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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
Newsy Paragrahs.p

The board of directors of the Sa-
yannah, Ca, chamber of commerce
are planning for an international ex-
position in Savannah in commemora-
ton Of the opening of the Panama
canal in 1915.
The statement Of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad for the fiscal year
ending June 80 shows that the gross
earnings for the year were Sac, 425,-
891.45, as against $44.620,281.16 for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1908.
The operating expenses for the last
fiscal year were $29, 1921, 499.48, as
compared with $33,694,96717 for the
previous fiscal year, leaving net in.
crease of earnings over the last ifs
cal year of $4,873, 077.98.
Chicago is to have polygot news
paper. 1t will be published by the
United Societies for local self-govern-
ment in the interest of the home
rule" and personal liberty principles.
The paper will be printed in English,
German, Polish, Bohemian and Ital-
ian, and it 4s expected that. later
there will be editions printed in the
languages of each nationality repre-
sented in the societies.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
AMERICAN CITIES CROWDED.
They Are Ma " Years Behind Progress
sive Germany.

New York City--American ct4es
are pronounced twenty-five years be-
hind progressive Germany in bull
letin issued by the committee on con-
gestion Of population in New York
The worst evils of unsanitary, i'm
moral and crowded housing are to be
found according to the bulletin, In
New York, with Chicago a close and
gaining second, and Philadelphia, St.
Louis and Cleveland following in the
order named.
Though the average density Of pop.
ulaticn In Chicago IL only 21.09 peT-
sons to the acre, the nineteenth ward
has a density Of eats to the acre,
the sixteenth 101.11, the seventeenth
107.S8 and the single blocks by the
score run as high as $50 with two
that reach 200. The most crowded
block in New York had density in
1901 of slightly under AGO.
Philadelphia has less congestion to
the acre, because there are fewer
FIVE and six story tenement houses,
but in one block there were found
104 single room housekeeping apart
ments," in five Of which seven per-
SOHS VI du AGES anu UOln sexes S46pl
and cooked, six of which had six oc-
cupants each, thirteen five each and
twenty-seven four each. The bulle-
tin comments:
In st. Louis cut of district Gov
ering one hundred and twenty-five
acres so per cent Of the houses occu-
pied by negroes were pronounced I'M
fit for habitation and in the Polish
quarter the average population to the
single room was 3.27 persons.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
CRETANS DEFY GREAT POWERS.
Allegiance Sworn to Kingdom o
Greece.

Canea, Island of Crete, The pro-
visional administrative committee to
which the administration of the island
was entrusted when the Cretan cabl-
net resigned took the oath of allegi-
ance to the king and kingdom Of
Greece.
The action of the provisional adj
ministration committee in Crete in
swearing allegiance to Greece appar-
entity indicates that it is not its in
tention to meet the demands of the
protecting powers to haul down the
Greek flag, and that therefore the
powers will lagain be forced to land
troops to insure the autonomy of the
island.
Washington, D. C.-Mr. Einstein,
the secretary of the American en-
bassy at Constantinople, has cabled
the state department that the situa-
ton here is endangered owing to the
pressure which is being brought to
bear on the sublime porte to demand
fresh categorical explanations at Ath-
ems, regarding Crete and Macedonia.
While the possibility of hostilities
is said to be by no means removed,
hopes are expressed of peaceful So
luton of the difficulties.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
SUTTON KILLED HIMSELF.
so Declares the Naval Court o.
Inquiry.

Washington, D. Lieutenant
Sutton is directly and solely respon-
sible for his own death, which was
self-inhicted, either intentional, or in
an effort to shoot one of the persons
restraining him, and his death was
not caused by any other injury what
ever"
This is the verdict of the naval
court of inquiry, which for some
weeks has had under investigation
the cause of the death at Annapolis
Naval Academy in October, 1907, OF
Second Lieutenant James N. Sutton
Of the United States marine corps,
which verdict has been approved by
the Judge advocate general of the
navy, and by Beekman Winthrop, as
sistant and acting secretary OF the
navy
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
MAN ROBBED THE GOVERNMENT.
Mint Employee Allowed Melted Gold
to Splash on Clothes.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Charged with
one Of the rarest offenses, committed
against the government-that of alb
stracting gold from mint-C Charles
w. .Dakin, a trusted employee of the
mint at Denver, Colo, was arrested
in this city by a secret service agent.
Dakin is said to have made confess
sion of his guilt. He is alleged TO
have sold gold to local dealers, dis
posing of it in small lots.
Denver, Colo.-Charles W. Dakin
had been employed as shelter in
the local mint for the four years pre-
vious to taking months leave OF
absence June last. Failing to report
for duty at the end of his vacation
an investigation started He was
located at Los Angeles and further
inquiry disclosed that he had been
selling refined gold there. In all he
had disposed of 5000 worth.
A m thod was discovered by which
an employee allowed the melted prod
uct to splash onto his clothing while
at work in the mint and then scrape
il off and keep it for his own use.
Dakin has wife and family here.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
TO The WOMEN OF DIXIE.
Monuments VIII Be Erected in
Every Capital Of the South.
DESIGN OF The MONUMENTS
Beautiful, Eleyatina Portrayal Of Self
Sacrificing Devotion Of Noble Wo-
men to the Lost Cause"

Atlanta Ga-Befltting in nobility OF
conception and beauty of execution,
the subject it is to commemorate, the
design for the monument to the WON.
en- OF the Lost Cause has been com
pleted. 1t is the work of Dixie
girl, Miss Belle Kinney of Nashville,
Tenn, and has been accepted by sew.
eral states. 1t is probable that all
the states which left the union in the
civil war will adopt the design and
that replicas Of the monument will be
placed in the capitels of each.
The design for the proposed monu-
ment is very beautiful, Of heroic size,
is the Goddess of Fame. At her
right, the reclining figure, delicately
featured, beautiful but with an ex-
preston of exquisite sadness, repre-
sents the self-sacrificing southern
woman of-the war time. Fame is rep
resented as placing a wreath upon the
southern woman's head, while she
supports, at her left, dying and ema-
ciateda confederate soldier, to whom
the southern woman is extending.
even in death, the palm Of victory.
The design is such that it rea lilly
lends itself to reproduction either of
marble or bronze.
A year or more ago the Daughters
Of the Confederacy and the Sons of
Confederate Veterans decided upon
the erection OF these monuments in
every state capitol in Dixie. The
work was to have been done by an
Italian sculptor. When his design
was submitted at the late Cenfeder-
ate reunion in Memphis, it raised a
storm of protest The artist had pic
tured the southern woman as mill
tant and amazonian figure, carrying
in one hand a sword and in the other
the banner Of the Lost Cause. This
conception was so foreign to the gen
tie, suffering and patient woman of
the southland as those who loved her
had known her, that the design was
rejected by an overwhelming vote.
The artist declined to submit another
and Miss Kinney was appealed to.
Tennessee has appropriated $4,000
through the Daughters and Sons Of
the Confederacy for bronze cast of
the design. Other states are raising
funds for the purpose, and it is be-
lieyed by fall each of the former Con-
federate states will have followed
suit.
Miss Kinney, the artist, is but %
years of age and is already a sculp-
tor of more than national fame.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
ONE BATH IN THREE YEARS.
IL Took Three Men to Scrub Dirt OF
Chicago Man.

Chicago, Ill.-Leo Urbansky 80
years old, who, according to the po'
lice, was the dirtiest prisoner ever
housed at Harrison street, was given
bath, the first in three years. He
was so weak after the experience
that he had to be carried from the
cell room on stretcher, placed in a
patrol wagon and taken to a railroad
depot to be taken back to the Ches-
ter prison for violation Of his patrol.
1t took three TRUSTEES" at the station
more than an hour to wash the dirt
from the mans body, legs and arms.
Common floor scrub brushes were
used by the TRUSTEES"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
GEN. MORGAN'S CELL SOLD.
But Governor Of Ohio Netoes the Sale
and Starts a Row.

Columbus, Orio--In forbidding the
sale of the cell occupied by General
Morgan, OF the confederacy, while he
was prisoner at the Ohio peniten-
tiary, Governor Judson Harmon has
run against one of the toughest prop
ositions Of his administration.
At the last meeting Of the board Of
managers the cell, which is soon to
be torn out Of east hall, was sold to
John Adrian Kelly, a reporter for
local paper. Mr. Kelly intended
sending the cell on tour Of the
south, and then having it placed per-
manently in Lexington, KY, for sight
seers. But Governor Harmon sent
word to the prison that the cell must
be kept there. Mr. Kelly has visited
the state house and told the governor
that the cell is his and has exhibited
his receipt for $25 paid to the man
ayers. Eow the governor does mot
know what to do
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
GREAT BUSINESS FOR RAILROADS.
viii Break the Record, Says
Chairman Knapp.

Washington, D. CA heavier bust
ness than ever, has been known in
single year is looked for by Chair.
man Knapp of the interstate com
merce commission, for American rail-
roads during the present fiscal year.
The serious situation anticipated,
not only by Judge Knapp, but by 9TH
er officials OF the commission and by
operation railroad men generally, Is
that there may be shortage of cars.
The crop prospects are considered SO
bright that it is probable that the
railroads and other transportation
companies may be taxed beyond their
capacity to handle the freight that
will be offered to them.
Already, according to figures sub
mitted to the interstate commerce
commission. the railroads, in consid-
cradle number, have recovered from
the low business pressure of year,
and half ago, and now are handling
almost as much traffic as they ham
died in the rush months Of 1907,
which was the banner year in Ameri-
can railroading.
THE railroads learned good les
son in 1907" said Chairman Knapp.
Then they were absolutely unable
to handle promptly the traffic that
was offered to them. Since that time
they have added materially to their
equipment, have improved their road
beds and in every respect have in
creased their facilities. | do not
doubt that this year will be red
letter period for them and for the
oouptrV "
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
THREE PRESIDENTS MAY MEET.
Executives of Cuba, Panama and the
United States Shake Hands.

Executives OF Cuba, Panama and the
United States Shake Hands.
Washington, D. C.-Three Presl-
dents may meet in New Orleans on
Mr.. Taft's visit there about Novem-
Der 1. They are Jose Domingo De
Obaldia of Panama; General Jose Mi
huel Gomez of Cuba and William
Howard Taft of the United States.
Should the executives Of Panama and
Cuba accept invitations, the United
States may show them the courtesy
of placing a man-of-war at their dis
posal, to bring them to this country
and take them home. 1t is deemed
emiHentIy appropriate by the officials
that such meeting take place, be-
cause Of the interests this govern
ment has manifested in the two re-
publics.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
SOUTH CAROLINA LIQUOR ELECTION.
Fifteen Counties Vote DRY"
Vote for DlspensarY.

Charleston, S. C.-Complete unof-
fetal returns from all the South Car
DINA counties. in which liquor cleo
tions were held, show that the prohi-
bitionists carried fifteen counties. The
county dispensary system won in
Aiken, Beaufort, Charleston. Flor
ence, Georgetown and Richland coun-
ties. A contest In Richland county is
considered likely.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
CORN and COTTON BEAT KARSHIPS.
Railroad Magnate Says Bumper croE
is Stronger Defense Than Army

Shawnee, Okla.-Deprecating the
growing expenditures which the Unit
ed States is mourning in connection
with the maintenance Of the army
and the navy, and declaring that the
grain and cotton fields Of the Missis-
sippi valley and the west are strong
err military defenses than warships,
B. f. Yoakum, a prominent railroad
man, delivered an address here be-
fore the Farmers Union OF Oklahoma.
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1909-04-10

inadvertida por nosotros, NJ
nos asimos a SUI brazo, nj 81
quiera la saludamos. Y lueg(
esclama ell hombre. -iAh
jconque era aquella. :? iY
81, aquella era!
Nosotros creemos que la
felicidad es una sonora muy
alta, muy hermosa, muy ri
ca; y la felicidad es bajita de
estatura, algo palida, algo
melanc6lica, que de todo Sc
asusta, que por todo Sc ru-
borlza; pero muy buena,
muy bonita, muy de su casa,
muy humilde. Al hallarla,
| declmos: -esta ha de ser la
hermana menor de la felici
dad, Ia hormiga de la casa,
lss Marta que trabaja. Y
no; es la misma! Como no
hace ruidO. cueSta trabaiO
saber donde esta. Como es
muy vergonzosa, casi STEM
pre- esta escondida. Pero
vosotras, seforitas, la encon-
trareis, sin duda alguna,
siempre que no la espereis,
porque Ia felicidad esta muy
ocupada y no puede ir a to-
das las casas cn cue la aguar
dan, sino siempre que la bus
queis solicita y carinosamer-
te.
Casense ustedes; ino ven
que todo 10 que vuela tiene
dos alas? Pero 81 no os sentis
con la prudencia y tino nece-
sarios para saber acomoda-
ros con otro caracter, para
triunfar de vosotras mismas
-porque es triunfar ell ser
vencido por amor = entonces
no os caseis, a menos que no
querais ser asesinos.
El amor sabe munho; pre-
guntadlo. Y 81 asi 10 hicie-
reis, seforitas, ell amor os 10
premie; y si no., os 10 de-
MANUEL GuTfERRrz NAJERA.
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1909-04-10
Mentiras Sociales.

Al lado de las grandes
mentiras,. cuantas pequehas
penetran en- nuestra vida,
envolviendola toda! Seme-
jantes d Particulas corrupt
bles, esas mentiras llevan en
81 la decomposition y la po-
dredulnbre; pero no puede
ser de otro modo. 81 hemes
nacido Y crecido en- la men
tira, s; hemos estado cons
tantemente rodeados dc
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mentlras; 81 debemos mentil
cada vez que abramos la bo.
ca en- pdblico 8 que entremos
en- relaci6n activa con las ins
tituciones politicas Y socia.
les; 81 tenemos la costumbre
de hablar de un modo y pro.
ceder de otro distinto q 10
que sentimos y pensamos, a
soportar como cosa natural
la constante contradiction
entire nuestras convieciones
a las formas exteriores de la
vida, yer en- la hipocresia
una prudencia mundane; ic6
mo podemos conservar un
caracter recto, ser sinceros
en- nuestrss relaciones con los
otros hombres y veridicos en-
la vida privada? Sc miente
en- ell paseo y en- los salones,
como Sc miente en- la iglesia,
en- la reunion electoral, en- la
ofcina del estado civil v en-
la Bolsa.
Todas las relaciones socia-
les tienen este caracter de
mentira. Estas relaciones
estan fundadas sobre la So
ciabilidad y ell instinto de So
lidaridad del hombre. Han
nacido del deseo que tiene
este de rodearse de compa-
neros de su especie y de evil
tar ell aislamiento como un
estado antipatural. Las for
mas de las relaciones socis-
les, dejan conocer este orr
gen. Manifiestan ell placer
que tienen los hombres en-
encontrarse juntos y su m1-
tua simpatia. Cuando Sc We
a una persona amiga, Sc la
saluda, es decir, Sc la EXPIRE.
san deseos de- prosperidad;
cuando recibimos una vista,
nos manifestamos oontentos,
la comprometemos para que
Sc quede en- nuestra casa y
la instamos para cue vuelva
pronto; damos fiestas para
ofrece:: a nuestros semejan-
tes una OCCASION de que 60
cen placeres variados; orga-
nizamos festines para que Sc
diviertan; les hacemos rega-
los, y 81 les acontece algo
triste 9 alegre nos apresura-
mos a consolarles 6 a felici.
tarles. iHemos estado alg1n
tempo sin verles? les vamos
a visitar para saber de su sa-
lud y para preguntarles que
es 10 que necesitan.' Esta es
la significaci6n te6rica de las
formas empleadas en- la So
Gle lad. Pero en- ell fe,f O, ca
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1909-04-10
Domingo de Ramos

Refere el Evang4lio, her
manas mias, que entr6 Jesus
Hen Jerusalem montado en-
Auna po(lina, y que ell pueblo
atendia las capas a su paso y
agitaba palmas, en- muestra
lie regocijo, y entonaba hos
sannas. Esta triunfal entra-
Ma a Ia ciudad santa, me pa
rece muy semejante, en- mu-
chos casos, al solemne ola
a 81 matrimonio. Jerusalem
S, por ejemplo, Santa Brigl-
da. A la pollina ha raem-
plazado el land6 en- cue lie
ban los movies. La cludad...
digo, la iglesia esta adorna-
da y de fiesta. Al observar
el infinite ndnlero de flores
due ha,', orlando las colun.-
has y tapizando las paredes,
Be cae en- cuenta de que para
Ia feliz pareja es aquel su
aia de Ramos, el principle
BE su Semana Santa. El Or
gano canta ihossannas! como
lei pueblo de Jerusalem. La
1nultitud Sc divide en- dos
grandes masas, para abrn
Gale q los triunfadores, y TN
anurmullo de admiration cor
tesana Sc alza y Sc eXtiende
en la majestuosa nave de la
iglesia. va entraron en- Je-
'rusalem! va comenzo la
.eran Semana.
q Os hab.o, por supuesto, Sc
horitas, de los matrimonios
hechos ligera y atolondra-
damente. Para los que Sc
hacen como Dies manda, Je-
rusalem es mas piadosa y
fnenos tornadiza. Para es-
tos, al dfa de Ramos sigue la
Rnunciaci6n, el nacimiento
b otras fiestas sinpaticas y
lpoetlcas. Mas para los pri-
aneros, en- rcs del mingo
fe Ramos yienen indefecti.
'blemente las Tinieblas, el
I 'pase de mi este caliz," les
asotes, ell p6same, Y por IL
flmo, un amigo traidor que
1nete 10 mano en- el plato, un
deSesperado cue Sc ahorca 6
Pm amor muerto y seBjltado
Nue nunca, nunca resucitara. |
Para que no raseis por es-
|tc calvario, voy q haceros al
|gunaS advertencias.
Ante todo, cabaIleros vi
t|damaS, no entreis en- Jerusa-
lem, o sea en- el matrimonio. !
'eon el fin de hacer alguna re
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denci0n. Hay algunCs Vafo
mes, ejemplares y magnanl-
mos, que suelen decir a !;
Que va & scr su espcsa: "y(
te perdono porque amaste
mucho." Esto es &c conse'
cuencias desastrosas. Prccu'
rem ustedes, caballeros, que
sus futuras hayan amado 10
mencs possible. Nuestro
maestro Victor Hugo diJo:
"No maldigais a Ia mujer
cue cae;;" pero 70 dijo que
nos casaramcs con ella.
Y en- cuanto q ustedes, Sc
iloritas, ruegoos tamblen que
no penseis en- radenclones.
Muchas &c vosotras aman 9
Green amar a un botarate, a
un perdido, q un jugador, a
un ebrio mas 8 menos ade-
,artado, y al pensar en- ca
sarse, Sc dicen para su cole
to- lmi amer 10 redimira!-
Esto es muy noble, aunque
algo andaluz; pero tened en-
cuenta que la 1nica reden-
ci6n que Sc la realizado, fue
& expensas de la vida del
Redentor.
Tampoco, senoritas y es-
to cs 10 digo para que seals
felices imagineis que vais a
ha'laros la felic dad. Sualan
que, al casarse, gu
vida mudara completamen-
te, y que todo sera sonrisas,
mimos. carinosos halagos de
la suerte, y como la vida
siempre es vida, como las
Intermediates, los pesares,
etc. 10 Sc guardian con el
V 4stido de nova, que va no
vuelve a usar la esposa, el
desencanto es lamentable, A
mi no me da lastima de los
cue SO quejan de no ser di
chosos. Este es qreja s. de
que no hay sol por la noche
Pues, 81 no hay, jpara que
yamos a quejarnos? Conf6r-
mense con obtener los pre-
MOS chicos, las "aproxima
clones" en- la loteria, porque
el premio principal solo le to
ca a uno, y ese uno casi STEM
pre- es un desconocido aquien
nunca lleeamos a conocer.
Alexandra Dumas 0ijo)
daba estos consoles, algo iris
tes, pero algo ciertos, a una
muchacha casi tAn buena, CO.
mo vosotras, a la Anita de
"Francill6n::" mo te dire
como tn confesor 8 como
Hamlet, el primero con su
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fe y el otro con su duda
'Entra a un convento." No
III tienes otro destino que
cumplir, tan abnegado y dti
como cl de las monjas; perc
no pidas al amor mas de lC
/ que el amor te puede dar.
Pidele por el matrimonio, el
medic de cumplir tn natural
destino, y 81 te da la mater
nidad, queda satisfecha. Sc
indulgente para con ell hom-
bre y reconocida para con
Dies. >,
Prefiero, hermanas mfas,
que entreis en- el matrimonio
con alguna desconfianza y
hasta con algdn tenor, a
que entrels con desmedidas
esperan2as. Pensad que de
la passion, del ap6stol trai-
dor, &c la cruenta agonia.
podreis libraros, y de seguro
os librareis 81 oDrais cuelda-
mente; pero bueno es que 10
vayais enteramente seguras
de escapar al ayuno de los
dlas santos y q les azotes
mas 6 menos leves cue Ia
suerte aplica siempre q to-
dos los humanos. Procurad,
sobre TODD, que vuestro a.
NOR muera, Q que solo mue-
ra aparentemente, como ell
Salvador, para resucitar a
los tres dias, y vivir la in
mortal y serena vida del es-
piritu.
No pens6is al casaros, Sc
noritas:: Voy a ser feliz. =
Decid: Vamos a ser dos, VI
mis- penas y mis- alegrias au-
msntaran, porque sufrire
con el y gozare con el. Y
cuando seals dos, sed tres
y. .cuatro luego. iva
yal hasta circo, para que po-
diiS ajustar el sistema deci.
NAL, pero. no os aconsejo,
os deseo que no agregueis
sumandos,. rque
las sumas largas son comoli-
cadas y dificultosas. En- fin,
sumad, sumad cuaato que
rails; pero a medida que el
esposo vaya multiplicando en-
ell libro de GAIA. Dividid po-
co, 8 mejor dicho, eltre po-
COS: ell amor entire los vues-
tres. Restad menos.
Yo-creo cue la felicidad, a
pesar de 10 que antes die, Q
mas bien, para explicar 10
que die antes, no es tan di-
ficil de encontrar. Solo cue,
como no la conocemos, pasa