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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05

A general feeling OF security is said
TO have followed the new sultan's proc
lamation. but a loaded six-shooter in
ones hand doubtless adds weight to
the ukase.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05

A dozen new germs have been dis
covered in $40 bill. Well have to
give up that habit of kissing our mon
ey goodby.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05

Students of the University of Cali
fornia have an epidemic of engage
ments. but they cheerfully endure its
lravages.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05

One of the sweet things about q
monarchy is the rejoicing when the
kings horse wins the Derby.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05

The Chinese in China have organ.
lied what they call The Chinese
American Friends society" Bully for
old friend China!
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05

We suppose therell be just enough
change in new straw hat shapes to put
your last summers lid out of style.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05

: French poets talk of going on q
strike. The public views the situation
with some complacency.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05

The debt the world owes to its
noble mothers is one that can never
be repaid.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05
WAS HE RIGHT.

Mrs. Rant-Do you think men are
more clever than women?
Mr.. Rant-Some men are.
Mrs. Rant-who are they!
Mr.. Rant-Single men.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05

No baseball fan considers the crops
when rain is interfering with the n3
donal sport.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
FAMOUS PLAY COMING.
"The Servant in the House" Will BE
Seen Eight Times in Atlanta.

Atlanta, Ga. - Theatergoers will
have an opportunity to see the most
widely discussed play on the Amer
lean stage when Charles Ram Ken
nedy's famous drama, 1.-THE Servant
in the House" comes to the Grand
opera house in Atlanta on Monday,
December 9th, for an entire weeks
engagement, with matinees on We'd
nesday and Saturday. .
This is the play which the New
York Evening Post says is the Great
est drama of the generation" and
'the best example Of dramatic work
now extant;" which Harper's Maya
zine calls the most remarkable play
in the English language and which
the Chicago Daily News says is the
most beautiful play OF all ages" The
Chicago Tribune says The Servant
In the House" is a work of art that
is true enough and simple enough to
touch the heart of the world" The
Canadian Magazine proclaims it a
truly great play and says that in Mr..
Kennedy England has found !" al
great dramatic genius, possibly the
greatest since Shakespeare" The
Chicago Journal says on the morning
after it's first presentation in the
Windy City, 'it has come to stay ten
weeks, it ought to stay q year" THE
Servant in the House has been call
ed the most daring play ever present
ed on the American stage because Of
the character that gives it its name
mysterious Hindoo who many. crit
les call a reincarnatiop of the Christ
1t is, indeed, daring role, but so rev
erently and intelligently treated by
the author that no offense is given to
even the most easily shocked The
company presenting THE Servant in
the House" has won q reputation sec
ond only to that achieved by the play.
1t is known as the Henry Miller As
sociate players and is the best bal
anced cast ever assembled to interp-
ret a really great drama.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03

comptroIIer Wright Predicts
Great Wealth in Georgia Soil.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Young Men Advised to Invest in Farm
nds---Prcsperous Year for the
Georgia Fartners

Atlanta, Ga.--C Comptroller General
William A. Wright has great faith
In the future Of Georgia agricultural
ly, and advises young men with mon:
ey to invest to put it in good farm
lands, rather than city property.
"This state is coming into an era
Of prosperity such as it has never
known before says General Wright.
state banks everywhere are fairly
bursting with money, and most Of 1t
belongs to the farmers. You can
make inquiry of the small banks all
over Georgia and YOU will find that
the bulk of their deposits belong to
tiIIers of the SOIL
Full realization of the tremendous
possibilities Of Georgia as an agri-
cultural state is just now coming to
the people, and believe you will see
q marked trend back to tho farms
in the next few years by live, pro
gressfve young men, The agricultural
schools are educating the young men
to know how to farm, to get the best
results out Of the soil and to apply
business methods to that work
1T has been great year for this
state. While Texas and other great
cotton growing states have fallen of
tremendously in the crop output this
year, Georgia will produce almost a
normal crop, and you can see what
that means to the farmer with the
high range of prices. He lis learning
to raise corn, wheat, oats and other
crops, too. It has been great corn
year. Lands seemingly worn out have
by fertilization and intelligent hand
ling been made to produce Is to 100
bushels Of corn per acre.
LESS than a dozen states must pro
duce practically the cotton for the
world. That condition will not
change With the demand for cot.
ton increasing the world over, 1t can
be seen what the future holds out
for the young man in Georgia. This
state is destined to become one Of
the greatest agricultural states in
the union, and that means solid and
permanent wealth.
MY advice to young men is to in
vest their surplus money in good farm
lands. Prices must inevitably go up
and up. The demand is increasing all
the time, and will increase as realiza-
ton Of what can be accomplished
dawns upon all the people. / expect
to see within the next few years
such development Of agricultural
pursuits as has not been seen in the
history Of the state"
General Wright has been comptroll-
er Of the state for 80 years, and he
has had exceptional advantages for
observing conditions Id the state. AS
the state tax official he has watched
and knows perfectly the value OF
farm and other lands
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
SOUTH THE PLACE FOR YOUNG MEN

the cattle tick If the farmers Of the
south will Cooperate with this de-.
partment they win soon be rid OF the
pest We have already eliminated
the cattle tick from seyenty-five
Thousand square miles in the south.
In course Of time the tick will be
entirely eradicated, but 1t is impor-
tant to the south to make a success
full hight without delay. IA
Speaking Of the work that ig being
carried on in the south by the depart.
lnent for the improvement of agHscul.
tural conditions there, Mr.. wilson
son:
I'VE have an organization la the
twelve states Of the south. This work
IL under the DIRE ction OF DR.. Knapp,
who has relt,andicatiye In each
state, and throGA M, representa-
tiYes In each county The great OBJ.
ject is to show the poorer class Of
farmers BY demonstratiCd how to
grow better crops.
The bureau Of animal industry is
at work TO get rid OF the cattle tick,
which is the bane OF the southern
farmers The tick takes two hundred
pounds Of blood from each head Oe
cattle in the course of q year, and
makes the growing OF cattle unpro.
ductive To the end that southern
people can keep more cattle, so that
they can renovate their soil and
bring 1t back to It's original strength
by grazing cattle. sheep, etc, cattle
should be fed on cotton seed meal
Not a pound Of cotton seed meal
should be shipped from the south. 1t
is the best fertilizer In the world,
and is destined to greatly increase
the wealth Of the southern farmer.
The dairy industry in the south ii
also receiving the attention Of the
department Of agriculture. This work
of helping and encouraging the south
ern farmer is under the direction Of
Mr.. RaWl, the chief of the dairy d.
vision. The plant breeders In the de-
partment are creating new varieties
Of cotton, other plants and citrus
fruits. Other Of our bureaus are
working along particular lines, ali for
the purpose Of building up the agr1
culture Of the south"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
TERRIBLE REVENGE
Rejected Lover Bound Woman and
set Her on fire.

Tampa, Fla.-Marrie Acosta, q
young Cuban widow, died here from
frightful burns inflicted upon her By
q rejected sutton, Miguel Gomez, who
Is under arrest.
\ Before she died, the young woman
charged Gomez with having set her
afre. She declared that, she had re-
jected Gomez suit and that with two
confederates he forcibly entered her
home in West Tampa. She was
bound hand and foot. Then the men
saturated her clothing with gasoline
and touched lighted match to her.
Tho unfortunate woman was found
frightfully burned from head to foot,
and she died after making a state
ment to the police She did not rec.
ognizc the men who were with Co
mez and who aided him in perpetrat,
ing the awful crime
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
Waahlnaton.

N.Y. w 0SUA0&NCAAs
The postmaster general department
has issued fraud order against the
Erie Manufacturing company, 5645
West Lake street, Chicago. Under
this name b. r. Hansell, it is charged,
has been engaged in scheme for OBJ
tanning money through the mails by
disposing Of q line Of cheap jewslry.
The story is revived that Secretary
Wilson OF the Agricultural depart
Inent is soon to retire. He has COM
pleted a longer term as cabinet minis
ter than any other cabinet officer In
the history of the government. Last
spring the story was hrst given cur
rency that the friend Of farmers, as
he is called, was soon to retire from
President Taft's cabinet, but Score
tary Wilson lost no time in denying
the report, which has at intervals al.
peared since in the newspapers.
The first results OF the magnetic
survey of the Atlantic ocean now be.
ing made by the Carnegie institute Of
washington on the n0n-magnetie
yacht Carnegie, which will be Of In
valuable assistance to navigation.
have been registered in the institutes
department Of terrestrial magnetism.
These first results prove that when
a complete survey has been made the
masters Of trans Atlantic liners will
be able to clip some time OFF their
schedules by following the revised
charts Of the MAGNETIC survey. BY do
ing so, they will escape the f1tful
changes of the compass, and their
regular variations Of the earth's mag
netism which have been hitherto I'M
recorded.
The positive announcement that
General James 8. Clarksor, surveyor
Of the port Of New York, would not
be- re-appointed to that Office was
made by Secretary MacV eagh. ON
the first day Of his oficial career.
Secretary McVeagh met Timothy
Woodruff. former lieutenant governor
of New York, who demanded General
Clarkson's official scalp. The trouble
is said to have its origin In the de-
sire Of the upper New York state re-
publican politicians for the patronage.
AS a result Of an investigation Of
imperfect boiler tubes on the battle.
ship West Virginia, the navy depart.
ment has decided to order the dis.
missal from the federal service or
Edward Kavanaugh, master boilerma.
ker Of the Mare Island navy yard. at
San Francisco, and his acting assis.
tant, Joseph Coletti This investiRa.
ton is said to have shown that those
men were inefficient.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
NO SLAVERY in AFRICA.
Stories Of Brutality Are Denied BY
the Portuguese.

New York clty.-The widespread
allegations Of deplorable conditions
In Portuguese, East Africa, particu-
lar in the Islands of San Thome and
Principe, credited by recent English
and American writer's to the exis.
tence Of cruel slave trade ia ART.
can negroes among the planters, were
denounced as unwarranted fabrica.
lions by Colonel J. Al. Wylie, fellow
OF the Royal Geographical society Of
England, who arrived here from
Southampton after two months
Of conditions in Portu-
guese, East Africa,
The Africans condition Is wonder
fully improved as a laborer for the
Portuguese in contrast with his home
environment in Central Africa, said
Colonel Wylie.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
NAN LOSING HUMAN HEAD.
oInnatI Mans Head Assumlnu The

Cincinnati Mans Head Assuming the
shape Of q Lions caput.
Cincinnati, Ohio. The head OF
Charels Meyers, q shoemaker, %
years old, is gradually losing, It's hui
man characteristics and assuming the
shape OF lions caput.
The disease is known as "leontia-
sis a0ssia."
During the, last three years the
homes Of Meyers skull have gradu-
ally enlarged, his eyes are treated,
and the whole confguration SO chang
Al that he now bears far stronger
resemblance TO the king Of beasts
than to a human being. The doctors
declare that ia short time he must
either become insane or die.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
ColjRT DIRECTORY.
8. w. CIRCUIT.

Y. IA. LittIejohn, Judge.
J. +. Williams, solicitor general.
Convenes Srst Mondays in May and
November.
City Court.
H. Z. Long, Sr., Judge.
w. G. Martin, solicitor,
Convenes fourth Wednesday in e,Sha
month.
Justice Court, s15th District, q Al
A. A. Paul, ]. p.
]. M. Hines, N. P. and ex-Ofacio
]. P.
J. F. Hines, bailiff.
convenes first Monday in each
month.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
LATE NEWS NOTES.


In honor Of Brother Peary' the
Delta Kappa Epsilon has planned one
Of the largest fraternity dinners ever
held, for December is, Iii New York
city. Commander PearY is d member
Of Theta chapter, at B0wdoin college.
II is estimated that fifteen hundred
''dekes" win attend
Representatives Of the Snake Indi-
an tribe attending the Chickagha leg
islature at Tishomingo, Okla, are
making a hard fight To induce the 9TH
or Indians to refuse to recognize the
United States government and ali
treaties that the government has
made with the Indians. The Snakes,
who have always opposed the white
mans government, desire to resume
the Indian customs and govern them
selves. 1t is believed that Governor
Johnson OF the Chickashas and the
white and mixed members of the leg
islature will have majority in oppos.
ing the movement.
Director Lowell Of the observatory
at Flagship, Ariz., reports the first
apparent Antarctic snow fall of the
season on Mars. Two patches appear
ed aat the altitude of 62.72; longitude
100.l9 The first was on November
IL and was small The second patch
was observed November 16.
A woman who assisted at her hus-
bands suicide is probably unique.
She is Madame MarQuet Of Paris,
France, and 1t is reported that when
her husband hanged himself and did
not die at once, she chung to his feet
and hung on until stranguIation was
achieved. Marquet, who was middle
aged, while his wife was quite young,
had told, his wife that he intended to
commit suicide, and she apparently
welcomed the suggestion for reasons
Of her own
Working on the theory that seasick-
ness is due to ali irritation 81 the
cerebaf nerves. a German scientist
has invented q cap. which, applied to
the sufferers head, congresses the
arteries whichs supply the nerves. and
cures the trouble with weak electrical
currents.
Speaking at a dinner Of the Society
Of the Mayfiower Descendants IN Bos-
ton, Mass, ex-governor Curtis Guild,
Jr, himself a member Of the society,
said: The pilgrims were Immigrants
no less than are the italians Of today,
and it is to our shame that it Is the
descendants Of those early immi-
grants who stay away from party pr.
mary or caucus and attend a bridge
game, while the new immigrant full
fills the duty Of citizen and votes for
the officers Of his state and country"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
Assassin ShOt FrenCh GeneraI.

Paris, France.An individual. be-.
lieved to be insane, having an mag
mary grievance against the war do
partment, shot and seriously wounded
General Verand on the steps Of the
Hotel Continental The man was ar
rested. Later it was learned that ne
had mistaken General verand for
General Brun, minister OF war
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
Cotton Crop Of EQypt.

Cairo, Egypt - According to the
best authorities this years cotton
crop will amount to something un-
der 100000 cantars, as compared
with nearly 7,250.00O cantars in 1908
al cantar is equivalent to about
hundredweight.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03

H. II. Bass. Manager, wants a good,
hustling man to write insurance in
this county for the JEFFERSON stand.
ard Life Insurance Co. Address S12
English-American Building, Atlanta,
Ga. 4
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
A WHITE PARTRIDGE.
Albino Bird Received by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture.

Atlanta, Ga.-An albino of the quail
family was received by Joe Johnson
OF the department of agriculture,
which had been killed in .Montgom-
cry county, near Mt. Vernon. Only
one other case of such an albino has
been discovered. It was killed in
Richmond county several years ago.
Mr.. johnson proposes to Save the
gift mounted by taxidernist and
kept at the capital ais curio
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
hEEsBuRG HIGH SCHOOL.

G. NJ. Sparks, principal.
Mrs. III. i. Long. Jr.. first assist.
ant.
Miss Tulip Johnson. second assist
ant. vs.
J. r. Long, G, s. g. s.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

Baptist.
], A. Ivey, pastor.
Services second and fourth Sund
In each month ii o'clock a. M. 4.
Sunday school, 10 o'clock a. n
Methodist.
Rev. McMichael, pastor.
Services third Sunday ia +,
month II o'clock q. m.
Presbyterian.
Sunday school every Sunday a
o'clock a. m.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03

II your liver Is right You feel wen
all over. Z. II Il. keeps II right
DO YOU FEEL BADLY?
If SO your liver is wrong you need
L. L. ASK your druggist about IT.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03

SALESMAN We are DESTROYS Of se-
curing the services Of an expert
salesman on salary to begin with
Of 500. 90 and expenses per month.
No one except, a hustler who can.
give good reference need apply We
offer the right man d good contract.
National Loan and Trust Company.
Triton, Georgia. Il
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03

ATTORNEY We would like to make
a contract with a good attorney in
Leesburg, who has two or three hun
dred dollars to invest to handle our
loan and abstract business III the city
and vicinity. w. M Giddens, Presi-
dent, Triton, Georgia. IL
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03

MONEY We are in a position to
make loans on either city or farm
property at very reasonable rate Of
interest with but little delay. Ma
tional Loan and Trust Co, Triton.
Georgia. tt
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
1909 C0TTON CROP.
Final Reports place IL at 1O,e25,oco
Bales.

New Orleans, lathe Times-Denn-
ocrat, In presenting its correspond
ents' final reports on the cotton crop
of 1909, states that the concensus Of
opinion points to the following re.
suit in bales.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03

MANAGER we want good man
who has $1,000 or more to invest to-
manage a branch ONCE for us Id the
loan, real estate and investment bust
ness. We can offer the right man u
contract which has some future to it.
It viii pay you to investigate thit3
proposition. National Loan ant
Trust Co., Triton, Ga.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03

LTSTEN-H you have nothing else to.
do, write to @. w. Giddens, Valdosta,
Ca, and he win offsr you PROPOSE.
tion that win interest you. tt
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03

SALES MAN We want d good sales.
man, either on salary or commission,
at once. Can OFFER the right man
good contract. Address W. M. Gid
dens, Triton, Ga. tt
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03

He never has message who do \
not know how to listen. .ss
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
CRY DIRECTORY.

Mayor B. Martin, Kes
Councilmen--J. P. Callaway, Mofhei
Pro Tenn; d. D. Hall, ]. B. Tyler. ~ (?
B. Lee, H. G. Odom.
A. W.. Goodwin, Clerk and Trea AZ,
rer.
James Salter, Marshal.
Thu
Eureka Lodge No. 247, r. and II
M. IA. w. Goodwin, w. M; s. P. CrI Is
ell, Secretary. Regular communh It'll.
ton second and fourth Friday n 1inte
In each month. ID h;
Visiting brethren cordially IL Il h,
to attend. Id W
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
soARp or COUNTY COMMISSION.
ERS.

/, P. Cooke, chairman.
w. G. Laramore, ST..
r. r. Johnson.
A. j. Powell.
N. M. Minchen.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03

James salter, Marshal.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-23

to our existence and progress. We
shall keep on building just as fast as
we can raise the money. We would
like to construct our railways as far
as possible with our own funds. In
our present condition we do not like
to mortgage our country to other ma
tons, and this we do when we make
heavy foreign loans. The road from
Wuchang to Canton IS now to be made
with Chinese money and by Chinese
It will be a Chinese rail-
read throughout.
Millions for Wooden Nutmegs.
] asked Mr.. Tsou to tel! me the in
side story Of the concession for this
road to the Americans, and what they
made out of it. He was chary in
speaking of the matter, but said that
China had not been fairly treated.
From other sources I learn that the
Americans played somewhat the part
Of the Yankee who sold wooden nut
megs. They gave China a gold brick,
and carried away Millions. I doubt
not that our capitalists acted in good
faith in the beginning, and that had
Calvin Brice lived their contracts
would have been carried out. The
concession was granted by the i'm
perial government to Brice and
others, through Marquis Sheng and
WI Ti~ng-fang, on the ground that
lIllcy QUIZ lis IL DO1lo
and equip the line. The Chinese gov
guarantee; and also by the issuing Of
eminent was to secure the loan by a
mortgage on the road and an imperial
gold bonds, to be sold at 80 per cent.
and to Dear 5 per cent interest. Cal
vim Brice had no trouble in getting
men to go in with him. Among those
who offered to join in raising the
money as it came due for building the
road were Pierpont Morgan, John D.
Rockefeller, e. H. Hartman, Russell
Sage. George Gould, jim Hill and the
Vanderbilts. With such names but
little real money was necessary, and
the road could have been completed
on credit. Altogether about 5000
shares of stock were issued. and of
these over 4 200 were still in the hands
of the Americans when the road was
turned back to China.
According to the conditions, the
Americans were to survey the road at
once and begin it's construction. They
were to push it rapidly Onward to a
completion. It was also the under
standing that they were not to sell
the control of that concession to other
nations. nor to allow them to ave
much stock in it. They violated these
conditions. They made IN incom-
plete survey and then built about
thirty miles of line and stoDpel. Later
on they sold 1000 shares Of the stock
to a French banking house II q con-
trolling interest to the Belgians. Much
of the Belgian stock was taken by
King Leopold. who set about trying
to gain possession of the concession.
His people already owned much Of the
Hankow-Peking road, and, if he Gould
have secured the right TO build into
Canton, the Belgians would nave con-
trolled the chief trunk line Of China
Worse han this, it is generally be