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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL
VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE
CROSSED CHATT-
With more than 70 per cent of
the total estimated peanut acreage
of Georgia under contract, the Geor
gia Peanut Growers Co-operative
Association has now crossed the
Chattahoochee river and is carrying
the message of co-operative market- |
ing, as opposed to ‘“dumping” and
speculative selling, to the peanut
growers of the State of Alabama.
' The White Spanish Peanut, acre
age of Alabama—and White Span
ish is all that the Georgia Peanut
with-—it limited largely .to four
counties, and these will be the only
Alabama counties that the Associa
tion will, work this year. They are
Houston, Henry, Barbour and Rus
sell. Two teams from the Field
Service Department, headed by J.
Lelley Simmons and J. B. Lawley,
assisted by A. M. Prince and J. T.
Ferrell, are now signing contracts
in the Alabama territory at a rapid
rate.
The Peanut Association has al
ready signed 102,000 acres in Geor
gia, out of a total estimated acre
age of 142,000 acres, which is con
sidered a higher estimate. This sign
up alonc makes the Association the
biggest single factor in the world
jn the White Spanish market.
Delivery season for Association
members begins September = 20th
and it is estimated that the per
centage of deliveries will set a new
Ligh record for a Southern co-op.
The morale of the membership is at
a high pitch, and little difficulty is
auticipated in getting the members
.Eo turn their peanuts over to the
Association. Crop mortgages ~in
some places will interfere, but all
over the belt bankers and supply
merchants arc agreeing to let pea
nuts on which they hold liens to be
delivered to the Association and for
the Association to assume the lien.
" Bonded warehouses and local re
ceiving and shipping points have
been established throughout the belt
‘at which the members will deliver
their peanuts. They have the op
tion of delivering at either a bonded
warehouse or a local receiving or
shipping station, but are urged to
deliver to the bonded warehouses,
on account of the lower freight rates
and insurance rates at the points
, where they are located. The list of
warehouses and receiving points
follows: - :
Bonded Warehouses—Farmers,
Barwick, Ga.; Trio Peanut Oil Co.,
Arlington; Wallerstein & Wiggins,
Edison; T. L. Dozier, Morgan; Me-
Rae Bros., Fort Gaines; Coweta oil
Co., Newnan; warchouse unselected
at Senoia; Albany Gil Co., Albany;
L. E. Stripling, Cordele; Central
Warehouse, Blakely; warehouses un
selected at Greensboro and Monti
cello; W. W. Perry Shady Dale;
Barnhart Mercantile Co., Valdosta;
T. A. Acrce Co., Camilla; warehouse
uncelected at Madison; G. K. Riley,
Eatonton; Donalsonville Ooil Co,,
Donalsonville; Richland Cotton Oil
Co., Richland; Dawson Compress Co.
Dawson. :
Temporary Storage Warehouvses
and Loading Stations—M. L. Grifin,
Nashville; Cochran oil & Gin €o,
Cochran; W. A. Rayburn, Pavo; O.
K. Jelks & Son,” Quitman; W. D.
Addison, Leary; J. R. Culberth,
Doerun; Trulock Supply Co., Cli
max; W. H. Biddenfield, Unadilla;
D. B. Thompson, *Vienna; Willie
Wiley, Damascus; Cane Growers
Warchouse, Cairo; A. J. Crew,
Whigham; W. R. Thompson, Hahira;
Cowart & Dancer, Colquitt; D. D.
Autrey, Hinsonton, I. M. Marchant,
Sale City; Geo. B. Mashburn, Haw
kinsville; Joe Ray & Co., Coleman;
Cuthbert Warehouse Co., Cuthbert;
D. E. Burress, Shellman; J. L. Mil
ler, Shellman; J. T. Humber, Lump
kin; Richland Cottén Oil Co., Rich
land; Sumter-Lee Warehouse Co.,
Leslie; D. M. Hill, Bronwood; Em
* mett Pinkston, Parrott; B. W. Stone,
Thomasville; J. T. Pileher, Meigs;
G. D. Sheppard, Sycamore; J. L.
Evans, Ashburn; G. R. Choate, Tif
ton; D. Q. Harris, Pitts; W. “R.
Storm, Oakfield; A. M. Burts, Syl
_vester; warehouses unselected at
» Milledgeville, Fairburn, Adel,
.‘Suarpsburg, Turin,. Bainbridge,
Fayetteville, MecDonough, Hampton,
Locust Grove, Machen, Dublin,
| The two outstanding feautres of
the transportation situation at the
present time are the facts that the
railways rendering to Anierican
business more efficient serviee than
at any time in the history_of the
country, and are accomplishing this
achievement at costs to the travel
{ing and shipping public lower than
prevail anywhere eles in the world.
These statements are made in a re
view: of the transportation situation
by W. A. Winburn, President, Cen
‘tral of Georgia Railway Company.
Mr. Winburn points out that this
yvear the railways are expending for
equipment, additions and improve
ments the enormous sum of $1,500,
000,000. He declares that freight
rates are not out of line with com
moaity prices, inasmuch as rates are
now 50 per cent higher than in 1913
while the everage wholesale price of
all commodities is 57 per cent higher
than in 1913. Morcover, last year
while commodity prices were in
creasing, freight rates . were reduced
13 per cent. Mr. Winburn asks if
any other large American industry
reduced to the consumer the cost of
its product in 1922.
He declares that the future de
velopment, of trasportatidn hinges
upon the ability of the railways to
secure sufficient ca~p§tal to keep pace
with the business demands of the
zountry and asks for a fair trial of
the present. Transportation Act for
1 reasonable length of time under
normal conditions. :
Attention is directed to the fact
that despite. widespread public be
lief there is no 6 per cent “guaran
'tee” of railway earnings, but that
the law on the contrary limits the
‘earnings of ' transportation com
panies without maknig up deficits.
HUSBAND GRANT- .
LOS ANGLES, Sept. 8— Mar
riage is fifty-fifty, said Judge John
W. Eummerfield, of the Superior
Court, in ordering Mrs. Mary Scran
ton to pay her husband, Charles
Scanton, $5 a week as temporary
alimony, pending trial of his - suit
for separate maintenance.
Scranton, testified his wife, who
earnes $l5O a month in a bank, de
serted him. He said he was ill and
unable to work.
“This couple married for better
or for worse,” remarked the court.
“The husband has broken in harness.
I am afraid the wife will have to pull
a double load for a while, at least.
Marriage is a case of give and take.
Gentle reader have you noticed
that lightning roads, once go plenti
ful in this section are rapidly disap
pearing? such is the case, we are in
formed; and it is doubtful if the
average citizen knows why.
According to the officers of the
law the Volstead act is responsible
for this. Lightning. rods consists
principally of small copper pipes,
which ingenious individuals desirous
of profits by pandering to the per
verted tasts of those who hope the
country will never “go dry” have
found they can be neatly converted
into worms to be used in distilling
corn and other products.
Sheriff Taylor says lightning rods
in this country are few and far be
tween. The inference is that’the
manufacture of “white lightning” by
the use of lightning roads (sounds
very appropriaté, doesn’t it?) is
rather extensive in this section.—
‘Clthbert Leader.
| 666 quickly relieves Constipa
tion, Biliousness, Headaches, Colds
\and Lagrippe. :
Bolingborke, Forsyth, Bostwick,
Rutledge, Maxeys, Arnoldsville, ’Den
nis, Willard, Longansville, Monroe,
Social Circle,. Sandersville, Rochelle,
Washington and Warwitck.
I.,éeéiinrar. Lee County Ga., “Friday SFPTEMBER 14, 1923
Industrial detivity is the life blood
of any prosperous community, To
refrain from taking an interest in
industrial problems, either labor,
legislative’ or fimapcial is as short
sighted as to neglect ones own per
sonal health,
Midland—New $lO,OOO local
school building being erected.
Savannah—New local Kress store
near completion.
Blackshear—Sales of tobacco at
this point in one day amounted to
approximately 120,000 Ibs.
Macon—Paving of Clinton road
to be completed soon.
Milledgeville ° —Oconee river
‘bridge at this point ready for traf
fie.
"' Moultrie—Local © commiercial egg
hatchery, capacity 10,000 eggs, re
opens for fall season. - - & i
Valdosta—Walker wood products
company to extend plant. ‘
Albany—New high school biulding
proposed. ! :
Ocilla—New machinery regently:
installed at local water and light
plant. : |
} Tifton—Local hdtchery . opens
for business. 3
‘ Nashville—Approximately 215,
000 Ibs. tobacco sold here in one
day, bringing general average of 31
cents Ib. e '
Hawkinsville—Pulaski * “hotel un
dergoing extensive alterations and
repairs. o
Perry—Many building projects
under construction. .
- Montezum—Three warehouses
open here 'and ready for season’s
cotton crop.
Bainbridge—New ten-room negro
school building being rushed to com
pletion. - i A :
Bainbridge—New chick hatchery
being considered for this point.
When winter comes—it will find
in Georgia that summer and autumn,
with great crops and heavy harvests
have been making ready for it. (Sa
vannah Post)
Waynesboro—New Thankful Bap
tist colored church nearing comple
tion—will- cost $15,000." : .
Carrollton—Maudeville Mills pur
chase warehouse, to convert into
mill laundry.
Total Georga peach crop this sea
son is ‘approximately 8,860 cars,
1,492 cars more than last season’s
Crop. ;
Georgia’s poultry industry in
creased $1,500,000 in past year. |
Savannah—Swift Fertilizer Works
purchases plant of American Ferti
lizer Company on Lathrom avenue.
Atlanta—Forty gtreet improve
ment projects, costing $500,000 to
be carried out in this city.
Valdosta—slso,ooo in bonds to
be issued for municipal improve
ments. # : ‘
Savannah—Gas Company to is
sue $1,850,000 new stock.
“ “Dublin—New steamboar for
Southern Cotton Oil Company com
pleted. S |
- Augusta—Several paving projects!
to be carried out here. |
. Sylvester—Georgia Public Ser
vice Company : constructing power
line from Flint river dam to this
point: % |
Dubois—New Miller gin com
pleted. m
Macon—=6,7ll carloads - melons
shipped from here this season. .
~ Savannah—New “City of Birm
ingham” steamship completed for
servec on New-York-Savannah line
at cost of $1,000,000.
- Thomasville—New Tourist Inn to
be located at this point soon.
Savannah—sss,ooo to be spent
for enlargement of Hicks hotel.
Georgia’s July building activities
reached total of $4,237,300.
Blueberries are becoming a big
money crop.
Recent sale of a 10-acre pecan
grove in Floriad indicates that the
owner received a good price from
the purchasers who made a good in
vestment. Pecan groves in Florida
and Georgia are money-makers of
no mean ability, in the way cf pro
ductiveness. :
- The American Telephone system
is the envy of all other countries
and several nations of Europe are
lconsidering doing away with gov
vernment ownwership of their sys-
'WATER TRAGEDY
J. T. M’Daniel, 23, Drowns
Near Albany as Boat
Capsizes
RESCUE EFFORTS TO LATE
| ALBANY, Ga., Sept. 9—J. T, Mc-
Daniel, .23 years of age, was drown
ed in Muckalee Creek at Graves Mill,
in Lee County, this afternoon, ac-.
cording to reports brought here by
a party of young men and women
with whom he had been spending the
day. -
Young McDaniel, who was not a
swimmer, was in a boat with a num
ber of young men and young women,
when the craft was capsized.
A number of the young women
also could not swim and in saving
the young women, according to re
ports, brought here, the male mem
bers of the party-entirely overlooked
the fact that -McDaniel also. could
not swim. S :
.One of the girls as ghe reached
the bank, glanced: back. across the
pond, and shouted, “Look at. Me.”
' McDaniel was: just 'going down
for what turned out to ‘be the last
‘time. ;
Rescue Efforts Too Late.
Swimmers of the party .endeavor
ed to reach him, but they were too
’late. R. T. Palmer, noted for find
[ing bodies of drowned:persons, was
obtained as soon as the alarm of
rthe drowning .was given, and he
quickly recovered the ‘body, which
‘was brought ‘here after dark to
night. ;
Word was sent to MecDaniel’s
‘mother, Mrs. J. T. McDaniel, at
Leary, and .she 'hastened here in
an automobile, with her daughter,
Mrs. Arthur Johnson, of this city.
Young McDaniel was popular with
the young people here and had been
employed at the G."& O. Service
Station on Jackson Street for sev
eral months.
~There were thirty or forty peo
ple spending the day at Graves Mills,
which is the site of ‘an old mill long
ago fallen into dacay, and a favorite
|spot for picnic and fishing parties.
MR. WILL AVRETT
On Thursday morning September
6, God in his infinite Wisdom saw
fit to send the Angle of death ' to
earth to reclaim the soul of Mr.
Will Avrett.
Words are inadequate to express
our regret and deep sorrow that
God has transplanted from earth to
Paradise so fair a flower. His
generous heart sustained the sweet
spirit that bear within His aimable
disposition endeared him to all with
whom he came in contact and he
has doubtless received from the
omnipotent. hand of our Creator a
crown of unequaled brilliancy.
Over his grave the silver moon
will hover like a beautiful spirit
and the little stars will sparkle like
myriads of lanterns in azure blue.
May God bless and comfort the
loved ones. :
“Cling tightly to the cross, ye
loved ones,
One more look on that face divine.
~ You will them find strenght to
bear your cross,
And say thy holy will—not mine.
There in the glorious sunset,
As golden beams come streaming
| down
[ His noble work here is cnded,
His cross is exchanged fcr the
crown.” e
A Friend.
WANTED—Men or women to take
orders for genuine guaranteed
hosiery for men, women, and chil
dren, Eliminates darning. Salary
$75 a week full time, $1.50 an hour
!spare time. Cottons, heathers, silks.
8 International Stocking Mills,
: Norristown, Pa.
tems In the Eope that a cflange to
private management will pull the
service out of the slough of inefii-‘
ciency into which it has fallen. 3
The majority of the people think
that they are paying high enough
' taxes now.
A smoking match carelessly
thrown aside may mean a smoking
forest or a burh city.
The South leads in percentage of
Life insurance gains. A
I have been asked by a number
of patrons of public schools as to the
right of trustees of the school to
charge and collect any money from
the patrons for tuition, incidentals
fees or any other charges, and by
request I am submitting the law
as applies to the schools: |
Code of Georgia, Section 1509,
says, ‘“That admission to all the
schools of the state, the tuition shall
be free between the ages of six and!
eighteen, |
This law applies to all schools
where the town ar city receives
money from the State, or by local
taxation.
The Supreme Court has decided in
the case of Ives vs. Greyary 36|
Georgia Reports page 605, that no |
school supported by the State or 10-l
cal taxation can charge or collect‘
entrance fee, incidental or tuition |
from its patrons. |
This is affirmed in the case of
Edlgo vs. Southern Ry. 126 Ga. Re
port page 266. %
~ln the cese of the board of educa
tion vs. Price 101 Ga. Rep. p, 426,
‘municipal schools must. be free to
all children who may enter the same.
This is affirmed in the cese of
Wilson vs. Stafford 133 Ga. Rep.
"484.
~ Also affirmed in the case ofl
Brewer vs. Riley 149 Ga. Rep. 596,
and this affirms the case of the City
of Gainesville vs. Simmons 96 Ga.
Rep. 477. .
‘ While it is not criminal to charge
the tuition, in asking the charge the
trustees violate a moral law.
Schools authorities under the law
have no right to pay out any of the
money received from the state or
municipal taxes for salaries for
themselves or the secretary and
treasurer.
~ If the patrons of the school has
paid the tuition incidentals or ad
}mission fees, the trustees can 'be
‘lmade to refund it, and they are
personal liable.
' If they refuse to receive the
children without the fees being paid,
then a mandamus against them will
compell them to admit the children
to school.
Where there is consolidated
schools and they furnish convey
ances to carry children to the
school, they must see that every one
is furnished with a conveyance, and
a failure to do so the county school
superintendant can be enjoined from
paying any money received from
the state for the schools.
I
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S LOAN |
e Pty
Benjamin Franklin once wrote this letter to a man
to whom he was lending money:
“I send you herewith a bill for ten louis
d’ors. Ido not pretend to give such a sum. I
. only lend it to you. When you shall return to
3 your country, you cannot fail of getting into
“ some kind of business that will in time enable
*¥ ' you to pay, off all your debts. 3 . ;
; In that case, when you meet with another
~ honest man in similar distress, you must pay
~ me by lending this sum to him,, enjoining him
. to discharge the debt by a like opration when
4 he shall be able and meet with another oppor
4/ tunity. I hope it may go through many hands
before it shall meet with a knave to stop its
. progress. :
This is a trick of mine for doing a deal
of good with little money. And it is a very
good trick.” -
This is a mighty good way to be “tricky.” We are
tricky in this way—we retain the custodianship of the
loan. You pay it back to us and we in turn lend it to
the other fellow. We are just as anxious to help you as
Ben Franklin was, ’tho we want to keep record of its ro
tation. LET US HELP YOU.
ei e oee it mact § o
BANK OF LEESBURG,
G A.NESBIT, PRESIDENT O.W.STATHAM, VICE-PRESIDENT
~ T. C. THARP, CASHIER,
Of 160 Georgia Counties But
32 Report Increases, Full
bright Announces.
Of the Georgia counties making
returns of the taxable property for
1928, 128 showed losses under the
returns for last year, while only 32
showed increases, according to a
formal statement issued by Tax
Commissioners Henry J. Fullbright.
The losses says the statement, ag
gregated $25,628,511, and the State
Tax Commissioner ordered a further
decrease in one of them of 10 per
cent on lands amounting to $136,-
522, and 10 per cent increases in
fthree others amounting to $847,174,
50 the final decrease in the 128 coun
ties was $24,918,259.
’ The increases in the 32 counties
aggregate $20.908,876, so that the
net loss in the state is only a little
over $4,000,000, and the final figures
from Dougherty will reduce this a
little., The loss in 1922 was $74,-
000,000 and in 1921 $79,000,000.
After his round of conferences
with the tax officials in the eary part
of the' year the State Tax Commis
sioner advised the Governor and
Budget Commissioners that tax val
ues would be substantially the same
this year as last, expecting the gain
in the cities to offset the losses in
some of the country sections. Every
one of the five counties showed in
creases except Chatham.
The 32 honor counties are Ap
pling, Ben Hill, Bibb, Burke, Chap
bett, Cherokee, Clay, Clinch, Colum
bia, Decature, Dekalb, Dougherty,
Echols, Fulton, Gilmer, Habersham,
Irwin, Jenkins, Lanier, Mitchell, Mus
cogee, Pickens, Rabun, Richmond,
Spalding, Stephens, Talbot, Troup,
iUpson, Ware, Warren and Whitfield.
DEATH OF MRS.
| LUCRETIA CRUMBLEY
~ Mrs. Lucretia Crumbley died in
Eufaula, Ala., Monday very sudden
ly. Mrs. Crumbley is the mother of
Dr. P. B. Crumbley and Mr. Joe
Crumbley of this place and made
her home here for a number of
years. She was a faithful church
worker, and a member of the Metho
dist Church, and for sometime Sup
erintendent of the Methodist Sun
day School, of this place. At the
time of her death she was 62 years
of age.
The funeral and interment occur
red at Georgetown, Ga., her former
home, on Tuesday. She is -truly
mourned by herlarge circle of ac
quaintances here, everyone of them
a friend.
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