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The Lee County Journal
YOl. IX.
LAWS FOR PHILIPPINES.
Senate Passes Bil| Relating to Our In
sular Possessions After an
Extended Debate.
A 'Washington special says: The
senate Friday, by a vote of 44 to 23,
passed the Philippines civil govern
ment bill. The final vote was preced
ed gy- the presentation of many
amendments and a general discussion
of thém as well as of the provisions of
the b}tll The discussion ‘wag confined
quite“generally to the merits of the
measure. On some of the amendments
suggested by democratic senators sev
eral ivestern‘republicans voted in the
affirmative, but Mr. McCumber was
the only republican who voted with
the democrats against the final pass
age of the bill.
The most notable change made dur
ing the day was the lowering of the
rate of interest on railroad bonds to be
guaranteed by the Philippine govern
ment from 4 to 5 per cent.
The bill as passed exempts from
taxation all bonds issued by the Phil
ippine and Porto Rico governments;
authorizes municipalities in the Philip
pines to incur a bonded indebted
ness-amounting to 5 per cent of the as
sessed valuation of their property at
§ per cént interest; authorizes the
Philippine government to guarantee
the payment of interest on railroad
bonds atf the rate of 4 pétr cent per an
num; ' provides for the administration
of the immigration laws by the Philip
pine laws; establishes a system for
the location and patenting of mineral,
coal and saline lands; fixes the metric
system for the islands and gives the
civil “gevernor -the title of governor
general. :
During the day Mr, Beveridge, from
the committee on territories, reported
the statehood bill, and he will make
a motion on the first day that the sen
ate convenes in January that the con
sideration of the bill shall be entered
on at once.
During the debate on the Philippine
bill the provision exempting bonds
from taxation met with opposition
from Mr. Gorman, who contended the
exemption was wrong in principle. Mr.
Carmack said he was opposed to the
railroad bond provi‘sion because it
would make it more difficult for the
United States to get out of the Philip
pines. He quoted the president’s hope
that our Cuban policy might at some
time be adopted in the Philippines.
This he characterized as a renuncia
tion of the republican policy, and in
line with the democratic platform.
“We welcome the president to the
ranks of the anti-imperialists,” he said.
“He is all if not quite eligible to
membership in the Boston anti-impe
rialist league.”
The senate then adjourned untjl
Monday. el =
MAY SETTLE BIG STRIKE.
Operators and Workers at Fall River
to Hold Conference,
Renewed hope of a gettlement of the
prolonged cotton mill strike in Fall
River, Mass, was given Friday night
by the announcement that another
conference had been arranged hetween
representatives of the strikers and the
mill owners. i
It is understood that every effort
LEESBURG. GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 390. 1904
will be made to put an end to the
strike which has thrown nearly 26,000
operatives out of employment and
been attended with much suffering.
President Golden, of the United Tex
tile Council, and Secretary Albert Hib
bert, returned Friday night from New
York, where they met -President Sam
uel Gompers, of the American Federa
tion of Labor. The conditions in the
local mills were explained to Mr.
Gompers. Soon after President Gol
den and Secretary Hibbert returned to
the city a meeting of the textile goun
cil was called and ‘atsitswonclysion the
decision ©f the strikers. to -meet the
mill owners was announced. The con
ference was arranged by persons not
directly interested in the strike. .
‘Constable Kills Detective.
Dispensary Constable Rowell shot
and instantly killed Joe Blount, an At
lantic Coast Line detective, at Flor
ence, 8. C.,, Friday night over a pe
sonal matter. Rowell was drunk.
MONEY STOLEN FROM TRUNKS.
$1,400 was stolen from a prominent
citizen of Abbeville, Ga, a few days
ago. He had collected the money, and
instead of putting the same in a bank,
ne carried it home and put it in his
trunk. The hinges were taken oft
his trunk while he was up town and
the money was stolen.
A merchant in our town had $176,
which he intended paying out on Mon
day morning. On Saturday night he
left the monaey in his trupk aad ran to
the warehouse to help sav: a bale of
cotton that was burning. Some one
picked the lock and when he returned
the money was gone. and has never
been recoverd. :
So many people in the country make
this same fearful mistake. - _ . -
The safest and most reliable place
to keep your money is to.deposit the
same ig your home bank, where you
can always get it when you want it.
The BANK 'OF SMITHVILLE, Ga.,
is insured against robbery, fire and
dishonesty, besides it carries DEPOS
ITORS’ INSURANCE for $100,000.00,
which ahsolutely secures DEPOSIT
ORS Against LLOSS.
We invite you to call on the Cash
ier and become acquainted and open
your Bank Account.
BANK OF SMITHVILLE, GA,,
J. C. McCLAIN, Cashier.
NEW COLONY BOOMING. ;
Many Northerners to Settle on St
Mary’s River, in South Georgia.
The new colony which is being
opened by P. H. Fitzgerald, on the St.
Mary's river, on the southern bound
ary of Georgia, is attracting wide
spread attention, and there will be an
immense rush for the spot as soon as
the survey is commenced. ‘
~ Besides the thousands of northern
people who will follow Mr. Fitzgerald
to this new mecca in the south, near
ly every little city in the state will
furnish its quota of the population of
the new settlement.
A student of the population of the
anthracite region of Pennsylvania re
ports that there are 630,000 people,
inhabiting that section, of whom 430,
000 are foreign-born. OI this latter
number more than 50,000 carnot read
or write.
WILD HOOTS AND JEERS
Greeted Advent of Mrs, Chadwick at
" Her Home Town—Unruly Mob
Surrounded Train,
Five times indicted by the United
States government at the exact mian
ute that her train rolled into the
station, Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick
reached Cleveland, 0., from New York
Wednesday afternoon. She was greet
ed ‘wjth jeers, hoot and hissds by the
crowds that gathered in the ero't
when her train arrived, and howled
at by thousands gathered in front of:
the federal building.
The last sound that reached her
from the outside world as she passed
into the suffy, ill smelling office Jf
Sheriff Barry, in the county jail, was
the hoot of derision from the people
who passed in front of the doorway.
She made no attempt to give bail, and
after a brief stop in the office of the
clerk of the United States court, was.
taken to jail.
She is held in woman’s department
of the jail, and her palatial residence
on Euclid avenue, of which the fur
nishings alone are valued at $200,000,
is occupied by her maid.
Her courage held to the test, but
her body failed her and wiien she
had mounted the three Lights of stairs
leading to the tier of cells where she
is to remain she collapsed utterly and
fell in a dead faint.
" Water wag quickly brought to her
and in a few seconds she revived, and
was again a woman of business. Her
first request was that her lawyer
be sent for, and she was soon efigaged
in. a conference with him concerning
‘her_ defese.. - - e
. There- are now- seven - indictments
against ber; five .additional charges
having been laid" against her in the
federal . court ~at Cleveland Wednas
day afternoon. It’ would require sure
ty to the amount of 4t least $lOO,OOO
to give her freedom, and there is no
body in Cleveland who will furnish
that amount for her. She fids herseil
no idea of giving bail and will remain
in jail. ' . "
Mrs. Chadwick’s train was sched
uled to arrive at 11:10 o’clock in the
morning, but it was three hourg later
before it reached Cleveland. The de
lay of the train served but one pur
pose, that of increasing the crowd ol
curious at the depot. When it fin
ally rolled into the station there was
a rush from the further end of the
iron fence that kept the crowd of eu
rious from the tracks.
This mob had broken through the
police, swarmed over the fence anl
through the gate and upon the tracks,
so that when the train came to stand
still there were about a thousand per
sons about the cars, ;
SOUTHERN PRESS ASSOCIATION
Organized in Atlanta and News Ser
: vice Arranged For.
The Southern Press ~ Association
wag organized and officers elected at a
meeting of representatives of a num
ber of the well known southern after
noon papers held in Atlanta, Ga., Wed
nesday. 4
The ‘purpose of the organization is
to perfect a telegraphic news service,
and committees were appointed and
the proper steps taken to carry out
the purposes of thg association.
The following officers elected at the
meeting were: President, Charles
Daniel, of The Atlanta News; - vice
president, E. M. Holmes, Memphis
News; secretary, J. J. Smith, Birming
ham Ledger; treasurer, R. A. Russell,
Jacksonville Metropolis.
PENALTIES OF BICYCLISTS.
Riders Who Quit Six-Day Race are
E 5 Called to'Account, * -
The eight bicycle riders who refused
to finish in the six-day race in New
York “18st “week have ‘been penalized
b¥ the National Cycling - Association.
The action of the board is as follows:
R A. Walthour and James F. Mo
ran, suspended for one year; Otto
Maya and James B. Bowler, suspend
ed for six months; Hugh McLean, sus
pended for six months or pay a fine of
$100; Nat Butler, J. D. Newkirk, Me
nus Bedell and John Bedell and Ben
nie Munroe, suspended for six months
or pay a fine of $5O each.
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GOES OVER TO FEBRUARY.
Noted Bank of Americus Case Post.
poned to Future Date. :
The celebrated Bank of Americus
case, wherein former stockholders are
being sued under a charter clause
rendering them individually liable for
the bank’s indebtedness, was entered
upon at Americus, Ga., Friday morn
ing. - .
- iDefendants’ counsel asked for a con
tinuance until an amended declaration
could be ' irvestigated. The feourt
granted a continuance until February.
LUNATIC RUNS AMUCK.
Young Man in Birmingham Uses Pig
~~ tol With Doubly Fatal Effect.
~ Monroe Wells, aged 22, of Norta
Birmingham, Ala., Tuesday morning
secured a pistol and fired at his mcth:
-er, the bullet narrowly missing her.
* Miss Addie Beale, an aunt, rushed
to the rescue, when the young man
shot her in the neck, inflicting a fa
tal wound. He then turned the weap
on upon himself and blew out his own
brains.
PHILANTHROPY OF BLIND MAN.
Ralph Voorhees Dionates $lOO,OOO to
Maryville, Tenn., College.
Maryville, Tenn., college has re
ceived a donation of $lOO,OOO from the
blind philanthropist, Ralph Voorhees,
of New Jersey. Dr. Samuel T. Wilson,
president of the college, received the
check Thursda’y, %at kept the donation
a secret untl] chapel exercises of Fri
day. Fifteen thousand dollars are to
be spent in building a chapel and as
sembly hall and $85,000 goes into the
sndowment fund. :
NEW YORKERS GET LINE,
Deal About Closed for Chattanooge
: Street Railway. s
It was learned at Chattanooga Tues:
day night that the General Electrie
Company, of New York, had- aboui
elosed a deal for the Rapid Transit
street railway system of Chattanooga
The General Electric Company boughti
‘the Chattanooga FElectric ' Company,
the 'local lighting concern, and the
Chattanooga Rlectric Railway some
days ago. The three properties are
valued at about $2,000.000. ;
NO. 22.
