The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-07-06

Nine indictments charging restraint
of trade In violation of the Sherman
antitrust law were returned by a Fed
eral grand jury In New York against
as many associations and long list
of individuals comprising the so-called
wire trust" affiliated with the steel
industry. Prominent among the de-
PENDANTS are Herbert L. Satterlee,
president OF the Habirshaw Wire COM
pany Yonkers, N Y, and son-in-
law of ]. Palmer, president of the
American Steel and Wire company,
subsidiary OF the United States Steel
corporation, and Frank Jay Gould of
New York, president of the Old Do
minion Iron and Nail Works company,
Belle Isle, Richmond, Va What this
suit charges" said District Attorney
Wise, lis a trade agreement in re-
straint of trade"
Announcement in the newspapers
that four prominent planters of Pulas-
XII county who were recently acquit-
ted of peonage in the Unitel States
court in Macon, Ca, were to celebrate
their acquittal on July fourth with a
big barbecue and that an invitation
had been extended to the twelve jul
rors to be the guests of honor, has
provoked from Judge Emory Speer
of the United States court a warning
to the jurors not to attend The Judge
takes the position that it is against
the law to tamper with jury.
Albert Steele Dockery, leading at.
torney of Rockingham, N. G., died af-
ter an illness of three weeks MIR.
Dockery was 35 years old young
man OF more than usual prominence,
having represented his county in both
houses of the state legislature He
was attorney for several large corpo.
rations. Three weeks ago Mr. Dock
cry was stricken with typhoid fever.
This week pneumonia and jaundice de.
veloped and death resulted He was
the son of Cen and Mrs. H. c. Dock.
cry of Rockingham.
Rudolph Herring OF New York, one
OF the speakers at the meeting of the
American Medical association, said We
have advanced to point where the
spreading OF disease by sewage can be
prevented. ITO accomplish this he
said, I'VE must first secure substan
tial separation of the solids from the
liquids: secondly, secure construction
that will remove the sewage complete.
ly; thirdly, we must secure removal
as rapidly as possible, and fourthly,
treat each part with intelligent care.
The association is in session at Los
Angeles, Cal.
John NJ. Whitman, vice president in
charge of construction OF the Chicago
and Northwestern railroad and one OF
the oldest railway officials in the coun.
try, is to retire from the service, so
IL has been announced in Chicago Mr..
Whitman Is "A years of age, and mas
been engaged In railroading and engl.
neering work continuously for SO years
of which the last 81 years have been
devoted entirely to the service of the
Northwestern. Mr. Whitman said he
had no definite plans except 10 enjoy
himself from now on.
Porto Ricans in New York number.
ing more than three thousand have or
gained a club of their own, modelled
after the social organizations of for.
mer residents of other states. II Is
called the Porto Rico Alliance.
The United States government win
issue its one.millionth patent for an
invention on August next.
Major Henry c. Davis OF the United
States marine corps and Mrs. Vestra
Shcrridge BragpiIe San Francisco,
were married in Wilmington, Del. Ma.
jor DAVIS and Mrs Davis returned to
Philadelphia and WIN later go to New
York.