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' There are sald to be 58 widows left
of the War of 1812,
One out of every 12,000 persons In
the United States is murdered an
nually.
Japanese in the United States now
outnumber the Chinese nearly two
to one,
The United States produces from
two to three billlon bushels of corn
annually.
The United States lost far more sol
dlers In the Clyll war than In the
World war,
Since 180¢ the coal miner In this
country has worked on an average of
100 days a year.
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From 10 to 20 per cent of the value
of the annual apple crops of the Unit
ed States Is destroyed by the ravages
of ingwets,
i About $8,000,000. 18 invested Ip the
raising of silver foxes in captivity In
the United States, and about 00
ranches are engaged In the industry.
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' During the twenty-five years of
American occupation of the Phllig
pines the school attendance it #he
fslands has Increased from 4,604 to
nearly 950,060 puplls.
" The United States paid France §l5,
000,000 for the Loulsiana territory.
Beginning with the Louisiana pur
chase in 1803, the United States has
aeguired territory aggregating 2,937,
842 square miles In ghsa at a total
cost of $122,039,768.
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i PICKED UP
' The price of dishonesty Is the fear
of being found out,
llts easy to be philosophical with
the other man's troubles,
The trouble is that a lot of folks
get married who should never have
even become engaged. |
. Indifference is thé hardest obstacle
progress has to overcome.
* Where you find conceit it Is folly to
look for much of anything else.
No one has yet invented an alarm
clock that can arouse indlfference.
The lincome tax shows where the
money comes from and then sets us
gll to wondering where it goes to.
The chances are that the man who
doesn't live within his present in
come won't be able to live within it
when It grows larger.—Detroit Free
Press, :
A FEW REFLECTIONS
Knowledge and timber should be
seasoned before using.,
A shallow mind offers poor anchor
age for broad opinions, |
To attain happiness one must glive
up the pursult of pleasure,
Patience is the art, or rather the
practice, of endurlng human stupidity.
No wonder egotists find the world
so ugly, they see only Themselves In it.
There is more fatigue in laziness
than in labor, Someone has said: It's
the things we don't do that tire us
most.,
' The excesses of our youth are drafts
upon our maturity, payable with inter
est about thirty years after date.
EYE-OPENERS
Life {s what you make it
The pfiotogrnpher knows how =&
woman really looks
Matrimony {is life's greatest eye
opener,
A fellow falls in love for a woman's
reason,
Thank God for rotten -weather; f{t
makes us love spring.
SENTENCE SERMONS
Love comes just exactly once—in a
while,
Ambition needs to look out for brok
en rungs.
The thankless child merely proves
what we all knew.
vy
A perpetual grouch is almost as an
noying as an endless giggle,
MUCH IN LITTLE
The treasures of the Vatican are
valued at $250,000,000.
Nails on the right hand grow more
rapidly than those on the left.
The great temple of Caaba in Mecca
can be entered by 19 doors.
' The Y. M. C. A. in China has 19,000
members in 174 different organizations.
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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL, LEESBURG, GEORGIA.
Minutes of Commissioners
Meeting March Term 1923‘
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GEORGIA--LEE COUNTY.
In eof vommisdone sof R ads «ad Revenues, Lee County Georgia,
Meeting of March 6, 1923, All members being present,
CEORGIA—Lee County. |
In office of Commisdoners of Roads and Revenues, Lee County Ga.
Whereas the following parties have made complaints to this bourd tor ex
ceseive tax valuos appearizg on the tax digest for the year 1922 and upon inyesti
gation it is bereby ordered that they be relieved of this excessive valuations as
follows: Mrs Louise Workinad $51.28 which amount wiil reluce her land value
16 $5.00 per acre, I'J Milig vhall be relicved of $2500,00 the e being for cer
tain furm land which ee does not own anl which was returned by error, !
Mrs M J Avery shall he relieved of 1530 00 which represents exceasive value, in’
our opinion, on city property in Smithville, : ‘
| G i LARAMORE, Cha'rman, :
% 8 M Cocke H B Stovall E A Clark E S Sweks Jr [
Commissioners of Roads an | revenues, Lee County Ga. i
GEORGIA—LEE COUNTY. |
In office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues Lee County, Ga. I
Whereas it appears in making returng for taxetion on property which !
Thomas Brooks made for the year 1922 through an error was imade in his _hougze!
hold goods and kitchen furniture was valued at $300.00 when it was intended - o
value the same at $30.00; Le it therefore ordered that said error be corrected and
said Thomas Brooks be allowed to pay the tax execution for said year ou the
basis of $30.00 valuation for said furnitwe. This March,6, 1923. !
G H LARAMORE, Chairman, |
E J Stocks Jr 1 B Stovell S M Cocke E A Clarke
Commissioners Roacs and Revenues, Lee County Ga,
GEORGIA—Lee County. -
In office of Commissioners Roads and Reyenues, Lee County, Ga.
It appearing that virgil Miller did not give in for taxationable preperty asl‘
shown upon the tax books of said county for the year 1922 but the same was
copied from the tax books of said county for the year 1921, and it further appear
ing that said Virgil Miller is due for taxationahle property for said county for the
gaid year on an amouut of household and kitchen property of the yaluation of
£50.00 and in addition thereto poll tax. Be it thercfore resolvel that the tax
eollector be allowed and directed to accept the taxes due on said furniture and
poll tax in full settlement of taxes due by said Miller for the year 1922, This 6,
day of March,
' G H LARAMORE, Chairman :
S M Cocke 1. B Stovall E A Clarke E. J. Stocks Jr
Comuissioners of Roads and Revenues, Lee Connty Gs
GEORGIA—LEE COUNTY.
Be it resolved by the zourt of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said
county that T € Tharp is hereby authorized and directed to sign, execute and
deliver in beha'f of Lee County, in duplicote, a certain agreement between Central
of Georgia Railway Company, a Georgia Corporation party of the first nart. and
Lee county a political division, of the State of Georgia, party of the second part,
<aid agreement covering the use by Lee county for Public Highway purposes of
a strip of Railroad rvight of way described as follows: A strip of land twenty-five
feet wide beginning at a point on the north side ot the Railroads Mountgomery
district main line 870 feet west of mile post, 5-275 and exten iing westwardly to a
point 4614 feet of said mi'e post where said Highway crosses the railroad track,
thet ce =outherly, crossing the south right of way line at a point 3819 feet wide of
beginning in said county of Lee, State of Georgia, and it i ordered that resolution
be entered on the minutes of said Board.
This March 6, 1923, and at the regular monthly meeting of Court of com
missioners of Roads and Revenues of Lee County Ga. in meeting lawfully assemb
led, .
' G H LARAMORE, Chairman,
S 8 M Cocke B A Clark E J Stocks Jr H B Stovall
Commissioners of Roals and Revenues, Lee County Ga. '
GEORGIA—LEE COUNTY.
In office of Commissioners of Roads & Revenues, Lee County, Ga.
After due consideration the following bills and accounts were ordered paid.
P O Coxwell, Sheriff, cash items and services rendered as per bill. . §542.70
M Maynard, legal service as per bill ' 100 09
P C Coxwell, Sherift board for prisoners 105 00
17 dong, 200 galone syrup less $20.00 100 €0
Jeff Styles, preaching to convicts 150
R R Green, postage 25.00
Paul Elmore, repairing toilets 4 00
William Brown, work on diteh near J, R Usry place 5120800
O W Statham, service as jurors 500
L. G Downs " & : 100
W B Elledge o i 100
C S Pryor u 3 100
WIF McMath ** o ; 100
John Forrester ** 5 100
T I’ Ford, Coroner, Coroners inquest : 10 00
W A Curtis, blacksmith accounts 8 00
[oesburg Auto Co, Repairing on truck 9 6,
Wheeler Spillars, 2851 IH hay 17 80
| eesbure Drug Co. medicine for convicts 959
eeshurg Auto Co. ropairs on machinery 8 36
stovall-Yeoman-Lyen Co. groceries for convicts 34 21
i I 3 Howe, supplies for convicts 11 18
Jack Usry, repairing bridge 14 25
Georgia Carolina Oil Co, inv 9-10-32 637 55
The Selig Co. inv 6-2-22 178 55
The Selig Co. inv 2-10-23 22 7¢C
T M Reid, repairing jail 83 50
G A Wallace, bill rendered 11 35
[, 1o Powell, blacksmith account 1 50
R 1 Forrester, leport to State Bureau of Vital Statistics 8 )0
J H Randall *f % i i 300
Southern Bell Tel & Tel Co. telephone for jail and court house 6 50
Albany Produce Co. inv 3-1-23 3 59 03
sheflield Co. inv 2 523 . 1500
W A Curtis. Llacksmith account as pev bill : 23 15
T F Ford, collecting colored tax fi. fas. 150 00
Americus Auto Co, for new Ford 267 00
Albany Prodnce Co. inv 2-15-23 56 05
Standard Tent andZAwning Co- ind 2-31-23 . 5310
Taylor Bros. inv. 2-6-23 . -1 362 60
Riverside Mig. Co. inv 1.31-23 68 40
Foole & Davies, printing as per bill 473
Farmers Exchange, 1 horse 83 00
J W Coston, Feb. salary as guard 50 09
A M Baskin *f i 50 00
Roy Qearbrough, Feb. salary as tractor driver 100 09
J D Mcßride Feb salary as warden 109 00
D M Melvin, beef for convicts 11 50
T F Ford, expenses to Smithville. 5 80
[ee Connty journal, Printing 26 70
Southern Belt Tel & Tel Co. telephone for jail and court house 18 25
Standard Oil Co. iny 2-28-23 143 26
J D Mecßride, 1 grind rock 10 00
I 1. Forrester, Sol cost insundry cases as per bill rendered 89 00
&' A Wallace, clerk *f 4 o 3 it 25 05
J I Hines, deputy sherift ** e W 11 50
P C Coxwell, sheriff M bl A 34 50
B I Powel', TP " o o 400
W G Martin, Feb salary as Judge city court - 125 00
R R Forrester, Feb salary county atty 35 00
O W Statbam, Feb salary county phy 25 00 |
J J Forrester, Feb salary county clerk : 25 C_O'
In addition to the above scripts was issued to all paupers on the list. I
T ¢ Tharpe, Treas cash items as per voucher : 123 66
There heing no further business the meeting adjourned until next regular
meeting day, vis: first Tuesday in April. ;
. . J J FORRESTER, Clerk.
; FLASHLIGHTS
One way to avoldsthe bitterness of
losing is never to play.
It is beiter to refuse the request
than to break the promise,
Overwork is often merely a nlce‘
name given to over-indulgence, -
Facts are stubborn, but they usual
ly have the truth on their side,
Some folks seem to have lost the
art of having a good time at home. ‘
When a young man makes a mis
take, age should give him credit for
having tried. |
One can be a success in this lite
and still play & miserable game of
bridge whist.
As a rule the man who loses his
temper today 1s the one who will be
around apologizing tomorrow,
A good-natured man may get the
| worst of it now and then, but nobody
ever goes out of his way to give a
grouch any the best of it.—Detroit
- Free Press.
FROM EARTH'S CORNERS |
England has nearly 900 women mag
istrates. l
The state of South Australia is four
times as big as France. 1
In Jeeland whlstling is forbidden a 8
a breach of the divine law. ‘
e ‘
Alaska has the largest active vol
fano in the world—Mt. Katmal.
The Russian working girl earns
90,000,000 rubles a week, which in
American money amounts to about $4.
Probably the largest piant in the
world ig a gigantic seaweed found In
the south Pacifie. It grows in the
water to a height of 300 feet.
FAMOUS TEAMS
Ham and Eg;s—.-
Hat and CO:I
Fifty-Fifty. 3 7
Twin Beds. = »
Double Crossj-
Pick and Sh0;;l.
Seven, Elevel;.—
Better and B;t—ter.
Rough and I—{:aady.
Man and W;e.
WISE MEN'S WORDS
The man that makes a character,
makes foes.
One good friendship will outlive 40
averages loves. 3
Every one knows good counsel ex
cept him_in need of it.
Better aim at a star than shoot
down a well—you'll hit higher.
Fauits -of ignorance are excusable
only where ignorance itself is so.
A cypress tree wifh a trunk 50 feet
in diameter exists at Santa Madia
Del-Tule, Mexico.
China has 225 people to each square
mile of territory, Japan has 876 and
Australia less than two.
Coca, a shrub growing in Peru, con
tains stimulant enslaving its users to
a greater extent than opium.
The Aland islands are located in the
Gulf of Bothnia and have been award
ed to Finland by the League of Na
tions,
- Canada has not provided a bonus
- for her soldiers, but has lent over $50,-
000,000 to the soldiers for agriculture
purposes. ‘
GEORGIA—Lee County.
- Will be sold before the court hbse door
in said county within the legal hours of
sale on the first Tuesday in June, 1923,
to the highest bidder for cash, th 2 fol
lowing described real estate to-wit:
~ Fourteen acres of land in the north
‘west corner of lot No. 97, in the 14th
‘district of Lee county. Georgia, and
bounded by Collins Branch on the north,
on east by Flint River, south by the
balarmce of Lot No. 97 and west by the
Bass lands.
Said property sold under andgby virtue
of an order of the Court of Ordinary
granted at the May term, 1923, of Dooly
court of Ordinary upon application of
the undersigned as Adminigtratrix of
Wm. Brooks, deceased. Said property
to b 2 sold as the property of Wm. Brooks
for the purpore of paying debts -of the
deceased and for distribution among the
heirs at law. This May 7th, 1923,
OSIER BROOKS, Administratrix
on the Estatz of Wm. Brooks.
deceased, late of Dooly County,
Georgia.
GEORGIA—Lee County.
Will be sold before the court house
door in said county on the first Tues
day in June, 1923, within the legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder
for cash, the following described
\property, to-wit: All that tract of
land in the Second District of Lee
‘County, Georgia, being ail of lot of
land No. 84, oxcept three acres in the
northwest corner, northwest of the
public road leading to Leesburg; all
of lot No. 85 cast of Kinchafoonee
Creek, and southeast of the public
lroad leading to Leesburg; and all of
‘lot No. 77 southeast of the public
road leading to Leesburg except
18.4 acres next to the public road
leading from Leesburg to Albany,
| as shown by a plat of record in the
! Clerk’s Office of Lee Superior Cotrt,
lßook H, page 317. Said land levied
on and to be sold as the property of
J. R. Long and Mrs. Agnes Long, as
administratrix of the estate of Wm.
l H. Long, deceased, to satisfy an exe
cution issued from the City Court of
Leesburg, on the 16th day of April,
1023, in favor of Mrs. Johnnie Lo
gan Lewis vs. J. R. Long and Mrs,
ng‘ne.- Leng, as admimgiratrix of the
| eztate of Wm. Long, deceased, and
ithe above described land. Due and
! legal notice given to the defendants
in fi. fa.
I T'hie Ist day of April, 1923,
! P. C. COXWELL, Sheriff,
GEORGIA—Lee County.
Under and by virtue of a power of
sale vested in the Phoenix . Mutual
Life Insurance Co., by deed made
and delivered to it by Dillard Wal
lace Tison, dated May 15th, 1917,
and recorded in the office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Lee
County, Georgia, in Deed Book “J”,
folio 290, the undersigned, as legal
transferee of all remedies and powers
contained in said deed, will sell at
public outery to the highest bidder
for cash on the first Tuesday in
June, 1923, before the courthouse
‘door in Leesburg, Lee County, Geor
gia, between the legal hours of Sher
liff’s sale the following desecribed pro
petry, to-wit: :
All that tract or parcel of land sit
uate, lying and being in the 13th
District of the County of Lee, State
of Georgia, consisting of whole land
ilots Numbers Two Hundred and Six
teen (2i6) and Two Hundred and
Seventeen (217), each -containing
Two Hundred, Two and One-half
(202 1-2) acres, more or less. The
whole lying in one body oi@rifour
' Hundred and Five (405) acres,tmore
or less, bounded North by the Har
grove lands; East by lands of Cecil
Pettis and J. A. Lipsey; South by
lands of Mrs. C. H. Tison and C. R.
Mcßride; West by the Hollis lands,
and being known as the D. W, Tison
Place.
Said lands will be sold as the pro
perty of the estate of said Dillard
Wallace Tison, deceased, to pay the
indebtedness referred to in said deed
and more particularly deseribed as
follows: :
One principal note for the sum of
$4,000.00, dated May 15th, 1917,
and maturing November Ist, 1921.
Also, one interest note for the sum
of $240.00; dated May 15th; 1917,
and due November Ist, 1921, with in
terest on both of said notes from
their maturity at the rate of 8 per
cent., per annum, also all expenses
of this proceeding. Said nothes be
ing made and delivered to the Phoe
nix Mutual Life Insurance Company
of Hartfort, Connecticut, by the said
Dillard Wallace Tison, and being pro
perly transferred to the undersigned,
and the amount of principal and_in
terest due on said notes to date of
sale being $4,782.72, besides the
costs of this proceeding.
Default having been made by the
said Dillard Wallace Tison and the
estate of the said Tison, in the pay
ment of said indebtedness, the power
of sale contained in said deed has
become operative. The proceeds of
said sale will be applied first to the
payment of said indebtedness and all
costs and expenses of this proceed
ing, and the balance, if any, paid te
the estate of Dillard Wallace Tison,
its legal representatives or assigns.
This the 25th day of April, 1923.
R. W. BINGHAM,
Transferee as Aforesaid.
LIPPETT & BURT, Attorneys,
Albany, Ga.
'CITATION
GEORGIA—Lee County.
Whereas, J. W. Morgan, administra
tor of James Morgan’s estate, repre
sents to the court in his petition, duly
filed and entered on record, that he
has fully administered James Mor
gan’s estate. This is, therefore, to
cite all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any
they can, why said - administrator
should not be discharged from his
administration, and receive letters of
dismission, on the first Monday in
June, 1923.
This 7th day of May, 19283, i
~ H. L. LONG, s,}srdimy