The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-31
LATE NEWS NOTES.


building, which he used when riding
circuit IS an attorney, was used as
| museum In late years. Some OF
the relics were civil war shells
| which exploded In the fire.
| Embodied in the Forthcoming report
OF the New York state racing commits.
sion Will be statement taken from
the books Of the various racing as.
| sOclatlons to the effect that the state
has lost more than 100000 by the op.
erati0ns OF the anti-race track gamb-
ing laws. Before the passage OF
these laws the state collected a s per
cent tax on the receipts OF the aGso-
citation. In 1907 the most prosperous
year OF the turf here, more than $3.50.
600 was paid over to the state under
this tax law.
| The trustees OF the Carnegie insti-
tute have decided to withdraw the
/ SlVOOO annual support of the organ
lzation from Luther Burbank, the
plant wizard OF Santa Rosa. Word
70 this effect comes from Washing
i ton, where the trustees Of the Carne.
gle institute recently convened. The
commercialism which, 1t is alleged,
has been feature of the experiments
OF Luther Burbank, is given as the
cause.
The special committee OF CopenKa-
gen university, which investigated
DR.. Frederick a.. Cooks polar records.
is now considering whether or not it
! will publish a second report, giving
| further details of its work II the
committee should decide to do SO,
it will issue the report about the
middle OF January A member of the
| committee said that some OF the de-
| tails of Cooks narrative OF his ex-
| petition were fabricated and his pa
1 pers showed that he had used caIcu.
lations furnished by Captain Loose
The second report, he argued, would
present evidence to that effect.
A child born fSaently to the wife
of A. A. Dunn of Baton Rouge, La,
| forty-nine years old, makes his thir-
/ tieth child. OF. the thirty children
there are seven sets ut twins. Three
wives are mothers " the children.
/ BY his first marriage twelve children
were born, among whom we're three
sets of twins. by his second mar.
riage ten children were born, among
whom were four pairs of twins BY
/ his third wife eight children were
born. All the children are now alive
The oldest Is rs years of age.
Possibilities almost unbelievable in
wireless telegraph are developing
daily in New Orleans. John Munford
I operator for the United States Wire
less company, says no development
in wireless now surprises him. From
New Orleans to Chicago is a long
distance and this has been about
the limit that the New Orleans sta
ton has been able to go, but Mum
ford, while sitting in his Office heard
a call and jumped to the machine.
He thought at first it was Mobile call
! ing, but much to his surprise, it was
New York communicating with Chi
cago. This is a record for the land
stations, and proves that messages
can soon be flashed through the air
to New York from New Orleans.
Washington.
In the south and west, and partic-
ularly in cities, there is a shortage
of men willing to earn government
money as census enumerators. The
enumerator receives so much per
name, or per day, depending on his
i OOl41IOIys anu Oc1InS I'll IlG average
! $50 for his entire work In cities OF
| over five thousand Inhabitants the
enumeration must finish his work in
two weeks, but elsewhere one month
| is allowed. Time for applications for
these jobs expires January rs next.
President Taft has almost complet-
ed special message he will send
| to congress when that body recon
venes recommending legislation he
| desires on Interstate commerce iaw
and the Sherman ANTITRUST act. 1t
has frequently been decided in the
I press that Mr. Taft has any idea OF
recommending changes in the Sher
man antitrust act He has never
theless told some of his callers that
he means to stand firm in his deter
mination<to urge upon congress the
| enactment of a national incorporation
act
Admiral George Dewey celebrated
the seventy-second anniversary Of his
birth the day after Christmas Elk
cept for food of kilograms and per.
| sonal messages of congratulations,
nothing disturbed the serenity of the
Dewey household The admiral has
not been in especially good health for
some time, and, therefore, all of his
engagements were waived
Representative Lloyd of Missouri
chairman of the democratic congress
sional campaign committee, when he
returns next ek,will call meeting
of the executive committee to discuss
plans for the next campaign. The
democrats are confident of electing
a majority to the next house and say
that to make assurance doubly sure
they will start in early on cam.
paign OF education.