The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-25

NJ. Hines, known far and Woe az
Lee county booster, is welcomed .
The Journal:
The citizens Of Lcesburg know
that I have for a long time inslste'
on having electric lights and a com
plete system Of water works 10
Leesburg. Bat in talking with q
most Of our citizens ! find that ther
is good deal Of. objection to tn
water works as there are good
who have gone to the e1-
@pense of putting in a deep wei ~
their yards and therefore tbey do
not want to be taxed justnow for
water, but are perfectly pIlllng 70
have lights for the town Now' Mi.
Mayor, won't you set your Council
together and call an election for
Bonds and let's take vote on the
question and see where we stand.
| believe we could carry enough
votes to secure the bond election.
Let's get together and all pull for
our town, as we have one OF the best
small towns that know Of and there
is no good reason why we should be
in darkness any longer. Our city
is able to stand the expense.
For instance, / was talking to
some of the citizens Of Smithville
last week, and they told me that the
revenue from this plant every month
amounted to ST, 200 to 81, 300 per
month. Now if Smithville can ray
that much Lee8burg could do more
and that would soon make the plant
self-sustaining. Let's issue bonds
and have our little city push to the
front. Think Of it Leesburg being
the county site and in total dark
ness. How can we expect people
who want to invest in our city and
buy our lands where we never offer
them any inducements to come.
Give US good lights, advertise in
The Journal what you have to sell
and let the people passing by see
that we have life in US and you will
soon have more buyers than you
will have city property and lards to
offer them. Let's try it and con-
vince ourselves Of the truth Of the
assertion.
Now, Mr.. Editor, / see you have
several correspondents. | have read
their letters for 2 years or more and
/ fail to find where they have ever
written one line about the different
resources Of their districts. All
they write about is where Mr.,So
and So has visited Miss So and Sc.
WHY don't you Rift correspondent
80 obont Mr. n. G.. Homes making
1913 bales Of cotton on 1914 acres of
land and Mr.. R. S. Pryor making
IS bales Of cotton to the mule and
having hogs weighing 400 to 600
hounds. Why don't the Smithville
correspondent tell about the fine
orchards they have and also about
B. I. Mckinney selling his planta-
tions for $50 per acre. Why don't
the correspondent from Palmyra
tell about E. B. Martin & Sons
making $50 bales of cotton this year
on $50 acres Of land Why don't
Red Bone write about W. B. Both
we'll making IS bales of cotton to
the pillow and plenty of corn and hay
to do the place and that on land
that has been cultivated over 100
wears. Also tell about J. D. Cliff
t)a making over one-ton Of peavine
bav to the acre on land that was too
poor to cultivate more than % years
ago and we know ncultiyated to
the writers own knowledge. Also
let them tell about H. H. Lara
more and H. A. Harris making 20
bales to every mule they have run
and more corn and hay than will
take to do them and plenty to sell.
That will be the kind of letters to
write to The Journal and let them
publish them to the world and you