The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-10-26


The main army Of the Chinese gov
eminent under war Minister Tien Te-'
chang. said to number 10000 men, was
defeated at Kwang Shut, Hu Peh prov
ince, according TO cable received
by the Chinese Free Press Of San
Francisco. The rebel army Of 5000
under Ii Yueng, it il stated, captured
artillery, baggage train and ammuni'
ton OF the imperial army The ca
Bile stated that the imperial forces
were completely routed and abandon.
ca their supply trains during the re-
treat.
The judiciary Of the United States
must be brought within the control
and answered to the weII-thoughtout
Judgment Of the people, In the opinion
Oh Theodore Roosevelt, who spoke on
"The Conservation Of Womanhood
and Childhood" before the civic fc-
rum IN New York City. This con
troll, in Mr.. Roosevelt's opinion,
should be exercised more cautiously
and in different fashion than the con-
troll BY the people over the legislator
and the executive, but the control
must be there.
Bitter criticism OF President Taft
marked the opening In Chicago Of the
campaign Of the Progressive element
Of the Republican party, as 1t styles
itself, to nominate Senator Robert M.
IaFollette as the Republican candi-
date for president. Senator Clapp call.
the chief executives action In the
Arizona statehood matter the black
est chapter in all tyranny outside Of
the absolute despotism Of an unbri-
died king.
The remedy for the poor food sup
ply in the cities is to depopulate them,
according to II. w. Wiley, chief Of
the United States bureau OF chem
istry, who spoke before a banquet Of
the Twilight club In New York. THE
man who has his feet on the soil Is
more the arist0crat Of nature than he
who walks the pavement. Force the
manufacturers to leave the city and
go to the country. where each man
can have q plot Of ground about his
cottage and at evening can be with
his garden and flowers"
The population Of Canada, accord
ing to the census taken on the first
81 June and made public, was 7,0S1,-
1858, an increase in ten years OF II
710,594. The figures are about one
million below the estimate made be-
fore the census was taken. Montreal
leads Canadian cities with q popula-
ton of 466,167, an increase In ten
years Of 19s,467. Toronto is second
with S76,240. Winnipeg has 135,4SO;
Vancouver, 1O0,S3S; Ottawa, S6,s4O;
Hamilton, S1,S79; London, 46,177, and
Halifax, 46,OS1.
Commentator Simonetti, general
secretary OF the Italian Anti-Slavery
society, which has been working Trip
oil since 1899, gives an appalling de-
scription Of the slavery still existing
there, despite the efforts Of the So
ciety to liberate those In bondage. He
says that the society provides the
slaves with freedom papers, which
the Turkish officials have disregard
ed, He tells OF Turkish steamers en-
gagged in the slave traffic and says
that In 1900 the slaves were brought
close to Benhazi
Miss Madeline Frances Willis OF Los
Angeles, Cal. the first suffragist who
went to Louisville, KY. from Cali
fornia. to be present at the session Of
the National Suffrage convention, told
that Mrs. Caroline NJ. Severance, the
mother Of woman's clubs and now
90 years Of age, win register at least,
If she does not vote, before she dies.
She said: Southern women are more
ready for the ballot than are those Of
other sections Of the country. They
have, in fact, taken to suffrage won
derfully.