveniences
for the home and fireside that have
brought universal happiness to cot
tage and hamlet and mansion.
For the match, that has brought
the fire Of Prometheus down from
heaven and given warmth for cold
and comfort for distress.
For stoves and coal, instead of the
house blackened with SCOT, and a
meal cooked with freshly cut chips
from the tree.
For the cable, that has brought
foreign capitals near, anchoring Lon
don Just outside Sandy Hook, and
making Bombay the second turn on
the left, just around the corner.
For these steel tracks, that have
brought us fruits from the sunny
South, furs from the frozen North,
with rice and sugar and coal, and
made the people of the snow and the
winter to enjoy the fruits of the
tropics.
For the reaper, instead of the sic
kle, furnishing bread to the word.
For the looms, that enable one
man IN one year to clothe a thousand
men against the rains of summer and
the SLOWS of winter.
For the trip hammer, that has null
tiplied the stroke Of mans arm; and
the locomotive, that has heightened
the stride of his foot; and the tools,
that have fastened the movement Of
his fingers.
For the spectroscope, that has
made us at home in foreign planets.
For the telephone, that has halved
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-30
are fitted for the task.

are fitted for the task.
For the lessening of drunkenness
in our country.
For the new enthusiasm in mu-
nicipal reform.
For the enormous gifts this year
poured out for college, library and
church and social reform.
For the Strengthening of the home
and of the family ties, and the in
creasing movement against easy di-
vorce.
Tor the increasing honor and dig
nifty that attaches to the Republic.
For the press, sowing the whole
land with the good seed of wisdom
and knowledge; for books and mag
azines, that have exalted the imagin-
alton while they nave inspired the
intellect.
For the return of the tides of
faith in the church and the decline
of infidelity.
For the lessening of pessimism and
the increase of joy in life.
For the fact that the whole trend
is up grade instead of down grade;
that the gains are universal and inn
measurable.
Never we're the reasons for
Thanksgiving so many or SO weighty.
Our people are justified in looking
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-30

dian basket or jar or a half pumpkin
followed out and lined with oiled
paper, all make pretty and appro-
pirate fruit holders. Arrange the
fruit with an eye to the color effect,
and this, with the scarlet of the rad
ishes or deeper red of the cranberry,
the crisp green and white Of the cell
cry and rich brown of the turkey,
will give all the color necessary. If
dinner is served in the early after
noon, no artificial light viii be need
ed. If lights must be used, candles
are the best means Of lighting, as
they do not vitia@3 the atmosphere
Of the -'rcm.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-30
How 10 Measure MedIeIne.

A tablespoonful Of liquid Is equal
to fluid drachm. A teaspoonful of
powdered roots or bark is equal to
two scruples A teaspoonful Of powd-
cred herbs is equal to one scruple. A
teaspoonful of salts, saltpetre, sulphur,
or like articles is equal to half
drachm. A teaspoonful Of metallic
remedies, sugar or lead, sulphate OF
zinc, chloride of zinc, etc, is equal to
IL drachms A Tablespoonful OF
liquid is equal to half a fluid ounce. A
tablespoonful Of powdered roots or
herbs is two drachms. A teacupful is
four liquid ounces, or a quarter Of
pint. Three scruples make drachm:
eight drachms make an ounce; twelve
ounces make a pound. Druggists
weights for medicines (apothecarys
weights)
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-30

Day front an empty chair-points
them, I say, upward, whore there are
other mansions and the Fathers
House, and where, on new Thanks
giving Day, the eamily circle shall be
reunited amidst scenes Of unwonted
ioy.-New York World.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-30
Arrangement Of the Table.

In arranging the Thanksgiving
table, do not, in the name of common
s nse, go to the absurdity Of using
ribbon decorations, which really have
no raison d'etre on any table The
snowy damask cloth or the polished
mahogany or oak needs no such fic-
titious and unmeaniDg fyivols IS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
MENGES'S S1,OOO,O 900 SUIT.
Swapping Of Legal Amenities a Feature OF
the Proceedings Yesterday.

Morris c. Menges's suit for 1000, 900
against Gen. Louis c. Fitzgerald for
alleged services in connection with the pur-
chase of the Western Maryland Railroad
was continued yesterday before Justice
Sutherland in the Supreme Court. Brooklyn.
After Gen. Henry T. Douglass OF this city
had testified about his survey OF the road,
LAWYER r. B. Tibbetts said Mayor Hayes
of Baltimore was anxious to sell the road
because it's operation was costing too much
and he wanted the city to get the money
for local improvements. Hayes, he said,
wanted some other company than the
Pennsylvania to have the road. Asked
about the part Warden Doyle, a Baltimore
politician, took in the matter, Mr.. .T1bbetts
said he got information through Doyle
about the roads affairs that would have
been inaccessible otherwise. The witness
said he would not venture to, get the evl.
dence himself, because President Hood. OF
the company might have suspected his
purpose.
work for you?' said ex-Gov. Frank Black Of
Gen. Ftzgerald's counsel.
Governor" said the witness, Il am no
more capable of doing sly or underhand
work than you arc
MI. Tibbetts declared that he had not yet
been paid for his services in the transaction.
Justice Sutherland smiled and said:
"Ah, Counsellor, that aching void is still
there
Stephen Little, an old railroad expert ao-
~countant, testified also. Case still on.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
TO OPERATE ON MISS BARRYMORE
Actress Has Appendlcitis-Wm Play No
More This Year.

BosroN, April 4.-Miss Ethel Barry
more, who was playing the leading part in
Alice Sit-by-the-F Fire" was taken Ill with
appendicitis this morning and will be
operated upon tomorrow by Drs. w. A.
Brooks, Jr., and Franz Pfaf. The opera
ton will take place at a hospital on Bay
State road. to which the actress will be
removed tomorrow.
On account Of her illness no performance
was given this afternoon at the Hollis
Street Theatre. The company will end
its engagement for the season n all OF
the members will be dismissed.
Miss ~Barrymore's friends say they feel
no anxiety over her illness, on account Of
her excellent health. She has suffered to
some extent lately, though her general
health has not been impaired. A physi-
clan permitted her to go on with her per-
Torrance last evening, but she did not
seem like herself and an operation was
finally decided upon. 1t is said that the
actress will not be able to resume her work
on the stage until next season.
At 10 O'Clock tonight DR.. Brooks said
Miss Barrymore was resting quietly and was
not suffering any pain.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
PLAN TO ARREST DOWIE.
Zion City Investors May Charge False Pre-
~tenees-Letters 10 Miss HOfer.

CHICAGO, April 4.-~Eighty-four charges
of obtaining money by false pretenoes
will be preferred against John Alexander
Dowie, according to present plans. In
vestors In LAND and stock in Zion City have
been canvassed and that number of per-
sons who are willing to proceed against
him were found, 1t is planned to have
him arrested in Chicago, it is declared,
Immediately after his arrival from Mexico
next week and before he has had an oppor-
tunity to go to Zion City, where, 1t Is feared,
he would create a disturbance.
There was much talk Of Dowie's arrest
in Zion City to-day and some of the officials
there were credited with threats to have
the apostle" jailed as an embezzler. The
facts are said to be that two women in
GAINESVILLE, Wis, who claim to nave been
defrauded out Of $40 1000, may swear out
warrants. All messages for John Alex
ander Dowie received from Mexico to-day
were ignored and Deacon Fielding white,
although appointed by the first apostle"
by cable as general financial manager In
charge Of Zion to replace Voliva, has not
acted on Dowie's instructions. white
refused to be interviewed or make any
statement and was not present at the coun-
Gil meeting presided over by VollVa.
Two letters, fervid with the peculiar
style of emotion Dowie affected, were given
out to-day. These, with forty others
which the head Of the Christian Catholic
Church wrote to Ruth Hofer, the reputed
heiress from Switzerland, are in the pos
session Of Gladstone Dowie. They will be
produced as a feature, and a striking one,
of the great warfare promised on Dowie's
arrival in his former realms.
my little lump of gold,' was the title
the elderly swain bestowed on the young
woman who is o the subject Of much
gossip in Zion.
Preparations for this warfare were made
to-day when tho leaders, including Over
seer Voliva. consulted on steps in reply
to Dowie's declaration of fight and orders
from him to discharge the Voliva cabinet
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
COP ARRESTS COP.
Queer Charge OF Drunk enness-ROush and
Tumble In TenderI0In station.

Detective Sergeant Vachris Of the Brook
Ign Police Headquarters staff went to the
Tenderloin station house yesterday after
noon with Patrolman Albert W. Gleason of
the Leonard street station house and pre-
ferred a charge of intoxication against
Gleason. Vaohris said he arrested Glea-
son at Seventh avenue and Twenty-fourth
street. Both men we're in plain clothes.
The desk sergeant didn't think Gleason
was drunk and told Vaohris so. Vachris
stuck to the charge. The sergeant sent
for Police Surgeon DR.. Charles Phelps.
DR.. Phelps examined Gleason, smelling
his breath, making him walk a chalk line
and otherwise putting the man through
a minute examination. and said he didn't
even believe Gleason had been drinking.
Acting Captain O'Leary of the Leonard
street station house e to the Tenderloin
station and spoke up for his patrolman
He said Gleason had a first class record
and he couldn't understand why Vachris
made such a charge. Vachris wouldn't
explain further than to say the man was
drunk.
Gleason, who had been detained in a lack
room during the inquiry. started 70 the door,
for fresh air, as he explained. Vachrie
tumble for a minute or two until the men
were u%ntangled. Finally, Capt. Hodgins OF
the Tenderloin let Gleason &C with his
captain. Vachris wa liked out. He wouldn't
explain the circumstances OF the arrest to
the reporters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
i SCRAPS WITH WE.
Metz and McGowan Josh Each Other Over
Building Site Report.

Whenever Comptroller Metz and Presi-
dent MCGOWAN of the Board Of Aldermen
come together there is a spat. They met
yesterday at a meeting of the Sinking
Fund Commission. The Comptroller and
Mr.. MCGOWAN were a subcommittee APP
pointed to select a site for The Charities
Department building in Brooklyn. Mr..
Metz submitted the report, which recon-
mended an unused school building at Third
avenue and Schermerhorn street. In the
report read by the Comptroller the pro-
noun Il" was used several times.
Mr.. MCGOWAN protested. That should
be we and not T. l worked hard on that
proposition; in fact, / did most Of the work.
"Bosh!" said the Comptroller, Il was at
work on it three weeks before you ever
heard of it,"
Wasn't it l who secured the surrender
of the building by the Board Of Educa-
tion2" demanded Mr.. MCGOWAN,
We'll, you go ahead and make a supple
mental report saying j did it, " retorted
Mr.. Metz.
The report, as written, was adopted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
GEN. BELL FOR VENEZUELA.
He Is 10 He Castro's Minister OF War
Denver Newspaper Declares.

He Is 10 He CastrO's Minister OF War
Denver Newspaper Declares.
DENVER, April Am evening paper
says;
High officials at Washington consulted
Sherman M. Bell, former Adjutant-Genera
of the National Guard of Colorado, to see
IL he would be willing to go to Venezuela
as Minister oil War. The communication
stated that il Gen. Bell decided to accept
he would have the privilege OF naming
two men to serve, one in the capacity. OF
| Adjutant-Ge General and the other as In
spector- General and Military Secretary.
Sen. Bell selected his former assistant
adjutant general, Col. Burt B. Bloom, and
| his former paymaster, Col. Frank Kimball.
Colorado officials Endorsed these selections
! OF Gen. Bell, and he has been notified that
they are satisfactory to the Washington
authorities. The three C~oloradoans have
been notified to hold themselves ready to go
to the South American republic at n mo-
ment's notice.
"The flibustering expedition which.
backed by New York capitalists, is causing
the United States Government considerable
worry will nave to deal with cen Bell, the
exponent Of law and order. The method
of procedure in appointing him to the high
Venezuelan Office has already been deter
mined upon. President Castro of Vene-
zuela will appeal TO the United States Gov
eminent for protection of his republic. The
petition will come in the shape Of men and
arms to ward of the hlibusterB.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
BL0OMERs AND NO CHAPERON.
Basketball Games Between Boys and Girls
Shock a school Controller.

P1rTsBURa, April IL am shocked.
The young ladies of the Allegheny High
School play basketball in the school gym
nasium dressed in boomers, with the young
gentlemen of the school and no chaperon
about. 1t is time something was done"
School Controller Adam Hahn made
this announcement to the Allegheny Board
of School Controllers at their meeting last
night. He said he had gon to the high
school on business and stepped into the
gymnasium. There were a lot Of girls
is. 16 and II years old in bloomers playing
basketball with boys of the same age at
tired in tights. Mr.. Hahn did not think
this proper. He thought two teachers at
least should be present and he favored
the separation Of the sexes altogether.
only the girls with the best shapes
play the game" said the Controller, and
the other members of the board just
laughed. To-day Mr. Hahn went to City
Superintendent John Morrow and COM
planned to him. He promised there would
be something lone at once.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
BADGE SHOWS HE'S 4 MAN.
So Ohioan May Wear Women's Clothing
II He Wishes.

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio, April A..
prosper Randolph Milburn, a music
teacher, who created a sensation by ap-
pearing on the streets of this city in women's
clothes, no longer is barred from female
costume. A large silver badge with the
inscription, Randolph Milburn. l am a
man. worn in a conspicuous place on his
person, gives him the liberty to dress as a
woman if he so desires.
Milburn was arrested in this city when he
first appeared in female costume, and he
wrote to Attorney General Ellis for a legal
opinion on the question. He declared
that as DR.. Mary Walker was wearing
mems clothes he felt that with equal pro-
priety he could wear women's clothes.
Although he got no satisfaction from the
State, Milburn on his own account searched
legal precedent n discovered, as he says,
that he may dress as he desires, provided
that he makes no attempt at deception as
to his sex,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
DEAD MAN CORELLTS BROTHER
SUICIDE SAID THE ENGLISH Nov
ELIST WAS HIS SISTER.
A Son OF DIR. Mackay, Who Adopted Marie
Corelll, Came Here and Was Reported
to Have Died in Canada-Cody's Hard


A nan who had been known as Henry
N. Cody and who asserted several times
that he was a brother of Marie Corelli, the
English novelist, was found dead in the
basement of a house at 2l6 West Thirty
sixth street yesterday morning. He had
lived in the house for five years and ran a
small laundry in the basement. The body
was found leaning over a table in the
laundry. The police reported the case as
suicide from morphine.
Friends Of the lead man told the police
they had always understood that Cody
was a brother or stepbrother of Marie
Corelli. Cody had been asked a number
Of times, they said, why he did not apply
for help to Miss Corelli, He invariably
replied that all she could give him was
money and that was the thing he did not
require.
Marie Corelli was Of Italian extraction
and was adopted when a baby only a few
months old by DR.. Charles Maokay, an
English poet and writer of stories. Until
she assumed the name Corelli, she was
known as Marie Mackay. DR.. Mackay had
one son, Eric Maokay, who was a failure
in almost everything he undertook. He
Cdlllo W tnlb SOultly duu uou Al q"
several years ago, it is supposed.
Cody's friends said he came to this side
of the Atlantic twenty-five years g as a
secretary to the then Governor-General Of
Canada. A year or two afterward he came
to New York and went into the cigar BUSH
ness. He had pl enty Of money and pros
pered at first. At one time he had a string
Of cigar stores through the Tenderloin.
Then he started a cigar factory In Broad
way, opposite the Grand Hotel. He met
with reverses and lost his business. A
few years later he started a restaurant in
West Forty-second street. That did well
for a time, but finally Cody's luck turned
again and the business went to smash.
Then, five years ago., he went to live at the
house in West Thirty-sixth street.
He ran a little laundry In the basement
for the convenience, as he said, of himself
and his friends. He had a little money.
Some years ago he purchased a lot in Maple
wood cemetery and at the same time put
enough money on deposit with an under
taking establishment in Eighth avenue
to cover the expenses of his funeral.
M. d. W.. Jorgensen, a decorator, who
owns the house in which Cody lived five
years, said that Cody was a man who appar-
emily ha d been well educated. He was
very popular among the people he knew.
said Jorgensen. In his room he had a small
library, but the only volume of Marie
Corelh's numerous works that was in it
was The Master Christian"
The funeral will be held tomorrow after
noon at the chapel Of the undertaking
establishment at Nineteenth street and
Eighth avenue, and the body will be in
TERED in the lot at Maplewood Cemetery.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
TAFT PRAISES TUSKEGEE.
His Presence Mt Anniversary Celebration IL
Governments Recognition or the Work.

TUsKEaEE, Ala; April 4,-The Ogden
party, due at Tuskegee at s o'clock this
morning to take part in the three days
celebration of the twenty-ffth anniversary
OF the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
Institute, was delayed ten hours owing to a
derailed train. The programme that was
to take place this morning was postponed
until afternoon. The party arrived at
about 4 o'clock, and came directly to the
hall, where Secretary of War Taft delivered
a notable speech on the subject Of social
and political condition and progress of the
negro since slavery.
Among other things, he said that IF
Hampton Institute had done nothing but
graduate Booker 7. Washington it would
have justified its existence" He believed,
he said, that the industrial progress the
negro is making will eventually win him a
settled position in American civilization.
1t was announced at the meeting that
Secretary Taft came to Tuskegee not merely
because of his own interest In the institu-
ton, but as the special representative of the
Government, in order to give national recog-
milton to the work which Mr.. Washington
and his school are doing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
e. C. SWIFT is DEAD.
Pneumonia Kills the Chicago Beef Packer
In BONtOn.

BOSTON, April Sc. c. Swift, the Chicago
beef packer, died at midnight of pneumonia
at the Quincy House in this city. He had
been i'll for several days and yesterday
afternoon had a sinking spell, from which
he did not recover.
Mr.. Swift was taken i'll here on Tuesday,
March 81, a few days after he had taken
a suite of rooms at the Quincy House. He
had been at his summer place in Beverly
Farms. Mrs. Swift was abroad and his
illness was kept quiet for fear Of alarming
her. A half dozen ply sicians were sum-
moned and they all diagnosed the case as
pneumonia, and then DIR. F. b. johnson
of Chicago, Mr.. Swift's family physician,
was sent for. He hurri ed East with sew
Mrs. Clarence Moore Of Washington, daugh-
ter of Mr.. Swift. came on to Boston and
was with her father to the end. He was a
native of Sandwich, Mass.
CHICAGO, April 4,-E. c. Swift was a
member Of the packing house Of Swift h Co.
and was supposed to be worth $25, 900, 200.
He began work as a ohore boy in the stock
yards. He never forgot his Cape Cod home,
and prided himself upon never having re-
fused employment to a native OF Cape Cod.
While his new home at Beverly, Mass, was
beine completed, the family lived in the
stables which adjoin 1t and which are
described as a marvel OF luxurious ap-
,no;,tp,apt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-05
CRUSHED BY HORsELESS VAN.
Peculiar Acct dent TO Boy Driver o. the
Williamsburg Bridge.

Sixteen -year-old Samuel Amof Of POS
Division street, Manhattan, son Of a furni-
ture mover, was sent yesterday with a load
Of household things to Williamsburg, When
Anoff reached the centre of the Williams
burg Bridge he halted the van and unhitched
his horses to give a stalled furniture van
behind him assistance.
just as Arnoff started back his furniture
van began to move down the incline on the
Brooklyn side of the bridge. A policeman
who saw the vehicle going along called to
Arnoff from the footpath. Arnof. leaving
his team where they were, started after the
van. By the time he got in front Of it and
caught hold Of the pole it was going swiftly
down the grade. Arnoh tired in vain to stop
the van and finally shouted for help, keep
ing a tight grip on the pole.
The van struck a policeman's shelter
house in the roadway and demolished it.
The wagon was mashed and the contents
scattered over the roadway. Arnoff was
wedged between the wagon and the wreck
OF the shelter house. His skull was fractured
and he was injured internally.