The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-10-26
GEORGIA NEWS NOTES.

section Of Worth county, in which ter
ritory are located the two towns of
Warwick and Oakfeld, afor the pur-
pose Of determining whether or not
that section should be made a part
of Crisp county, carried by an over
whelming majority, the vote resulting
1876 for annexation and IL against.
This election, which decides the
change in the boundary lines of the
two counties, is in accordance with
an act enacted at the last session of
the legislature and will add to Crisp
county about a million dollars worth
of property, several thousand people
and about five miles of railway ira
versing one of the richest and most
prosperous farming sections of the
state.
Norcross. Mrs. Serena Grogran,
one of the oldest inhabitants of Gwin-
nett county, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Selena Waits, near
Norcross, in her one hundredth
year. She was born in Ogle-
thorpe county in 1872 and was mar
ried to Garland Grogan in Cobb in
the thirties. She is survived by one
daughter, with whom she lived, and
many grandchildren, great-grandchil-
dren and Observation-Disclosures
Her memory was remarkable, and she
frequently recited incidents of the
Creek Indian war, the falling stars"
and the cold Saturday and talked
intelligently of many of the events Of
Georgia history.
Quitman.--Judge ]. o. M. Horton
died at the age of go. He was the old
est bank president in the United
States. He had been president Of
the Bank of Quitman for Is years. He
was one of the organizers of this, the
first bank in the county. He was
present at all directors meetings up
| to last week. He had arranged
for his going, even to setting aside a
designated sum for his funeral
Brunswick-A few days ago the
the first meeting since it's organiza-
ton of the Brunswick Advancement
association was held. The organiza-
ton was organized a short while ago,
and it's members comprise influential
merchants of Brunswick. The Ad-
/ vancement association was organized
! for the purpose of developing Bruins
wick and Glynn county. and the work
/ of the association has already result
ed in many new industries being es-
tablishe din Brunswick.
Waycross.-In Waycross move
ment is on foot to secure public Ii
brary for the city within a very short
time, without the usual conditions
which govern the establishment of
such institutions. A library is now
being started in this city, and it is
| proposed to combine this one with
the new one that is being projected,
with books accessible to the white
people at all times, and with a public
reading room established.
Triton. = The Triton chamber of
commerce at meeting, after thor
ough inspection of the school chill
| dren of Tiff county by DR.. T. F. Alb
ercrombie, heard a suggestion by DR..
A. G. Fort of the Georgia state board
of health, and decided to equip one
of the school buildings of the city as
a dispensary for immediate use, and
to secure the appropriation of suffi.
| cieent funds for the free treatment
| of hook work patients of this county.
! To thoroughly inform the people OF
what the hook worm disease is and
it's heavy toll incapacitating the al
flicted, Secretary Layton has secured
the use of a moving picture house
here, and Doctor Fort will deliver IL
Illustrated lectures to the people of the
county 1t is expected that next week
Doctors Ford and Ambercrombie and
a microscopic will have the dispen-
sary in operation where hundreds OF
people will receive free treatment dur
ing the ensuing six weeks. This will
be the first dispensary in the state for
the treatment of hook worm.
Greensboro There is considerable
talk just now regarding the extension
of the Union Point and White Plains
railroad 1t is proposed to extend the
road to Sparta at an early date and
ultimately to DaVisboro on the Cen
trail road. A surveying corps will be
in the field at an early date for the
purpose of locating the line from
White Plains to Sparta. The extern
sion will be made by local parties at
White Plains and Sparta. The origi-
nal stockholders Of the road are back
of the matter. The road now runs
from Union Point to White Plains, a
distance of IL miles. The road is OPP
Grated by the Georgia railroad. This
road will continue to operate the line
when extended.
Elberton. will begin at
once to eradicate the tick from the
cattle of Ebert county. The follow
ing inspectors have been appointed:
Marcus A. Bell, for the state, and j..
f. Seymour and H. T. Hammond, for
the national government DR.. b. N.
Nighbert, inspector in charge of tick
eradication and Southern live stock
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