The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-09-03
Richmond, Va, Aug. 80, 1914.
Editor Lee County Journal,

The last issue Of your valuable
paper is before me, and | read you
editorialon the County Fair and j
was SO much to the point that fell
like | would write and see If cou'c
encourage the farmers of Lee coun-
ty to get together at once and or
ganize and have one Of the best
county fairs this fall that has ever
been in South Georgia. There is
no better county iii Georgia than
sd Lee and all she needs is for her
people to get busy and bring her to
the front. BY holding this fair it
brings the farmers together and in
close touch with each otherand they
sec what their neighbors are doing
and it will put new life in them.
All hands get together and have a
fair during the fall and give Lee
county a big boost.
also noticed the move on foot
by Messrs. S. B. Brown, L. B. Mar
tin, w, 9. Laramore, S. j. Yeo-
lnao, j. NJ Cannon and others
where they organized and expect to
perfect plans whereby they can hold
their cotton and get such a price as
will enable them to pay their debts
and make money. This is q move
in the right direction. Success to
you, Mr.. Farmer. | only wish |
was with you 50 | could help you
all. If | haven't got any cotton to
sell, could at least make sugges-
/ tons and furnish the chin music.
Well, Georgia farmers are not
having hard times by themselves.
While cotton is our money crop, in
Virginia their money crop is tobac-
90. The war is hurting them just
as bad as it is the cotton growers.
There is a patient in the hospital
with me that is a large tobacco
planter, and he told me today that
last season lie sold his tobacco crol
for 25e to soc per pound, and wa
only offered now from Sc to 1912
and that he could hardly sell it al
the price. So you see the war
what Sherman said it was and il
Hurts all alike. It's true there il
arge amount Of truck business
carried on in Virginia, such as to-
Imatocs, beans, eabbages, melons.
cantapolues, etc, but their money!
crop is tobacco. The banks and tn,
business men here have Just COM
fpletcd organization and they ale
going to help the tobacco people
carry their tobacco and at better
prices
Nov, Mr.. Editor, a few mere
words and I am through for this
time. The primary is over. Hoke
was elected and the country is safe,
war or no war. ] hope now we are
through with Little Joe. like
him, Int the place for him is where
The Telegraph said hewent then next
day after the nomination, to his
Marietta farm. / wish our people
were here Just SO they could find out
how the people in Richmond AM
the state Of Virginia think Of Hokc
Smith Heis the whole cheese witt.
their cloth and ALL I mailed to
IIoke yours strong editorial you
wrote after the nomination, also my
good friehd,zIIiram Randall's poe
try.
Wei, Twill close and you can say
to my friends that, as old John
Owens, yoused to say, if my hip
straps don,f break and then brech-
ing tear loose, that | viii he with
you all before long, ;he Good Lord
being ms he'll er. ! am pulling
against the stream and taking good
care Of myself and | hope it will
not be long before / be with my
family and my friends, whom
want to see 50 bad. ] have benin
80 - . 4 . ..,o,,f a.. end