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THE LEE COUNTY JOURANAL
VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE
Journal of Commerce published in
New York reports fall business out
look kighly encouraging; building
.continues at high plane, employment
“firm, manufacturing operations are
. on large scale, and crop news en
couraging.” - . :
Macon—Erection of New Appleton
church home 'and two dormitories
planned. ‘
Conyérs—New . equipment being
installed at local “Times” newspaper‘
plant. S
State peanut crop tihis season to
be worth appreximately $7,000,000.
Savannah—Plans -being made for
construction of new modern Sunday
achool building for Second Baptist !
~charch. o
West Point—New $lOO,OOO hotel
to be built at this point,
Savannah—Over $60,000 spent
for additions ‘and improvements to
local Y. Y. M. C.
Atlanta—New John B. Gordon ele
mentary schoal undeér construction
in this city. , - : ;
* Savannah—New building of Y. W.
C. A. completed. ;
Tybee—City road paving program
under way. :
Atlanta—New 19-story cotton ex
change building to be ready for oc
cupancy soon.
Donafdsonville—New Methodist
church under construction.
Carrollton—Road between here
and Bremen including bridge at local
pumping station nearing completion.
Macon—Repairing of = Spring
street bridge over Ocmulgee river to |
begin soon. Work on replacing sec
ond street bridge progressing rapidly.
Quitman—New Barney’s: school
building completed at this point.
Troupville—Rebuilding of bridge
over New River planned. Bridge to
"be about 900 ft. long and'connectl
Brooks and Lowndes counties.
Savannah— New community
church to be erected on Pine Barren
road in this vicinity.
Augusta—Contract to be let here
for erection of two new school buil
dings in Richmond couniy.
Milltown—Local farmers to plant
approximately 1500 acres to tobacco.
Atlanta— Evershine Company,
manufacturers of metal polishes,
opens local plant. /
Atlanta—Southern textile mills
running at capacity with unfilled or
ders growing in volume.
On October 1 index figure of
prices paid to producers for main
farm products was 27.3 per cent
higher than a year ago, 25.6 per
cent higher than two years ago and
but 11.3 per cent lower than aver
age of last 10 years. . ;
Salaries and wages paid to rail
road erfiployes of all chasses for the
first six months of 1923 averaged
$136 a month, bn increase of ap
proximately $4 a month over the
corresponding period of 1922. The
total number of employes in service
was 1,850,000 as compared with
1,600,000 last year. ;
Fire loss of United States in 1922
was over 521,000,000 largest that
any country has ever shown and
greater than fire loss of all Efrope.
Per capita loss lis $4.75 against
Greatt Britain’s per capita loss of
72 cents.
MONTHLY MEETING OF P. T. A.“
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The Parent-Teacher Assosiation
held its regular monthly meeting at
the school building on Friday after
noon Nov. 9, with Mrs. Dan Kleck
ley presiding.
A very interesting and instructive
program was arranged by Miss Eva
McKenzie and Mrs. H. C. Derricks.
The readings by Ethelwynee Hirsh
burg, Falba Atwater and Ruth
Shroyer were especially good. While
Mrs. Merritts, Mrs. Hardin’s and
Mrs. Rich. English’s papers on Com
munity welfare were very instruc
tive, Miss Bessie Johnson’s reading
on Armistice Day deserves special
mention as well.
After a shoft business session the
meeging adjourned. Mrs. Perry and
Mrs. Allison will arrange a program
for the Dec. meeting. b
Proot to the Contrary.
odd fhing about yawniog; the doc
tars say it is eaused by a dediciency in
the supply of air to the lungs—-and yet
a fellow usually dees his best yawning
wheo somebody is pumping “hot alr”
“wangering
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LEGISLATORS
Many New Plans for a Change
In the System Proposed by
Members.
GOVERNOR BOWS TO SENATE
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Agrees to Pastage of New Legista
tion Before Present Law Is Re
pealed. Tax Commission Recom
mends Incomes and Classification
Systeme.
ATLANTA, Ga.— Recommenda
tions for the enactment of a tax
ranging from one to three per cent
upon the net incomes of individuals
and fixed at three per cent upon the
net incomes of corporations, a clas
sification tax to bring out invisible
property and a reduction of the
state’s ad valorem tax rate from fivel
mills to four mills featured the re
port of the state tax commissionl
made to members of the Georgia
general assembly. The tax equali
zation law was not referred to in
the report.) i
Income Tax Proposals.
The income tax recommended by
the comimission ranges from 1 per
tcent on net incomes of individuals
'above exemptions up to $2,500; one
‘and one-half per cent on net in
)comes from $2,5600 to $5,000; two
per cent on net incomes from $5,000
lto $7,500; two and one-half per cent
on net incomes from $7,500 to $lO,-
;000; and three per cent on incomes
ithat are $lO,OOO. or more above the
exemptions.
‘ The exemptions recommended are
$6OO for single persons, $1,200 for
‘heads of families and $2OO for each
child or dependent under twenty-one
years of age.
~ The report recommends the crea
tion of a state budget commission on
‘which six of the ten members would
be selected by the legislature, and
the formation of a department of re
venue to enforce the collection of all
state taxes. :
Governor Bows to Senate.
Declaring that he has positive in
formation that a clear majority in
the state senate will not agree to
the repeal of the tax equalization
law until some substitute revenue
measure has been adopted, Governor
Walker urged the Georgia assembly
to first pass the tax reform bills rec
ommended by the state tax commis
sion and then repeal the equalization
measure. :
“T would have approached the so
lution of the tax problem by first
repealing the tax equalization law,
but faced by a large majority with
opposing views in the senate I can
do nothing but urge the passage of
the reform bills approved by the
tax commission and the repeal of the
equalivation law upon the adoption
of these reform measures,” the gov
ernor said in his message, delivered
at a joint session of the two houses.
Schedule of House. i
With the submission of Governor
Walker’s message to the legislature
administration forces in both houses
planned 'to dispense first with the
general tax act and then take up
the income tax measures as the next
step in their program for tax re
form.’ :
After action on the income tax,
according to present plans, bills re
lating to the classification of prop
erty system will be considered, to
be followed by additional tax col
lection machinery measures. Then
the budget commigsion and state
auditor bills will be brought up for
debate and : decision.
A vote on the income tax bills
probably will be reached this week.
It was stated by several representa-1
tives. Extensive committee hearings
‘and conferences between authors of ‘
‘the numerous income tax measures |
lwere planned with the view of reach
ing compromises and presenting
united support behind one bill.
Many bills proposing to change
the tax system of the state, all pro
viding for a different plan, have been
introdueed.
A motion that the extra session
of the general assembly adjourn was
voted down.
Senate Passes Audit Bill.
The senate Friday, by a vote of 32
to 2, passed the Pace bill providing
for the creation of a state auditing
‘and accounting department follow
!ing its return to the body with the
| indorsement of the finance commit-
LEESBURG, LEE COUNTY GEORGIA, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16, 1923.
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Our State can yield no worthier
tribute to the spriit of Armistice
Week than “a heart-ringing answer
to the annual Roll Call of the Red
’Cross. Service and sacrifice, free
' dom and progress, pcace and healing,
lall that ennobles and all that en
dears the memory to which Novem
ber the eleventh is sacred, find a
continuing, an-:immortal life in Req
Cross ideals and.. endeavors. The
ranks of this unresting mission are
humanity’s defense aginst ever-as
sailing foes—against disease, pov
erty, disaster and ills innumerable,
from those that overwhelm a mighty
nation to voiceless tragedies of tlrxei
humblest hearthsides. This same
shining evangel of the crimson cross
that went speeding thousands of
leagues to crushed Japan, will haste
with equal devotion to a cabin be
side of suffering here at home, and
find in the distress of one lonely
ex-service man as flaming a challenge
to duty as if a battlefield called.
Service like this is beyond indivi
dual power, and almost beyond indi
vidual aspiring. It is a miracle
which only the mustering of millions
of hearts, with their treasures of
good will and dreams of a better
day for humankind, can bring to
pass. It is a greatness, it is a noble
ness which invites us everyone and
from which no man or community
can happily stand apart. If it is
America’s Red Cross and the world’s
it is‘this State’s too—intimately and
divinely. For every town and coun
try side within her borders it holds
a special meaning and a special mis
sion, if we will but open the way in
the annual Roll Call. Let us all ve
spend.'as befits. a- high-minded, hu
man-hearted people.
- There will be an election for five
TrusteeB for the Leesburg Consoli
daated School District, on Friday
Nov. 23rd, at the Courthouse.
No one has yet beén mentioned
to fiill the places but the people
want to keep the date in mind and
vote for people who will take an
interest in our school. The present
board is composed of all good men
and they have done their part in
keeping our school up to the stand
ard but we understand that some of
them will not offere for re-election.
tee. This was the first bill passed
during the special. session of the
legislature. The bill provides that
there shall be a chief auditor with a
salary of $5,000 a year, a chief ex
aminer and an assistant examiner
each with salaries of $3,000 a year,
and for such clerks as shall be neces
sary. ;
Favorable action with but one dis
senting vote on the committee bill
to amend the state constitution in
order to provide for an income tax
‘was taken by the committee on con
stitutional amendments Friday aft
ernoon. The bill would amend the
constitution to allow for a state in
come tax, limiting the rate to five
per cent.
Pepealists Stand Pat |
The speed with which an agree
ment on tax reform is reached is
believed by observers to depend
upon the attitude of the opponents
of the tax equalization law, headed
by Representative Stovall, of Elbert
county, with a steering committee
consisting of Representatives Stew
art of Atkinson county, Knight of
Berrien county ond Haddock of
Early county.
At a meeting held in the Kimball
house Thursday night more than fif
ty repealists voted to adopt the role
of stand-patters and insist upon the
passage of the repeal measure be
fore considering other tax reform
measures. ThiTs attitude is bound
{to bring the house in conflict with
the senate, which reffused at the
last session to pass the repeal bill
before some substitute revenue
measure had been adopted, and is
of the same opinion still.
2 OTHERS HURT
‘Three Are Victims of Electric
-1 ity in Colquitt Connty
~ MOULTRIE, Ga., Nov. 15.~0ne
electricion was killed and two others
‘were seriously injured late today
‘when the wire on which they were
;working came into contact with a
line carrying 44,000 volts. The dead
‘man is Clifford Best and the two in
jured are Georgie Parker and Law
rence Irwin, both of whom were said
to be in a serious condition at a local
hospital tonight.
All three men were in the employ
of the Baker County Power Com
papny. They were sent here in con
nection with the extension of the
company’s line to a industrial plant.
While putting up a new wire it was
pulled too hard and came in con
tact with the heavily charged main
line. Best toppled over dead and
Parker and Irwin were picked up
nuconscious. All three men reside
in Newton.
The recent Grand Jury which was
in session here last week recommend
ed in their Presentments that Lee
county employ a County Demonstra
tion Agent, and at the meeting of
the County Commissioners on Tues
day it was brought before that body
and they decided to hire an agent
at an early date.
It has been several years since this
county had an agent and it is stated
that much good was accomplished
throtigh his efforts and we believe
an agent at this time is just what
Lee county needs. The farmers are
without a market for their products
and this will be part of the agents
work to aid the farmers in getting
their products to market at the
right time and in marketable shape.
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~ Development of idle lands in. the
South will be the object of a con
ference on forestry and reclamation
which is scheduled to be held shortly
in New Orleans. |
The purpose of the conference, as
stated in detail, will be to devise‘
ways and means for suitable utiliza
tion of the lands of the United Statesl
and especially in the South; to elimi
nate speculation and ' exploitation
from land settlement; to safeguard
settlers seeking homes on lands idle
at present; to increase the number‘
of self-supporting farm homes; to
secure . effective co-operation in con
structive development of the coun
try’s idle lands and to secure expan
sion of the Federal reclamation pol-‘
icy in to national scope instead of
sectional as is the case at present,l
it is claimed. ‘
~ As pointed out here, there are
vast areas of cut-over, swamp and
overflowed lands in the South lying
idle and serving no useful purpose.
There are vast areas of lands which
have been abandoned to grass, weeds
and second growth timber which
lands were formerly cultivated fields.
It is essential to the progress and
prosperity of the South, forestry
men and agriculturists both claim,
that lands be utilized in some suit
able manner as producers of revenue
and home-making.
Enjoying Other Men* Minds.
1 dedicate no inconsiderable portion
of my time to other people’s thoughts.
I dream away my life in others’ specu
lations. I love to lose myself in other
men’s minds. When I am not walking,
[ am reading; I cannot sit and think,
Books think for me~—Lamb.
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Needed Spraying.
" Miss C. L. S. sends us the following
which she received direct from the
lady referred to: Marjory, five years
old, after hearing for the first time
the story of Eve and the apple, re
marked: ‘You know, Miss Smith, 1
think the trouble was that tree wasn't
sprayed, and Eve should never have
eaten an apple off of a tree that wasn't
sprayed. You never can tell what will
happen.’ "—Boston Transcript. ,
ALBANY, Ga, Nov. 12.—With
the bulk of the peanut crop in South
Georgia harvested and delivered, the
Georgia Peanut Growers Co-opera
tive Association with headquarters
at Albany has turned its attention
largely to the crop in Middle Geor
gia, which is now being delivered
in volume. Due to better weather
conditions, both during the growing
season and at harvest, the Middle
Georgia yield is expected to be much
heavier per acre than that in South
Georgia. The crop in Middle Geor
gia is largely a new one, but most
of the growers in that part of the
State have had excellent results in
their initial efforts.
Splendid loyalty is being shown by
the Middle Georgia grower toward
his Association, just as was shown
by the South Georgia grower whose
crop was ready for delivery earlier
in the season. Only a few cases of
willful disloyalty have developed
among the nearly 6,000 members of
the Peanut Association, despite the
temptation of high prices that_the
Association has had such a l?rge
part in bringing about; peanut
prices this fall have ruled high and
firm from the first, making the re
turns profitable to all growers,
whether members of the Association
or not. Several non-members havel
| attributed the prices they received
{this fall to the existence of the‘
Peanut Association above all other
factors. Although the Peanut As
sociation has no membership cam
paign under way just now, volun
tary contracts are being received
each week from growers who recog-1
nize the benefits of a co-operative
‘association. In the past in South
| Georgia, which heretofore has pro
duced practically all of the State’s
commercial peanut crop, prices have
averaged low in the fall when all of
the growers were selling and high
in the spring when they were plant
ling, but had none to sell. This year
the market opened high and has con
tinued high from the first, a con
’dition which Wewspapers, bankers
!and other disinterested observers
have attributed almost entirely to
the Peanut Association.
Climate and Deafness. l
It is curious to note how deaf
mutism varies in different countries,
In Switzerland, for instance, owing to
the prevalence of cretinism, 245 per
100,000 of the Inhabitants suffer from !
it, whereas the general average among
European countries is 79, and in the
United States, 68, per 100,000,
CREDIT, CHARACTER, CONFIDENCE
There may come a time in your life—for it comes to all
of us sooner or later—when the endorsement or recom
mendation of a good bank will mean a great deal to
you.
Confidence and credit once established constitute an
incalculable asget.
A bank account gives you prestage in the business
world that you can obtain in no other manner.
If you possess character and credit, this gives you the
confidence of the people and naturally prestage, and
there is little else you need to make you successful in
this old world of ours.
This bank invites you to confer with its officials rela
tive to the facilities it offers in the transaction of all
kinds of financial business. Our business is to help
others succeed. May we not help you?
We are just plain every-day people, human in every
respect, representing a good strong financial institu
tion and will gladly talk over any businessvprobl‘etris
with a view of giving any assistance your case may
merit. 3500 ¢ ~ 5
BANK OF LEESBURG,
G. A. Nesbit, President =O. W. Statham, Vice-President
T. C. Tharp, Cashier. - =
NUMBER 35
Executive Committee Will be
Called Together Early Next
Year.
l According to information it is be
‘lieved in political circles that the
‘primary for the nomination of coun
ty officers for Lee county will be
held early next year. The people
}scem to think that an early primary
will be best as it will not interfere
80 much' with the work of the far
mers who are very busy in the spring
and do not have time to talk with
the candidates for the variouse of
fices. As soon as the committee
meets and a definite time set the dif
ferent candidates will be around as
it is reported that there is going to
be a good many in the field this
time.
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At present the value of products
obtained froMe cottonseed in this
country is in excees of $150,000,000
lannually, according to officials of the
Georgia Department of Agriculture.
JThé one-time nuisance has become a
veritable gold mine of enormous im
portance to the prosperity off the
cotton states and of wide diversity
in its uses. The manufactured arti
cles that trace their source back now
‘to cotton seed include many of the
necessities and comforts of modern
life.
. “The magnitude of the loss suf
fered by the South in the failure to
discover earlier he possibiliies of cot
ton seed can hardly be computed”
said an official of the state agricul
tural department. “It can be under
stood in a degree when it is concid
ered that the seed represents two
thirds of the cotton crop and the cot
ton itself only one third. Huge
piles of coton seeds that rotted on
the ground or found their way into
rivers and creeks to clog them fform
ed a problem that worried farmers
and ginners in the South sixty years
ago.”
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 terms.
Box 228, Leesburg, Ga.