The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-06-15
GEORGIA
NEWS

bridge, has calf that is about ten
months old that has aroused a great
deal Of interest in that it has three
well-developed horns. It has two
horns that are of normal nature and
almost in the center of the head is a
third one. The mouth is a little out
of the normal shape. The calf is a.
Jersey and bids fair to make a full
grown-up COW.
Forsyth. That the work of the La
dies Civic League of the city in clean
ing the streets of the city and in i'm
proving and identifying the appear
ance Of the city generally is destined
to bear rich results is evidenced by
the fact that the boy scouts of the
city have offered to aid the ladies in
their work The women composing
the Forsyth Civic League are now
meeting with abundant success in
keeping the streets of the city free
of all kinds of trash that spreads dis
ease.
Forsyth Monroe county is rapidly
developing into one of the greatest
pecan-producing counties in the state.
Realizing the big money that is to
be made in the industry, farmers all
over the county are setting out hun
dreds of pecan trees. Trees that have
already been planted will bear hun
dreds of bushels of the nuts this year,
ond mt -on1v ono,,oh raao,s ,,ill ~
produced in the county this year to
supply the Christmas trade, but in
sufficient quantities to ship hundreds
of dollars worth into other markets.
Americus--A number of married
people in Americas are considerably
wrought up over the announcement
recently made that several marriages
performed here few years ago have
not been legally recorded with the
county ordinary At the recent SEES
sion of the grand Jury of Sumter coun-
ty, Capt. John A. Cobb, ordinary, call
ed the attention of the grand jurors
to the fact that there had been in the
past considerable carelessness on the
part of some local ministers in failing
to make legal record of the marriages
they performed.
Waycross.-Fu permission to issue
bonds and stocks in the sum of So
100000 has been given to the Atlantic,
Waycross and Northern by the rail
road commission of Georgia. The re-
port granting the petition Of the rail-
road finds that the advantages Of st.
Marys as a port are such as to war
rant the bonding of the road, although
only short portion Of the proposed
line is in actual operation. The
commission sent a committee to st.
Marys to go over the proposition very
carefully. The committees report was
favorable in every detail and only
suggested that the commission have
the road make the usual guarantee to
the commission that the money secur-
ed through the sale of bonds and stock
be used for the purposes named in
the petition, namely, construction and
equipment from the present terminus
to Fort Valley, 222 miles.
Savannah. Robert F. Maddox OF AT
lanta was elected president OF the
Georgia Bankers Association at the
annual convention at Tybee. Other
officers chosen are: First vice presl-
dent, B. w. Hunt, Eatonton; second
vice president, w. T. Harris, Cedar
town: third vice president, T. A. Dix
on. Montezuma; fourth vice presi-
dent ]. T. Neal, Thomson; fifth vice
president, B. A. Strickland, Valdosta;
secretary, L. P. Hillyer, Macon; treas
urer E. G. Smith, Griffin; vice presi-
dent of the American Bankers Asso-
citation for Georgia, W. G. Lanier, west
Point: members nominating commit
tee American Bankers Association, T..
c. Haynes, Augusta. The convention
adjourned after installing the new off'
GERS.
Dalton.-The Joseph E. Johnston
monument to be erected here by the
state and the Bryan M. Thomas chap
ter, Daughters OF the Contederacy'
will be designed by a young woman,
Miss Belle Kinney of Nashville, Tenn,
she heing awarded the contract by the
monument committee. More than a
score of designs were submitted and
the selection of Miss Kinney was
distinct compliment to her ability
The monument will have an eightfoot
base the base to be topped by an
aight.foot figure of General Johnston,
the figure to be upright and OF bronze
Athens.-The Junior State" SINH
lar to the George Junior Republic OF
New York and operated under the su-
nervision of the Juvenile Protective
association has been having more
trouhle with it ssmall citizens. The
secretary says that there have been
! number of cases of illness caused
bv unsanitary conditions due to neg.
lect nv those in charge, but that the
negligent officials have been removed
and most vigorous sanitary measures
adonted prof. C. M. Copeland is in
charge and has visited several SIM
lar institutions north and investigated
the methods there employed,
Kingston. ANY one passing through
this town a few months hence would
not recognize it, for the ~ buildings
DESTROYED by fire on March To- most
~ +ho,,, frame and some dating from