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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-12-19
Knanar.

Mrs. Eva Margaret Kneller. WIDOW
Of Henry Kneller, died on Sunday,
December IA, at her home In BaltI-
more. Interment was made in Man
chester Cemetery on Wednesday
morning.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1913-12-19

Mormons Of the United sIatea eatl-
mate their loss al 10000. DO from the
revolution IN Mexico.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-03-06

Much interest has been aroused
here in the land suit that has been
begun by Mr.. w. T. Cooke. Of
Chokee, to secure possession Of d
large tract Of land, lying in and
near Leesburg and formerly known
as the Dudley Sneed estate. The
land involved in the suit approx
mates / 200 acres, according to es-
Inmates. The value Of which il about
1900, OOD.
This would make the sui probably
This would make the suit pro-
baby the largeet land suit that has
ever been conducted in Lee county.s
The history Of the Sneed estate is
an interesting one, and it has been
thoroughly investigated BY those in
terested in the suit. 1t seems that
Dudley Sneed died in 1885. At the.
time Of his death he was in possess
sion of about i 200 acres Of land in
and near Leesburg. This property
is nov ownsd by about 70 different
property holders.
It appears that under the will of
Dudley sneed, Garrett "A. Sneed
and James Benton Cooke were given
. life estate in the property, with
the remainder to their children.
Both Garnet A. Sneed and James
Benton Cooke are dead, the latter
having died in December Of last
year. Mr.. w. T. Cooke is the only
child of ]. b. Cooke, and it is he
who has begun thesuit for the re
covery Of the property. It is very
likely that the suit involves a larger
amount Of property than has ever
been included in a suit Of this kind
before the courts Of Lee county.
Already Mr.. Cooke has engaged
attorneys to represent him in the
case, Mr.. W. G. Martin. of Lees
burg, and Mr.. w. T. Lane, Of A.
mericus, having been retained by
him. It is not yet known who will
represent the present property
holders. though it is understood
that they will secure able legal
counsel to defend their claims, H,
4 Wilkerson, Of Dawson, and
Hardeman, Jones and Turner, Of
Macon, having been named in this
connection.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-03-06
Lee County Banks
Ii Good CsndItl0n
4. Shows ~ Ress.t R.psu.. !. rs s.sas.

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Recent financial statements Of the
condition Of the Band 81 Leesburg
and the Bank Of Smithville show
that both Of these financial institu-
lions are in ilourishing conditions.
Detailed financial statements were
published in the last isBue 81 The
Journal, and these statements speak
for themselves.
Both of these banks are underline
control Of the well known William
System Of banks, now numbering
40 successful banking institutions
scattered throughout the state Of
Georgia. These banks have been
carefully managed and dessrvs the
success that hae come tothem. The
year 1913 will proveone ofthe most
successful years ever experienced By
there hanks. as Lee county is now
facing one 81 the most prosperous
years in it's history.
In thisconnection II is interesting
to note that the management Of the
Witham banks has recently sent
broadea throughout the entire
state 80, 900 copies Of most helpful
bulletin relative to the boil weevil
as it will affect the white farmers Of
Georgia. The purpose Of the bull
letin is to encourage the farmers In
the diyersification Of crops, inten-
sive metods and the abandonment
of the one-crop idea. The bulletin
should accomplish much, and the
management 81 the Witham banks
deserves especial commentator for
its energetic ard helpful Efforts in
this particular.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-03-06

Considerable damage was done II
various sections of Lee county as 9
result Of the storm that passed ovel
tho county last Friday. The winds
blew steadily from the west and as
sumed rather cyclonic proportions
in some places. Though the damage
to property and the washing q soiIs
was considerable, no loss Of life has
been reported.
The Martin Bryant place west Of
Leesburg was-slsited by the storm,
and several negro houses and out
houses were damaged, according TO
reports. The Deberry turpentine still
north Of Leesburg was also dama-
ged somewhat, while the storm did
other damage at the maxwell place
east ii Leesburg. There are also re-
porte Of minor damage from the
storm in other sections Of the coun-
ty. Many telephone and telegraph
wires were blown down, and for a
time Leesburg was almost cut off
from communicating in this manner
with the outside world.
Many reports Of slight damage to
houses were received from various
parts.of Leesburg.
The fury Of the storm was felt in
the northern section Of town, where
about dozen negro houses were
either unroofed or blown down. With
the large number of houses damaged
by the storm.itis Tather remarkable
that no lives were last, though sew
eral negroes were pretty seriously
injured by falling tffnbers.
In the business section the store
of Forester ani Green was unroof-
ed, exposing the stock Of goods to
considerable damage from the rains
which were heavy throughout the en-
tire storm. For time the town was
completely cut off from telegraph
and telephone communication with
the outside world. This was restor-
ed, however, later in the day. In
many places trees were blown across
the wires, while a large number Of
the poles were blown down.
For a time the residents If thescity
thought cyclone had arrived, and
many people here were thoroughly
frightened by the black clouds and
the thunder and lightning which
prevailed.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-03-06
"The Economic Value Of Birds
To The Farmer"

Under the foregoing suggestive
caption there has been issued in
pamphlet form recently a most help
! full and stimulating discussion Of the
4 aid given to she father by his little
feathered friends, the discussion
having been originally read before
the Georgia State Agricultural ST.
ciety at its last meeting in Dublin.
In a pamphlet that is at onee
terse and Illuminating Professor R.
j. H. DeLoach, Of the chair ofCot
ton Industry Of the State Agricul-
tural College, places before the peo-
of Georgia in the space Of a few
pages Of priated matter irrefutable
claims in favor Of the protection Of
the birds of the state as one of the
most active and vigilant factors in
the welfare of the man who tills the
soil. The issuance of this pamphlet
from the pen of Professor DeLoach
is indeed timely, coming as it does
when the protection of the game
birds and all other birds that aye
not positively harmful has come to
be an important matter in the state.
The main part Of the discussion
lis devoted TO the manifest though
not generally understood proofs Of
the usefulness Of birds in destroy
ing the insect pests chat would 9TH
erwise seriously handicap farmers.
These are facts That every farnersin.
the state should be conservant with,
though unfortunately but very few
farmers seem to know them. The
bird friend of the farmer is usually
tolerated rather than actively ap-
preciated, though there is more than
the economic reason why the farmer
Should protect the bird. In adding
to the economic reasons for bird pro-
lection the other reasons which lie.
deep within the human heart. Pro-
lessor DeLoach has given Georgia
farmers and the people of the state
a discussion Of lasting inspiration
as well as usefulness. He is at one
with Coleridgein believing that He
prayeth well who loveth we'll,
Both man and bird and beast.
He prayeth best who loveth best
All things both great and small;
For the dear God who loveth us
He made and loveth all "--Ameri-
Gus Times-Recorder.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-03-06
Cleaning The Ledger!

This month viii be used by The Journal Tor cleaning
its subscription ledger Every subscriber should bear
this in mind Bills viii besent,ont to every subscriber
Of The Journal who is in arrears. Look out for the
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you will pay up this account.
Il is the desire Of the management Of The Journal
that every subscriber remain ta lists. The Journal
needs your aid and there Is no better time which
YOU can give this aid than Unless these past due
accounts are paid Immediately. however the names Of
all subscribers in arrears will b stricken from the
lists Such course is necessary because the United
States government through the postal department rs
quires that The Journal drop from its subscription lists
the names al ali subscribers who,are in arrears.
During the month Of March The Journal viii com.
petely revise its subscription lists Every subscriber
arrears will be allowed the remainder Of the month in
which to pay up all past due accounts. At the end Of
the month names Of all subscribers who have not paid
up will be dropped from the lists Remember the price
Of The Journal is 81 90 per year payable in advance.
The Journal began publication under its present
management on May 70, 1910. Some subscribers owe
the paper for the entire period of nearly THREE
YEARS If you have paid anything at all on yOursub-
s.rption you readily see thathe 80 cents, 800
or even So 60 does not your indebtedness, You
have received the paper since it first began publication
under the new management. It is impossible to make
out the large number Of bills sent ont by The Journal
without making mistakes We shall be glad TO rsctify
any mistake, if attention is called TO it.
REMEMBER THAT 1T ISTIMETOP PAY UP Send
your check, money or OtherTemttancs direct to THE
r LEE COUNTY JOURNAL, Box III, Leesburg, Ga,
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offer is still in FORCE bat it is necessary for every sub
scrber who wishes profit byit either BY renewing his
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Sample copies Of Southern Farming being sent
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subscription. you should b. receiving Southern
Farming regularly Notify US at once if you not
receiving it.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-03-06

Widespread interest in the result
Of the suit is manifested here. A
preliminary hearing Of the case will
Be had early in April. II tho mat
ter is adjusted then, il viii not
necessitate further litigation. 9th
erwise the suit may be prosecuted
in The Superior court here.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-03-06
Big Land Suit viii Be
Contested Here in April

W. T. COOKE CLAIMS PORTION OF ESTATE OF DUDLEY sNEED
DECEASED. LEGAL PAPERS HAVE BEEN SERVED ON
LARGE NUMBER OF HOLDERS OF THE PROPERTY
ABOUT 1900 ACRES OF LAND INVOLVED APPR0XI-
MATE VALUE OF WHICH is 100000
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-03-06
Considerable Damage from
the Storm IN Lee County

STORM or LAST WEEK DID CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO PRO-
PERTY THOUGH NO DEATHS ARE REPORTED AS A RE-
Suit OF IT'S DESTRUCTIVE FORCE. DAMAGE NOT
ONLY IN LEESBURG BUT I'M SEVERAL OTHER
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-03-06
Pay Up Your Subscription /!

Many subscribers Of The Journal have paid up
their subscriptions already, but there are still many
delinquents The Journal is cleaning up its snhsoTp-
ton ledger now and it is offering to every subscriber
new or old. the biggest and BEST clubbing offer ever
given here.
If you want your name to stay The Journals
list, pay up your subscription. We don't wish TO
strike of the name Of any subscriber but all subscp-
tions in arrears must be settled The United States
through the postal authorities require this
and it is No option with u.s. Your subscription must
be paid up or your name will be stricken from the list
The Journal desires every subscriber now on It's
list to remain and to receive during 1918 the best paper
ever issued in Lee county. Keep your name on the
list by PAYING UP YOUR SUBSCRIPTION.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-03-06

connection.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-07
ODUS DAVIDSON TO
 HANG NEXT MONDAY
Convicted Slayer If Miss Ella Bar.
 ham Is Becoming Uneasy.

Harrison, Aug. 6.-Sheriff James Helm yesterday morning began pre- parations for the execution of Odus De vidson, sentenced to be hanged here August II for the murder of Ella Barham, near Zinc, last Novem- Der.
 As the jail building here is in a di- lapidated condition, a high fence will have to be built around the scaffold and the sheriff with a contractor, went over the ground this morning to pick out a location which would give the least publicity.
 In the meantime Judge E. G. Mitch ell, chief counsel for Davidson, left this evening for Ionia, Mich, where he will lay the Davidson case, it is said, before Judge Willis Van Daven- ter of the United States Court of Ap- peals.
 Reports from Berryville, where Da- vidson is confined, say that as the time draws near for his execution, the condemned man is showing con- siderable uneasiness. and in his let ters to his relatives and attorneys, he urges them to keep up the battle in his behalf.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-07
HEESII;I ex l lg Sl .5s B

The new afternoon daily newspa-
 per. which was originally planned for
 a morning publication, will make it's appearance in Little Rock about Sep tember 1. The former business man. ager of the Memphis Press has been engaged as the business manager of the new sheet and it is stated that man of the present employees of the mechanical department of the Ga zette have been engaged by the new concern. Former Governor Dona- ghey, Secretary of State Earl w. Hodges. D. w. Richey, of Pine Bluff, and man others prominent in Prohi- bition work over the state are finan- cially interested ia the new paper. It is said that the paper will advocate statewide prohibition and be free lance in politics. Little Rock already has two mighty good daily newspa- pers, morning and afternoon, and if the field demands another it is not very urgent. The new paper will find that it will have hard time making good.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-07
FREE TO ASTHMA SUFFERERS
A New Home Cure That Anyone Can Use Without Discomfort or
 Loss of Time.

We have a new method that cures Asthma, and we want you to try it at our expense No matter whether your case is of lOngstanding or recent development whether, it is present as Hay Fever or chronic Asthma you should send for a free trial of our method. No matter in what climate you live, no matter what your age or occupation, if you are troubled with asthma. our method should relieve you promptly.
 We especially want to send it to those apparently hopeless cases, where all forms of inhalers, douches, opium preparations, fumes, patent smckes,' etc., have failed. We want to show everyone at our own expense, that this new method is designed to end all difficult breathing, all wheez- ing, and all those terrible paroxysms at once and for all time.v
 This free offer is too important to neglect a single day Write today and begin the method at once. Send no money. Simply mail>coupon below. Do It Today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-07
BRADY'S WEALTH
 EQUALS MORGAN'S

New York, Aug. 6.-AlthOugh provi- Sions of the will of the late Anthony N. Brady have given no indication of the size of his estate, unofficial estimates are published here today placing Mir. Brady's wealth practically on par with that of the late J. P. Morgan.
 A former financial adviser to MT. Brady is quoted as placing his estate at $75,000,000 as minimum estimate. and adding that it might prove to be in excess of s1O0,0OO,0O0. Mir. Nor gan filled a somewhat greater place in the public eye, however, than Brady
 MT. Brady's investments lacked the transient factor which made Mir. Nor gan's wealth so we'll known. It is said that Ee had over $30,000.0O0 in tobacco alone. His holdings of Brook lyn Rapid Transit stock amounted to about sS,000,0OO.
 In Tennessee and Georgia power properties he is said to have had in- vestments worth $1O,OO0, and during the last few years he had put be- tween s6,000,O00 and $7,OO0,O0o into Japanese lighting plants, especially in Tokio.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-07
CONSTABLE KILLS
 THE WRONG NEGRO
Deputies After all Escaped Convict Shoot HOusebOy of Dr. l.. P.
 Gibson.

Little Rock, Aug Civilian Tolli- yer, negro houseboy, employed for a year by Dr. l.. P Gibson, 223 East Seventh street, was shot and killed early Wednesday morning by Deputy Constable June Belcher.
 The shooting occurred at 904 Broad. way. where, the constables say, they went to look for Henry Bell, a negro, said to be an escaped convict from Forrest City.
 Belcher was accompanied by Chief Deputy Constable Charles Jones and Deputy Josh Harp. Following the shooting he was placed under arrest by Jones and is now being detained
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-07

at the constable's office, pending the result of the coroner's inquest, which is being held this afternoon.
 The officers say when they saw Tolliver he was coming out of sec ond story window, and that he climb ed to the roof of a she'd They say he carried revolver and refused to drop the weapon when ordered to do so. Constable Dutch" Jones stated today that the revolver carried by the negro was secured by his men,
 Constable Jones said his deputies went to the house at 904 Broadway to arrest Bell, after they had received a long distance telephone call from For rest City officials asking them to make the arrest, and stating that the negro would be found at the Broadway house
 Dr. Mahlon D. Ogden held post mortem on the dead man today at the undertaking establishment of TIealev x Roth, where the body was taken following the shooting. The doctor said the negro was shot in the back
 Dr. M P. McNeil, county coroner, spent the morning summoning wit nesses to give testimony at the in- quest, which he is conducting this afternoon.
 Mrs. L. P. Gibson said the negro killed by Deputy Constable Belcher that he bore an excellent reputation. She said she had never known of him being in any kind of trouble.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-07

The police of Texarkana are mak- ing war on auto speeders and viola tors of the traffic laws of that city. Yesterday three residents were heav- fly fined, two for speeding and one for failing to drive his horse to the right on a downtown street. The city council of Pine Bluff will soon adopt stringent traffic ordinance and Mayor Bloom says it will be enforced to the letter every day, without a let up. There is entirely too much speed ing and too much reckless driving in done to protect lives and property.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-07
RAILROAD EMPLOYE
 IN THE HOSPITAL
Cotton Belt Fireman Alleged to Have
 Used Coal Pick on Brakeman.

TeXarkana, Aug. 6.---J. J. Griffin, brakeman on the Cotton Belt, arriv- ing in Texarkana yesterday afternoon on an extra" from the south. was conveyed to the Cotton Belt hospital in the Paul Reverra ambulance for treatment, having three ugly gashes il his head alleged to have been sus- tained when the fireman on the crew. whose name could not be learned, struck him on the head with a coal pick, resulting from a difficulty near Eylau, three miles southwest of Tex arkana
 Griffins wounds are not considered serious but he will be confined to the hospital for several days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-07
n INE BLUFF
 ROGRESS
 ROSPERITY :.
THE BANK PLOT CHARGE

cool head and eteady nerve at
 the lever of national finance are call cd for if the epochal controversy be- s tween government and business is < not to culminate untowardly. The Eccretary of the Treasury should not
 permit. the, preplexities of his party
 to govern his mental and official at
 titude at this juncture. Why. should
 he take the stand that the banks are
 in 2 conspiracy 4tos deptess: the apTiee 0f ? per cent government bonds when the bond list shows that the gilt-edge
 government per cent also are selling at new low record?
 Some surprise has been express cd. says the New York Commercial, .that government per cents should continue to decline after the con- gressional committee has accepted amendments the effect of which should be to make them worth at least par, yet there is nothing re markable in the weakness of the bonds. In the first place the 2s are to be refunded into 5 per cents which will not have the circulation privi- legc. That means that they will be exchanged for bonds which will have tO sell on their Investment merits The bonds have not sold on an in yestment basis since the system of bond-secured currency was adopted. They have always enjoyed special privileges.
 Bankers estimate that the circula- tion privilege added 20 points to the value of the 2s. Stripped of this ad- ded value, the bonds will not enjoy . special market. They will be de- pendent on their intrinsic value, as they should be. That means almost certain depreciation in their present inflated value. Figuring that our bonds are as good security as those of Germany or France, the 3 per cents shold sell around S5 instead of s1O2 1-2. German per cent consOls sell around "A and French 3 per cent notes are quoted at S4 Besides the prOspect of refunding the 2s into securities likely to sell considerably below present quotations, holders of 2s are not certan the currency bill will be enacted as it stands. That also makes them apprehensive,'
 The Commercial explains that the .tfIn.d holders of the ? per cents are Interior, banks. the officers of which arel ldncertain about the future of the
 Sarket, and are quietly unloading New York bankers say that interior are foolish to sacrifice their bonds, and advise them to stop the selling movement. The Commer- cial discussing that phase of the sit nation. remarks that the administra- tion's promise to amend the currency bill to protect the bonds is taken at its face value by the New York banks, which are not fearful that the Treas ury will call upon them for addition n collateral merely because a drib- bling of the ? have sold below par. The banks foresee that such call would be certain to precipitate pan icky feeling among holders, chief of whom are the banks, and start seri- .ous decline in the government bond market.
 The Treasury is. or ought to be. as we'll advised as the banks as regards fIle effect of a call upon them for more collateral. yet that is the club the Secretary swings warningly in the even that the New York banks per sist in "conspiring" against the pas aage of the currency bill
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-07
county She is survived by five chil-

county. She is survived by five chill dren, pr. I. s. Fey, Shelbyville, Tex. the Rev. A. P. Few, Stuttgart, the Rev. E. A.. Few, Prescott, John H. Few of Texarkana and Mrs. $. M. Lattimer of Tulsa, Okla, all of whom were present when she died. Funeral B. B. Bailey, pastor of the Beech Street Baptist church, this afternoon. Burial was in. the State Line ceme- tery.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-07
YOU who require the best a

YOU who require the best and purest medicine see that you get Foleys Honey and Tar Compound ia preference to any other for all coughs, colds, croup, asthma, hoarse- ness, tickling throat and other throat and lung troubles. It is strictly high grade family medicine, and only approved drugs of first quality are used in it's manufactured It gives the best results, and contains no opi- ates. Seawelis Pharmacy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-07
-OEO-

Walter Johnson. the Washington baseball hurler, was recently present ed with S1,20O loving cup by the fans at the national capital and in teh cup was s5Gp, in new ten dollar bills. Some bugs in Wilsontown?
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-07

EX-Sena:or Joe Bailey, of Texas, has at last fallen q victim of modesty. He is being urged to make the race for governor of Texas Listen what he says: "I am confident that I could make such a governor as Texas de- serves to haye.' Can you beat it.