The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-08-21
He Again Advocates for Lee
county Live Board Of Trade
MR. j M HINES WRITES ANOTHER INTERESTING CARD nc
THE JOURNAL, DEALING WITH SEVERAL TOPICS OF
TIMELY INTEREST --FAyORS MUNICH
PAL IMPROVEMENT.

following card from Mr., j. Nj.
Hines, timely and IS greatly
! appreciated:
In my last letter I advocated q
board Of trade for Leesburg and Lee
county. | believe it is the proper
thing for us to do is to get together
land all pull as one man and aayer-
tise Lee county resources, her good
churches and schools and her good
farm lands. But it seems that for
the past three weeks the two homi-
cides we have had in our county has
absorbed our Efforts for 4 beard Of
trade movement. But / hope the
guilty parties will be brought to a
speedy trial and that justice viii be
melted out to them and then we all
get together and work to the same
end for the upbuilding Of Leesburg
and Lee county.
While on thissubject ! learn there
has been a petition signed by re-
preventative citizens Of Lee county
asking Judge Littleiohn to convene
court on the 18th inst. to try the
negroes that killed Mr.. R. L. JOS.
sey and the one who shot Mr.. a.
| d. Green's eyes out. Now should
the Judge do so, and in as much as
the negroes have been arrested, let's
everybody see that they get a fair
trial and that justice be meted out
to them and they be punisl el as the
law directs. My honest opinion is
that where lynchings occur the most
is-the fault OF the Judges not call
ing their courts together and give
the criminal a speedy trial. If they
would do this / believe the lynch
ings that occur nowadays would be
cut down So per cent, but where the
Judges allow lawyers to continue
and keep continuing and getting
new trials on men technical points
The common people lose their pa
5ience and forbeafance ceases to be
d virtue and they take the law in
their own hands, and this gives the
counties in which such lynchings
5 cur a bad name and they are
called lawless people.
Now ii, to Leesburg and her good
people, / want, to say few words
to them as | understand we have
two factions there. Some Of them
want bonds Hoated 50 as to haye
waterworkS and electric lights fol
the town. | for one am willing 10
vote for bonds and place the money
in the hands Of our Mayor and
Council to have the waterworks and
light plant erected at once. But fol-
fear this would not meet the ap-
prOval OF all parties. Let's get to-
gether and appoint a committee Of
three from The Council, and then
take three citizens, to-wit: Messrs.
! e. B. Martin, Sr., ]. NJ. Cannon
and S. J. Powell together with the
Mayor, J. G. Pruett andF. T. King
from the Council Let them be
KNOWN 1as a Finance and Building
4Committee and then let's all pull
together for tie upbuilding Of Lees
burg and Lee county Now some
! Of US are getting old and want a few
comforts of life before we shake of
this mortal coil. Now let's get to-
gether and forget all Of our past
differences and work for the best
town and county in Georgia and
then advertise in the Lee County
Journal all our business and help
the editor to make The Journal one
Of the best weekly paIers in the
South.
Now, boys, won't you all get to-
gether and do this?
Yours truly,
J. NJ. HINES.