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THE LEE COUNTY JOGURNAL VUOLME TWENTY-FIVE PLANS FOR JUNIOR REPUBLIC OF THE SOUTH The Juvenile Protective Associa tion, with members throughout the South, is rapidly completing plans for building and equipping the Junior Republic of the South, a gelf-governing village for wayward boys and girls, it is announced by Rev. Crawford Jackson, general sec retary of the association, with head quarters in the Atlanta National Bank buiding in Atlanta. During the remaining of the sum mer, an intensive effort will be made to collect funds with which to com plete the purchase of a tract of land’ of 103 acres in Campbell county, sixteen miles from Atlanta, on whigh it is planned to erect school build ings and shops and general farm equipment. Approximately $lOO,- 000 is needed, Mr. Jackson said. - Indorsement of the movement has been given by leading citizens in many southern states, association officials state. Mr. Jackson, in a tour of the South, said he found sentiment highly in favor of such an institution which will be the first of its kind in Dixie. - " Leading editors of the State have strongly endorsed the movement for the Republic. Miss Emily Wood ward, editor of the Vienna (Ga.) News, and one of the vice presidents of the Georgia Press Association, says: “Tre movement, fostered by the Juvenile Protective Association, to build and equip a “Junior Republic of the South” is one to be endorsed by every right-thinking citizen. “The plan provides for a self governing village for wayward boys and girls and includes a plant coverning 103 acres furnished with the modern conveniences and fix tures of a model town. “Should this project be a success and the juvenile inmates, now held at the detention homes, where they know only fear, brutality, subjex tior, band attempts toward escape, and revenge, be segregated in order to train that ‘something’ in them, which makes them want to break the bonds of routine, convention, and law, in a place where shame shall be punishment, and where res pect is the reward for duty, health, and politeness, then there will be a lessening of crime and a tendency toward support of peace and jus tice. And the root of the trouble of jobless youth shall have been ex tracted. “Would the young fellow not take %in saying that he was trained “‘at -the ‘Junior Republic of the /§ou_th’, as he unfolded his record 'before a prospective employer?”’ TEACHERS ELECTED FOR HIGH SCHOOL At a recent meeting of the Board of BEducation the following teachers were elected to teach in the Lees burg High School during the coming term High School Teachers. Prof. G. F. Petitt, Superinten dent, Austell, Ga.; Miss Myrtle. Richie, Rabin Gap. One High School Teacher yet to be appointed. Grammar School. Miss Mary Carter, Ellaville, Ga., Seventh Grade and Domestic Science; Miss Ferrill, Dixie, Ga.; Mrs. M. M. Martin, Miss Linda For rester and Miss Mary L. Forrester, all of Leesburg. The school will open about Sep tember 17th, and the coming year promises to be one of the best in the History of the school. Let’s co operate with the teachers and have a school this year that we -will all be proud- of. | " YOUR MOTHER If you have a gray haired mother In an old home, far away, Sit down and write that letter You've put off from day to day. Don’t wait until her weary feet Have touched heaven’s pearly 'gate But sit down and write that letter Before it is too late. ¥ 5oa8& B 5 i: 666 cures Malaria, Chills and Fever, Dengue or Bilious Fever, It destroys the germs. LOCAL OFFICERS BRING IN ANOTHER ONE Deputy Sheriff Hines, D. M.Mel vin and G. D. Richards brought in another outfit Tuesday afternoon. The still was found on the place of Mr. W. C. Scott, although he deny- | ing the knowledge of the still on the place. The officers did not go with the intention of raiding Mr. Scott, but went to his house to try to learn the whereabouts of a negro, who had overpowered deputy sheriff W. W. McDonald the day before, and had taken the officer’s pistol and made his escape, While at Mr. Seott’s house they became suspici ous of an odor in the yard about the house and made an investiga tion and found it to be in a two horse wagon that was standing in the yard, there they found that beer had been spilled in the wagon sometime lately. The officers follow ed. the track and feund that it went into the swamp to the still, where ey had used the wagon that morn ing to move the beer and still to another place. The still was not in operation but had everything there to start as the beer was found to be ready. . After retuning to the house Mr. 3cott was questioned, he said that the boys had used the wagon that morning, the young boy was sum moned and admitted that he had moved the still that morning, but .ad been employed by a negro to do so, which the negro denied of aaving seen the boy in over a week. The young boy who seems to be ibout fifteen or sixteen years old ind his father, Mr. Scott and the aegro was brought in, while Mr. Scott and his son made bond and ‘returning home, but the negro was admitted to the jail where he will await trial until the next term of zourt. LEE COUNTY MEN CONVICTED i IN ALBANY CITY COURT ? R. A. Knox was convicted in the Albany City Court, for the violation ‘of the prohibition law, and was i siven a fine or a sentence of twelve " months. M. H. Jackson, who was ’qrrested at the same time pleaded yuilty and rceeiving the same sen sence. J. B. Ratcliff, who was in the ~ar with Jackson and Knox at the :ime of their arrest was tried and acquitted. 303 SETS OF TWINS BORN IN GEORGIA All But Seven Counties In State Re port Plural Births. Interesting | Nine sets of triplets and 903 sets of twins were born in Georgia in 1922, as shown by the birth records of the state bureau of vital statis ties. The last report of the census bureau shows a rate for the birth registration area -of 11.7 for 1920, whille. Georgia’s rate for 1922 was 13.1 per 1,000 births. The leading states, according to this census re port, were South Carolina with 14.8 North Carolina with 14.4, Virginia 14.1, Minneapolis 13, Utah 12, with the other states showing a decline rate to as low as 8.8 in Vermont. Georgia’s rate for 1922 was 13.1 and if the two years be compared, Georgia has the fourth highest plu ral rate in the United States. Of the twins 533 sets were white an d 369 negroes. Three sets of triplets were white and six negro. The plural -birth rate among the whites was 11.3 and negroes 14.7 1,000 births. Of the twins 930 were byos and 874 girls, showing 1,064 boys to 1,000 girls, while the total birth re cord shows 1,058 boys to 1,000 girls, Of the triplets, 17 were girls and 10 boys. The nine sets of triplets were re ported from Baldwin, Campbell, Coweta, Fannin, Fulton, Houston, Laurens, Lowndes and Mitchell counties. Twins were reported from all the 160 counties in the statte ex cept seven: Bacon, Chattahoochee, Lee Long, Lumpkin, Quitman and { White. Leesl.urg. Lee County Ga., Friday AUGUST 17, 1923} NEW BUILDING The new school buildng in Red Bone district is about ¢ mpleted and will probably be red * for the opening of the fall term, The build ing is a four room building with auditorium and suverintendents of fice, and is being constructed of brick. This will give Lece county three consolidated schools and all modern brick buildings. Last year a number of the counties over the state only had five and six months schools but Lee county had a full nine months term and is going to try to have a full term this year. FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION ]‘ B. Y. P. U. CONVENES AUG. 22. The third annual Convention of the B. Y. P. Us. of the Friendship Association will meet at Oglethorpe, Ga. on Wednesday, August 22nd, next, for an all day session. The young people at Oglethorpe have prepared to entertain all those who will come with “dinner on the grounds, and it is especially desired that every single church within the Association will have some repre sentative from among their young people present at this convention whether they have a B. Y. P. U. or not. Although this = Association is young yet it is doing fine work and if you fail to come you will certain ly miss a blessing. The program in full follows: Wednesday Morning, August 22, 1923, = . 9-30 Opening Devotional—led by Rev E. T. Moore. ; 9-40 Welcome Address by Miss Janie Tooke, Prest. Sr., Union Ogle thorpe. - ~ 9-45 Response by Miss Carrie Adams, of Preston, Ga. ~ 9-50 Our Aims for the New Year —by W. B. Johnson. . Vice President Association 10-10 Why we should tide—by Harry Motcalfe—So. West Reg. Prest. 10-40 Reports from Unions. Reports from Officers, Appoint ment of Nominating of other com mittees. 11-20 New Key Not Service—by Channing R. Hayes, State Field ‘Worker. ; 12-00 Barbecue Dinner Served on the Ground by Oglethorpe Union. - 1-30 Reports from Committees and Election of Officers. | 1-45 New Plan of Enlistment ‘Work—by Rev. J. E. O’Quinn 218 Strengthening B. Y. P. U. ‘Work within * the .Association—by Channing P. Hayes, State Field ‘Worker. 2-45 . Demonstration—by Ogle thorpe Sr., Union. 2'3Qi Adjourn. The officers of the Association, are; Frank E. Matthews, Americus, Ga., President; W. B. Johnson, Pleeasant Grove, Vice President; J. W. Strange, Ellaville, Ga., Vice President; E. W. Dupree, Shiloh, Secretary and Treasury; Mrs. T. F. ' Gatewood, Sr., Americus, Ga., Junior Leader. LEE COUNTY OFFICER LOSES . HIS PISTOL AND PRISONER W. W. McDonald, a deputy sheriff of Lee county, is minus his, pistol and a negro prisoner as the result of an unusual experience he underwent Monday afternoon. Deputy McDonald, in company with two other Lee county officers, P. C. Coxwell and B. E. Powell, was searching in the woods for stolen% goods taken from the store of W. M. Laramore, located eight miles from Leesburg, which was burglarized several days ago. In their search, the officers became separated, and Deputy McDonald suddenly came upon a moonshine still, operating in full blast. A negro who was the only person at the still was quietly reading the Progressive Farmer when the officer stepped up and placed him under arrest. While he was destroying the still, the officer was suddenly seized from behind by the negro, and in the scuffle that ensued the officer’s pistol dropped to the ground. Both officer and negro made quick dives for the fal len pistol, but the negro beat the officer to it and made his escape. iy ALBANY, Ga., Aug. 13.—Coun tics whose peanut growers or any part. or them are members of the Georgia peanut Growers Co-opera tive Association are busy just now holding county-wide mass meetings to perfect county organizations. Representatives of the association meet the growers at the county courthouse or some other convenient meeting place and explain the plan of organization to them. These meectings are being held largely in the forenoon, and the aft ernoon of the meeting day and the \day following is time usually em ”ployed by the association represen tatives to round up any remaining ‘growcrs in that county who mayi have failed to sign the association contract in the original drive last spring. In this way, it is estimated, ’fully 80 per cent of the peanut acreage will be signed to co-opera tive contracts. The Peanut Association has abandoned its original plan of send ing representatives into every com munity that wishes to establish a local, or branch of the county organigation. Reasons for this change were that it would require a young army of workers, an almost interminable stretch of time and an expense that would be prohibitive. Officers of the association are at tempting to exercise the greatest economy in the conduct of the af fairs of the new co-op, and they did not feel that the expense of setting up locals would be justified. There are fifty-eight counties in the state that have members of the Peanut Association. If the average per cent was only six locals, and there is one county that has com munities and members for fourteen, it would require one man’s entire time for fifty-eight consecutive weeks, for*it requires a day to set up a local, allowing for time lost in travelling from county to county. if the work were completed in no iess time than that, the locals would not all be organized until next year’s srop is gathered. To complete them by gathering time for this year’s crop would require the services of 2ight or ten high-priced men. It is believed that the county organizations will serve all the pur poses of locals, and at much lessi expense to the growers, who reallyi ‘lfoot bills after all. | | Tl o | .~ TAKE YOUR HOME PAPER | i L e . “Most of it is newspaper talk.” How many times have you heard that remark made about some piece of scandal or other‘juicy” item you have read in one of the big city ‘daily papers. | ~ There is plenty of justification for the remark. It is quite true. Practically everything of the kind that gets into at least some of the big newspapers is doctored and col ored to make it more appealing to the animal side of human nature. But for this the editors are not alone open to eritisicm. | It is what the public demands. And that reminds us that size and circulation are not the only points of difference between the home-town paper and the big city daily. : The home-town editor must con fine himself to facts. If he distorts ais news matter he is soon classed by the public as a plain prevaricator, and that ends his usefulness in that town. If the big city daily confines it self to faets, without doctoring or coloring of any kind, it is regarded by the great majority of its readers as too slow for this rapidly moving age. It is a. failure, because it is not what its readers want. Time was when we took many of these lurid newspaper stories with a grain of salt, but now we use it by the barrel. We don’t know what to believe.— Joe Williams in St. Marys (W. Va.) Leader. 666 quickly relieves Constipa tion, Biliousness, Headaches, Colds and Lagrippe. CREATING FEELING OF RETENTMENT AGAINST REPUALICAN PARTY ATLANTA, Ga.,, August 16.— Washington correspondents and presumbly Democratic propagand ists, occording to G. O. P. leaders; have endeavored to create a feeling of resentment against the Republi can party organization in Georgia by the suggestion that there is con sternation over the possibility of the appointment of a negro woman to the national committee, in view of the feelings of Henry Lincoln John son, negro national committeeman, whom party leaders here recognize as effectually shelved. The essence of the sting, it is pointed out, is contained in the further suggestion that no white woman would serve in that capacity in view of this possi bility. | It seems that the Republican party in Georgia, local politicians as sert, is being managed without any sort of assistance from Link or his crowd. They have been completely shelved and put away for future re-‘ ference, if there being any need of that, it is declared. The chairman for Georgia, patronage distributor and general director is J.. L. Philips, and the vice chairman is Louis H. Crawford, the headquarters of the party in Georgia being in the Cand ler building in Atlanta. It is, of course, impossible, leaders here say, that either Mr. Philips or Mr. Craw ford would consider the appointment of any person that Link suggested should he name a negro woman or a negro man for that position. The appointment when it is made, it is stated, will undoubtedly come through Mr. Philips’ hands. The Republicans are trying to build a white part in Georgia, with apparently a good foundation in that direction at the present time, it is pointed out here, and they know that the colar line does not admit of constant and intimate political associations with the “colored broth er”, no matter where it is, provided it ig in the South. There may be some development in the North, Georgia party leaders say, but it will not occur in Georgia, unless Philips has lost his cunning, which so far seems to be quite in order. Link is a dead one as far as power is concerned in this state leaders claim, although he has a nominal position, which will be taken from him as soon as circum stances permit. g SAFETY FIRST! | Safety first was adopted as a slogan by one of the largest rail road companies in the country several years ago and was prompt ly taken up by almost every large corporation in the United States. For a long time you could see “safety first” dispiayed in every direction you might look. Especially was this true in large citiess. While the novelty of the phrase has worn off to some extent, the slogan is just as applicable today as it ever was, and is adaptable to every walk of life. You should safeguard your in terests at all times. Especially does this apply to your money and valuables, ' We have safety deposit boxes in our burglar proof vault at a very small annual rental. Why take chances by leaving your jewelry and valuable papers around the house to be destroyed by fire if it should get burned down? Why take chances, and sometimes endanger your life, by carrying money around on your person, or hiding it in some secluded spot? Deposit it in our bank where it will be safe, and pay your bills by check. A cancelled check is the best receipt in the world, often times avoids disputes and precludes the pos sibility of having to pay a bill twice. We take care ¢f your money, pay it out at your will and do your bookkeeping, give the very best service and-attention to the minutest detail, whether your account be large or small. . BANK OF LEESBURG, G.A.NESBIT, PRESIDENT O.W.STATHAM,{VICE-PRESIDENT T. C. THARP, CASHIER, VERY FEW R. R. .SHORT LINES WILL STAND THE STRAIN Cheering signs of the times in Georgia, as business men point out, come with the news that of twenty short-lines railways operating in the state, twelve reported profits for July last whereas in 1921 only three were doing better than barely to make ends meet, while many were threatened with fatal starvation. The officials making the an nouncements hasten to add that most of the roads are still in the convalescent class and that “if radi cal changes are made in the direc tion of an arbitrary reduction of rates through Congressional action, or if railroad investment is partly confiscated through an unreasonably low valuation being put upon it, very few of the short lines will be able to stand the strain; it may only cripple the big fellows, but it will finish most of the little ones.” How-be-it, business men say, the heartening facet remains that more than half the number of Georgia’'s short-line railways, which two sum mers ago were in “the sere and yel low leaf,” are now, though not flourishing like a green bay tree, certainly. sprucing up and speeding on. This indicates, it is stated, proper surroundings and efficient management, HIGH AVERAGE PRICE FOR WATERMELONS SECURED BY GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION MOULTRIE, Ga., August 14.— Final figures just issued show that the Southwest Georgia Melon Grow ers Association sold the melons of its membership during the past sea son for an average of $205.06 a car, ’which is said to be the highest aver age price that number of cars, in cluding all grades, ever brought. Six hundred and fifteen ecars were shipped. Of this number 129 cars were of 20-pounds melons. This size sold for $135.93 a car. Seven cars of 32-pound melons brought $443.- 71, Fifty-one cars of 30-pound melons sold for $339.88. Members of the asscciation here state that they are well pleased with the returns, which they claim were far better than those the independ ent growers got. The crop, how ever, was short, and very few melon men made any money. Nfifi( r 14