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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL
VOLUME TWENTY-FOUR
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Fine Cotton In
Lee County.
Mr. H. 8 Cook a prominent far
mer living on his farm North of
Leeshurg, brought to the Journal
office yesterday three stalks of the
finest cotten that we have seen
ths scason. The stalks average
about two and one-half feet high,
with several small bolls and blooms
and an unlimited number of fquares
on them. Mr. Cook states that he
has 5 acres as good as this and
twenty-five acres very near as good
Mr. Cook is catching the weevil as
they come this yeur aid if the
weather is dry from now on he will
no doubt make a good erop of cotton.
We Thank You
Itis but the natural trend of
human nature that all mankind
should like to be patted on the
shoulder, occasionally, given a
cheery word of compliment regard
ing the manner in which he is do
ing his work and at the same time
yeceive a smile of sincerity that
makes him know that his efforts
are really appreciated.
Tyue, we're but running a little
country paper that carries but the
local happenings and an ocecasional
editorial idea of our own, which in
its weakness may not meagure up to
the standard of the ideas of tho-e
who read them, yet it does us goud
through-and-through and gives us
new inspiration when some ore
comes to us, unasked and of their
own volition " tells us that they ap
preciate the little shect and that our
editorial column, which we always
try to keep in the line of right ar.d
morality, is good and to the point.
Brothers, we thank you heartily
for we read the sincerity of your
statements in your countenances,
and we assure you that your words
chall cheer us along life’s way and
that they inspire us to a better life
and a better work.
SEI eoo E
Subseribe for your home Paper—
Job work a SPECIALTY.
Tynewriter Ribbons $l.OO Each At This Office,
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This bank has been a consistent friend of the Farmers
of Southwest Georgia. It has extended them accommoda
tions to enable them to buy their fertilizers and make
; their crorfi, it has assisted them in marketing their crops
and it has furniched them a safe and convenient place in
' whizh to deposit the moneys which their harvests have
yielded them.
Just now we offer special service to Watermelon,
Cantaloupe and Peach Growers. We can handle your
drafts to all markets and give you every banking service
that will expedite the marketing of your crops.
If your returns from these crops should leave you
7 more money than you have a present need for, you will
find it safe and profitable to deposit it in our Savings
Department and let it earn you interest at the rate of
A% per annum,
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED
Citi First National Bank
ALBANY, GEORGIA
RAR TR EOETRE S 11511 FIRS! < T R
CARBON PAPER AND TYPEWRITER RIBBONS.
Any Pearls
Found Here?
Almost every section of the coun
rv, where streams abound and
where the mussel or fresh water
¢lam thrives, has pearl fisheries, for
from these bi-valves comes the
choicest pearls of the markets.
\WWhile .the mussels do propagate
and grow in the Georgia waters we
know of no pearl fisheries, though
scemingly to us, there should be
most choice pearis found intle
mussels of the clear waters of the
vivers and branches of this section.
We Lave at-hand an inquiry from
pearl and shell buyers, for theshells
are algo bought and used for buttons,
and we hardly know what answer to
make the firm, who wanted to
carry an ad in this paper.
First American Mint,
A watchmaker, Henry Voight, as
sistant to John Fitch in the manufac
ture of machinery for the first steam
boat, was the first chief coiner of
the United States,
The first United States mint was
established in Philadelphia by an act
of congress April 2, 1792. Washing
ton selected David Rittenhouse, the
astronomer, as the first director.
Three colnage presses were put
into operation October 1. They were
brought from England, The building
in which the mint was located was tne
first piece of property owned by the
United States. It was a plain build
ing of brick, three stories high. In
the rear in an old wooden building
was the coinage department. Up to
1816 the work was done by hand or
horse-power,
First Iron Steamboat,
Who remembers the name of Aaron
Manby ?
it is one hundred years since the
first iron steamboat left the dockyards
of Tipton, in England, and, after be
ing tested on the Thames, was em
ployed in a direct service between
London and Paris. A return was made
to the house of commons showing the
time consumed by steamers as coln
pared with sailing vessels on some 30
coasting routes; the average speed
given for steamers in the best of these
was from eight to nine knots, while
the average time taken varied from
one-half to one-sixth (or even less)
of the time taken by salling vessels.
After the first sea voyage the Aaron
Manby was employed solely on the
Seine, where it navigated as late as
1840,
l,eesburg, Lee County Ga., Friday JUNE 9, 1922
Richmond, Va., June s.—~(Special)—
Richmond has called for the remnants
of that army which defended her for
four years and by the thousands will
the survivors answer the summons to
be here on June 19, 20, 21 and 22.
The last three days are those fixed
for the welcoming and entertainment
of the United Confederate Veterans
at their 32d annual reunion. June 19
has been set as the date for beginning
the ceremonies which will engage the
attention of the Confederated Southern
Memorial Association and of Sons ol
Confederate Veterans,
Preparations are now complete for
taking care of the enormous-number
of visitors who .are expected to attend
the reunion. The veterans will be
made comfortable at the hotels, with
friends or relatives and in private
homes.
Provide Comfortable Quarters.
Upon their arrival at the railroad
stations in this city, each veteran will
be met by a member of the Reunion
Committee, given an identification
card and assigned to quarters, if
previous arrangements for accommo
dations have not been made. How
ever, Brigadier-General Jo Lane Stern,
chairman of the Reunton Committee,
urges that all visitors make their res
ervations before coming to Richmond,
applying to the hotels or to the In
formation and Quarters Committee,
Postoffice Box No. 685, Richmond for
quarters in private homes and board
ing houses.
Reasonable coat, from $1.25 to $2
per day for loSging and breakfast, will
prevail in private homes. Dinner and
supper, with the compliments of the
City of Richmond and the Common
wealth of Virginia, will be supplied
Confederate veterans who desire them
on June 20, 21 and 22. .
Elaborate Program.
The program of exercises and enter
tainments probably will make this the
greatest reunion in the history of the
United Confederate Veterans. One of
the most Impressive exercises in
which the veterans wlll take part will
be the laying of the corner stone for
the Matthew Fontaine Maury monu
ment. -
Addresses will be delivered by some
of the South’s greatest orators, there
will be a great parade and review,
band concerts, a Confederate ball and
dozens of other features designed par
ticularly to entertain and please the
oOld South’s heroes.
EGGS FOR HATCHING
Barred Plymouth Rocks and
White ILeghorns., One dollar for
fifteen eggs.
3.0 HILL:;
Hollis Plantation,
Leesbuig, Georgia
D. . -
riving.
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It has ecme to our notice, and we
qunderstand is & matter of common
complaint, that there is entirely too
much reckless driving of antomobiles
on the streets of this town and on
the roads of the community.
| There is a state motor vehicle law,
enacted for the safety and protection
of the people, which preseribes who
shall drive cars, how fast they shall
be driven, ete., or in other words
the law preseribes the legal duties of
the drivers and the oflicials as well,
and this law, under the appulling
number of deaths and accidents
that oceur, the number of motor
vehicles that are upon the streets
and highways, should be observed
to the letter. We don’t want to
register ourselves ag a kickeragainst
anybody’s pleasure or as a dictator
in the premises, though we do want
to register as being in favor of full
protection to the public who must
use the streets and highways against
the reckless and careless class that
seenmingly so wilfully violate every
ordinance of this law. To that end
we shall, from time to time, quote
passages of the Georgia Motor Law
for the benefit of those who may
not be acquainted with it.
Scetion 15 of this law says: “No
persons shall operate a ntotor vehicle
or motor eycle upon any public
street or highway, whether asowner
or operator of such velicle, if under
sixteen years of age, or while uuder
the influence of intoxicating liquors
or drugs, and no person shall take,
use or operate any motor vehicle or
motor cyele upon the public streets
and highways without the perniis
sion of the owner thereof.
A word to the wise should Le
sufficient. Complaints have been
‘odged regarding violations of the
or linances contained in this law
and both the c¢ity oflicials and the
sherift signify their intention of
geeing that reckless driving and {lag
rant violation are stopped.
Large “Freight” Airplane.
A freight airplane whose “hold” is
large enough for frelght trucks to be
wheeled about inside for loading and
unloading has been designed for use
on the London-Continental airways.
This airplane has many unique fea.
tures. The body of the machine ac
tually breaks in two when loading, the
rear-half with the rudder and (tall
plane folding back at right angles to
the “hold,” thus providing a door the
full size of the machine. The back
of the “hold” is hingeé and lets down,
forming a gangway %9 which laden
goods trolleys can Ia wheeled right
into the airplane, 1t has been de
signed by Mr. Folland, of the Glouces.
tershire Aviation <¢ompany, designer
of the machine which won last year's
Aerinl Derby, and recently flew at a
speed of 212 miles an hour. The top
wing Is so thick that sufficient petrol
and oil to supply the airplane’s 360-
horse-power engine for a 600-mile
flight can be stored in tanks inside
the wing. When loaded the freight
airplane will weigh two and a half
tons and will be capable of flying at
104 miles an hour.
Golf Ball Insurance.
The beginner at golf, although he
may not be able to drive his ball very
far, generally gets it into the rough
sooner or later and manages to lose
a good many of the expensive little
spheres.
At one of the country clubs near
New York the caddie master is doing
a nice little business insuring balls.
FFor 50 cents he agrees to replace with
balls in good condition any that are
lost, His caddies are well trained, and
in most cases he comes out ahead, for
he gives his patrons second-hand balls
which have been found on the links
and repainted. Their cost, to him is
practically nothing.—New York Sun.
L B e
Flighty, What.
Galey—What's that frock made of
Ida?
Mrs. Galey—Airplane silk, old dear
Don’t you think it enhances my loveli
ness?
“Agsuredly. To say nothing of it
harmonizing with your disposition.”—
Judge.
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1 The Recent Rains.
The recent raing threughout this
section have been almost appalling,
gince they have been of a general
nature and have deluged the whole
section for a period of two wecks,
thereby injuring or at least retarding
the growth of the crops as well as
preventing their cultivation.
Naturally the crops have toa
certain extent been injured and a
fall fruition prevented, though that
does not mean that the farmers
should become blue to the point of
neglect, for just a few days of sun
shine, a few days of hard work will
wreak wonders in the looks and con
ditions, and the siege of rain which
we have undergone will soon be for
gotten and the traces left in our
fields become obliterated.
The Charm of Bad Acting.
And what is the secret of the para
dox? The secret, very simply, is that
bad acting often enchants, by virtue
of its very artlessness, where highly
proficient acting leaves one cold. Act
ing that lacks sound artistic design Is,
in this, much like some ugly old easy
chair. It has much of the cozy ease
and agreeable friendliness that a beau
tiful, stiff Sheraton lacks.
If acting is an art at all, it is the
baby art. And, like a baby, sophisti
cation is, or should be, relevantly a
stranger to it. Acting that is polished
to the last degree is like a butler—
distinguishedly lifeless. Mankind is
itself a bad and fitful actor, Imita
tions of mankind wpon the stage
should have all of mankind's flaws,
weanknesses, crudities and mistakes.—
George Jean Nathan in Judge.
Should Be Ashamed of Himself.
At the time of the Indianapolis rate
case hearing Frank Wampler was
placed on the witness stand. That
evening the Indianapolis News came
out with the heading, “Wampler on
Stand in Phone Hearing.”
Ltobert, the young son of French
Ragsdale, secretary of the chamber
of commerce, Frankfort, Ind.,, read
this aloud to his father, and then ex
pressed himself as follows:
“What's the guy standing around
at the phone listenin’ for?’—lndian
apolis News,
Amended Quotation.
“All the world’s a stage,” quoted
the constituent.
“It’s more like a screen,” said Sen
ator Sorghum, “The camera men have
been o enterprising that some of us
statesmen begin to look llke motion
picture actors.”
J. E. Johnson and W. I.Thompson
Proptietots, o
We are prepared to all kinds of Blacksmith Work
on Buggies, Wagons, Log Carts, Plow Tools and
i fact we can fix anything made of wood or iron.
Horse Shoeing a Specialty.
Shop Near Stovali and Yeomans Grist Mill.
One of the best farms in Lee County,
400 acres high state cultivation, gray
and ted pebbly land, well im
proved, $5000.00 home, 1-2 mile R.R.
Station —Good Terms : |
See R. R. Forrester
Lzesburg, eorgia
Beats Two Year
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Old Child With
. Leather Thongs
Albany, Ga., June 9.—N. W,
Holt is Leing held in jail here on a
charge of cruelly beating his 2-year
old son unmercifully with a whip of
twisted leather thongs. Officersand
a physician who examined the child
declaved hig back was a mass of
bruizes and bloodshot flesh.
It is alleged that the child was
whipped because he would not go to
sleep in the daytime. Holt ad
mitted to the officers, they say, that
he whipped the child, declaring:
“He’s mine and needed beating
and I gave it to him.,”’
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Church Services in
Leesburg
Baptist—J. H. Wyatt, Pastor.
Preaching 2nd, and 4th Sundays
Morning and Evening. -y
Sunday School 10 o’clock a. m.
B. Y. P. U. 6 v’clock p.m. every
Sunday.
W. M. U. Monday afternoon fol
lowing 2nd and 4th Sundays.
Mi¢ Week Prayer Serviee and
Choir Practice Wednesday evening’
7 o’clock. :
Methodist—J. D. Snyder, Pastor.
Preaching 3rd Sunday, morning
ard evening. '
Sunday School 10 o’clock every
Sunday.
Presbyterian—Rev. Grille, Pastor.
Preaching Ist Sunday morning
and evening.
Sunday School 10 o’clotk every
Sunday. % :
City Tax Notice. !
The books for giving in city tax
are now opein. If you have not
made your returns yet do so at once
and save yourself of being double
taxed. The city cierks office is in
Stovall Yeoman Tyons Co. Store.
R, H, FORRESTER,
Clerk and Treas.
Number 19