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LOCAL ITEMS. i Mr. D. D. Hall had business in Albany Wednesday. Mr. R, R, Green and sister, Miss Neva, visited Leslie Sunday. Miss Lois King entertained the young people last Tuesday night. Anything in the local line you can glve us will be appreciated Mrs, E. J. Waller and daughter Miss Nanme of OcciflaGa is visiting her bro ther, Mr. M. E. Tison, this week . Bothwell Honey can be found at Longs Diug Store. Mr. E. B. Lee brought the firet bale of cotton in town last Tuesday. This bale weighed five hundred and seventy eight pounds and was sold for twelve and one half cents per pound which netted seven ty two dollars and tweniy five cents which was bought by Mr, 8. J. Powell. Five other bales have come in up to date Prices r.nging from 12% to 9% according to samples, Sumter County hus just had a law pass ed to elect her Comunissioners by the peo ple —The question occurs is this a good or a bad move a' p-esent the grand jury elects. - The grand jury is composed of not over 23 men and possibly 18—It isdrawn from a small part of the voting population, Result is that a very large majority of people are disfranchised, when it comes to electing the most important officers in the county put it in any light po-sible— they have no voice in it whatever for the judge of the Superior court appoints the jury commissioners the Jury commiss'o .- ers select the grand jury and the grund jury elects the county commissioners, - Suppose Mr. Ais so situated as not to be on the grand jury. Suppose Mr. Bis on the grand jury. Suppose Mr A owe one half of Lee County and Mr. B not an acre, The present method mean that Mr, A is disfranchised when it comes to saying who shall assess his taxes man aje his finances work his roads sup port his paupars and look out for the welfare of his County, While Mr, B who co:s not own any property can rub it in on him with his personal enemies vote to manage Mr, A's property and yet Mr. A’s mouth must be scaled. Those that are thus disfranchised are not the riff laff and ignorant pait by any means, We need a change and need it bad. -Voter. As the busy season 1s at hand our merchants should do s.’)mejndicious advertismg, if they wish to draw trade totheir town, There thousands ~of dollars spent away from here that could be kept at home just as well. Let the people know what you have and what you want for it if you wish to sell it. When you want up-to-date print. ing. send your order to the JourNaAL : Our prices are low considering the quality of the work and superiority of material. I car;y a full line of plows, bindef® mowers, rakes and reapers, See me if ’- yougfire i;i the market for anything in' ;his?'line, 1 ‘\ill make it to your interest. S. J. Powell. ' Road Tax Levy-: | Office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, of Lee Co., Ga., in regular ses, sion—meeting July 5, 1904. The Alternative Road law for said State as appears in sections 573 t 0583, in clusive, of Vol, lof the Code of 1895’ and amendments thereto in acts of 1897 page 2¢,fbeingin operation in this county’ by anthority vested in us, as County Commi sioners of said county, we do hereby asses and levy as a ‘‘commutation tax’ upon each mail in said county subject to road duty for the year 1g904, the sum of two | dollarsand fifty cents ($2.50), and that' said assesment and tax shal be due and E collectable on and after August Ist., 19o4: | anb the time shall remain open for the payment of said assessment s2.soas commutation tax aforesaid until Sept. 15th 1904, aud il any such persons subject to such tax or road duty shal be then in de- ‘ fault in making payment of the same, any and all such defaunlters shall be and arcl hereby doubled taxed-that is assessed five lollars ($5.00)- as tax and penalty on a(‘-‘ couit thereof: and itis further ordered | that all such defaulters shall be allowed until October Ist.; 1904, in which tomake full paynent of said assessment and pen alty aforesaid’ and that any all that shall 1 then remain in default in making such payment, are hereby declared subject and shall be requested to preform manual labor upon the public roads of the county for a period of ten (10) days, for said year, as by law provided. Witness our official signatures, date above writteu, B. I. McKenney, County Comm’r F. M. Mims, S “ A true extract from the Minutes, This July 7th | 15071. James Morgan, Clerlks County Commissioners. l\&—w&\‘ffi_—‘%—w%V\M% it ) EJGIVE At / The Journal ! NYOUR a | JOB : TWORK. } i i e We Prints Lette Heads, / ¢ Note Heads. /(\ ) Nta'ements, y Bill Heads, % Businees Cards, ¢ Comissary Cheeks, % _ Legal Blanks, % Wedding Invitations, % Books, Pamphlets, yI And all Kinis of Faney Nt:liilill(‘l_{% sC—ive us a Trial Ordertgs— W e Lottt N T ) - M e e l "BHIC"RMODEMIA“ARET..H‘ ! a mild and effective laxative they are simply won ‘ derful. My daughter and I were bothereci' with sick stomach and our breath was very bad. After taking a few doses of Cascarets we have improved wonderfully. They are a great help in.the family." WILHELMINA NAGEL. ! 1137 Rittenhouse St., Cincinnati, Ohio. ‘ CANDY ! CATHARTIC ' | f TRADE MARN REGISTERED oSS, BN g Ty g g "o CURE CONSTIPATION. ... tierting Hemedy Company, Chieage, Nontreal, New York. 316 NO-TO-BAC 55 25 Rsasniass, by ol drae l Inhers in the faeulty to get other people working for you. The late Thos 8. Ke of Louisville, Ky., did this when, in 1/45 he secured a policy in The Mutual Li surance Company of New York for $5,000. Dividends +to the amount of $6,807 b cumulated on this policy, making the total amount paid by the Companysll,Bo7. net premiums paid by Mr Kennedy amounted to $3,465.88, making the return ov sB’3‘}; xv\?x:iting for information about a policy of-this kind, state what you woul to receive in cash at the end of limited payment period, TH SMUTUAL LIFE [) "INSURRCE COMPANY OF OLDEST LAI IN I AMERICA N E 8181 YO Rl< W RICHARD A. McCURDY, President. R. F. SHEDDLN, Manager, Atlanta, Ga. D. D. HALL, Special Agent, e BANK OF SMITHVILLE. ‘ Smithville Ga. ONLY BANK IN THECOUNTY. CAPITAL AND PROFITS $18.000.00 M:iMBER 0F ASYSTEM OF 38 STATE AND 4 NATIONAL BANKS CONBINED. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS :$1.500,000.00. EACH BANKINDEPENDANT. LBEPOSITS SOLICITED. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS W, S, WITHAM, President. D. G. AVERA, Vice President. C. A. RHODES, 1R IDNG. W. D. WELLS, B I. McKINNEY, T. G. WILLIAMS. 2 =4 CALL AND SEE US. » Respt: | J. C, McCLAIN Cashier. ‘LOCAL ITAXATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. A PROCLAMATION. By His Excellency, Joseph M. Terrell, Governor of the State of Georgia, FExecutive Department, July 27th 7904. \Whereas, the General Assembly, at its session in 1903, propose:t an amendment to the Constitution of this State, as set forth in an act,approved August I7th Igoz, to wir P : Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, Th.t from and after the passuge of this sict, thut article 8, sect on 4 paragraph [ of the Constitntion of the State be «ltered and amended bv striking out the word “upon the recommendation of two grand Juri s” which begin in the first line after the word *‘Ccunties” and end in the second line before th= word “‘and’’ and substituting th refor the worus ‘“militia di tricis,school districts’and by inserting the words “mulitia. districts, shool districts’’ in the seventh line afterword*“County”’ l andbefore the word“‘or”’and further by striking out the I word ““two-thirds’’ ‘whic . begins in the seventh line ' after the word ““a’” and ends in the eighth line before the word “voie’’, and subs ituting therefore the words “two-thitds majority of - those voting’’; so that saia paragraph shail lead when amended, as follows, viz; “Authority may be granted to counties, mali.ia dis nicts school distiicts and to municipal corporations, upon the recommendation of the cororate authority, to establish and mantain public schools in their respec tive limiis by local taxation; but no such law shall take effect until the same shall have been submittet to a vote of the qualified voters in each County, militia dis trict, school district, or municipal corporation, and ap proved by two-thirds mujority of persons voting at such election, and the Uener.xf,Assembly my prescribe who shall vote on such questions.”” Seciion 2 Be it further enacted, That it this amendment shall be agreed to b. two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses, the same shall be eutered on their Journals, wi.h the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, and the Governor shall cause said amendment to be published in one or mo. e newspapers in each congressional district for two months previous to the next general election, and the legal voters at the | next gcu»:ra% election shall have written or printed on | their tickets *“ Ratification’, or ‘“Against Ratification” |as they may choose to vote. and if a majorityof the electors q alified to vore for the (ieneral Assembly vot ing shall vote in favor of Ratification, then said amend ment shall become a purt of said article 8, section 4, paragraph 7 of the Constitution of this State, and the | Governor shall make proclamatio 1 thereof. { Now, therefore 1 {‘oseph M. Terrell, Governor of | said St.te, do issue this my proclamation hereby de | clairing that the toregoing proposed amendment to the i Constitution is submitted for ratificaticn or rejection to " the vo ers of the State, qualified to vote for membe:s " of the General Assembly, at the general election to be ~held on Wednesday, October sth 1904. | . By the Governor; Joseru M. TERRELL. | ; Putwrr Cook Governor, i Secretary of Siate 1 g i m.—_’—.”-.-—.——_— 2 .~ How about that advertisement 1 .g. 2 ' in the Greater LLee County edition of the Journ L. L ! i ! Libel for Divorce. | FANNIE HOWELL } Case No. 936. Libel for di vs vorce. In the Superior Ceu JOSH HOWELL. fof Lee County Georgia, Fil: ' March 31st 7904. i To }JUSH HOWELL, defendant in said case, You are hereby notified that by virtue of ap order gran ed in said case at the May term, 79n4. ot said ~our you are required to in person or by attorney appear ai { the next term of said conit to be held in and for Lee ' County, (ieorgia, on the first Monday in November, 1904 (next) then and there to answer the complaint of the plaintiff, Funni: Howell, against you for a tot;! divorce, upon the ground of wilful continuous dasetion, as in defalt of such appearance, the court will proceed | as to justice shall appertain. . ; ’ Witness the Honor. ble ZA, LiTiLgjony, Judge ot l said Court this srd. day of June Igo4. JAMES MO GAN, Clerk, FOR SALE—Two horses and one buggy. Parties wishing to buy can secure a bar gain by calling on the undersigned. The horses are in good order and will be sold cheap for cash.” N. E, OUTLAW, Leesburg, Ga. Skin Di | BN AJlSeases. - For the speedy and permanent cure ¢ . tetter, salt rheum and eczema, Cham ocriain’s Eye and Skin Ointment is without an equal. It relieves the itch ing and sinarting almost instantly an s continued nse effects a permaner cure It also cures itch, barber’s itch scald head, sore nipples, itching pil chiapped haqu, chronic sore eyes ar. aranulated lids. : Dr. fady’s Condition Powdors fo horses are'the best tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge. Price. 25cents. Sold hv i ol gt e s R G VS / # : | Callopywe for Fire Insurance, I can _placc yg' ; #W, the very best company I and givant ofthe protection you need. ' : Aw : ~ ’ S J.Powell.