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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNA!. VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE Minutes of Commissioner : S | Meeting May Term 1923 GEORGIA—LEE COUNTY., % In oflice of Commissioners of Roads & Revenues, Lec County, Ga. After due consideration the following bills and accounts were ordered paid. G A Wallace Clerk, for recording tax de>ds $25 256 W A Curtig, blacksinith accounts 19 50 P C Coxwell Sherift funds for land sold for taxes 4,074.17 Leeshurg Trading Co. merchandige for convicts 105 Lecsburg Drug Co. medicine for convicts 6 15 1 A Clarke, merchandise for convicts 12 90 Leesburg Auto Co. repairs on machinery 8 65 IR E Howe, supplies for conviets 24 30 Stovall-Yeoman-Lyon Co. groceries for convicts 61 42 J C & W O Holman. amount paid for mules 765 00 T C Tharpe, Treas cash items as per vouclier 1101 40 G A Wallece, service rendered as clerk 25 07 T F Ford, collecting colored tax fi. fas. a 2 30 T F Ford, 118 days service collecting road taxes : 71 80 D M Melvin, beef for convicts 975 Albany Produce Co. sundry inv 48 95 W L Childers, drugs for convicts 728 F I Ford, advance on road tax digest and collections 71 00 L E Powell, blacksmith account 815 J W Coston, 1 month salary as guard : 50 00 A M Baskin *¢ £ 50 00 Roy Scarbrough, 1 month salary as tractor driver 100 09 J D Mecßride 1 month salary as warden i 100 00 Standard Qil Co. sundry inv 24 11 Ewmpire Products Co inv 3-26-23 147 55 D M Melvin Jr beef for convicts 8 00 J F Mines, 2 days service at April term of city court 10 00 John Youngblood 20 bu peas : 40 00 W H Keal & Son inv as per bill 339 78 Sheftield C mo 4-16-25 135 G A Wallace *° = o 46 00 P G Coxwells 3 e & 34 00 B E Powell cost in Plumb King case 125 ¥ L Forrester, Sol cost in sundry cases as per bill rendered 100 00 G A Wallace, clerk ‘¢ S ks o 38 25 . P C Coxwell, sheriff £ bt o 50 50 B E Powel!, TP 14 50 G A Wallace cjerk cost in Joe Usry case 48 85 P C Coxwell sherift ** £ . 39 00 P C Coxwell sheriff jaul account 152 10 Seryivg Juors 40 00 Paid G D Richards 17 50 Paid E T Long hogs 53 30 R A : 262 90 Script No 616 issued ® 250 00 Script N 667 issued 12 90 W G Martin, Apr salary as Judge city court 125 00 R R Forrester, Apr salary county atty 35 00 0O W Statbam, Apr salary county phy 95 00 °J J Forrester, Aprsalary county clerk 95 00 P C Coxwell sheriff for lands purchased by county 3916 90 E B Lee peas delivered at camp 143 00 J P Horne printing Y 38 50 3 In addition to the above scripts was issued to all paupers on the list. GEORGIA—Lee County- : ‘ In office of Commisstoners Roads and Reyenues, Lee County, Ga. Whereas it has been the custom heretofore for the county of fLee to become the] purchaser at tax sales the lands sold for taxes in saiq county: And whereas pos session of lands so purchaged has not l_xa,e’n deini:xndéd; Be it now resolved ““‘tl immediately upon the sale of lands where the said county of Lee hecomes the pur chaser under tax sales or where they have heretofore become the purchaser there- l fore the posssession be demanded thereof and that such steps as may be necessary to be take to acquire possession thereof. Bhig:May 1,71923 - G H LARAMORE, Chairman, E A Clarke 1 J Stocks Jr Commissioners of Roads and revenues, Lee County Ga. GEORGIA—LEE COUN’I“Y. In oftice of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues Lee County, Ga. Meeting of May 1, 1923. All members present. In office of Commissioners of Roads & Revenues said county, Whe:eas Goode Price wishes to redeem certain lands purchased by Lee County on the 4 day of April 1922 at sheriffs sale for taxes due for the year 1923 and- ‘whereas' the following resolution was passed by the board at their regular March term 1922. RESOLTTION ‘ Be it resolved: : % * That whereas the county of Lee became the purchaser o] the land hcreinafter! Zescribed in the 4th day of April 1922, at siieriffs sale under a tax execution issued for state, county and school tax in the county of I.ec 1921 agz_iixist. Goode Price and whereas the present owner or holder of the legal title subject to said tax eale is Low desirouz of redeeming said land for the amount paid said county atsaid sheriff cale with interest thereon sinoe the date of said sale, the samne aggregating $144.81. Tuoat said party be allowed to redeem sgid land for gaid sum and is hereby ordered that P C Coxwell be appointed sole commissioner and he is so appointed and directed to quit claim gaid land under sajd party upon receipt by him of the said amount, the said land so purchased and which said P C Coxwell as commissioners i directed to convey being deseribed as follows: 25 aeres of lann in the shape of‘ a square in the southeast of lot of land 119 located in the second land district of Lee county and bounded as follows: on the north by laud lot 119; on the east by} lot 118, on the south by lot 138 and on the west by lot 118, In witness whereof we have heretofore set our hand and seals. - Thiy Mareh 6, 1923, ‘ G H LARAMORE, Chairman, 1 S M Cocke E A Clark E J Stocks Jr H I Stovall | Couimissioners of Roads and Revenues, Lee Connty Ga, ‘ GEORGIA—LEE COUNTY. | In office »f Commissioners of Roads & Revenues’ I There being no further business the meeting adjourned. : G H LARAMORE, Chairman. GEORGIA—Lee County. This is to certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the above meeting, | v J § FORRESTER Clerk , CEORGIA—Eee County. In office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, Lee County Ga. Meeting of May 1,1923. All members Leing present. GEORGIA—LEE COUNTY. In office of commissioners of Road: and Revenues, Lee County Georgia. Whereas J. G. Pruett wishes to redeem certain lands sold for taxes and whereas Leeshurg. Lee County Ga., Friday JUNE 15, 1923 A Vital Rural Need The following excerpt from a bulletin on Supervision of One- Teacher Schools, just published by the U. S. Bureau of liducation, ’Department of the Interior, ‘points to the solution of at least one rural problem: ~ *“‘Lacking the training which a supervisior could give, the rural teacher fails to inspire the most intelligent progressive farmers with confidence in her ability. Realizing the lack of educational opportunities provided by their local one-teacher schools, such farmers move to town so that their children miay not be handi capped by licing deprived of good elementary schooling. An oc cupation fundamental to the wel fare of the Nation loses skilled workers and rural communities lose Jeaders. The local school becomes a poorer school. It is deprived of finanicial support. It suffers a loss also in the con tagion of interest created by children whose parents are eager for them to have an education. Lack of supervision means un trained teachers and poor schools. Poor schools mean cheapened communities and lessened farm production. “‘One of the most vital immedi ate needs of farming sections today is a suflicient number of educational leaders capable of training teachers in service and possessing the ability to arouse communities to give enthusiastic support to local schools.”’ ; WANTED Man to work as Salesman and Collector for Singer Sewing Ma chine Co., in Lee County. Ap: ply 308 N. Washington St., Al bany, Ga., or ’Phone 415. 4t be made the request that a deed be made to him at the regular March term 1923 the following resolution was pasged by the board therein session. e RESOLUTION Be it resolved. . That whereas the county of Lee becaine the parchaser of the land hereinalter described on the fourth day of April 1923 at sheriffy sale under a tax exeution issu ed for the state, county and school tax for the year 1921 against J, G. Pruett. And whereas the present owner or holderof the legal title subject to said tax sale is now desirous of redeeming said Jandse for the amount paid said county at sheriffs saie with interest thereon since the date of said sale. the same aggregating $174.17. That said party allowed to redeem said sum and it is hereby ordered that P C Coxwell be appointed as sole commigsioner and he is so appointed and directed to quit claim said land under said party upon receipt by him of gaid amount, the gaid land so purchased and which said I’ C Coxwell as commissioner is directed to conyey being described as follows: The south half of track No. 14 appearing in tye survey of plat of the I M Heath estate, subdivision No 2 Made by R F Fdge= ly engineer, recorded in record of deeds Lee county Ga in Book 1 nage 517 con- ‘ taining 32,26 acres of land being a pavt of lot 129 in the I4th Jand district Lee‘ county and bounded as follows: on north by the north hali of track No 14, same being part of lot No 46, on east by lot of land No 51 on the south by Jot No 47 on west by lot No 46, In witness whereol we have heretofore sev our hands and seal this 6 day of March 1923, . | G 11 LARAMORE, Chairman | S M Cocke 11. B Stovall E A Clarke 1. J. Stocks Jr | Comraissioners of Roads and Revenues, Lee Connty Gs | GEORGIA—LEE COUNTY. In offiee of Commissioners Roads Revenues =aid coundy. Whereas E B Lee administrator of the estate of Mys Minnie II Lee made applicant to tbis board at its regular Mar term 1923 for the redemption of certain lands which were purchaszed by said county at sheriffs sale for taxes for the year 1921 the following resolution wag paszed RESOLTTION Be it resolved: That whereas the county of Lee became the purchaser of th land hereinafter described on the 4th day of April 1922 at sherifi’s sale under a tax execution issued for state, county and gchiool tax for the year-1921 against adm. of the estate of Mr<, Minnic If, Lee deceased. e And whereas the presnt owner or the holder of the legal title subject to said tax sale is now desirous of redeeming zaid land for the amount paid said county at said sheriff’s sale with interest thercon since the date of gaid sale, the same ag gregating $217.82. That the said pariy being able to redeem gaid land for said sum and it is hereby ordered that I>. C. oxwell be appointed as sole commissioner and he is so appointed and directed to quit claiin said Jand unto said party upon receipt by him of said amount, the land so purchased and which gaid P. C. Cox well commissioner is directed to convey being described as follows: The south half of lot No. 47 and bounded as follows: On the North by No. 47, on the East by lot No. 50, on the South by the public road leading from Starkesville to Philema, on the West by lot No. 18, same being in Leesburg district, | In witness whercof we have heretofore get our hand and seal, this® March 6, 1923, | G. H. Laramore, Chairman, | E J Stocks Jr H B Stovell $ M Cocke E A Clarke i Commissioners Roacs and Revenues, Lee County Ga, Negro Woman . o Gives Birth to Quadruplets ’ Ellen Williams, a negro woman residing on a farm near Tignall, Georgia, gave birth to quadrup lets, according to information received in hospital circles. The woman and one of the quadruplets died in a few hours but the remaining three quad ruplets are still living and give evidence of unusual vitality. 1 . ° Smithville Sunday School News On June 10th which was last Sunday there wasn’t a very good attendance at the Methodist Sunday school, There being a total of 61, There were three honor clagses, glass No. 2. Mrs. Geo. Clarke, teacher, 100 percent. Class No. €, Mr L. D. Hays, teacher, 100 per cent. Class No. 7, Mr. Jolm Co wart, teacher, 100 percent. | There were two visitors, Mise Alice Wells and Mr. Foy Mainor. Cor, Sec. 1 CARD OF THANKS We wish (o extend to our many friends in T.eesburg and vicinity who so kindly assisted us in every way during the illness and death of our daughter, Lucile Theix" kindness and helf we will never. forget. 4 Mr. aud Mrs. Seals Veal. i Notice ! Business Licenses now due and payable to Clerk and Treasurer at lonce. T.R.BASS, C. & T. Labor Agents at Work in Georgia ‘ —— - ATLANTA, Ga., June 14.— 'Th‘e campaign of terrorism and false promises among the coun try negroes of Georgia tocompe them to go North, conducted by about fifty illegal labor agentd |throuzhout the state, was ex posed today by John W. Yobb, secretary of the Georgia Manu facturers’ Association. Mr. Yobh has just concluded an ex tensive investigation of negro !migration from every part of Georgia. Mr. Yobb found that ninety ‘percent of the negroes who went North have been induced to do so by a carefully conducted cam !paign of the illegal agents in two ways., First, the labor agents use yarious methods to terrorize the negroes into the belief that they will be tarred and feathered, manhandled, mistreated and per haps killed if they remain in ‘their native communities. Second, the labor agents make false promises of permanent high wages in the northern industrial centers, and offer to pay the negroes railroad fare to the North. | The labor agents, the inyesti gation shows, are paid from ten to twenty dollars for eyery negro they ship north. In most cases the railroad fare is not given to the negro, as he imagines, but is merely advanced to him and promptly deducted from his wages after he begins work. The negroes shipped North are }mostly gotten for short time building booms in northern cities Land after the particular job is completed the majority of the negroes are left stranded with no money to return to their southern homes, all of their wages having been spent in actual living expenses in the northern cities. Labor agents usually begin their work in a community with a campaign of terrorism. Letters often signed with red ink, and often marked with ‘‘From the K.K.K.,” are sent to several of the negroes by the agents. These 4 o Confidence The confidence of the community in a bask is its greatest element of strength. : The strength of our bank is evidenced by the confidence of its large number of depositors and satisfied customers, among whom are some of the best people in the country. Our directors are composad of the best men of the coun try, who actually direct the affairs of the bank. Men who have made a success of their own affairs and are capable of handling the affairs of the bank on a safe and sound basis. Our bank is examined at frequent intervals by capable auditors sent out by the state (government) who come with out our foreknowledge. We are also required to make and pubiish sworn statements of the condition of this bank at regular intervals. The call for this statement comes to us based on certain dates, without our having any knowledge of when it is coming, hence we are unable to “‘fix’’ for these periods, even if we were disposed to do so. In addition to this we are required by law to carry a certain per cent of deposits in cash reserve in order to tuke care of any emer gency that might arise. Deposit your money with us where it is as safe as the Rock of Gilbralter. BANK OF LEESBURG, G.A.NESBIT, PRESIDENT O.W.STATHAM, VICE-PRESIDENT T. C. THARP, CASHIER, The Arnazal School Meeting “Who was at the school meet ing last night and what did they ' do?”’ t “Nobody but the school board lamd Ted and me. Ted was elect led treasurer. They voted a seven ‘months’ term and a fifteen mill levy.” This is all that two farmers, jeach with children of schooi age, had to say about the annual school meeting. Such indifference to ward this meeting is general. In States in which the small school district is the unit of sehool administration the voters are almost wholly responsible for the kind of school that the distriet provides because the laws give them such extended powers. Not only may they elect school officers, decide upon the length gof the school term, and vote a Jevy for maintenance, but they ‘may vote a tax for the puichase of a school site, for the erection of a building, and for such other improvements as they see fit. Do the children have a square deal when the term is only seven months? Should not the rate of taxation be high enough to pro vide sufficient money tor a good teacher? Isit fair to handicap the work of a good teacher be cause of poor equipment and in sufficient supplics? Is it wise to vote bonds for a new schoeolhouse when better advantages could be had by consolidating? These questions are too important to go by default, letters tell the negroes that they must leave the community at once or they will be killed. Often the labor agents mark the letters “K.K.K.” onthe negro cabins or spread a rumor about a negro community that the white folks are planning an attack on the negroes. Following this a negro is usu ally employed by the labor agents to use his influence to induce the negroes to leave. For everyone he succeeds in inducing to go, a certain commission is paid him, ‘Then the labor agent ‘‘signs up’’ the negro and smuggles him out of the community to the north. Occasionally the negro who is “signed up’’ is informed that he is being taken only to Atlanta or some other southern city, and then ie kept on the train until he arrives in some northern -city several hundred miles from " his family and the South that is his home. Number 18