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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-25

my liking" The second fellow said
Bring me some bacon and eggs
and tell the chef who it is for. Mr..
Twain gave his order a moment
later. He said with a wink at his
companion, Bring me half dozen
oysters and mention my name to
each of them"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-25
Mark TWain's joke

Mark Twain was lunching one
day with friend in a cafe. Two
over dressed young men entered
and the first said in loud voice,
Waiter, Bring me some Holsters,
bottletof wine and nice chop.
You just mention my name to the
chef so everything will be done to
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-25


sylvania givesna curious and almos
!. nncany Illustration of the lido
! savant. One of the charges, a boz
of eleven, was stationed i'm fielo
beside railroad track. Presently
freight train laundering by at a sc
mile clip; as the cars passed the boy
took mental note of the numbers on
each car, which run into thousands
and when the caboose passed, at
once gave their total sum, amount
ling in the millions. When. the
figures were added up by another
normal person at the .snext station
the total was found to be correct.
yet this boy was so defective, men,
tally that he could not recognize a
face second time, nor could he eat
without assistance. How can you
account for it?
Another prodigy a boy of twelve
who became famous because of his
entering a large university at the
age of ten and being able to solve
the weightiest mathematical pro-
blems, has no sense of direction
He can not leave the building in
which he lives without an attendant
and even within the house he fire.
quently loses his way.
Many men famous for their abili-
ties came very close to being within
this class of detectives or were quite
within it.
Guy de Maupassant, considered
by many the best short story writer
that we have ever had. died in
mad house, and who can read his
"Horia'' and realize that a lunatic
penned every line of it. Handel and
Mozart both died insane while
Donizetti and Schunan composed
much of their very best work, while
inmates of an insane asy-
lun.
John Wilkes Booth who assassinat-
ed Lincoln was. as is now, generally |
recognized, suffering from insanity
even while he was doing his very
best work and his father, Junins
Brutus Booth. was also a mad man.
Nietzshe. whose spirit lies behind
the. present German imperialism.
spent the last eleven years of his
life in mad HOUSE.. Charles the
Fifth. one of the greatest generals in
was an epiliptic from birth
and the son of hopelessly insane
mother. Leland Stanford, the San
francisco millionaire, amassed most
of his immense wealth while he was
insane. He could attend to the de-
tails Of the biggest business deals,
yet outs side of Office hours his mind |
was a perfect blank. At times he
was even unconscious of his own
identity. Who is the fool that is
his money on his house." he
once. asked working man, pointing
70 the million dollar palace he him /
self was having built for his own use
and which afterwards became one
Of the sights of San Francisco.
Those of US who remember or have
seen and heard Blind Tom, the
pianoist, can only think of him az
an insane savant, but musical
genius, and we might 60 on and cite
the idiosyncracies of men of genius
and high social and professional
and never get any nearer
to a solution than we are now.
SCIENTISTS have tried it, the best men
IN the medical world have tried it,
specialists have been on the job,
bat the problem has never been
solved, ands as it stands today, it
never will be until we reach the
bourne from which no traveller re-
turns.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-25

The best diploma a man can have
: is the Book of Acts-the world can
always make room for the man who
can bring things to pass. "
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-03

Mr.. w. B. Moreland, Of Albany,
has opened IN up-to-Jate grocery
store in the Galloway building.
He is asking for the patronage Of
the people through the advertising
columns Of the Journal. Read his
adj and profit thereby.
Messrs. Robt. 1. Heath and
Joseph e. Player, left on the Sem
mole Limited Tuesday night for
California where they will attend
the Panama Exposition. They
will be away about five weeks.
A WARNING-All persons are
notified not to trade for note Of
$4,000 given to Battle Bros. at AL
bany by the undersigned on account
Of failure Of consideration, as will
not pay it. w. I. Christopher,
Route, Leesburg, Ga.
NOTICE---All parties IN
debted to US will please call
and make prompt settlement.
We are not financially able to
carry your account any longer
and ask that you pay us now.
All work, gas and accessories
CASH to all from this date.
TRACY BROS.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-03
Negro Woman Is
Killed AT Church

Sam Cook, a negro, is alleged to
have shot and killed his wife dur
ing the early part Of last night at
a negro church at. Palmyar, about
four miles northwest Of the city,
according to information received by
Sheriff Tarver, who with Assistant
Chief Perry. went out in that direc.
ton to Investigate, but after finding
the crime was committed in Lee
county, instead Of Dougherty, came
back.
According to information received
Cook was jealous OF his wife and
another negro, it seems, and when
he walked up near the church and
noticed another negro than the one
of whom he was jealous talking to
his wife, began firing on him, the
pistol ball striking his wife, killing
her almost instantly. He is said to
have picked up the body of his wife
and placed it on a buggy to be car
ried home, expressed regret that he
had fred upon learning that the
negro talking to his wife was not
the one for whom he intended the
shot. then made his get away.
He is being hunted by the Lee
county authorities. Cook is I'M
derstood to have lived ON the Vason
place. Albany Herald.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-03

drop IS heaIthglVlng, NE
restoring. One bottle of
ten shows magical results
and a fair trial has made
thousands of Southern wo-
men healthful and happy
- kHs.4 -.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-03
Special Notice.

The City Drug company
wishes to thank its friends
and customers FOR past favors
and also wishes to announce
that It has gone on strictly a
CASH BASIS and will in no
wise let out anything without
the money.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-03
Notice Of Bond Election
Lee County.

GEORGIA, Lee County.
To the qualified voters of said county:
BY order of the County Commission
ers,. the officers charged with the levy
ing Of taxes, contracting debts, etc,,
for said county, and it is hereby ordered
by the authority of same.
Notice is hereby given to the qualified
vot5rs Of said county that on the seventh
day Of July, 1915, an election win be
he d to et9rmine whether OF not bonds
shall be issued by said county and it's
authority for the purpose of building,
repairing and keeping in repair of the
public Dads and brio ges of said &C uuty.
The amount Of bonds to be voted on
and issled for the purpose of building,
repairing and keeping in repair of pl b.
lie roa OF said county shall lie twenty
seven thousand five hundred dollars.
and che amount of bonds to be voted
and issued for the purpose of building,
repairing and keeping in repair of pub
lie bridges of said county shall be seven
thousand and fvehundred dollars, max
ing total amount for the purposes
hereinbefore named and voted upon,
thirty five thousand dollars.
The total amount of said bonds issued
shall be redeemed by the payment Of
one thousand seven hundred and fifty
dollars, (sl75O.Oo) of the principal debt
besides interest annually, and tie total
amount of bonds issued for all purposes
herein named shall be fully paid off as
aforesaid when the period Of twenty
20) years from the date of their issue.
1t is further ordered that a copy-of this
order be published in the Lee County
Journal as required by law in such
cases made and provided.
Witness our hands and official sigma
lures, this June /, 1915.
f. ]. STOCKS, Chairman.
T. S. BURTON,
T. T.. MILLER
Board OF County Commissioners lee
County, Georgia
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-03
Who Pays Taxes
To Keep This
Town Going?

w HEN = new bridge is
needed, a road must
be repaired, a courthouse is
to built, where does the
money come from? Do the
mail order houses pay it?
Hardly. They will not even
send a contribution to help
buy a bell for the new chur-
ch or to help a Fourth Of
July celebration. They pay
no taxes in this town, and
they are not concerned in
its prosperity.
This town must be sup
ported by its residents and
those who live in the inn
mediate vicinity. If they
insist on sending their
money away then they are
helping to kin their town,
and they are making it
harder for them to ray the
taxes necessary to maintain
local government and to
make local improvements.
You owe something to
yourself, and you owe some
thing to your neighbors.
You can help yourself by
helping your neighbors.
You can't iniure your nei-
ghbors without injuring
yourself. When you send
money to mail order houses
you are hurting your town,
your neighbors and your
self.
SPEND YOUR MONEY
WHERE YOU MAKE TT.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-03
Marvel Of Cotton Consumption

Very few people realize that only
80 per cent. 81 the total production
Of cotton il used for wearing APP
parel. A variety Of industries
create a large demand for the staple,
and it is only within the past twenty
years that this demand has been
developed. If not a round Of cot
ton we're used in making cloth,
yarns, etc.. it would require crop
of seven or eight million bales to
supply the industries which now
depend upon cotton for their main
material of manufacture.
These facts are so important and
are 50 little known BY the average
newspaper reader that the following
interesting letter sent out by the
cotton firm Of Renskorf, Lyon d Co.,
Of New York, under the title Of
,2Marvels of Cotton Consumption, =
are worthy o. reproduction in full:
In view of bearish doubts as to
how the world can consume enough
cotton under existing conditions to
AVOID burdensome surplus from
the huge yield Of last season, It
might be well to inquire into the
new phases which have DEVELOPED
lin tile textile industry in the last
twenty years. The crop Of 1906.
was 1000, AT bales. This practic
ally represented the consumption Of
that year. Consumption during
the present season, even during
war, with the absorption calculated
in the ordinary terms Of the cotton
trade, is likely to approximate 10,
COO, 900 bales. Cotton no longer is
used exclusively for wearing apparel
For industrial purposes it ranks
higher than any other commodity
except iron and steel.
In the last twenty years it been
substituted for glass, ivory, leather,
rubber, paper, steel, iron and wood.
Crops cannot be harvested without
it. The great electrical industry
depends almost as much upon cot.
ton as it does upon copper Auto
mobiles today are within the mass
es because Of thu cheainess and
availability Of cotton. The new era
in cotton, consumption began with
the low price of the late nineties.
Five-cent cotton laid the bases for
the phenomenal gain in consump-
ton. Cotton bags were substitut
ed for wooden barrels, because cot
ton could be bought for five cents
per pound. When cotton later
went to fifteen cents the industrial
world did not return to the barrels.
Cotton has retained all the new
ground that it has gained. Below
will be found table showing
twenty years Of growth in the con,
sumption of cotton with the selected
items showing expansion along in
dustrial lines.
The itemi pertaining to the use
Of cotton for smokeless powder will
meet with criticism. It's inclusion
in the twenty years Of growth, with
an estimate Of 3,000,0 900 bales, re-
suits, of course, from the abnormal
demand caused by the present war.
The gain made by cotton along the
line of industrial uses is almost
equal to the crop of tweny yeras ago !.
The increase in the use Of cotton
for wearing apparel in the last two
decades has been approximately
only / per cent. per year. The
great gain which has made necess-
airy the production Of 100000
and Is, 0O0,00 bales per annum
must be set down almost entsrely to
cotton's industrial conquest.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-03
PERSONALS

Mrs. S. j. Woman was a visitor
10 Albany Monday afternoon.
Representatiye-elect w. H. Luns-
ford, Of snithyile, transacted bust
leas here Tuesday.
J. A. Murdoch spent a couple Of
days in Milledgeyille the latter part
Of this week.
Mrs. H. B stovall, who has been
quite sick for the past week, is re-
ported to be much better.
w. G.. stovall left Wednesday
night for Conyers where he will
spend few days visiting relatives.
James Paulk, Jr., Of the Depart
ment Of Commerce was here cou
pie Of days this week.
WANTED-Ten bushels Of Mex
lcan June Corn.
City Drug Go.
Miss Martha Hall, who has been
quite sick with fever for the past
week, is reported much better,
Homer Hay left Wednesday at
noon for Milledgeyille where he
went to carry negro woman to the
State Insane Asylum.
Prof. Frank T. Long, who has
been teaching in the Dawson High
School for the last term, returned
home Saturday afternoon.
The County Commissioners held
their regular monthly term oiccwt
here Tuesday, all Of tho members
being present.
Mrs. T. H. Clark and little
daughter returned home Wednes-
day after very pleasant visit to
relatives and friends in Macon.
Miss Annie Laurie Bunkley re-
furned Wednesday from Forsyth
where she has been attending Bes-
ME Tiff College.
Miss Lizzie Tyson who has been
attending Bessie Tiff College at
Forsyth returned home Wednesday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. q. Y. Blanton, Of
Ieesburg, are the guests OF the
latter's parents for a few days.
South Ga. Home.
Mrs. H. E. Jennings and daugh-
Ger, Mrs. Brisendine and three
children, Of Augusta, have been
the guests Of Mrs. o, w. Statham.
Uric King, S. J. Woman and
A. w. Goodwin motored down to
Albany Monday afternoon, returns
ing in Mr.. Godwin's new Ford,
which he bought to use in carry
ing mail.
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Martin has just been
appointed a carrier in the rural
mail delivery service here. He.
viii have charge Of the service on
Route No. 4, having assumed his
duties IS a carrier this week.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-03

II am now well and happy.
have a baby boy, which we belieV
the direct consequences OF my
proved health. He IS our irst
only child. and If Peruna had
cured me Of my ailments ne shs
never have had him. I hope e
suffering woman VIII give Per1n
trial, the same as 7 havas
These who ohjeet % liquid -
einee can nss procure Fsfena {
leta
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-03
SIS, ESQ, 0Oo, 600, would build ii

$3.50. 900. 900, would build II
Panama Canals Build three cities
as large as Philadelphia and another
one fifth as large. Buy 10 times
the entire capitul stock os the Pen,
nsylvaia Rail road. Purchase all
the United States in any one year.
Pay off almost sixtimes the interest
bearing debt of the United States.
Run the city of Philadelphia for
more than a century. If changed
into silver dollars, from line long
enough to go 5 times around the
earth at the equator, the coins
being placed edge to edge. $3.50,
900, 900, will run the war for Great
Britain along for only one year.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-03
ON
The VERGE
Many Women Fall
Into the Abyss
Of Disease

sn They seem to suffer helplessly
~ and hopelessly, steadily failing.
E8S2 They lose the rosiness from their
NYSA cheeks, the sparkle from the
~ eye. Their step is slow, form
IN stopped, gracefulness gone. Fad
II cd, aimless, prematurely old.
NIX There's no reason for this. A
NY%&NA great physician offers q help
a NNENNA ing hand. His wonderful REM
< YEgS edy will work wonders for
IN women suffering with their pc
NJ cuhar complaints.
Stella Vitae viii bring back the
roses and the sparkle. 1t will build
muscles, quiet nerves, stop pain and
aid digestion by creating rich, red
blood.
Stella Vitae is purely vegetable.
Not harmful thing in it. Every
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-03

during the past thirty years. Every
dealer sells it, and every dealer guar
antees it to benefit. Should the first
bottle of Stella vitae fail to benefit you,
thew give your money back. Begin to
ret well today-$1 a bottle everywhere.
Tha.he- Medicine Company at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-03

Often children do not let parents know
they are constipated. They fear some
thing distasteful. They VIII ike Rexal
Orderlies-a mild laxative that tastes
Ike sugar. Sold only By ", 10 cents.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-03

cash the following described pro
To-wit; all Of that track orparcel 4
lying and being in the 18th District
county, Ga, consisting Of one ia
a body containing one hundred
OF land off Of the North side OF lot
hundred and five and one hundrel
six. Said land being fifty acresE
land lot No. l05 and fifty acresI
land lot No. l06, being the land d
to G. H. Beazley by Alice ang
James; deed being recorded in bod
page Sc in Clerks Office Superior |
Of Lee county, Ga. Levied on al
property Of Alice and will James 1
t sly certain fl. fa.s issued frol
City Court Of Leesburg, Lee county
Tenants in possession given noticl
cording to law This the 3r,l al
June, 1915.
DIR Moreland, 81
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-03
A Happy Hon
Read What Peruna Did

Mrs. James f. Summit, No.
East Eighth ST., Muscatine, L
writes:
my health was so miserable
years that I was practically an
valid. We had no family, owint
my i'll health. was induced to
Peruna a trial, and found very qui
that it was helping me.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-03
Sheriffs Sale.

GEORGIA, Lee County:
VIII be sold on the 1st Tuesday in
July, 1915 to the highest bidder for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10
City Marriage Trusts Ousting
Has Poor Cupid Calling S O.
Forlon Couples in Municipal Building Wait and Wait
Until Magistrate Volunteers-E4eF orgets to Ask for
Ring but Gives Newy weds Good Advice.

There were June brides all dressed
in white and prospective bridegrooms
awk~ardly twirling their new straw
hats in TIE marriage chapel on the
third floor of the Municipal Building
Yesterday noon. But there was no rit
ualist to represent Dan Cupid and
substitute for Happy Jack" Reardon,
aldermanic member of the Marriage
Trust" which was ousted summarily
from the Municipal Building at the in
stigation Of Commissioner of Accounts
Wallstein.
The situation grew tense. Twelve
couples were waiting TO be made happy.
City Clerk 7. j. Scully had hunted
vainly all morning for an alderman
who was not too busy 10 help Father
Knickerbocker bust the Marriage
Trust" Commissioner Wallstein had
entered the chapel with swapping coat
tails and gone out again at the same
speed.
Adrian Boon. Of 124 West Forty
eighth Street, began 10 get tired after
he had waited two hours. SO he took
his bride to-be Miss Winnie Ullmer, Of
23i West Twenty-third Street. and
started out TO look for a minister.
All the others waited patiently, how
ever, until Commissioner Wallstein
conceived the plan Of having magis-
trate who was not holding court Of
hciate. Magistrate Marsh volunteered.
thus earning the gratitude of the new
management Of the marriage chapel. TO
say nothing Of smiling thanks from
nervous young couples taxing the ca
pacity OF the waiting room.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10

The first 10 be married by Magis-
tratc Marsh were Miss Marie l.. Bres-
sen and Rene Jean Belverge, both OF
Gle Lexington Avenue. II took little
less han four minutes TO perform the
ceremony. If the magistrate made a
little slip and forgot to ask for the
wedding ring until reminded by the
bridegroom, he compensated for his
error by adding at the end of the cere-
mony, IN fatherly sort Of way: "Now,
be patient and kind with each other,
won't you, always ?"
b. 4:30 p. m. Magistrate Marsh had
married seventeen couples. One more
couple took out a license a few min
utes after he had LEFT the chapel. They
were told to return to-day at IL a. n.
Magistrate Herbert will officiate dur
ing the morning, and Alderman Chorosh
has promised to be on hand in the af-
ternCon. At the present time City
Clerk Scully is charging the couples
fee Of one dollar for performing the
ceremony and 10 cents FOR the rev.
enuc stamp. II the CORPORATION Coun-
sci should rule that II is illegal for
the city to charge a fee for marrying.
the money will be refunded to the new
lywcds.
The former operators and members
OF the trust, James Weldon, Billy
Long and Pat Paul, are getting ready
to open private chapel at ~ Duane
Street. Alderman Reardon had signi-
fed his intention of sticking with the
bunch" and officiating at marriages in
the new chapel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10

tonsillitis. Soon after the widow sold
their home and left New York for Eu-
rome. Broadway, she declared, had be-
come dull and monotonous, and she
was through with it forever. 1t was on
this trip to Europe that she is SAID TO
have met Miskinotf.
On June 13 last report came from
London that Mrs. Gouraud had been
married to Mskinoff. Both were liv-
ing at the Hotel Picadilly, and the an
nouncement of the marriage at 81. Mar
tins Registry was said to have been
made at a dinner at that hotel.
Mrs. Gouraud and Miskinoff returned
to New York early last winter and went
to the McAlpin. where they had adloin-
ing apartments. At that hotel Mrs:
Gouraud denied in the presence OF
Miskinofr that she was married TO him
and had no idea of suing for divorce.
"How can I get divorce from a man
7 am not married to-" she asked. THE
papers are always marrying me 10
somebody. Several times | have been
guilty, but my legal name is still
Gouraud
Later. when a copy of a marriage
record at st. Martins Registry reached
New York, Mrs. Gouraud stood by her
denial that any marriage had been cele-
brated. This record shows that Joseph
P. Bond, registrar 81 St. Martins. had
married Aimee Croker Gouraud, wild
ow. aged forty" and Alexander Miskin-
off, twenty-six, who described himself as
the son Of "a government official of the
Tax Department" The witnesses to
the ceremany gave the names of Yvonne
Gouraud. that of one of Mrs. Gouraud's
wards. and Amanda Emerson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-10
SUICIDE EPIDEMIC
DESPITE SUNSHINE
Six in Manhattan EndLives
Since Sunday-Six More
Fail in Attempts.

New York City is apparently in the
midst Of a suicide epidemic Since the
death Of Mrs. Desmond Stewart, who
took cyanide at the Waldorf Sunday,
there have been six cases in Manhat-
tan where persons have taken their
lives and as many more where they
failed in the attempt.
Why this mania for suicide should
have struck New York at just this time
is not evident And it is much at vari-
ance with the usual custom, for gen.
orally II is on dark days, when persons
are gloomy, that the more excltable
try TO kill themselves.
Yesterday, despite the fact that the
sun shone brightly all day, two persons
were classed as suicides by the police,
although the relatives of one explained
that his death had been an accident.
And another youth, respondent, at
tempted his life.
Benjamin Jacobs, of 14l6 Stebbins
Avenue, The Bronx. entered the apart
ment of Mrs. Sophie Raskn, at 4 East
10th Street, yesterday morning and
continued urgent requests that she
leave her husband and child and clone
with him. When she refused he pulled
"A revolver from his pocket, shot the
woman in the breast and placed bull
let in his own temple. He died i'm
mediately Mrs. RGskin was taken 10
Harlem Hospital. Her condition is
serious.
Max Binderman. nineteen. of AZ ST.
Marks Place. fearing he had lost his
Job. took a dose Of iodine in a hotel
at Thirty-sixth Street and Seventh
Avenue yesterday morning He was
taken TO Bellevue Hospital, prisoner
He will recover.