The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-02-02
GEORGIA
NEWS

1Nn' u. C.-Members of the
assay commission for 1911, whose dutv
" Will be to examine and fest cam.
PIES OF the gold, silver and copper
GUNS minted IN the past year, were
announced by the president Thar
tests will be made at the Philadalnhia
mint on the second "Wednesday 4
repruary, The 81 members include
senator Johnston Of Alabama and
Representative Thomas W Hardw,c,,
OF Georgia.
Rome,-"Tip" Smith, negro aged
seventy-tye years, who was the BODY
servant to the late Maj Charles 4
Smith, Bill Arp died mere and was
buried Many white people attended
MS funeral. He served all through
the war and called himself "Confed.
crate veteran attending meetings Of
the local camp. He was slave in
the Smith family and remained in
their service all his life.
Gainesville.-Jim Morris. charged
with assault upon fifteen-year-oId
Kate Philips, was sentenced to ten
years in the most sensational trial OF
the present term of Hall sunerior
court.
Americus.-Forty thousand dollars
was the handsome price Just paid for
q me sumter county farm by South
Carolina attracted to this section. the
Egypt of Georgia, as have been so
many other thrifty farmers Of the
Palmetto state, now happy and pros.
porous property owners here. This
latest deal was the sale Of portion
OF the L. A. Thomas farm, west of
Americas, and consists of about 1900
acres, to J. Luther Mayer Of Newber-
ray, s, G. The sale was made through
the live real estate firm of w. S. & e.
w. Andrews of Americas.
Washington, D. population sta
tistics for the following places were
made public by the census bureau.
In Georgia: stellarville, Jefferson
county, 149; Wrens, GIG; Louisville,
1,039; Wadley, S72; Barlow, 1856;
Spread, $40; Avera, 228.
Augusta contract has been let
by the chief of engineers of the Unit
ed States army for the protection OF
the Savannah river bank at Augusta
against the erosions made by the wa
ter every time the river rises to any
considerable extent During the flood
of 1908 great inroads were made by
the water. The rip-rapping of the
river bank for half mile was decid-
ed upon as the only method of pre-
venting further erosions, and the city
of Augusta will contribute S125,O0O
and the government S125,000 to have
this work done
Barnesville.-The business men OF
GAINESVILLE have raised a fund or
about 5000 for the purpose Of offering
prizes for the best results from the
cultivation of one acre of corn and
one acre of cotton to be grown with
in eight miles of the city. The mat
ter was suggested few days ago and
the money was cheerfully made up.
The details of the contest will be
announced later, but first, second ana
third prizes will probably be offere~
for both corn and cotton from am acre.
This matter will be definitely settled
at meeting of the citizens contrib
uting to the fund.- =
,Eacul,zsM4rs. W. H. Walker, moth
er of William Walker, who was last
week sentenced to hang for burning
mis- wife to death, dropped dead at
the residence of Mrs j, B. Murray.
The aged woman had been complain
ing since she heard the death penalty
imposed on her son last week in Bibb
superior court. She was seventy two
years of age.
Augusta. -Officers of Richmond
county and the city of Augusta are
denounced for lax enforcement or
the state prohibition law in the pre-
sentiments of the grand jury. Tne
grand jury states that the officers
have not done their duty; that crime
mas increased rather than diminished
ever since the enactment of the pro-
hibition law, and it strongly recon-
mends that the officers break up the
blind tigers. The presentments state
that although there is a large per-
centage of Augustus population OPP
nosad TO prohibition law, still il
should be enforced.
Gainesville. What is believed to be
the sneediest murder trial ever record
ed in this state was held here when
leonard Worley was sentenced for
life IN the charge Of MIL dering his
brother. E. S. Worley, a few weeks
ago The jury's verdict Of guilty was
road nv the court just thirty minutes
after the proceedings had started.
Flowery Branch.-The good people
~ Flowery Branch are all in favor
~ the movement for good roads
throughout Hall county, and stand
With tbe county commissioners in their
afsorts to bring about the best roads
possible. n,o4,o. ~
.,stios of the thirteenth census, an
no,,ncad included: Triton, Ca, 1910,
1881: 1900. 1.3S4; tho biggest
LeGrange-Probaply tne p y. 3, :.
cotton deal ever consummated IN TINS
coe. .,on # the state was put through
seclion ,hon D It. Hilton of Fort Val
mere u"rresenting the Harris-Courtnef