The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-10-08
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Our weeds and grass have been
cut at last. The campus is respect
able now. Our window lights have,
also, been put IN, all this is due t.
the Kindness Of Messrs. jonathan
Orr aid George Sapp who did the
work and to Mrs. Maggie McManus
who furnished US a mower.
The basketball outfit has come
and everybody is crazy" about
playing
Our new international dictionary
and dictionary holder have arrived. /
EOur maps will be here as soon Vas
they can reach us from Chicago.
Come next Friday to see the goods
that have arrived and visit us again
when the others come. We heart4
lily thank the people for their liber-
atty in contributing to thepurcbase
Of these articles. Allthese nice goods
cost us, express and all charges paid
about $26.50 The ice cream supper
made us $1125 and we collected
lS16.25 making a total Of $27 so re-
ceived, leaving q balance to our
credit, Of 81. There is a subscription
of $1.75 still to be collected and sew
eral more men have promised to
help. We have not solicited funds
very much from the ladies yet. Be
We ready to help as we have not fin
ished decorating the walls with pic
lures yet. Sowe shall expect all chat
did not have an opportunity to con-
tribute to the dictionary and map
fund to help on the pictures. We
need at least four pictures for the
several rooms. Give your child five
or ten cents for pictures. Five cents
each for the primary room will buy
a beautiful picture for that room,
amp ten cents each for the auditor
{. ium will buy one for that room,
several pupils, have promised ten
cents for the auditorium. George
Clark gave fifty cents long ago for
this purpose. Several Of our little
prayers have been answered, for in.
: stance, bolts for our cloak-room
doors, lock and key for the library,
mower for the weeds and grass,
worksman for the windows. etc.
Now will someone send us a good
workman and dozen or two planks
| for repair work on the buildings?
! Then we shall be ready to ask Supt
Howell to pass on our fitness for
Standardization.
Since our program was ralned
out last Friday we shall try it again
Friday 9Th. The program will begin
at 1870 p. M. There will be an in
teresting short exercise by some Of
the pupils, including a debate.
After the school have given Their
numbers, we shall enjoy an old
fashioned spelling bee" by the
elder citizens Of the community :,
Webster's famous and forgotten
blue back speller will be used with
Prof Pipkins as brisk wielder Of
the birch andrule. " Come then and
bring your peace offering (for you
shall see no peace til! you do) in
books and pictures. Please do not
| ignore this important item. | don It
want to have to modest you in your
homes for these things, but if YOU
do not respond, ] shall be forced to
come to your homes for them. We
must have theml You have them
AID can do without them,
We have a fine little library, but
we need more books. Send them
Bring them! Pleased Pleased!
Please! |!
Don't forget Friday, 9th we ex-
pect to have an interesting game of
basketball by the elder married men
Of the community. We expect to or
ganizea parent-teacher organization.
A neat little prize will be given
thechampion speller of the "blue-
back" days. Be sure to come. This
will be an event in your life.
Our girls avesuggested that they |
play basketball with the Leesburg