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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-04-19
mAY-JvnE MUSIC FESTIVAL.
TO BE GIVEN in Atlanta VIII BE Meta
IL Eunr4 IL re- 1 L.

To Be Gwen in Atlanta VIII Be Meta
bIe event in tie Lire.
All Preparations have been made
q one Of the most notable events
5in,esc6l.y ever given in the south
hc mey-June music festival, which
gill be given ii Atlanta May 20, 80,
/ and June i. Dr. J. Lewis Browne,
ne director. has signed all the art
s.s ana he has already begun rehear-
Aala OF his chorus OF 200 In addition
IBIS chorus, there will be che
10 of 400 school children.
Three OF the singers engaged are
Al the Metropolitan Opera House
lew York They are Madame
pam Heink, the mez2o-soprdno;
CSmDanari, the barytone, and Bessie
Abbot Miss Abbq has never before
appeared ID Atla she was one of
Conreid's lea ranos during the
past seas II southern girl,
being sras adaughtar Of Andrew
Pickens, former governor OF South
Caroline, and ambassador to Russia.
There viii j eleven artists in all,
including a 90. barytone, one or
two contraltos and sopranos and a
violin and cello soloist, Or. Browne
will have twenty-six musicians from
the Cincinnati Symphony. Orchestra,
in addition TO as many more local
musicians.
The festival will be given at pop
uIars prices. Seats for the four per
formances to hear grand opera stars
will sell at 50, 81 and So, or 75c, 81
and sl.25 a performance. The festival
will be given in an auditorium seat
ing $500 people, and brilliantly light
ed with arches Of electric lights. The
railroads will offer reduced rates to
Atlanta during the festival DR..
Browne will mail prospectus and
asouvenir OF the festival to anyone who
drops him postal at 519 Empire
Building, Atlanta.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-04-19

COMPARATIVELY FASHIONABLE.
WillieAGee! Do they let you go to
swell parties?
Graeie-Lots OF EN-, I'm getting
societer and societer every day
Chicago Tribune.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-04-19

Garfield Tea, which is guaranteed under
the Pure Food and Drugs Act, is the best
remedy for constipation sick headache ana
indigestion. 1t purifes the blood ana
cleanses the system.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-04-19

FITS 81. Vitus' Dance Nervous Diseases per
manently cured by DR.. Hines Great Nsi'V@
Restorer. 90 trial bottle and treatise Tree
Dr.. II. r. Kline, Id, 0Sl Arch St., Phila, Pa
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-04-19

1t is a mighty poor brain that can.
not think up an excuse for the sins
of its pOssessor.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-04-19

Some men never attain wisdom IN
Ill too old to draw any benefits there
from
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-04-19

Every man has lots Of fair-weather
friends.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18

With this mixture come great guam
titles of cells and clans which are
strewn over the now waste land and
become the prey of laborerS and their
friends. Bushels of them are gath
cred every day.
Tons Of earth are spread over each
block. The sand then is permitted to
drain until it is comparatively dry,
when sedge is placed on it to prevent
it from blowing away. After this
earth mingled with fertilizer is placed
on the sedge and seeded to grass.
Already several blocks are green.
Streets and n have been laid
out throughout the property and trees
have been planted. Buyers are taking
up the lots rapidly-some, indeed, in
blocks that still are under water. Not
a few lots have brought $500 to
$1,000.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18

e o GREAT is the demand for ground
- space in New York that 618 build
ings some of them quite modern. were
1azed during the past twelve months
TO make way for skyscrapers. The
structures destroyed cost fully $12.-
900. 900, yet the compensations for this
destruction of property are as remark
able as the story of the losses. Col
iectors of fine decorations find treas
ures in the dismantled buildings,
which are preserved in eve and
finer dwellings,, churches and public
institutions. The property destroyed
is replaced by modern edifices worth
at least eight times what the old
buildings cost. Adopting the records
for the last yea as a basis it will be
seen that nearly two structures fell
prey to the wreckers every day in tho
year. OF the 61S the section north and
west of Central Park contributed the
most. The rise of the great apartment
houses in upper Manhattan meant the
sacrifice Of hundreds of dwellings. A
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18
TRIED 1T.

What cried the genial Popkins,
slapping his friend Jobson on the
back, you are in love with Maud
Dawson, and too bashful to propose to
her! Think shame of yourself, man.
Just you follow my plan. l was out
walking one night with a lady, who is
now my wife, and we came to a jewel
er's shop and | pointed to the engage
ment rings in the window and said.
Wouldn't you like one Of these" and
she said, Yes and sc 1t was all set
tied"
Capital idea!" cried the bashful
Jobson. I'll try it this very night
Twenty-fOur hours later the two
friends met once more.
well, Jobson." cried Popkins, did
the plan work?'
Work" groaned Jobson. Il should
think it did! Just listen. l took Maud
along High street and stopped at Gold
STEMS, the jewelers., and l pointed to
the engagement rings in the window
and asked her if she would like one,
and she smiled and blushed and put
her hand on my arm and said, oh,
yes, dear George. l would like that
one and that one was Is g%uineas!"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18
MANY BUILDINGS RAZED
TO MAKE WAYFOR OTHERS

few OF them were old country resi-
dences, but the majority belonged to
the newer growth of the last 10 or Is
years. The destruction every year OF
buildings costing $12, O0O, 900 seems to
be heavy sacrifice for eve a great
city like New York to make to prog
ress. As a matter of fact, the loss
is insignificant when compared with
the tremendous gain. The 12,O0O.-
900 worth of demolished structures
are replaced with buildings worth
800, OOO, 900. Fully $50, 900 tons of
structural steel were put into the new
buildings erected in this city last year.
This does not mean much to the lay
man until he realizes that if put to-
gether the steel would build 100 large
Office buildings in the financial dist
riot, six great bridges spanning the
East river in lower Manhattan and
five stations like the Pennsylvania ter
minal. The steel costs $40 a ton.
Therefore New York pays ST. 500, 900
a year for structural steel alone.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18

ton Of taxes and are retired on Oct. 1.
1t was declared that such II the de-
mand for money in Wall street that
the city has been able to dispose of
only a modest quantity of these desir-
able investments. That the city may
have to increase the rate of interest
in order to provide the money for its
running expenses is said to be not
unlikely.
A serious phase Of the situation is
acknowledged to be the tremendous
demands to be made upon the city
treasury to pay for the 1851 ,000. 900
water system. Bills for this improve
ment have scarcely begun to come in
yet. Authority to spend SIS, 600 900
has been given the water supply board
and contracts for Sc, 400, 900 have been
let. The contract for the Ashokan
reservoir, amounting TO $11 ,O00, 900
more, will be let next week. This will
make 81. 0OO, 900 for which bonds will
have to be sold. City oflcials certain
ly have a good time ahead.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18
FATHER K-NICKERBOCKER
BROKE; CREDIT ALSO "A
WITH a small army of unpaid con-

WITH a small army of unpaid con
W tractors clamoring for their mon
ey and many Of them threatening to
suspend work unless they are paid,
and with the comptrOller's Office refus.
ing to register any more new con
tracts except for work absolutely nee
essary, it is admitted that the city has
been brought face to face with . seri-
Gus problem as a result Of its failure
to sell bonds. Numbers of the bonds
have been given to contractors in pay
ment for work, and some of these men
have put them up as collateral for
loans. One of the contractors COM
planned to-day that such is the pres
sure for money that he had been able
to borrow only IS per cent. Of the
value of the bonds. Another ~contrac-
tor took his bonds of small denomina-
tons and announced that he Wa -
ing them to pay OF his creditors.
Money for the pay roll is provided
by the sale Of bonds, which
are issued in anticipation of the collec-
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18

MOT content with furnishing summer
~ Fairgrounds and outdoor gym
nasiums for the needs of school chill
dren, who otherwise would have to re-
sort to the streets for their past
times. the New York board Of educa-
ton has established kindergartens
for mothers. This 10 the very latest
and newest wrinkle in the educational
line. The board Of education has
come to the conclusion that the train
ing Of children must begin with the
mothers, and part of its summer work
is directed to the training Of the WON
en- Of the east side and other crowded
portions Of the greater city. OF AL
the progressive steps taken by tho
school authorities in this city the new
form Of kindergarten is M Of the
most remarkable and interesting.
That 1t will be fruitful there 10 a.
ready every reason to believe. -
marty It Il just q sammer hDdop
garten with . maternal annex No
boys older than six years are admit
ted. They are sent to the other paay-
grounds conducted ny the BOARD OF
education. No girls above the kinder.
garten ago are permitted to attend M
less they bring babies With them
Thus 4 - BE- e e that = baby 10 .
regular ticket Of admission. The pur-
paoe e tnis kindergarten course = T.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18
BUY VILLAGE LOTS STILL
HIDDEN BY THE WAVES

IEW YORK.-The demand fer home
~ sites in the suburbs of New York
city is promoting the reclamation of
thousands of acres of land in parts
Of Long Island which have been moth
ing but sloughs for generations.
Indeed, in some places, LAND has
been built right out of the water. At
Aryoine, for instance, a realty COM
Tany is doing a work that is as in
~teresting to the summer visitors as
the building of a skyscraper m New
York is to a rustic.
The land is at a point where a
creek came in and has an area of five
thousand city lots, or more than a
hundred square blocks. The contract
or first has his big sand pump dip in
to Jamaica bay near by and suck up
thousands of gallons of sand and
water each hour.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18

WANTED: BY a prominent month
ly magazine, with large, high-class
circulation, local representative to
look after renewals and increase SUBJ
scription list in Lafayette and vicin.
ity, on a salary basis, with a continu-
ing interest from year to year in the
business created. Experience desira-
BILE, but not essential. Good oppor-
tunity for the right person. Address
Publisher, box 50, Station o, New
York.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18

At a special meeting of the
Woman's Home Mission Society
of Lafayette, the following reso-
luton was unanimously adopted:
Believing that a strict observance of
the Sabbath day is right and proper,
therefore be it resolved, that a vote of
thanks from this body be rendered the
mayor and members of the City Coun.
Gil for their recent action against the
Sunday circus. The Society also
earnestly requests the Council to use
their influence and power against any
and all forms of Sunday dissertation
in our midst.
Mrs. CROW GIRARD,
Sks9A MRS. j. D. HARPER,
MRS. F. DEMANADE,
ek9 esI MRS. E. R. KENNEDY,
Committee.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18
IMPORTANT TO OUR
YOUNG men AND WOMEN.

Are you satisfied with your salary?
Are you satisfied with your present
employment =? Had it occurred to you
that if you continue 10 plod along as
you are. you will always be what you
are-no bigger, no richer. no wiser,
no better? Suppose you were to lose
your present position-what then?
Yet. you may be able to make a bare
living for yourself without special
training while you are young and In
robust health, but in old age, sickness
or when you have the increased bur-
den of others helpless aud dependent
upon you, how about it then? Nobody
ever saw an advertisement for an old
man or an old woman wanted in a
clerical position. Young man, young
woman. isn't this enough to open yOnr
eyes and suggest most forcibly to you
that you should at once prepare your
self with a thorough practical know
ledge of bookkeeping, business train
ing, shorthand, and typewriting, that
you may be a success in life and lay
up a comfortable living for old age?
The famous Byrno Simplifod Short
hand and Practical Bookkeeping can
be had at the Tyler Com'l College,
Tyler, Texas, in almost half the time
and at half the usual cost of less sys.
TENS taught in other schools. Take
the advice of the editor, and write
this excellent college that is doing so
much for our young people of today,
for catalog, and don't delay this inn
portant training.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18
How to Cure Cold.

TIE question Of how to cure a cold
without unnecessary loss oftime is one
in which we are all more or less inter-
este4, for the quicker a cold is gotten
rid Z the less the danger of pneumonia
andkother serious diseases. Mr.. B.
L. Hall, of Waverly, Va, has used
ChdlAberlain's Cough Remedy for
yeats and says: II firmly believe
~nherlain's Cough Romedy to be
absolutely the best preparation on
the. market for colds. l have recon-
Meu3ealCS fy4fiends and they al
aGree With ma, For sale BY all
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18

The Falk Mercantile Co. are
prepared to take charge of
funerals and attend to all grave
yard work. A fine rubber-tired
hearSe in stock.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18
SCHOOL BOARD TO R A
WOMEN OF THE EAST SIDE

instruct both the mothers and the Tit
tie mothers in the proper care and
the bringing up of children. And ba-
bies constitute the material by which
the object lessons are furnished. The
mothers are instructed In the care.
feeding and dressing Of the little ones.
and when a practical point needs IL
lustration a real, live and kicking
baby is provided for the purpose OF
demonstration. Real soap, real water
and real towels are brought iDto play.
1t Is all very practical and Ue0itarian.
Tho result il bound to appear in clean
faces and bodies. proper clothing. bet
ter food and less sickness in the
crowded tenement districtA
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18
DisinteQration.

"How much. dear. do you love me?"
1 softly asked the maid.
II love you most to pieces"
The laughing lassie said.
All, we'll, 1 sometimes ponder
Upon the words she spoke.
She loves me "'most to pieces"
But would she love mt broker"
Freeman Putney. Jr.. in Puck.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18

Getting Down to Particulars.
Mrs. SHmson-Shall + read you this
animal story. Willie?
Willie-With or without?
with or without what?"
"AfidavitS Life.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18

Subscribe for the Twice-a-W Week
Advertiser, and get all the home
news fresh. Only $1.OO ii year
in advance.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18
A Family Tree.

Maude-Young DeSwell Is always
talking about his family tree.
Ciara-Yes; it Is evidently q gen.
uine chestput-Chicago News.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18
Italy Ahead

What strikes me as pecutA3" said
the globe trotter, lis the fact that in
nearly all the small Italian towns you
sec 20 many sewing machines, up to
late Aee .;aa uues. ,Cv. lou see them
in every little howell in Naples, on the
rres - c~--c" 49, e'~erhe-s: h-s
in LONDON they are using either the
little foolish machipss you turn with
one hand and try to guide with the
other. or stitching by hand"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18
Just Possible,

D., Jus& Possible.
AHer-What is meant by going from
bad to worsec
Aim--Getting 3 divorce and marry
ias{ again. | bslis1e.-chtesgo Daily
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18

It il the s~elf-reliant gtrl that 10 II de-
mand everywhere.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-18

Polly-Wotever's the matter with
you, James? You look as If some
thing had frightened you.
James-You'll get a fright, too,
when you turn your head round and
BEE your mother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-15

ping his ball. he tore to the palace, closely
followed by his little sister.
Reaching the queens apartments, the
children drew a sigh of relief; the slippers
were still there. but footsteps were hearo
coming down the corridor.
Nearer and nearer they drew. The chill
dren stood listening. hand In hand, the
keys still burning over their loyal little
hearts The prince unclasped the chain
and brought bis key from its hiding place.
He stopped down and fitted 1t to the little
door in the cabinet, which swung open on
the instant
.sThank you. my dear said a voice from
within. and out stepped the daintiest little
old woman with pointed cap and a wand
in her hand They knew at once 1t was the
fairy godmother.
There is no time to lose" she said In q
whisper Undo the slipper case, child. or l
may be too late to save them. Don't ask
me any questions now-we can talk after
ward"
The princess opened the slipper case with
her key, and the old woman laid her wand
at once on the glistening rosettes. They
glowed under her touch, and tiny sparks
flashed from them.
There. nowt'' she exclaimed. "you are
safe. Lock the cabinet door behind you
and shut the slippers up SO saying, she
disappeared as she had come while the
children hurried to do her bidding. They
hardly had time to do more. when the two
sisters appeared in the doorway. each fol-
lowed by half dozen sullen-lookng Serv-
ants The two ladies did not look as anna
BILE as usual, and frowned angrily upon the
children.
Il want the key of this little glass case"
demanded the Elder Sister. looking so stern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-15
APRONS.

When little girls wear aprons nowadays
they never give a thought to how orna-
mental or becoming they are, but they put
to protect their pretty clothes. but when
there is company in the parlor and
mamma sends for them; the aprons are
laid, aside and there. they are in their
nice fresh dresses. unhurt by their romp-
ing. - $50 80, -r.+ = 49, &C. -
But long ago, when their great grand
mothers were young, aprons were consid-
cred a very important piece of clothing
No lady's wardrobe was complete without
q goodly. supply OF aprons; they we're
made by the dozens in every style and de-
sign: gold and silver brocade aprons.
aprons wrought with gold; "minuet .
aprons worn in that good old-fashioned
dance and eoquettishly trimmed with
bows and lace to suit the fancy of the
wearer, and there were 4gauze aprons and
lawn-embroidered aprons and lessons were
given and patterns sold for embroidering
them
There is no telling how, long ago aprons
came into fashion. They doubtless were
among the many things which came from
England in the Mayflower. Queen Anne
wore them. and of course her loyal SUP
jects followed her example, and It Is PROB
able the early colonial DANES put them to
sterner use in the pioneer days.
If some enterprising person undertook to
nunt I'D and classify the various styles OF
aprons, he would find his work as difficult
as the compiling Of dictionary.
They have been put to SO many uses re.
volumes might be written about them.
Ladies' and children alike wear them even
now but the days Of ornament are over
the apron fashion is no more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-15
SHEEP AND WOLF.

Tear a piece Of paper into As many
pieces as there are players. and on each
piece write some number representing an
hour in the day. As there are only twelve
hours, there can be only twelve numbers.
but IL more than twelve are playing you
can make some Of the numbers half hours
until there is the required amount.
On one piece mark cross and then
shake all the numbers in q hat. each player
drawing one out. The one who gets the
slip with the cross on 1t Is 'N." or the
wolf" while the other players are called
the "sheep."
A ring is then formed by the sheep. the
wolf standing In the middle. The sheep
then call out. what time will you dine to-
night, old wolff" and Mr.. Wolf calls out
any hour he happens to think Of Tho
sheep then who holds the slip correspond
ing to the number called by the wolf
starts to run. II he can get around the
ring three times before being caught by tho
wolf he Is safe; II not, he must be wolf
The game keeps up until all have had
their turn at being wolf and this does
not take long. for the wolf Is not supposed
to call the same number twice.