The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-09

pie and the strenuous enforcement of
laws against lobbying.
Georgia's jamestown Commission.
Georgia's jamestown exposition
commissioners held their first meet
ing at the state capitol few days ago,
organized for work and mapped out
plans which they propose to pursue
with a view to having the state we'll
represented at the coming Virginia
fair.
Hon. w. n Mitchell of Atlanta, rep
lresentative of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, was deginated by Goyel%or
Terrell as president Of the commits
sion Mr. Mitchell is a native Of
Virginia, and because of his inter
est in both states he will use his
utmost efforts toward getting the best
sort of representation from Georgia.
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Father and Son Convicted.
Mac Patterson, As years old, and
his son, Burrell Patterson, % years
DID, who were the past week con
victed Of the killing of William Stew
art, in Franklin, Heard county, OH
April 20, 1904, the father receiving a
life sentence and the son a sentence
to be hanged on June 80, were re.
moved TO Atlanta by Sheriff Lipford
and lodged in the tower for safe-keep-
ing.
Both men declined to make any
statement. They will appeal their
cases, a motion Of this kind already
having been made.
On April 20, 1904, the Pattersons
met Stewart in Franklin. 1t was cleo
ton day and all the men were drink
ing. 1t appears that Stewart owed
Mac Patterson money, and Burrell
Patterson asked him for it. Stewart
did not have it, and the men had a
dispute. BurreIl went to his father
and told him that Stewart would not
pay up, wien the old man handed his
son a revolver and told him to kill
Stewart. Burrell returned ana SHOT
Stewart, killing him almost instantly.
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Georgia Cotton Acreage Reduction.
Georgia's cotton acreage has been
reduced 10 per cent, as compared with
last year, while there has been a
reduction of a little more than IA
per cent in the amount. of fertilizers
used under cotton, according to the
May report of the state department
of agriculture, made public Saturday
This estimate is based on reports re-
cefved from between 500 and 1000 cor
respondents in all parts of the state,
as many as six or eight reports each
having been received from the more
! important agricultural counties.
Commissioner o. B. Stevens mas had
all of these reports carefully analysed
and tabulated, and his May crop re.
port is an accurate summary Of
them.
Commissioner Stevens predicts
big slump in the yield of cotton in
the state, as compared with last year,
which he attributes quite as much
to providential causes as to the re-
duction in the acreage.
eff the present unfavorable weather
conditions, coupled with the scarcity
Of labor, continue" Commissioner Ste
vens said, Georgia will not make
more than 100000 bales Of cotton
this year Even with the most favor
able weathe condition from now on,
throughout the season, the state can
not, in my opinion, make more than
100000 bales, as compared with She
| 900, OOO-bale crop of 1904. The in
dicatfons are, as I see them, that there
will be about a % per cent reduc-
ton in the yield in this state, even
though the reduction in acreage was
much smaller than that"
Colonel Stevens Report.
The annual report Of the depart
ment of agriculture, O. B. Stevens,
commissioner, has just been issued
from the press. This report contains
number of interesting facts regard
ing the work Of this department with
which, perhaps, the public is not gen
orally familiar. The department main