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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL
VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE
Lee County Boys
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Completed Work
ATLANTA, Ga., Three Lee
County boys have completed
their year’s work at the Georgia
School of Technology. They are:
Wesley Mills Kaylor, son of J. L
Kaylor, of DeSota; Eligab B. Lee,
son of E. B. Lee and Solomon J I
Yeoman. son of S. J. Yeoman, of
Leesburg. :
Lee will begin his Junior term
next fall in the Mechanical Engi
neering depaitment, while Kay
lor wiil be a Senior. Kaylor at
tended the Third District A. &
M. school, Americus, Ga. Heis
a member of the Yellow Jacket
Staff and the Pi Lambdo Delta
Fraternity. Yeomen will begin
his Sophomore term next fall in
the school of Commerce. He is
a graduate of the Leesburg High
School and a member of the
Sigma Nu Fraternity,
All the departments at Tech
have been over crowded during
the past year due to the limit on
teaching staff, resulting from
the small appropriations made by
the state Unless the appropria
tions are increased for the next
year it will be necessary to limit
enroliment with the result that
probably from three to four hun
dred applicants for admission to
the freshman class will be turn
ed away. Itis hoped to provide
classroom accomodation for ail
advanced students. The percapita
@poropriations for Tech students
from the state during the pre
sent year was only $61.77, less
than one third the total cost of
operation with the utmost econo
my. |
Smithvilie Sunday
School News.
BY DOROTHY HAYS
Swithville, Ga., June 17, 1923.
The majority of the Smithville
people failed to attend the Metho
dist Sunday School.
There was a very small per cent.
There was a total of 54 that attend
ed. Supt. Mr. George Clarke an
nounced that on June 24th the
pupils will be promoted and the
yacaney of tha teachers will be fill
ed. Class No. 6 Mr. L. D. Hays,
teachier, was the banner class. This
class having the highest per cent of
any other class in the school, class
No. 6 was 85 per cent. There were
¢ix visitors present Sunday. ‘
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Revival at the
.
Methodist Caurch.
OQur people are enjoying a real
revival which began at the Metho
dist church here Sunday, Rev. J.
Shirah a Methodist minister, of
Plains, is doing the preaching.
The singing is good and large
crowds are attending all the
services both morning and even
ing. The meeting will last for
several days yet and everybody
is-urgently requested to to at
tend, you will hear some old time
preaching from the bible and by
a real Christian preacher.
Rev. J. D. Snyder the regular
pastor is i'decd fortunate ‘n
securing the services of Mr.
Shirah.
Pointer for the Baby.
The nurse was in the room with the
pew baby. She heard Bobby sofily
enter and saw him stand by the crib
watching with considerable interest the
pew baby using his lungs. The baby
was g, 4rong little fellow and he cried
louder and louder. “Keep it up,” ad
vised Bobby gleefully, “that’s the way
I get things.”
Peanut Directors
Will Meet Monday
Final Act of Permanent
Organization to be
Charter Application---
Middle Georgia Signsl
Fast.
ALBANY, Ga., June 18.—
Directors of the Georgia Peanut‘
Growers Co-operative Association
will meet in Albany next Mon
day to apply for a charter ofi
incorporation for the new co
operative marketing organiza
tion. This wiil be the final step
of permanent organization of
“‘co op,, which is expected to be{
a biginfluence in better prices
for peanuta.
Ballots went to all memiers in
the original terrotory - last week
and they will be returned to thei
election managers this weex. Al
vote to be ecounted must be in the
hands of the election committee‘
by Thursday night, as this com
mittee meets Friday to consoli
date the vote and declare the re
sults. There will be one directory
each from the ten districts in the
original territory, besides the
oflice of Public Dire«tor to which
the Governor has already ap
pointed Colonel Robert E. L.
Spence, executive chairman of
the originial organization. New
districts will be laid out in other
parts of the state when the cam
paign now being waged there is
completed, and each of these
districts wili have a director.
Work of signing contiacts in
the up-state counties is moving
along rapidly, and by fall that
part of Georgia may bhave as
many acres under contract as the
original terrilory now has. One
Middle Georgia county, in fact,
has taken the leadership of acres
signed away from Mitchell and
Karly counties, the barner South
Georgia counties. Jasper county
is now the leader of the state,
having more than 7,000 acres
under eontract, while Mitchell
has 6,500 and Early 6,300. |
Other middle Georgia counties
that are signing rapidly are Put
nam, Baldwin, Morgan, Greene
and Oglethorpe. In addition to
these, there are several South
Georgia counties that were not
in the original twenty-five that
are coming into the association
enthusiastically. These include
Lowndes, Wiicox, Pulaski,
Bleckley, Laurens and others.
Fully 35 or 40 counties will be
)organized before fall.
Negroes Fair Hard |
In the North
To show some who think that
everything in the rorth is so
rosy for the negro, we are print
ing a local item from a record of
cases tried before Justice of
Peace, of Willard, Ohio, and
which appeared in the Willard
‘Times of that place:
~ Robert MeCowen, colored, who
suffered a scalp wound a few days
ago from a revolver of Dave
Roberts during a quarrel over
Roberts wife, was found guilty
of disturbing the peace by Jus
tice Fackler and when he could
not pay was given two hours to
get out of town.
1 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
Leeshurg, Lee County Ga,, Ihiday JUNE 22, 1923
A STATE PORT — WHAT IT MEANS
WHOM IT WILL SERVE—HOW GEORGIA PRODUCERS
CAN SECURE SUCH FACILITIES,
(By GORDON SAUSSY)
Transportation is sufficiently com
prehensive to include what we mean
by “Highways,” also ‘“Gateways,” The
writer contends, that a State owned
and State operated Assembling,
Grading, Storing and Marketing Ter
minal at deep water on the Coast of
Georgia, is necessary to complete heri
‘ransportation and marketing system
and to {nsure future eccnomic inde
pendence for her producers. (
With modern economical Port fucll-‘
Ities at Savannah, Georgia, the pres
ent transportation facilities — thut\
highly organized tremendous system,
rail and water, already in existence!
end now hinged upon the Port of Sa-‘
vannah—and present day condit!ons.‘
'would favor heavy movement fromi
the following arcas: ‘ ‘
Georgia, the entire State. |
} South Carolina, one-half of the State.
Tennesseo, one-hali of the State.
Kentucky, one-halt of the State. |
Ohio, one-quarter of the State. |
Indiana, one-half of the State.
Illinois, one-half of the State.
Towa, one-quarter of the State.
Arkansas, one-quarter of the State.
Mississippi, one-quarter of the State.
' Alabama, one-quarter of the State.
~ ENORMOUS COMMODITIES
AVAILABLE: .According to an esti
' mate based on the census of 1920, the
value of farm crops in this area is
\ Three Billon Two Hundred and
Kighty - four Mililon Dollars. The
above territory and production there
in are what we mean by the term
Southeast when 'used in connectlon
with natural markets open for sur
plus production in the above territo
ries.
The chief problems of the produc
ers and shippers of the South and
Middle West are:
First: Transportation between in-l
terior production points and the Poit.
~ Becond: Port facilities and costs.
~ Third: Markets,
~ Fourth: - Ocean Freights.
Our 'markets beyond home consump
tion lie on this Continent North of
Virginia, and East of the Appalachian'
\Mountaina, the Antilles, Central and |
}Bouth America, and the West Coast|
| of Xurope.
In 1914, it cost eight times more to
transport by rail than by water. Dur
}ing the World War, and immediately
thereafter, water borne comimerce
paid approximately the same rate as
all rail. There has been for the last|
three years steadily, a decline in the |
rates for water-borne comierce, and
water-borne commercs today, is cost
ing easlly one-third less than all rail,
and there will he a further cheapen
ing of the cost of tramsportation by |
water, '
CREATED BY NATURE FOR A
STATE PORT: When Nature Dit off|
a mouthful of the Southesstern part
| of the United States, and thus made
it possible for the Port of Savannah
to be established at a point on the
South Atlantic Coast, naturally lessen
ing the rail haul and increasing the
distance by water, forward-looking
Transportation men were quick to see
and take advantage of this physical
condition, hence the hinging upon|
the Port of Savannah of its present
highly organized transportation sys
tem. These transportation organiza
tAons are now prepared, and will con
nue, to fight for every pound of
‘commerce from the ahove territory
capable of moving into world mar
kets through the Port of Savannah.
[ A modern publicly owned and oper
lated Terminal at deep water must as
sure producers and shippers of easy,l
'cheap and sure handiing and storage
‘of perishables as well as non-perish
ables, The Terminals proposed to ba
jestablished, owned and operated by|
the State of Georgia, as presently out
lined contemplate a balanced propor-l
tion of each of the comprehensive
‘units sufficient for the present, but
'BO designated that additions may be
added to any or all of the units as
{required, without interruption as tc
.what may then bhe traffic conditicns. ‘
! This facllity for producers must L«;?
publicly operated and managed, to be
in accord with the public policy of the
‘National Congress, as expressed In
the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1919,
and in accord with the recommenda
tions of the Enginecring Corps of the
.War Department for “uniess owned
‘and operated by the public, and pro
gressively developed in pursuance of
an intelligent policy based om the
promotion of the general growth and
prosperity, it Is probable that the pub
lic interest will not be properly scrv
ed, and that private methods or ad
vantages of ore kind or another will
gerve to prevent the Port from achiev
inz its highest usefulness.”
! FARMERS MUST HAVE A VOICE:
! The farmers of Georgia well know
| and fully realize the importance of
‘State ownershlp, State operatisn and
management of this facility, for the
‘simple reason, that no other owuier
'ship, operation or management wiil
‘give them a voice in its affairs, and a
hand in operating and managing it.
The farmers of Georgla will not now
consent that thig Institution be oreat
ed, owned and operated by any aggre
gation of private capital, any partic
ular City or County.
.The project includes in-bound and
out-bound railway yards. The out—
bound recefving yard will hold seven
sixly car traine, The classification
vard for the same service, will pro
cide ten forty-car tracks, all directly
connected with dock facilities.
A storage yard with a capacity of
seven hundred cars.
A supporting warechouse five hun
dred (500) feet long by Two Hundred
(200) feet wide, and six (6) stories
high.
A grain elevator system, two mil
l Hon (2,000,000) bushel capacity.
FACILITIZES FOR PERISHABLES:
A cold storage warehouse, two hun
dred (200) feet long by one hundred
tweudty-five (125) feet wide, seven (7)
stories high; five (5) stories being
for sold storage, approximately omne
million (1,000,000) cubie feet of refrig
erator capacity. On each cold stor
age floor will be well ventilated corri
dors in which sampling, exhibitions
and sales may be taking place. The
ground floor constructed for offices,
to be rented to jobbers for cold st%r
age, and for the main offices of the
Co-operative Selling Organizations of
the State of Georgia.
Ample storage and handling of
Naval Stores, and other bulk non
perishable products,
A modern plent for the unloading
and shipping of T'ertilizer products.
Ample facilities for the storage and
handling of Cotton.
The site of Georgia’s State Port will
surely hecome an sll-the-year market
for cotton, and will very likely be
come the chief market for cotton in
America.
Docking facilities will provide ac
commodations for from eight (8) to
twenty (20) ships, taking general
cargo 4t one berthing,
It was estimated that a compre
hensive Terminal hased wupon con
struction costs for the Spring of 1922,
wouw' 1 cost approximately, allowing
One Million ($1,000,000.00) Dollars for
unforeseen items, and Omne’ Milllion
Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand
($1,250,000.09) Dollars interest during
construction,—~Fifteen Million ($l5,
000,0%.00) Dollars,
The site required of Savannah by
the Harbor, Port and Terminal Com
mission is valued at,Two and One
half Million Dollars, This site 18 to
be a gift to the State, The proposed
Censtitutional amendment provides
that the entire plant and the site are
to secure the bonds.
WITHOUT COST TO THE TAX
PAYERS: Georgla can build and
maintain a State Port without cost to
the taxyers of the State, Practical
demoustrations elsewhere have prov
cd conclusively that this use of pub
lic credit does not neceasitats In any
way the'levying of any taxes upon the
people. Louisiana, for instance, has
permitted the use of its State credit
up to thirty-five million dolla.(x)‘z for
such a plant at New Orleans. thie
credit less than twenty million dol
lar have been used during the past
fifteen years and the people of Louis
iana have not been called upcn to con
tribute one cent, The great BBtate
Port at New Orleans has met all ex
pences, including interest and bonds,
and made a handsomo net profit in
addition, Is there any reason to be
lieve the great wealth-producing State
of Georgia could not duplicate this ex
perience while {ts producers at the
same time were enjoying the vast
benefits accruing from diversification
and increased production end up to
date marketing methods? The fifteen
million dollars includes the cost of
constructicn, and interest on the
bonds until the entire plant is con
structed and in operation. Thereafter,
the plant, as a going concern, will pay
its operation, interest and creats a
sinking fund to retire the bonds.
' The proposed State owned and op
crated Terminal is to he hullt by the
State of Georgia, under the direction
of the State, to be pald for by the
State of Georgia,—no City or County
of CQeorgla being interceted {in the
#lightest particular in the cost of con
struction, or in any way concerned, or
participating in the expenditure of
the cost of construction. The pro
l(-,ceds from the bonds as sold, will be
vlaced in Banks in different parts of
|the State, and draw interest untfl ex
pended.
The state will run no risk of either
losing its money, or of having to pay
interest on the honds from other
sources of income,
IF' THE PRODUCERS 0:;;i GEOR
GIA WANT THESE SUP% B %Anr
KETING AND SHIPPING FACILI
TIES, CREATED FOR THEM, MAN
AGED AND OPERATED BY THEM,
THEY CAN HAVE THEM. ALL
THAT I 3 NEEDED IS FOR J‘EHEM
TO BRING THEIR INFLUENCE TO
BEAR DIRECTLY UPON THERIR
LEGISLATORS TO SUBMIT ;I"BE
MATTER TO THEM THROUGH A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMBENDMENT,
NOW I 8 THE TIME TO AOT.
lThree Hurt In
Auto Accident
Marion C. Cook, of Ameri
cus, Perhaps Fatally
Injured
CAR RUNS INTO A DITCH
AMERICUS, Ga., June 19.--
Marion C. Cook was perhaps
fatally hurt in an automobile ac
cident at Smithville, near here,
this afternoon, and Jesse Faust
badly injured. - Lawrence Phy
sioe, an Americus lad riding with
Cook and Faust, escaped serious
‘injur,v.
~ The party were going south
on the Dixie Highway, when at
a point just south of Smithville
the car was smashed, running
‘into a diteh.
" The accident, it is believed was
due to Faust, an unexperienced
driver, putting his foot upon the‘
gas lever in mistake for a brake.
Cook who was brought here for
surgical attention, former lived
in Augusta, but moved here
from that city seyeral months
ago, and has since been employed
as an automobile salesman here,
He probably will die. Faust isa
a prosperous farmer and Physioc
is an Americus sch»ol boy.
Streets Improved
The streets of our city present
a most worked improvement this
week. Since the water and
sewerage system has been ccm
pleted and all ditches refilled,
the streets were full of shallow
holes and many ridges. How
ever under the personal super
vision and untiring efforts of
strect committeeman R.E. Howe
the streets haye been thoroughly
scraped and are in first class
shape again.
City Tax Notice.
The City Tax books for making
returns is now open at the office ufl
the Clerk and Treasurer. The
books will only be open for a short
time and 1f you do not *make your
returns you will be double taxed.
Be sure and make your returns and
save the extra cost.
T. R. BASS,
Clerk and Treasurer.
o
Confidence
| The confidence of the community in a bank is iis greatest
. element of strength.
| .
| The strength of our bank is evidenced by the confidence
~ of its large number of depositors and salisfied 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
f 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
depcsits in cash reserve in order to tuke care of any emer
| gency that might arige.
|
’ Deposit your money with us where it is as safe as the
i Rock of Gilbralter.
BANK OF LEESBURS
| §
' G.A NEsBIT, PRESIDENT O.W.STATHAM, VICE-PRESIDENT
; T. C. THARP, CASHIER,
Carry Out the
Grand Jury
Recommendations
Three different Grand Juries
have recommended that the
Court Hcuse grounds ba cleaned
up and beautified, but as yet no
move on the part of the proper
authorities in this direction has
been made. Lee County has a
beautiful and modern court house
in every respect and a credit to
our city. A grand iury’s pro
ceedings are supposed to be car
ried out, and we would respect
fully suggest that our County
Commissioners take up this mat
ter as soon as possible.
Bill Requiring Vehicles
Full Step for
R R, Crossings
Plans for the introduction of a
bill in Congress requiring all
motor vehicles to come to a full
stop before crossing railroad
tracks at public crossings haye
been discussed by train service
men and oflicials of various roads,
insurance companies and promi
nent citizens of Atlanta with
Congressman W. D. Upshaw at
a meeting.
“*Such a bill, with the purpose
of reducing the loss of lives and
personal injuries as the result of
the failure of drivers to be care
ful in crossing railroad tracks
would be a great help in fighting
our accideut toll,”” said Congress
man Upshaw. The recklessness
of automobile drivers is increas
ing as is shown by the accident
records of 1922, in which it is
stated that approximately 1,800
people were killed and 5.000 were
injured in the United states at
railroad crossings, which was a
substantial increase over the ac
cidents of 1921.”
Notice
Business Licenses now due and
payable to Clerk and Treasurer at
once.
T.R.BASS, C. & T.
Number 9