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THE LEE COUNTY ‘JOURNA
VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE
Religious Freedom
Or Right to Worship
Suggestions sometime take
peculiar and amusing turns. For
example, take the recent sug
gestion that the Constitution of
Georgia and of the United States
be taught in the public schools
of Georgia.
This was first suggested by
organizations furthering Pro
testantism, but it now appears
that other religious organization |
also favor it just as strongly, th
last being the Jewish Education 1
al Alliance of Atlanta, which has
passed resolutions ‘‘heartily ir
sympathy with the movement.’
Catholics are also said to be in
favor of it. The reason for this,
it is pointed out, is obyious.
Both the Constitution of Georgia
and of the United Stdtes guar
antee religious freedom, or right
to worship as one pleases. And
if the Constitutions of both state
and nation are studied -closer,
religious leaders here say, there
will be less disposition toward
religious persecution in Georgia,
which is said to exist in some
sections of the state.
One prominent man of affairs,
who for personal reasons asked
that his name be witheld made
this statement today:
“Obeying civil laws and at the
same time being privileged to do
as one chooses in matters per-
Eé)nal or religious, as long as
ovil laws are obeyed, is the tun<-
amental basis of our government,
and was so recognized and prac
ticed by thelate U. S. Senator
Thomas E. Watson of Georgia.
Separation of church and statc
and free schools had no strongex"
champion than he, yet in the
‘education of members of his
family he did as he pleased.
" “His daughters at one time
attended the Catholic school at
Washington, Ga., in ‘preference
to free schools at Thomson.
Later they were sent to Agne:
Seott College in- preference to
the state colleges. His grand
children were sent to an Episco
pal College at Washington, D.C.
in preference to state supported
colleges in Georgia. So, one
might well point out, that the
study of the Constitution of the
state and the nation in Georgia
schools will have a broadening
effect on the rising generation,
regardless of religious affilia
tions?"’
Will continue two weeks---
__ Until Saturday, June 16th
Owing to the great amount of rain during the past two
weeks preventing many people from adjacent towns attend
ing this big sale and also to the fact that the stock we are
offering is so enormous in volume we have decided to con
tinue the sale for two weeks lcnger therefore eveiytody
HALF PRICES AS ADVERTISED
Until Saturday night, June 16th
. Remermber all fine silk and dress goods as well as lots
of fine dry goods wiil be offered for ten per cent discount and
in many instances even less.
MEN’S CLOTHING, THREE PIECE SUITS 20 PCT. DISCOUNT
Don’t fail to avail yourself this golden opportunity.
ANSLEY’S
AMERICUS, : £ 2 : GEGRGIA
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’Mayor of Smithville
Struck by Lightening
C. Mathis, Mayor of Smith
ville, was rendered unconcious
Monday night by a bolt of light
ening, and for a time his condi
tion was such that his recovery
was doubtful. Mr. Mathis is a
telegraph operator, and was
working _at the switchboard
when the bolt came. He is re
orted as doing nicely, and his
uick recovery is expected.
L.eesburg Takes One
From Warwick
In a fast game of ball that was
staged here last Friday between
Leesburg and Warwick, the lo
cals having won out by a score
of 5 to 3.
It was a good game- through
out and interesting to the high
est pitch, full fellowship and
spirit being manifested on both
sides. The game lasted for
eleven innings with the score 3
and, until the eleyenth inn'n>,
with three men on, Coxwell at
the bat, singled, scoring two,
making the final score 5 to 3
The features of the game was
the fielding of Coxwell and the
pitching of Mercer, in this game
Mercer demonstrated his prowess
and control by allowing ‘only a
few scaitered hits.
The Recent Rains
. The recent rains thuoughout
th’s section have been most ap
pal ing since they have been of a
general nature and have deluged
the whole section for a period of
three or four weeks, thereby in
juring or at least retarding the
growth of the crops as well as
preventing their cultiyation.
Naturally the crops to a cer
tain extent been injured and a
fuli fruition prevented, though
that does not mean that the far
mers should become blue to the
point of neglect, for just a few
days of sunshine, a few days of
hard work will wreak wonders
in the looks and conditions, ani
the seige of rain which we have
undergone will soon be forgotten
and the traces left in our fields
become obliterated.
Leeshurg, Lee County Ga,, Friday JUNIZ 1, 1923
A RICH ASSET FOR GEORGIA
STATE PORT A DIRECT SOURCE OF I'ROGRESSIVL
PROSPERITY TO IS PEOPLE OF ALL CLASSES
The proposed State Port and Term
inal for Georgia is the one project that
it carried out will be a working agency
for the material welfare of every per
son in Georgia, regardless as to his
buginess or occupation,
Its consummation means such a
broadening of the sources of produc
tive wealth throughout the state that
every man, woman and child in Geor
gla will share in the flood of benefits
accruing,
State built, State owned, State con
trolled, State managed, the State Port
and Terminal serves no community, no
class, no business, trade, or industry,
glone. It is the servant of-all, with
out discrimination or favoritism.
Tonongh it the farmers and stock
raisers ot Georgia will be enabled 1o
increase their prosperity and assure
their economic independence by the
opportunity it will afford them, large
and small, of warehousing and mar
keting their products of every kind at
a minimum of cost and a maximum of
resulting income,
Through it the manufacturers of
Georgia will be in position to handie
the output of their mills and tactories
at a lessened cost and under condi
tions that permit of their disposing
of their commodities to the buyers of
the world, or of carrying and ship
ping at their own convenience, such
as they cannot otherwise hope ‘to en
joy.
Through it the merchants of Geor
gia will find their trade steadily in
creaging. A greater population, with
more varied avenues of productive
wealth, ‘means a wider diffusion ot
prosperity and an increased demand
for the ‘comforts of lite. The whole
sale and retail trade of our State are
absolutely dependent for growth on
the expansion of activities that will en
sue from the establishment of a mod
ern State Port and Terminal system.
Through it the workingmen of Geor
gia will derive the benefits which
come from enlarged opportunities for
profitable employment, resulting from
the diversification of agriculture and
of industry and the building up of
Georgia in population and wealth,,
These are not mere idle statements,
THEY ARE STATEMENTS BASED
ON THE INDISPUTABLE FACTS
OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS ELSE
WHERE UNDER THE CONDI
TIONS THAT GEORGIA NOW PRO
POSES TO CREATE FOR ITS FRC
DUCERS. Given the handling system
the State Port and Terminalg is to
provide, given the opportunities it pre
sents for warehousing and cold stor
age at the lowest possible cost, given
the aggregating of marketable mer
chandise to bring together the buyers
of this and other countries, given the
minimum expense of = shipping of
Georgia raised products that comes
with -such a modern economically
handled plant, and the results referred
to are inevitable,
The bill to permit the people of
Georgia to vote upon the question of
a State Port and Terminals might
well be captioned “A Bill to Enable
the Farmers and Other Producers of
Gieorgia to Escape from the Disad-,
vantages Under Which They Labor
in the Marketing of Their Products
and to Place Them on a New Plane
of Economic Independence.”” An ex
pressed determination on the part ot
the producers of Georgia to have a
State Port and Terminals, a warehous
ing, marketing, shipping system owned
and controlled in their interest, IS IN
EFFECT A NEW DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE.
Placing the farmers and otler pro
ducers of Georgla on this new plane
does not mean placing a burden of
debt on them and others off Georgia.
For selfish personal reasons some may
be antagonizing -the idea of a State
Port and Terminals and seek to cre
ate that impression from sinister mo
tives. It is regrettable that any—no
D. M. Melvin Moves
Into Old Quarters
Mr. D. M. Melvin, one of the
merchants of our town, he having
been in the grocery husiness
here for sometime, this week
moved back to his old stand
across the railroad, where his
customers and friends will find
him. He having formerly oc
cupied a part of the Lipsey build
ing.
*Mr. Melvin considers that he
isin a more convenient location
and expecls to add consi:ierzbly
to his stock, which he always
puts to his customers at popular
Iprices. He now has his stock
lup and is ready for business,
Make him a visit.
matfer what their reasons-—are op
posed to this progressive measure be
cause, if carried out, it means the
liberation of the mass of Georgians
from cconomic disadvantages and the
glving to them of the most elficient
facilities for the marketing of their
goods.
Experience has shown that such a
plant as proposed will pay for itself
AND IN THE END BECOME A
SOURCE OF PERMANENT AND
INCREASING REVENUE TO THE
STATE, its owner, thereby materially
lightening the tax burdens on the pro
ducers or enabling the expenditure of
larger sums on the building of better
highways or the establishment of bet
ter schocols.
A State Port and Terminals 1s not
like a highway system or bridges for
which bonds have been issued. They
are not sources of direct productive
income. A State Port and 'l'erminal
plant is an income producer from the
day it is opened. The bonds issued for
its construction do not represent a
dead investment that the people must
carry. They are the outward sign of
a great publicly owned and publicly
managed enterprise, the earning
power of which provides the Interest
on the bonds, provides the sinking
fund to pay for the bonds, and speed
ily provides in addition a surplusage
to go into the State Treasury for such
use as the Legislature in its wisdom
may dictate, .
THE PROPOSED STATE PORT
AND TERMINALS IS A MONEY
MAKING INVESTMENT, BASED
ON THE CREDIT OF THE PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE DO NOT PAY FOR
17. IT PAYS FOR ITSELF. It has
.done so elsewhere. It will do so In
Georgia, this, one of the richest pro
ducing States in the Union, one of
the world’s most productive empires,
the possibilities of whose varied de
velopment we are just appreciating,
The State Port project represents the
co-operative effort of the united uveo
pie of Georgia to place themselves in
the most advantageous position pos
sible for the profitable handling of
their own products. The moneys paid
for its services, instead of passing
into the coffers of private enterprises,
will defray the interest and cost of
operation, and provide the surplus to
'wipe out the bonds when due. It
means, if consummated, that the pro
ducers of Georgia will be working for
themselves and not for others, and
that, in addition to the enhancement
of the value of their products. scien
tificully marketed, the profits of nand
ling wili remain at home for the good
of Gecrgia.
What is heing asked of the General
Agssembly at its approaching session
is that the people of Georgia be givor
an coypportunity to express themselves
cn this progressive proposition, that
the neople be given the chance to vote
as to whether they wish a State Port
and 'Terminal system or not, A
REFLRENDUM OF THE PROJECT
TO THE PEOPLE FOR DECISION
AT THE NEXT STATE ELECTION
I 8 WHAT IS SOUGHT. Why should
any one oppocse this who has the wel
fare of the people, the producers, of
Georgis, really at heart?
- Georgia cannot remain stationary
Its reople must check the tendency
to reirograde that comes in the wake
of the boll weevil, THEY MUST
ARISE AND DEMAND THE FULL
EST OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
MARKETING S AFELY AND
CHEAPLY OF THEIR PRODUCIS,‘
vow thatl they are of necessity branch
ing out in their agriculture and indus
tries. The more they study the State
Port snd Terminal proposition ike
more tkey will enthuse over what ilt
means for them and the less the poassi
bility -of any opponents being able to
becloud the igsue and prevent the pro
ducers from getting the relief and the
assistance they are entitled to. |
Church Services
Leesburg
Baptist—J. H. Wyatt, Pastor.
Preaching 2nd, and 4th Sunday?
Morning and Evening.
Sunday School 10 o’clock a. m.
B. Y. P.U. 6 oclock p.ni. every
Sunday.
W. M. U. Monday afternoon fol
lowing 2nd and 4th Sundays.
Mid Week Prayer Serviee and
Choir Practice Wednesday evcningj
7 o’clock, |
Methodigt—J. D. Snyder, Pastor.
Preaching 3rd Sunday, morning
!ard evening.
Sunday School 10 o’clock every
‘Sunday.
Presbyterian—Rev. Grille, Pastor
Preaching Ist Sunday morning
and evening.
Sunday Schiool 10 o’clo.k every
, Sunday.
i Couqtéommigsioners
il u;l&d lsgue
“ AMERICKB. Ga.—Before the
annual conyéntion of the county
icommissiquers of Georgia ad
journed Fkiday they voted down
by a large majority a resolution
endorsing an issue of §575,000,000
state bonds for highway construc
]tion, and also a motion favoring
an issue of $30,000,000. The
proposition provoked a spirited
debate. A proposal to endorse
an additional gasoline tax waus
also defeated.
Ansley’s Sale Will ‘
(ontinue June 161‘
We call the attention to our
readers to the announecement in
this issue of Mr. Chas. L. Ans
ley. In this advertisement he
tells you of his big sale which
will continue until June 16. If
you want to buy good merchan
dise at good prices attend this
sale, for there is no cother place
that you can get the same treat
ment and as good prices.
PAY-UP. SUBSCRIPTiOH, |
R. H. FORRESTER, Agent
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANEE (0.
. ASSETS $952,632,139.00
Protect Your Family
WITH A GOOD INSURANCE
POLICY.
Vocal Music Supreme,
Wagner wrote: 'The human voice i 3
really the foundation of ail music; and
whatever the development of the art,
whatever the boldest combinations of
a composer, or the inost brillinnt exe
cution of a virtuoso, in the cnd they
must always return to the standard
get by voeal musie.
e
Are You Ready for Opportunity
I When He Knocks?
Every person who has any ambition is interested in
making money.
To take advantage of opportunities that often pre
‘ sont themielves, you must either have mouey or credit.
' You can haye both of these requistes through a bank ac
% count with this institution for we extend toevery depositor
| accéomodations limited only by restrictions of careful and
| safe husiness procedure.
; There was never a truer saying than ‘‘it takes
money to make money’’ and there has been a time in your
i life—and there will be again—when if you had a few dollars
| with which to take advantage of a good opportunity to make
" a profitable investment you could have made some money.
E We cannot urge too strongly the importance of open
| ing an account with our bank and thereby establishing a
' connection that will be valuable to you.
} Every courtesy and attention will be shown you,
- whether your account be large or small.
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- BANK OF LEESBURE
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G A NESBIT, PRESIDENT O.W.STATHAM, VICE-PRESIDENT
! T. C. THARP, CASHIER,
Fipst Bradley Peach
#l/ Car Opexns Season
7,
! MACON, Ga., May 29.—With
| the shipping of the first carload
of meaches from Bradley late
Monday the 1923 peach season
was officially ushered in. The
peaches were grown in Jones
county and loaded at Bradley
and consisted ¢f a choice varieiy
!of Mayflowers. It is expected
that shipping in large quanities
lwill begin next week. A small
number of cars will be loaded
rthis week.
Leesburg High
Schoo! Closes
The Leesburg Iligh school
closed this week. The com
mencement sermon was deliver
ed by Rey. Budd, of Albany, on
Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock.
The graduating exercises will be
held tonight, thera are nine to
graduate this year and will re
ceiye their diplomas tonight.
This closes one of the most
successful years of the Leesburg
school and the teachers deserve
much credit for their excellent
work during the past term.
Birds as \veatner Frophcts,
' At least eonie birds are good
weather prophets. 'The green wood
'peckcr is known in some parts of this
1 country as the “rain bird” because his
faughing cry so often precedes a down
} pour. The misselthrush, again, has
.Jgalned the name of “storm cock,” be-
Teause he sings before wind and raln.
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