The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-10
GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.

James M. Saith, the millionaire plan
ter of Ogleth0Fpe county 1t is known
that negroes who made the charges
against Colonel Smith to the federal
authorities nave been interviewed by
these sleuths and that full report
on the case Is being secured. 1t is
quite probable visit will be paid Cox
onel Smiths plantation and possibly
the sleuths will call On the colonel
himself Whether or not any action
against the Oglethorpe planter is TAX
en- viii depend entirely on what the
men from Washington find out. Their
report will be made to the depart
men Of justice and if the facts ascer-
tanned warrant prosecution orders
VIII be passed down the line to the
Atlanta ONCE.
Governor Brown is in receipt of
another gourd. This time he has been
favored by hiC friends in Habersham
county, and on the handle Of the
gourd is inscribed, "Habersham coun-
ty. 1909" One of the governors WISH
tors day or so ago told him that
the governors gourd had made that
oldfashiOned drinking utensil the
thing in this county. He said that
the market for gourds was brisk and
that they had become quite the thing,
as q drinking vessel in the fashion
able society OF his community.
A case of pellagra, the victim Of
which claims never to have eaten
corn bread or any corn products, has
been discovered in Atlanta Mrs. Kate
Barto is the patient, and she is in
the last stages Of the disease. DIR.
Frank Eskridge, who claims to have
treated many cases of the disease,
says he doubted his own diagnosis
and thought she might be a victim of
Ssprue," a disease known to the trop-
les, with symptoms resembling those
Of pellegra. He called in physician
who has had years Of experience. in
the tropics and found that his orig
inal diagnosis was correct. Il am
convinced now" he said, that the di-
sease does not come from musty corn
products"
The second flight at Athens of the
aeroplane of Ben Epps and lump
Huff was not as successful as the
first. The first attempt at fight the
machine left the ground about one
foot for distance Of fifty yeards, but
at the second trial the aeropiane fail.
ed to leave the ground. The attempt
at flight was witnessed by fully a
thousand people. The failure Of the
machine to fly is attributed to the
rOughness Of the ground and the poor
start received. Instead of having a
traekway prepared along. which the
machine could glide to its start, the
young men chose TO make the start
on the plain hillside which had more
or less uneyenness. The result was
the machine got no start and there
was much lost motion. The twisting
of the machine over the uneven
ground caused one of the wheels to
spread and the machine was brought
to a. sudden stop. The young men will
have trackway constructed at once
and will enlarge the propeller blades
Of the machine. They were not in
the least daUnted by their failure and
will try again in a few days.
William II. Mitchell of brownsville
must serve twelve menths on the
Changing. Governor Brown reached
conclusion on the famous case. and
announced that he would allow the
sentence of the court to stand undis-
turbed, thus ignoring the recommen-
da,sion of the prison commission to
change the sentence of twelve months
on the changing to a like period on
the state prison farm at Milledgeville.
Atlantaas postoflce receipts for
August, 1909, are $70,69102, an in
crease Of $2,474.S6 over the receipts
for the same period last year This
means that unless something phenOm-
email has happened in the Louisville
or New Orleans Offices, Atlanta has
more than retained her proud position
which the July, 1909, figures gave her,
at the head Of all the postsfflces in
the south. The figures for July, 1909,
were $70,345.85, andl represented an
increase Of $4,510.28 over the receipts
for the same period in 1908.
Fire swept three stores on Broad
street in Rome causing total dam;
age of $4,000, fully covered by insur,
ance. The same section was visited
by a $4,000 fire last January.
That Major ]. F. Henson, president
of the Central of Georgia railroad
will file an answer to the suit for di.
vorce instituted by his wife, was pos
itively Indicated. Il will file my an,
swer to the petition for divorce with
the courts" said Major Hanson, after
saying that he did nGt care to discuss
the matter He had just been called
upon for statement for publication
Major Hansen returned to Atlanta
after months vacation spent in tn,
west. 1t was during his absence thai
Mrs. Hanson fled suit for total di
vorce.
Because no one in Albany can oper
its doors, the big manganese safe Of
the Citizens First National bank
with cash reserve OF $50, 900 in 'goIt
and legal handar. rnfAs Is hnincr nh3,n