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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15
First Bale Of New Cotton

Brownsville, as.---The first
bale of cotton for the 1915 season
was ginned today at Lyford, Texas,
near here, and shipped to the Hous-
ton cotton exchange. Itcame fro9.
several farms and weighed about $40
pounds. y
This is said to be the third sue
cessive year that Lyford has shipped
the first bale of the seasons cotton
in the United States.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15
McDOnald---HOweH

Mr.. Arthur Mcdonald and Miss
Pauline Howell. both Of Redbone,
were happily married last Sunday.
The groom is a son Of Mr.. John
A. Mcdonald, who moved to Lee
county from Terrell about year
ago, and is a hustling young man.
The bride is. a daughter Of Mr..
William Howell, and is a charming
and likable young woman.
The Journal extends congratula-
tions.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15

FOR sALE-100o bushels of
oats and 100 bushels Of corn.
I. D. & II. D. Tyler.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15
Looking at the Frank
Case in The Right Way

Atlanta. -Georgians will heave
a sigh Of relief, no matter what
their views, when they read the
following comment from a leading
Chicago paper, THE Blade, = says:
There has been too much talk
about the Frank case in papers out
side Georgia. It is a home matter,
and what Georgia does is her own
business. There has been too much
butting in on the part Of news
papers and agitators Of other states.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15
COTTON CROP OF 1914
LARGEST ON RECORD.
If Bales Placed End to End Would
Half EncircIe the Globe. Census
Shows Biggest Year

Washington, D. G. July If.
The American cotton crop Of 1914
was the largest ever produced, hav-
ing reached is, 1880 equivalent
to coo pounds bales which, if plac-
ell end to end would reach more
than half around the world at the
equator. These figures announced
today BY the census bureau consti-
tlte the governments final report.
They remove any doubt whether
last years crop exceeded the for
mer record crop of 1911 and shows
that AZ, 229 equivalent 500 pound
bales more were grown last year
than in 1911. These statistics are
81, 687 bales more than the census
bureaus preliminary estimate OF
last March, 1888 bales more
than estimated by the Department
of Agriculture crop reporting hui
reau last December. Linters cot
ton, now being used extensively in
manufacturing shells for big guns
amounted to 791 ,46t bales, making
a total production Of 16,926,894
equivalent 500-pound bales Of cot
ton, including linters.
Texas alone produced more than
one-fourtb Of the CROP .592,111
bales-Georgia one-sixth Of the
crop, 2,71S,037 bales. Those
states, with Alabama, South Caro-
lima, Oklahoma and Mississippi
produced more than four-fftbs Of
The entire crop. Alabame's total
was i ,651, 1915 bales; South Caro-
lima /, 533, $40; Oklahoma / ,260,-
1zG; and Mississippi 1,245. The
remainder OF the eighteen cotton
growing states each grow less than
one million bales.
Cotton produced in California is
increasing rapidly, 1885 bales
having been ginned there, or more
than double the 1918 ginning.
Arizona also shows arapid increase,
7,142 bales having been reported
against 2, 299 in 1918.
Ellis county, Texas, was the ban
ner CO. ton county Of the United
States having grown 1874 bales,
or approximately rs per cent more
than the entire crop of Mississippi
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15
MATTE THOMAS GRANTED
GRANTED ANOTHER TRIAL

Matte Thomas, the negro wo-
man, who was convicted at the
last term Of Superior here, for COM
plicity in. the murder Of husband,
was last week granted new trial
by Judge z. A. Littlejohn Col.
EIoyle, the woman's attorney, ap-
pealed the case on the grounds that
there was not sufficient law and
evidence to support the verdict.
This makes the second time that u
new trial has been granted in this
case, the first one being granted by
the Supreme Court, after Judge
George had denied the motion.
Clifford Sims, the negro sentene-
Cd to hang, was denied a new tria4
but an appeal viii be taken to the
Supreme Court. Robert Stewart,
another negro, who was convicted Of
murder was also denied a new trial.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15

To run a newspaper all a fellow
has to do is to be able to write
poems, discuss the tariff and mon
ey questions, umpire baseball
game, report a wedding, saw wood,
describe a fire 50 that the readers
will shed there wraps, make 81 do
the work Of $40, shineat the dance,
measure calico, abuse the liquor
habit, test whisky, subscribe to
charity, go without meals, attack
free silver, wear diamonds, invent
advertisements, sneer at snobbery,
overlook scandal, apprise babies,
delight pumpkin raisers, minister
to the afflicted, heal the disgrunted,
fight To a finish, set type, mold
opinins, sweep out the office, speak
at prayer meetings and stand in
with everybody and everything.
Do you want the job?
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15

Several citizens have been to Us
recently urging US to take up the
matter of the County Commission
ers publishing the proceedings Of
their meetings each month. We
have upon two occasions appeared
before the Board urging that this
be done, but we we're unable to
Interest them.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15
THREE WHITE
men KILLED
By Negro in Pulaski County. Ne
gro Barricaded Himself in
House

Three white men are dead at
Cochran in Pulaski county as the
result Of gunshot wounds at the
hands Of negro farmland,
The negro, after successfully
evading capture for eighteen hours
by barricading himself in a shanty,
was lynched at noon yesterday by a
mob, but not until the negro shanty
had been blown up by dynamite.
The dead:
w. S. Hogg, marshal at Coch-
ran, age 40, married.
Lynn Sanders, supervisor Of the
Peacock farm near Cochran: age
about 40 and married.
Oscar Lawson, age %, single,
farmland.
James Jackson, negro farmland.
The tronhle had its inception late
yesterday afternoon on the farm Of
w. H. Peacock, near Cochran,
where Sanders, Lawson and the ne
gro were employed. Sanders be-
came exasperated at the laziness
of the negro and accosted him yes
tertiay afternoon. Sanders is said
to have told the negro that he
either had to go to work or quit.
The negro is said to have made
several impudert remarks which
Sanders resented by shrinking him.
The negro left the scene and re-
turned about an hour later. With
out saying a word he approached
Sanders, pulled a pistol and fred
twice. One of the bullets hit San
ders in the heart.
Incensed over the killing, acrowd
Of farmers Of Pulaski county last
night organized and spent the night
searching for the negro. They
were unsuccessful.
On the tip this morning that the
negro had barricaded himself in a
shanty, three and half miles from
HawkinsviIle, Marshal Hogg, Law
son and crowd Of men went to
the shanty They demanded tho
negro to open the door. The negro
responded by firing a shot gun at
Hopg who stood at the door. Hogg
dropped in his tracks dead.
Lawson had gone around to the
rear Of the shanty to help surround
the house.
Immediately after shooting Hogg,
the negro rushed to the door and
emptied load Of shot in Lawson.
Both Lawson and Hogg were kill
ed about instantly.
All the while the negro evaded
capture. While a crowd Of men
stood guard at the house, another
group went to Cochran for dyna-
mite, having decided that this was
about the only means they had Of
getting to the negro.
The dynamite was placed under
the shanty, which resulted in its
practically being demolished. The
enraged posse then took the negro
and lynehed him to a tree nearby.
The death Of young Lawson is
pitiful. He was the sole support
of his mother.
The dead negro is belived to have
had an accomplice and a posse is
this afternoon in search for him.
Fully 600 citizens, heavily armed
were on the spot when the negro
was finally captured.
The Peacock farm is one of the
most noted in Pulaski county, W..
H. Peacock, the owner, is reputed
to be one of the wealthiest planters
in Central Georgia.
AZ
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-15

Of Florida, about three times that
Of Virginia. Ellis county has an
area Of 975 square miles and a pop
uIation Of about 5000.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-03-12

of Valley County, thence southerly
along the west boundary line of said
Valley County, observing the joys and
corrections therein, to where same is
intersected by the section. line between
sections z and 10, of township IS
north, rang IS east, thence easterly
along said section line produced to
where same is intersected by the range
line between ranges 81 and 80 east,
thence northerly along said range line,
observing the joys and corrections
therein, to the point of beginning.
ROAD DISTRICT NO. 4
Shall include all of the following des-
cribed tract of land, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the range
line between ranges 81 and 80 east,
where same is intersected by the Sec
ton line between sections IL and 10,
of township IS north, range 81 east,
thence westerly along said section line
produced to where same is ~intersected
by the west boundary line of Valley
County, thence southerly along said
west boundary line to where same is
intersected by the township line be-
tween townships 80 and 80 north,
thence easterly along said township
line to where same is intersected by
the range line between ranges 81
and 80 east, thence northerly along
CONTINUED on page 81
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-03-12

Schools, appeared before the Board
asking for $4,000 to be set aside by
the County Treasurer, to be known
as Institute Fund for the purpose of
holding a summer school this summer
Of 1915.
On motion it is hereby granted that
100000 be set aside by the County
Treasurer for the purpose of holding
summer school during year of 1915.
Carried.
On motion the following: C. J. Carr,
Frank Ward, Frank Seeley, John Saun-
ders and E. F. Jacobs, appointed as
Field Deputy Assessors by Assessor
B. H. Cottrell, is hereby approved.
Carried.
On motion the following road dis
tricts were created with boundaries as
follows:
ROAD DISTRICT No. l
Shall include all of the following des-
cribed tract of land, to-wit:
Beginning at a point or the range
lien between ranges As and 46 east
where the same is intersected by the
north boundary line of Valley county,
thence along said north boundary line
in a westerly direction to where same
is intersected by the range line be-
tween ranges AZ and 43 east, thence
southerly along said range line to
where same is intersected by the town.
ship line between townships IS and
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-03-12

SO north, thence easterly along said
township line to where same is in.
tersected by the range line between
ranges As and as east, thence norther-
ly along said range line to the point
of beginning.
Road DISTRICT No. 2
Shall include all of the following des-
cribed tract Of land, to-wit:
Beginning at. a point on the range
between ranges AZ and 43 east, where
same is intersected by the north boun-
Diary line Of Valley County, thence
westerly along said north boundary
line to where same is ~intersected by
the range line between ranges 81 and
So east, thence %southerly along said
range line, observing the joys and
corrections therein, to where same is
in~tersected by the township line be-
tween townships IS and SO north
thence easterly along said township
line to where same is ~intersected by
the range line between ranges AZ and
43 east, thence ~northerly along said
range line to the point Of beginning,
ROAD DISCTRICT No. 8
Shall include all of the following des-
cribed tract of land, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the range
line between ranges 81 and SO east,
where same is i~ntersected by the north
boundary line of Valley county, thence
line to the extreme northwest corner
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-03-12

ranges 45 and 46 east, thence northerly
along said range line observing the
joys and corrections, therein to the
point of beginning.
PRECINCT 7-(Nashua)
Shall include all of the following des-
cribed tract of land, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the range
line between ranges 43 and Al east.
where same is intersec,ei by the town.
ship line between townships 81 and
| 80 north, thence westerly along said
township line to where same is in
tersected by the range line between
ranges 40 and Al east, thence south
erly along sal Orange line, observing
the joys and corrections therein, to
where same is intersected by the mid
die channel of the Missouri river,
thence down the said middle channel
in an easterly direction to where same
is intersected by the range line be-
tween ranges 43 and Al east, thence
northerly along said range line, OBJ
serving the joys and corrections there
in, to the point of beginning.
PRECINCT 8-(Glasgow)
Shall include all Of the following des-
cribed tract of land, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the range
line between ranges 40 and Al east,
where same is in%tersected by the town.
ship line between townships 80 and 80
north, thence westerly along said
township line, observing the jogs and
corrections therein, to where same is
i~ntersected by the range line between
ranges 80 and 80 east, thence southerly
along said range line to where same is
intersected by the middle channel of
the Milk River, thence down said mid
die channel of the Milk River in a
southeasterly direction to where same
is intersected by the center line of the
Great Northern railroad, thence along
said center line in a southeasterly d.
rection to where same is intersected
by the range line between ranges 40
and Al east, thence northerly along
said range line, observing the jogs and
corrections therein to the point Of
beginning.
PRECINCT 9-(Buggy Creek
Shall include all of the following des-
cribed tract of land, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the range
line between ranges 80 and 80 east,
where same is intersected by the town.
ship line between townships 50 and SO
north. thence westerly along said
township line to where same is inter
sected by the ranges line between
ranges 81 and SO east, thence south
erly along said range line to where
same is intersected by the township
line between townships % and 20
north, thence easterly along said town.
ship line to where same is intersected
by the range line between ranges 80
and 80 east. thence northerly along
said range line to the point of begin
ming.
PRECINCT 1O-(Vandalia)
Shall include all of the following des-
cribed tract of land, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the range
line between ranges 81 and 3S east,
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-03-12
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS

ton line between sections Is and is.
Of township 81 north, range IS east,
thence southeriy along said section
line produced to where same is inter-
sected by the township line between
townships % and 20 north, thence
easterly along said township line to
where same is intersected by the
range line between ranges IS and 36
east, thence southerly along said range
line, observing the joys and corrections
therein, to where same is intersected
by the township line between town.
ships "a and Is north, thence easterly
along said township: line to where same
is intersected by the range line be-
tween ranges 81 and 50 east, thence
northerly along said range line to
where same is intersected by the
township line between townships %
and 20 north, thence westerly along
said township line to where same is
intersected by the range line between
ranges 80 and 81 east, thence north
erly along said range line to where
same is ~intersected by the township
line between townships 80 and 80
north, thence easterly along said town.
ship line to where same is intersected
by the range line between ranges 81
and SO east, thence northerly along
said range line to the point of begin
ming.
PRECINCT 5-(Baylor)
Shall include all of the following des-
cribed tract, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the range
line between ranges As and as east.
where same is i~ntersected by the town.
ship line between townships 81 and 35
north, thence westerly along said
township line to where same is in
tersected by the range line between
ranges 81 and 80 east, thence south
erly along said range line to where
same is intersected by the township
line between townships 50 and 80
north, thence easterly along said
township line. observing the joys and
corrections therein, to where same is
intersected by the range line between
ranges as and 46 east, thence norther-
ly along said range line to point of
beginning.
PRECINCT 6-(Oswego)
Shall include all of the following des-
cribed tract of land, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the range
line between ranges As and as east,
where same is intersected by the
township line between townships 80
and 80 north, thence westerly along
said township line to where same is
intersected by the range line between
ranges 43 and A east, thence south
erly said range line. observing the
joys and corrections therein. to where
same is intersected by the middle
channel of the Missouri River, thence
down the said middle channel in an
easterly direction to where same is in
tersected by the range dine between
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-03-12

Continued on page 81
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-03-12

PRECINCT 1O-(Vandalia)
Shall include all of the following Ges
cribed tract of land, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the range
line between ranges 81 and 80 cast
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-03-12

At . o'clock p. M, on March 3. 1915,
the board resumed, all members and
the Clerk present.
Miss McGregor, Superintendent of
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-07
EVELYN APPEARED,
TALKED, WENT BACK

NEW YORK. July 6.-Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw. who came 70 New York
In answer 10 q subpoena TO testify
nFainst her husband Harry X Thaw.
In the jury proceedings 70 determine
his sanity. returned 20 her camp a.
Chateaugay Lake. near Malone. y. Y..
tonight without having appeared In
court Just before she left for Malone
Mrs Thaw Issued the following state.
mcnt.
n came 10 New York in answer To-
a subpoena issued BY the supreme
court. but no woman wishes fo testify
a Eainst her husband brought win
me doctors certificate fhowinr that
am not IN n ft condition 90 undor.
70 the ordeal Of testifylng AGAIN. q
had no intention of offending Justice
HendrIck when I issued my state
ment at the camp
y do not want Harry t0 30 hack 20
that he'll on earth Mattaavau but
do think some kind of restraint should
BE- placed upon him . am eoine back
TO camp tO forget Do all
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-07
TO HELP THE
UNEMPLOYED
GOVERNMENT AT WORK on
PLAN TO FINANCE FARM
LAND WORKERS.
Workers To Take Up Government
Lands Financed On a Sys-
TEN Of Farm Credits

WASHINGTON. July 6.-An inter.
departmental committee. named BY
Secretary OF the Interior Lane. ana
Secretary Of Labor Wilson. is at work
on plan 20 relieve unemployment
under which the federal government
would finance workers desiring 10
take up farm lands. 4 eomplete pro
gram with preliminary drafts of
necessary legislation. d. 70 BE- framed
before congress meets In Decem ber
TO be proposed in connection with q
rural credits bin which the admiris-
tration is expected TO pass at that
time
The committee. which Includes ffu-
cials ~ the general land office. the
reclamation tervice and the depart-
ment of labor. was appointed spcci-
hcally 70 consider means Of broaden.
inE the scope of the federal employ
ment bureau In the department Of
labor. and b. has the cooperation of
officials u the posfoffice department
and the department ~ agriculture.
The Plan.
The plan now under consideration
contcmplates n system of farm credits
operating through ths department ~
labor which would enable workers n
conzested cities to- take up arricui-
tural land on government rociama-
tion projects or public lands. on easy
payment loans. bad suggested gov-
eminent back fo the farm scheme
some time ago End the Inter.deparf-
mental committee now has developed
the idea 10 point where work has
been begun on framinr OF initial
drafts Of necessary legislation on
addition 20 requiring an AUXILIARY
rural credit system under the confroi
~ The department of labor tho scheme
would ueceqsifate amendments to the
rrclammation lawr and tha land laws.
liberallzlnE the financial arfanee.
menfs that may b. made with the GOV.
eminent by settlers on federal lana
President Wilson in meseara 20
The hnal session 81 tho last CONGRESS
regretted the imnoqplhilifv Of the pass.
age % rural credits bin ar thar Time.
and Dr. has been generally believed traf
he will recommend some action ON fnn
subject next winter.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-07

LONDON. July 6. s:13 p. m.-witn
the exception Of certain sectors be
tween the Nistula and the Bug. the
Austro-German rush in the eastern
war zone seems TO be losing its mo-
mentum. The Russians have braced
themselves and are holding al most
points along their line. although the
Austrians claim continued progress to
the northeast Of Krasnik. and Iurther
east. along the river Vieprz. IN the
neighborhood OF TarnoRrOd
This il critical sector so far as
a northward blow az Warsaw is con-
cerned. but IL Is evident that the
Russians are stiffening their resist
snce after their long retreat. and the
British press. Tor the first time IN
weeks. takes a more cheerful view
OF the eastern stu s'on.
II Is noteworthy that to-day's Ber-
lin official communication speaks
only Of gain on the northern Poland
front. leaving he southeastern neld
entirely to the -Austrians. who In their
official statement. emphasize that an
advance on the center between the
Nistula and the Bug was made by
"Austrians"
British Gain in Flanders.
The quiet, which had prevailed on
the British front in Flanders so long.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-07
GAS HEARING
Is RESUMED
AT PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH Pa. July s,-The
hearing Of the protest Of the Manu-
iacturcrs Light a Heat Company
aseinst the action Of the West Vir.
r.nia Public Service Commission In
reducing the rates on gas was resumed
here today.
NJ B Layton. assistant general
manager Of the company. occupied
the stand thc entire DAY Fe was
Questioned regarding the ACQUISITION
of local aniiated companies in West
Virginia in 1908. and detailed tho his.
tory Of The amliated Fas companies In
Penn sylfauia. West Virrinia and
Ohio De- admitted on cross-oxamina.
tion that af the time Of the ac0ulsl-
tin of che local companies in West
virginia The company had demands
f0f more sac Than t could produce In
Pcnnsy ylvania Iio icsuned that the
condition Of wells and the LAYING of
new pipe lines enters into Che deter.
mination of the srllinl price of aas
llc eaid fhe officials of the Nauufar.
turerE Leht a Heat Company be-.
lieted an increase in ratpa necessary
because Of tho Increased cost Of nro.
durtion and che crest hazard in driU.
Iuz successful wells
The hearinE viii adjourn here SAT.
urdav huf DO has NOT boon decided
whom and where the ucAt hearIuE wild
De- held