The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-06
LATE NEWS NOTES.

Mrs. Lillian NJ. N. Stevens Of Port
land, Maine, was unanimously re-
| elected president of the National
Woman's Christian ' Temperance
Union at the annual convention Of
that organization held in Denver, Col.
Other. officers elected were as fol-
lows: Vice presideht-at-large, Miss
Anna A. Gordon, Illinois, reelected;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Francis
p Parks, West Virginia: recording
secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth Preston,
Anderson. North Dagota, re-elected;'
treasurer, Mrs. E. P. Hutchinson, Kan
Sas; general branch secretary, Miss
Rhena E. G. MosheF, New York re-
elected; Loyal Temperance League
branch, Miss Margaret Wintringer, H.
linois, reelected.
| President Roosevelt celebrated his
fftieth birthday on October II, in the
midst of a political campaign which
he is directing with all the force of
his strenuous nature. He. was born at
LIS East Twentieth street, New York
City, on October II, 1858. The old
house still stands, and is usually the
scene of some kind of celebration on
his anniversary. The president
crosses the half century mark as,
| vigorously as man Of thirty.
In an endeavor to establish his con-
tention that all persons connected
with the night riders association are
Irresponsible Tor rayages made by any
member of the organization, Henry
Bennett of Louisville, KY, has filed
! suit for 100000 damages in the Unit
ed States circuit court The plain
tiff, on February 4, was set upon and
terribly beaten with clubs and thorn
ed switches by band Of night riders.
At the same time his stemmery and
tobacco factory and other large and
valuable buildings were destroyed by.
the night riders.
Prince Henry of Prussia; brother Of
Emperor William, made an ascension
in the reconstructed airship OF Count
Zeppelin. A great crowd witnessed
the start of the fight.
Deprived of his honeymoon clothing
| and rugged out in the uniform OF
musician of thes. United. StatessnaYy,
in which he first met and fell in love
with Miss Ada German, daughter OF
the late Senator Arthur Pue German,
Charles J.. Magness, dubbed by his
companions as Millionaire Musician 4
is chafng in the brig of the receiving
ship Lancaster at the Philadelphia
macy yard charged with desertion. s
While blowing, Jasper ,Welch, a
farmer of Sergent, KY, unearthed
$500 in silver coins, some Of which
are rare specimens The place was
once occupied by a. miser..
Nearly a hundred cottages. of Sails
bury, Mass, a seaside resort were de-
|:stroyed by fire. The loss is $500,
F. Union county, South Carolina, again
voted for prohibition by a three hum
Edred majority out of one thousand
FIVE hundred votes cast During the.
pats three years of,prohibition the arr
rests for drunkenness have decreased.
Fatty per cent and property valuation,
in the county is said to have increas-
ed $2,OOO,0O0
The result of the recent election in
Canada, shows that the Lauriier LIB
eral) government has been sustained
with majority of fifty, with seven
elections yetsto be held. All the min
-isteres were reelected, while sewn
of the opposition's chief lieutenants
were; beaten.
Charged with conducting the most
extensive matrimonial agency swind1e
ever unearthed in Pittsburg, James T..
Leclair and Miss Lena Miller are pffs-
oners at Pittsburg, Pa. More than two
thousand letters from men and wom-
en- were confiscated, and the police
say close to five thousand, from every
state in the union, paid dollar after
being promised to be introduced and
welded to an, affinity.
The Statue of Liberty, which illu-
inmates New York harbor and well
comes the immigrants who seek the
lands of the free, was twenty years
old October %. The gigantic young
woman-for Liberty lis always young
lis as youthful and beau ufitlsagkq
lis as youthful and beautiful as she
has been always. The work of Bar
tholdi the celebrated French sculptor,
Miss Liberty was unveiled October
%, 1887. President Cleveland and his
cabinet, the governors Of many states,
Americans noted in every walk of
life, and many distinguished French
men and other foreigners attended
the bronze young woman's debut.
Washington.
The Spanish debt of $500, $50 award
ed to certain citizens of this country