The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.


center of the slate mining region, sew
enty-tive miles west from Richmond,
Va. indicate that the citizens OF the
community are aroused to state Of
dread and panic over recent acts and
threats of lawlessness in the commu-
nifty The receipt by several citizens
OF anonymous letters threatening muir
der and arson, and the shooting from
ambush Of w M. Gregory, a substan-
tiol land owner, have intensified the
feeling and fear.
Mrs. Mary Dougherty, aged 80, of
New York City, accidentally shut her
2-year-old baby, Rose, UP in folding
bed A very similar accident occur
red in Chicago when Edward Koz-
iowski, ten months old, was accident
ally smothered to death in folding
bed The child was placed in the bed
and covered with blanket. A short
time later his mother entered the
room andsfotnd that the bed had been
closed. he opened it, to find her
child smothered to death,
Will Walls, farmer who lives near
Ruleville, Miss, shot and instantly
killed DR.. j. M. Taylor, one of the
most prominent men Of Ruleville.
Edward Moot of Weathersfeld, Yer
mont, proved himself the worlds
champion wood chopper when in the
presence of railroad magnates, lumber
kings and millionaire New Workers
he chopped down five cords of wood
that had been. standing trees, split
them into stove lengths and piled
them into regular piles, between sun
rise and sunset and with an hour and
half to spare. At the end OF the
unprecedented feat several thousand
dollars was paid Maxwell Everts, who
had backed Moot's powers with the
ak.
After quarter Of a century OF vol
untary exile in the South seas, Thorn
as Fleming, the original of Steven
sons character, "The Wild Scotch
man." arrived in San Francisco, Cal,
on the schooner Aerolus, and arrayed
in garments of fashion scarcely ever
seen before, has proceeded to get &C
quainted with electric cars and other
evidences of an advancing civiliza-
ton. Fleming is trading agent at
Arne island, one of the Marshall
group, located one hundred and fifty
miles from the nearest white neigh
borhood. He made the acquaintance
of Robert Louis Stevenson, years ago
when the author visited the island.
Fleming has announced his determine
ton to return when he shall have
tired of sightseeing, saying: perhaps
the life out there is lonely, but some
how it gets into mans blood and he
stays there"
Wrapped in the tantacles of giant
devil fish, Martin Lund, a diver,
fought for his life in the hold Of the
wrecked steamer Pomona, which lies
in thirty feet of water in Fort Ross
Cove, off the California coast. The
devil fish had evidently entered the
vessels hold during the night, and
Lund was at work some time before
he became aware of its appearance.
A giant tentacle, four inches in diam
eter. first gripped one leg. Before
Lund could realize what had happen
ed, another squirmed out of the dark
ness, and twined about his neck.
PIunging suddenly toward it. he drove
the knife with all his force into the
head, repeating the blows until he had
slashed it into sections. Lund then cut
himself free, and was brought to the
surface in fainting condition.
More than three thousand Indians
of the Kiowa, Comanche, Apache and
affiliated tribes assembled at the foot
of Mount Scott, near Lawton, Okla,
for a great inter-tribal council and
for the annual payment of lease mon
ey to those Indians who have their
lands leased for farming. The Indians
received from $1,000 to $100 each ac-
cording to the amount Of land leased.
The supreme court declared uncon-
stitutional the Wisconsin eight-hour
railroad telegraphers' law, which was
enacted at the 1907 session of the leg
islature. The la wis declared uncon-
stitutional on the theory that, it is in
conflict with the provisions of the fed
eral constitution.
-Four men were arrested in Cleve-
land, O., for converting horse flesh
into sausages and selling the product
for free lunch counters.
Society in Atlanta, Ga, is greatly
aroused over the elopement OF Silvey
Speer. 17-year-old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William A. Speer, and heir to a
fortune of about $750,000, with Russell
]. Thomas, her fathers chauffeur. The
couple were married and started i'm
mediately for the east. At Charlotte,
N. c., they were arrested, and brought
back to Atlanta. The Speers are now
attempting to have the marriage an
nuled, and say that a reconciliation is
impossible. The young bride is beauti-
full and talented and is well known in
the younger society set Thomas is
said to be a young man of unusual
popularity among his friends, many
Of whom express surprise that the
SDeers should object to the match.
THOMAS had been in the employ of the
Cor. fuyn xvna