The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-02-19

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ran dragged from Tie wafer an elm
l log III which was cut WIN Knlte:
IA LlncOln, IMarcn 4, 1857" Abraham
IsLlncotn and his faLher made Lhelr
nlsL nome in lillnOls at the spot
wneTe Inc log was round.
u. B. Mccoy, colored, VINO was cab
in boy Tor the river steamer w. II.
uarolner, that burned 10 the waters
euse III Inc Sprlng vi 1857 at Games
lAAe. Ala, WIN a loss Or ~ Ayvs,
was kllled at MoDie, Ala, recently
by an electric car. MCCOY saved tne
lives OF SIX people BY swAnLnng with
Lneln 10 the snore.
DIR. G. G. Inruckmorton of Piqua,
OHIO, aged IS years, beat The military
RIDE or rreS4uenL Roosevelt or ninety
SIX mics, military salt, Mnen he roue
Lnree nOrses III relays twenty miles
and return three LlAes, one nundred
anu twenty miles i'll all, IN lhlrteen
hours ana torty-hye mlnules.
AT. the age. Of lO5 years, MRS. Cath
crime POWERS OF Niles, ONO, the oIu-
est woman IN lrumDun county, II not
in ONO, is dead vi urupsy AT Inc
nome OF her SON. Her nearing and
slgnt We're excellent. When one hun
ued years oIu she Walked Aal1
nliIe SUNDAY 10 attend services.
Farm JOBS in the west ana Inc cry
ing demand Tor agricultural laoor as
a myLn and snare, according 10
John Z. lIarl, financial secretaly OF
Tue BoWery mission III New York city.
he declares tnaI While ne receives
countless newspaper clippings and
oIner COMMUNICATIONS puipolLlng to
snow tnaL FARMERS are DauIy III NEEDY
OF help ana ready TO employ the idle
men OF the city, the MISSION is UNI
aDle to locate Inc addresses or get
any detinlJe information.
The Rev. Johnston Myers has es-
ttapllshed a silence room for wom-
en- IN the Emmanuel Baptist church
OF Chicago. thereafter 10 one VINO
crosses Tie threshold will be permit
ted 10 utter a word, even in Wnls-
per. The room is fitted with large
couches and lounging CHAIRS, and tue
women VINO maze use OF it may take
nap wnen they choose. Il know
women VINO are on the verge OF q
breakdown for the simple reason
that they have no place where they
can remain absolutely quiet. | think
our room will solve the problem
says Dr. Myers.
L. H. r. Green, son Of Mrs. Hetty
Green, announced recently that he
is going to be an air snip navigator.
Several months ago he placed his or.N
der with the Wright brothers Tor o
machine-the same as that used by
Wilbur Wright in his nights ia
France. Work on mis- machine is u
begin in July.
On the many million dollars worth
of buildings owned by the United
states government in the Panama
Canal zone no insurance is carried.
The government has spent $10,250000
in buildings in the zone, which
amount taxes no account OF the value
OF the buildings purchased from the
French, both in the Canal Zone and
the republic OF Panama, nor value
of the property in all the buildings,
including the large amount Of stores.
Washington.
President Roosevelt regards the
Panama canal as the greatest work
of his administration and places the
dispatch of the feet around the world
second, and the settlement Of the Rus"
sian-Japanese war third, according to
the Chicago Daily News. The prest-
dent has thus enumerated the accom-
plishments of his administration to a
well known writer who asked him
what he regarded as the greatest
IL. fnr a
ident.
In compliance with the order Of
Secretary of War Wright, approved
by President Roosevelt, General Mar
shall, chief of engineers, has aIrang-
ed to replace the name of Jefferson
Davis on the commemorative tablet
on Cabin John bridge, from which 1t
was erased in 1862 by direction OF
Caleb Smith, secretary OF the inter-
Tor. who had Jurisdiction over the
bridge as part Of the district water
supply system. The tablet now bears
the names Of President Lincoln and
Pierce and Secretary OF War simon
Cameron and various others me
entire inscription as 1t now stands
will be erased and the name recut
into the smooth surface OF the tablet
The comptroller of the currency
has consolidated the present assign
ments Of National Bank Examiners
A. e. Patton and James r. Stephens,
which includes the states Of Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana. Dxamina-
tons to banks in this district will be
made alternately by these examiners,
with the exception of the banks sit
uated in the reserve city Of New Or
leans, which will be examined by the
two examiners working together.
1t has always been the custom to
allow the president of the senate