The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-05-25
GEORGIA
NEWS

merce came to close at Macon. II
was originally planned to wind up the
trip on Saturday, but bad roads and
rains delayed the party about forty.
eight hours. This tour is considered
one OF the most remarkable feats
ever pulled on in the state. The en-.
thusiasts have not only doomed a
commercial Organization, but have
made a remarkable auto trip around
Georgia. Every large city and great
many of the smallers ones have been
visited. That the movement to have
all the trade bodies establish a cen.
trail body is popular is shown by the
manner in which the GAINESVILLE par
ty has been received everywhere it
has stopped. II the convention were
held the first of June there would be
several hundred delegates present. 1t
is thought, however that by July 49,
20. the date set for the meeting, that
all trade bodies will be ready to take
hold and will send delegates.
Macon-All Macon celebrated the
securing of the next Confederate Vet
Grams reunion, the occasion being the
tender of al public reception to the
delegation that represented this city
at the Little Rock convention. The
met at the depot by a brass band.
met at the depot by branss band,
the three militia companies, the may
or and council and fully one thousand
citizens. The delegation, comprising
the veterans, the chamber of com
merce workers, the Dublin brass band
and the ladies, was escorted to the
market house, where, after the eat.
ing of an elaborate spread, speeches
of welcome were made by Mayor
Moore and Col. Nat Harris.
Athens. The statistics for the Elev.
enth District Agricultural schools of
Georgia for the year 1910 have been
compiled by Professor Stewart and
show gratifying increase ever 1909.
Attendance, boys S42, girls S43; total
1875. Boarding students from 1874
counties 9O4, day pupils 281S. Grad.
yates this year, boys IS, girls SO. The
average monthly cost of board in the
eleven schools is $7.23. To show that
the schools are not neglecting practi.
cal farming, the following facts ara
given Acres cultivated by pupils
COL, acres in cotton 145, in grain
AL, in pasturgae and other crops 437.
7,149 bushels of corn were produced,
5,215 bushels of oats, SIS bushels OF
wheat, 266 tons of hay, $50 bushels of
potatoes, 654 gallons of syrup and 102
bales of cotton. The total value Of
these farm products is $22,73S. Of this
$7,801 worth was sold and the remain
der used by the schools for support
There has been considerable increase
in the value of the equipment. The
dairy equipments are now valued at
$1,255, shops $3.50, domestic science
$2,525, science laboratories $2,585, Ii.
braries $3.50. The schools own 1882
acres of land. The value OF the plants
is $751; $50. There is only $4,000
debt remaining on the schools. The
income from the state is $4,000
The schools offer four years of in.
struction, the first a review of com.
mon school branches, and the other
three high schools. Three hours of
class work and two hours Of practice
work on the farm, in the shops and
in the school is required Of all daily.
Extra hours labor is paid for at rate
of 10 cents per hour. AS will be seen
from the course of study these
these schools are not colleges and the
friends of the school should correct
any such notions. They have a much
greater sphere of usefulness as sec.
ondary school. Now that all indebted.
ness has been practically removed, adj
E.ditional increase can be made this
year in the teaching force and equip
ment for teaching, There is cause
for qualification at the, general evil
dence Of progress shown.
Athens.-The chancellor OF the Uni
yersity of Georgia has recently APP
jointed Searcy Bradfeld Slack of La
Grange, Ca, as Peabody scholar" at
Harvard for the year 1911-12. Mr..
Slack is a senior and will receive his
B. S. in civil engineering in June.
The present holder of the scholar
ship is D. F. Barrow of Athens, Ca.
who has been given by the Harvard
authorities Sattuck scholarship for
1911-12. The peabody scholarship"
was established in 1903 by George Eos
ter Peabody of New York by an en-
dowment Of $4,000.
Augusta-"Do l look as if l am
l-failing?" asked United States Sena-
tor Ben Tillman of South Carolina,
while seated in the dining room Of a
loal hotel when questioned regarding
report that his health was reaching
critical state. The senior senator
from the Palmetto state did not even
have a twinkle in his eye or a smile
on his lips as he answered the ques-
ton with another, between SWALLOWS
of soup: 'Waiter, you can give me,
let me Sc, believe will take rad.
ishes. onions, boiled Irish potatoes, ba-
con and rice" Eyes, yes; think that
is ALL said the senator to the waiter.
Macon.-During the past week B.
B Ford & Co., local cotton firm,
have purchase $500 bales Of cotton,
paving round 100000 for the lot.
80 4Lo,eond hva hundred baIas were