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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
FLEET in MANILA bay
Pride of America Crested B
Cheering Thousands.
men not ALLOWED ASHORE
On Account Many Cases Of Cholera in
the City---Great Water Parade Held
in Honor Of Fleets Visit.

Manila, p. with the brilliant
tropical sunlight pouring down on
their polished guns and cleaning
paint and swift land breeze whip
ping their many flags out straight
from the STATS and stirring the bunt-
Ing that covered the half hundred
launches and excursion steamers that,
crowded with cheering thousands, es-
corted the big ships up the bay, the
Atlantic battleship feet steamed slow
~ into Manila bay and, sailing males
tically across the bay where Dewey
and his men fought their historic fight
with the Spanish fleet ten years ago.
dropped anchor off the city.
The fleet steamed up the center of
the bay, while dozens of launches and
steamers, sailing proudly along be-
side the monsters of the navy, sound
ed discordant welcome with whis-
ties, cheers and every other noise
making device that could be contriv-
ed The ships presented magnih-
cent appearance as they moved slow
ly along, and the sight Of the long
line evoked the Widest enthusiasm
and the admiration of thousands that
crowded every point of vantage. As
the Connecticut led the line past Cor
regidor, the garrison there fired the
admiraRs salute. The progress
through the channel was made in sim
gle column, but, as soon as the last
ship Of the long line was safely pass
ed, signals were hoisted for the dou-
BILE column formation, and In this
manner the ships steamed up the bay,
The anchorage was reached and all
along the shore line the crowds con-
tinued to increase, even after the last
vessel had come to rest. AS the ships
anchored, General Weston, military
commander in this city, sent q Wire
less message conveying the greetings
of himself, his officers and the men
of the army to Admiral Sperry and
his men.
Governor General Smith witnessed
the arrival Of the feet from his
launch, where he entertained large
party of officials Later he paid his
official visit to the Connecticut, and
the Manilans welcomed the sailors in
the form of a great water parade, as
the men Of the feet were not allowed
to come ashore on account of the
many cases of cholera in the city.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
TUBERCULOSIS WILLEND
When Every Social Unit Begins
to Fight Says DR.. Flick.
is NO INHERITED INFECTION
Philadelphia Expert Says That Wage
Farmers are Specially Menaced
BY Dread Disease.

Washington, d. eff every unit
Of our society is willing to do that
which they can do, | feel confident
that the day is not far distant when
we will have wiped the dread disease,
tuberculosis, off the face of the earth"
This was the message of hope given
by DR.. Lawrence Flick of Philadel-
phia, one of the most eminent medi-
cal men OF the country, at the New
National Museum, where the tubercu-
1osis exposition is being held in con-
nection with the international Con-
gress of Tuberculosis. The meeting
was in the interest of labor, and was
one of series to be given. The
speakers were Dr.. Flick, John Mitch
ell, former president of the United
Mine Workers of America; Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, and others.
Tuberculosis is peculiarly a dis
ease of the wage-earner," said DR..
Flick, "and this is SO for the very
good reason that one of the strongest
predisposing causes of the disease is
oyerwork. 1t is an exceedingly fatal
and prevalent disease among wage
earners,"
DR.. Flick pointed out that the rea-
son why the wage-earner is so likely
to contract tuberculosis is because IN
many instances he is overworked, he
tolls in unsanitary workshops and Of
tentimes he is underfed, which causes
his powers Of resistance to be less
able to throw off an implantation OF
the tubercle bacilli If the wage-earn-
| err gets the implantation, DR.. Flick
said, it is almost certain to result "a
tally.
He refuted the theory of infection
from inheritance, saying that unless
the tuberculosis m1cro-organism is ad-
mitted into our bodies ii is not posi-
bic for one 10 become infected. The
need of the establishment OF hospitals
and sanatoriums for the care OF coll
tagious and non-contagious consump-
tiVes was emphasized.
John Mitchell who presided, enun1-
Grated some Of the obstacles to great
er progress in the promotion OF health
and the eradication of disease, and
said it was due to the attitude .ot
many employers of labor whom, he de-
clared resisted the enactment OF laws
for the prevention Of accidents and
the promotion of health.
Samuel Gompers paid a tribute to
DR.. Robert Koch, the German scien-
list. He declared that Dr. Koch Will
live in the memory of man when those
who fail to appreciate his discovery
Of the tubercle bacillus. or those who
fail to follow his precepts, are forgot
ten. He declared that the union work
ing man was less susceptible to tuber-
culosis infection than the non-unlon
man, because the union shops are sll-
perior in sanitary appliances to other
Shops. The death rate from consump-
ton among non-union men is 100 per
cent greater than among union men,
he said.
Statistics were presented by Fred
erick l.. Hoffman, showing that the
number OF deaths from consumption
among the $4,000, 900 wage earners in
this country is 1900.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
HOME VOYAGE OF THE FLEET.
Returning itinerary Of the Rattleships
is Announced.

Washington, d. C.-The itinerary of
the return home from Manila of the
battleship feet has been announced at
the navy department. The fleet will
leave Manila On December 1, arrive at
Colombo December IA, stay there six
days and then depart for Suez, which
it is scheduled to reach on January
fifth.
The ship will pass through the ca
nal and coal at Port Said as expedi-
tiously as possible. They are to spend
the month of January and d few days
early in February in the Mediterra-
mean, two or three vessels going each
to vile Franche, Marseilles, Genoa,
Leghorn, Malta, Algiers, Athens, Ma
ples. Negro bay and Gibraltar, the
whole fleet leaving the latter place
February 6, being scheduled to ar
rive in the United States February
22nd.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
.EUROPE'S NEWEST CAR
Ferdinand of Bulgaria Proclaims
independence Of His Country.
MAY mean war WITH TURKEY
Congress Of the Powers VIII Be Called
to Consider Violation of the
Treaty of Berlin.

London, England.-In the ancient
capital of TirnoVo the independence
of Bulgaria has been proclaimed with
the car Of the Bulgarians as q ruler.
The car of the Bulgarians is recog-
nized to mean more than car of Bull
garia, because it is a distinct intima-
ton that he regards his country as
having sovereignty over all the peo-
pie Of that blood in the near east.
The question which has been stir.
ring the whole of Europe more deeply
than any similar question within the
memory of the present generation is,
does it mean war? From all the cap
itals come reports indicating that ii
means, first of all, another European
congress of the signers of the treaty
of Berlin to consider the situation and
probably to revise the treaty.
From the British standpoint the
whole affair has been a surprise, be-
cause, for the first time in years, the
government felt itself with apparently
an understanding with France and
Russia and complete friendship with
Italy, to be in position where it
dominated European politics, reserv-
ing, out of this consideration, the al
most open enmity between itself and
Germany.
Probably never in the history Of Eu-
rope has politics taken such amazing
Ky Kaleidoscope revolutions as during
the past week. An entangling situa-
ton will come when the signatrories
of the Berlin treaty meet to consider
what action shall be taken regarding
the violation of the treaty
Great Britain has served notice that
it does not recognize the right of the
parties to this treaty to violate its
provisions without consulting the 9TH
ers. but English diplomats know that
the conference will resolve itself into
a scramble among the powers to get
what is termed in European politics
"compensating advantages" which
Austria, backed by Germany, has al
ready obtained.
The chances of war between Bull
garia and Turkey are being minimized
by Great Britain and France, who are
working together and who have adj
yised Turkey against it. Turkey, how
ever. is apparently disposed to follow
this advice, and it is believed that it
hasty action on and part of Turkey
can be prevented, Bulgaria will have
difficulty in finding an excuse to be-
gin war.
The action of Prince Ferdinand in
proclaiming the independence OF Bull
karia is condemned alike by the gov
ernments and press Of Europe, but in
some quarters this is considered a
matter of minor Importance, SO long
as it does not eventually end in war
as compared with the threatened an
nexation of the provinces Of Bosnia
and Herzegovina by Australia ngarys
Reports from Belgrade indicate that
Seryia has been aroused to the dan
ger point, bands ofiServians marching
the streets of Belgrade and shouting
for war with Austria rather than an
nexation. Turkey refuses to recog-
nize Bulgaria's independence.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
PROHIBITION DISCUSSED
By Members of the League of Ameri
can Municipalities.

Omaha, Neb. The theme before the
League of American Municipalities, at
its closing session, was the liquor
problem as it affected metropolitan
cities. No topic brought before the
city officials received closer atten-
ton.
One Of the interesting addresses be-
fore the league was that of Mayor w.
r. Joyner of Atlanta, who gave fig
ures from the police and court rec
ords, and from the city treasurers
Office concerning the effect Of prohi-
bition in his city. They showed a
falling off of more than so per cent
in the arrests for drunkenness and
misdemeanors primarily attributable
to drink since the establishment of
prohibition.
Mayor David S. Rose of Milwaukee
followed, quoting figures to show that
the number of arrests in Atlanta at
present exceeds those in Milwaukee.
He paid glowing tribute to the or
derliness Of his own city.
After decided to meet next year in
Montreal, and electing officers, the
League of American Municipalities adj
journed it's annual conventions. Mon
treal won the next convention over
Milwaukee, the final vote being Is to
IL.
Silas Cook, mayor of East St. Louis,
Ill, was elected president, and John
McVicar of DesMoines, Iowa, was
chosen ecretary-treasurer p. J. Du-
want of Savannah, Ca, was elected a
vice president, and T. j. Mccarthy
of Charleston, S. c., was named as a
! trustee
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
CENSUS BUREAU COTTON REPORT.
Number of Bales Ginned to septem
Der IS, Was 2,5S2,6se.

washington, D. C.-The census bu-
reau report on cotton ginning SHOWS
1855. 6S8 bales, counting round as nan
hales einned from the growth OF 1913
to September %, compared with l.
522 SOP for 1907; 2,0572SS for l9O6
and 2.S55,716 for 1905. Number OF ac-
five ginneries this year is 1850, COM
nared with 1921 for 1907; 20,416 for
ions and 21,3S9 for 1905, Round bales,
Including this year, are 55,018, COM
nared with 43,367 for 1907; 66,502 for
1oO6 and 74,816 for 1905. Sea island
II 975 for 1908; 4,259 for 1907, 1854
for 1000 and II 1868 for 1905.
Nv states the number OF bales
fconnting round as half bales, and ac-
five ginneries respectively for 1903
follows: Alabama, SO7,5OS bales ana
. an ginneries; Arkansas, 80, S27
hsles and 1870 ginneries; Florida,
sIo 9eO bales and 3,875 ginneries;
Kentucky. III bales and ] glnnery;
Ionisiana, 81 ,2O7 bales and 1882 gin
rer;as. Missouri. Abb bales and AZ
n;nneries Mississippi, 1913, 4SS bales
and Gas ginneries; North Carolina
o1oS bales and 1872 ginnerles
0 %orfb Carolina. SO, 1913 bales and 1,Sl2
qinneries; South Carolina, zoo,Sz'
baIes and 1859 ginneries; tennessee
S0d2S bales and 419 ginnerles; Ie1aS'
oS1 035 bales and 1854 ginnerles.
9V rho distribution Of Sea island COT
Ton for 1908 by states is: Florida. o.
0o2. Georgia, 5,S13; South Caroilna'
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
GOVERNMENT BUYS SILVER.
Will Amount to $4,000 Ounces a
Week-Demand for Coin.

l.st'.4
Washington, d. C.-Director of the
Mint Leach has announced that he
would resume Immediately the pur-
chase of fine silver for subsidiary
coinage. He states that, he expects to
purchase about 125,000 ounces each
week for an indefinite period.
Director Leach said he was conf
dent purchases would be made as
long as there was an active demand
for the coin. The mint now has on
hand only about five million ounces
OF fine silver and this supply would
soon be exhausted at the present rate
of demand. For several months prior
to the late financial stringency the
demand for subsidiary coins was so
active as to necessitate the operation
of the minis TO their full capacity,
but the demand fell off until there
was an accumulation in the treasury
in April last of about SGT 100000 in
standard dollars and $26,000,000 in
subsidiary coins. Early in the summer
the call for silver dollars became
more active and soon the supply was
practically exhausted Attention was
then directed to the halves and other
subsidiary coins with the result that
now there is only $21.O0O,0O0 avail
able, notwithstanding the fact that in
September $6S4,OO0 in silver subsi-
Diary was coined and added to the
stock on hand. Mr.. Leach expects a
still stronger demand when the cot
ton crop begins to move and the de-
cision to purchase more silver is in
anticinatinn of this demand
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
QUARANTINE is RAISED.
Texas Now open to Traffic With Gu
ban Ports.

Austin, Texas.-The state health de-
partment. through Acting State Health
Oficer ]. H, Florence, has raised tie
yellow fever quarantine which has
been in effect against Havana and
other points in Cuba for some time
past. and passengers from Havana
and other Cuban ports will be allow
ed to leave Cuba and come here with,
out detention. This action was based
on a message received from the sur
econ general of the marine hospital
service conveying the information that
the government had raised the EN-.
barge existing at Havana.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
MOB DESTROYS OFFICES.
Believed Captain Caused Wreck in
Which 14o Were Killed.

Smyrna, Turkey.--Infuriated by the
belief that the fatal ferry disaster
which occurred here was due to the
fact that the captain of the Turkish
steamer which ran down the ferry
boat was absent from his post, mob
of the populace descended upon the
offices of the Hamideeh company, the
owners of the steamer, and burned
them to the ground. The piers and
landing stages Of the company were
also destroyed by fire.
One hundred and forty persons
were drowned when the ferryboat
sank.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
WILD RUMOR AT Annoy.
II Was That the American Fleet
Would Seize That Port.

Annoy, China.-Local agitators have
been circulating a report to the effect
that the American battleship fleet,
which will visit this port the end Of
October, purposes to seize Annoy as
base of operations in forthcoming
war against Japan. The people became
alarmed and began leaving the city.
Then, to prevent general exodus OF
the population, the municipal author
ities issued proclamation forbidding
people going into the interior to take
heavy baggage with them.
Two of the agitators were arrested
and given 1900 blows each.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
BEAR CHARGES CROWD,
Breaks From Cage in Pleasure Park
Kills Baby

Tuscon, Aria tragedy was enact
ed near here, when an immense black
bear escaped from cage and charg-
ed upon a throng of visitors. The
animal, which had been raised in cap
tivity, had been in the habit of being
given soda pop at the bar, and when
it escaped, it went there. When 1t was
driven out by the attendants, the an
imal charged the crowd. The bear
snatched the year-old infant Of Mrs.
Bush Lair from go-cart and crushed
it to death before its mothers eyes.
The bystanders opened fusilade and
killed the bear with score Of bullets.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
TO DIVIDE TIE MISSISSIPPI
Plan Of Westerner to Prevent Floods
in the Valley.

Apalachicola, Fla.-To divert por-
ton Of the Mississippi river to Mobile
by means of the Tombigbee is the
idea Of w. P. Thompson OF Belling-
ham, Wash. He suggests the idea
as means Of controlling the waters
of the Mississippi, and adds: Thus
dividing the waters of the great riy-
err and making new waterway,
which for transportation purposes,
would be of greater utility than the
river itself. The distance from New
Orleans to Memphis would be short
ened two hundred miles.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
MAY GUST AMBASSADOR.
Henry White at Paris Wants to Go
to ST. James Court.

10 81. James Court.
London, England "A serious break
in the entrente cordiale between
Whitelaw Reid, the American ambas.
sador to England, and Henry White
and his colleagues at Paris is rumor-
ed in the American colony here. The
story became tangible in report
that White looks with coyetous eyes
on the post at ST James and it is an
open secret that White has long want
ed to come to London to round out
his diplomatic career. Reid, however,
would like to retain his post indef-
nitely and it is reported he fears a
change will be made by the incoming
administration in America and that
White will succeed him.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-30

squared back, and the chest out. Never
lean so far back that you lose your
exact poise or so far back that you
cannot hit with lightning swiftness.
In advancing, the weight should be
thrown more on the left foot than the
right. But when on guard the weight
should be equal on both feet.
Now for the hands and arms. The
two hands, when on guard, not only
wait to ward off any attack for the
face, but the left is supposed to be
where 1t can guard the heart and the
right where 1t can guard that nerve
center known as the solar plexus. The
solar plexus is just below the point
where the ribs begin to separate into
an inverted V. The left arm should be
advanced beyond the right. the arm
from glove to elbow being turned in
ward enough to cover" the heart. the
elbow being several inches in advance
of the body. The right forearm should
be partly across the body in order to
shelter the solar plexus.
Don't keep the face turned full
toward your opponent. Turn It a little
to the right. Don't stick the chin out.
Now. for the first move: This Is the
straight left lead. Push the left hand
straight toward your opponents face.
Just as If it were being drawn thither
by an elastic band. In other words.
steadily and in straight line. Don't
draw back to deliver the blow. Don't
bend the knees. Merely bend the
body slightly forward to add force to
the blow. Don't hit stiffiy. Let the
shoulder go forward with the blow.
The instant the blow Is landed, bring
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-30
EXPERT TERHuNE TELLS OF
PROPER START FOR THE
AMBITIOUS BOY.
NEED. PERFECT LEFT LEAD
When This Feature Is Mastered, the
Manner of Blocking II with Least
Damage Should Be Studied-Po-
sition Of Feet, ETC., Counts.
BY ALBERT PAYsoN TERHUNE.

6r ALBERT PAYSON TERHuNE.
tAthletic Expert of New York Even
ing World. Author of Muscle
Building" etc.)
Now pull on your gloves and let's be-
gin the boxing lesson. Never pull on
the gloves with the teeth. 1t is bad
for the gloves and not especially good
for the teeth. Draw on the gloves
carefully and fasten them.
Now get on guard The left foot
should be about half a yard in ad-
vance of the right, the weight resting
equally on the ball of each foot. Keep
the toe of the left foot straight in
front, turned neither to right nor left.
The right foot should toe out at a As
degree angle. The right heel should
be directly in a line with the left.
Keep the legs straig''t when thus on
guard. Don't bend the knees. Now
for the upper half of the body: Keep
this part of the body erect, bending
neither far forward nor far backward.
The shoulders should always be
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-30
Real Antiquarian Eare.

The news from st. Petersburg that
some Russian scientists have been
making meal on the flesh of a 1O0.-
900 year old mammoth recalls a re-
markable dinner given by a Brussels
antiquary named Goebel.
AT that dinner" said one of the
guests, Il ate apples that ripened
more than 1900 years ago; bread
made from wheat grown before tho
children Of Israel passed through the
Red Sea, and spread with butter that
was made when Elizabeth was queen
OF England, and washed down the
repast with wine that was old when
Columbus was playing barefoot with
the boys of Genoa"
The apples which formed part of
the dessert were grown before Pom
peii was overwhelmed; in fact, they
were rescued from its ruins. The
wine was recovered from an old yault
In the city Of Corinth. and the wheat
was found In a chamber in one of
the Pyramids It is interesting to
know that this antiquarian fare was
all excellent, the fruit particularly be-
Ing described as of as fine flavor al
II 1t had just been taken from the
trees.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-30
so BUSHELS OF OATS
TO THE ACRE.
WHAT MR.. kALTENBRUNNER HAS
TO SAY About HIS GRAIN
CROPS IN CENTRAL
CANADA.

Writing from Regina, Saskatche-
wan. Central Canada, Mr.. A. Kalten-
drummer writes:-
Some years ago took mp a home
stead for myself, and also one for my
son. The half section which we own
adjoiAs the Moose Jaw Creek; is a
low, level and heavy land. We put
In 20 acres of wheat in stubble which
went 20 bushels to the acre, and 80
acres OF summer fallow, which went
20 bushels to the acre. All the wheat
we harvested this year is No. ] Hard.
That means the best wheat that can
be raised on the earth. We did not
sell any wheat yet, as we intend to
keep one part for our own seed. and
sell the other part to people who want
nrst class seed, for there is no doubt
II you sow good wheat you will har-
vest good wheat We also threshed
5000 bushels of first class oats out Of
l6O acres. so acres has been fall
blowing, which yielded 90 bushels
per acre. and so acres stubble, which
went 80 bushels to the acre. These
oats are the best kind that can be
raised. We have shipped three car.
loads OF them, and got SO cents per
bushel clear. All our grain was cut
In the last week of the month of
August before any frost could touch It.
Notwithstanding the fact that we
have had a late spring, and that the
weather conditions this year were
very adverse and unfavorable, we will
make more money out of our crop
this year than last.
For myself feel compelled to say
that Western Canada crops cannot be
checked, even by unusual conditions"
Information regarding free home
stead lands in Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta may be had on appli.
cation to any Canadian Government
Agent, whose advertisement appears
elsewhere. He will give you informa-
ton as to best route and what 1t will
cost you to reach these lands for pur-
poses Of inspection.