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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 ‘ . * ? 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 | . o ) 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. i “» 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. —_— 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. Number 1