The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-03-18
RrcHnorn. w. Mar. Il. Is.

issue Of your paper with great in-
terent. / notice that our comInis-
siOners have decided to call an cleo
ton for bonds for Lee county. Now
/ am rejOiced at the fact they have
atlaat walked up to sense Of duty.
/ have for the last years been writ
ing & letter TO The Journal occas-
ionally urging our commissioners toI
call an election for bonds, but |
could not make them see itas | did
/ said last summer when our prim-
ary was over that the people had
selected good board OF commits
sionsrs and that ! expected to see
them get out OF the old ruts and dol
something for the county, and !
believed they would. Now they have
took one step in the right direction,
and / hope to see on the day of cleo
ton nota single vote against bonds
II is the only way to have good brid
ges and roads, and no one will he
hurt by it. The commissioners can
retire same much Of the bonds every
year and the tax rate be no higher
either, not only that the non-resi-
dents office county pay about one
half ofithe taxes SO the burden will
not be heavy on the balance Of US.
Stiilsthere are newcomers moving
into Lee county every year and they
will help pay the taxes also. ! hope
you will surge our people to join
hands with the commissioners and
makea solid pull for bonds.
Now, Mr.. Editor, / was strongly
impressed with readingsthe Febru-
airy issue Of the Chamber Of Com
merce7 for Richmond and also the
state at large. It shows the work
they are doing for Richmond and
also the state. One thing that sim-
pressed me SO was the amount Of
Spinach the State sold during 1914
1880, 900 worth Of Spinach alone.
II further shows that the Stase alone
raised and sold So per cent Of the
Spinach in the U. 8. during the
year 1914. In addition to this they
sold several million dollars worth Of
melons, cantalopues, bean peas and
Ia sact anything in che truck line.
1'haye seen myself $50 one horse
carts lined up on both sides Of mar
ket first day in and day out, selling
everythingsthan cansbe grown on a
truck farm. Now, / mention this
to see if it would not stimulate some
Of my friends and farmers in Lee
county to go regular in the truck
business. There is no better place
than around Leesburg and Smith
vile. Take the farms for instance
af Callaways, Longs, Jackson, Mar
tins and Forresters. They are ac-
cessible to the R.. R. They can ship
20 Albany, Americas, Macon, Alta
nta OF further north and linda good
market for all they will raise. The
records here show that an old man
sold last year $4,000 worth of 4
acres of land just outside the city
limits. / talked with him and
others, and they told me that there
was more money in truck farming
than in tobacco or anything else,
but the old fellow looked at me and
smiled and said, "You will have to
stay close to it. Push it for all you
arc worth" He further stated that
q truck garden had no time tothrow
away on making senators, governors
or presidents. There is the trouble
with us in Lee county. We lose too
much time on politics and trying
to attend to the other fellows bust
ness. Since l have been up here
and seen so much of the truck busi-
ness. l have wondered why Ben Nc
Kenney with all the energy he has
got, that he has not started it long
ago. He would make success at
it / believe. However, l win make
my old friend, Ben, this proposition, !
If he win go into the truck business
with me and put his energy into it.
While he isdoing that | win solemn
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