The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-09-15
THROUGHOUT GEORGIA.

The farmers warehouse at Leary
was completely destroyed by fire.
When the fire was discovered it was
too late for anything to be done and
the building and 21S bales of cotton
stored therein proved a total loss.
Acting under authority conferred
upon him by law, Governor Brown
arranged tos borrow 100000 for the
purpose Of meeting the current ex-
penses of the state. The money will
be borrowed in sums of $4,000 each
from. the Fourth National bank. the
Atlanta National bank, the American
National Bank of Atlanta, and the
American National bank Of Macon.
The governor is authorized under the
law to borrow 100000 for the support
OF the state government, and it has
been found necessary to secure loan
twenty days earlier this year tnan was
the case last year. The money was
necessary in order to meet warrants
issued to various state institutions to
the amount of $71,523.50, as follows:
State university and it's branches, $685.
355; blind asylum at Macon, $780,;
state sanitarium, $35,36S.50. Prior to
the issuance of the warrants there
was available in the treasury the sum
of $86,255.5S, which was sufficient to
pay the warrants, but the loan was
made necessary because of other cur
rent expenses.
The headquarters of the Georgia
Poultry Association in Atlanta was
the scene of an enthusiastic gather
ing of many of the most prominent
members Of the association. The chief
object of the meeting was to provide
for a poultry show in Atlanta next
January. A large sum was raised
toward the fund necessary to make
the affair an assured fact, and when
many of the members who were not
present are heard from it is believed
that the entire amount will be quick
ly secured. Poultrymen all over the
state are enthusiastic over the pros.
poets of statewide show and be-
lieve it will do much for the poultry
interests in Georgia. The success met
with so far by the promoters means
that the show will be one of the larg-
est and most successful ever conduct
ed in the South. At the meeting the
bylaws were changed and the bust
ness management of the association
revised to make it one of the strong
est and best organized in the country.
The Augusta board of health report
for the nine months ending with Aug
ust 81, shows a most gratifying con-
dition of health in that city, For the
nine months ending August 81, 1909,
the number of children under i've
years of age who died in the city, was
125. For the same period in 1910,
the number was 1O3. A very crafty.
ing decrease in the percentage, es-
pecially when the natural growth of
the city is added to last years popu-
lation. The number of deaths of
persons over fifty years of age, was
Sc, while the total for all ages was
521, or about one-tenth Of one per
cent, basing the population of the
city at the reasonable figure of $4,000.
This number of deaths is just one
less than for the corresponding period
last year, but the infant mortality IS
% less than for the same period.
Floyd county can safely claim a
greater number of bridges than any
other county in the state There are
500 miles Of public road in the coun-
ty, and the character of the country
is such that the bridges and culverts
average three to the mile, making
the enormous total of nearly $500
in the county.
When work of tearing down the
wooden bridge across the Chattahoo-
chez river leading from Columbus to
Girard and points in Alabama, for
the purpose of constructing new
concrete bridge in it's stead, was
commenced. the removal of one Of
1.-THE Oldest landmarks of this section
OF the state was began The old
bridge has been standing in its place
practically ever since the Civil war,
| il having been constructed soon after
the union soldiers set fire to the
bridge across the river, destroying it
inst before FhoA nIoSa ne tha war