The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-11-03


given by then Messrs. Hodgson with
the proviso that it should become
when the Daughters of the
Confederacy 6f the Georgia division
had increased the endowment of the
school to S5 900. 1t was stipulated
that the Fd%wment of the school
should be ihcrl BASED by flag day, 1911.
Savanna REPORTS received from
a number of tcounties in south Geor-
gia indicate that the damage to
standing crops from the recent frost
is inconsiderable. The general opin-
ION of cotton growers, according to
the reports, seems to be that the crop
has suffered out slight damage,
though some apprehension is express.
ed over the prediction of more Sc.
we're frost. NorIn Florida has not
suffered to any appreciable extent.
The frost was general over the south.
!ern portion of this state. Such
losses as have been reported by cot.
ton growers are small Other crops
practically are uninjured.
! RoswelL-A corps of surveyors I'M
der the direction of Chief Engineer
Gotham of Atlanta, is now surveying
a route for the proposed road of the.
Atlanta and Northeastern Railroad
company, from Atlanta to Cumming,
lin Forsyth county. According to
Chief Cothans survey, the road will
leave Atlanta in a northwesterly d.
Irection, crossing the Chattahoochee
river at Bolton, then follow the river
lup to Roswell and from here to Cum
ming via Alpharetta,, in Milton
county. The line will be about 40
miles in length and will traverse a
very fine agricultural section of north
Georgia. Electric power will ,proba-
bly, be used in operating the road
Savannan.-1'h present admins
tration of the city is on the. defen-
sive. There is a movement to put
the commission form of government
in Savannah and the administration
lis being bitterly attacked.
Rome.-At the age of SO years Will
Liam Milan, Floyd county's oldest
citizen, died at the home of his grand
son at Mount Hope, north of Rome.
Mr.. Milan was born in North Caro-
lima in 1911, came to Georgia when
"a boy, fought with Indians in the
Cherokee uprisings, had voted for An
drew Jackson for president when he
ran for his second term and for every
Democratic nominee since that time.
Madison.-The cotton receipts in
Madison this fall point to a remarka-
BILE shortage in the crop this year.
The same is true OF conditions IN the
other markets of the county, Buck
head and Rutledge. The best cotton
experts, who are thoroughly acquaint-
ed with the crop over the county, es-
innate that the total receipts for Nor
gan county for 1910 will not exceed
1000. The output of the crop OF
1900 showed 25,7O0 bales; while that
Iof the preceding year, 1908, was 22,-
,423 bales, the largest yield in the MS
tory Of the county The indications
for a shortage of 25 per cent this
year can be relied upon as being very
nearly accurate.
Statesboro. enjoying tree-
dom, though a fugitive, for nearly nj
teen years, Andrew Watson has been
convicted of murder and sentenced
to life imprisonment by the superior
court here. Watson was charged
with killing Andrew Kennedy ana
woundine Deputy Sheriff Frank DOR
hldson when the two white men went
10 arrest the negro on a charge OF
burglary.
Dalton.-A bombshell which had
lain half buried since the civil war
days in the yard of a negro George
Towns. within short distance OF
the old breast works, exploded When
struck with a piece Of iron in the
hands Of Towns grandson. TIE
chrd's mother was slightly hurt and
The clothing OF two boys standing
near by caught fire.
Rome.-Rome's city council has or
Gered all candidates for positions IN
the Rome fire department to stand
bhysical examination after this date.
This action was taken because
t was found that fireman was
Sfnicted with tuberculosis and had
communicated the disease to several
# his companions.
Dalton. Extensive improvements
will be made on the interior OF the
public school buildings here. Two
new buildings will be added before
the opening Of the 1911 term.