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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL VOLUME TWENTY-FOUR Record Price For ~ Bale of Cotton Cotton has reached the new high mark of $3.44 a pound in _Atlanta. One bale, weighing 500 pounds, brought $1,700. It was Georgia grown cotton, sold out public out ery, and Forrest Adair, national ly known Atlanta business man, was the auctioneer, The pro ceeds went to the Scottish Rite Hospital for crippled children.” The scene was on the main floor of the Atlanta ' Commercial Exchange. - One bale.of cotton, “the -first raised im Georgia in 1922, grown in Tift county, near Moultrie, Ga., was shipped to Atlanta bj express to the Atlan ta Commercial Exchange by the “Georgia Cotton company for the grower: It was received at the .exchange.on July .18, On July 19 it wasg sold at auction for fifty cents a pound, being brought by J. J. Williamson, of the wel known cotton firm of Williamson : Inmanfi;:_i_téz%ggfiomgagy. Th: ’lirqcé;eds"fii;, ¥to the gfower; the bale was ‘givep By Mr, ‘William gon'to. the Crippled Children’s +."Naw. another auction- has just tqg‘euplace _‘Half a dozen times it-was purchased, at prices rang ing from 50 cents to 26 _cents a ‘pound. Imeach inatance it was. returned to the Children’s Hos pital, only to be reauctioned by’ Me. Adeir.. o ¢ 7oty L _ John A. Manget, Atlanta cot ‘ton man, is the prezent owner of ‘the much-éxploited bale, and announced that he was as yet undetermined 'as to .what he would do with it. . e ~ .The Scottish- Rite Home for Crippled . Children, -started through the efforts of Dr. Mich ael Hoke, Forrest .Adair, Sr., and other leading Shriners, some years ago, is now recognized as one of the largest and best equip ed institutions of its kind in the United States. It was the pat tern for a number ~of similar hospitals which have been estab lished irr various parts of. the country by national Shriners; in fact, the idea cf establishing ‘these hospitals was obtained from the Atlanta hospital and auction for a nation-wide movement was decided upon at a meeting by a ‘national board, of which Forrest: .Adair was elected chairman. -PECANS WANTED—To ‘buy your seed ling and paper shell newpecans, crop only, cash market price paid for them. Submit samples-as soon as gathered, stating approx imate amount you will have. . . " MHLES:McCORMACK:. .+ - CANDY COMPANY . TALBANY, GEORGIA OEe e i o Securé” From Fire--- - _But _you are secured from going “broke’’ ' after_the -fire if: your- property is properly -n .. Others consider it better to pay a little for - ... _insurance than to'lose a lot by fire. How - T'represent the most” reliable (}onigaxiies of =~ T. C. THARP, ' "Leéesburg, - Georgia. IN U, S, SENATE ; No Dissenting Voice Mrs. W. H. Felton, the '‘grand old lady of Georgia,’’ won her fight for a seat for a day as the first woman senator. Without objection from any senator, but after a long delay during which the status of her appointment to the senate was reviewed in the light of prece dents, Mrs. Felton took the oath of office at the vice president’s desk and wrote her name in the Senate membership book. . Senator For.a Day. Mrs. Felton, upon inscribing her'name on the senate roll, be came a fallfledged senator, but only for a day, as Senator-elect Walter F. George, chosen her successor November 7, plans to :laim his seat tomorrow. } Senator Felton was assigned ‘the seat of former Senator Wat son, ot Georgia, whom she was appointed to succeed. Senator elect George, however, took pos session of Senator Watson’s of fice. ’ ' ‘Without lunch Mrs. Felton re ained for some time attending senate procedure. ~ And thus has Georgia the dis tinction of furnishing the first woman United States Senator, an honor which was well bestow ed and gracefully borne by Grandma Felton, the “Grand Old Woman .of - Georgia,”” wbo, though 87 ‘years old/is éyer alert for that service for her fellow man that has thus made her a national figure for manv years past. In Attendance . At Conference At the South Georgia Metho dist Conference, which is in for mal session at Waycross this week, Rev J. D. Snyder pastor of the Leesburg church is in at tendance, he haying gone on Monday to be there for the en tire term, which will last through next Monday. . Rev. Snyder has been on this charge for one vyear and has made someé rood accomplishment in. the. work., He has many friends here who would like to see him returned, though like all other Methodist ministers, they dre in the hands of = others and never know until the appoint ments are read, where they will bé sent. : : R e e : :B,uffqlo Milk Rich in Butter Fat. _The Asiatic buffalo is u very valua b,l;‘? _axj_lmal, its milk containing three ‘and a_half times as much butter fat &8 that of the cow. ; Leesburg, Lee County Ga., Frilay NOVEMBER 24, 1922 Peach County Amendment Beaten By 7,000 Votes Though the officials returns have been rather slow in leaking in and out of the Secretary of States office, on Monday of this week Mr. Wright announced that returns from the constitutional amendment submitted to the people in the general election, November Tth, are now complete with the exception of Montgom ery county. These returns show conclusive ly that the proposed new county of Peach was defeated. With Montgomery county’s vote miss ing, the vote for Peach county 29,796 and the vote against the county was 36,482, This vote, however, does'not seem to satisfy our neighbors who declare that the fight is still on and will continue until they have a new county with Fort Valley as the county site. Mr. S. Hirschensohn To Move to Dawsen Mr. S. Hirschenson and fami ly will move to Dawson about January Ist. Mr. Hirschensohn came to Leesburg several years ago from Doerun, Ga., and open ed a dry goods store here, he has been very successful and has al ways done a good business. He is a good citizen and Lee county regrets to give him up but wish him much success, Mr. Hirschensohn was in Dawson this week and while there was entertained by the Kiwanians of that city and we are publishing below of an article from the Daw son News: A number of visitors were pre sented to the club, among whom was Mr. S. Hirshensohn, of Lees burg, Ga., who will locate in Dawson. He will open a dry goods, clothing and men’s fur nishing ‘store in the old postoffice building. For the present he will rent a home, but will buy or build one a little later. It is said that he is in position to do just what eyer he wants to do. One of the club members stated that he is all his name would .indi cate, and that is a right smart. —-—-——o-———-—- Parent-Teachers | r . Hold Meeting The Parent-Teachers Associa tion of the Leesburg High School held a very enthusiastic meeting Tuesday afternoon in the school auditorium, Miss Cross, vice president, presiding. There were nine new members present. The picture given to the grade having the most repre~ ' v present was won by grade. As astimulus ance, a picture will b. month. A committe pointed to formulate Arbor day. It was « finish up the library » ary shelves, etc., inor a systematic arrang books. * : Mrs. Willis E g - Press Rept , L Strength in Proportic it is impossible to name tiL est animal since some of the fnsects have more strength in tion to their weight than t. largest animals. An ant, for i may carry a load fifteéen or times its own weight, while . phant could scarcely drag tw welght, - 1] 9 THE FLORIDAN Between Chicago, St. Louis And Jacksonville Tri-Weekly Service, December 5, 1922 to April, 1923 This high-class, all-steel Pull man train will carry sleeping car passengers only, no coach passengers. Gcing South it will leave Chicago from Illinois Cen tral 12th Street Station, and St. Louis from Union Station, Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays, leave Birmingham #nd arrive Jacksonville Wednesdays, Fri days and Sundays; going North leave Jacksonville Tuesdays, ‘Thursdays and Saturdays, arrive Chicago and St. Louis Wednes days, Fridays and Sundays. The first train will leave Chi cago and St. Louis on Tuesday, December 5, and Jacksonville on Thursday, December 7. | ® Quail Season Call ~ Leesburg Sportsman The sharp crack of the shotgun was heard throughout Georgia last Monday, the opening day of quail season in this state, and Leesburg sportsmen have taken advantage of the opportunity to spend several hours each day this week where the birds are likely to be found.* The local hardware dealers are fully prepared to take care of the situation, handling all kinds of equipment for hunters. D. M. Melvin, county warden, reports that a number of hunting licenses have been sold during the past thirty days. ; 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. Menday afternoon fol lowing 2nd and 4th Stmdays. § 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. Third District Medicos Hold ~ Splendid Meet The Third District Medical as gociation held a splendid meeting on Wednesday at Americus, they being entertained by the Sumter County Medical Society, who as hosts proved themselves adepts iat entertainments. . A full attendance of the pro fession of this district was pres ent and their program was replete J with well-handled topics that are not only interesting to the pro-l fession, but that are vital to the people as well who naturally look | to the doctors for notonly the restoration but for the conserva-’ tion of health as well. I That dread malady, tuberculo sis was handled by Miss Annett McDonald, Secretary of the Georgia Tuberculosis Society, of Cuthbert, wherein she reported the clinical work that had come under her observation, bringing out in clear and concise manner the methods of treatment, pre- The next seme-annual meeting will be held with the Macon-Tay lor County Medical Society at Montezuma. ‘ WOULD YOU? Life is growing rather irksome, And I don’t know just what to do; So I think I'll go and work some, Now if you were me, wouldn't you? - (Ain’t it s 0) R. H. FORRESTER, Agent NEW YORK LIFE INSURANGE GOO : _ASSETS $952,632,139.00 Protect Your Family WITH A GOOD INSURANCE o ey . Thanksgivin : ' The good old custom of thanksgiving, which origin ated in New England with the Pilgrim fathers, has be ‘come a universal custom and now, each year the Presi - dent of our great country, as well as the governors of ~ the different states, issues a proclamation declaring the ’ day to beset aside for prayer and thanksgiving. When we look around us and begin to count our “lessings, we have a great many thirgs to be thankful vou have opened an account at our bank and have .ttle sum to your credit you haye a great deal to ful for, and if you haven’t so you can still be hat the opportunity is still open for you to do t a good safe bank is read, to receive your 'd give you the very bert service, coupled 18y and attention to the minutest detail, .r account be large or small. ; * : 5 £ ‘ . OF LEESBURG, i PRESIDENT O.W.STATHAM, VICE-PRESIDENT : T. C. THARP, CASHIER, , (Can Build Road Thra Smithville Supreme Court Decides in Favor of State Highway Commission in Unique Case. | That the State Highway De partment, in conjunction with Lee county, ‘‘can build a road through the town of Smithville lwithout its consent and against its will,”” was the decision rend !ered Thursday by the supreme lcourt in a case originating in a \dispute between these parties regarding a location in the town, Smithville wanted the highway to follow the route of the old Dixie Highway through the town. Tke county authorities and the state highway depart ment wanted to leaye that route to avoid two grade crossings. The marshal of the town at the direction of the mayor and coun cil, undertook to stop the work. The town then applied for an in junction, which was granted. The county and state highway department appealed the case and wori it in the supreye court, Can’t Take Frosting Off Glass. There is no chemical method of tak ing the frosting effect off of glass that Is practical. The frostlug ordinarily is done either by sand blasting or by etching with hydrofluoric acid, and the cheapest method would be to sub gtitute clear glass for the frosted glass.—Dr. Roy Cross, Kansas City Testing Laboratory. Number 40