The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-06-11
LATE NEWS NOTES.


At Gordon, VT, tramps are gwen
loaf Of bread and can Of salmon o.
piece Of cheese and directed to the
lookup, where they and the door open
to receive them. They build Are.
make themselves at home and 80
whenever and wherever they like. Il
Mrs. Harry Il. Mitchell, wife ct Cap
tain Mitchell United States army,
military instructor at the Washington
State college at Pullman, Wash, has
completed for the cadets there what
Is believed to be the largest American
flag In existence. 1t Is one hE1dred
and tan feet In width and thirty-nine
feet deep. Each OF the thirteen al
ternate red and white stripes Il three
feet wide, while the field Of blue with
huge white stars is twenty-cne feet
square. The dag, stretched across
the front of thPee-stOry brick build
ing, furnishes background for full
corps OF cadets and officers and bands
men lined up in military order.
The body of Chouchard, the French
multi.millionaire department store
owner, who died last week, has been
placed In the coffin ready for burial
The buttons OF the waistcoat OF the
shr0ud were pearls, which cost $780,
600, and were his favorite gems For
this reason the executors decided they
should be buried with him. The cOf-
An Is q wonderful work Of art 1t Is
made Of bronze and copper and the
carvings ON It cost nearly $4,000. It
10 SO heavy that fourteen men are re-
quired to carry it. The will Of the
late M Chauchard was made public.
The state receives his collection 0f
pictures, which cost him $5,400,000,
and are now worth much more.
AIRS. Rebecca Burns, who Is said !.
to have been one hundred and fifteen
yearseold when she died at her home
near Bellefontaine, Ohio, recently,
found the secret Of longevity In her
custom of eating onions twice q day
Chicagos Oldest woman pins her faith
to doughnuts.
Washington.
President TAFT made prnlic tina
opinion Of Solicitor General Bowers,
as to what is whiskey. The president
withheld action. The solicitor gener-
al finds that mo drug refined by the
United States pharinacopia or formU-
| lhIV SA&lk OW u0Cn1CQ W DG A0UAJUb-
ated, IL the standard OF strength
quality or purity be plainly stated
upon the bottle, box or other contain
ant. Under these provisions of the
pure food act, whatever Is described
in the pharnacOpia ais whiskey, must
be entitled to that name"
Conditions In the southern states
formed an interesting topic Of CONVEX
sation between President Taft and
Booker Il. washington President Taft
asked washington Tor some Of hfs
ideas regarding southern agricultural
and industrial problems involving the
negro. He replied that in his opinion
the training OF the negro In industrial
pursuits was having the effect Of OBJ
tanning for them the respect OF the
better element Of the whites. The
president spoke Of his desire to do
all possible to eradicate sectional feel
ing that had developed between the
south and the north.
Employees actually at work in BUILD
Mg the Panama canal now numbe<
20, 885, as shown by the report Of the
chief quartermaster. OF this num-
Der 1855 are gold" employees and
buG I0udknuCf dAC OAl LUG o4ANOA W
labor roll. The Panama railroad force
numbers 6,07Ss and the railroad cora.
missafy force 1886. Thus the total
number at work both on the canal
and railroad Is shown to be $500.
The report states that $50 laboregs
from Barbados were imported, 500
Of them being assigned to the rail.
road on the relocated line, and ESQ
on tho three construction divisions
Of the canal work.
j. s. Abbott, state dairy and food
commissioner of Texas, having read
the opinion rendered by Solicitor Gen
eral Bowers to President Taft on the
question, What Is Whiskey?" has
telegraphed the president from Dem
ton, Texas, as follows: Texas will
follow Roosevelt -Bonapate Wiley
whiskey rulings. No diluted, color
ed spirits for Texas"
At the white house is is said on
high authority that President Taft has
not offered the enthusiastically to
France to former Secretary Of State
Bacon nor has he at the present time
any intention Of doing SO, reports to
.thes contrary notwithstanding.
President Taft has been forced,
through the illness Of Mrs. Taft, to
postpone his proposed western SUM
mer trip until fall. Although he has
made no definite announcement here
tofore. 1t had been the presidents In
tention to,depart In August on a ten
weeks tour of the west and Alasya.
| 1t has developed that the possibility
Of Mrs. Taft being able to accompany
the president with safety is slight,