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The Leesburg Journal
M. E. TisoN, Editor and Publisher.
Published Every Saturday
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF LEE COUNTY.
Entered at the post-office at Leesb irg, Ga | as second
class mail matter,
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LEESBURG, GEORGIA, MARCH 26, 1904.
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Mr. Geo. D. Kimbrough is authorized
to solicit advertising and subscriptions
for the Journal.
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Now is the time to subscribe.
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We wish to state that Mr. A, Z. Wes
ley is no longer counected with the
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According to the styles just out, the
new automobiles will be harder to do"yge
this season than last. ‘y@.‘
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Everyone agrees that there are too
many railroad accidents, but no one
ceems smart enongh to stop them.
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An Omaha reporter recently tried to
find a man in that city who could repeat
all of the ten commandments, but not
one could be found, Of course not;
most of them were engaged in breaking
them.
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" Cuban patriots are beginning to ask if
their country can borrow money to pay
them with, but inasmuch as President
Palma will not let them run a lottery,
and they have apparently no other way
of ‘‘raising the wind,” the patriots seem
to be up against it
Nk~ o iiiimrries
In order to help pay the expenses of a
war which it saw was inevitable, Japan
recently established a Regie, or govern
ment monopoly on the tobaceo trade,
Tobacco was introduced into Japan in
the seventeenth -céfitury, and at the
present time there are large quantities of
the weed grown and smolked there. As
yet cigars have not reached the pinacle
of esteem they hold with more civilized
nations, but Japan is making grand ef
forts to attain the standard of the West,
and there are hopes for her. Just now
the favorite smoke is a very small pipe,
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Who Really Failed?
It is the common impression that Mr.
Sully, the sordid ‘‘cotton king'' of a year,
has failed But is that quite accurate?
Mr, Sully is probably still able to obtain
as much nourishment as is good for him,
and the prospect that he will be reduced
to lodgings on a park bench appears re
mote., He ‘‘gave his wife a $265,000
house at Christmas.’ He has ‘“‘strong
backers, ' who ‘‘have gone to his aid and
will help him out of the hole.” When
he was .asked about his losses he
“laughed.” ‘‘My suspension is only
temporary,” he said.
No, it does not seem to be Mr. Sully
that has failed. But there have been
failures enough nevertheless. ‘‘Orders
began to pour in from every broker’s
office,” say the news reports, ‘‘closing
out the holdings of small traders whose
margims had been wiped out by the first
drop.”’
These small traders would not ‘‘laugh”
if they were asked about their losses.
The suspension of most of them is not
“temporary.” They have no “strong'
backers’’ to ‘‘help them out of the hole.”
They did not have the forethought to]
give $265,000 houses to their wives last
Christmast. Some of them may be con
fronting the alternative of the poorhouse
or starvation.
For the cotton king, as for other kings,
defeat means checked ambition and ruf
fled pride. For the humble subject on
the firing line it means misery or death,
—New York World. |
Should the 10t} Be Unrepresented?
| Itis the prevailing sentiment among
lthe voters of Tee county that the pres
ent status of affairs in regard to the rép
resentation of the Tenth Senatorial dis
trict calls for prompt action on the part
of the executive comunittee in ordering
an election candidate to fill the unex
pired time of Dr, A. B. Duncan.
Dr. Duncan, as we all know, has aban
doned his residence in this county, and
is now a resident of Fulton, being en
gaged in the drug business. We are
sorry to lose him as a citizen,
Let the executive committee order an
election at once, as this is a matter that
deserves prompt attention. i
MANY VOTERS.
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It should be borne in mind that the
wasteful methods of planting, cultivating
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“Hhd LVESing cotton 1 many sections |
of the South, the deterioration of seed
and scarcity of labor are conditions that
cannot be corrected in a single season or
in a dozen, even—and the cotton-con
suming portion of the world’s popula
tion is increasing with remarkable rapid
ity. Only something very like a revolu
tion in the industry can put the price‘
of cotton very much below the lowest
quotations of last Friday, the 18th, it
would seem,”—New York Commercial.
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Bobby Walthour, the champion bicy
clist, cables the Atlanta Journal that he
is winning success and fame on the track
in Paris,
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
PRI L T
For Representative.
To the Citlz' ns of Lee County. :
[ hereby announce.myselfa candidate for Represen
tative in the next Legislature from this, Lee County,
subject to the Democratic primary. If lam honored
as your choice, I will do my best for your interest at
all times and [ most respectfully tand earnestly solicit
your support. .
ok BeE QWAY.
For Representative.
I'o the Democrats of L _e Couuty;
1 hereby announce my candidacy for Representative
to the Lezislature, subject to the August primary, and
respectfully solicit your support.
Yours Respectfully.
G. W. WOXWICK
For Solicitor-General.
To the Qualified Voters of the Southwestern Judicial
Circuit:
Since becoming a candidate for nomination to the
office of So'icitor-General ot the Southwestern Judi
cial Circuit, it has been my purpose, and I have en
deavored, to meet face toface as nearly as possible
with all of the voters of th: circuit, which I preferred
to the method of general letter wiiting.
The primary, however, havirg been fixed for such
an early date, renders it impossible for me to fully
aceomplish this purpose, and I therefore respectfully
ask the privilege of this additional medium of an
nouncing my candidacy, and will appreciate the sup
port of my feliow-citizens.
Respectfully, J. R. WILLIAMS.
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For Solicitor General.
I am a candidate for re-election to the office of So
lieitor General of the Southwestern Circuit, subject to
the democratic pr.mary on April 2oth. I trust that
my conduct in the office in the past is sufficient evi
dence that | will be faithful in the discharge of its
duties in ‘he future, and I will appreciate the support
of the good citizens in my race. |
Respectfully, K. A. HOOPER.
For Coroner.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the
office of Coroner of Lee county, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
N. E. OUTLAW.
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WARE G. MARTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Leesburg, Georgia.
Situation Wanted.
A good Blacksmith and saw-mill man de
sires a situation. Address
J. E. VENO, Needham Ga.
CALL AND INSPECT OUR NEW LINE OF
S= RI N G AND ‘
sSuUmnmmbßEß
it GOODS,
All the Season’s Novelties.
You will find our s;-e Headquarters for Low prices and Goods, Call and
& We Give Trading Stamps With all Cash Purchases.
L., 8. ODOMY,
Miss Jennie Ford
Desires to thank her friends and patrons in Lee County for
their very liberal patronage, and would inform them that she
has just received a fresh supply of
Groceries, Canned Goods,
. Dry Goods, ete.,
and invites a continuance of your patronage, feeling assured she can
please, both in quality and price.
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Millinery Department.
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This departr‘nent is now replete with
EMERYTHING NEW.,
‘ Hats, Laces, Ribbons and
Fancy Goods in great variety.
: CEHLL AND INSPECT.
A full stock of Toilet articles,
Perfumeries, ete.
~ MISS JENNIE FORD, ¥®4& COURT HOUSE,