The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-31
STATE GLEANINGS.

me rising values IN Georgia AaTm
land property is shown by the sale
of 140,acre Wilkes county farm at
a figure slightly above $40 an acre,
establishing new record in that
county at the time.
In Athens, Ca, plans are being pre-
pared for an entire block of hand
some modern store buildings. Plans
are being drawn for elegant bank
buildings in Augusta and Elberton.
Plans are being prepared for new
court house at Springfield.
A new company formed at Athens
will have a capital of 100000, and
will own and operate the old press
now id the city as well as the new
one, which will be located on the old
fair. grounds on the Seaboard, Air
Line II is expected that this new
press will mean the addition of $4,000.
bales of cotton per annum to the re-
ceipts at Athens, which are now
above 10000 bales each year.
The large vegetable canning facto-
ry of T. j. Shingler & Bros. at DON.
alsonville has been started, and is
running in full blast. 1t employs a
large force. and is turning out thou
sands of cans of vegetables and fruit
each day.
The residence of Mayor Henry KeV
non of Abel was destroyed by fire. it
is believed that the fire originated in
the kitchen There was about $4,000
insurance on the home, but this will
not cover the loss. Most Of the fur
nishings were burned with the home.
Two negroes were killed during a
storm on the farm of w. K. Miller,
prominent attorney of Augusta. The
negroes were standing near the side
of an old barn, and the wind blew it
over on them, mangling their bodies.
Their names are Joe Moys and Frank
Elmore.
William B. Stubs, president of the
Y. M. g. A., the Anti-Saloon League
and q prominent local lawyer of Sa-
vannah, has accepted the secretary
ship of the Layman's Missionary
Movement of the Southern Methodist
Church He will move to Nashville. :
Five thousand people attended the
annual meeting of the DouglasvilleaSa
cred Harp Musical Society," helds sat
that city. Delegates; from ten ,Goun-
ties and visitors from all t'0ver the
state were present and the meeting
was a great success.
The 12-year-old son of Tom McGee
of Arab, accidentally shot and killed
his S-year-old sister with 22-caliber
rifle. The ball entered the head over
the left eye.
The postofice at Kinder Lou, six
miles west of Valdosta, on the At
lantic Coast Line, was entered and
robbed of all the money in the cash
drawer. 1t is supposed that the thief
was locked in the building at the clos
ing hour. The posDtfice is located in
the store of McRee Brothers, but moth
ing was taken from the store, so far as
known
G. S. Hurt, an Opelika, Ala, tele-
phone lineman, died at the Columbus
hospital, the result of a thirty-foot fall
from pole two weeks ago.
The board Of county commissioners
of Lowndes county has placed an or
der for a large quantity of improved
road machinery, and will begin active
ly the work of improving the high
ways Of the county along permanent
and scientific lines. The implements
ordered embrace road scrapers, grad
ing plows and grade leveler,
Letters have been received from
prominent citizens of Tuskegee, Ala,
in which they state that the people
of that city and Of Macon county are
very anxious to cooperate with the
people of Columbus in their efforts to
construct a railroad from Columbus
to Montgomery via Crawford, Marvyn,
Society Hill and Tuskegee. 1t appears
that most Of the people are very much
in favor Of the project to construct
the road