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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL
VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE
NUMBER OF CON-
Migration and Indeterminate
Sentences Cause of Reduction
The roll call of the state prison
farm at Milledgeville and the various
conviet camps in Georgia showed 600
fewer inmates on October 15th than
upon the same date last year, it was
stated at the offices of the prison
commission Saturday. |
The falling off in the number of
convicts is attributed to two things
by Captain Goodloe H. Yancey, sec
retary of the prison commission. The
most important factor is the migra
tion of thousands of negroes from
Georgia, including the reckless, crim
inal element to a large extent. This
migration has had the effect of
greatly re‘ducing the proportion of
negroes among the convicts, and at
the present time there are as many
white men sent to the penitentiary
as negroes, it is said. v
Another factor in the depletion of
the prison ranks is the indeterminate
sentence law. Some juries do not
appear to understand that a convict
is eligible to release after he has
served his minimum term, and the
prison cammission must turn him
out, if his record as a convict has
been good. This is indicated by the
receipt of men from scme counties
sentenced to serve from one to twen
ty years, the jurors apparently figur
ing that the maximum and minimum
terms are averaged.
As evidence that fewer men are
belgg-¥ent to the penitentiary only
thirty have been received up to the
present date this inonth, while 131
were reccived during October, 1922,
The November term of the Su
perior Court of Lee county will con
vene here next Monday morning.
The docket this time is very light
and court will not last long accord
ing to information. The list of
Grand and Petitt jurors appear
elsewhere in this issue of the
Journal.
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 before
that time and save yourself addition
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.
FOR SALE
OR
. FOR RENT
405 acres in Lee County, Georgia
8 miles South from Leslie. 300
acres in cultivation; 9 tenant houses,
barns, ete. Also 303% acres in Lee
County, Ga., 3 .4 miles from Chehaw,
125 acres cleared; three houses,
barns,, ety '
We seil on ten years time, or
rent rcasonably. :
Farmers Land Loan and Title
_ Company, Albany, Ga.
EXTRA SESSION OF
THE LEGISLATURE
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. I.—Politi
cal leaders are now talking about
the forthcoming extra session of the
Georgia Legislature and wondering
what it will accompilish—if it is to
accomplish anything, which some
lawmakers doubt. : ,
Dr. Whitley, of Douglas county,
'says that a motion will be made on.
the first day of the extra session to
‘recess until next summer.
{ That brings up the question,
“Could Governor Walker call the
’General Assembly to come back at
‘some date during the recess?”
- It is known here that Governor
Walker has been advised to call the
Legislature together again after
New Year’s , if the November extra
session fails to agree on tax legista
tion.
Much depends, it is pointed out
here on the attitude of a_ large
bloec of members, headed by Repre
sentatives Stewart, of Atkinson;
Knight, of Berrien, and Lindner, of
Jeff Davis.
It is said this bloc has majority of
the House. On at least two occas-’
ions when a real test came Stewart
won—one when he and his group up
set the rules committee’s progress to
postpene action tax measures on the
last day of the session.
WOMENS '
GANIZATIONS
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The thing that. has killed country
life for many families has been the
routine of women’s work. The to’i!sj‘
of women have on the whole been
harder in the country than in the
city. |
Yet the problems of country wora
en are not wholly solved even when
all the labor saving improvements
are put in. The routine of doing
the same thing day after day, of long
hours of laborious toil, gets on the
nerves of many of them. City life
with entertainments and more varie
ty looks good to them. If their hus
bands get discouraged with their
own business prospects, a woman
who is fretting over those conditions
may be ready to urge him to pull
up stakes and quit the country home.
But if such people live in a town
or neighborhood where the women
are well’ organized, they are likley
to get a different point of view. For
‘a host of such women, the regular
‘meeting of the woman’s club or the
sewing circle or thle Ladies’ Aid so
ciety is a bright spot in their rou
tine, and it colors their whole lives.
The interesting discussion of cur
rent themes, the talks upon litera
;ture and recadings from good books,
the pleasant social life, the new
friendships formed, send many wom
en back to the labors of sweeping
and cooking and mending with a
new feeling. They find out that the
country town is not a lonely place
after all. They can see that it gives
better opportunities for friendship,
and a broader life than can be found
in the average city street. They dis
cover that they can have wide hori
zons if they want to.
Every country town needs organi
zations that shall give the women
folks the social life that they need
to color the monotonous round of
'toil, and shall offer them a broader
vision of life.
Are the women folks of Lees
burg doing all ‘they can for these
lenriching experiences?
GEORGIA’S HAR
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Estimates of the value of Georgia
harvest for 1923 range around $240,-
000,000, it was stated by officials of
the Georgia Department of Agricul
ture today. This is some $29,000,-
000 better than for the year preced.
ing, and $62,000,000 above 1921.
- Food crops, it is stated, have
played a big part in bringing this
autumn’s income. While the cotton
}acreage exceeded that of last year
by about eight per cent, theére was
!a more marked increase in both the
‘extent and the diversity of planting
that go to fill the larder.
LEESBURG, LEE COUNTY GEORGIA, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2, 1923.
According. to figures given out at
the state department of commerce
and labor, Georgia negroes are still
migrating to the North, with no in
dication of a let-up in this movement
About 1,500 aweek are now leaving
the state, says the report.
' Approximately 200,000 negroes
left the State between July 1922 and
!July 1623, it was said. Agents of
the department have been keeping
a careful check on all outgoing
’:rains and these figures are declared
‘very conservative”.:
Lack of employment with - high
wages offered .in the North and
East are the chief causes assigned
by the department for this condi
tion, with the damage done by the{
boll weevil to Georgia’s agricultural
situation as a large contributing fac
tor.
“The ultimate result of the negro
farm laborer leaving the state will
be a decided improvement in the far
ming conditions and life of the
State”. one of the officials said, “‘aft
er the farmers have adjusted them
selves to the absence of negro labor,
the state will be much better off.”
TOA%'R%TH% ’(I)’(I)E%ANS
Judge R. W. Bingham and Col.
R. E. L. Spence has recently pur
chased large tracts of land mear
Leesburg and we are informed that
they will begin at an early date to
set 2,000 acres in pecans. The
tracts they have recently purchased
include the Gardner land and the
Tyson land, some of it being in one
mile of Leesburg.
Lee county is fast coming to the
front in the pecan industry and with
in a few years the entire county will
be in pecan, and will be one of the
richest in the state. There are al
ready several groves in the county
containing as much as from 1,000
to 3,000 acres.
. W. RANDALLACON
MACON, Ga., Oct. 31.—C. W.
Randall, of Macon, died at the Ma
con Hospital Monday after an illness
of several weeks. Mr. Randall came
to this city from Albany, Ga., more
than 28-years ago, and has been em
ployed here by the Georgia Cotton
oil Company during most of resi
dence in Macon. He was born in
Palmyra, Lee County, February 4,
1850, and was well-known through
out central and southwest Georgia.
He leaves two daughters, Mrs. R.
S. Patillo, of Milledgeville, and Mrs.
Elton M. Adams, of Macon; one sis
ter, Mrs. E. D. Huguenin, of Macon,
eight grandchildren and one great
grandchild. Funeral services were
held . Tuesday afternoon from Burg
hard’s chapel, Dr. William E. Owen,
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
in charge. Interment was in Rose
Hill Cemetery. The following served
as pallbearers: Kelly Allen, Francis
Lowe, George Hatcher, Davenport
Guerry, C. M.- Adams and Guyton
Parke. ;
PROMINENT VISI-
Rev. W. J. Hyde, a prominent
Methodist Minister of Chicago, 111,,
is spending some time in Leesburg
as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Todd.
at the Hollis place. Rev. Hyde filled
the pulpit at the Baptist church here
Sunday morning and the people here
who had the pleasure of hearing him
state that they enjoyed the sermon
very much. Rev. Hyde owns a pe
can grove in Lee County and visits
here every year.
At the night service the people
had the pleasure of hearing Prof.
J. H. Hope, State School Superinten
dent of South Carolina and well
known to the people of Leesburg
raving taught schocl here during the
terms of 1920-21. The talk by Prof.
'Hope was very much enjoyed.
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Industry that furnishes bread and
butter to the bulk of our popula
tion is the one most important fac
tor of every city and hamlet. The
wheels of progress are kept in mo
tion by construction, manufacturing,
development and steady employment.
~ Atlanta—New Booker T. Wash
ington Junior and Senior high school
for negroes under construction.
Adel—Local Baptist church erect
ing new brick church. .
Lawrenceville—lndtallation of 10,-
000 egg capacity hatchery proposed
for this-county. ;
= T'ybee—Extensive paving program
under way at this point. |
Atlanta—Pres Glenn of GeorgiaT
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
says Georgia cotton mills are oper
ating full time and may start night
shift.
Lawrenceville—Suwanee Baptist
church completed.
Savannah— First Presbyterian
church to erect modern Sunday
school building. :
Rome—Congregation of First
Baptist church to erect new $50,000
Sunday school annex.
Quitman—New school building
completed.
Atlanta—Georgia Peanut |Grow
ers’ Association $l4O a ton for pro
duet marketed on co-operative basis
in comparison to less than $7O on
non-co-operative plan.
Macon—North avenue paving pro
jeet completed.
Atanta—New Senior girls high
school to be erected at cost of ap
proximately $493,293.
Pembroke—Plans being made for
bridge to span Canoochee river on
Willie road.
- Atlanta—New English avenue
grammar school under construction.
Savannah—Gordon Kaolin Com
pany, capitalized $145,000, to start
mining and manufacturing activities.
Atlanta—Construction of outdoor
clinic at Grady hospital to be com
pleted January first at cost of $50,-
000.
Gordon—~Construction of Wilkin
son county jail completed.
Atlanta—lmprovement of road
between here and Buford proposed.
Young Harris—Construction of
Lawson Peel dormitory at local col
lege nearnig completion.
~ Atlanta—99-year lease taken on
iPeachtree street property for erec
tion of $BOOO,OOO building.
‘ Macon—=Schuster-Adams Chemi
cal Company to manufacture electric
‘batteries at his point.
~ Juliette—Monroe county cotton
crop for this season to triple last
‘year’s production.
~ United States potato crop for
1923 estimated at 401,424,000 bush
els.
~ More than eight per cent of the
total tax burden of the nation in
‘1921 was collected from three
agencies of transportation, steam
jand electric railways and motor
cars. According to figures presented
to the National Tax Association by
John E. Walker, former tax adviser
to the U. 8. treasury department.
‘ Borrowing on the part of states,
countics, and cities, through the flo
tation of bonds, has fallen off sharp
ly since the first of July, according
to compilations made by the Daily
Bond Buyer of New York.
Some of the farmers in Lee coun
ty this year made very good crops
of peanuts and the prices are good,
some small farmers have reported
as much as thirteen tons to the plow,
while others did not d¢ so good.
With the prices ranging from $135
to\sl4o per ton there is no reason
why a farmer cannot make money on
peaiuts. Let’s forget cotton an
other year and begin now to ake
arrangements to plant peanuts, save
your seed as this is going to be a
big item another year.
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
seription, price and terms.
| Box 228, Leesburg, Ga.
120’6H00AVWM
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This State Has Lost More
Than Any Other by The
Exodus to North.
A study of the Northward migra
tion of Southern negroes by the la
bor department indicates that 278,-
700 negroes left thirteen Southern
states in the year ending September
Ist. The figures were compiled from
state, municipal and industrial
sources,
Georgia, with 120,000, led the oth
er states.
The migration of other states fol
low: Alabama, 90,000; Mississippi,
82,000; Virgina, 10,000; North
Carolina, 25,000; Louisiana, 15,000;
Tennessee, 15,000; Arkansas, 5,000
Kentucky, 2,500; Texas 2,000 aund
Oaklahoma 1,000.
Southern observers have advised
the labor department that during the
the winter months, in their opinion,
large numbers of negroes would re
turn to the South.
The Central of Georgia has just
started the erection of a number of
section houses in Smithville, there
are two or three section gangs in
Smithville which necessitated the
erection of the houses. They will be
ready for occupancy within a few
days.
From 10 to 15 years ago, the
country people were in a state of
great indignation about automobiles.
The city folks came tearing around
the country roads, frightening the
farmers’ horses and causing many
accidents. - Many country folks then
regarded automobiles as a curse,
and wanted them prohibited from
using the side roads.
Today the automobile is revolu
tionizing country life and is breaking
down its isolation. This modern
technical science is doing wonders
to improve rural conditions, and
there will soon be other devolop
ments just as helpful as automobiles
have proved.
A Grand Finale.
Musical professor, explaining why
he had to have his new car towed in
It’s like this, the engine made staccato
reports, then the car changed keys,
and went on four flats, and it ended
up with a grand pause.—Science and
Invention.
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IS YOUR SHIP COMING IN? k
! You often hear people say they are going to dol
. “thus and so” when their ship comes in. Did you<
I ever stop to think that your ship will never come ing
until you send one out. I
I You must build your ship in this world_ by in
; dustry and thrift, and it is not so hard after you once'
‘ begin and get the habit. -
! Which would you rather hear people say of &
you: “yonder goes John Smith, who struck it luc_ky|
I on a deal and cleaned up a pile,” or “yonder goes
b John Smith, the man of means, judgment and in-'
: fluence, who has made money by keeping steadily:
I at it and by saving what he has made—a man, who
- does things?” I
i What you would term a ‘“lucky streak” only
: comes to one in a thousand, while we can all becomel
independent if we go about it in the right manner. %
i Let us help you on the way to independence.
We feel an interest in you, and this part of the coun—l
i try. You are a part of the country, are you going
> to do your part? l
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| BANK OF LEESBURG, |
Ic. A. Nesbit, President O. W. Statham, Vice-Preside.nti
I T. C. Tharp, Cashier. i
NUMBER 35
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ALBANY, Ga,, Oct, 20.-~Despite
the fact that there is a larger crop
of peanuts in the United States this
year than was grown in 1922, ac
cording to Department of Agricul
ture figures, the prices for White
Spanich Peanuts in Georgia are high
er than they were at this time last
year, officials of the Georgia Peanut
Growers Co-operative Association
declaired. Colonel Robert E. L.
Spence, Prisident of the new Co
operative Marketing Organization,
which controls a big majority of the
White Spanish Peanut acreage in
‘Georgia, pointed out that the yield
in 1922 in the United was 623,507,-
000 pounds, against 695,771,000
pounds in 1923, yet prices have ever
aged from $25 to $5O a ton higher
in Georgia than they did last fall.
He also pointed out that the price
of White Spanish Peanuts in sections
not organized by the Peanut Asso
ciation is below the pricg in organiz
ed Georgia. :
“These conditions show conclu
sively,” Colonel = Spence declared,
“that there has been something
redically wrong with the method of
marketing peanuts in the past. It
is true that there have been high
prices for peanuts in the past, but
they usually came after the farmers
had sold theirs, and were of no bene
fit to the man who grew them. This
year the high prices have prevailed
uniformly throughout the gathering
season. Any fair minded man must
admit the influence of the Peanut
Association in bringing this condi
tion about.”
Splendid loyalty has been accord
ed to the Peanut Association by a
vast majority of its 6,000 members,
the officers declare, it being neces
sary to sue only a few for breach of
contract. ,
While most of the crop in South
Georgia has been gathered and a
great deal of it picked and delivered
to the Association, in Middle Geor
gia, the gathering and picking sea
son is just opening up. A few grow
ers in Middle Georgia, where the
‘crop is largely a new one to most
’farmers, have been inclined to gath
er and pick too early, Association of
ficials declare. Warnings are being
issued to them by the Association,
lwhich is pointing out that such pea
nuts will suffer in both weights and
grades when they are sold.
'BUILDING MODERN
BUNGALOW
Mrs. T. W. Love recently purchas
ed the property at Administrators
‘sale of Mrs. M. E. Love and has al
ready started the erection of a hand
some five room bungalow with sleep
ing porches and other improvements.
When completed this will be one of
ithe most desirable homes in the city.