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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13
MILEAGE BOOKS ARE USELESS.

New Issue Will Be Asked by Traveller,
Protective Association of Georgia.
An interchangeable mileage book a
the fiat rate of cents a mile wi
soon be asked by the Travellers Pro
tective Association Of Georgia througI
a petition to be filed with the railroad
commission.
Since the reduced passenger ratei
Went into effect the mileage books for
merly in use became yalualess, TO
oftentimes the straight fare was les
than Che mileage rate.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13
HALF HUNDRED PEOPLE HURT.

When Boiler of Public Ginnery Blew Up
at Holland, Texas.
Fifty people we're injured at Hol-
land, Texas, Friday afternoon when
the boiler of a ginnery engine explod-
ed. Many of the injured were farmers
and patrons Of the gin.
There were hundreds of wagons
waiting to have cotton handled and
farmers from all over the county
were at the gin. When the boiler
burst, flying debris struck the waiting
men.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13
CHANGED INTO BOARDING HOUSE.

Former Residence Of Jefferson Davis in
Montgomery TO Be RemOdeled.
The Jefferson Davis home, the res
idence occupied by the president of
the confederacy, in Montgomery, Ala.
is being remodeled into modern board.
ing house. 1t will be left as nearly as
it was possible so far as architecture
goes.
President Davis and mis- family oc.
cupied the home during the time the
confederate capital was in Montgom.
cry.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13
DEATH DEALT MEXICAN MINERS.

Twenty-Seven Lose Life and Many Injured
in Fire Damp Explosion.
Fire occurred Saturday at the Es-
peransa mines, near COahuila, Mexico,
in which twenty-seven Mexicans were
killed and many injured
The fire is supposed to have been
caused by fire damp.
CONSERVATION resulted among the
miners employed on account of the
number Of mine accidents that have
occurred there of late.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13
EUROPE NEEDS
HER LABORER
Consequently is Opposed to tn
Emigration to This Country.
INVESTIGATORS RETUF
Sub. Committee of immigration Conn
mission viii Have an Interesting
Report for Next Congress.

After several months tour of in
ry into the immigration situa
abroad, which carried them thrc
England and continental Europe, II
Of the members Of the subcommi
of the United States immigration {
mission, with Senator William P.
bingham of Vermont as chairman
rived at New York Friday on bt
the steamship Cedric.
The members of the commission
turning were Senator Dillingham;
Vermont, Senator Latimer of S,
Carolina, Congressman Howell of
Jersey, Brunette Of Alabama and
rotary Moore Morton.
The members obtained data w
they believe will aid in solving N
of the immigration problems now
fronting the United States. The wi
committee will meet later and
pare a report, which will be submit
to congress.
Senator Dillingham; made the
lowing statement:
"The subcommittee has visited
cry European country from which
receive. any considerable number
immigrants, and has studied the n
important phases Of the question
each.
the question of preventing
coming of criminals into the I'm
States has been a chief subject Of
vestigation by the subcommittee,
1t is probable that important I
concentrations on this matter will
made to congress.
The subject of emigration is
paramount one in most Of the &C
tries we have visited, and in most
them the attitude toward amigrat
is not favorable. The constant
long-continued drain upon the II
population, from which class the gr
majority of emigrants come, and
general prosperity which now prev
has produced a scarcity of farm
Dor, and it is claimed the agricuItl
industry is suffering in consaQueI
Because of this scarcity Of lal
the condition of those remaining
home has, to degree, been improy
but the general condition is caus
much alarm among land owners,
strong sentiment against ennis
ton has developed.
"A very large proportion of m
emigrants leave their native coun
at time when they are liable to I
itary service there, and this con
tutes a strong objection to some e
grants.
During the tour Of inquiry and
vestigation the commissioners h
secured important information,
have made arrangements to sec
more, and feel confident that Def
their work is completed recommen
tons can be made congress which
be enacted into laws which will be
value and importance"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13
TALKS A BLUE STREAK.
President Hanson Of Central Railway Says
Political Agitation Presages Bank
ruptcy and Receiverships.

All efforts Of the state OF Georgia
to secure a statement from Presi-
dent j. F. Hanson Of the Central of
Georgia Railroad company as to the
financial value Of that road, while he
was testifying under oath, in the sen.
ate chamber, in Atlanta, Wednesday
morning, before the tax board arbi-
trating the difference between the
state and the road, were without avail
Although quite willing to testify
that the expenses of the road had far
outstipped the earnings, President
Manson was content to state that the
road was worth $50,O00,OO0 under nor.
NAL conditions"
Normal conditions he said, were
when politics was not agitating the
anti-rairoad legislation that was now
icing INDUCED in" Although asked
several times by state Attorney Cen.
eral Hart what the present valuation
OF the road was, he met the questions
with evasive answers.
He said that the price paid for the
roads stock when sold to Oakleigh
Thorne and Marsden j. Perry, was
three million dollars, but he did not
believe that those parties would pay
that price for the road since political
influences had been brought to bear
against the road.
President Hanson was severely en-
phatic when he discussed political in
luence" and declared that the in
creased assessment of the road had
been caused by such condition. He
declared that the present political out
look presaged nothing but bankruptcy
and receiverships for Georgia.
I like State Comptroller General
Wright personally" he said, but l do
want to say that the state needs a
bigger man for the position he now
holds
state Comptroller General Wright
was seated nearby when the remarks
were made.
State Attorney General Hart was
on his feet Immediately. q object to
that part of the evidence in regard
to any political differences We are
not here to discuss that"
General Counsel Alexander r. Law
ton. who represents the Central, con.
ton. who represents the Central, con-
tended that the evidence was germane,
as it would prove the reasons for the
depreciation of the Centrars value
State Attorney General, Hart strenu-
ously objected, but Judge A. L: Mil
Ter, the umpire of the board, admit
ted it.
The hearing was held in the senate
chamber, and the morning session was
devoted to the hearing of testimony
from President Hanson and Auditor
w. d. Beymer, who both declared that
the assessment Of the state comptrol-
Ter general was unjust.
Attorney LawtoG submitted as evil
dence the franchise tax returns, the
compmoler's assessments and the
award Of the arbitrators from 1903
to 1907. Judge Hart objected to the
introduction of the arbitrators' awards,
holding that such could not bind the
state. Judge Miller, however, consent.
ed to their admission.
The Central returned its tax valua-
lions at $4,000 900, which was reject
ed by State Comptroller General
Wright, who assessed the roads prop
erty at $29,9OO,OOO. The road declined
to accept the assessment and asked
for arbitration.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13
WAS DETERMINED ON REVENGE.

Angry Husband Shoots Man Who Eloped
With Wife in Prison Cell.
Fire Chief B. II. Miller of Franklin,
Ohio, shot and instantly killed j. H.
Little, who recently eloped with his
wife. and was returned to Franklin
for trial.
Miller entered the police station
and. going directly to Titles cell,
fred two shots which lodged in tho
mans brain.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13
LABORING MEN MOB CHINESE.
Two Thousand Pigtails Driven From City
of Victoria, British Columbia.

Of Victoria, British Columbia.
A riot occurred in Vancouver, Brit
ish Columbia, late Sunday night, in
which two thousand Chinese were
driven from their homes and 100000
worth of property destroyed. The H.
cal governor was burned in effigy by
ten thousand laboring men at the
close of a parade and an anti-oriental
demonstration.
The police were unable to quell the
riot or make any arrests for a time,
but they finally got control of the
situation.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13
MORE TROUBLE FOR LOUISVILLE.
Another and More Extensive Street Rail-

Another and More Extensive Street Rail-
way Strike is Imminent
Unless some sort of miracle is
Brought forth at once the Inaugural.
tlon OF one OF the bitterest laDor
strikes in the history of Louisville
will materialiZc.
The i'll feeling between the street
railway company and it's employees,
which was aggravated rather than set.
tied by the strike of three months
ago. will find vent in a contest which
promises to be fercer than the other
pne last April
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13
"BIG STICK" GUSTS HOLLAND.
President of National Association of Let
Carriers Forced to Retire.

FLeSIoent OF National Association OF Let
Carriers Forced to Retire.
President Holland of the Natiol
Letter Carriers Association, annoul
ed to the national convention in Ca
ton, Ohio, Friday, that he would n
be candidate for reelection.
This step was taken in response
an expressed wish of the postal q
partment as outlined in an adore
before the convention by First Assir
ant Postmaster General Hitchcock.
was charged that Holland had gone
Washington to lobby for the carrier
after having been requested by II
president not to do so.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13
PRESIDENT AND FUNDS GONE.

Hall Swipes Sum Of $135,Ooo and Takes
Refuge in Canada.
The appointment of receiver for
the properties of the Belding-Hall
Manufacturing company at Chicago
followed close upon the heels of the
discovery by the creditors of the con-
Germ that its missing president, Jesse
Edison Hall, has appropriated to his
own uses at least $4,000 of the cor
poration funds
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-24

Rumors are insistent to the efee, that Representative Burton 5f Ono Will resign his ehairmanship of tile House Rivers & F4arbors Committee n the next Congress. It IS said chis course will be taken 90 that he may devote greater time to the work of he Inland Waterways Commission. Of which he is also chairman President Roosevelt is reported as being favoc. able to this plan, for the commission was created by him just after the close of the last Congress and he is muca interested ia the entire program Of waterway development. This iatarast Is of long standing, and has been expressed many times, never more clearly than in his addresses to the conventions of the National Rivers & Harbors Congress, the last two of which were held here. On both occa-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-24

sions MT. Roosevelt applaufed the or ganization for it's work Tn arousing the American people and Congress to the necessity for [ vigorous national program along such lines of better ments. The National Rivers x Har- bors Congress is stiI! maintaining t-s work in this connection, and John !. Fox. t.5 special director. ts now visit Ing the cities of the upper Mississip- Di Valley to enlist the moral and financial support of the people Of that rich territory n behalf of the organi- zation and i-s work. l number Of im- portanc betterment schemes will be up for consideration before the Con- gress that will convene fn December, and Ae National Rivers & Harbors Congress Is endeavoring to increase it's membership so that it may be thor oughly representative of the solid shipping and business interests of the whole country.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-24

made, he has refrained from recorl- mending such q course In his mes sages because he realizes the fu@Iity of hoping to accomplish anything now. So If MT. Hopkins hoped to ere ate a. sensation by his statement, ne made q poor guess.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-24

4 number of forts on the Pacific Coast are to be reinforced by ad- dltions 10 their garrtsons. The rein force is in accordance with the pro- visions Of the army appropriation bill passed at the final session of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-24

lie last congress and providing for an increase in the artillery corps General HAinsworth, acting Secra- tary of Wa. has issued an order di recting the enlistment Of q addi. tional companies ot coast artillery
 Continued on Page Seven)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-24

Senator Hopkins announcement, af-
 ter a conference at Oyster Bay, that there will be no tariff revision at the coming session of Congress did not startle the country, and certainly did
 not cause surprise here in Washing ton. No one who is at all familiar with the political situation has be- lieved that revision will be attemptel until after the next election. The standpatters" are well entrenched, and it is likely that no changes in the schedules will be made until 1910, during the first session of the Sixty first congress. It is certain thac the Republican party will endeayor to leave out of it's platform entirely next year the question of revision, and al- though President Roosevelt is report ed to have declared many times in the course of private conversation that he believed some changes should be
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-10-18
Not Mana Work.

Moonlight and springtime moods IA
to the contrary, the fact remains Tn
marriage is not II mans work. but OF.
Of his dearest delusions, from which
he parts begrudgingly. Moreover, II
is not even necessary to him in the
accomplishment of those things which
are his work. 1t Is generally no more
than his dream Of prolonging through
years humanity improbable condition.
Happiness as husband and father
has always been his scarcely whis-
pered prayer. his dearest secret hope,
toward which all his idealism yearns.
That numerous other and very potent
motives enter into mems hearts is not
in the least overlooked. II Is only
claimed that to the average man his
future marriage is little more than a
very beautiful dream.-Anna A. Rog-
ers in Atlantic.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-10-18
THE PREY OF A GRIZZLY.
BY a Little Oversight Bruin Was Rob.
bed Of q Good Meal.

In the early settlement Of California
grizzly bears were numerous and trou-
blesome, but few men ever had more
singular experience with a grizzly than
Paul Sweet, who kept tannery near
Santa Cruz The story Is told by Mrs.
Dali In "My First Holiday"
Mr. Sweet was one day walking
alone In the woods when he came sud
denly upon grizzly bear and her two
cubs. He was quite unarmed, and be
fore he had time 10 consider any plan
OF action the bear was upon him. She
struck him down, but he kept his pres
ence Of mind and lay perfectly quiet.
The grizzly stood over him for min
ute or more, then seized him by the
waistband and began dragging him
along. He did not resist, and she drag
ged him for dozen rods to a little
sandy hollow, where she dropped him
and began digging hole I'm the sand.
Into this hole she rooted the man, and
then nosed and paved the sand over
him until he was buried from sight.
The prudent animal, not being hungry
at the moment, was making cache
OF her prey.
Mr.. Sweets heart llghtened as he
realized the brutes intentions, and he
began TO hope that he might escape.
He waited a few minutes after the
bear had covered him in, and then,
thinking that she had retired from the
scene, he began to work himself free
very cautiously. The grizzly was on
the watch, however, and at the first
movement OF her prey rushed to the
spot and with two or three strokes OF
her paw snugly tucked him I'm again.
Mr. Sweet instantly became motion
less again and allowed himself to be
reburied In the sand Luckily his hat
had slipped over his face, so that the
sand did not lll his nose and eyes, and
by raising his head little he was able
to throw off the sand sufficiently to
breathe.
He was more wary next time and lay
still for an hour or two until he felt
pretty sure that the grizzly had retired
from the spot Very cautiously then
he worked himself free from the sand
and crept away.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-10-18
Bismarck's Retort.

One evening when the German troops
were before Paris Duke Ernst Of SAKE
Coburg- Gotha began grumbling in Bis
marck's presence because the iron
cross OF the first class, given for BRAY
cry In the field of battle, had been dis
tributed too indlscriminately. Bis
marck replied that the distribution OF
such decorations was always a delicate
and difficult task, FOR" said he, "con-
spicuous merit has to be rewarded, but
In some cases conspicuous position,
with or without merit, cannot be over.
looked. See now," he said. "Moltke
has Il, Room has II, Blumenthal has II.
Excellent! But" he added, ''your high
ness and have II. too, and surely II Is
not for us 10 grumble!"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-10-18
A Strenuous Hint.

1t was growing very late, but the
young man in the parlor scene show
ed no signs OF making home run.
You evidently have very vivid
Imagination. Mr.. Borem," said the dear
girl rs she made nm unsuccessful at
tempt to strangle yawn.
"Why do you think so?" Queried the
unsuspecting Borem.
IL thought perhaps you imagined
yourself in the arctic regions. where
the nights are six months long" she
explained.
And thirty seconds later he had fad
ell into the glumpsome gloom.-Chica.
go News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-10-18
LAPSE OF REASONING.
Instances by Two Of the Worlds
Greatest Benefaetors.

To illustrate the kind of lapse of rea-
soning power from which great In
ventors are known to suffer, like that
under influence OF which Sir Isaac
Newton cut one hole In a wall to let a
cat pass through and then a small
hole for the kitten, an old story In the
life OF Morse will answer well. Long
before he invented the telegraph Morse
was known to the officers of the patent
office as persistent applicant for pat
ents. When his great Invention OF
distance writing" was about complet-
ed he wanted the Baltimore and Ohio
Railway company 10 try IL.
To get rid of him the president OF
the road turned him over TO subor-
dnate. This official was struck with
the beauty of the invention and became
so interested In II that he sat up half
the night discussing II with the In
ventor AT length Morse confessed
there was only one thing which baf-
fed him "As long as the railroad
runs" he said, "wherc poles may be
erected II will be easy sailing, but when
We Noule W 'he bis piiub'o Nhh' IN ="
be done thenl We can't erect poles
across the stream, and without them
the wire would sag and perhaps break
from It's own weight. | confess don't
know what TO do. Can't you suggest
way out of the difflculty2
"Why don't you fasten the wires to
the bridge?' asked his companion
without n moments hesitation. For
n moment Morse gazed at him, with
open mouth, and then exclaimed:
why not, indeed2 Why, never
thought of that. It's the very way"
The layman's tip put the finishing
touch TO the work OF the great in
ventor, and thus wires came to be
strung on bridges when crossing large
streams.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-10-18
An Odd leaaoY.

Thomas Jefferson the founder Of tho
Jefferson family OF actors, was re-
membered cur.ously I'm the will of
Weston, who was himself an esteemed
member Of Garrick's company. Wes-
tons will contained this item:
IT have played under the manage
ment OF MIR. jefferson at Richmond and
received from him every politencss. !
therefore leave him all my stock OF
prudence, IL being the only good quail
" l think he stands I'm need Of"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-10-18
A FLOATING SNAIL.
Peculiar Ways Of This Wonderful Lit
tie Creature.


There is small snail which Is 50
fond Of the sea that II never comes 10
land, and IL builds such a capital boat
for itself and its eggs that while large
ships are sinking and steamers are un-
able to face the storm 1t tosses about
In perfect safety.
The little snail is Of a violet color
and Is therefore called ianthlna. II
has small shell, and there projects
from the upper part OF the body lopg,
tonguelike piece OF flesh. This Is tAe
raft, and 1t IL built upon most scien-
tihc principles, for II has compart-
ments I'm IL for air 1t is broad and
the air compartments are underneath,
so that II cannot capslze.
Moreover, the snail knows how to
stow away its cargo, for the Oldest
eggs and those which hatch the soon
est are placed In the center and the
lightest and newest on the sides Of the
raft. The iiuathlna fills its own air
compartments by getting a globule Of
air underneath its head. The body is
then curved downward beneath the
raft, and, the head being tilted OH one
side, the air rushes up and fills the
spaces. 1t feeds on beautiful little
jellyfsh, which has fat, raftlike
form with pretty little sail upon II,
and they congrcgate I'm multitudes
when the sea Is calm.
Sometimes specimens are washed
upon the northwestern coast OF France,
and when they are handled they give
out a violet dye.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-10-18
LIQUOR IN NORWAY.
Laws by Which the Sale Of Intosicants
10 Controlled


The Samlag system In Norway gives
power to municipalities to grant all
the retail spirit licenses which II deems
necessary to a company which would
bind itself TO carry on the traffic In the
interests OF the community, with a
fixed annual return OF not more than
3 per cent on its paid up capital. In
establishing the system the question
OF compensation does not appear to
have presented much difficulty. When
the Samlag was introduced two kinds
OF licenses were I'm eXistence-frst,
those granted annually or for a term
not exceeding five years, and, second,
OF the licensee. In the case OF the first
no compensation whatever was paid to
those dispossessed OF their licenses.
In regard TO the latter compensation
was granted i'm the form OF an annuity
equal to the average yearly profits for
the three years preceding the suppress
sion OF the license.
With these provisions the aims ant
principles OF the Samlag are summa-
rized as follows: The elimination {
private profit and securing the monop-
oily value for the public, insuring hig'
est quality Of liquors sold, the reduc-
tion of the number Of licenses, the
easy enforcement Of the law, the de-
structiou of the power Of the spir t
trnde and the furtherance of all pro
gressive measures Of reform. Ne
York Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-10-18
Not Run by an irishman.

When French chauffeur brought
an imported machine TO the repair
shop one of the mechanics became in
terested in the ingenious speed indi-
Gator which records the distance COW
cred In the metric system.
Its surely fine." remarked the man.
'but il would take Frenchman to
read IT,"
"Do you link" exclaimed the chauf.
feur, "zat ,ees masheen ees run by an
lrishmanf"-New York Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-10-18
Tongue Tied Takers.

How many educated people there are
who have no more than a peasants
vocabulary. They do not use the
words that a peasant uses, but they
do not improve upon them. They still
go on saying. How amusingw How
lovelyw How nice" TO the end Of the
chapter. Nobody can be interesting
who Is always working a limited vo-
abulary.-British Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-10-18
The weather this week renders
criticism speechless.
lnckinq In humor.

Little Robbie was entertaining Mr.
Geezeley while Miss Tripperson was
upstairs adjusting her back hair and
the powder puff.
my sister says you ain't got no idea
OF humor," said Robbie.
Indeed Mr.. GeeZeley returned
when did she say thatg'
"Jist after You was here the last
time. She said she seen you lookin
at yourself I'm the mirror several times
and you never laughed wunst."-C Cleve
land Leader.