The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-03-19

Governor hoke Smith and Mrs.
Smith left for New York. The gov
ernor goes to attend the annual ban
quet of the democrats of western
New York, at which he is scheduled
to make the principal address. Be-
fore the banquet at Buffalo, the gov
ernor will appear before the board
of trustees Of the Peabody fund in
New York to perfect all arrangements
for the donation of $4,000 which it
Is confidently expected the board will
make for the erection Of a teachers
building at the University Of Georgia.
Atlanta's postal receipts are now
running ahead of those of New Or
leans with gratifying regularity. For
the month of February the receipts of
New Orleans fell off $500 as COM
pared to the same month of last year.
Those of Atlanta increased a like
amount. The receipts of Atlanta for
last month were $73,476.97. Those of
New Orleans we're $72,928.91. For the
month Of February the receipts of
Louisville surpassed those Of Atlanta
by about $4,000.
The large dam at the Folds Mill,
near Newbern, was swept away by
the recent heavy foods This was
doubtless the Oldest dam in the state,
as 1t has been traced back for more
than 100 years. The wood frame was
built before nails were known, the
frame being put together with wood
en- pins. A wall of rock fifteen feet
wide was built just below this, which
kept the wood entirely under water
and was finally covered with sand
Threatened with the prospect of
having to take charge on April / of
convicts without stitch of clothing
on their backs, the authorities Of
several counties In the state have
appealed TO the prison commission to
require the present convict lessees
to provide the convicts with clothes
when they are turned over to the
counties at the expiration of the lease
system The request of the county
authorities has met with favor at the
hands of the commission and that
body has ruled that the convict les
sees must not turn over the conyicts
to the counties as nature made them,
but that they must provide each Of
them with new suit of stripes with
out spot or blemish. The lessees,
when they received their convicts
originally, found most of them In
rags They threw away the rags and
bought them new clothes, consisting
of suit of the regulation convict
stripes. New" reason the lessees,
I'VE found them without clothing,
and it is not meet that we should
be required to furnish them with good
raiment upon their departure when
we lose their services for all time"
But the prison commission has de-
creed to the contrary and when the
counties receive their convicts on the
morning of April they will be
found clothed with good, substantial
clothing.
State Treasurer r. e. Park has re-
ceived from Chairman j. S. Turner
of the prison commission of Georgia
a letter in which he states that the
S57371 remaining from the hire of
oonvicts can be distributed among
those counties not now using con-
victs. 1t is believed, however, the
next quarterly payment due about
April /, will be retained to pay the
operating expenses of the new prison
system, which begins on that date.
Governor Smith has returned to
the prison commission its report rec
ommending the purchase of the VIM
berly farm in Twiggs county, with the
request that the commission make
further inquiry as to certain other
places on which the prices originally
quoted have been reduced since an
nouncement of the commissions rec
ommendation. The governors action
is not disapproval OF the commits.
sions choice, but it appears to be his
idea to get, if possible, a still better
bargain for the state.
Announcement comes from quarters
which, while not official, are consid-
cred wholly reliable, that the Albany,
Southwestern and Gulf Railway will
positively be built, and that work of
construction will be under way by
the time summer is fairly started.
The Albany, Southwestern and Gulf
will be built from Albany southwark
to st. Andrews Bay,