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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
BIDDING FOR EXPOSITION.
New Orleans and San Francisco Want
Canal Celebration.

Washington, D. C.-Both San Fran
cisco and New Orleans must raise
$7,500,0OO before they can hope to
receive government endorsement for
their expositions in celebration Of the
completion of the Panama canal.
The house committee on foreign af-
fairs decided not to invite foreign
nations to participate until these con
ditions were complied with.
Prior to the executive meeting of
the committee a representative of San
Francisco argued that his city has
raised more than $6,OOO,OOO by public
subscription and wanted to raise the
limit on the Kahn resolution to $780,
900. A member of the committee hur-
ried outside and talked with Repre-
sentative Estopinal of Louisiana.
will New Orleans meet that
amount?" asked Estopinal.
Yes replied Estonjinal, eve have
already raised s6,00O,000, and can ca
silly obtain the lest.'
If both cities raise the sum at the
same time the question is then to be
presented to the president for his de-
cision, in which event it is not i'm
probable That he will designate both
cities to hold expositions.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
A DETERMINED WOMAN
Finally Found a Food That Cured
Her.

"When I first read Of the remark
able effects of Grape-Nuts food, de-
termined to secure some" says a
woman Of Salisbury, Mo. "At that
time there was none kept in this
town, but my husband ordered some
from a Chicago traveller.
II had been greatly afflicted with
sudden attacks Of cramps, nausea,
and vomiting. Tried all sorts of rem
edies and physicians, but obtained
only temporary relief. AS soon as I
began to use the new food the cramps
disappeared and have never returned.
"My old attacks of sick stomach
were a little slower to yield, but by
continuing the food, that trouble has
disappeared entirely. am to-day
perfectly well. can eat anything and
everything wish, without paying the
penalty that used to. We would
not keep house without Grape-Nuts.
"My husband was so delighted with
the benefits / received that he has
been recommending Grape-Nuts to
his customers and has built up very
large trade on the food He sells
them by the case to many Of the lead
ing physicians of the county, who
recommend Grape-Nuts very general
ly. There is some satisfaction in US
ing a really scientifically prepared
food"
Read the little book, @The Road
to .Wellville," in pkgs. There's a.
Reason" Y
Ever read the above letter? 4 new
one appears from time.to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest. ~
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
CHILD LABOR REPORT.
Use of Child Labor in Cotton Mills
Worst in South.

Washington, D. C.-The bureau Of
labor of the department of commerce
and labor has completed It's investiga-
ton of the subject of tho employment
of women and children in the cotton
textile industry of the country as
carried on in six southern and four
New England states
The total number Of cotton mills
investigated was 1913, located as fol
lows.
4 Maine, Z; New Hampshire, z; Mas
sachusetts, %; Rhode Island, 10; Vir-
ginia, 4 North Carolina, SO; South
Carolina, So; Georgia, 81; Alabama,
10, and Mississippi, 9.
These states had in 1908 1878 per
cent Of the total cotton spindles in
the United States Among the south
ern operatives the concentration of
the lower age groups is more striking
in New England, because of the en-
ployment of children at 10 and 10.
OF the 143 establishments visited in
the five southern states, having child
labor laws, 107 employed children I'M
der legal age.
These 143 establishments employed
9,126 children under 16 years of age,
and of these 753, or 8.3 per cent, were
under IL, the legal age. This was
1.64 Of the total number of employees.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
ADVICE TO FARMERS.
Ten Things That Should Done On the Farm
During This Month.

l. Keep the cultivators going, Level,
shallow, frequent cultivation is what
the crops need at this season. Don I
cut the corn and cotton roots by deep
blowing.
2. Plant cowpeas, soy beans, velvet
beans, peanuts--some legume that viii
work twenty-four hours a day for you
gathering nitrogen, making money
and building up the land. Put in ali
stubble lands not otherwise employed
as soon as the oat or wheat crop is
taken off,
8, Save all the crimson clover seed
possible. If no clover huller is avail
able, the seed can be beaten out by
hand and sown in the chaff.y
A. Get the mower in good running
order. See that all bolts are tighI,
the knives sharp, the guards on
straight and the bearings well oiled.
A mower is a splendid weed killer
as well as a necessity in the hay
field.
5. Plant late corn and potatoes.
Keep up a succession of garden crops,
beans, tomatoes, sweet corn and 9TH
er vegetables should be planted this
month. Fresh vegetables are cheap
er and better than meat or store
bought foods.
6. Spray the apple trees again with
Bordeaux and Paris green and the lale
peaches WITH lime sulphur. Pillow out
the first year strawberry beds anu
pillow up the old ones.
Z. Look after the work stock. Cut
out some of the corn these hot days
and substitute cotton seed meal, oats
or peavine hay. See that there is
enough shade and water as well as
grass in your pasture.
8. Fix up bathroom of some sort,
so that you can free yourself from
dust and perspiration at the close Of
the day. 1t will prove invigorating,
add to your sense of dignity and en-
able you to do better work.
g. Keep up the warfare against
flies and mosquitoes and so help ward
off typhoid fever and malaria. Screen
the doors and windows, drain the
stagnant pools and look after the
breeding places of the flies.
TO- Prepare for the Farmers Insti-
tutes in your section, and if there are
no Women's Institutes in your state,
keep after your officials until they are
started.-Raleigh On. CO. Progressive
Farmer and Gazette.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
WEATHER FAVORS COTTON.
Excessive Rainfall Has Delayed Crop
in Georgia and Carolina.

Excessive Rainfall Has Delayed Crop
in Georgia and Carolina.
Memphis, Tenns-The Commercial
Appeal publishes this summary of cot
ton crop conditions:
The past week was favorable to the
cotton crop except in the two, Caro-
iinas and parts Of Georgia, where the
rainfall was excessive, washing the
fields and delaying cultivation SO that
grass is formed North Carolina fields
were damaged by flooding. Elsewhere
it appeared that week of bright
weather will repair much of the loss.
The crop has not grown rapidly,
and is still small for the season. The
plant generally looks healthy, how
ever, and would grow very fast with
high temperatures day and night. In
many sections where there are COM
plants, correspondents anticipate
much better reports next week if the
weather is warm. It would seem that
a week of dry weather would put the
crop in excellent shape as to cultiva-
toin throughout the south.
In Texas the soil is dry, but as yet
little hurt has been received. Moist
ure is needed, however, to stimulate
plant growth. Boil weevil does not
appear numerous, although in Mis-
sissippi and some sections of Louisia-
ma they are more so. In general dry,
warm weather is needed in east Tex
as and Oklahoma, while rains would
be beneficial in these two states.
Montgomery, Ala.-Heavy rains OF
the last week have retarded the cot
ton eEop somewhat. In some places
the plants were washout out In 9th
eFs. where Eeplanting was necessary
because Of the April cold, the plant is
small, ard grass is thick. 1t has been
so damp that it was impossible to
work the fields, but the last few days
of hot; dry weather will do much to
restore normal conditions. The stand
throughout Alabama is good and plan
tors expect an average crop. A fea-
ture of this season is the great
amount of land planted in corn. A
bumper crop of corn is expected.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
DEMONSTRATVE FARMING.
Work Being Done in Houston coun-
~ finder Instruction Of Governnent.

Work Being Done in Houston coun-
ty Under instruction Of Government.
Perry, Cav. C. Lewis, agent Of
demonstrative farming operations in
Houston county, which is conducted
under plans and directions furnished
by the department of agriculture, Il
making good Roadway in his line.
He has enlisted in this work 65
farmers, some in every section of the
county These farmers have under
cultivation from one to twenty-five
acres each. The aggregate Of all the
crops under cultivation is 108 acres
of corn and 205 acres of cotton.
They have applied from 200 to 1000
pounds of commercial fertilizers per
acre, besides other homemade fertil-
izing materials, and will apply more
during the growing season and culti-
walton G. their crops
The crops are all in good condition,
clean and fine stands The cotton is
late, but now making rapid growth
These farmers receive literature
and directions for cultivating and ap-
plying fertilizers to their crops from
the national department of agriculture
in Washington.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
AGRICULTURAL REPORT.
Commissioner Of Agriculture Submits
Renort for 1910,


Report for 1910.
Atlanta, Ga.-Commissione Of Ayr
culture T. G. Hudson has just submit
ted to Governor Brown his annual re-
port for the year ending December
81, 1909
One of the most interesting features
Of the report is the statement Of p
A. Methvin, state pure food inspector
of the excellent progress which has
been made in improving the grade OF
food products sold in the state under
the pure food and drugs act passed
iby the legislature last year.
Inspector Methvin SHOWS that he
has carefully inspected the food and
feeding sttyffe placed on sale in this
state and while numerous violations
of the law have been detected, word
to the manufacturer or the producer
has proven effective in most cases
and the grade Of the articles offered
for sale has been made to conform
to the provisions of the law.
State Drug Inspector T. A. Cheat
ham also submits an interesting re-
port, showing that rigid enforcement
of the dry law has practically re-
moved from the market in this state
all drugs which do not conform 10
the law
DR.. r. e. Stallings, state chemist,
shows that with the passage of the
pure food and drugs act the work Of
his department has increased enor-
mously, and he urges that some pro-
vision be made for increasing the
force of employees.
The amount of work done by State
Entomologist E. L. Worsham covers
wide range for the year and In
spite of the constantly increasing de-
mand for inspections Of orchards, the
growing crops and shade and orna-
mental trees on private estates, the
work has been done thoroughly az,
well Great progress has been made
in stamping out the San Jose scale,
the "black root" or wilt disease OF
cotton and diseases Of fruits and
crops
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
GEORGIA TOWNS GET
MONEY FOR BUILDINGS
over Halt a Million Dollars for
Public Buildings in This State.
MORE NAY BE APPROPRIATED
Senator Clay Expects to Take Care Of Several
Towns Not Mentioned in the House
Bill---NO Veto Feared.

Washington, D. C.--Geoorgia gets
over half a million Of money for public
buildings in the public building bill,
lust reported to the house.
The bill, as a whole, carries eigh-
teen and one-half millions, and the
hearts of favored representative are
going pit-a-pat until they learn as to
whether or not President Taft will
really consider that the interests Of
economy demand the veto of the bill
1t is expected that several amend
ments will be put on in the senate
and Senator Clay expects to take
care of one or two Georgia towns
which were left out of the house
bill. The appropriations we're made
largely by the rule adopted by the
committee in making appropriations
for buildings, where any were author
lied, according to population or postal
receipts. Under this rule, some Geor-
gia towns get $4,000, other $50,0OG
and still others higher amount.
The items follow:
Augusta $250,000, Dublin $4,000 in
crease, Statesboro $500 for building,
Triton $4,000 for building, Cordele
SIT, 500 increase for building, Carroll
ton $4,000 for building, Newman ST.
500 increase, LAGRANGE $4,000 in
crease, GAINESVILLE $4,000 for site,
Milledgeville $4,000 Increases Carriers
vile $45,OOO for building, Rome $780,
900 increase, Elberton $4,000 for
building, Quitman $4,000 for site and
building.
The items marked increases" were
those given to bring the former appro.
priations for towns named up to the
amount authorized under the commit
tee rule for towns of their size.
Conferences that have been held be.
tween President Taft and leaders OF
both houses Of congress, including
Speaker Cannon, apparently assure
the enactment of the bill into law.
The bill makes liberal provisions FOR
plans for new and imposing public
buildings in Washington city
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
is WELCOMED home
Ex-PYesident Given Great ReCep-
ton in New York City.
REFUSES TO talk POLITICS
Col. Roosevelt ReiterateS Desire to Drop From
Public Gaze---He VIII Tour Country
in the Fall.

New York City-Theodore Roose-
velt set foot on home shores for the
first time in nearly Is months, and
received hearty welcome.
He bore with his usual buoyancy a
and private emotions commingled and
after family reunion left the city
he had surveyed from afloat, reviewed
in parade ashore and greeted by ex-
plicit word OF mouth, to be welcomed
more intimately by his lifelong neigh
bors at Oyster Bay, Long Island.
AS a private citizen, he was the
same outspoken, vigorous man of both
words and deeds the city of his birth
had known for 80 years as assembly
man, police commissioner, assistant
secretary of the navy, colonel of the
Rough Riders, governor of the state,
vice president and president of the
nation, and more latterly ambassador
to the jungle and monitor to those
who sit in the seats of the mighty.
He had an expansive smile for ev-
erybody, a CHEEKY word for "the boys, I"
his old friends, the newspaper men, a
pat and anec6.ote for the politicians
and especial greetings of affection for
his old command, the Rough Riders
The first zest of public curiosity,
speculation, now turns on what snare
Roosevelt will take in an acute po-
litical situation within his own party.
But on that score speculation must
rest unsatisfed. The colonel positive
ly declared his intentions. Il have
nothing whatever to say in the i'm
mediate future about politics.
1t was the policy he had announced
on his departure for Europe, which
he had reiterated on his return to
civilization, and to which he had
Bteadfastly adhered in all his address
es before the learned societies and
universities of Great Britain and the
continent.
Therefore, there was nothing in the
only speech he made here that could
be construed as applying specifically
to this or that phase of immediate
state or national issues.
ADyster Bay, N. Y. - Sunday was
Theodore Roosevelt's first day of rest
in months. The. return to privacy is
a delight to MIN, and he made 1t
known that it was his desire to drop
just as far out of public sight as the
public will let him. In the autumn
he will make tour of the country.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
confused and Wrong

Henry E. Dixey. at dinner at the
Lambs, said eof az actor who had
failed in a new part:
''His idea of the part was SO con-
fused and wrong that 1t reminded
me of Ferguson.
ferguson, you know, awoke one
morning after studio superior
know what studio suppers are-and
groaned and muttered:
Dear me, what headache!'
"He screwed up his lips in dis
gust. The taste in his mouth was
horrible. He thought he'd have a
look at his tongue, and, reaching out
for the hand glass. he took up by
mistake silverbacked hairbrush.
"He stared at the bristles long
while; then he shook his head and
said:
"'Fergy, my boy, you certainly do
need a shave. New York Tribune,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
GOVERNOR FORBIDS FIGHT.
Jeifries-JOhnsOu Battle VIII Not Take pIscR
in State OF California.

i San Frnacisco, CaI.-Stirred to 40.
ton by insistent protests from All
parts of the state. Governor James
N. Gillett took steps to prevent tbs
championship fight between James 4.
JeffrieS and Jack Johnson, scheduled
to be held in this city July 4th.
In letter to Attorney General u.
S. Webb, the governor expresses mis-
disapproval of prize fighting in UNI
measured terms and directs that the
aid OF the courts be invoked to pre-
vent the match and concludes with
a positive order that in case the plea
for a restraining order is not grant-
eG and the fight is held, the attorney
general proceed to gather evidence
and prosecute the principals
San Francisco, Cal.-Tex Richard
announced to the Associated Press On
receipt of telegram from Morris
Sullivan of Goldfeld, New. That the
Jeffries-J Johnson fight would be held
there July 4. Sullivan guaranteed
$120,0O0 to the promoters.
Sullivan is an old friend of mine
and absolutely dependable" said
Richard. Il have no details. but i
know the man. You can announce
that the fight will go to Goldfield.'
Reno, New. Despite the fact that
Tex Richard positively stated that the
Jeffries-Johnson fight would be held
in Goldfeld, New, the sporting world
Is unconvinced There is a lingering
suspicion and strong one that Reno
will be the battle-ground,
Carson City, Nev.-That the law OF
Nevada would permit the Jeffries-
johnson fight in this state, was the
statement made by Justice Sweeney
of the supreme court, when the
question was put to him in the alb
.sence. of Governor Dickerson.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
AMBERcRIs TREASURE.


The story Of how a Manchester an.
H.) painter found in the st. Lawrence
river lump of grayish substance
Weighing thirty-eight pounds, and
how he has discovered that the solid
fatty STUFF Is ambergris and Is worth
$50 900, recalls the nearest thing to
romance that ever entered into the
lives Of Gloucester and New Bedford
whalers, in the old days when Amer
lean whalers dared every sea. It was
like lottery Once in q lifetime
you might chance on the decaying
body Of whale, giving off an awful
smell, and inside that whale would
be fortune enough SO that you
would never have to go to sea again.
Charles Reade, as far as we renem-
Der, is the only writer to introduce
ambergris into fiction. In Love Me
Little, Love Me Long" David tells
Miss Fountain how 'the skipper
stuffed their noses and ears with cot
ton stepped in aromatic vinegar, and
they lighted short pipes and preached
the brig upon the putrescent monster
and grappled to it; and the skipper
jumped on 1t and drove his spade
(sharp steeD in behind the whales
side fins"
1t is a matter Of record that not
far from the Windward islands q
Yankee skipper in one Of the best
old whaling years did cut out Of a
whale 1870 pounds Of ainbergris,
which was sold for $500. The price
quoted for many years was Sc an
ounce. Ambergris is often found
floating on the sea, particularly OF
the coast of Brazil and Of Madagas-
car. The Bahamas send more than
any other source to market. The
stuff is a secretion of the sperm
whale which dies of the disease pro-
ducing the perfume matter. Chem
lists find it hard to account for the
fact that the smell of the dead whale
Is so horrible when the substance
taken out is valuable only as a
source of sweet smells. Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
GROCERS DENY WRONGDONG
President of Southern Grocers' Asso-
citation Makes Statement.

President of Southern Grocers' Asso-
citation Makes Statement.
jacksonville, FLA. H. McLaurin,
president of the Southern Wholesale
Grocers' Association, expressed great
surprise that federal prosecution
should be taken against the associa-
ton by the federal authorities. He
was aware that several parties in
Washington were trying to interest
the attorney general in the prosecu-
ton, but he stated it was evident
that the attorney general did not real
lie the true reasons for the activities
Of the parties trying to bring on the
suit Mr. McLaurin believes that the
sole purpose Of their action was to
further individual litigation now pend
ing in the courts at Birmingham and
elsewhere, in an effort to influence
public sentiment.
''The allegations of the present COM
plant of the United States as report
ed in the newspapers" continued Mr..
McLaurin, "are wholly incorrect and
can be proven so. The Southern
Wholesale Grocers Association is
simply an association for social and
legitimate business purposes, like the
National Wholesale Groeers' Associa-
ton, which covers the northern states,
retails grocers' associations, cotton
growers associations, fruit growers
associations and like associations
which exit in practically every bust
ness and occupation in the country,
and unless they are all held to be il
legal and in violation of the acts Of
congress, I do not think that the
Southern Wholesale Grocers' Associ-
alton will be held to be So"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
An Honest Confession.

A well-known divine was preaching
one sunday morning on the subject of
"The Great and Small Things Of Gre
alton" To illustrate his thought that
nothing was either too vast or too
tiny to be OF interest to God, he pro
ceeded in these words:
Z 1.-THE Creator Of this immense uni
verse created also the most infinitesi-
NAL atom in It, The Architect Of
these vast mountains fashioned also
the tiniest thread of gold running
through them. The God who made
me made daisy"-Lippincotts.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
Professor Harris Acquitted.

Manassas, Va.-"Not guilty" was
the verdict of the jury, rendered in
the case of Professor j. d. Harris,
former principal or the Warrenton
Higa School, who was tried here on
the charge of having murdered w. A.
Thompson, associate editor Of The
Warrenton Virginian, on the streets
of WarrentGn. Va, in April, 1909.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
9 KILLED IN STORM.
New York City Swept by Terrific Win
and Rain Storm

New York city. = Nine deaths,
scores of injured and incalculable
damage to shipping and shFubbery in
New York were among the results of
the severest rain and wind storm that
has visited the city, in months.
OF the long list Of injured a dozen
or more probably will die. They were
struck by falling trees OF poles, by
cornices blown from roofs or other
heavy objects hurled through the air
by the. force Of the 60-mile gale.
The streets ran rivers and thou
sands of persons who had left homes
to see the Roosevelt parade were
drenched.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
Charlotte Gets Farmers Meet.

Texarkana, Ark.-Secretary Davis OF
the National Farmers Union announc-
ed that the next convention of the
union would be held at Charlotte, N.
c., September 16 Of this year. st.
Louis, Atlanta, Denver, Memphis and
Atlantic City were among the other
cities which bid for the convention.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-06-23
RAILROAD BILL STcNED.
Bill Amending Interstate Commerce
Now Law,

/ Now Law.
Washington, D. c.-President Taft
signed the railroad bill. The bill is
in accordance with the. PRESIDENTS
message demanding amendments to
the interstate commerce laws. The
pnly, exceptions are that it does NOT
legalize holding agreements made by
railroads, permit mergers or regulai-
ing the issuance of stocks or bonds
1T creates a commerce court, and also
broadens the scope of the jurisdiction
by the commerce commission and
brings telegraph, telephone and cable
companies within that Jurisdiction
Supervision is given. to the commits
sion over increases of rates.