The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-07
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.


School Commissioner Jere M. Pound.
The census was taken during9 the
month OF April under the supervision
OF the county superintendents. Ac-
cording to the figures, there are 1884,
SIT children in the state in the
schools, between the ages and Is
years. OF this number, 3S5,S14 are
white, and $4,000 are negroes In
1903, five years ago, there were 1885,
1873 children in the schools, Of whom
1865, $40 were white, and 387,S63 were
negroes. The figures show that the
whites for the five years has ben So,
while among the negroes the percent
age OF increase has been 3.4. The
percentage Of illiterates to total popu.
lation is "a among whites, and 9.3
among the negroes.
r. r. Duckworth was reelected
president of the Georgia Farmers
|, Union, at their convention at Macon,
while N. P. Quinby of Barlow, was
reelected vice president; John T.
Mcdaniel of Griffin, secretary and
treasurer, and John T. Lee, of De-
Kalb, state organizer. The conven-
ton was one of the largest that has
ever been held by the union
June Pool. convict confined in
the state prison camp at Midtown,
returned to the camp after making
good his escape by crawling on hands
and knees out of range of the guards
gun through thick patch of dog fen
nell
In sight of many people Wash How
ard, a colored man working on the
new Hlges. building at Columbus,
fell three stories today, the result of
stepping on a plank which tilted. His
shoulder and leg were broken when
he struck the ground floor, but he
may recover.
Postmasters appointed for Georgia:
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Troup county, Nor
burne p Moore, vice W. L. Turner
resigned: Lenaas, Liberty county,
Queen Strickland, vice II. E. Strickland
resigned; Wildwood, Ware county,
dead; Aversville, Stephen county,
Henry Z. Kyle, vice ). H. Kyle re-
signed. Grover Barnhill appointed
regular, Raymond A. Hogan, sub, ru-
raj carrier route No. 3 at GlenWood.
According to- building permits is
sued by City Clerk Thomas Nall Of
Griffin, there has been $148,250 worth
of building and Improvements made
in the city Of Griffin during the last
thirteen months, which includes
$4,000 auditorium for the Sunday
school Of the First Baptist church, a
$4,000 grist and -four mill, hand
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costing $4,000, and fine store for
the Head Drug Company on Hill
street. A fine government building
to cost $4,000 is the next improve
ment in sight, the money for which
will become available July and
work on which has commenced by the
tearing away of the obstruction and
debris on the proposed site.
The offices of the president of the
Central of Georgia Railroad have
been moved from Macon to Atlanta.
The Jackson county primary result
ed in the nomination of John N.
Holder and L. G. HOLMAN for the
legislatures P. H. Collier for sheriff;
A. r. Braselton, for chairman of
board of roads and revenues; S. ].
Nix. for clerk, and G. w. Baxley for
treasurer.
Nine year old Marie Davis of Rome
proved herself heroine in saving
2-year-old boy from the attack of
an Infatuated bull The bull tossed
the baby into the air, and proceeded
to gore him. The little fellow fright
ened and badly hurt, screamed for
help. The little girl, attracted by the
screams of the baby, rushed in at the
risk of her life and dragged the baby
into yard before older people arriv-
ed to drive off the angry animal
Seventy-fve veterans of the Con-
federacy gathered recently at the
country home of Hon John w. Jar
rell several miles out from Lexing-
ton and enjoyed a reunion together
with an ample barbecue for them
selves and friends There were pres
ent flfty-two members of the Echols
Artillery and four members OF the
Gilmer Blues. The other belonged
to different companies.
Mayor Miller of Macon has received
a communication from President 7.
r Hendricks of the Union Cotton
company. announcing that that city
has been definitely chosen as the
headquarters for the big cotton COM
pany, that has for it's object the oper-
alton Of cotton warehouses throughout
the state. According to the plans Of
the company, which is run in connec-
ton with the Farmers Union, many
thousands of bales of cotton will be
housht from the farmers of Georgia
and sold through the company direct
ly to the spinners of America and Eu-
rope. thus eliminating the middlemen
and throwing the profits that accrue
to them from handling the staple into
the hands of the farmers themselves.
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