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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE Minutes of Commissioners Meeting April Term 1923 GEORGIA—LEE COUNTY., | \ In office of commissioners of Roads and Revenues, Lee County Georgia, Meeting of April 3,1923. All members being present. GEORGIA—LEE COUNTY. In office of Commissioners of Roads & Revenues, 1 e County, Ga. After due considerstion the following bills and accounts were ordered paid. Jeff Styles, preaching to conviets 150 D M Melvin, beef for convicts 12 00 Leesburg Drug Co. medicine for convicts 14 20 T ¢ Tharpe. services rendered as treasurer 175 00 T C Tharpe, Treas cash items as per voucher - 820 05 J W Coston, Feb. salary as guard 50 00 A M Baskine* " a 0 00 Roy Scarbrough, Feb. salary as tractor driver 100 09 J D Mcßride Feb salary as warden 100 00 Arthur Gro Co, inv 3-6-22 63 12 V- C- Chemical Co. for fertilizers 695 02 R E Howe, supplies for convicts 56 15 R F Pope, lumber 39 89 Leesburg Trading Co. merchandise for convicts 9 25 J H Tucker, repairing of bridge 2 50 W A Curtis, blacksmith accounts 10 15 P C Coxwell, Sherift board for prisoners 144 20 E M Yow, cedar post for county 15 00 R H Forrester, report to State Bureau of Vital Statistics 7 00 J H Randall “ o s o 400 G A Wallace, bill rendered i 1 58 Furlow Adam, bauling for county to jail 100 S M Jones Sr. holding and consolidating election for J P chokee district 4 00 J I Kaylor, holding J P Election Chokee 2 00 Jim Hooks, holding J P election 2 00 1. E Powell, blacksmith account 17 00 T F Ford, collecting colored tax fi. fas. 100 00 J F Hines, deputy, service and expense arresting John Garrett 8 5C Stovall-Yeoman-Lyon Co. groceries for convicts 18 52 T F Ford, expenses account rendered in collecting fi fas 97 10 Leesburg Auto Co. repairs on machinery . 8 40 Wallace Tison, 11 hogs : 37 50 G D Richaads, cost and expense arrest of Joe Johnson 14 20 D M Melyin, Juror inquest of Anderson Bolden 100 Austin Bros Bridge Co inv 3-50-23 4 50 Americus Gro Co inv 3-27-23 6918 P C Coxwell sheriff for services rendered and expense in office 89 00 ‘Albany Prodnce Co. sundry inv 106 88 Yancey Bros inv 3-6-23 202 50 The Caglion Iron Works & Mig. Co inv 2-14-23 « 2120 The Antizone Chemical Co inv 2-28-23 80 00 Jule Felton solicitor general services firs¢ quarter - 146 35 Standard Oil Co. sundry inv 934 79 E L Forrester, Sol cost in sundry cases as per bill rendered 20 G 0 G A Wallace, clerk ‘¢ 4 g 8 L 12 30 P C Coxwell; sheriff £ 4 o : 3 00 B E Powel!, T P cost in Albert Jones case 175 B E Powell cost in Shunk Walden case 3 50 Lee County Journal advertising 162 00 D H Smith reivnd of over charge in taxes 6°l W G Martin, Mar salary as Judge city court 125 00 R R Forrester, Mar salary county atty 35 00 O W Statham, Mar salary county phy 25 00 J J Forrester, Marsalary county clerk 25 00 In addition to the above scripts was issued to all paupers on the list. l GEORGIA—Lee County- In office of Commissioners Roads and Reyenues, Lee County, Ga. ‘Whereas it appears from the tax digest for the year 1922 that G A Nesbit is charged with $lOOO.OO value on Jewelry, and to which Mr Nesbit makes 5a protest saying he has only $500.00 and it appearing to us that this claim from Mr Nesbit is just, we hereby order that he be relieved of the payment of taxes on $500,00, and this shall be authorized for the rtax collector allowing him credit for tius amount. This April 3, 1923, E J Stocks Jr . H B Stovall S M Cocke E A Clarke . Commissioners Roads and Revenues, L.ce County Ga, GEORGIA—Lee County. In office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, Lee County Ga. Whereas Marion Murray Sr and Cornelius Murray have made complaint to this board for excessive tax values errors in digest in their returns for 1922, and upon invesiigation we find their contentions to be just and true. Be it therefore ordered that they be relieved of $7.29 and $8.64 respt on their taxes and the tax collector is hereby authorized to deduct these amounts from the taxes, | This April 3, 1923 G H LARAMORE, Chairman, ‘ E A Clarke S M Cocke Commisgioners of Roads and revenues, Lee County Ga. GEORGIA—LEE COUNTY. In office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues Lee County, Ga. Meeting of April 3, 1923. All members present. . GEORGIA—LEE COUNTY. In office of Commissioners of Roads & Revenues said county, Whereas Jere Washington appearing before this board asking for a reduction of taxes for the year 1922 and it appearing to us from evidence that he is over age for poll tax and that he owns no property except a little household property. It hereby ordered that he only pay .25 and the cost of collecting the same, Th's April 3, 1923, E A Clarke S M Cocke H B Stovall Commissioners of Roads and Revenues I e Conuty, GEORGIA, LEE COUNTY 3 In ofice of Commissioners Roads & Revenues said county, Order fixing Contatioti Road taxes for 1923. g The aficrnative road law for the state. 2s it appears in the code of Georgia and the Bct emendatory theieof being in operation in this county and by virtue of tlie authority conveyed by an aforesaid laws, and in the exercises of our official duties, we do bereby access and levy a comnutat:on road tax of $5.00 upon each male inhabitaut in said county subject to road duty for the year 1923, and it is ordered that said assessment be due and collectable on and after this date, April 3. 1923, but said time shall rema‘n open for the payment of said taxes until the 15th day of Sept 1923. It is further ordered that all the defav'tors be reported to this body by the road tax collectors in the manner provided by law, that they may Le dealt with as by statuate in such cases, Witness our hands in oificial signatuve this April 3, 1923, ' G H LARAMORE, Chairman, S M Cocke . E A Clark E J Stocks Jr H b Stovall Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, L .e County Ga, Leeshurg, Lee County Ga., Friday MAY 25, 1923 LEE COUNTY LEADS STATE IN PLEDGES TOO PEANUT ASS'N. When John D. Little, of At lanta, former speaker of the House of Representative of Georgia, walked into the office of the Georgia Peanut Growers Co operative Association here yes terday afternoon and handed to Col. Robert E. L. Spence, ex ecutive chairman of the organi zation, a contract covering 600 acres planted on the lands owned | by himself and Mrs. Little in Lee county, Lee became the first‘ county in the state to go over 100 per cent in its sign-up. The acreage of Lee county now under contract amounts to 107 per cent of the whole acreage p'anted in peanuts in that county last year. Lee and Dougherty are the only counties in the Peanut Associa tion territory that will haye in creased acreages this year. Mr. Little’s contract came to the association with solicitation and was a complete surprised, Col. Spence stated. He had planned to see Mr. Litlle at a later date, he stated, but Mr. Little beat him to it and brought in the information that another‘ big contract would be brought in later by f[Sam S. Dunlap. Mr. 1 Dunlap has 400 acres in peanuts and bis contract will further swell the oversubscription of Lee county. Col. Spence stated that S.J. Yeoman, of Leesburg, will sign a contract for 600 acres to still further increase Lee’s grand totel. ‘“Mr. Yeoman has notyet signed,” the chairman stated, “but he had told us that he will, and I will underwrite 100 per cent anything that Sol Yeoman says.”’ —Albany Herald, Mav 22nd. TOO BAD Leesburg seemed to small for the High school ball team so they put codfidence in themselyes and went up against the Dawson ‘High’s Thursday afternoon, and }from what information we can gather, as the boys won’t talk much on that subject, it must have been a merry-go-round, they returned with a long face and the score board showed 10 for Dawson, and for Leesburg GEORGIA—LEE COUNTY. In office uf Commissioners of Roads & Revenues Whereas it is necessary that road tax collectors be appointed for the col lection of road taxes for the year 1923 and after due consideration Mr.G D Richard is hereby appointed to prepare a digest for the use of qaid collectors and to collect eaid taxes in the districts of Smithville and chokee and Mr. T F Ford is hareby appointed to make a tax digest for the use of road tax collectors and to collectsaid taxes in the districts of Leesburg, Red Bone and Palmyra. COMPENSATION. Said road tax collectors above appointed shall receive their comyensation for their work 1¢ pet of the amount collected, Said compensa tion of 10 pet shall be paid to them as follows: 30 pet to be paid to them upon the completion of the disest and the balence of said commission of 10 pet above referred to shall be paid vo them upon the completion of sa'd col'ection work, BOND. Each of the above name of road tax collectors shall furnish a bond i the sum of $BOO.OO upon the completion of which bond thep shall be authorized ‘and empowered to proceed with the collection of said road taxes, | G H LARAMORE, Chairman ‘ S M Cocke H. B Stovall E A Clarke L. J. Stocks Jr Comnissioners of Roads and Revenues, Lee Connty Gs | There heing no fuither business the meeting adjourned. ‘ G H LARAMORE, Chairman. } GEORGIA—Lee County. . ; l This is to certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes lo[ the above meeting, J J FORRESTER Clerk , }Tax Collectors Face ~ Possible State Penalty VALDOSTA, May 17-—Reports from Atlanta indicate that only 75 counties out of the 164 in the state have made final settlements of tax collections as required by law. Delinquent tax payers have thus placed nearly one hun dred tax collectors in the position of being penalized by the state for failing to make settlements as required by law in April. tt is also embarrising the state in the matter of funds to a con siderable extent with a situation that is bad for all those concern ed. GREEN---FOUCHE Miss Neva Green and Mr. J. W. Fouche were quietly married last Wednesday afternoon at 6 o’clock, in Albany at the homel of Mrs. Susie Jarvis, a relative of Mr. Fouche. A number of friends of the bride and groom accompanied them to Albany and attended the wedding. Mrs. Fouche is from one of Lee County’s oldest and most prominent families, was born and rearad in Leesburg, and has scores of friends and admirers in this section, the groom has been a resident here about 18 vyears, is a popular citizen and successful planter. The ceremony was performed by Rev. John H. Wyatt, of the Calloway Memorial Church, after the wedding Mr and Mrs.Fouche returned to Leesburg whete they| are at home %o their many friends.: ——— 1 A NEAT STATEMENT | It has been discovered that newspaper subscriptions are al ‘most an infalliale theromometer for registering a man’s honesty. If he is dishonest, he will beat the printer and if he beats the printer he is dishonest, hence there is no escape. The editor’s subseription books will be on hand judgment day and some people will pray for the mount ains to fall on them because he didn’t keep square with him. —Lake Wales (Fla.)Leader. Association to Enjoy Bar becue at Americus-- Mayor Poole to Extend Welcome. ’ AMERICUS, Ga. May 22.— Everything is in readiness here for the beginning of the annual convention of the Georgia Coun ty officers’ Association, which will be held in Americus Thurs day and Friday. Preliminary to the convention will be the meet ing of the executive committee Wednesday evening at eight o’clock in the parlors of the Windsor Hotel. The sessions will be held Thurs day and Friday in the Rylander Theater, the use of which has been tendered the county officers by Herbert Kincey, manager. Entertainment features arranged for the gathering include dinner at the Windsor Thursday, when between 300 and 400 guests will be seated, and a great communi tv barbecue Friday. A 60-mile automobile ride oyer the roads of the county has alsoheen arranged for the entertainment of the delegates. The welcome ad- R. H. FORRESTER, Agent NEW YORK LIFE INSURANGE GO. ASSETS $952,632,139.00 ~ Profect Your Family, WITH A GOOD INSURANCE POLICY. Pat Gaught It--But It Got Away An Irshman came running down the street with his hat in one hand and his bandana in the other, puffing and blowing, almoest out of breath. He ran up to the station just in time to catch hold of the rear of the train, but tbe train had gained so much monetum that it threw him sprawling on the ground. A Dbystander fremarded: ‘‘Pat you did not quite catch it,” to which pat replied ‘‘Oh yes, Oi caught it, but it got away.”’ Another remarked: ‘‘Pat you did not run quite fast enough,’” and Pat replied ‘‘Sure I did run fast enough, but I did not start soon enough.”’ That is just the trouble with some pecple in saving money —they do not start soon enough, consequently do not get anywhere and, like Pat, when an opportunity comes along for them to make a profitable investment they have to let it go by. ; Right now is the time to begin, even if the begin ning is small. The longer you put it off, the harder it will be for you to accumulate something. LET US HELP YOU., ' BANK OF LEESBURG, G.A.NESBIT, PRESIDENT O.W.STATHAM, VICE-PRESIDENT T. C. THARP, CASHIER, o el . Senator Harris ~ Speaks In Leesburg Senater Wm. J. Harris made an address at the Court house in Leesburg this afternoon at 5 o’clock. It had been raining practically all day and only a small crowd was present to hear his splendid address. ~ Senator Harris went over his ‘work during his time in the Senate and as we all know he has always aided Georgia in se curing whatever her citizens asked for in reason. In his ad dress he said “Woodrow Wil son would go down in His tory as the Greatest American of his time.”” He told of legis lation he had been instrumental in having passed that was of great benefit to the farmers of Georgia and of different appro priations for experimental pur poses he had aided in getting for the benefit of the farmers. He has aided in securing the only peach and pecan experimeut station in the United States both being located in Georgia—the peach experiment station at F't. Valley and the pecan experiment station in Lee county. dresses will be delivered by Mayor J. E. Pooie, for the City of Americus and Chairman Neal ‘A. Ray for the commissioners of ‘Sumter County. Number 15