The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-04-06
GEORGIA
NEWS

corolng 70 announcement given out
by the assistant to the president. The
passing tracks will he Of latost de-
sign, known as lap-sidings, which will
greatly facilitate the movement Of all
trains. These tracks will be placed
at intervals Of about five miles, and
each will he long enough to accom-
uodate four trains. This additional
trackage will give man oy the adyan.
tages Of double tracks, and will very
greatly increase the capacity of this
important line over which, in addition
to the freight and local passenger SER
vice, the through passenger trains OF
the Southern between Florida ana the
''c@t and handled, During the last
lew n.c-ths the Southern has com
pleted the work of Strengthening the
ridges en- this line, and is now op-
rating it's heaviest locomotives over
t. These Improvements will add
greatly to the facilities for handling
Goth freight and passengers over this
line, and will prove of benefit not only
10 the territory Immediately served,
but to shippers and passengers using
it for through commerce and travel.
Athens Congressman S. ]. TriD-
BILE, who defeated Hon W. M. How
ard in the last election as representa-
tive in the house from the Eighth
Georgia district, left for Washington
to make necessary preparations in
the way Of securing suitable nome
quarters and in other preliminary
work prior to the beginning of the
extra session of congress next week.
Mr.. Tribble was accompanied by Mrs.
Tribble, and his young son. Their
only daughter has been in Washing
ton for some time as a student at a
fashionable finishing school.
Savannah-James E. Richardson,
grand commander of the Southern ju-
1isdiction of the Scottish Rite of Ma
sonry, has appointed two special dep
uties, H. w. Witcover of Savannah
for the Savannah consistory, and Mr..
Wilkinson of Atlanta for the Atlanta
consistory of the degree and order,
to take the place of the late DR.. H.
]. Num- of Savannah, who was inspec-
tor general for Georgia.
Macon-Within the next three
months many big conventions of state
wide interest will be held in Macon.
Local preparations are now in prog
ress for the entertainment of the
thousands of delegates expected to
attend the various meetings
The conversions that will meet
here are as follows:
Georgia Association of Graduate
Nurses, April 20-21.
Southern Convention of Sigma
Nus, April 21-22.
Georgia Educational Association.
April 1929.
Grand Lodge of Masons, April 25-27.
Georgia Hardware Dealers, May
23-24-25.
Georgia Dental Association, in June.
Red Men in June
Philatheas and Barracks in June
Georgia Oil Mill Superindents, in
June.
Macon,-A local fertilizer agent,
stated that one of his costumers, a
farmer living on the Houston road,
with a limited acreage, was now plow
ing I'D his family cemetery for the
nl1rpose of planting it in cotton. The
agent cited this as an instance
of the reformation of the planters in
this section to raise a bumper cotton
crop.
Moultrie. - The long-continued
drought was broken by a steady rain.
II is feared that much damage has
been done by the washing OF seed
from the ground. This is the nrsl
rain that has visited this section for
two months and the ground was thor
oughly dry, so dry that the farmers
found it difficult to break up the
earth and complete their blowing and
planting.
Rome.-The real facts in regard to
the peach crop as developed by the
sunshine of the past week brings no
announcement. Buds are bllghted
and are falling from the trees IN tue
lowlands. 1t is possible tnat in the
tons of the mountains and on the
mountain sides where the growing
season was backward and the trees
not bloomed partial crop will be
realized. but such cases are the ex
ception. not the rule.
LAGRANGE. =. The Dunson Cotton
Mills with capitalization of $4,000
and a 1000 spindlage, was lna-i4y
organized at a meeting of the STOCK
bojedrs here. officers were: j..
EDWARDS, president; M. Barnard, vice
president: T. ]. Thornton, secretary
r Is MANNED to have the mill in cper
alton this fall.
Rome.-The Medical Association u
Georgia will hold it's annual meeting
at Rome Ca, April 10, 20 and q.
Headquarters of the association Will
he at the Cherokee hotel whiie the
sessions will be held in the county
court house. The Rome phygicials
have planned series Of social enter
tainments for the visitors. Anon
the interesting topics to he diccusac
min 10 that CT pellagra. Reasons