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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL
VOLUME TWENTY-FOUR
Min ] i
utes of Meeting of
Commissioners of Lee
s of L
County July Term 1922.
In office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, Lee County, Georgia.
Meeting of July 4, 1922, All members being present, except M. S. Childers,
GEORGIA LEE COUNTY, :
In office of Commissioners of Road and Revenues, Lee County, Georgia.
This being the 4th Jday of July and the same being a legal holiday the meet
ing is hereby adjourned until Thursday the 6th Inst.
J. J. FORRESTER, Clerk.
GEORGIA—LEE COUNTY.
In office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues Said County.
In accordance with adjournment of last meeting until the 6th inst the meet
ing was hereby called to order with Chairman S J Yeoman and Commissioners W.
L Childers present. This July 6Gth 1922,
J. J. FORRESTER, Clerk.
GEORGIA—LEE COUNTY.
In office of Commissioners of Roads & Revenues Said County.
After consideration the following bill and accounts were ordered paid
R M Baskin, June salary as aoad guard 50 00
J W Costin, * R 2 40 00
Archie Frazier, S o 5 o 40 00
Roy Scarbrough, June salary as Tractor operator, 100 00
J D Mcßride, * “ as Warden, 100 00
W G Martin, 4 o as Judge -of the City Court, 125 00
O W Statham, ‘¢ M as County Phy, 25 00
S J Yeoman, 2y 1 as assgt, 10 warden 50 00
J J Forrester, o & as clerk of this Board 25 00
Flax Mig. Co. Statement, 3-22-22, 700
W T Jackson, Postage by Tax Asessors (registered Mail) 788
C S Pryor, three days as b i 15 00
J I Kaylor, * w 5 e o 15 00
& I Wilkergon, ** © & £ 15 00
W T Jackson, four days as Clerk for Tax Asseszory 20 00
Albany Petroleum Co. Inv 5-31-22 96 60
Antezone Chemical Co, Inv 2-24-22 140 00
Glover Gro Co. six caddies of tobacco 40 00
W S Hancock Durg Co. drugs for convicts bill rendered 26 00
Sheffield Co. Inv. 6-6-22 _ 750
Albany Produace Co. Inv 6-1-22 56 97
Leesburg Auto Co, motor parts bill rendered 310
Lessburg General Repair Shop. blacksmith acet rendered 15 95
D. M Melvin Jr. beef for convicts bill rendere 1 6 00
T C Tharp, Treas. Services rendered 2 quarter 175 00
T R¢Lewis, Services rendered as tick inspector June 50 00
Standard Oil Co. sundry inv submitted . 124 32
G A Wallace, clerk cost in Wiley Richardson case 24 70
P C Coxwell Sheriff, ¢ “ @ : 15 00
J T Woodall & Co motor parts as per bill 200
Jeft Styles, preaching to convicts two service¥ 300
P ¢ Coxwell Sheriff cost as per bill readered 59 0o
W A Curtis, blacksmith work bill rendered 14 00
Stovall Yeoman Lyon Co merchandise to coaviets as per bill rendered 45 26
G D Richards, D S. cost and Expense arvest Jim Nather 7 50
W A Curtis, work in clerks office 4 50
A G Johnson asst to sheriff bill rendered 350
J F Hines, D S Board bill for prisoners readere:l 183 60
Americus Gro Co. Inv 4-26-22 65 50
W W McDonald, D 8 Service & expense arrest of Robert Smith 7 50
Gus Newsome, July allowance as pauper 5 00
G A Wallace, cost bill presented 12 95
Hodgers Builders Suppy Co. Inv 5- 31-22 24 00
G A Wallace Clerk, order or cost by Julze Martin 50 70
Lee County Journal, advertising 40 50
R E Howe, Merchandise to convicts as per bill 32 25
T C Tharp. Treas, cash items as per vouches 78 75
D M Melvin, balance due on road tax digest 5 40
A M Roberson & Co. 6-3-22 75 00
In addition to the above script was igdued to all pauperc appearing on the list,
There being no other business the meeting was hereby adjourned.
J. J. FORRESTER, (Clerk.
This is to certify that the foregoing is a true and correct'copy of the minutes of
the meeting of the Commissioners of roads & Revenues of Lee County. Held this
the 6th day of July 1922,
J. J. FORRESTER. Clerk.
More Peats Being
Shipped this Week.
The people of Lee County zre
again shipping pears from Lees
burg. The variety being shipped
this time being the Keifer which
is a very late pear. The growers
state that they are receiving a
fair price for the crop this year.
Secure From Fire---
But you are secured from going ‘“‘broke”
after the fire if your property is properly
insured.
Others consider it better to pay a little for
insurance than to lose a lot by fire. How
about you?
I represent the most reliable Companies of
America. .
T. C. THARP,
Leesburg, - Georgia.
MONEY?
I Can Get yousome Long
Loan Money Now.
GOODE PRICE.
ABB R BB B BR B R 888 B
We Do the best of work. Why
go elgewhere.,
Leeshurg, Lee County Ga., Friday AUGUST 18, 1922
Mr. S. M. Cocke
Announces For
Representative
Elsewhere in this issue of the
Journal appears the announce
ment of Mr. S. M. Cocke, for
Representative of Lee County.
Mr. Cocke is one of our pro
gressive young farmers and also
one of our present County Com
missioners. In his announce
ment he pledges his support to
the people and Lee County if
they see fit to elect him as their
Representative. He is opposing
our present Representative, Mr.
J. D. Clifton, who announced in
our paper of last week.
MEAT MARKET
MOVED.
Mrs. W. H. Oliver has moved
her meat market to the store of
her daughter, Mrs. H. J. Tyler,
which has for some time been
in the store of Mr. J. C. Tyler.
Mrs. Oliver has one of the nicest
places in town and is very sani
tary same being completely
screened and no flies can enter.
Mrs. Oliver will carry a nice
line of fresh and cured meats at
all times and we are sure she
will do a nice business in her
new location.
B.Y.P.U. Rally At
Albany Sunday
August 27th
A meeting of interest to all
Baptist in the Mallory Association
is the B. Y. P. U. Organization
rally to be held at the First Bap
tist Church of Albany on Sunday
August 27th.
State Workers, H. Lewis Batts
and Herbert Bradshaw will be
present and will bring with them
twenty-five Associational Presi
dents of the Southeastern Re
gion, Their purpose in coming
to Albany at this time is to or
ganize the Mallory Association
for B. Y. P. U. Work. As all
B. Y. B. U. workers are aware,
this association is one of the few
in che State that is not organized.
A morning session will be held
at which only the associational
Presidents will be present. In
the afternoon a general meeting
will be held, beginning at two
thirty o,clock, and all churches
in the association have been ask
ed to send delegates to report on
B.Y. P.U. work in their churches
and where there are no Unions
at the present time, take steps
to organize Unions at once.
The program of this meeting
will be announced later, and all
Baptists interestedin B. Y. P. U.
work are earnestly requested
to attend and insure the organi-‘
zation of Mallory Association for
B. Y. P. U. work. |
Chicken Supper
Mr. and M:s. E. J. Stocks
entertained a number of young!
people last Wednesday night at
Graves Spring with a chicken sup
per. Those enjoying the hozpitality
of Mr. and Mrs. Stocks were:
Misses Blanche lee, Christine
Sadler, Lillian Lewis, Naunie
Stocks, Jewel and Pauline Wallace,
Messrs Lannis Rouse, Zeke Brishois,
Joe Freeman, Homer Morrew,
Turner Ball, Robert Riley, Leroy
Whidley, Bill Davis, Ralph
Whitaker, Sterling Gay, Wilson
Joyner, Sam and Joe Stock and
Ben and Robert Hill,
JUDGE DICK RUSSELL
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JUDGE RICHARD B. RUSSELL
and his friends throughout
Georgia, announce his candidacy
for Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court in the Primary of Septem
ber 13th, and ask your active as
sistance in his behalf. His judi
cial service thoroughly qualifies
him. His service to all Georgia
entitles him to your considera
tion. He and his friends thank
you.
ANNOUNCEMENT '
10 THE QUALIFIED VOTERS
OF LEE COUNTY, GEORGIA:
1 take this method of announc
ing my candidacy for represen
tative from this County. 1 will
greatly appreciate the support
of each and every voter, and
pledge in return for your sup
port and confidence, a faithful
administration of that office, If
elected to ths office it will be
my purpose to at all times con
sider the wishes of the people
and truly be a representative of
the people. The election for this
office will be held on the 13th,
of September 1922, I expect to
see each and every voter per
sonally if possible before the
election, but if I do not the
same will be due solely to the
fact that I could not get in
touch with you in the short
time remaining.
Very respectfully,
S. M. COCKE.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
To the Voters of” Lee County:
I hereby announce that I am a
candidate for re-election to the House
of Representatives, subject to the
Primary Election. 1 am deeply
grateful for the support given me in
the past and have endeavored to
merit that support by faithfully ser
ving your interests at all times, and
I trust that you will permit me to
continue to serve you to the very
best of my ability. ‘
Yours very truly,
J. D; CLIFTON.
Skunks Lure Bees
From Hives, Eat "Em
washington.—A report from
Ohio recelved by the biological
survey of the United States De
partment of Agriculture says
that skunks are glving a great
deal of trouble to beekeepers in
that region. The skunks visit
the hives at night and scratch
on the outside till the bees come
out. As soon as they appear the
skunks eat them. The biological
survey recommends that under
such conditions the hives be
fenced in with chicken wire at
least three feet high.
Hon. Chas, R.
Crisp in Leesburg
on Monday.
Hon. Chas. R. Crisp, candidate
for Congressman from this the
Third District, was a vyisitor to
the city on Monday and while
here met several of the voters.
Mr, Crisp has no opposition this
time but states that he is trying
to see all the people just the same
to show his appreciation for their
support in past elections, and
that his services is at the com
mand of the people at all times.
Petition for Charter
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GEORGIA—Lee County,
TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAID
COUNTY.
The petiton of W. S. Hancock and H.
‘L. Turner, both of said State and Coun
ty respacfully shows:
1. That they desite for themselves,
their associates and successors, to be in
corporated and made a body politic un
der the name and style of “W. §.
HANCOCK DRUG COMPANY”’, for
the period of twenty years.
2. The principal office of said Com
pany shall be in the City of Leésburg.
State and County aforesaid, but petition
ers desire the right to establish beanch
offices within this State ov elsewhere,
whenever the holders of a mojority a
the stock may so determine.
3. The object of said corporation is
pecuniary gain to itsell and stockholders.
4, The business to be carried on hy‘
gaid .cerporation is to carry on mul‘
maintain a general drug store, and asks |
for the right to buy and sell all drogs, |
toilet preparations of all kinds, prupriw‘
tary preparations, cigars and tobaccos of
all kinds, soft drinks, jewelry, seeds of
all kinds, and in general to handle by
buying and selling any article of mer
chandise generally handled in a Drug
business. |
5. The capital stock of gaid corporation
shall be TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS,
with the privilege of increasing the same
to the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND DOL
LARS. by a majority vote of the stock
holders, said stock to be divided into
shareg of ONE~HUNDRIED l)()Ll..\ltb‘l
each, and they desire to begin business
under said Charter when ten per ccnt]
of the capital stock paid in, |
6. Petitioners desire the right (o hzm:;
the subscriptions to said capital stock
paid in money or property to be taken at
a fair valuation,
7. Petitioners desire the right to sue
and be sued, to plead and be impleaded
to have and use a common seal, to
make all necessary by-laws and regula
tiong, and to do all other things that may
be necessary for the successiul carrying
on of said business, includidg the right
to buy, hold and sell real estate and per
sonal property suitable to the purpose of
the corporation, and to execute notes
and bonds as evidences of indebtedness
incurred, or which may be incurred, in
the conduct of the affairs of the corpora
tion and to secure the same by mortgage,
security deed, or other form of lien,
under existing laws.
8. They degire for said incorporation,
the power and authority to apply for and
accept amendments to its charter of cither
form or snbstance hy a majority vote of
Lits stock outstanding at the time. They
also ask authority for said Sncorporation
to wind up its aflairs, liquidate and dis.
continue business at any time it may
determine to do €0 by a vote of two
thirds of its stock outstanding at the
R. H. FORRRSTER, Agent
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANGE GO,
ASSETS $952,632,139.00
Protect Your Family
WITH A GOOD INSURANCE
POLICY.
Judge Long Elected
Ordinary Lee County
In the election for Ordinary
held on Tuesday to fill the uns
expired term of Mr. W. T. Jack
son, Judge H. L. Long, Sr., was
elected without opposition. He
will take charge of the office as
soon as he can receive his com
mission from the Governor.
Old Negro
Passes Away
- Harry Maishall claiming to
be the oldest negro in Lee county
and his age at 110 years, died at
his home near Leesburg Monday
night of old age. He had been
totally blind fer a number of
years and he made his home in
Lee county about all his life.
The old negro has a son who
claims to be 80 years of age and
shows it.
Church Services
Leesburg |
Baptist—J. H. Wyatt, Pastor.
Preaching 2nd, and 4th Sundays
Morning and Evening.
Sunday School 10 o’clock a. m.
B. Y. P. U. 6 o’clock p.m. every
Sunday.
W. M. U. Monday afternoon fol
lowing 2nd and 4th Sundays.
~Mid Week Prayer Service and
Choir Practice Wednesday evening
7 o’clock, '
Methodigt—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’clock every
Sunday.
time. ;
9. They desire for the said incorpora
tion the right of renewal when and as
provided by the laws of Georgia, and
that it have all cuch other rights, powers,
privileges and immunities as are incident
to like corporations or permissible under
the laws of Georgia,
WIHEREFORE, petitioners pray to be
incorporated under the name andf style
aforesaid with the powers, privileges and
immunities herein set forth, and as are
now, or may hereafter be, allowed a
corporation of gimular character under
the laws of Georgia.
E. L. FORESTER,
Attorney for Petitioners.
Field in office this 25 day of July 1922,
JEWELL WALLACE,
Deputy Clerk Superior Court,
| Lee County, Georgia,
GEORGIA—LEE COUNTY.
I, Jewell Wallace Deupty, Clerk of the
Superior Court of Lee County, hereby
certffy that the foregoing is a true and
correct copy of the application for char
ter, as the same appears of file in this
office.
This 25 day of July 1922,
JEWELL WALLACE,
Deputy Clerk of Superior Court,
Lee County, Georgia.
Number 28