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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17

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Mr. Flo.euce rage visited Alban,
Wednesday,
Mr.. J. B. Tyler visited Albany on bust
ness Wednesday.
Mrs Ella Bartlett was shopping il Al
bany yesterday
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. H. R. stovaIl a
son Wednesday night. Reed says he's soul
and body for Hoke Smith.
LeesbHrg new school building is begin
ing to take Oh an imposing look.
Mr. Oscar Bartlett returned yesterday
from visit to Butler.
One hundred and eight tickets we've
sold 10 albany Wednesday, on Account OF
Tie circus This does not t,clude the nun
bers who went down on the night t,aius-
We are short on local news this week.
We IRE torry to leave ont Col. Beazley's
Cracking and Caramel" Column this
week. It will appear Text week with some
gems.
Hon. 1. P. Cooke was over from Armenia
Tuesday.
Col. J. ]. Garland of The Rock was
visitor this week
Miss Jodie powell was up from Albany
between trains Tuesday.
Hon. B. I.NEckenney was down from
Smithville Tuesday.
Mrs. J. Forte Hines has beer the guest Of
Albany relatives this weak.
ss Mar5on Bass visited Albany friesds
thursday.
MIR. c. A. Nesbit was apong tile visitor.
70 Albany THURSDAY.
Nj. D. A. Ragan went up to Sn,ithville
Wednesday on a business visit.
a numLer Of .eesburg young folks en-
joyed d-lgh fuI straw ride ont to the
pleasant home Of Nj. and Mrs. D. J. Minis,
Tuesday night. The weather was delight
{ j, the moo light p.fe.t, the p .rty
III a hiariou; mood aud the host
hospitality itse,f, and to say The oceas;o
wa, pleasant is but expressing if mildly
The following composed The party: Mise !
Evel,n and Myrtle Qdom. Francis Synmes
Willie Bunk|ey, Minnie Morgan. Mrs. J 4
P. CaIIavy, 1Iessrs. W. G. Holder, John
FORESTER Dudley Reagan, h. W. Adkins. |
Wilson, ard Prof Nease.
among the recent pleasant s'cial events in |
I.eesburg none were 50 than taeentertain-
nieni given by the Misses cdom lastI
Thursday night i'll homer ofFlleir guest,
Miss S mines Of Brunswick. Qqte numb
er CT guest responded 10 I'd, irI!ati'n
and an evening q I4easert and in
,e es ing games, pleasant contrsation and
excellent music was eaj9yel p the gam=
contests Miss Willie BunkIey cafied OF irsr
p. lac and Mis- Chest r, WHO arrived late, the
booty. During the evening delicious re
Ireshments were served aiding lfpss ibie,
rlore e'joyment 70 an a1rea " enjoyable
affair At a late bour the merry party d 81 ers-
ed expressing themselves a, leaving speNt
lleasa..t evening indeed. The ga 1t were
Misses Willie BunSl-y Fraucis symmss .,
Bellha Chester MiGnie Morgan, Conie
Tyler CIaule Pearce, Jeatctie Mitchell,
and Marie Fore Ser, # AiollG Aonie
Log, Messrs Carlos Hall, 3. W Adksn~,
VIII Holder, Ira Cock, r. J., Lorg, j,
Thoma. Love. Dudley Rasan, Wills Ru-
and, John A. Forester. Psof. Nease, Mr.
aud Mrs. s. =. Crowell
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17
Two HUNDRED Thousand Dollars.

The new Assistant Financial Agent Of
the Bank # Sui hvlle elected 10 assist
Mr.. w. s, Witbam III financing and
Backing the Bank Of Smithvile has a
paid up capital Of $500, GOO This is a
new and strong monied connection hirei
by The Bank Of SiU.ihville.
NJ. Asa G Caud er, who is the Pres =
dent Of the Coca Cola Company IS at the
mead of thi new company.
In case % emerg ncy orhard times this
Company stands behind the Bank #
Smiihyi1le
ms ,oreign financial Backing is in al
dillon to insurance covering Depo its
In no city IN The state Of Georgia is q ere
ID sank as strong or safe with wDich to q
posit your money as the Bank OF Smith
vile, Smithvd e. Ga
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17

Honor Roll, Leesburg High School
Mary Long, Raymond Raglan, Uric King
Pauline Page. Joe Forester, Mary hall
W. H. Long, Willie johnson, Mary Nc
Brite, Eliza Forester, Annie Laurie Bunk
ley, Martha Hall, Florence johnson, Eunic,
Morgan, Rowe Mcbride, Mary Lizzie For
roster, Erely Long, Alice Gill, Ralph Mar
in, Joseph Johnson end Sarah rope.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17

4OO@DA0
A~~NNA.
Sheriff ). B sml'" pad smithville :
business visit Monday.
Mr.. Geo c. Bass visited Americu.
Monday
Judge EDWARDS was down from SMITH
vile Monday.
Judge Allen Fort Of Americas was
among Mondays visitors TO Lee.bure
Things are dull since court.
ARd;tor ,is,n ra+,,rrod 70 Sharks cnr-
~,
] Lee county is to have a hanging after
RN
ARev. P, A. Tessup filed the Baptist 2ul
lFaSandayEnorning and evening
Mr.. 5. J. Novel; visited Bronwood Sun
fF'
.5i, oiiiel ecu " =. Ilo'd-
P''''' a. or ''ul'ldy'
Mrs. ellis 'fsAkester was a business
vsitor to tie city MNday
q,hs Grand ;nrv IN
i.s7e . IL
NJ p nr,can I'M a..
,,,no fr;sndsi !, 90 81,
pere ne pu' !" soliiS "ofk3n the Interest
It Clark ho"ells candidacy ior governor.
Everybody had an oPportn'tg to pay
for The Journal last week and yet very
few have done 50. Assoon as wehave time
names on ar list We do not care to
carry any body's subscipt on over for
year. Fact IS we don have TO-
.h,,,is On s,,,oss,,., - h,,;,d;
ta, "
Sam Martin was hererussdav
Col. {. IL Heazisy "a'aeen at Craw'o''-
vile thls "7eE "nefs 'e 'as called Satur-
dag Li&utlya telegram n oancing lie
seri' US illness OF ills her We are
glad 70 Learn that he fo'H',il1a MUCH bet
ter wIirn he arrived there.
gis.T,ula Hines IS ho.neso,,,, = yisit to
Apisf Gu relatives
Nj ) Dora relIe ar.mora.e,t mn So
s,7,c.,,,,ge rzd,v niol,, ror ,,or+ ,,;.;.
Mi5ses Claule Pearce and arrie Tyler
plNl trends at S-nithv1le a shg visit SAT
urda2.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17
Road DefauIter Fined.

Tilman Ingram, ''cullud gemmun
who sails under many names was fine d
Fifty Dollars and cost or 90 days on the
county Changing by the commissioners
Tuesday morning for road defaulting
The negro lives near Philema.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17

It looks Ike a melley shame
tbat.out Of over 40 enrolled usefnbers Of
the Methodist Sunday Scboeohly eleven
were in attendance Sunday Somebody IS
wceft.ily breaking promsoto tbs church
A promise losuppo1 this Intuition is ex-
acted ofone before accepatoe into the
church
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17

Sheriff 5. B smitn PAID Smithville a
business visit Monday
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17
NEW slps TRACK

Work was begun this week by gthe Cen
tral On newsside track to be putin herea
It IS exported that the new sidiSg will
have capacity of 100 cars. This means
that the business OF the road at J.eesburg
is growing.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17
EXCURSION RATES

TO Chicago, III and return via Contra
Of Georgia Railway, account National
Baptist Convention, (Colored,) Oct. 1881,
ICCr.
one fare plus fifty cents for the round
trip from all ponts in The territory so tb
Of The Ohio and Potomac and East OF the
Mississippi Rivers. Tickets on sale Oct
tober card and 24tl: ca tinuous passa
in each direction; limited to return
leave Chicago ROT later than Novem
5th, 1905.
For further particulars apply to
nearest Ticket Agent,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17

Mis- Mary Lizzie Miller visited Dawson
relatives this week.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-11-17

Commissioner Laramore was in thecity
Friday.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-08
Whale-O Soap and other Insecticides F"sSSa F" Sale
E. o. PAINTER FERTILIZER CO., Jacksonville Fla

and who are not content to stand still
and be run over and be left in the
background. because they are afraid
tC try to move out of the old ruts
others tread in. I've lived on the
farm all my life and am still trying
TO learn something from observation
and experience. | wish Georgia had
a good farmers educational college i'm
every Congressional district, where
our boys could be taught how to farm
and all about the improved methods
needful to make old Georgia the BAN
ner agricultural State in our Union;
and | hope our present legislators will
have the nerve. the grit. and the back
bone i'm them to not allow the miSap-
plicatiOn of the Governments money
any longer to be diverted from its
proper application as it was intended
to be. 1t is shame to our State
that she is able to show so little fruits
from this money.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-08

this subject. We can endorse most
that he says very heartily. There is
hardly Il reader of this paper that
could not write something that would
be of interest and value to other sub
scribers. While many feel as the
writer does about the name being
signed to articles. yet we are very glad
TO use articles that seem to be of gen.
eral interest even though the writer
may wish to conceal his or her iden-
tity behind initials or a non de plume.
But in every case the full name must
be signed to letter so that we may
know the writer.
What are farm papers for? Are
they not published for the benefit of
those who till the soil, to help them
to become better acquainted with new
and improved methods?
Then why should not farmers who
are readers of these journals, OCCASION
ally write for them? By exchanging
ideas i'm this manner. and giving per-
SOnal experiences, they cannot help
but benefit others. Nearly every farm
err has some certain method for doing
the various kinds of work necessary
to be done on the farm, whether it
be large or small. Many of us are
quite apt to get the notion that the
way Il am managing my farm is the
best" There are still some farmers
to be found in nearly every neighbor
hood who never take or read a farm
paper. and even scOff at the idea of
learning anything from such source
about their business. But this class
of farmers is becoming fewer every
year. Since the introduction of free
rural mail delivery, farmers are TAX
ing and reading more papers and more
of them are beginning to find out
that the farm home is incomplete
without the weekly visit of one or
more farm Journals, and if more
farmers would write accounts of their
practical experiences for these jour
nails. they would be still more interest
ing and helpful. Some farmers who
do write are so modest they only
sign initials instead of full names.
To me such articles lose half their
interest. If farmer can write any
thing that the editor considers worth
publishing. why not let the reader
know his name?
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-08
Planting Corn in the South.

1t is too late for corn planting this
editorial. from The Practical Farmer
and then remember, to experiment
along this line next spring.
In most parts of the South farmers
have long considered it essential to
plant their corn wide apart with but
one stalk in hill. This has come
about from the bad breeding of the
seed and the plants attaining in good
land such a tall growth that distance
seems needed. We recently passed a
farm i'm North Carolina which has had
good attention from the owner. city
man. and the land is in condition to
make Il good corn crop. The corn we
saw was a very heavy growth and was
well cared. but there were not stalks
enough on the land to make more than
twenty-five bushels per acre. though
the land in its present condition is
fully able to produce crop of fifty
bushels per acre if there were stalks
enough planted and cultivated. EX-
periments made on the test farms be-
longing to the Agricultural Depart
ment. of North Carolina showed that
the heaviest crops i'm different parts
of the State We're made from planting
2X4 feet or 3HX3h. and it seems evi-
dent that the wide planting common
i'm the South. or about 5X6 feet. is en-
tirely needless. and is largely the
cause of the low average per acre of
corn there
n dozen or more years ago a field at
the North Carolina College was plant
ell thickly for silage. There was at
that time but one silo. and when this
was filled there was an acre or corn
left standing. 1t was not expected
that the yield from such thick plant
ing would be great but that acre made
siXty-SiX bushels of corn. Subsequent
ly a field on the same farm was plant
ed more thickly than common of about
, feet inches and about foot i'm the
rows. and the crop was eighty-eight
bushels per acre on sandy upland.
Hence we conclude that with seed
properly bred and on land that has
been brought to a good state of fertil-
ity through the Use of legumes and
deep plOwing. corn can be planted
much more thickly in the South and
the crop greatly increased by it.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-08

ing cOmpOstS to grow such crops, in
stead of losing his time with idlers.
| have three acres planted this way
this year, from which | hope and be-
leive | will be able if seasons keep on
good to gather over three hundred
bushels of corn. And | feel | will
make over double the amount of corn
per acre that our good neighbOr will
make who said if he had been me he
would have sOwed it instead of plant
ing it i'm rows. The land this corn is
now growing on. five years ago was
about the poorest three acres on my
farm. | SuIbsOiled it well since then.
No one who sees it but says there is
| twice as much corn on it as ought to
be. If God in his goodness blesSeS
us with good seasons | have no fears
ut all. Paul may plant and ApOllOs
water. but God alone can give us the
increase and | am working and trust
ing in God. and not in man.
There are too many sorry poor rent
ers and hirelings these days to get
good results from farming. With
them it is big l and little u, and
you can't learn or teach them any
thing. They are in the old ruts and
in them to stay, and if | can make
double or thribIe the corn off of these
three acres that they will make it will
do them no good. Convince a man
against his belief and nine times out
of ten he will not remain convinced. |
have this three acres right beside the
public road. and hundreds of men |
believe think l am one of GumbaS
fools, who see it. and you haven't any
idea of the amount of talk and ridi-
cule | am hearing as to what they are
saying about me and it.
All | fear is that | could not get
the acid or guanO to put one hundred
pounds per acre extra of the manure
| used upon it. If | had gotten this
and the seasons hold out good | would
have made | believe 125 to 80 bush
els per acre. | hope me and my three
acres will not turn out so poor that
these crOakers and wise-acres will
have the laugh on me and it.
| wanted to try the Aldr-ich system
of two rows corn and two rows cotton
this season. and had planted about
five acres this way and told my hired
man to be sure not. to thin this corn
out as thin in row as when all was in
corn; that the rows in cotton would
allow of a great many more stalks of
corn to mature and grow corn in the
two rows than would grow and ma
ture well if all was in corn. and
trusted to him to have it left thick
in the row, but | reckon he took the
muly-head, Senseless advice of others
who always are opposed to improved
methods i'm everything, and cOnse-
Quently he and his help thinned this
corn out until | have not got near half
as many stalks of corn as / ought to
have. SO my test trial will amount to
failure except as to the cotton.
which now | believe is going to please
me very well.
| wish ] could hire men to work for
me who had sense enough to know
that their daddies and grandaddies did
not know everything and everything
worth knowing, and let me sink or
swim by following my advice and do
as L pay them and want them to do
As Old as | am C6S years. l have lived
long enough to find out that | could
learn something from other successful
and progressive men who experiment
and test new and improved methods
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-08

Acre.


Under this heading the Southern
CultivatOr prints a letter from a cor
respondent telling how he grows eX-
ira crops of corn. What he has done
others can do as well if they will be
as careful i'm preparing the land and
i'm cultivating the crop. The letter
is as follows:
Il am going to tell the readers of
the CultivatOr how | made over one
hundred bushels of corn per acre on
good upland.
In the fall of the year or up to Jan
uary 18th, run off your corn land six
to seven feet wide with two good
horses or bules to IL good two SOrSe
turn-plOw, running this furrOw twice,
as deep as you can. Put in this fur
row good stable or lot manure, and
then cover it under with the same
pIOw or Il good One-hOrse Avery pony
turner. and let it stand thus until just
before planting time. Then take Il
good harrow and level it down by run
ming across your rows. Now you are
ready to run a deep furrOw on either
side of these rows, leaving the rows
wide enough to run a single harrow
i'm the row when you commence your
cultivation. Leave in these two rows
of corn from two to three times as
many stalks in each row as any of
your sorry farmers around you, who
make only 80 bushels per acre will
tell you to leave and don't let them
scare you to death by telling you it
ic,t hI1n
dred to two hundred bushels of corn
ON an acre of land without the stalks
for it to grow on and land made rich
enough to grow it.
Put about one hundred pounds of
acid or good guano on the outside or
wide side of these corn rows after
the crop comes up and gets large
enough to work. Don't stand around
and fool away your time in idle, use
less talk in trying to argue with those
me who raise ID to 80 bushels of
corn per acre that your corn Is not
too thick in your rows: but make it
grow by good working and prove to
and plan is best.
Every little twO-by-fOur farmer in
all the country knows better how, or
lHlHk t1eN 10 tlidI you uOn KNOW
what is best, how is best for you to
corn this way. Getting this infOrma-
have often been tired out of all pa
tience with men who think that they
know better than anyone else how to
farm, but have never made anything
to show for their superior farming
knowledge
A man near old Cassville, Ga, made
15O bushels of corn per acre planting
corn this way. Getting this informa-
ton from his corn crop is how | ever
tried it. | can take ten acres of good
upland and work manure and plant it
as | want it done 'Gf l could hire
hands to do as l direct them to do
| am too old now to do the work. and
make 1000 bushels of corn on it. A
farmer has to work and manage all
the year round if he is ever able
to make these kind of crops He
will have no time to idle away talk
ing to everyone he meets up with In
wasting an hour Or two daily thus
and running to crOss-rOad towns to
have their chats with other idlers
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-08

correspondent of the Michigan
Farmer gives some good advice on
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1905-12-22
GUNTOWN.

DR.. Foster of Boonville was here Sun
day.
DR.. Frank Henderson left first of
the week for Greenville where he will
in the future reside
Mrs. G. B. Brown visited relatives
in Corinth Sunday.
Misses Hattie and Rubie Bonds were
in Bonneville.
Miss Ethel Topp of Tupelo is visiting
Miss Chester Mitchell of this place.
C. S. Brice says the K. of P's are o.
K.
Miss Fannie Swafford is visiting her
sister Mrs. Jim Foster.
Tommie Stocks of Baldwin was here
Sunday.
DR.. Wales, the Dentist, has located
here.
We are glad to welcome Mr.. Enoc
O'Shields with us, he will be here for
two or three weeks.
Ernest Cochran and wife of Humbolt
are here on a few days visit to relatives
DR.. Green and wife visited relatives
in Teupelo Tuesday.
DIR. Auchie Hughes of Mantachie
visited his friends here Sunday.
Drs. Monroe Shirley and Willie
Bryson are home for few days from
the dental school at Atlanta
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1905-12-22
Death of Cola Gertrude BOurIand

1t becomes my painful task. to record
the death of our darling babe Cola
Gertrude. ~.
She fell sleep in the arms of Jesus
on December 4th 1905. The precious
little soul was given US just for seven
short weeks, like delicate flower
only little while.
She seemed to be an exception of
baby, gave her mother no trouble.
Her nature seemed to be patience.
She was growing so nicely and her last
sickness and death was such a shock
to her parents and grand parants and
all those that had visited her.
She was stout and hearty looking
child, had become old enough to begin
to notice things and laugh and look so
sweet and cunning.
We had learned to love her so dearly
that it was so hard for us to give her
up. 1t almost made us ask, why could
not God let us keep our little Darling
longer? Why would he make our hearts
bleed with weeping for our sweet first
born baby? While we should not grieve,
for our Saviour assures us that our
dear sweet babies are carried safely
into the arms of Jesus, where they
don't have to face the snares, troubles,
tribulation and bitter trials of wicked
sinful world
Gods will be done. We loved our
darling child but God loved her best
and took her home to glory. And may
be in taking her from her sinful parents
wishes to bring them to point of obe-
dience. God often deprives one of his
worldly pleasures by taking from him
his fleshly treasure.
For it was our darling babe that we
cherished as an idol. All was done
that could be done for her by her par
ents, friends and all to save her sweet
| life but pneumonia carried her into the
valley of death and she crossed the
| river and reached that beautiful city
of Zion, where we all hope to meet
our precious child We want to thank
our Verona friends for the interest and
kindness they manifested during the
| life and sickness of our little babe.
Nav God help us to bear our Affections
with patience and make us to live right
that we meet the little Angel in Heaven.
The little babe is gone to rest,
To reign with God forever blest.
It's little tongue will always praise
A Saviour's love, redeeming grace.
Far from a world of sin and strife,
1t now enjoys heavenly life,
And joirs to praise and shout and sing
And make the heavenly arches ring.
Could we but hear its little tongue,
SO sweetly sing the heavenly song.
Could we but see it's smiling face,
| Delighted with the happy place;
We could not wish it back again,
But say, dear babe, with God remain
Well try to gain that peaceful shore,
Where those who meet shall part no
more.
Now let us strive the prize to gain,
Let's come to Christ, with Him remain
Then we shall shir in Jesus love
| And meet the little babe above.
HER PARENTS
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1905-12-22
NUMBER 80
Jas. M. EckfOrd Dead.

The San Antonio Daily Express of
December 18th, which was sent by
friend to Will Watson, contains an ac-
count of the death of Mr.. James Eek
ford in that CITY, Mr.. Eckford, ass stat
ed in the biographical sketch, was a
native of Mississippi and raised In
Tupelo. He was at one time editor
of the Tupelo Journal and afterwards
was admitted to the bar here. He
represented the county in the legisla-
ture and was highly regarded by the
people of the county. The announce
ment of his death will be received with
regret by many of the old citizeps of
the county who remember him. The
Express has this to say of Mr.. Eckford
during his residence in Texas:
James Eckford has passed his fiftieth
year. He was a native of Mississippi.
When young man he was elected to
the legislature of that State. He was
a news paper man at one time,. and
held the position of city editor on one
of the Mississippi papers. While he
work ed on newspapers he@ studied law.
Thirty five years a go he came to
San Antonio and became eminent as a
criminal lawyer. In nthosedays Eckford
was retained in nearly every important
criminal case in this section.
He married in Mississippi. His wife
who was Miss Mollie cambridge, was a
lovely woman and she quickly made a
large circle of friends in San Antonio
Mr.. Eckford also took high place at
the bar here. He devoted himself
mainly to the criminal law, but he was
recognized by lawyers as an able adj
vocate in the civil branch also.
Eckford as criminal lawyer ranked
with Mac Anderson. Columbus Upson
and N O. Green, all at the top of the
heap as criminal lawyers at this bar.
Five years ago Mrs. Eckford died.
She had returned to Mississippi and
died there. The decline of the criminal
law as a speciality, due to changed con-
ditions and the growth of his habits of
living brought Mr.. Eckford into misfor-
ton. In recent years he has made
precarious living by practicing mainly
in the Justices and Corporation Courts.
DR.. J. w. Eckford, brother of the
deceased, who now resides in Aberdeen
Miss, telegraphed instructions for him
to be buried in Texas, which has been
his home for the past thifty five years.