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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL,
VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE
Reply to Letter to
.
Senator Wm. J, Harris
Thefollowing letter from Ilon.
W, J. Harris in reply to a letter
to him last week will be of nterest
to all our reaslers a 3 every person
in Lee county is interested in the
control of malaria.
Hon. J. P. Horne,
_ Leeshurg, Ga.:
My dear Mr. Horne:
- Ithank you for your letter of the
19th inst., regarding the condition
of your county, which is caused by
malaria.
I am glad to take this matter up‘
with the Public Health Service and
I wi'l write you further when lam
advised.
Let me know when I can serve
you, and with best wishes, I am
Very sincerely yours
\WWm. J. HARRIS.
Every person iif lee county is
interested in the above and we nrel
going to make every effmit to get
Government aid to do drainage
work in this county. If ycu con
‘trol malaiia you have got to first
reicove the cause then you can con: I
trol it—without drainage we will
never be able to do anytning, we
_are sure something will be done.
-PECANS
WANTED—To buy your seed
ling and paper shell pecans, new
crop only, cash market price paid|
for them. Submit samples as
soon as gathered, stating approx
imate amount you will have.
: MILLS-McCORMACK
CANDY COMPANY: ’
ALBANY, GEORGIA
* Wil sell you your Merchandise Cheap for Cash.
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 us, we might be of some help to
you. Everybody is BROKE and everybody knows it.
LET’S GO TO WORK.
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Jl Ml CA iy gr
leeshurg, - - Georgia
R. H. FORRESTER, Agent
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANGE GO,
ASSETS $952,632,139.00
Protect Your Family
WITH A GOOD INSURANCE
" POLICY.
'Strap Abolished In
State Penitentiary
Order to that Effect issued
By Hardwick. Snggests
No Substitute.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Saturday Gov
ernor Hardwick issued an executive
order proscribing the use of the
strap in Georgia convict camps. In |
explanation of his action the gover
nor said. '
*“ I am convinced that the inflice
‘tion of corporal punishment of this
character is forbidden by the con
stitution of our state, even as a part
of prison or chaingang discipline.
Sinee I am so convinced, and since
lam under oath to support, pro
teet and defend the eonstitution of
Georgia in all of its provisions I can
’[n(!t even consider any of the prae
tical questions involved in this ma.t-l
ter ?
‘ Governor Hardwick says he does
ot know to what extent it will be
difficult to-cor.duct the penitentiary
gystem without the use of the strap,
but he believes the difficulties in the
way are exaggerated, and adds:
““At any rate, I have no concern
with that guestion, I have to sup
port the constitution of Georgia as
I find it.”” “
There have come many letters to
the governor from county commis
sioners, convict wardens, ete.,
urging him not to abolish the” lash.
They contend that a certain type
of felony conviets, both black and
white, ‘serving for crimes of violence
caunot be managed without the
strap, or at least the privilege of
applying the lash as a last_ - resort.f
Leeshburg, Lee County Ga., Friday MARCH 2, 1923
! . . .
Business 1s Again
Back to Normal
‘‘Buasiness is lack to normal"l
say the mail order houses in
literature received in Atlanta. l
People are again sending away
from the home town for mer
chandise, the lure of the attrac
tively illustrated catalogue beirg
too great to withstand.
A few months ago when the
times were tight and money
scarce, many of the same people
who are now sending to Chicago
and New York mail order houses
for goods were buying at home,
on credit. Then the home mer
chant was made use of; as usual,
he helped out in a pinch.
; No one buys from a mail order
house on time. One sends the
money with the order, and- he
gets the goods. only when the
order is accompanied with the
correct amount.
When ore lacks-a few dollars
of having enough to pay the
home merchant for a bill of goods
he expects him to wait on him
for the balance and he does it.
When one lacks a dollar or two
of sending enough to pay for
the mail order purchase he re
ceives notice of -the. deficiency,
and he does not get the goods
nntil the balance has Leen paid,
either in remittance to the house
orina C. 0. D. payment when
the package comes.
In many small towns, and in
some larger ones, the home mer
chant is regarded by many mere
ly as a convenience, The fact
that he meets mail order prices
on many articles and that pur
chases made at home can be seen
before they are bought, are buy
ing features that are forgotten
when the big mail order catalo
gue arriyes and cleverly present
ed offerings on paper are scan
ned. ;
Even in Leesburg where Jlo-|
cal stocks are large and the varie- ’
ty of the goods equal to any city, !
where pirices are the lowest con
sistent with good business and
where the latest stylesar2showr,
simultaneously with large city
showings, there are people who
feel impelled to patronize mail
order houses, or who think they
must go elsewhere to buy what
they wish.
It is a mistaken fiiea. It is a
costly experiment in every in
stance. It is unfair to the Lees
burg merchants. Leesburg
stores have as large a variety, as
fine selections, as late styles and
low prices as any stores any
where. No one ever gains by
sending out of Oglethorpe for
merchandise. They invariably
pay more when transportation
charges are figured, and they do
not get any better goods or any
later styles, 2
FOR RENT.
250 Acres fine Cultivable
land, nice home, tenant hous
es and pastures. One of the
best farms fn Dougherty.
- MRS. J. D: WOOTTEN,
Sylvester, Ga.
Spend Your Money
1. with your home merchants., I
They help pay the taxes,
l’ keep up the schools, build
roads, and make this a com
munity worth while. You
will find the advertising of
the best ones in this paper. l
Editors Enjoy “Big
Time” in Savannah
It .was the pleasure of the
Editor of the Journal to attend
the mid -winter meeting of the
Georgia Weekly Press Associa
tion in Savannah from Friday of
last week until Sunday.
This was probably the largest
attendance ever gathered at a
mid-winter meeting, about 150
being present.
The City of Savannah and her‘
people deserve much credit for
the entertainments prepared and
the hospitality shown the Editors
The Editors arrived on Thurs-!
day night and Friday morning
and the first business meeting
was held at the Municipal build
ing beginning at ten o’clock and
at which time several addresses
were made by promirent speak
ers from all sections of the state
on different subjects. An ad
dress by Mr. Grites, of the
Chamber of Commerce at Millen,
was very interesting and will be
published in all the papers of the‘
state and it is well worth read
ing, this meeting adjourned at
1:30 and the party was taken to
Thunderbolt - where thay
were served an old time
Oyster roast prepared by the
Savannah News and the Savan
nah Press, two of Georgia’s Icad
ing newspapers. This was quite
a treat to the newspaper people
of the state as some had never
had the opportunity of eracking
oyster before, which is a very
nice job if you don’t know how.
At this place we also visited the
terrapin farm of Mr. Barbree
which was an unusual sight. |
The Editors were shown the
terrapins and everything was
explained to them from the time
it was hatched until ready for
the market. The diamond back
terrapin is very valuable on the
Northern markets and Mr. Bar
bree ships all he raises. At
night the Editors wereentertain
ed at the different theatres of
the city and special programs
were arranged for their pleasure.
On Saturday another business
meeting was held at the Munpi~i
pal building and adjourned at 1:30
and the Editors were carried for
a boat ride through Savannah’s
harbor —where the State Port
will be located—and the Lions
Club of Savannah served the
visitors lJunch with all kinds of
refreshments and also furnished
an orchestra for this trip. The
boat carried the Editors by the
home of the ‘““Waving Girl.,” lan
the daily papers of last week yon
probakly saw a picture of this
gitl. The reason she is called
the ““Waving Girl’’ goes back to
an old love story of 30 years ago
when her sweetheart went to sea
and never returned, sheis now
about 60 years of age and has
never left her home expecting
him to return on every ship.
She is known to all ships the
world over and no ship passes
the place but what signals her
with thre- blows. It was stated
that if a sail boat came in at 3
o'clock in tke morning not mak
ing a noise she was always on
the porch to wave a red lantern,
in the day time she uses a white
cloth or handkercheif of some
deseription.
~ On Sunday morning the Edi
tors were entertained at break
fast at the Hotel Savannah by
the Central of Georgia Railway
Company. Messrs L. A. Downs,
F. S. Robinson, Jack D. McCart
lney, and Mr. Jecksonand several
others connected with the Cen-
Whats the Matter
With Our Merchants?
i Recently a salesman selling
hosiery visited our little city and
sold more than two hundred dol
lars worth of hosiery to hche‘
good women of our town. Nowl
whats the matter? Are our mer.
chants entirely out of ‘‘Hose,"’
surely some of these ladies could
have found hose in Leesburg,
we will go further and say some
of these ladies were merchants
wives—do the good ladies of our
town go to this mail order housein
Chicago when they want to give
a benefit dinner for our clubs
and churches or do they go to
the merchants of f Leesburg—
we are going to ask the mer
chants of Leeshurg? -
tral of Georgia were present at
this feust and were called upon
to make short talks to the editors
We live on the Central of Geor
‘gia lines and for this we feel
’proud of the Central of Georgia.
‘They are ever striving-to build
up the territory along their lines
and are aiding in agricultural de
velopment, mining and manufac
fu'ing in éevery way possible.
After breakfast we were issued
tickets to Tybee by the Central
and from Tybee we came back to
['t. Screven where we had the
pleasure of viewing the last of
the troops from Germany. At
the Fort we were served an army
dinner by the soldier and were
issued a kit—my mistake was I
handed the coffee cup to the kit-.
chen cook to put beans in—think
of that—but anyway after dinner
I was sorry I had never joined
the army. Capt. Hearn was in
command and he deserves much
credit for the entertainment of
the Editors while at the Fort.
After dinner was served a real
battle was staged for.the benefit
of the visitors and they were
shown the different uses of all
fire arms and the accuracy of
the fire of the machine gun. Well
the beans are all right but we
don’t want to capture any ma
chine guns, :
The Fditors returned o Savan
nah about 5 o’clock and all de
parted for thejr homes during
the night—that is, all that were
able—trusting that all mid-winter
meetings hereafter would be held
in Savannah. ;
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Who Is Depositing Your Money
_ Are you spending all of your money? If you are,
the other fellow is Depositing it.
Statistics show by actual observation that six out of
_every‘seyen persons in the United States are dependent
on relatives or charity for support at the age of sixty-five.
Will you be one of the six dependent ones, or will ycu be
the seyenth who is independent and comfortable in old
age? : “
It is your right and privilege ‘to live comfortable,
~ but in this great land of opportunity, any one who has
any degree of thrift and industry can live comforiable
_and still have something left to lay up for old age and a
rainy day. | ; ;
* The best way is to lay aside something regularly and
. systematically by depositing itin a good safe, scund
bank, like ours, whzre it will accumulate. - ‘
LET US HELP YOU.
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G.A NESBIT, PRESIDENT O.W.STATHAM; VicE-PRESIDENT
T. C. THARP,[CASHIER,
Smithville Sunday
School News
’ Smithville Ga, Eel., 25.—The
attendance of the Methodist Sunday
[S(th(ml Sunday merning wag very
poor, ‘
~ Class N>, 4, Mrs, ¢, R. Malone
teacher, was banner class, 80 per
cent present. Those attended were
Sara Clark, Eloise Godwin and
Dorothy Hays.
A new pupil was added to the
Sunday School roll, Mr. Pafford
joined class No. 5. Miss Alice Ans
ley teachor.
Our Bupt, M-, George Clark
appointed Henry Childers to act as
Supt. next Sunday, also Edward
Clark as Sce.
There were two visitors, Miss
Bertha Miiler and Roma Phillps.
- "~ Cor. Sec.
Excoose This Sheat
When the cat’s away, :
The mice will play,
That’s a dead-gone cineh;
When Kitty’s at home
Rodents fail to roam, ’
For fear of getting a pinch.
Editor Horne has been in Sav
annah eating and drinking with
the fellows and fellowesses of
the Fourth Estate, the pencil
pushers, who always haye a good
time and especially on this trip
when Sayvannah took them into
her arms and cuddled ‘them like
they were a fluffy kitten with a
pink ribbon round its neck. He
is back now hut was away when
the heavy editorial work was be
ing done hence this article asking
your indulgence for a paper,
anent which we would say:
When the editor’s away,
This is on the level;
You can count on play,
Indulged by the Devil.
Look out for a better paper
next week. No man can make
such a trip as did Horne without
inspiration from his fellows.
"‘ Ravages by Rats.
It has been estimated that the eco
nomic loss from rats in the United
States is $200,000,000 a year. In ofher -
estimates before the war, the annual
damage in the United Kingdom was
$70,000,000. As a carrier of bubonie
plague and other diseases. the rat 1s
charged with ‘the loss of more human
lives than all the wars in history.
Number 8