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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-03-03
BY VIRGINIA LEILA VENT.

on the desk. q am too-too old. Such a
fool to dream Of it,
The girl, however. in the privacy OF
her room, wore a wistfuI, sad little face.
Now and then a tear would fall with a
splash
He doesn't seem 50 awfuliy, awfully
old. Blk" she pleaded, going up to the
cage where the canary slept with his head
tucked unresponsively under his wing.
How could I do without him now? He
never guesses how this silly little heart
Of mine listens for his step in the hall or
the sound OF his voice, nor how It flutters
when it hears them. Is IT so very. very
dreadful, Blk, to marry a man who
thinks he's too old? I wonder if
Her sentence traiIed of indistinguishably
as she knelt to say her prayers.
But she didn't wonder long. MIS- Mar
tin wouldn't let her. And so, on the fol-
lowing Sunday she tripped into the library
carrying her canary cage. Blk wasn't
feeling very well, and she had promised
him a sunbath by the rubber plant
As Mr.. George CharIemagne Tower
hung the cage he seemed overfowingly
happy. (Evidently that cool. confident lit
tie no" had been Withdrawn for the
purpose of amendment-it would have
been even safe to guess that a yes" had
been supplied) Gracioca had nestled her
self into big leather chair near the fire.
as If she intended 10 stay there forever.
1t was a way she had-one of the many
ways her lover had found so inehably
charming Possibly other girls had them,
too. lie didn't know.
He stood before her for a second; then,
STOPPING. his two patricisn hands framed
each side Of her oval face, and he turned
It up to his.
Think, dear he said. you might havs
come and stopped while and gone-just
like the dozen-and-one other occupants Of
that room. back there-if-"
If it hadn't been for Blk" twinkled
she, dimpling divinely.
Precious little Blk" calculated he.
his voice lost somewhere among the cells
Of the girls fluffy hair.
And the canary, forgetting he wasn't
feeling well. extended his slender body.
filed his tiny lungs with air. and sang
pompously. It was, for all the world, as
if he were proud Of the mission ne had
performed.
Copyrighted 1907. by Z C. ParceIS
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other end. Enter the good ones in the
proper races. see to the payment OF en-
try fees; take IN the money when we
won, engage the jockeys. pay out our
Indebtedness; IN fact, I'd be the business
manager and advance agent. while you'd
be the silent, working partner, who Is
just as essential as the horses"
Ryder jumped to his feet and paced
the front portico. Such scheme was
just to his liking. 1t had in it the ex-
element and movement that appealed 10
his peculiar nature He loved horses,
and he enjoyed nothing more than TO be
associated with them. Already he pos
sessed some good ones, and with Fan
shawe's string they had an excellent nu-
cleus with which TO begin operations
Already he saw himself rich and pros
porous; the owner OF a number Of stake
winners; the well-known proprietor OF a
breeding farm.
III go you. Fanshawe. Wen begin
partnership at once, and see what we
can do 10 the spring races at Benning
We have MusketeeF, TOreador Sunshine
After-Rain, KaTlstein, and Rumplestil-
skin: I'll be hanged If I don't think that
any OF these can win the Spring Hunters
Steeplechase. BY George, we'il soon be
owning a private Pullman and be travel
ing TO New York with our own horses in
box cars attached TO the rear"
Fanshawe hallooed TO the barn for his
horse. and. as he rose to leave, held out
his hand to his future partner.
It's a go. then. old man." he said.
Decidedly yes"
I'VE begin operations tomorrow. and
for the spring meeting we viii decide
later on what 20 enter"
Yes"
A grinning stable boy brought Fan
shawes thoroughbred TO the door.
"GOod-by." said the promoter Of racing
interests, swinging himself into the sad
die. IN see you tomorrow and decide
upon our entries for the steeplcchases.
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TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.
Had No Pockets.

The following story. credited to Andrew
Carnegie. appears in the current Harper's
Weekly. Mr., Carnegie. 1t IS said, tells it
to illustrate that Celt is always a Celt
in Scotland, as well as in Ireland. In a
sermon preached in a small church in
Glasgow the pastor. after inveighing
against siothfulness, said, by way of
climax:
DO you think that Adam and Eve went
about the Garden of Eden with their
hands in their pockets?'
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where smiths Head was Laid.

Norfolk Correspondence Richmond NeWs-Leader.
At least two parties are reported 10
have acquired for exhibition the original
stone upon which the head Of Capt. John
Smith was laid ready for execution.
One Is from Powhatan, near Richmond.
while the other came from a farm on the
James River. farther down The river.
The first stone is reported to have been
purchased by a Northern man, who ex-
poets to exhibit it. and the other stone
is said to have been purchased by a local
corporation.
The first stone is said TO have brought
S3,0o0 The second one was purchased at
good price.
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DEDICATION.

This little tale Is writ for them
To whom the bay Of foxhound pack
Is sweetest music one can hear,
Except the Whip-th0ng' S shrilling crack (;
For them who like "a siX-bsrred gate,
Who love a fight DER fallen palings.
To Whom I1m is always short.
Who never finch at fTe-loot ratings.
Come listen 10 my tale OF sport
A tale Of men and noble horses
Twill please you If you love the life
81 saddle, spur, and racing courses.
And when you've finished. II this script
Has given you an hours pleasure,
Twill be- enough; twill nh
Ambitions cup IN ample measure.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
Jamestown RiIls Paid.

All of the bills for the Georgia ex-
hibit at the jamestown exposition have
been paid, with the exception Of that
for carriages used on Georgia day, to
the amount Of $400 and for flowers
used the same day to the sum Of 5000
Commissioner Of Agriculture Hud-
son, who has just returned to Atlanta
from Jamestown, made this report to
the governor.
Commissioner Hudson stated that
while he was at the Georgia building
he came. across the $500 worth Of
champagne, for which payment had
been refused, as it was claimed the
wealthy water had not been ordered
and directed that it be returned to the
wine agent
The commissioner gave to the con
tractor, John Calligan & Co., a check
from the state for $6,710, which set
ties in full the Indebtedness due on
the state building which is a replica
Of the ancestral home Of the presi-
dents mother at Roswell This includ-
ed the $1,000 bonus offered by the
commission 10 the contractor if he
would work day and night a1d have
the Georgia building complete by Geor-
gia day.
The entire cost Of the building was
approximately $4,000, a part OF which
will be reimbursed by the sale of the
Georgia building, after the fair closes.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
PARKER IS AGAIN CANDIDATE,
Report to that Effect Creates Much Sur
prise Among Democrats.


A special from Columbus, Ohio,
says: The positive statement Of for
mer Governor James e. Camgb II, who
has just returned from New York, that
Judge Alton Brooks Parker is a eau
didate for the democratic presidential
nomination, was received in Ohio
with incredunty Mr. Campbell does
not seem surprised at the reception
given the announcement, saying that
he did not believe it himself when he
first heard it, but that he learned later
that it was intensely true He de-
charge that the republican party had
from source that was indisputable
as to veracity.
The fact that Judge Parker's famous
barge that the republican party had
raised an immense corruption fund in
New York for the support Of Roosa-
welt has been borne out, in the face
of the extremely tart denial Of Mr.
Roosevelt, viii, it is conceded, help
Mr.. Parker in his candidacy, but it IS
not believed that he could develop suf-
hcient strength between now ana the
convention to become a formidable fig
ure. Nevertheless, the statement that
he is in the race has created Intense
interest among the politicians
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
rulton 70 Paw one-Tenth.

Fu,ton county, always the biggest
taxpayer OF the one hundred ana Tor,
ty.fye counties in the state, will for
t5a year 1907 pay over one-tenth of
the state taxes paid on the returns
as they appear in the digest
It has been figured out that with
the state tax rate at the highest point
allowed by law FIVE mills, that Fulton
county viii pay into the state on $751;
484.s65. the sum of s867S2482.
The total amount to be collected
f~,- III entire state is $8,459,619, and
NJ. s4.45a619. as reported. A typo
g~sab,cs, error made the amount fig
ure s4459.819 where it should have
been sS.4596l9 and the increase in
consequences Cor 1897 only about $45o-
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
nrnnalsts Make Inquiries.

Druggists all over the state have
been eager and anxious to secure in.
formation about the new prohibitory
narcotic drug law passed at the re,
cen. session Of the general assembly.
More than IFS druggists in all parts
ar tha state have written Secretary of
State Philip Cook asking him as to
when the law goes INFO effect
The law became effective on August
% the day on which It was approved
by the governor, this being specifcal.
" provided in the act, After that date
anv druggist selling cocaine, morphine
Or similar drugs. except upon the pre-
seripHon of a licensed physician in
regular attendance on the case for
which the drug was wanted, is liable to
prosecution under the act.
Unlike the state prohibition law
be erect of this act was not post
poned until January 1, but made i'm,
mediate.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
DIE TN
BRIDGE CRASH
Giant Structure in Course Of Erect
ion Suddenly. Collapsed.
WORKMEN ENTRAPPED
Horror Occurred Near Quebec On the st.
Lawrence River and Demolition Was
Complete-Few Were Saved.

A section of the new bridge across
the st. Lawrence river, five miles be-
low Quebec, collapsed late Thursday
afternoon, carrying scores Of workers
and mechanics into the water. It is
estimated that the loss Of life IS at
least sixty, and many estimates ex-
coed that number by twenty
The bridge was about mile and
half in length, and half of It, from
the south shore to midstream, crump-
led up and dropped into the river
Ninety men were at work on this
section Of the structure, and the whis-
tie had just blown at $50 for the men
to quit work for the day when they
heard a grinding sound from the bridge
in midstream
The men turned to see what had
happened, and an instant after the cry
went up, "The bridge is falltng!" The
men made rush shoreward, but the
distance was too great for them to
escape.
The fallen section Of the bridge
dragged others after it, the swapping
Orders and cables booming like the
crash of cannon and frightening the
workmen as they sped shoreward Only
few Of them reached safety before
the last piece of iron on the south
shore was dragged into the river.
Near the shore the wreckage Of the
bridge did NOT go below the surface
Of the water, and eign worlSmen who
remained above water were rescued
and taken to the hospital at Lewis.
The steamer Glennmont had just
cleared the bridge when the first sec
ton fell. The water thrown up by the
debris dashed clear over the bridge OF
the steamer. The captain at once low
cred boats. The small boats piled back
and forth over the sunllen wreckage
for half an hour, but there was no
sign of life. The twisted iron and
steel had its victims in a terrible
death grasp. A few floating and
broken strands Of the bridge towards
the north shore were the ouly signs
that anything unsual had happened
There was not a ripple on the smooth
surface of the St Lawrence as 1t
swept along toward the Sulf
All the men drowned We're employ
ees of the Phoenixville Bridge compa-
ny and sub-contractors of Quebec and
Montreal
At 10 o'clock Thursday night, six
teen bodies had been picked up, and
Of the eight men in the hospital two
are not expected to hive
The Quebec bridge was begun seven
years ago, and it was to be finished in
1909. Subsidies had been granted by
the federal aud provincial governments
and the city of Quebec, and the esti-
mated cost Of the work was S10,O00,-
e00.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
TO THE COURTS
CENTRAL G0E
Road Appeals to Federal Judge
Restrain Lower Rates.
BOARD REFUSES TIN
GEORGIA Commissioners Turn Down
quest of Railway Officials in Re-
gard to Circular 334.

The Central Of Georgia Railr
company, through its attorneys, m
application before Judge Shelby Of
United States circuit court Of app
in Huntsville, Ala, Friday, for a I
porary restraining order, to pre-
the Georgia railroad commission f
enforcing the reduction of rates
the lines of petitioner in the stat
Georgia. A large mass OF papers y
submitted to sustain the conten
that the enforced reduction of
would amount to confscation Of
business of the company. Judge s
by took the application under ad
ment.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
Salary Was Too Small.

State Entomologist r. |. Smith has
rendered his resignation to Commits
sioner Of Agriculture Hudson to take
effect on October first. Professor Smith
leaves the service Of the state to be-
come professor Of entomology and in
charge OF the experiment station Of the
North Carolina Agricultural and Me
chanicaI College at Raleigh, n. G. He
leaves because of the small salary paid
by this office.
An effort was made at the last ses-
sion Of the general assembly to have
it increased, but the effort failed
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
Man. lmmiarants coming.

Director of immigration JnO. J. Betj-
man said Friday that within thirty
days the first really considerable body
OF foreign immigrants will be landed
IN Georgia Just how many are to
come and the exact cate of their ar
rival, Mr.. Betjman said he was not
ready to say, but he announced that
there would be enough to prove to the
state that the immigrationists are in
earnest about bringing new citizens.
The steamer will land the immigrants
at Savannah and from that port they
Will be distributed through Georgia.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
mad LION ATTACKS WOMAN.
Beast Was Riddled With Bullets Before
Victim Was Finally Rescued.


Torn, bruised and suffering from
shock, Mrs. Anna Hucke, SIS years Old,
Of Pittsburg, Pa. lies at her home
in a precarious condition as the result
Of an attack by an escaped lion at
Luna park, a summer resort in Pitts
burg late Tuesday. Mrs Hucke was
rescued almost from the jaws Of death
while she lay on the ground where the
animal had thrown her and Will The
rescuers were fighting the blood-crazel
beast it meanwhile was biting and
clawing at the womans body
w A. Downen, chief OF park police
who came TO the rescue, emptied the
contents of his revolver INFO the
beasts head. Repeatedly Downey
fired with but little efsct Other res
cuers secured rifles from the shooting
gallery, and as soon as possible pump
ed lead at the lion.
Still standing over the PROSTATE wo-
man, crashing his teeth and l2- rs Il
his tail, the lion stock W With
ground about him literally < &ns [
by the hundreds of snats tn we're
being fired at him. Soon with the noise
Of the firearms and thu shouts Of the
woman's rescuers, the lion turned and
walked few feet away and sinking
down upon the grOupu, gave a few
gaeps an ddied His skull was com
pletely rddled with bullets.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
Ais.orio Landmark Passes.

with the removal OF the county
nropertv from Irwinyille to Ocilla'
marks the passing Of one Of the most
interesting and historic places in south
Georgia.
Besides being the historic spot where
the late Jefferson Davis, president Of
the southern confederacy, was captur-
ed. Irwinville was one OF the Oldest
towns of the state. It was made the
county seat soon after the county Of
irwin was laid out in 1918, while that
county embraced all the territory from
the Ocmulgee river east to the Flint
and south to the Florida line
AT time when the judges, lawyers
and ministers made their circuit on
horseback, Irwinville was the scene OF
many events that went toward the ma
king of the history Of the state.
1t is a noteworthy fact that the rec
ords of the county, since its organiza-
ton SO years ago are practically com.
plete, and they are very interesting,
not only as curiosities, but valuable
contributions to the official records OF
the state
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
Georgia CuIlingS
CurtaiIed Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Athens to Have Carnival.

Athens will have a big carnival
some time during the month Of oc-
tober An enthusiastic meeting was
held Thursday night at the city hall,
at which it was determined to put
on the carnival this fall It will be
given on large scale, in keeping with
one Of 1900, which was the best ever
given in the south.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
STORM WRECKS FAIR BUILDINGS.
Stiff Blow Does Estimated Damage OF
500, 600 in Des Moines

A wind storm struck the Iowa state
fair grounds at DesMoines Thursday
causing damage estimated at 100000.
a live wire was blown against the
Knabenshue airship and captive bal
loon, setting fire to them and totally
destroying both The pig tent Of the
International Harvester company was
blown down and the exhibit ruined by
htavy rain and fire.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
Georgia Vets Meet November 12.

subcommittee of the executive
committee at Augusta in charge Of
the matter has selected Tuesday and
Wednesday, November u and 10, as
the dates for the 1907 reunion at Au-
gusta OF the Georgia United Confed-
crate veterans. The city is making
elaborate preparations for the enter
tainment of the veterans
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06
onnoses Frat Organizations.

A neat publication, entitled The Fo-
rum has just been issued by the rens
rasentatives OF The non-fraternity or
ganization among the students of Mer-
Ger university and Emory college. The
purpose has been to inform new stu
dents regarding conditions at college
prior to their coming. and enlist them
in tRa ranks Of the non-fraternity ele-
ment where possible. Claiming that
nou.fraternty principles are simply
that every man shall have chance
at the .honors. students Of Mercer,
Emory ana Wake Forest, have con
tributad numbers Of articles largely
setting forth their opposition to fra
tarujties and the publication is now
being circulated.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06

by took the appllcatlOn uhuer dd
ment.
The newly organized railroad
mission Of Georgia Friday after
declined to interfere with circular
334, reducing the passenger rate
a majority of the railroads Of {
gia. The body stated that it did
see fit to Interfere with the
Of the old board, organized by Go
or Terrell, and of which exon
sioner Joseph M. Brown was
Der, and it was ordered to
Thus the action of the former /
becomes the action of the present
mission.
The order declining to extend
tker time in which the roads
be heard in argument on their
Of the case was read to the as
bled railroad representatives, who
been before the commission all
except for a thirty-minute confer
of the commission, prior to it4
nouncement, promptly at ) o'clo
In making the announcement, c
man McLendon said: gentlemen
commission has heard with pat
and pleasure your remarks as to
there should be delay in b;
Circular No. 1874 to go into effect
direct me, as their chairman, to
to you the following statement:
THE records of the eommi
show that the petition which res
in order 1874 was filed March 2,
and after notice was considere
at least two different occasions,
at these hearings every road ii
state affected by said circular Wa,
en- full opportunity to be heard
was heard as fully as the road
sired to be heard
Circular No 1874 was issued
promulgated on June 7, 1907, t,
come effective September ,, 1901
application for its reconsideration
informally made by the roads il
first three classes on August 27,
and the whole of that day was
to the arguments submitted by
roads. The commission offered t
vote the entire time from Augu
to August 30, inclusive, to a he
Of any evidence or arguments n
the railroads might present.
Having devoted the entire ID
August 80, 1907, to the separate
ing from each one Of the roads
braced in classes A, B and C, d
which hearing the merits Of the V
question were gone into and Cd
cred, and no sufficient reason h,
been shown therefor, this commi
declines to interfere with circular
/ by order of the board:
IS. G. McLENDON, Chairman
GEO. F. MONTGOMERY, Sec
At the conclusion Mr.. McLe
said: IF, after these rates have
put into operation in good faith,
find that they are working an
/ tice upon you, the law gives you
right to come before the commit
and make such complaint as yoJ
fit. This commission sits as
without terms. We are constant
session, and the law gives you
same right Of appeal as a shippe
! private individual
That is all. The commission
4 spoken through the order read
In silence the railroad men filed
( Net word was spoken until
1 President Winburn of the &c
said: 'Thank you, Mr.. Chairman.
other official right behind him
Damned If III thank him"
+ caused a general laugh among the
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-06

600. instead Of s1,45o,oOo as the print,
ed figures made it appear
Fulton county has long led inc s'a'e
in the matter Of tax returns, and me
consequent payment Of state taxes ana
the increased amount Of property re-
turned for taxation and the higher tax
rate levied increases this lead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-15

bugler whose clarion calls transmitted the orders of Light Borse' Harry Lee to his men. This was erected with the funds donated by the boys and girls or Greensboro's public schools. Here k was that Harry Lee fell. fighting to the last, after having been cut to pieces by the merciless charge of Tarleton's dragoons- Another monument is a pile of rough and unhewn granite which bears no mark of chisel The only inscription to adorn it is castiron plate which ex- plains: Nathaniel Macon decreed that his memorial should consist only of crude stones. Here they are"
 The battle of Alamance, the first of the Revolution fought in Orange county. N. C., on May 16, 17T1, is memorialized at Guilford by the Colonial Column, which Is surmounted by bronze figure of ..Regulator, the militant patriot who shed his blood in opposition to the oppres- sion of the British Governor Tryon be- fore the Minute Men had been organized. The plates on this column tell the colonial history of North Carolina from 1771 to 1776: the careers of the ''Regulators. the battle of Alamance, and the Mecklen- burg Declaration of Independence.
 Maryland end her troops are represented on Guilford field by handsome granite boulder surmounted by bronze tablets, one of which bears the seal of the state, while on the other Is an inscription show ing that the monument is tribute to the Maryland heroes and erected under the auspices of the Maryland Historical Society. Maryland's quota of troops was