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

stay of execution until he mas Deen al
forded an opportunity to appeal MS
case to the supreme court OF the Unit
ed States.
New York Central and Hudson rail-
road company declared the regular
quarterly dividend of 1 IA per cent.
The directors of the Western Union
Telegraph company declared quar-
terly dividend of IL of ] per cent,
payable in cash. The dividend for the
last quarter was at the rate of per
cent per annum, payable in stock.
The grand jury at San Francisco Is
considering ESQ charges OF rebating
brought against the Southern Pacific
by the interstate commerce commits
sion. The charges are based on re-
cent shipments, and there is much I'M
easiness lest the shippers be indicted
with the road, The government Is
preparing vigorous camjaign against
rebaters.
In a spectacular fire which destroy
ed the great graft elevator at Ham
mond, Ind, 100000 bushels of corn
were destroyed and property valued at
100000, including the corn, was
burned.
1t is claimed that President Walk
er, of the California Safe and Trust
company of Los Angeles, which fail
ed some time ago, was a firm believer
in spiritualism and before investing
any of the banks funds he would con-
suit a medium, whom had been pre-
viously posted by Walker J. BARNETT.
In this way BARNETT secured large
amounts of the banks money.
The crops of 1908 will be worth
nearly $8,000,000,000, according to fig
ures prepared by the department of
agriculture officials
The North Carolina Cotton Manu-
facturers' association closed it's Sec
ond annual meeting at Wrightsville
Beach, N. c., after having adopted a
resolution to the effect that the pres
ent policies of curtailment of produc-
tim by closing down of mills will con-
tide to September LIST.
Hurt in a bargain sale crush in the
store of F. w. Woolworth & Co., Miss
Helen E. Crosby sued and has been
awarded $4,000 damages. The defend
ant agreed to the amount before the
verdict was rendered. Miss Crosby
in the holiday season of 1906 was
crowded against a window at the en-
trance to the store and cut by glass.
A prize of $4,000 has been offered
by NJ Armengaud of Paris for the first
aeroplanist VINO remains in the air for
thirty minutes,
Because Mrs. Dan Sully, wife of the
former cotton king, returned to her
country home Unexpectedly she saved
the house from being robbed of jewel
ry and silverware worth almost $780,
600 by a servant whom she discovered
packing up the vaIuables The wo-
man was arrseted.
The announcement is made that the
United States Steel Corporation has
decided to start all its mills in the
Pittsburg district July L. Orders
now on the books or about to be clos
ed make it necessary to start at that
time to keep up with the demand.
This will mean the employment of
many thousands of men VINO have
been idle. nearly all winter and spring
While digging fish bait at Dunlap,
Tenn, Anderson McWillams, a small
boy, dug up box containing $40 in
silver. From appearances it must
have been buried many years.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota, in
a written statement, which he gave
. out for publication, says that he will
not be candidate for denomination
for governor of Minnesota for third
term. He also says that if nominated
he will not accept, as ne is opposed to
the third term idea.
Appealed to late at night by a
young woman whom he did not know,
for protection from Harry Harmon, a
well known young man of South Nor
folk, Va, Joe Rose, an ex-confederate
soldier, emptied beth barrels of shot
into Harmons breast, killing him in
stantly.
1t is not considered likely here that
motions of the Standard Oil Company
for a new trial, when argued on July
Z, will be granted, but that sentence
Will be imposed. Standard Oil faces
possible 100000 fine for rebating.
Washington.
Representative A. A. Wiley of Ala
bama, who has been i'll for twelve
weeks with inf1ammatory rheumatism.
and who is now at Hot Springs, Va,
is reported to have suffered a relapse
and the change has caused consider
able anxiety.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, has
arrived in New York from Washing.
tom. He was accompanied by his
daughter. He will leave for Lake Mo.
honk, where ne will stay several
weeks. Admiral Evans still walks on
crutches, but said he hoped to be en-.
tirely we'll in Short time.
The government plans to construct
a feet of swift cutters for a campaign