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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

Southern Railway Announces Method Of Hand-
Ling Cotton Bills

Washington President Finley on
the Southern Railway company, being
asked about the policy OF that COM
pany relative to the valuation Of or
der notify bills OF lading for export
cotton, said:
1.-THE management Of the Southern
Railway company recognizes the great
commercial Importance of this subject
and win do all that it properly can
to promote confidence i'm the markets
Of the world in its bills of lading. 1t
is believed that the effective enforce
ment of certain business precautions
win go far to satisfy any doubt which
now exists as a result Of certain al
legged manipulation by shippers Of or
der notify bills OF lading for export
cotton last season, for which the RAN
ways were in no way responsible.
The system OF issuing such bills
Of lading was the subject Of a spe-
ciaI conference between the carriers
and bankers. AS result of this con-
ference, the Southern Railway com
pany will arrange, beginning on Sep.
TENDER /, 1910, to make effective the
safeguards surrounding the issue Of
order notify bills OF lading which
were then agreed upon. Among other
things agreed upon tending to improve
the system of issuing order notify bills
Of lading for export cotton, these
regulations provide for bill Of lad
ing signature certificate which will
be signed and attached, on behalf OF
the railway company BY valuation
officer, to. each order notify bills OF
lading for export cotton issued by
agents of the company authorized to
issue such bills Of lading. Each val
idation certificate will set forth that
the agent who has signed the bill Of
lading is the regularly appointed agent
Of the company, and, as such, is au-
thorized to sign bills Of lading in acr
cordance with the. regulations Of the
company, and that the signature on
the attached order notify bill of lad.
ing is his signature. The certificate
will be irremoyably attached to the
bill OF lading covered by it, and, as
an additional safeguard. the bill OF
lading, in addition to it's own mum.
Der, will bear the number OF the GER
tificate issued in connection with it.
Agents will be instructed not to sign
bills Of lading until the cotton is in
the possession OF the railway com.
pany.
1T is believed that the effect OF
these safeguards will be to prevent
any such manipulation of bills of lad
ing as 1t is alleged was practiced in
connection with last years crop, but,
as have said, for which the railways
were in no way responsible"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01
LACK OF MONEY
Was a Godsend in This Case.


It is not always that lack Of
money is benefit.
A lady Of Green Forest, Ark, owes
her health to the fact that she could
not pay in advance the fee demand
ed by a specialist to treat her for
stomach trouble. In telling of her
case she says:
Il had been treated by four differ
ent physicians during 10 years OF
stomach trouble. Lately / called on,
another who told me he could not cure
me; that had neuralgia of the stom-
acn. Then | went to a specialist who
tod me had catarrh Of the stomach
and said he could cure me in four
months but would have to have his
money down. l could not raise the
necessary sum and in my extremity
was lea to quit coffee and try Postum.
SO. / stopped coffee and gave Post
UNI a thorough trial and the results
nave been magical. | now sleep well
az night, something had not done
LOT a long time; the pain in my stom-
ach is gone and | am a different
woman.
I dreaded to quit coffee, because
every time had tried to stop it sur
lered from severe headaches, so con-
tinued to drink it although had rea-
son to believe it. was injurious to me-
and was the cause of my stomach
trouble and extreme nervousness. But
when I had Postum to shift to it was
different.
10 my surprise did not miss col
zee when | began to drink Postum
Coffee had been steadily and sure
" killing me and / didn't fully realize
what was doing it until quit ana
changed to Postum"
Ever read the above letters a new
one appears from time TO time. . Tney
interest.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01
Cholera In Russia.

st. Petersburg "A slight improve
ment in cholera conditions in south
ern Russia is shown by the latest re-
ports to the government sanitary bu-
reau and to the Red Cross. This is
taken as a sign that the epidemic is
now on the wane. Reports to the
sanitary bureau for the week of Au-
gust IA to 20, inclusive, give 1906
new cases and 7,74S deaths as COM
pared with 2S,944 cases and 10,72S
deaths for the previous week. making
grand total of l2l,091 cases, and
5000 deaths for this years epidemic.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01
BIGGEST BATTLEsHIP.
The British Orion the Most Powerful
ship AfIoat.

Portsmouth, England.-The Orion,
Great Britain's newest and greatest
battleship, was launched here in the
presence OF King Alfonso and Queen
Victoria of Spain and distinguished
gathering Of naval officers and repre-.
sentatives from public life. Compar-
ed with the armored cruiser Lion, of
26,S50 tons, just launched, the Orion
will displace only 22,50O tons, but her
ten 1S-inch guns and her new deadly
equipment of ttorpedoes render her by
far the most powerful battleship afIoat.
TIE new torpedo to be carried by the
Orion weighs nearly ton, and its
range win exceed 1900 yards, at a
speed of 40 knots. The torpedo car
ries charge of guncotton Weighing
ESQ pounds. The Orion will have a
speed Of q knots and will carry 1000
tons Of fuel, giving her an unusually
wide radius of action.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01
FOREST FIRE DEATH LIST.
over 200. Lost Lives in Forest Fires
In Northwestern States.

Spokane, Wash--The following are
the revised figures on the forest fire
dead:
United States forest employees, in.
cluding Halms' is men, 1856; loggers
and settlers, St Joe Valley, Idaho,
80; at Bullion Mine, Montana, fire
fighters, s; at Wallace, Idaho, 4; at
Newport, Wash, 8; at Mullan, Idaho,
and Spokane. 8. Total, 204.
Telegraphic communication with the
st. Joe Valley Of Idaho has been re-
stored, but it is not yet possible to
verify the reports Of large loss of life
among fire-fighters, additional to the
65 reported by the government off.
GERS. The estimate of over 200 dead
In the three states is adhered to BY
those most familiar with the situa.
ton.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01
SID More RInomers.

Middletown, N. Y.-Dr. Lydia Has
brouck, a pioneer in the dress reform
movement in this country, is dead here
at the age of SO. Following Miss
Bloomer in 1898 she adopted the
bloomer costume, consisting Of velvet
bloomer trousers and short skirts The
costume caused ner much inconven.
fence, for she was frequently refused
admittance to public places, but she
continued to wear them till her death.
she was a graduate Of the New York
Medical college and had practiced in
Washington.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01
Atlansa's Population i54,s39.

Washington. -The census bureau
announced Atlanta's population. The
official figure is 15b3S9
From ss,S72 in 1900, the city has
made a leap Of 64,967. or gain in
population Of 1913 per cent during the
past ten years.
This places Atlanta where she has
always claimed to be: "a city of the
first magnitude.
1t proves without a shadow of a
doubt that the so-calied hot air. is
not a vapor, but it is the real. solid,
substantial goods
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01
Nc Rombardment Of skies.

Washington Estimating the cost
of the experiment at about 100000,
the War Department officers declined
requests to order a bombardment OF
the skies by all its guns on Puget
Sound and at the mouth of the Co
lumbia river in an effort to bring on
rain in the burning forest district OF
the northwest In addition to the OBJ
lection of cost, the army officers re-
garded the proposition as certain to
prove futile.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01
Drunkenness 4 Mental Disease.

Paterson, N. 1.-THE authorities OF
Passaic county mas decided that ha-
bitual drunkenness is a mental dis
ease, form of insanity rather than a
crime, and persons who are adjudged
habituaI drunkards viii hereafter be
committed to the regular insane hos.
pital for treatment
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01
RED HOT CONTESTS
IN CONGRESSIONAL RACES

Athens.-The final returns from FL
bert county gave William M. Howard
a majority of two votes, giving the
present congressman reelection with
sixteen votes out of the 2S.
In view of the close count and the
delay in returns from Ebert county,
which decide the race, MIR. Tribble
has filed contest for this county and
the nomination win be litigated.
Unusual interest was manifested
throughout the state
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

The only doubt to be thrown on the
story Of those Quadrillious of microbes
IN frozen eggs is that It is almost be.
yond belief that any self-respecting
microbe would relish that sort Of food.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

We have got to have copy of that
new department OF agriculture bull.
letin on "The Life History and Con.
troll Of the Hop Flea-Beetle," even II
the government does charge 10 cents
Tor It.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

1t was at Fourth of July meeting
in the little city. The mayor, William
Smith, rose, and at dignified length
read the Declaration Of independence.
There was a pause; then from one
Of the mayors old schoolmates came
the loud whisper: "Bill never writ
that He amt smart enough"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01
sPEER HAS WON
FOR TREASURER.

FOn lhEASOnEns
One Of the remarkable surprises Of
the state campaign is the defeat of
Peyton M. Halves Of Ebert by w. g..
Speer of Fulton for state treasurer
by majority Of $4,000 or more.
The surprise is occasioned by the
fact that the early returns,which were
mostly pure estimates. seemed to give
Mr. Halves a handsome majority, esti-
mated at about $1,000
But when the official returns came
in, Mr.. Speer had $4,000 majority.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01
The Stylish Fisherman.

One of the guests at a fashionable
summer resort In West Virginia got
himself up in his best fishing togs''
and started along certain mountain
stream.
Meeting native, he asked: Here,
my good man.. Kindly tell me whether
it would be worth my while to try
fishing in this vicinity"
The native regarded him scornfully.
"The fshin' amt good" he finally
said, ''but amt informed as to how
you values your time Lippincott's.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01
Amoskeaa MIIIs shut Down.

Manchester, N H-Fifteen thou
sand employees of the Amoskeag Cot.
ton Manufacturing company were
thrown out of work when the II mills
Of the plant closed for a period Of
Is days.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

The subioined item appeared In a
French newspaper: eThere was found
IN the river this morning the body Of
soldier cut to pieces and sewed up
in a sack The circumstances seem
to preclude any suspicion Of suicide"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

American tourists are reported to be
the most eager patrons Of dirigible
balloons IN Europe. Their experiences
with the tip-custom in their travels
seems 70 make them careless Of life,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01
Not 10 overdo n.

Lily-Tse gwine to a s'prise party
tonight, Miss Sally
Miss sally-What win you take for
present?
Lily-Well we dfdn callate on
takin' no present. Yo' see, we don't
wan to s'prise EN- too much.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

A New York couple got married the
other day because, they said. they
both loved the same bull pup, The
silly season is showing results all
right
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

The man for whom the law should
provide a particularly severe penalty
when caught is the chauffeur who
strikes a person down and then runs
away from his victim.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

New York druggist thinks rattle
snake poison is a cure for consump.
ton. Consumption is also a cure for
rattlesnake poison. But who gets the
ilrst bite?
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

A New York man shook pepper into
his soup and then was seized with a
at Of sneezing that killed him. Now
the question is. did the restaurants
keeper make his heirs pay for the
soup?
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

No man can sleep soundly after Civ.
Ing away million dollars, says a
New York preacher. Let's all get to-
gesher and disprove this statement.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01
Tennessee sank Make AssIanm.

Nashville, Tenn.-1he Commercial
Bank and Trust company of Pulaski,
Tenn, made a general assignment.
The bank is capitalized at $4,000,
and has assets estimated at $152,6S
The liabilities are not known.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

London reports the presence OF $780,.
900 foreign walters. Class In men,
tai arithmetic. how much does this
amount to. at one average tip apiece?
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

A honiing pigeon has Just flown
1000 miles In about Ave days. That
will keep the flying machine busy for
some time to come.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

Those billions Of bacteria reported
found In frozen eggs are not so i'm.
pressive since we dallied with the tlg.
ures about Halley's comet
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

A Chicago professor says that
skunks are good to eat. but until we
nee the meat trust try to corner them
wen refuse to believe it.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

II your socks, your tie and your
hatband do not match in color you
can still elude the critical by going
swimming.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

Were you ever so tired that after
lifting one foot up you dreaded to
put II down again to complete the
step?
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

Now that an aeropiane has been
struck by lightning we discover that
wind isn't the only thing the aviators
have to combat
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

Another $4,000 diamond has been
found in South Africa. All they
have to do there is to pick up the
wealth.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01
VOTE IN CONVENTION
OF ALL CANDIDATES

presented cam
the state the candidates
August 49, who q Georgia
These agus COMPLIED by the Atlanta
complete, In
beaten by r. o
The consolidation OF the below show following
suits:
For Goyernor-Hoke Smith, 23O; Joseph Brown,
Treasurer-Peyton Halves, So; W. Speer 272
Attorney General-Hewette Thomas
L. Britain, $50;
Railroad Commissioned Stevens. 100; J.
fair
Prison Commissioner (incom pee-G r Hutchens IS; H.
Dawson. 202
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

Bread is to be sold in New York by
weight Then the inconsistent Gus.
toners win complain IL 1t is light and
Il 1t isn't.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

People who predict that this was
e be a hot summer are around men.
tioning the fact.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

Diamonds are one thing that 10.
crease In value after decreasing in
size.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

In his modest, unobtrusive way the
cricket Is advising you to lay In your
winter coal.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

When New York gets to selling
bread By weight, maybe the young
bride will make fortune.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

WIN Thomas A. Edison please in.
vent something to geep ice from melt.
Ing In summer?
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

Having had her eyes insured for
$4,000. New York chorus girl is pre-.
pared to make eyes at all corners.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

Laughing may make people Fat, but
that Is not what stout people care to
know.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

Tobacco crop short and revolutions
a Cuba again. There amt going to
be no butts"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

Many a fellow has jumped from the
frying pan into the fire under the
impression that the fire was out.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

Last winter was very severe one,
but we bear no grudge against II
now.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

The Joy ride is generally It's own
Nemesis.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-01

dear?
slenderly-It must be, pet; it's gone
to sleep.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-04
.cOSIO'S STATEMENT.

City of Mexico, Dec. 3.-General Manuel Gonzales CosiO. minister of war. today denied knowledge of the ap- pOintment of a commission named by Diaz to treat with the revOlutionists at San Isidro, as stated in a dispatch from Chihuahua.
 Cosio said: "I have no knowledge that any commission has been named of the nature mentioned in the dis patches. much less that it has been sent to confer with the rebels under a flag of truce. treating them as though they were beligerents. This would be giv- ing them an importance which they ab- solutely do not possess. On the con trary measures have been taken that contemplate the exercise of all the force necessary to effectually put down the revolution. orders have been given for the sending against them of forces, but from what point. their number and des- tination, of course cannot be revealed"
 Referring to a dispatch published in a morning paper announcing the rout of government forces. Cosio said he had received no official communication of such an occurrence.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-04
RESULTS CLOSE IN BRITISH ELECTIONS UNlONIST GAINS ARE DISAP-
 POINTING TO DATE. Nevertheless They Are Sufficient to
 Rather Embarrass Government.

London, Dec. 4.-Including those un- opposed. 125 members had been elected to the new parliament at the close of today's polling.
 The standing of the parties is as follows: Government coalition-Liber- als. 5l: labor, z; Irish nationalists, 3. Total 63
 Opposition: Unionists. 62.
 The unionists gained seven seats, six from the liberals and one from the laborites. The liberals won four seats from the unionists. The gain of the unionists is three seats net. The result is not quite up to the eXpec- tatiOns of the unionists. but at that if the current continues to run in their favor the government will be placed in very awkward position and in all probability will resign.
 Neither party received the lead from London and Manchester that it de- sired. although on the whole the gov ernment came off best, since it has succeeded in holding the northeast di- vision of Manchester against A. Bonar Law, one of the chief opponents of tariff reform, who greatly assisted in the campaign on Balfour's pledge to submit the question of protection to a referendum.
 There is an extraordinary similarity in the majorities compared with the elections in January, although fewer persons voted. The weather is very cold and wet.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-04

urge the further consideration of the tariff commission law. similar to that embodied in the Beveridge bill. and to draw attention again to measures for the further control of common car riers
 Tt is not probable that any meas ures of the first importance can be passed by congress at this session" said. MT. Cummins. Those of us known as progressives will stand firmly. however. for the consideration of a tariff commission bill and the enactment of legislation that will place the tariff commission upon what we term a satisfactory basis
 We will urge the adoption of resolution for the election of senators by a direct vote of the people: the passage of measure providing a valuation of the physical property of railroads and common carriers and an inquiry as to the investment repre- sented by the properties of common carriers. We will also urge the en- actment of a law to limit the issuance of stocks and bonds of common car riers.
 Tt is unlikely that many of these measures will make actual progress at this session. but all the cOnsidera- ton given them will be so much gained. There will be less work to do at another time"
 The senator made it clear that the progressive senators will not await report before urging another bill for the control of the issuing of rail- road stocks and bonds.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-04
DEADLOCK CONTINUES
 IN B.-P. COMMITTEE
Each Side Still Contends That 1t Is
 the Regular" Body.

Washington. D. C., Dec. 3.-TwO committees, each asserting it's legality as to being the regularly constituted Ballinger-P -Pinchot Investigating com mittee, met today to take up the re- port to be submitted to congress.
 The republican members met for the third consecutive day in the offices of Senator Nelson, chairman. The democratic members, with Representa- tive Madison of Kansas, a republican who joined in making public a report last September. met at the same time in the offices which the committee occupied during the hearing last win ter
 The democratic members adjourned after a short session. They said their meeting had been held in accordance with the adjournment taken September 9 in Minenapolis. As a quorum had not appeared. however. no business could be transacted. The unusual sit uation results from the break that occurred in the Minneapolis meeting in September.
 . The republicans have not yet con- cluded their work upon the report they will make. The democratic mem bers are anticipating a call from Senator Nelson for a full meeting. At such a meeting the democratic mem bers will take the position that the report they made public in Septem- Der was the authorized report of the committee. The republican members wiH have their own report to present at that time, as will also Represen- tative Madison.
Arizona republican., 1910-12-04
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
It Was a Part of the Original Law
 for a Minute.

Mir. Connolly of Cochise got in his deadly work at last, but it was dis covered in time to apply. an antidote. Mir Connolly from the early days of the convention had been trying to do something for the suffragists, and yesterday seemed a favorable oppor- tunity amid the confusion and hurly burly He almost accomplished more than he had intended to.
 All day there had been an inter mittent discussion of the qualification of voters at tax and bond elections. This discussion began in the consid- eration of the taxation proposition in the morning. The suffrage propo sition in its original form had COR tained a provision that women own ing taxable property might vote at tax and bond elections, but that had been stricken out for the reason that that did not seem to be the right place for it and partly for the reason that its principle was not approved.
 At a late hour of the consideration of the suffrage proposition, which now contained no reference to taxes and bonds, MT. Connolly presented an independent proposition. conferring upon women otherwise qualified and who have property subject to taxa ton, the right to vote. This amend ment was adopted and was part of the proposition which was now on .the verge of third reading.
 MT. Ellinwood asked the convention if it had an idea what it had just done, and he requested the secretary to read the proposition as it now ap- peared Women who owned property subject to taxation were now quail fled voters at all elections. The con- vention went into the air, and mem bers fell over each other in the