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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-01
FARMERS WAREHOUSE
MAKES GOOD SHOWING

The directors of the Farmers
Warehouse held their annual stock
holders meeting last Monday, and
elected officers for the ensuing twelve
months. Those chosen were:
J. M. Cannon, President; j. B.
HoyI, Sec. & Treas, Goode Price,
Manager. Col. Hoyle was elected
to succeed Mr.. B. E. Fouche, re-
signed.
The Farmers Warehouse, which
was only erected last year, has I'M
der the able management Of Mr.
Goode Price made a remarkable
showing. On the first Of May the
stockholders held meeting at
which a 60 per cent dividend was
declared. On last Monday the re-
port Of the manager, Mr.. Price,
showed that the cotton ON hand
and cash in bank, would make the
annual dividend amount to so per
cent.
This indeed is a remarkable
showing and too much credit can
not be given Mr.. Price for the able
way he has handled the interests Of
all concerned.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-01
| MAYOR A. W. GOODWIN
TO RESIGN TUESDAY
His Administration Has Been One
OF Progress

A. w. Goodwin, who was elected
Mayor OF Leesburg in December,
for the ensuing two years, will hand
in his resignation at the regular
meeting Of the Council Tuesday
might.
Since assuming the Office in Jan
uary, Mr.. Goodwin has filled it with
the highest satisfaction. His short
administration at the head Of the
city's affairs has been one Of pro
gress, and he has stood atall times
for municipal Improvements. His
reason for resigning is the fact that
he was recently appointed carrier
in the Rural Route service. The
entire town regrets that Mr.. God
win will resign.
Mr.. s. ]. Woman, mayor-pro-
tenn, will become acting mayor, I'M
til an election can be called and
his successor named.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-01
FARMERS RALLY WILL BE LARGELY
ATTENDED BY PEOPLE OF Lee COUNTY
Speakers From the State College
OF Agriculture VIII Address
Farmers on Important Subjects.
Commissioner Price WILDE Here
Also

The agricultural rally to be held
on the LeValley Farm, near Lees
burg, on July 9th, will be largely
attended by the farmers of Lee
county.
Expert men are sent out from
the State College Of Agriculture
each year Tor the purpose of discus
sing practical farm subjects, visit
ing the crops, especially where di-
seases are molesting them, and give
assistance in any way that is need
ed, and this is what this meeting
is extended for.
The only cost to the people is
that they see to taking care Of these
experts while they arein our midst,
and this we should be honor bound
to do. In view Of this we hope
that everybody will see to having a
we'll filled basket on the grounds,
to go with the barbecue.
On the other hand, every farmer
or man interested in farming is
urged to he present, because this
meeting is being held for such men,
and help to see that the visitors
are taken care Of while here. We
cannot afford to let this matter go
unnoticed and we feel sure that
every patriotic citizen will not.
Beside experts from the Agricpl-
tural College, ]. D. Price, Commits
sioner Of Agriculture, and E. H..
Hyman, of Americas, will be here
The meeting will begin promptly
at 10 O'Clock. The following is the
program:
Organization Of Rural Commune
ties-E. H. Hyman, Americas.
Cotton Conditions in Georgia
J. D. Price, Commissioner of Agri-
culture, Atlanta.
Insect Pests and how to Control
Them. w. Firor, Athens, Ga.
Demonstration Work on South
ern Farms. j. Phil Campbell
Athens, Ga.
Tick and Hog Cholera Eradica-
ton in Georgia L. Hirleman,
Athens, Ga.
The Corn Club and its Useful
ness to the South-I. w. Hill,
Washington, D. c.
Selected, V. Cunningham,
Triton.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-01
MERCHANTS WILL
CLOSE ON FIFTH
Has Been Declared Holiday by
Business Houses

Next Monday, July 5th, has been
declared a holiday by the merchants,
banks, and other business houses of
Leesburg as July 4th comes on Sun
day. With the exception Of the
drug store, there will not be any
stores open for business on that
day. The drug store Will observe
Sunday hours.
A great number Of Leesburg PEG.
pie are making arrangements to go
to Americas to attend the Dixie
Highway celebration, while others
will spend the day at home.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-01

bia will be ably represented, in
fact, it will have the very best legal
talent that money can buy, to say
nothing of cash fund already
provided. But, my dear brother,
who will represent the American
toilers---the men and women-who
Actually Pay The Bills? Charles F.
Crisp of Georgia. and Ben Johnson
of Kentucky-that's all out Of a
total of 424 in the House-so far
as | know now that can be depend
ed upon. And not a single One in
the Senate so far as l know now.
/ could tell you right now how the
matter will be decided, but I'll wait
so can say II told you So.
Mr.. Editor, l, OF the printer, or
the devil, made an error or two or
several, in my last letter. But l
guess the folks will get my mean
ing. Tell my old friends, should l
have one, that / am not staying
here from choice; "marooned" as
it were, and unable to get back.
But if l should outlive this 1915
Chautauqua contract-an entangle-
ment which does not look good to
me nine days from the first appear
ance-I am surely coming back to
Dixie.
S. R. Blanton.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-01
in a case like this"

in case like this.
Henslee sprang to his feet. i
voted that way" he said. 1t il
true we have been together for some
time and that we have all heard the
evidence in the case, but we have
not had the right to discuss it. We
have in our hands today, the life Of
a man; it is serious duty that
confronts us. We have more pow
err at this moment than any Of the
rulers Of Europe "
Then started a discussion Of the
case. This discussion, with an ex-
animation Of some If the exhibits
in the case, swung Henslee over to
the other side.
/ move we hold an open ballot, "
he said. II vote guilty"
The other eleven voted as he did.
All gathered around him and every
eye was filled with tears. Then they
sent for Judge Roam and the verdict
was announced.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-01
WOULD LIMIT PARDON
POWERS OF The GOVERNOR
Bill Of Senator HarraIson 81 The
Fortieth District ths First d Ils
Kind Introduced IN the Senate.
To Curtail Power

Atlanta. --One Of the first meas
ures to be introduced in the senate
was a bill toamend the constitution,
presented on Tuesday BY Senator
Pat HARRISON, Of the Fortieth dis
trict, 50 as to limit the clemency
powers Of the governor and prison
board.
When the clemency is based on
doubt Of guilt the bill limits the in
vestigating powers Of beth the pris-
on board and the governor to new
" discovered evidence, and gives
the governor power tc commute or
pardon only upon the written re-
commentator Of majority Of the
pardon board or upon the written
recommendation Of the solicitor
and a majority Of the jury.
The bill also disqualifiesa Cover
nor who has represented the APP
plicant or who is connected with
law firm which has represented the
The bill would amend section II
Of paragraph | Of article 5 Of the
by adding at the end
the following:
Provided, however, when any
application for executive clemency
is based on doubt Of guilt both tho
governor and the prison board shall
be limited in their investigation to
such evidence, matters and things
as may have been newly discovered
subsequent to the date of the sem
tence and which would be pertinent
under the law on the hearing Of an
extraordinary molten for a new trial
Provided, further, that the gov
ernor shall not commute or pardon
in any case except upon the write
ten recommendation Of either a
Of the prison board, or
otherwise upon the written recom-
Of the solicitor general
who prosecuted the case, if living,
and a majority Of the living mem
bers Of the trial jury.
Provided further, that the gov.
ernor shall be disqualified to act in
any case in which the applicant for
or pardon has been
represented as attorney in sald case
by the governor or by any member
Of the law firm with which he may
be connected, and in event Of dis
qualification Of the governor the
majority Of the prison board shall
have the right to finally grant or
refuse such pardon. y
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-01
'HENSLEE ROASTS
ROSSER AND SLATON
Frank Juror Bitterly Attacks Law
yer and Governor. He Voted
Doubtful on First Ballet

Atlanta, June 30.-A. HI. Hens
lee, one Of the jurors in the Frank
case, who was attacked after the
trial by Luther 2. Rosser, who
charged that he was biased and had
expressed himself before the trial
as opposed to Frank, issued a state
mellt in which he attacks Mr.. Ros-
ser and Gov. Slaton and asserted
chat both should be barred from
Georgia. He said in his state
ment;
TO my fellow citizens Of the
grand old commonwealth, not only
the Empire State Of the South, but
one grand among many:
AS a juror and citizen | wish
these few words could go to the
depths Of every true Georgian's
soul and take root. Our chief ex-
ecutive has fallen, defied, debassed
and conquered our courts. Would
! could only know what kind of a
spell, one Luther 2. Rosser, who
tried to defame my name, has put
on John M. Slaton's reasons.
Had ] the power, would from
the glorious boundries of Georgia
carry same into effect so that Meth
er would remain under the care and
honor OF the State.
Fellow citizens, what promise
have we left for the protection Of
orr daughters, wives, sweethearts
and mothers?
Is it high time for US to destroy
our courts records, burn up the
code and abandon the court houses?
Is it time to request our Sup
rene Court justices to quit the
bench and in their places have such
men as Slaton and Rosser?
II say, together with nv true
and tried fellow citizens. No.
To the major portion Of not on
ly our press but Of the outside as
we'll, / have this to say-Publish
the true facts and quit trying to de-
bauch and defame our good name
and State. "
Following the publication Of
Herslee's statement some Of the
happenings in the jury room when
the jury considered the Frank case
came to light.
After the jury had gathered in
the room the first business for con-
sideration was the election of a
foreman. Several names were
proposed and at last Winburn was
agreed upon for the place. A sec
rotary was named and all was ready
for the vote, a secret ballot being
taken.
The first ballot resulted as fol-
lows: Guilty, 10; doubtful / blank,
/.
A iouror called out, Il would like
to know who would vote doubtful
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-10
MORAvA VALLEY IS
THE HEART Of OLD
PART WAR STRICKEN

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. TO-
THE Morava Valley, along which the
allied German and Austro-Hungarian
troops are pushing forward to a juno
ton with the Bulgarians, forms the
core of old SerVia," according to Il
primer of war geography just given ont
by the National Geographic Society,
which describes Servias largest river
and the Servian link in the historic
route between Europe and Asia. The
greatest part of Servia's trade flows
through this valley, and here, also, is
much of the small Kingdoms agricul
tural land. Moreover, it is through
this narrow strip of lowland that the
mountainous Balkan country has main
tanned it's contact with the West, a
contact not always advantageous.
THE Morava Valley forms one of
those famed troughs across European
uplands which armies have poured
throughout all history, and many a
powerful host has passed over the
course that the Teutonic soldiers are
taking today. When Constantinople,
the golden capital Of the Empire of the
East, was in the zenith of it's glory, it's
generals held back Slav incursions
in battles fought besides the Morava
River. Some of the crusaders march
ed this way, crossing into Asia Minor
at Byzantium, and, while on their way
through territories of Eastern Ortho-
doX Christians, these exubant
franks and Teutons often kept the
people guessing as to whether the cru
SADIE was planned against the Eastern
Church or against Mohammedans The
conquering Turks reversed the lines of
march, and swarmed down the valley
TO the gates of Vienna, itself, and,
since the breaking of the Ottoman
power, the German peoples have been
looking up the valley to commercial
expansion beyond, in the rich though
stagnant, areas of Asia Minor and
THE Morava River is not only Ser
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-10
MEAT INJURIOUS
To THE KIDNEYS
TAKE A TABLESPOONFUL OF
SALTS If BACK HURTS OR BLAD-
DER BOTHERS - MEAT FORMS
URIC ACID.

We are a nation of meat eaters and
our blood is filled with uric acid, says
a well-known authority, who warns us
to be constantly on guard against kid
uey trouble.
The kidneys do their utmost to free
the blood of this irritating acid, but
become weak from the overwork; they
get sluggish; the eliminative tissues
clog and thus the waste is retained in
the blood to poison the entire sys-
tenn.
When your kidneys ache and feel
like Jumps of lead, and you have sting
ing pains in the back or urine is
cloudy, full of sediment, or the bladder
is irritable, obliging you to see relief
during the night; when you have Sc
we're headaches, nervous and dizzy
spells, sleeplessness, acid stomach or
rheumatism in bad weather, get from
YOUR pharmacist about four ounces of
lad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a
glass of water before breakfast each
morning and in few days your kid
neys will act fine. This famous salts
is made from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithia, and
has been used for generation to flush
and stimulate clogged kidneys, to
neutralize the acids in urine so it is no
longer a source of irritation, thus
ending urinary and bladder disorders.
lad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injure; makes delightful efferves-
cent lithia-water drink, and nobody
can make a mistake by taking little
occasionally to keep the kidneys cream
and active.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-10
To ESTABLISH
CATTLE RANCH
NEAR AMER|CUS

Through the local agency of Daven-
port & Co., DR.. T. D. Ellis purchased
today the Ansley- Sheffield farm of 200
acres on the Americas mithville
highway, three miles from the city.
The purchase, it is understood, was
made for his son, Branch Ellis, now a
student at the State Agricultural col
lege, and who, upon leaving that in
stitution, will engage in stock, raising
and general agriculture here. The
farm is on the Dixie Highway, and will
ii short time be transformed into one
of the model stock farms of south
Georgia. This industry, by far one Of
the most remunerative as we'll as in
teresting in this agricultural section
and it is expected that young Mr.. Ellis
will make great success of his ven
ture.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-10
ditions.

An uniformity is one of the first es-
Sentials of value in variety, the be-
favior of new variety in this respect
is one OF the first things to be noted.
The plants should be watched in the
carly part of the season, for even be-
fore the time Of Towering it is posi-
bic to distinguish freak" plants by
differences in their habits of growth
or the characters of their stems and
leaves. Whenever such variations can
be detected, the plants should be null
cd out at once in order to prevent the
crossing of good plants with inferior
pollen. After the bolls begin to reach
mature size it is we'll to go through the
plat again and pull out all plants that
snow by small size or other peculiar
tiles of the bolls that there has been a
variation from the standards of the
variety. These preliminary selections
greatly simplify the final selection In
the fall, when attention can be limited
to the yield and to the character CT
The lint and seeds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-10

Was largest river; it is one of the
most important in the Balkans. The
line of the Orient Express, coming
fran Paris, from Munich and from
Vienna, parallels the river, and stops
lorg enough in Belgrade and Nish for
one to wonder about the towns beyond.
A large part of the export from Ger
many and Austria-Hungary to the
Balkans and to Turkey passes this way
in normal times, and the raw mater
iasl of Servia find their way down the
river to the factories in the north.
"The Morava River is formed by
tie union of the Servian Stolac, and OF
the southern and \etsern Moravss It
is about 240 miles long, and is nav
igable for more than so miles from it's
mouth Rats, flat-bottomed boats and
shallow-draught steamers are operat--
ed over this course. An eastern branch
OF the stream rises close to the Bull
garian boundary, while the southern
Morava rises near Uskup 1t empties
into the Danube 80 miles east of Bel
grade, at Semendria Among the more
important towns along its course are
Tagodina, Chupria, Farachin, Krage-
jevatz, Kruchevatz, Gurgusevatz Les
covetz and Nish.'
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-10
WASHINGTON CAMP, NO. IA,

" :" ~ HO4 OhAHAB IUs Ahs
Z. d. ). OF A.
Meets Oh Thursday nights, Wheat
t. oulldlug, dt 1880 O'Clock. All mem
.ers are urged to attend Visitors
Welcomed, E. F. WILDER, Prest.
o. d. REESE, Recording Sec'y.
NAT LeMASTER. Financial Sec'y.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-10
A MERCILESS JUDGE
One Who Shows No Favor.


A merciless judge is Father Time,
Before him the weak and the wanting
go to the wall. Only the truth caa
stand. For years the following state
ment from an Americas resident has
withstood this sternest of all tests.
Mrs. Alice L. Cobb, $50, Forsyth St,
Americas, says: Il was subject to at
lacks of pain across the small of my
back. Sometimes l had dull headaches,
felt languid and had but little energy.
was advised to try Doan's Kidney
Pills and since using them, have been
feeling much better. They relieved me
of the pain in my back and my kid
neys became normal" Statement
given March %, 19OS)
Lasting Results.
MORE THAN SIX YEARS LATER,
Mrs. Cobb said: mo one could be
more glad than l to again recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills. I haven't needed
any since they last benefited me-
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
MRS. Cobb has twice publicly recon-
mended. Foster Milburn Co., Props,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-10
GOVERNMENT DISTRIBUTES
COTTON SEED OF EVERY.
VARIETY AIDING FARMER

WA -HINGTON, D. c., Nov. 10.-Ap-
Iro-..Uately so varieties of cotton seed
have been distributed during the past
II years by the United States Depart
nent of Agriculture to farmers inter
ested in securing variety best adapt
@ec to their particular locality. No new
variety will be sent out the coming
year, as it is considered more import
art to establish few superior yariet
les in general cultivation than to add
TO the number of new varieties.
The distribution is made in two ways
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-10

a general distribution is made of a
small quantity of seed Il quartz to en-
able the farmer to become acquainted
with the characteristics of the variety
The second or special distribution
furnishes enough seed to produce at
lsast one full bale of the new variety
of cotton and also to produce sufficient
seed to plant considerable acreage
the following esason. The special dis
tribution is made to farmers who
have shown interest in the subject by
complying with the request of the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-10

Department for report on the prev
ious years planting of the 1-quart
sample.
Growers who wish to share in the
special distribution the following year
are expected to furnish a sample OF
the seed cotton representing ten g.
locked bolls. These samples are to BE
used for determining the length, quail
ity, and percentage of lint, informa-
ton that is needed to enable the spec
ial distribution of larger quantities of
seed probably half bushels) to be
sent to communities that are likely to
adopt the new varieties and establish
them in regular cultivation.
A mistake made frequently by farm
ers and sometimes by professional
breeders, is to attempt to combine test
ing with greeding The new variety OF
cotton is planted by the side of the To-
cal variety or mixed stock in order
to test it's behavior, and seed is saved
from the same planting to increase enc
stock of the new variety. There IS
serious danger that the seed of the
new variety will not be pure on &C
count of crossing with the local vari-
ETY., so that its special value will be
lost The amount of crossing differs
with the locality and the season, de-
pending on the abundance of bees or
other insects that carry the pollen
from one flower to another. Usually.
however, there is too much crossing to
make it safe to rely on the purity Of
any stock of seed that has been grown
close to another variety of cotton.
Isolation of Seed Plants.
A farmer who wishes to make a
really adequate test Of the value of a
rev variety should plant the seed in a
separate plat, removed at least 300
yards from other fields of cotton or
separated therefrom by % or 80 rows
Of corn. An isolated planting does not
provide, of course, for a close compar-
ison with the local variety, hut this
can be made in the following year to
much better advantage. With the
larger stock of seed available a field
planting can be made, as well as test
plan tings. In the third year there will
be enough seed to stock even a large
farm with the new variety, if it has
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-10

For further information apply to H.
P. Everett, Local Agent, Americas,
IA; c. w. Small, Div. Pass, Agent,
'avannah, Ca; c. B. RYAN, G. P. A.,
iolfolk, Va.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-10

Seaboard Buffet parIor-sleeping Car
IN Trains IL and IA, arriving AmericuR
from Savannah 11:25 p. m, and leav-
ing Americas for Savannah 2:30 a. m
Sleeping car leaving for Savannah at
2:30 a. m., will be open for passen-
gers at 11:25 p. ~.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-10
Take a
SexaQe 9Idez9iel
Tonight
Ii will act as a laxative in the
morning
Murray's Pharmacy.
Murray's Pharm acy.

shown itself superior under the local
conditions.
! The distribution of seed of superior
varieties of cotton is no longer limited
, to single season, as was the former
custom Unless improved varieties
become established in cultivation in
some part of the United States the
work of breeding and distribution
serves no useful purpose. To increase
the number of varieties in commun-
ity is not desirable. On the contrary,
! there would be distinct advantage in
having the whole community grow one
variety, if the best variety for the pur-
pose could be determined. The danger
OF confusing varieties by crossing and
the mixture of seed at the gin would
thus be reduced, and the uniformity of
TIE product would also enable the
community to secure a higher price
for it's cotton.
Methods of Field Selection.
No matter how good new variety
may be or how carefully it may have
been bred and selected, inferior plants
are likely to appear especially when
it is grown under new and unaccus-
toned conditions. A special effort is
being made to limit the distribution to
seed from uniform fields of cotton,
but selection is necessary to keep any
variety from decoration, and it is use
less to wait until the deteriation be-
comes serious before beginning the
selection. If proper attention be paid
to the elimination of inferior plants in
the first season there may be much less
variation in the second, the variety be-
coming better adjusted to the new con-