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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL
VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE
Look Out For the
Eclipses This Year
Three eclipses, two of the moon
and one of the sun will be visible
in this section this year.
On March 2nd there will be a
partial eclipse of the moon. It
wrill be visible here andin other
parts of the United States, The
moon will enter the shadow at
9:28 P. M. and will leave the
ghadow at 11:36. . About 1.3 of it
will become etlipsed.
On August 26th will occur a
partial, eclipse of the moon, visi
ble here. The moon will enter
the shadow 3£4:52, A. M.
On September 10th there will
be an eclipse of the sun and in
some parts of the United State
it will be observed as total,
though only as a partial eclipse
here. The eclipse will begin just
~after two o’clock and the sun
will continue in shadow for over
two hours.
How many readers of the Jour
nal expect to observe these
eclipses of the moon? -
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. Meonday 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 3yd Sunday, morning
ard evening.
Sunday School 10 o’clock every
Sunday. : s
Presbyterian—Rev. Grille, Pastor
Preaching Ist Sunday wmorning
and evening. 3
“Sunday School 10 o’clock every
Sunday,- :
-PECANS
WANTED—To buy your seed
ling and paper shell newpecans,
crop only, cash market priee'paid
for them. Submit samples as
soon as gathered, stating approx
imate amount you will have.
: MILLS-McCORMACK
’ CANDY COMPANY
ALBANY, GEORGIA
STRAYED
From my place on- 3lst of“ Dec.
1922, one tall black mare mule
about 16 hands high, in poor con
dition. will appreciate any infor
mation furnished me and reward
any one for their troyble. :
b J. D. CLIFTON,
Secure From Fire-- 1
But you ar¢ secured from going ‘‘broke’”’ }
. after the fire if your property is properly
insured.
Others eonsider it better to pay a little for f
: insurance than to lose a lot by fire. How
about you? .
T represent the most reliable Companies of
America. :
7 < 7. €. THARP,
Leesburg, - Georgia.
Leesburg City Court
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? Petit Jury List
Drawn at Adjournéd Term
_ 'To Serve atJan. 5
0. T. 1923
N F McMath H B Stovall
Nathan Minchew. Carl Howell
G H Martin W P Martin
G A Nesbit - W J McDaniel
S M Jones Sr C 5 Pryor
F M Norton D G McQuage
Griffin Stocks E I. Simpson
0O B King J S King
‘A H Booker _ Jesse Stocks
J M Johnson W H Richardson
T I Jones M J Richardson
8 E Powell T J Alford
School Again In Swing
The kiddies of Lcesburg are
again in their desks and behind
and delving in their books. On
Wednesday morning thebell again
sounded ‘‘books’’ after two weeks
holiday, and with the e)\tception
of some who are sick there was
no lagging, no tardiness buta
full roll of eager faces to greet
their teaches and to again face
the trials that do and must come
to every child in school.
Of course it is but natural that
the holidays, so pleasantly spent
by those buxom brats, should
make them for the first few days
a little restless, but this has worn
off, all are in the old routine and
the promise still holds good that
this town will look upon this as
the very best session of the Lees
burg High School. :
Young Boy Injured
By Air Rifle
Little Phil Coxwell the young son
of Sheriff and Mrs. P. C. .Coxwell
received a painful injury last week’
while shooting a air vifle. The gun
was in hands of his aunt, Rebecca
Coxwell, By accident the rifle went
off and the shot entered theright eye
and ranged around the ball but did
not strike the sight He was im
!mediately carried to Dr. Ivvin and
the shot was removed. We are glad
to know that the injury is not serious
and heis getting on all right.
W.R.Grace & Co.
NITRATE OF SODA
- Imported Direct From
-SOUTH AMERICA
Use it on your -
COTTON - GRAIN - CORN
.~ And Grow a Crop. °
Get latest prices from «
GEO. T. BURTON,Smithville, Ga.
- OR
NITRATE AGENCIES CO. Agents,
Savannah, °.© ‘. Georgia
Leesburg, Lee County Ga., Fxldiy JANUARY 5, 1923
Outlook Seen By Central
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of Georgia Railway
" Discussing the out look for 1923,
\W. A. Winburn, president of the
Central of Georgia Railway Company l
announces his belief that the ruail
ways will be ealled upon to handle a
freight traffic far heavier than has
ever been known, He says that this
gituation places responsibilities both
upon the railways and upon the upon
the public; that the railways must
bend their energies to make the best
possible use of existing facilities and
toenlaigeand improve those facili
ties as rapidly as can de done’ while
the public should adopt a policy
toward the railroad companies which
will permit them to attract new
capital {o provide for improvzment
and exyansion.
The term *‘car shortage'’ doesnot
merely imply lack of <sufficient
number of freiget cars, according to
Mr. Winburn. He says if that were
all the remedy would be compartively
easy; but that the nation’s business
has outgrown the nation’s transpor
tation plant’ Thereis need increased
motive power, enlarged -terminals,
pew linesand improved tracks which
can be supplied only by the expendi
ture of huge sums of new _capital
He points out that there are certain
gimple and effective methods by
which shippers and receivers may
assist in relieving the ‘‘car short
age,”’ such ag loading cars to maxi
mum capacity, prompt loading and
unloading of cars. g
~ As to the general situation the
railway president is optimistic. He
says that agriculture is in better
state than at any time since the war,
that a long delayed building program
is in full swing. textile looms are
‘busy and Southern mines are
making production records. .
In closing ie .pledges the best
endgavors of the Centrai of Georgia
toward a creditable and efficient
record during the coming year and
thanks the public for an intelligent‘
|interest and helpful cooperation. i
STATEMENT OF CONDITION.OF |
Located at Smithville, Georgia, Lee
~ County. At the close of Business
December 29th, 1922, As
Called for by the Supt.
' of Banks,
RESOURCES
Time Loans and Discounts_.__s27,l3l.B7
Demand Loans._. ... .i... . 8,262.43
Loans Secured by Real Estate. 24,709 36
Other stocks and Bonds_._... 4,500.00
Banking House..-....2.c0... 2,000.00
Funiture and Fixtnres....... 2,752.56
Other Real Estate Owned.... 3,640.35
Cash in vault and amounts
Deposited with Approved
Reserve Agents. _.—-...-.-. 9,002.59
Due from gther Banks in this
Piate DSD e uicoss | 6{000.00
Checks for Clearing House... 123.50
Overdrafts, if any___......... 641.99
Mutual Fire Ins. Fund._..... 120.00
Depositors Guarantee Fund_... 3,572.60
Interest Earned Uncollected... 597.00
TOTAL e
$92,544.51 {
. LIABILITIES ' |
Capital Stock paid in._._.. $25.000.00
Surplus Fund...___.-ao..___ 5.000.00
Uudivided Profits ..o 1,664.69
Indiyidual Deposits Subject ,
Ok i 41,008.80
Tune certificate of Deposit.Z 18,546.74
Casoier’s Checks__ - -....._ 416.83
Other Liabilities not included
Abowe. oo i ..o Nl 10.95
STATE OF GEORGIA,
Lee County. -
Before me came A. P. Lane, Caghier
of Bank of Smithville, who being duly
gworn, eays that the above foregoing
statement is a true condiion of said
Bauk, as'shown by the books of file. in
said Bank. ; :
A.P. LANE.
Sworn to and [subsecribed hefore me,
this 4th, day of January 1923,
| C. C. AVERA.
_ N. P. Lee County, Ga.
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Few - citizens' of Lee county
realize that this county is coming
to the front as the leading Poul
try county of the state. Oninves
tigathon we find that Lee county
[ha the biggest poultry farm and
‘egg hatchery in the state; this is
the Lee Valley Ege Farm opera
ted by A. C. Weller, who only a
few years ago.startedon a very
small scale. Mr. Weller now has
gevera| thousand laying hens and
hatchery that will take care of
more than 25,000 eggs at once.
The Lee Valley Egg Farm is lo
cated on the Dawson-Palmyra
road four miles west of Leesburg
and is worth your time and
trouble to make this place a visit,
-~ We have here within the cor
porate limits of Leesburg, the
Leesburg Poultry Farm, owned
%nd operated by Mr. J. W.
ouche. Mr. Fouche started
about two year§ago on asmall
scale and now he has between six
and seven hundred laying hens,
he sells the eggs to the lorger
hatcheries and also hatches by
incubator several thousand eggs
a year. —ty
Mr. M. W. Bryan, of near
Smithville raises the Anconia, a
beautiful chicken, he has been in
‘the Poultry business only ashort
itime but has several hundred of
‘these chickens now.
Mr. ‘W. C. Laramore and
brother began poultry raising
this year and have sevéral hund
red White Legherns now and
before another year will rank
among the largest Poultry raisers
in the state.
Mr. W. T. Moreland has just
started having received about
one hundred head of White Leg
horns from Bremen, Ga., the
past week.
Mr. J. E. Hill, who resides on
his farm and pecan groves near
here has raied during the past
year several thousand chickens-
During the summer Mr. Hill re
ceived from five handred to one
thousand day old chicks weekly
and has had a successlul year on
raising them. ‘
Mr. Wm. Martin is the breeder
and raiser of Game chickens of
the county. Last year he bvught
only four or five birds to start
with and at this time has about
80 chickens to his credit., He
will raise several thousand chick
ens the coming year.
There are several others in the
county raising poultry but whose
names we are unable to get at
this time. o
The farmers of Lee county
also- sold during the past sedson
several thousand dollars worth of
Turkeys for the holiday trade.
This is a very profitable business
as turkeys can be raised at a
small cost on the farm.
Leesburg City Election
~ Held on Thursday
The City Eleduion passed quietly on
Thursday for the office of Mayor,
five Aldermen and Clerk and Trea
gurer of the City of ’Leesburg.
Following is a list of those who will
gerve during the year 1923 and will
take up the affairs -of the City on
the first Tuesday in Febjuary:
E. L. Forrestéer Mayor,
Aldermen T. €. Tharp, R. E.
Howe, J. D. Harrel, Fort Hines.
land J. E Johnson. :
Clerk and Treasarer, T. R. Bass.
New Commissioners
Hold First Meeting
The new board of County Com
missionern were in regular ses
sion on Tuesday and transacted
quite a lot of business. The old
Board was present and turned
over all matters to the new mem
bers. The law was changed at
the last session of the Legislature
making 5 commissioners to be
elected by the people instead of 8
commissioners by the Grand Jury
The '6ld board deserves much
credit for the work done by them
as they served when things were
making a change in general.
The members of the retiring
board are: Messrs S. J. Yeoman,
Chairman; WA L. Childers and
S. M. Cocke, Commissioners.
The new members are: Messrs G.
H. Laramore, Chairman; S. M:
Cocke, E. A. Clarke, Sr., H. B.
Stoyall, and E. J. Stocks, Jr.,
Commissioners. The county’s
affairs are in the hands of good
men and we look forward to a
successful term of these citizens
who will always work for the
best interest of their county.
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BUDDED PECAN TREES
FOR SALE
I have for sale Budded Pecan
Treesy of all varieties now ready to
set. This is the best time of the
year to put out Pecan trees. Prices
are reasonable.. See me or write to
H. 1= LOSE, BR .5
Ordinary, Lee County,
Leesburg, Georgia.
How About Your Valuables?
(fet one of our safety deposit boxes and you can
say: < v :
: *“Now lay me down to sleep,
0 Teeshurg Bank guards my slumber deep,
My valuables are safe, I’'m not concerned
1f my house catches fire, they won’t be burned.”’
: The small fee we charge for a year’s rent ona
safety deposit box is a mere trifle compared to the’
‘ anxity experienced, or the risk you run in leaving
your valuable papers or jewelry lying around the
house, in your desk drawer or some other place of
©insecurity. -
' (fet one of these boxes, where you may have
access to it at any time during banking hours in a
good fire and burglar proof vault :
. kNPT, . : g
BANK OF LEESBURG,
G.A.NESBIT, PRESIDENT O.W.STATHAM, VICE-PRESIDENT
i s T. C. THARP, CASHIER, ; ;
. R. H. FORRESTER, Agent |
'NEW YORK LIFE INSURANGE GO. E
- 632,139 .00 » :
Protect Your Family |
WITH A GOOD INSURANCE |
POLICY. .
Moving Day -
It seems that everybody in
Leesburg is on the move—Mr.
W. S. Hancock and family have
moved to Albany where they
will make their future home;
Mr. §. Hirschensohn and family
have moved to Dawson where
Mr. Hirschensohn will open up a
Dry Goods Store; Mr. G. H.
Laramore and family have moved
here from. Chokee and are oeeu
pying the house recently vacated
by Mr. W. C. Rutland who has'
moved to the home of Mr.Goode
Price; Mr. J. W. Lyon and J. K.
Forrester have moved to the
house recently vacated by Mr.
W. S. Hancock.,, Mr. W. B.
Elledge has moved to the hogse
recently vacated by Mr. J. “l
Lyons, Mr. Lee Moreland has
moved to the house vacated by
Mr. Elledge, Mrs. H. J. Tyler
has moved to the Goode Price
residence while Mr.J. H: Kirk
patiick i 3 cccupying residence
vacated by Mrs. Tyler.
SON BORN TO MR. AND MRS,
G. W. HILL
Mr. and Mrs. George Washing
ton Hill are being congratulated
upon the birth of a son in their
fome, 570 Park Avenue, New
York City, on Sunday; December
17th, 1922. The child will be
christened Percival Smith Hill
the 2nd, after his grand father,
Mr. Percival S.Hill, President of
the American Tobacco Company,
of which the boys father, Mr.
George W. Hill, is Vice-president.
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