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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-26
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every won nan needs. This one
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sleeves orr with plain ones that |
in points olgver the hands and 1
utilized forl the simple, mannisI
ored waist & or as a foundatid
daintier onds that are either 1
to suit the fancy or cut from a.
tucked material. In this case |
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waist is one eof the plain, usefuH
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and made nth the plain s
shown in the hack view, 1t woul
on an entirei different asped
the same MODAL is correct for
For the plain aist regulation s
are held slis htly the smarte
there are a gf lat many womel
prefer the PLAIN ones and Their
choice allowed
The waist is made with from
back. 1t is f1nisA bed with a regu
boz pleat and With a neckband
can be worn with the turned-oW,
lar illustrated orA with a SCI
stock as liked. 10th the regu
and the plain sleeSes are cut
piece each, but the Regulation S
are finished with Openings and
laps at the lower edges and gat
into straight bands.
The quantity of ma9erial red
for the medium size is three and
eighth yards twenty-oneR or tV
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-26
The Habit Rack

1t is hard to find skirt without
the habit back. 1t is old-fashioned
to finish it in any other way. The
fiat edges of the opening may be
closed with buttons and buttonholes
which are fastened from top Of waist
TO end OF corset, but if the skirt fast
ems in front the back is fitted smooth
" without pleatsand hangs in straight
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-26
not stand it at night. For a time
had another man living in the house
with me. but now am living alone"
Boston Post.
The Oldest symbol.

The swastika is the oldest known
symbol, having It's originNin the cross
and circle. The swastika is now held
in common acceptation to be signifi-
cant Of good luck. Investigation Of
the records of every known race has
revealed traces of the swastika. The
symbol was early introduced into In
dia, apparently in connection with
sun worship.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-26

law Of the survival of the fittest. For
instance, in the selection of the seed
to be placed in the ground, he is not
content merely to select the best
species, but wherever possible he will
go carefully over the seed and pick
out only the largest specimens to be
placed in the ground. If this manner
the product is generally of a much
higher standard. 1t is difficult to
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-26
Cuts out Undesirable Seed.

The real up-to-date farmer, follow
ing the most scientific methods in the
operation of his ground, is taught
to make use Of the selected material
only in order that the species may be
constantly improved. following the
The National tribune., 1909-12-16
THE VETERANS COLONY.

The Veterans Colony Cloud Florida, founded under
the of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE at the earnest solicitation OF
mer They tired the long hard Winters
and wished to form community of themselves some favoe South
For the purpose out this project the Seminole
Land Investment Company Incorporated was organized
Since that time property has been sold to approximately $500
and their friends This number of sales large
aon St Cloud and the Colony lands There already 500
permanently located Every train brings new settlers ~
the subscribers after of St
Cloud and the Colony lands, increased their holdings
A hotel has been operation for the past three months
printing office has been erected and machinery the value OF
more than $4,000 is being installed
Work has begun substantial wostory brick building to
be occupied the First National Bank Cloud This Bank
being capitalized $4,000 fully paid with surplus of $4,000
The of ST. Cloud has been existence August 1st At
the population about fifteen there
houses and few tents the property, occupied principally by the
and other employees of the Seminole Land Investment
Company.
that
land all occupied by and col
onis OF this number rs completed houses and 2S houses
of construction
Bids BE asked County of school
$1,000 and $1,000 Among the settlers ST.
Cloud there hundred school children School will be
opened in temporary quarters this month The school house will be
completed The Seminole Land Investment Company will
contribute one-laf OF the of this school house.
Contracts being let for substantial residences costing
from $3.50 o $500 each
We reasonably population of $500 people the
Colony lands by early in January.
1t proposed install electric lighting SYSTEM water works
and plant All these Improvements will help to make ST. Cloud
of the of this section of Florida.
We are now offering additional
500 vea tracts The for lot and veacre tract Sl25oO
for both.
Remember be doubt the of the ST.
Cloud Colony You make mistake investing town lot
a the of S250O for both
promptly wish to fveacre tract and
price, all offers have been
believe that within the weeks the entire 5O0 lots and
tracts will have been taken. Address,
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Washington, D. c.
The National tribune., 1909-12-16
THE BRITISH TAX BUDGET

The budget or tax bill which has pro-
duced the political crisis in England and
caused the dissolution of Parliament had
its origin in the need of much more
money to build dreadnaughts and TO pay
the old age pensions. The object of the
trainers Of the budget was to place the
burden on accumulated wealth such as
incomes, land, liquors and other lux
uries. 1t proposed tax of 20 per cent
upon the future increase in the value of
land due to the growth of the commun-
ity. 1t also had heavy death and legacy
duties. The bill was passed by the
House of Commons Nov. 4, by vote of
379 to 149. 1t went to the House of
Lords and was there rejected by vote
of $50 to 75. The King has prorogued
the Parliament to Jan. II, but this is
q mere formality, and the writs are now
going out for a new election, with the
Prime Minister promising that If the
Liberals win the entire budget will be
enacted. The Lords deny that they re-
3ected the bill, and say that they merely
exercised their undoubted right, which,
however, has been rarely used, to refer
1t 10 the people.
The National tribune., 1909-12-16
The I'll and 1Itn Me.

Editor National Tribune: / would be
pleased If you would give me a short
sketch OF my regiments. the ID and 14th
Me.-C. w. Wiley.
The I'd Me. was organized at Long Is
land, N. Y, May %. 1861, to serve two
and three years. The two years men
were mustered out June 9, 1863, and
the remaining men transferred to the
goth Me. 1t was commanded by Col.
Chas. d. jameson. discharged Aug 4,
1861, succeeded by Col. Chas. W. Rob-
erts, discharged Jan. 10, 1863, sue
ceeded by Col. George Varney, in
command at the time of muster-out.
1t belonged to Griffin's Division. Fifth
Corps, and lost 50 killed and 20 from
disease, etc.
The 14th Me. was organized at Au-
gusta during December. 1861. and after
serving out two enlistments was finally
mustered out Aug. %, 1865. Six Maine
companies Gone years. were
assigned to this organization, consisting
then of a battalion of four companies,
in April, 1865. The regiment was COM
manded by Col. Frank 5. Nickerson,
promoted Nov. 20, 1862, to Brigadier-
General, succeeded by Col. Thos. ".
Porter. whose term of service expired
Jan. 13, 1865. Col. Albion K. Bolan
succeeded him, and was in command at
the time of final muster-cut. It be-
longed to Growers Division. Nineteenth
Corps. and lost Sc killed and 332 from
disease, etc.-EditOr National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1909-12-16
BOGUS CANE STRIP.

AS it is likely that the colonists of
st. Cloud will go into the production of
the old-fashioned cane molasses, they
recently decided by the U. S. Circuit
Court at Atlanta. The Agricultural De-
partment's attention had been turned
to a quantity of sirup which was labeled
"Wilder's Uniform Brand Syrup, Canned
Only by the d. R. Wilder Manufactur-
also said that the can contained S5 per
cent. of pure Georgia cane sirup, with
Is per cent of corn sirup added to
prevent granulation. Upon analysis it
was discovered that the larger part of
the contents was glucose. with some
cane sirup added to give it the flavor.
The D. r. Wilder Company was there
fore found guilty and fined s25 with
costs of $214.70. There are other pro-
cedures now going on against manu-
facturers pretending to be selling New
orleans molasses. This is probably al
most wholly glucose. with only the
dregs and bitter salts remaining af-
ter the complete extraction of the
sugar. The facts about this are
that the manufacture of sugar has be-
come so highly developed that nearly
the whole content of the sirup is now
extracted as sugar, whereas, under the
old imperfect process very much Of the
sugar remained in the sirup. What now
remains after the evaporation is only
the coloring matter, a very small con-
tent of sugar and a considerable guam
tity of highly concentrated mineral salts
which were in the crushed cane. This
residue is absolutely unfit for food for
the reason that the proportion of salts
is Sc great that it makes the product
The National tribune., 1909-12-16
THE NEXT ENCANfPMENT.

Commander-in-Ch Van SAINT and
his Executive Committee met the local
committees at Atlantic City, Thursday,
Dec. g.. There were present Command
er-in-Chief Van SAINT, Adyt-Gen. Eddy
and Comrades Wm. II. Armstrong, In
dianapolis; F. NJ. Sterrett, St. Louis;
James owens, New York City; George
F. Currie, Atlantic City; Charles B.
Wilson, Chicago; H. NJ. Pickell, Des
Moines, and F. c. Boyle, Atchison, Kan,
members of the Executive Committee
of the Council of Administration. Be-
sides these there were in attendance
Past Commanders-in-C Chief Wagner,
Beath and Nevius, Past Senior Vice
Commanders-in-Chi Towier and Nc
Elroy, Department Commander James
F. Connolly and Past Department Com
manders Charles Burrows and Enos F.
Hahn and other comrades of the De-
partment of New Jersey. The Sons of
Veterans were represented by Com
mander-in-Chief Pollett and other
members.
The ladies in the party included Mrs.
Van SAINT, wife of the Commander-in-
Chief; Mrs Jennie Iowa Berry. Nation
al President of the Woman's Relief
Corps, and the National Secretary, Mrs.
Georgia Wade McClellan; Mrs. Della
r. Henry, National President of the
Ladies of the G. A. r., who was accom-
panied by DR.. Julia p. Shade, Past Ma
tional President; National President of
the Daughters of Veterans; Mrs. Mary
N. North, National Patriotic Instructor;
Mrs. Florence Wescott, Past Depart
ment President of New York; Mrs.
Isabel Worrell Ball. of the National
W. r. c. Committee on Prevention Of
Dissertation of the Flag; Mrs. Williams,
President of the Relief Corps at At
lantic City, and many others. Atlantic
City extended the< ladies many
including an automobile ride,
a reception at the Country Club, din
ner at the Chaifonte and box party at
the theater.
The Commander-in-Chie and Execu-
tive Committee met the local committee
of Atlantic City, and went over all the
matters pertaining to holding the next
very thoroly, and arrived
at most satisfactory agreements. The
The National tribune., 1909-12-16
IMPROVEMENTS AT ST. CLOUD.

There are now claimed to be between
1000 and 1850 people at st. Cloud, and
the town is being built up in the most
gratifying way. Houses are going up
all over the city plot, and many on the
five-acre tracts. The Company has let
contracts for water-works, electric
light and ice plants, and these will be
in operation within a few weeks. These
will help much to transform the town
into a modern, up-to-date city with all
the improvements.
The Company has donated two lots
to the veterans, and agreed to pay fer
the material to build a iine G.. A. r.
hall, with committee rooms, kitchen,
lunch room, etc. The comrades are to
perform the labor. but when it is COM
pleted it will be one of the most con-
venient and pleasant meeting places
possessed by the veterans anywhere.
The Company has also donated lots
to the Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist
and Catholic Churches for buildings,
and the erection of these will at once
begin.
An arrangement has been concluded
with the Osceola County Board of Edu-
to contribute as much as the County
will to the erection of a fine school
house suitable in every respect for the
beautiful little city which st. Cloud will
become. The County at first wanted to
contribute only $1,000, but .he pros
poets of the city were SO positive that
it was finally concluded to increase the
County's contribution to $4,000, and
the Company will give like amount
Before the end of the Winter it is
expected that there will be at least
1000 people comfortably located upon
the land. and there is confidence that
this is only the beginning. 1t will not
be long until st. Cloud has a population
of at least 10000. 1t is the most desir-
able location in the State, and those
who have settled there send back home
such glowing accounts of the climate
and the location that they inspire their
neighbors with a desire to join them.
The municipal affairs of the town are
now being managed by a union of vet
Grams. This association will continue
until the veterans become legal citizens
and entitled to vote, when there will be
a regular Municipal Government estab-
lished. In the meanwhile the veterans
are beginning to coalesce into G. A. r.
Posts. churches and fraternal orders as
they become better acquainted and de-
termine whom they would like to asso-
ciate themselves with in these relations. |
The National tribune., 1909-12-16

bitter and distastefuI. The process has
been. and apparently still is, to take this
residue and add to it a quantity of glu-
cose and sell it for New Orleans mo-
fasses." which 1t is not, and lacks sub
stantially all Of the appetizing and di-
gestive qualities possessed by the old
fashioned Black Strap molasses of our
childhood days. At present it is prac-
tically impossible to find any of the old
fashioned molasses in even the largest
grocery stores in the North. In Flor
ida the Shakers and others have begun
supplying this grade of molasses by fol7-
lowing the old-fashioned method. That
is, the cane is crushed by rollers and
the juice evaporated in open kettles
until it becomes the thickness of mo-
lasses. This molasses contains all the
sugar in the cane, the colorying mat
ter and the flavoring matter and makes
a sirup that is as delightful in its way
as the genuine maple sirup.
Undoubtedly there is an opportunity
for the colonIsts to build up a big
trade in this product by putting it on
sale on its merits and advertising it,
The action Of the Agricultural Depart
ment in stopping the sale of the ini-
decided advantage to these of the st.
Cloud Colonists who desire to embark
in this business.
The National tribune., 1909-12-16

of lassitude. of loss of appetite. ema-
citation, with eczematous eruptions on
the back of the hands. face, outside of
arms. on top of the feet and any ex-
posed portions of the body After a
time they began to suffer from dysen-
terY. Which was entirely uncontrollabie.
soon the mind would become af-
fected and from a mild degree of in
sanity the affiiction would cause the
victims frequently to become uncontrol-
liable aud soon death would end their
sufferings. Often the itching was Sc
we're and annoying. The temperature
seldom would go above 101 and 1OIla,
but at this date I can not recollect see
in6 any case with a temperature above
102 degrees, pulse usually los to no
do not think any case with the above
symptoms ever recovered.
Professor Joseph Jones. late of New
Orleans, was ordered to AndersonviIle
t. mako post mortem examinations. He
and I made 12S post mortems and we
prepared some 800 drawings of the ali
mentary canal of the afflicted, from the
mouth. which was always affected. thru
out the entire length. also badly in
famed and liberated. Burners and
Pyers's glands were liberated.
II am now fully convinced that a
large per cent. of the deaths were from
what is now known as pellagara and also
were affected at the same time with the
hookworm. At that time We knew
nothing of either disease.-W. ]. w.
Kerr"
The Doctors claim will not bear ex-
animation by scientific men. While we
are quite willing to believe that pella-
gra may have been the scientific name
of the disease which carried off so many
thousand healthy young men at Ander-
sonville. yet the name is of little con-
sequence. What killed the prisoners
was, in addition to lack of shelter and
pure water, that they were given an
insufficient quantity of exceedingly
coarse food. and that diet never varied.
Anyone can be starved to death by
monotonous food of single article, no
matter what that article is. Scientists
have repeatedly starved dogs to death
by giving them nothing but potatoes.
That is, potatoes, which are mostly
starch, lack many constituents which
are necessary to keep the body in
healthy condition. 1t was the same
way with the men at Andersonville. In
the first place there was not enough of
the corn meal, in the next place it was
very coarsely ground. and thirdly there
was rarely any meat or other nitrogen
Gus matter furnished to supplement the
starch in the corn. Probably the pella-
gra which RACES in Italy is due to the
same cause. The people there are alb
jectly poor. Corn is about the only
thing they can raise. and they live on it
from one end of the year to another
without any variety and without any
thing to supplement the starch of the
corn. AS said before. we have no OBJ
jections to calling the disease which
swept off the prisoners pellagra, but it
must be understood that the pellagra
was due to the insufficient quantity of
food and its absolute monotony.
We cannot see how calling the dis
ease "pellagra" excuses the Confederate
a particle.
The National tribune., 1909-12-16

local committee met the requirements
of the Commander-in-Chie and COM
mittee with a ready perception of the
needs of the great meeting and prompt
willingness to do all that is necessary
to make the Encampment successful in
the highest degree. Everything that
would affect the comfort of the veter-
ans during their stay in the city was
gone over very carefully and settled to
the satisfaction of the COMMANDMENTS
Chief and committee. The local COM
mittee claimed, and supported their
claims with evidence, that Atlantic City
was far better prepared for the enter
tainment of a great gathering than any
other in the United States. They have
/, 100 hotels carrying registers, beside
innumerable boarding houses, and these
were prepared to offer not only abun-
dant accommodations, but very reason
able rates. The local committee will
make a reduced schedule of rates, and
see that these are absolutely adhered
to. The question of the railroads was
taken up with the representatives of
the three great lines which enter the
city. These representatives were not
empowered to say anything decisive as
to what rates would be granted, and
the matter was referred to a meeting
of the Trunk Line Association, which
was held in New York last Tuesday, at
which a committee consisting of Com
mander-in-Chief Van SAINT and Past
Commanders-in-C Chief Beath and Ne
vius were present, and the matter gone
over very thoroly. The railroad repre-
sentatives who were present could and
did give assurances that the great crowd
could be handled with ease, and the
veterans spared many of the annoyances
with regard to validation of tickets and
the supply of cars to return, from which
they have suffered in other cities. The
roads leading into Atlantic City have
frequently handled as many as 100000
people in "a hours with ease and COM
fort, and they anticipate that they can
do even better with the Grand Army
crowd, as their arrangements are being
constantly improved.
The date of the Encampment was
settled for Sept. 10. Commander in
Chief Van SAINT wanted it a week ear
lier, but it was decided that Sept 10
would take the Encampment past the
The National tribune., 1909-12-16

y III
vacation season, when the hotels and
boarding ho4ltes would be comparative
ly empty, there would be abundance of
quarters and 4he weather records give
reason ato expect the most favorable
weather -
Everything in Atlantic City fronts on
the wonderful Boardwalk, of which so
much 3ihas been said. This is seven
miles long, skirting the coast. From
this avenues reach back into the city
to make access to the Boardwalk ready
and easy for all. From the center of
the city three great piers push far out
into the sea, with the space between
them used for bathing beaches. The
Commander-in-Chi headquarters will
be established in the Chalfonte Hotel,
a fine, comfortable hostelry, with great
parlors and corridors sufficient for i'm
mense crowds. The other National
Headquarters will each be established
at different hotels, with other hotels
giving free headquarters to each of the
A Departments. 1t is proposed also to
establish National Headquarters on the
central pier. in which is now a great
skating and tennis rink, and with these
put the headquarters of each of the
allied orders and those of The National
Tribune. This will accommodate the
great crowds in the most satisfactory
way, as the space is ample and they can
visit all of the National Headquarters
with the least effort. 1t is also pro-
posed to hold the business sessions of
the Encampment on the next pier
which projects far out into the ocean,
and where the Encampment will have
the benefit of the cooling breezes and
yet be beyond the noise of the breakers
rolling on the beach. All who were
present were sanguine that in many
ways we shall have the most enjoyable
Encampment at Atlantic City in the
history of the Order.
The National tribune., 1909-12-16
LEOPOLD II. OF BELGIUM.

Not since the death of that selfish
old voluptuary, Louis XIV, of France,
has there been as little regret over the
passing of a monarch as that with
which the world now views the ap-
preaching death of King Leopold II,
of Belgium. The aged monarch en-
bodies all that is worst in the royalty
of the bad old times. He has lived
for his own selfish enjoyment, and in
the qualification Of his wicked desires
has spared no one about him He
was vicious in every relation of life;
a fragrant and shameless roue in his
relations with women; so mean and sell
fish in his domestic relations that he
drove his queen to the grave and his
two daughters into bitter antagonism
with his disinheriting them. There is
no one about his deathbed but paid at
tendants who will scurry away with all
that they can lay their hands on as
soon as life is extinct
The most frightful wrong of Leo
pold's reign was his great Congo enter
prise. In order to avert war among
several European powers as to their
"spheres of influence" the great Congo
region was set apart as neutral terri
tory and put under the control of the
King of Belgium. He being one of
the weakest potentates in Europe there
could be no Jealousy of his encroach-
ments upon the others. Leopold set
himself at once to exploit the coun-
try thoroly and remorselessly for his
own enrichment. His agents rounded
up the negroes all over the country
and compelled them to bring in a
monthly amount of rubber under the
most painful penalties. Men and
women who did not supply their quota
were tortured, their hands cut off and
other frightful punishments inflicted.
This so aroused the moral sense Of the
world that vigorous measures were
taken to repress the cruelties of the
Belgian agents and finally the Congo
was taken away from his control and
put under that of the Kingdom of Bel
gium, with an assurance to the civil
lied nations OF the world that the
atrocities would cease.
The bad old man VIII pass to his
reward with a sigh of relief from every
right-thinking man and woman, that
q life of exceeding wic6edness and sell
hshness has ended and humanity will
De relieved from its infiiction.