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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-07

Georgia in the United States senate.
ENCOURAGEMENT his candidacy for the United States senate BY
- saton Atlanta fill the unepred term Of the late Senator
promises
thousands Of people all sections Of the state He and his FRIENDS have
heard from every county Georgia and these reports all indicate ha MS
member Of the assembly both branches for period Of IS
sd a9 nisa aa d not epv obieation assumed when
m aids tb to mako n for rennding maturing state bonds
the entire platform which he
elected win have been enacted into law Thus he feels free
to submit his senatorial candidacy to the people
and points out the splendid opportunity for the states the South to regain
esabish the recognition which they entitled in national at
political rights Of even the smallest community ! ifod
by his successful efforts the reduction the expenditures
He opposes needless extravaganza
further extension of the Federal pension system Regarding senator
prosperity Of Georgia his first consider
alton holds that Georgia should receive her due proportion Of ma
the the volume of American exports
further the interests of the farmer and
educational interests Of Georgia
STATIONS ANNOUNCEMENT.
from Governor slath for
while holding
Georgian should
s. compatible with the public interestsS
eneav6red to illustrate
political capacity only recently urged the State
the full political rights county pleased
that the rules adopted for determining the contest in which shall
be engaged such done in conformity the platform upon which was
The products Of products
should easier the markets the world and ngh
craftsmanship should contribute to that end
rests in the established principles Of democracy
administration and gratfed
administration the first time
Georgia have
the administration public
compelling
administration national affairs has been appalling
to further
appetite
wards of the
descendants of original pensioners
privilege
fully theirs obtain the interest rates allowed other industries
such credit systems will enable them do this
win state that
representatives the United States Senate shall diligently strive
develop interest of
occupied the public
prevented
candidacy in all confidence
Georgia."
ABOUT
JOHN M. STATIONS
fresh in the minds of Geogan
eight
other Georgian AS president the senate he became ad interim
retirement Smith installation
of Governor Brown. Thus he been governor twice
president of the the deciding vote that body for the
the
called the of
the overwhelming might be said to have been
thing for than another
prompt oblgatons
already legislature believed win
plish this.
HOW GEORGIA NEWSPAPERS
VIEW HIS CANDIDACY
Of wenTee daily the state half have
respect
his daily
have declared themselves are supporting Mr.. slaton.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-07
A Needed Reform.

Why cannot the people Of Lee
county begin now to arouse interest
in tile matter Of having a thorough
reform made in the method Of sell
Getting the county commissioners. 1t
would seem that it is high time such
j change is being made in thecoun-
ty.
There seems to be a strong senti-
ment in favor Of the change, which,
a. outlined by tose favoring it,
would mean the substitution Of three
commissioners for the five now on
the board These commissioners
would under the change contem-
plated be chosan by the gradJ jury
and not by the direct vote OF the
people.
1t seems a difficult matter to eli
inmate politics from the election OF
comfy commissioners. The claim
is made that the proposed reform
would bring much desired change
in this particular by eliminating
much OF the politics now connected
with the choice OF commissioners.
Any one Of thoughtful mind can
readily see that what is needed is the
choice of better men, more repres-
entative business men, for this work.
If the new pan will accomplish this,
The Journal viii favor it heartily.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-07

pounds of cowpea hay per acre and IT.
1e8 for South Georgia.
Since lime is cheap and need not
be applied only at from three to six
years intervals, it will be seen that it
is exceedingly valuable fertilizer, es-
pecially for legumes.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-07

farm practices that are new to the
southern cotton planter
Farm demonstration work means
showing the farmer how to put into
practice the results Of experiments
and knowledge gathered from the
whole world of farming; knowledge
that one person could not acquire by
his own experience in a thousand
years. 1t means further that the farm
err can be saved from mistakes which
others have made. In no occupations
is there so many possibilities of error
as farming. 1t is the purpose of the
experiment stations, colleges and fed
eral forces working in agriculture to
detect error and warn the farmer as
much as it is to guide him with test
ed knowledge of the right way to
farm.
The farm demonstration work is
rapidly increasing in Georgia. It has
beea difficult to meet the demands,
considering the limited means and
properly qualified men at hand. 1t is
not only the duty Of the College of
Agriculture to act as a clearing house
for information, but it is its duty to
equip men to act as leaders in this
popular modern movement. In this
latter respect it will be almost iapos-
sib1e for the College with its present
capacity to turn out men fast enough /
for the work.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-07

Strange how quickly the eugenic
movement fades away when some
thing important comes around.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-07

A New York litigant wins a suit
for $4,000 at a cost Of s1S6, 900
and still some folks insist that New
York lawyers want it all.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-07


Possibly Huerta wanted the uIti-
matum delivered in person.
The principal drawback about
marrying an antartic explorers wi
dow Is that one may be a hero and
the world would never know it.
Suggestion for the next and big
gest dreadnaught; Name it the
"Waterwagon. I"
Few persons are dumbfounded at
Secretary Bryans support Of Presi
dent Wilson'S canal tolls policy.
This is the time Of the year when
old-time people, who always had
such good health, began drinking
sassafras ten.
A Harvard Professor says there
are 143 good and unobiectionable
substitutes for the word damn.
The professor evidently never fell
over a rocking chair in the dark, or
stepped on a toy engine on the stair
way
Very probable, further activity in
Nine Caillaux' trial awaits the
of her coming out
dress.
Mrs. NJ. E. Greenhouses advice
to marry college girls comestoo late
for the old Suns who don't like
fudge, anyhow.
A New York litigant wins a suit
for $4,000 at a cost Of $4,000
and still some folks insist that New
York lawyers want it all.
The spaniards who sent Column
bus back in chains must have been
touched with a gift Of prophecy re-
garding what his discovery Of A.
merica would bring about.
Strange how quickly the eugenicI
fades away when some
Thing important comes around.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-07

Obituary notices, cards Of thanks,
resolutions Of sympathy and all SINH
lar notices, other than those given
in the paper as news Items, must be
paid for at the rate Of five cents per
printed line.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-07

Advertising rates reasonable and
win be furnished upon application, All
bills for advertising must be paid by
the 9Th Of each month to insure fu
ture insertion.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-07

The Spaniards who sent Column
bus back in chains must have been
touched with a gift Of prophecy re-
garding what his discovery Of A.
merica would bring about.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-07

Mrs. NJ. E. Greenhouses advice
to marry college girls comes too late
for the old Suns who don't like
fudge, anyhow.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-07

Very probable. further activity in
Nine Caillaux's trial awaits the
completion Of her coming out
dress.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-07
L. b. DICKERSON,
Lessee and Publisher.

Entered at the Postoffice at Lees
burg, Ca, as secend-class matter.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-07

This is the time Of the year when
old-time people, who always had
such good health, began drinking
sassafras ten.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-24

stock blooded. When he goes out on
a hot June morning to plough his fields
of corn he rides--and under a canopy.
The single shovel pillow is unheard of,
it is relegated to the past. 1t is obsolete.
The way in which corn is set out Is typ
ical of how the Indiana farmer does
things. In a 20-acre field, whether ono
look to the right or left or. straight
| ahead. the corn stretches out in exact
rows. This is true not of one farm but
of hundreds; there is no guess work
here.
| farming country depends upon its
| roads. for If the farmer can not market
his product cheaply his profit is swal-
flowed up. The roads of Indiana are UNI
surpassed: bad road is the exception
| rather than the rule. They are the joy
of the automobillst and the pride of the
| farmer.
A few of the roads that the writer
| traversed with Button as a base were
revelations. From Button to Fort
Wayne is % miles. The roads are such
| that an automobile. without the least
hurry. can go the distance In As min
utes. From Button to Huntington Is
"a miles, an hour suftices. From Bluff
! ton to Marion is 81 miles, three hours
for the round trip is ample. And so it
goes.
And It is not only the main roads that
are good Every road here, be il main
| read or a cross-road Is a pike-and is
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-24
H. D. CLAYTON OPENS
COURT At OPEL|KA
Eastern Division of Middle
District Federal Court
COnvenes Monday

opelika. June 23.-(Special Judge
Henry D. Clayton, assisted by the Off
Gals of his court composed of District
Attorney I. D. Sanford. Ben Walker,
marshal; Walter Jones. secretary to
Judge Clayton; Harvey E. Jones, clerk.
and Deputy Clerk II. C. Peterson, or
ganized the eastern division of the
middle district federal court at the
county courthouse here yesterday
After the grand jury was empanelled
Judge Clayton delivered an able charge
to that body, setting forth succinetly
the duties devolving upon them, and
what should be Investigated. 1mmedi-
ately after Judge Clayton's charge the
grand jury recessed until 2 o'clock
when they began their sessions.
The grand jury is composed of the
following: Walter Pittman, foreman
Ike Roberts, Nixon Lucas, E. IL. Berry
J. J. Rudd, J. c. Tolbert, O. J. Harris
]. w. Norris, T. G. Bowling. Ike Vine
yard, w. NJ. Rowe, ]. W. Foster, l. d
Harris, w. c. Hudson, John +. Rodgers
w J. Busbee. j. l.. Easterwood j. l.
Greggs. w. II. Lasseter. Johnson Tolley
Jesse w. Smith, John L. Moon and W. s
Parker
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-24

carefully kept as Is the lawn of the
Ridgeiy. There is no underbrush and
the grass grows lush and green.
Passing to the farms a southerner 10
amazed. One nathally compares coun-
try which he sees with that which he
is familiar. and the writer was forced
to admit that Alabama has nothing like
this. Farming In Alabama, as general
ly practiced. when compared with the
same thing in Indiana seems slovenly.
The Alabama farmer has but scratched
the surface of the land. while here they
plough deep and wiring from the sol
all that Is in It,
Intensive farming Is the rule here
The writer hearing a friend speak OF
someone as being ION the plantation
inquired how large the plantation was
He was told 200 acres. Farms covering
thousands of acres are unknown here.
man who has $50 acres is rich or
soon becomes so.
Strictly speaking, there Is no country
here. The farmer enjoys all eonvens
fence of city life. The farm houses are
amazing in their comfort They are
heated by not-air furnaces, have acete-
lene lights and water pumped either
by a windmill or gas engines The
farmer has his automobile and whether
he lives five miles or % from town he
cares not.
The farmer here insists on the best.
His implements are the very latest. his
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-24
BIRMINGHAM GIRL
LECTURES AT PELHAM
Miss Jane Hartwell Gives Interesting
Talk on Child Nature" at the
Encampment

Pelham Heights June 2S.-(Special)
Miss Jane Hartwel of Birmingham lee
tured for As minutes to the ladies' and
preachers present on studies of Child
Nature
This lecture was most enjoyable the
young women here had opportunities OF
learning just what the little ones think
and need
Miss Hartwell returned to America from
China, where she had lived for 10 years
with her father, who has been mission
airy there for 81 years.
Miss Hartwell,, since her return to
America, has learned much as to children,
and this Information she is telling to
mothers who are stopping here on the
Heights that they will better know what
child life yearns foi.
Miss Hartwelrs series of lectures are
to be continued through until the
preachers school, is over
The Sunday school work in charge of
Miss Forbes and II. l.. Strickland Is pro-
crossing splendidly, and the class is learn
ing many new ideas that they can put to
work in their home schools when they
leave here
Among the recent arrivals are J. A.
Cannon. Mountain Creek; =. G. Sphinx
Midland City; j. II. Chapman. Florence;
| Miss Rubie Askew. Midland City; Mrs A
G. Sphinx. Midland City: Miss Felso How
| ELL Mirland City: j. r. Ashworth, Co
| lumbiana: S. o. Y. Ray. Birmingham
j. W. Cohen. Excel; F. w. c. Bice. Bill
| Kingsley; J. II. Poole and wife, Cuba; w
II. Mitchell, Talladega Springs: w n
, Cornell, Stanton j. L. Hand. Newton
| w. J. Nail, Tallassee; r, r. Brasher
Stanton; J. w. Brown, Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-24

kept in the best of repair. The town
ship Is the unit in the management OF
TIE roads. They have a unique way
of conserving the roads here and pro-
N.o4t.t. Ior tie convenience of the auto
mobilist On many of the roads there
are two roads of standard Width one =
dirt road and the other a stone. In the
summer or in dry weather. the automo-
bile travels the stone road and the
horse drawn vehicles the dirt road In
wet weather all use the stone road.
Another thing that the farmer here
has Is adequate school facilities. At
regular intervals along the main roads.
whore townships join, there is n cross
road and a school. That is the way
they direct a stranger here Ask =
farmer how to get to certain point.
and his reply would probably be some
what as follows; Just keep on until
YOU come to the second school house.
then turn to your right and keep that
road to the third school house. turn
to your left then and go straight In"
The farmer here asks odds of nobody.
He hauls his product to market: IL he
doesn't like the price. he hauls II back
TO his barn and Keeps IL there until the
he gets what he wants. He rides in
an automobile, sits over furnace regis
ter to keep warm and reads his newspa-
per by acety1ene light.
Truly, this is wonderful country,
and the farmer is king.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-24
NEED COLLEGE MEN
IN PUBLIC SERVICE

We have a right to look to the COLI
leges to help in the work of trained
leadership in public affairs says the
Electric Railway Journal This is not
because they possess monopoly of
learning. but they are the browning
feature of our educational system and
have been organized to give training
of an especially high character to a
small proportion of population. quail
fed by natural endowments to profit
by such training. Too often the col
lege man of today considers that he
performs his civic duty by complaining
about the existing situation.
DR.. A. c. Humphreys of the Stevens
institute, referred to this condition in
an address in Philadelphia. when he
criticised the teaching of civics in mod
ern educational institutions as neglect
ing the practical and placing undue
stress on the theoretical. and added
THE so-called educated man-meaning
the man of school, college and books
is to blame far more than the less ia
vored man If his i'll considered words
lead other astray" The fact that some
college men are active in attacks on
capital Is no reason why the colleges
cannot do an important work in train
ing the right kind of men for civic
service. The exceptions really prove
the rule.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-24

Children's day was observed at thhe
Methodist church Sunday, and the house
was filled with visitors. The pro-
grsmme was splendidly arranged. and
special music added to the occasion
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-24
Oklahoma Especially At
tracing Attention Over
Entire Country
RAILROADS GETTING
READY FOR STRAIN
Cars Are Being Placed on Every Pos
sible Siding to be Ready to
Meet Demand Upon
Them
by HOLLAND

New York, June 22.-(Special) -okla-
homa, Iowa and Minnesota are, according
to reports which have been received here,
likely to command admiring attention
when the full statistics of the crop of this
year are made public. In each of these
states the crops are likely to make new
records. This was undoubtedly what
James J. Hill referred to in a brief COM
ment made by him few hours before
he departed upon his annual fishing ex-
cursion In Canada. As Mr.. Hill always
speaks cautiously when his remarks are
optimistic, his statement was regarded
here as meaning much more than a SUI
perficial reading would suggest. He said
that the crops in his part of the country
are likely to prove fully good as were
the harvests of 1918. Others who are ia
miliar with conditions in the northwest,
particularly those which are reflected in
the financial, industrial and transporta-
ton facilities which concentrate at Min
neapolis. have made reports to friends in
this city which are more enthusiastic even
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-24
DESERTED BABY IN HOTEL
Young Woman Asked Another to Care
for 1t Minute
m the Kansas city Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
A nicely. dressed young woman car
rying a baby entered the Grandview
hotel, Kansas side.
Can I get a room?" she asked Mrs.
Daniel Connors. wife of the proprietor.
Mrs Connors pushed the register to
her.
The young woman placed the baby
on the desk and reashed for the pen.
I'm so ILL.," she said. my head is
bursting. I must have some headache
powder Where Is drug store?"
Across the street there
"Will you please mind the baby while
I go over and get a headache POWDER
Once out of the door the young wo-
man stepped briskly UP the street and
disappeared.
The baby, blue-eyed girl about 2
months old. was taken to the home of
Mrs Harriet B. Cole police matron.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-24
FARMER IS KING
IN DEVELOPMENT
OF MIDDLE WEST
Trip Through Indiana Is a
Revelation to Man From
the South
NOT A FOOT OF THE
GROUND is WASTED
Homes Heated by Furnaces, Equipped
with Acetelene Lights and
Automobiles Carry Owner
to Town

Button. Ind. June 2S.-tSpecial.)-
This is a wonderful country. But one
does not appreciate its merits until he
has had an opportunity to view II in
detail From the window of a railroad
coach 1t is monotonous, an endless sue
cession of fields with nothing upon
which to rest the eye; but seen from
a country road it's true worth Is borne
In upon one.
Button is situated in the heart of
the great wheat and corn belt of the
middle west, than which there is no
more fruitful land in the United States.
And it is essentially a farmers town.
The farmer Is what made it possible,
and it thrives and grows upon his sup
port. 1t is true that there are several
factories here, one that manufactures
pianos another pumps and windmills
and third chandeliers; but the life of
the town is dependent upon the farmer.
on all sides of Button for hundreds
OF miles extends farming district that
is almost as level as billiard table
There are no mountains to stretch away
In the distance as far as the eye can
see. And one who has been accustomed
to them misses them There is nothing
upon which to rest the eyes and the
sidiS OF NHt sun on the pdit ear III
makes them smart
No Wasted Ground
\ fact that strikes the casual tourist
forcibly is the fact that there is nc
wasted ground here Every available
foot is under cultivation. Trees are
few and far between; out of every
thousand acres there will scarce be 80
that are wooded. The farmer needed
the land and the trees have gone. Oc-
easionally there is a little woodland
which is used as pasture. 1t is as
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-24
Advantage of the Railroads

The Offering of enormous grain trans
portation to the railroads should be of
very great pecuniary value to the railroad
companies. Sor1e of them. in anticipation
of their largely increased earnings, will
begin long deferred improvements by
midsummer.
Business activities of all kinds have
been renewed and some new Undertakings
have been begun since the promise of
this phenomenal crop has become prac-
teal fulillment.
Throughout the southwest that vast re-
gon which Mr. Hartman frequently de-
signated as the "Empire-like Southwest
the evidences are good that there is to
be considerable increase in business ac-
tivty as soon as the crops are har-
vested.
The reports which come to this city are
to the effect that our disturbed relations
with Mexico are causing very little con-
Germ even in those states whose southern
boundaries touch the Mexican line. Mr..
Hill reports excellent conditions so far
as the railroad properties are concerned.
although he thinks they might be better
were hi siness not quite So greatly de-
pressed ~ ii has been. Still there must
be a very Urge business throughout the
northwest in order to make it possible
for Mr. Hill to say that his railroad
properties have earned enough to JUS
The 1912 Crop
When Mr.. Hill made comparison be-
tween the probable harvest of this year
and the recorded harvest of 1912 he did
not go so far as to refer to the extra
ordinary conditions which followed the
1912 harvest. 1t was an unexpectedly
great harvest and for a time the railroad
managers were at their wits ends to meet
the demands of transportation. Then,
again, the bankers have for years been
accustomed to finance the moving of the
crop were taken almost unawares and the
situation was especially embarra ssing to
them because just at that time conditions
were alarming in Europe-the money mar
ket was very stringent and Germany was
calling upon the United States for finan-
cial aid. This aid was furnished by
American bankers. the common estimate
being that as much as 100000 900 of Amer
lean funds or credit were furnished to
Germany
On account OF. their peculiar conditions,
the great crop of 1912 was not of the
advantage to the American people that
would have otherwise been the case I'm
doubtedly the crops aided the situation
although for some weeks the magnitude
of them served somewhat to embarras IS
It. No conditions of that kind are posi-
BILE this year. Railroad companies will
be fully prepared to meet any demands
that may be made, the money market is
likely to be easv and there are no signs
of serious disturbances In Europe. There
fore both the farmers and the business
and transportation interests of the Tinted
States are likely this year to reap the f,,l,
benefit of the harvest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-24

Ragland is to have another paper
soon which will be a weekly publica-
ton. The editors are here and will
have the first edition out soon.