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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL
! VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE
HENRY FORD
STRONG IN GA.
ATLANTA, . Ga,, Oct. 24.—“1t
would surprise you” said C. W. Me-
Clure; Atlanta merchant-finaneier,
discussing gthe subject in a Hhotel
lobby in Atlanta, “to know just how
much Heénry Ford sentiment there is
in Georgia. I honestly believe that
there are more: Georgians for Henry
Ford for President 'today than there
are Georgigans for any other man
for President. And the Ford ‘boom’
is growing, too—his star yet is in
its ascendancy. 'Keep your eye on
Henry Fotd; he"tay be your next
President. :
Mr. McClure, who has largeg busi
ness connections,in various parts of
the state, is the original sponsor of
the Ford-for-President movement in
the South. He urged the auto mag
nate to make the race seven years
ago. Mr. McClure also was one of
the most active men in the South in
the ‘movement -to have Ford take
muscle Shoals,: £% 0 W dg
RECIGAR AND
CIGARETTE DEAL
- ERS EXEMPT?
. ATLANTA, Ga., / Oct. 24.——‘InJ
some unexplained way, a remarkable
joker slipped into the cigar and
«eigarette stamp tax law. After stat
dng that the dealers must put a
_stamp on every cigar and on e\(gry]
_package of cigarettes, the act’ says‘:'w
“Nor shall any other tax be re-!
‘quired -of cigar dealers.” Now, some
dealers are claiming that if they buy |
‘Whmps and put them on cigars and |
cigarette packages, they will not
‘have to pay any tax on their homes,
‘their stores, farms, automobiles or
.anything else, either to the state |
‘counties, cities or towns. ,
~ Unless the law is changed in some
‘'way at the coming extra session, tax |
receivers and collectors are going toi
have trouble in getting any tax from
cigar dealers. And of:the law stands‘
as written, a lot of people are going
into the cigar business to keep from
paying taxes, ¢+ '+ :
' How that joker ever got in the bill
‘is a mystery. '‘But it is theref ap
parently added as an after thought
_the’ very last line of the act say
ing: " “Nor shall any other tax be
required of cigar dealers. !
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FARM LANDS WANTED
Wanted, to purchase for a friend in
Atlanta, a farm, improved or ‘unim
proved, in Southwest Georgia. Write'
what you have, giving complete de
scription, price and térms. ‘
: Box 228, Leesburg, Ga. ]
' Ravens liate for Life. J
Ravens pair for life, and use the
game nest year after year,
IS YOUR SHIP COMING IN? |
e
! You often hear people say they are going to doI
/ “thus and so’” when their ship comes in. Did you.
I ever stop to think that your ship will never come in
until you send one out. : . I
l ‘ “You must build your ship in this world by in-
N dustry and thrift, and it is not so hard after you oncel
¥ begin and get the habit. ;
' Which would you rather hear people say of
you: “yonder goes John Smith, who struck it lucky|
‘ ~ ‘on a deal and cleaned up a pile,” or “yonder goes
. Jol#f*Smith, the man of means, judgment and in-.l
7 fiuence, who has made money by keeping steadily:
‘ at it .and by saving what he has made—a man who
~: _does things?” : ; : I
l' : What you would term a ‘“lucky streak” only
b+ " comes to one in a thousand, while we can all becomel
P 2 independent if we go about it in the right manner. .
‘ _ Let us help you on the way to independence.
We feel an interest in you, and 'this part of the coun-'
‘ try. . You are a part of the country, are you going
; to do your part? I
\" BANK OF LEESBURG,
gG. A. Nesbit, President 0. W. Statham, Vice-President
b T. C. Tharp, Cashier.
ACTIVITIES OF THE
s
IGAINESVILLE, Ga.—Upon the re
{turn of Edgar B. Dunlap, Depart
‘ment Commander, and Heyward C.
Hosch, Department Adjutant, from
‘the sth Annual Convention in San
Fransisco the American Legion in
Georgia is confronted with a busy
month during November. Beginning
November 3rd the Posts in the 10th
‘District will hold a Convention at
Warrenton, a day having been set
apart by the management of the
Warren-Clascoek Fair as Legion
Day. Several thousand Legionnaires
are expected to attend.
On November 7th the Posts in the
7th Distriet will meet in convention
at Marietta as guests of Horace Orr
!Post No. 29. . Invitations have been
isent to all Legionnaires in the T7th
lDistrict and a large attendance is
‘expected.
On November 9th the Ist District
will meet in convention as guests of
Chatham Post No. 36 at Savannah.
A general invitation to all members
of the Legion in Georgia has becn
ysent out by the Savannah Post and a
!record breaking crowd is expected to
;be there.
~~ On November 19th the 11th Dis
trict Convention will meet in Val
dosta. At the same time a meeting
of the State Exécutive Committee
will be held. This date will mark
the closing of the Educational Fair
in Valdosta which is to be held Nov:
%ember sth to 10th. Many notable
‘_speak:ers have accepted invitations to
}be present on'the 10th and take part
‘in the Armistice Day Celebration
‘which is to be in charge of the local
Legion Post.
On November 12th the Legion
naires of the 2nd District will meet
in convention at Moultrie as guests
of the Thos. S. Teabeaut Post No.
41. All meémbers of the Legion in
the 2nd District .have been invited
and a large crowd is expected. .
An event of national importance
will take place in Rome on Armistice
Day. Shanklin-Attaway Post No. 5
is erecting a memorial to the mem
ory of the last soldier dead to be
brought to this country from the
battlefields of France-Charles Grav
es, a Floyd county boy. His remains
now rest in ‘“Memorial Place” Hill
cemetery. This soldier represents
all the known dead of the World
War and therefore belongs to the
nations as well as Floyd county. The
memorial is to be unveiled on Armis
tice Day and a number of prominent
soldiers and statesmen from various
parts of the nation will take part in
the ceremony.
| ESTRAY NOTICE
- Took up on my place, one red
heifer owner can get her by paying
‘for this advertisement and paying
idamage and cost. If not will be .sold.
| MRS. ARTIE DUNCAN.
| bl 10-19-1923.
LEESBURG, LEE COUNTY GEORGIA, FRIDAY OCTOBER 26, 1923
GEORGIA WEEKLY
INDUST’AL REVIEW
Prosperity breeds content, Where
industries provide steady employ
ment and maintain equitable work
ing conditions radicalism can gain
no foothold. Every community
should do its utmost to encourage
the establishment of permanent fac
tories, plants and shops.
Moultrie—Large tobacco ware
house to be erected.
Thomasville—Contract to be let
for erection of new school building
to cost $155,000.
Macon—sloo,ooo to be spent for
improvement of hard-surface bridge
over Swift creek on Riggins Mill
road.
Wayeross—Work on Dixie high
way south of town nearing comple
tion. |
Thomasville—Votes $15,000 bonds
for municipal improvements.
A cotton mill development involv
ing $2,000,000 will be erected at
Dalton by American Thread Com
pany. It plans to erect a modern
mill community. First unit will be
a 30,000 to 40,000 spindle mill.,
Savannah—Local banks total
$28,947,849 in savings deposits.
Pelham—Contruction of Georgia
Yam-Curing Company’s local plant
nearing completion.
Waycross—New tobacco ware
house to be constructed.
Savannah—Plans completed for
construction of new office building
to cost $416,000
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
has spent or authorized for addi
tions and betterments since end of
federal control $88,000,000.
" Brunswick—St. Simon highway
project under way.
~ Sylvester—Two electric pumps and
¢lectric air compressor for water
works purchased at cost of $3,600.
~ Red Rock—New cheese factory to
be installed and ready for business
by November 1.
Waycross—Building permits for
this year double those of 1922.
~ Macon—Central of Georgia Rail
way to make improvements on term
inal station property at this city.
Quitman—Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad to run tracks on level at
this point.
~ Carrollton—26oo bales of cotton
‘marketed this season from this coun
jty, a marked increase over last year.
~ Macon—Contract to be let for re
pairing Spring street bridge.
} Sparta—Construction of highway
across Hancock county being rushed
to completion.
} Atlanta—Gulf Refining Com
ipany opens new service station at
Bellwood avenue and Ashby street.
| Quitman—Pecan crop in Brooks
county is of best quality and one of
largest grown in recent years.
West Point—Lanett Cotton Mills
and West Point Manufacturing Com
pany to merge, combined capitaliza
tion, 7,200,000.
Most important to the mainten
ance of prosperity is a fair day’s
work.
' Statistics show that 26,000,000
Americans, nearly one-fourth of the
nation’s population, have savings
accounts in state and national banks.
. DALTON, Ga., Oct., 23.—Carried |
'in_the wreckage of his automobile
for a quarter of a mile on the pilot
of the engine and escaping without
serious injury was the experience of
Homer* Painter, young son of Doc
Painter, whose automobile was hit
at the Long Streetecrossing by a
Southern train.
The train was going at a rapid
speed when it hit the car, driven
by the boy. The ear was completely
demolished. The train was stopped
about a’' quarter of a mile from
where it hit the automobile. The
boy was hurried to a physician, and
an examination showed no bones
broken. Aside from sever bruises he
appears none the worse for his ex
perience.
Sometimes, |
Sometimes the weather comes inl
bunches like bananas, aid sometimes
| it’s all strung out like spaghetti.
ALBANY, Ga.,, Oct. 22.—~While
only six suits had actually been filed
through Saturday by the Georgia
Peanut Growers Co-operative Asso
ciation against members alleged to
have broken their contracts , plans
were being made to sue others unless
they came in and paid the penalty
required under the contract, Colonel
Robert E. L. Spence, President and
General Manager of the Peanut As
sociation, declared.
« Those who have actually had suits
filed against them in the Superior
Courts of their respective counties
are: L. E. Brown, of Lee County;
D. R. Hunt, of Decatur County; T.
W. Curles, of Mitchell County; W.
L. Bateman, of Colquitt County; C.
A. Smith, of Worth County and D.
C. Wynn, of Colquitt County.
“While it is the policy of this as
sociltion, as required by the contract
and expected by the membership, to
to see that all defaulters shall pay for
their lack of faith,” said Colonel
Spence, “we are not rushing pell
mell into court on every rumor. We
are investigating each casey and
where a member shows a disposition
to be concilliatory, we allow him to
settle the amount of his damages
out of court.”
Under the contract each member
signed, he is required to pay two
cents a pound, or $4O a ton, into
’the association for all the peanuts
sold on the outside. Some of the
defaulters, who probably yielded to
the temptation of high prices that
the association had such a big part
in bringing about, have actually gone
to the association office’ in Albany
and paid their damages = without
suits, thus saving the cost of court
triam‘_. o i .l welly o
Colonel Spence declared that he
has the utmost sympathy for a man
who has yielded to the press of pov
erty, but declared that he had no
other option under the contract and
in keeping with the trust the Jloyal
members have imposed on him to re
quire. payment, .either voluntary or
by court action, from those who sell
on the outside. “An overwhelming
majority of the members have been
completely loyal,” the President de
clared, “and it is only simple justice
to them to see that others who are
not shall pay for their failure to
keep faith.”
Those who voluntarily pay dam
ages for defaulting in undeliveries |
will be allowed to sign reaffirmation
contracts and be restored to good
sanding in the association without
suit.
Each member of the association,
“Colonel Spence explained, ‘“‘is bear
ing a small fraction of the overhead
expense of the association that has
done so much to make the present
high prices possible. Those who
break faith will also pay a part, but
it will be much heavier than the
part of the loyal members. For this
reason, if no other, it will pay all
of us to remain layal,” he added.
CITY TAX NOTICE
All parties who owe the City
taxes for the year 1923 are here
by notified that the Tax books are
now open and you can pay your
taxes any time at the office of the
Clerk and Treasurer in the Barber
shop. The books will positively close
on Dec. 20, 1923, and Fi.Fas. Will
be issued on Dec. 21st. Pay befpré
,that time and save yourself addit(;m
al cost. :
T. R. BASS,
Clerk and Treasurer.
; STREET TAX NOTICE
Street tax for the year 1923 is
now due and must be paid to the
City Marshal at once. The street
tax for this year is $5.00. Please
see me and settle same at once.
D. G. MERCER, City Marshal.
A A 70 R AN 5 1 TS [ S e N
leges and normal schools are offering‘
teachers special courses in concoli
dation and transportation. The
amount of money spent for trans
portation by 34 States tota&ed $18«
343,020 in 1921-22. This repre
sents an increase over the amount
ceported by those same States in
1920 of $4,978,5614. ; 5
!
Lee county is underlain exclusive
ly by rocks of Post-Eocene age re
presented by ‘the Vicksburg forma
tion which consists of white lime
stones, sand and gravel,
Undoubtedly, limestones extend
throughout the county, but there
are comparatively few outcrops
which are confined to the escapments
of the principal streams. The most
notable exposures are along the
Flint river and Kinchafoonee and
Fowltown creeks. The deposits con
sist eof interbedded, hard, partly
rystalline stone with soft, white,
éranular, fossiliferous lime stone.
Some of the beds are associated with
chert.- The deposits along Flint river
are six miles or more distant from
railroad transportation, but as the
river is not navigable above Albany,
the limestone is of interest only for
local farm use.
The limestone exposed along Kin
chafoonee Creek consists of inter
bedded, hard and soft limestone,}
which varies in thickness from one to
twenty-eight feet. The usual ex
posures, however, show a thickness
of less than ten feet overlain by resi
dual soils and some sand. Core dril
ling is necessary to determine the
thickness.
There is an exposure on the J. R.
Smith property at the head of a
small branch one-quarter mile east
of the Leesburg-Dawson road, about
five miles from Leesburg and one
quarter mile southwest of Kincha
foonee Creek. The upper part of
the exposure shows thickness of
fourteen feet of partly crystalline
limestone, while underlying this there
are six feet of hard, white stone.
An analysis of this exposure shows
the limestone to be of* exceptional
light and commercial conditions are
attractive.
There is an exposure along west
bank of Kinchafoonee Creek one
and a half miles below the Leesburg-
Dawson road, which consists of
twenty-two feet of limestone over
lain by three feet of sand.
There is another exposure in the
escapment on the west side and one
hundred yards distant from Kincha
foonee Creek at the bridge west of
Century.
On the east bank of Kinchafoonee
Creek one mile above the mouth of
Fowltown Creek there is an exposure
of limestone which has a thickness of
twenty-seven feet in a bluff and
which is overlain by about four feet
of sand. This exposure is of promise.
The Rawson property is located at
point five miles northwest of Al
bany and the exposures are on the
southwest side of Fowltown Creek.
The deposit is high grade, but is
overlain by considerable thickness of
sand and clay and is of more par
ticular promise for fine grinding for
the chemical industries.
There are no commercial deposits
of sand in Lee county. Gravel is
found at some points associated with
thin beds of sand on the hill tops.
The above article was copied from
the directory of Commercial Min
erals published by the Central of
Georgia Railway.
GRADUALLY DISAPPEARING
Recent State reports show an en
couraging growth in the number of
consolidated schools in the United
States and the amounts of money
spent for transportation of pupils.
The little one-room schools are grad
ually disappeparing. The movement
to centralize rural schools went for
ward rapidly in the latter part of the
decade 1010-20" and it seems now to
be continuing with unabated
strength., Not all of the State de
partments of education have com
piled the figures on centralization
but the data available point to the
general trend.
Thirty-seven States abandoned
7,359 one-room schools in the bien
nium 1920-22, which means a de
zrease of approximately 5 per cent
in the number of such schools in
those States. Thirty-two States re
ports 1,180 more consolidated schools
in 1922 than in 1920. Campaigns
for consolidation, county surveys,
and better methods of handling pu
pil transportation are all helpigg to
increase the number of larger, strong |
er, country schools. At least 20 col-
NUMBER 35
Destruction of Plantation
Building South of Americus
Causes Damage of $16,600
AMERICUS, Ga., Oct., 23.—News
reached here early Tuesday of the
destruction Monday night by fire of
the large barn located on tht Jenk
ins place, adjoining the Huehuenin
plantation, 20 miles south of Ameri
cus, and owned by R. T. Humber, of
Americus. Besides the barn, 22
mules, 1,600 bushels of corn, 1,400
bales of hay, 32 tons of cottonseed
and 250 bushels of peas were burn
¢d. The total loss is estimated at
$16,600, with only $3,200 insurance
W. M. Humber, when informed of
the burning, left Americus imme
diately for the scene of the fire.
According to information given
Mr. Humber, the fire was discovered
Monday night about 10 o’clack by
an overseer on the place, who was
roused from sléep hy the roar of the
flamies. There is no indication as
to how the ‘barn was. fired, but a
thorough investigation will be made.
It is probable the State Fire Marshal
will be asked to come to Americus
to aid in the investigation.
Mr. G. H. Laramore, Chairman of
the County Commissioners, sent to
town this week some sweet potatoes
that he made on the county farm
this year. Four of these potatoes
weighed 27 pounds and would have
weighed more but the plow cut two
’large places in them, they would
probably have weighed more than
28 pounds if all had been there. Mr.
Laramore states that the county this
year will make about 1200 bushels
of potatoes.
DEATH OF MR. C. G. AVERY
Mr. Charlie George Avery a prom
inent young planter residing two
miles from Leesburg, died at his
home Wednesday afternoon, after
an illness of only a few days.
~ Mr. Avery was 26-years of age at
the time of his death, he was held
in high esteem in Leesburg and Lee
county and numbered his friends by
the hungdreds, to know him was to
}like him, he was born in this county
‘and had made his home here with
us during his childhood and up until
his death. Medical science was ex
hausted in efforts to save him but
‘to no avail and the end came peace
fully. ;
i The deccased was a member of
the Baptist church, a man of high
morals and excellent character. He
is survived by his widow and four
small children, three boys and one
girl, besides his mother, Mrs. Kate
Avery, one brother, Mr. Daniel
Avery and a numebr of other rela
tives.
Funeral serveces were conducted
from the home yesterday afternoon
at 1:30 by Rev. J. D. Snyder, pastor
of the Methodist church and inter
ment occurred in the Leesburg ceme
tery.
The bereaved family have the
sympathy of the entire community.
TAX COLLECTOR ROUNDS
I will be at the following places on
dates named below for the purpose
of collecting State and County taxes
for the year 1923, at Leesburg. all
other dates.
CHOKEE
Oct. 23, Chokee Courthouse, Nov.
20, J. T. - Hooks, Dec. 4, W. B
Laramore Store. »
} PALMYRA
Oct. 31, James Bros., Nov. 23, S.
M. Cock. :
RED BONE
Nov 6, S. M. Stocks Store, Nov.
27, Philema, Dec. 12, ,E. J. Stocks
Store.
SMITHVILLE
Nov. 15, 30, and Dec. 18, Drug
Store.
; ~ R. R. GREEN, T .C. tf.