The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-03-09
GEORGIA
NEWS

AT mass meeting held here recently
arrangements were perfected for thu
meeting Of Georgia farmers in this
city. An invitation has been giver
to the Georgia division Of the Farm
ers' union and there is little doubl
that it will be accepted.
Thomaston.-Upso county farmers
claim that this is the banner county
Of the state so far as big hogs are
concerned. In proof of this claim the
following weights Of big porkers kill
ed near here are given: BY Mrs. L
J. Perdue, two hogs aggregating 1,155
pounds; by Frank Matthews, colored
a porker weighing 760 pounds; by w
G. Hightower, big fellow weighing
$40 pounds. and four 5O0-pounds pigs
can be seen roofing around on all
sides. II any other Georgia county
thinks it can beat this, let them show
up.
Vidalia. of the most unique
specimens in the vegetable line thai
has been seen in this section is q
three-in-one turnip Three turnips
growing on the same root and having
three separate tops. The triplets
were grown by Bill Canady, who lives
about four miles north of this place
Cartersville-M. S. Turner, wnc
lives in Paulding county on Raccoor
creek, near the Barlow county line
last week, showed several Indian rel
les which he found in an old mine
near his home some time ago
Among the relics were a set of tools
such as the Indians used in the mine
viz: Drill point, chisels. etc, and also
several tomanawks, which were the
Indians deadly weapon
Griffin.-One of the most interest
ing petitions ever before the Grifd1
city council was presented at the reg
ular meeting by the School Improve
ment league, composed of some Of
the most prominent ladies of this city
asking and urging that body to pass
chicken ordinance requiring that al
fowls of the city be kept in pens.
Atlanta.-The coming Saengerfest
of the South Atlantic League of Ger
man societies, lodges and singers, to
lie held at the auditorium-armory, on
May 7-8-9, under the auspices of the
United German singers of Atlanta
promises to be the banner Saenger
fest of the south. The various com
mittees in charge of the arrangement
work with an energy and will that
promises great results. The slogan
is, Lets make it a Saengerfest wor
thy of Atlanta
Macon.-Another railway line from
Macon to Atlanta is promised. The
Seaboard and the holders of interests
IN the Macon, Dublin and Savannah.
it is now fairly well known, are max
ing plans to extend this line to At
Ianta in order to give the Seaboard its
own road from that point south and
on to Savannah Activities here re
veal that permanent terminals are be
ing secured and a survey from here
to Atlanta mas also been made.
Tennille. Washington county farm
ers have this season sold at least
$4,000 bushels of planting peas, anC
will market not less than 5000 bush
els more before the season is over
Thirty-one thousand bushels, at ar
average Of $1.70 per bushel, means
over fifty thousand dollars for tneh
pea crop alone. H. NJ Franklin OF
this place has bought and shipped
over sixteen thousand bushels, large
proportion being to South Caroline
points.
Waycross.-While many persons in
Georgia have felt pride in the won
derful growth of Waycross in the
past ten years, very few have writ
ten letters more congratulatory than
the present governor of Georgia, Hon
Joseph M. Brown. Governor Brown
says the wonderful growth Of Ware
and Waycross should be source OF
pride to every citizen of Georgia. He
wishes for Waycross and Ware even
greater things than the city and the
county have enjoyed in the past.
Dalton.-The largest hog killed in
this county this year belonged to
Squire j. F. Wilson, who lives in
the Red Clay district near Varnells
The large porker netted 496 pounds
after it was cut up and ready to be
stored away.
Waycross,-T recent cold snap in
this section has demonstrated that
peaches will stand more hard weather
in this locality than in any other
Several large growers live in and
about the place, and, with one ex
ception, no damage is reported.
Thomaston.-The fruit men of this
section are of the opinion that from
so to Is per cent. of the peach bios
SONS are dead and that there will
practically be no peaches in this vi
cinity. w. o. Britt, one of the larg
est growers of this county, states
that the largest part of his crop will
DC lost this season through the
freeze.
Waycross,-The first stage of the
preliminary surveys of the Atlantic,
Waycross and Northern has been
completed, and surveying parties
have started northwest of the citS
towards Abbeville, the next objective