The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-10-12

Mrs. Charles w. Morse visited the
United States circuit court In New
York to ask Judge Lacombes' advice
in the matter OF preparing another
pardon petition for her husband, a
prisoner In the Federal penitentiary
at Atlanta, Ga. She stated that she
would at once set to work on such a
petition asking for Morse's freedom,
and would present 1t to President
Taft. Al few days ago Morse with
drew his petition for pardon and re-
ceived from President Taft permits
sion to renew it at some future time.
John d. Rockefeller is having a
private telegraph wire extended to
his home in Tarrytown, N. ", and
win have an operator installed at the
terminus Of the line in his residence.
1t is said that Mr. Rockefeller's first
order on returning her for the winter
was for the private wire In all the
years he has lived in Tarrytown he
never has had private wire before,
and the innovation has started end
less gossip. One suggestion current
is that Mr.. Rockefeller is assuming
active charge of business affairs
again
The situation at Black River Falls,
Wis, the precipitous little city Of o.
600 population, swept by food when
waters Of Black river, swollen by re-
cent rains, washed through the en-
bankment of the LaCross Water Pow
er company's dams at Hatfield, is
worse by far than was even feared
when the deluge burst upon the unfor-
tunate town. 1t is impossible to as
certain the loss of life 1t is believed
the casualty list will be heavy. Half
of the business section was destroy
ed, together with part Of the resi-
dence district, and it is alleged by the
residents who have taken refuge on
high lands that the city will be wiped
off the map.
True brotherhood, militant opti-
mism, broader tolerance and work
genuinely cooperative are the needs
OF Christian leaders in facing modern
criticism and social unrest, declared
the Rev. Henry Height Of London,
president of the British Wesleyan
conference at the opening Of the
fourth ecumenical or worlds Meth
odist conference in Toronto, Ontario.
Doctor Height had taken as his text
the words, eThe harvest truly is plen-
teous, but the laborers are few"
Capt. Peter c. Hams, Jr., who kill
ed William e. Annis in August, 1908,
received his pardon and left Sing Sing
prison free man. He was serving
an indeterminate sentence of eight
to ten years. Hams attorney declar-
ed at the trial that Hams had been
frenzied by stories of relations be-
tween Annis and Mrs. Hams. He
got a divorce from his wife last Au-
gust.
With the arrival OF Governor Har.
mon of Ohio at ST. Louis actual
work was begun on the appeal to
be taken by the governors commit
tee in the United States Supreme
court against the decision of United
States Circuit Judge Sanborn in the
Minnesota rail rate case. Governor
Harmon joined Governor Herbert s..
Hadley of Missouri and the two went
to the law office of United States Dis
trict Attorney Houtz. Later, Cover
nor Aldrich of Nebraska, the third
member of the committee, arrived.
Bullets OF solid gold were used by
YaQui Indians in fighting against Por-
forio Diaz in the recent Mexican rev
olution, according to passengers ar
irving in San Francisco, on the
steamer Curacas, from Mexican ports.
In Mazatlan hospitals, where many
wounded were operated on, discovery
Of the golden pellets, it was said, was
an ordinary occurrence, although few
patients had received enough of them
to pay the doctors bills.