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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL
VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE
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Death Claims lirs,
: Ella Bartley
Though the Summons came
not unexpectedly to her, her
family or friends, yet the death,
on Thursday morning of Mrs.
Ella Bartley, at the home here
was no less a shock since her
kindly and ministering Christain
spirit had so entwined her per
sonality about all who knew her
as. to make her going, even
though it were with the assur
ance of her entrance into the
realm of (God’s angelic hosts, an
epoch of sadness and all buwed
in sweet homagie at the dissolu
tion of soul and Loly.
Mrs. - Bartley, in hsr seventy
second year, was a natiye of Lee
county, hence was of that ante
hellum type of the Old South that
i 3 typical of gentlest and deepest
charity toward all mankind and
that makes them likewise loved
and revered
Deceased was a member of
the Baptist church and adhered
to its principals so devoutly as to
proclaim to the vorld her true
Leaiutitudes as a woman of God.
She is survived Ly ore son,
Mr. A. W. Godwin, of Leesbhurg,
with whom she has made her
Lhom= for several years.
@ Death, which had been im
pending only for a short time,
she having suffered for alouta
week with a severe case of pneu
monia.
The funeral seryice was con
ducted by Rev. J.H. Wyatt, after
the body was laid to rest in the
Leesiurg cemetery, Thursday
evening, there to await the re
surrection |
The sympathy ¢f the communi
{y rests with the sorrowing son,
for truly no loss islike the lo:a
of a mother.
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We will exchange anything we have, for anything you
have that has a market value, or we will pay you the
CASH.
Come to see ug, we might be of some help to
you. Everybody is BROKE and everybody knows it.
LET’S GO TO WORK.
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R. H. FORRESTER, Agent
HEW YORK LiFE INSURANGE GO,
ASSETS $952,532,13°2.060
Protect Your Family
WITH A COOD INSURANCE
POLICY.
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Lieutenant Lec Kills Dave
Cross and is Killed in
Pisto! Battle at Americus
| Americus, Ga., I'eb, 20.—Ho
mer A. lee, 60; lieutenint- of
police, and Dave Cross, aregro,
shot each other to death near a
‘negro cemetery here late this
afternoon,
The lieutenant was delivering
subpoenas and handed oneto a
negro woman, “offering another
to Cross, hut the latter refused to
take it, according to police in
formation. Cross is said to have
arasped the officer’s pistol and
then to have shot Lee in ths arm.
Licutenant Lee had another
istol and the two engaged in a
duel, fatal to hoth.
WHY DO THEY DO IT?
Cur attention has been ca'led re
cently to the fact that cerlain me »
chants and business men of our
town were sending job printing
away to other towns to have done, ‘
We want to do everything possil)le‘
for our town and county, but us‘
vou know we eannot do it on (mr‘
hoak 28 our money wond hold out—
now 1t is just as easy for youto have
your work done here at home as to
sond it away and if we fail to please
you don’t hesitate in telling us so
and we will gladly print any job
over that is not satisfactory—h=lp
ues and we will help you-—what do
vou geb from the other town where
you send vour work? |
[eeshurg: Lee County Ga., Friday FEBRUARY 23, 192:{
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(Georgia Federal Court
- Judge, in a Decision
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SAVANNAH.—Prohibition
agents, arming themselves for
their most decisive drivein Geor
gia, were confronted Friday by
a ruling by Judge William H.
Bairett,, of the federal court for
the southern district of Georgia,
‘which presents the most rigid re-‘
strictions yet laid down to gov
ern their actions.
The search warrant, under
Judge Barreti’s ruling, is a thing
to be used warily. A few points
in his lengthy opinion, which
wes given in response to numers
ous questions raised by attorneys
representing persons . charged
violations of the liquor laws, are:
1. A search warrant must be
full and complete, giving name,
deseription and location of per
sons and property to l.e szarched.
2. The warrant must be served
in the day time unless otherwise
provided.
3. The name cf the person who
gave information on which war
rant is based must be contained
in the warrant.
4,1 f information is found to be
not based on facts prosecutions
for perjury are liable.
5. Automobiles and suit cases
must not be searched w.thout
proper warrants.
6. It is illegal to place obstac
les in highways to stop automo
biles. _
7. Agents have no right to
shoot at fleeing automobiles.
8. Receipts must be given for
ceipts for property seized.
9. Private residence must not
be searched unless on proper
warrants, which must allege that
liquor is being sold therein.
By the ruling of the court cer
tain automobiles specified, cap
tured and now held by federal
agents in Georgia, must be re
turned to their owners, Liquor
captured with these automobiles
shall nol be returned, but must
not be us&d for evidence. The
cars and liquor involved are con
nected principally with cases in
the scuthern district court.
The ruling followed hours of
argument by local attorneys, and
was considered by the court
several dayvs. -
POWELL—DICKERSON
On last Sunday afternoon,
February 18th, Miss Janie Pow
ell, duughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Powell, of near Leesburg,
was married to Mr. L. K. Dick
erson, who for the past several
months has been ¢mployed by
the Pope Lumber Company.
The marriage wag a quiet af
fair, there being only a few
friends present to witness the
nuptial knot that bound together
in sacred troth, these two lives
asone.
The bride is a young lady of
of culture and attainment, also
being possessed of that domes
ticity that so affably fits her for!
wifehood, while the groom is a
man of keen intellect, business
ia'cumen and that staunch moral
tone that makes him popular and
thorcughly trustworthy with his
employers and with all whom he
comes in contact.
Our Congratulations to the
couple, and may they ever be
just as happy and their cares
just as light ac they now seem.
Georgia’s Birthrate
For the Year 1922
Georgia’s Dbirthrate, in some
counties, for 1922 is somewhat in
excess of the average birth rate
for the United States, according
to figures given out today by the
state Bureau of Vital Statistics.
The registration of births for
1922 with this bureau shows that
while the rate for the first six
months for the United States was
only 22.7 births per 1,000 pcpu
lation there were 35 countiesin
this state with a rate of more
than 30 per 1,000. The counties
having the highest rate for the
period were:
Quitman, 45.1; Pickens, 40.9;
Habersham, 39,7; Towns, 37 8;
Fannin, 35.8; Mitchell, 35.2;
Chariton, 34.1; Cherokee, 34.8;
Bleckley, 34.7; Gilmer, 33.4; Mar
ion, 33.2; Pierce, 33,9; Twiggs,
33.8; Berrin, 32.3; Brantley, 32.9,
Dade, 32.9; Grady, 32.1, Heard,
82: Union, 32.6, White, 32.4;
Whitfield, 32.3.
In addition to these the bur
eau states, there were 14 other
counties showing a rate over 30
per 1,000. In 109 counties the
rate ran bLetween 20 and 30.
'While the lowest birth rate was
‘shown in sixteen counties rang
ing down as low as 2.6 in Wilkes
county, as follows:
Wilkes, 5.6; Pulaski, 9.5; Han
cock, 9.8; Calhoun, 10,5; Burke,
11.4; Harris, 12.4; Echols, 13.5
Liberty, 13.9; Taliaferro, 13.9,
Washington. 13.5; Lowndes, 13.1;
Fayette, 14; Baldwin, 14; Butts,
15; Chattahoochee, 15; Cook, 15.
The lowestjiate elsewhere in
the United States for the period,
by states was Vermont, 181;
‘Washington, 18 3; Montana, 18;5;
Virginia’s rate was 27.5 North
Carolina 29.6 per 1,000.
The rates in Georgia counties
below 20 registered are said to
b due to lucal authorities failing
to enforce the birth registration’
law. : l
Thanks To Mr. Usry
Mr. Barney Usry, one of the
good citizens of our town, brou-|
ght to the home of the Editor on
last Saturday a front quarter of
a beaver, which after being pro
perly cooked and seasoned by
the editors wife proved to be a,
very apoetizing dish. This was
our first attempt to try to eat
beaver but we will try one thing
as much as once. It proved to
be mighty fine and we return
thanks to Mr. Usry.
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“A Guaranteed”
801 l Weevil Remedy
A Musella farmer who, in
answer to an advertisemont for
a “‘guaranteed remedy for ex
terminating the boll weevil,”l
sending $1 for the information,
received this answer: ‘‘Spread
him cu’ on a solii rock and hit
him, ltard, with a ten-pound
sledge.””— Crawford County
News.
Thirty-Fifth Birthday
The Editor on last Sunday
celebrated his 35th birthday at a
dinner, those present from outl
of town were, his mother and
father, Mr. and Mrs. O. M.
Horne, of Fitzgerald, a sister,
IMrs. Wm. Bell, of Fitzgerald,
|and little Miss Geraldine Thure
{ ton, also of Fitzgerald. |
State Banks Should
Join Federal
Reserve System
- Bankers here and in other
parts of the South, it is stated in
financial circles, are greatly in
terested in the announcement
which comes from Washington
that a determined attempt is to
be made by the federal govern
ment to persuade state banks to
join the federal reserve system.
The number of national banks
in the system is slightly over
8,000 and only 1,642 state banks
have joined. The point is made
that there are almost as many
banks in America whi‘h are not
connected with the federal re
serve system as are in it. The
Federal Bank of Atlanta, local
bankers assest, has proved a
great aid to the state banks in
Georgia and over the sixth dis
trict which are members of the
reserve system, but there are
‘many still that are non-members.
The failure of eligible coun
try banks to become members of
the federal reserve system, has
idenied to many agricultural com
‘munities the full benefits of the
system. The experience ‘of the
war finance corporation in ad
ministering the agricultural act
has demonstrated conclusively
that, in time of stress, the non
member banks in the country
districts are in greatest need of
access to a central reservoir of
credit. .
National lawmakers have pro
poséd an exhaustive inquiry by a
joint committee of congress look-‘
‘ing to bringing the state banks
\intu the reserve system. Testi
mony given at hearings before
such a committee, it is pointedf
out, will be helpfui to the fed
eral reserve board itself in mak
ing regulations which will be
attractive to the state banks.
Uncle Sam wants to know
w! a’ ean be done to bring all of
the state banks into the reserve
system and now according to
reports from the national capitol,
has set about to find out.
Country barkers in the sixth
district, covered by the Federal
Reserve Bank of Atlanta, un
hesiateingly declare, that this
ingtitution has proved to be ore
of the greatest agencies yet de
vised for aiding the agriculural
interests of the section.
What Shall the Harvest Be?
““For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall be also reap.” °
Galatians VI:7
This is an unchanging law, just as unchanging as
the law of gravity.
If we sow wheat we reap wheat, if we sow, or plant
corn we reap corn. A handful of wheat would not feed
a family, but if sown and fertilized would vield a suffi
cient amount to feed a large family several days.
The above is just as true with money as anything
else. We all want to accumulate money and the best way:
to do it is to plant it by depositing it in a good safe,
strong bank, like ours, where it will accumulate and
Zrow.
Let us help you with your money crop. g
BANK OF LEESBURG,
G.A NESBIT, PRESIDENT 20.W.STATHAM, VICE-PRESIDENT
T. C. THARP,[CASHIER,
'Willing Workers
Serve Dinner
The Willing Workers organiz
ation, of this place, served three
days of last week with chicken
dinners, in the building formerly
occupied by S. Hirschensohn, A
n-at little sum was realized from
the efforts of these noble women.
- The Willing Workers have not
been organized long enough, for
the editor to get an insight into
the workings of this organization
but knows that they have the
knack of getting up and doing,
and of doing the right thing at
the right time, thereby proving
themselves one of t{he great
kenefactors of all matters, kence
is not only ready to congratulate
Leesburg on haying such a body
politic, but to lend them every
assistance and encouragement at
his command for furtherance of
their laudable undertakings.
A New General
q
Tax Law
ATLANTA, Ga, Feb: 22.— A
new general tax law, free from
loop holes, will be among the
first things presented to the
Georgia legislature when it con
venes in June, according to an
nouncement by Comptroller
General William A Wright.” The
state is now vnder several in
junctions based on the last gene
ral tax act, with little chance of
any of them being decided before
the automatic expiration of the
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A life insurance in Virginia
was the latest to attack the act,
basing its action on the conten
tion that the present act does
not authorize the state to collect
a tax from each individual in
surance agent, if the general
agent has paid a tax. Both the
attorney general and the comp
troller general assert the law
was framed to give such power.
The present general tax act
was passed in 1921. Comptroller
General Wright wants the next
general tax act so clearly drawn
that the best lawyers cannot find
a flaw in it. :
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