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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14
U. S. Army Recruiting Station
Postohice Building
Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 4, 1917

To THE EDITORS OF THE News
PAPERS OF GEORGIA:
In behalf of the young men o.
your state who are now in the posi-.
ton OF being subject to military
drafC, and in order that they may
be informed Of the opportunity to
volunteer even at this late date and
secure to themselves the advantages
offered at present, request that
you publish this letter:
BY volunteering now the young
man has the choice Of his branch of
service. If he waits he loses this
chance. He loses the advantage Of
early training and the advantage of
feeling and saying / WENT; ! WAS
NOT SENT.
The following branches of the
service are now open 10 your choice:
Infantry, Field Artillery, Signal
Corps - telegraph 0perators),
Quartermaster Corps Supply Com
panies), Quartermaster Corps
Bakers and Cooks) or men who
are willing to learn these trades }
Engineer Corps is open for specially
qualified men.
Your own National Guard needs
1000 Georglans to fill their quota.
Vacancies exist in the following
branches: = Infantry and Field
Artillery.
Practically every branch of the
service is open to the young man,
and out of consideration for his
own welfare, he should not delay
longer.
Recent orders Of the War De-
partment opens to the colored men
the chance to volunteer for steve
Ioges of the National Army. These
men will be used as stevedores or
long shoremen. 1t is the chance
to show his patriotism that the
colored man las been waiting for.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14
Among Our Exchanges.
PROPERTY OWNERS
MUST CUT WEEDS

Am order is published in today's
Herald BY the City Board Of Health
requiring all property wnersin the
city to have all weeds or other rank
vegetable growth on property with
in the city limits, or within the
police jurisdiction of the city, re-
moved within 8 days.
The weeds and other rank vege-
table growth may be cut, burned OF
otherwise destroyed, the authorities
not being choice about the manner
in which the growth is disposed Of,
just 50 il is disposed of in a man
ner to improve the health condi-
lions Of the city. Il must be done
within the next 8 days, however, or
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14

Prof. F. e. Land. the State
School Supervisor, was here last
week conducting a teachers insti-
tute, and. in no mipcing Of words,
stated that he would rather his
child stay out of school. or be
taught at home than to be com
PEELED TO study in the room used by
the 9Th and 9th grade. It is badly
lighted and ventilated, is exposed
to the noise and confusion from all
the other rooms, and Objectionable
in other respects. It is hoped that
the trustees will make better ar
engagements for these students even
ii another room should have to be
built. In the meantime let's be
discussing ways and means for a
larger building.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14
STRAW ADDS HUMUs TO SOIL
One Of Most Pressing Needs In Many
of Small Grain Distriets-Main-
tains Fertility.

Straw is important for maintaining
soil fertilIty-nOt only what goes out
onto the soil In manure but also what
can be spread direct from the stack.
Machinery is on the market for spread
ing straw which does good work. One
Of the most pressing needs of the soil
In many of our small grain districts Is
humus. Lacking in this important fac
tor. decaying organic matter, it does
not produce as once 1t did and it feels
the damaging effect of dry weather
more quickly. BY working straw into
the soil intelligently, much humus Is
added.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14

It is a pitiful sight to see the
Stacker casting around trying to
find something to knock the gov
eminent with. A sensible man
can't see why they don't just ad-
nit their cowardice and not try to
lay it on something else. One says
that he would be loyal but Bill
Jones calf run through his potato
patch and old Wilson would not
call an extra session of congress to
deal with said trespass aud others
make just such fool excuses for
their lack Of Americanism. Post
Searchlght.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14

the property owners will he made
to suffer the consequences Of a vio-
lation Of the city ordinance requir-
ing that this be done.
The order is issued on recon-
mendation Of the sanitary inspector
and city physician. This action is
taken to promote the good health Of
the community and it is hoped that
Ill property owners will comply
without delay Albany Herald.
Notices similar to the above may
be found in almost any newspaper
you should happen to read. The
larger cities rarely find it necessary
to take any such action as there is
usually enough people who take
pride in their premises to set the
example, and then there are civic
clubs, which pay attention to such
menaces to public health, to go af-
ter the ignorant and careless ones.
Leesburg is sadly lacking in civic
pride. How many well kept yards
and premises do you find? And
alas how many yards and gardens
where weeds hide the premises en-
tirely from view? Leesburg spends
too much money in safeguarding
the stores and streets, and not
enough in protecting the health o.
its citizens. We predicted the
present epidemic Of sore eyes. They
may cost some Of our children theil
precious eyesight. They will GER
tainly cause some to have weak
eyes. These gnats breed and thrive
in weeds. Weeds harbor mos
quitoes. Unkept premises breed
mosquitoes. Mosquitoes cause
chills, fevers and malaria. Flies
breed in trash and spread
typhoid and dysintery. Every.
body knows all this. Then why
this indifference 1t is time tc
have a board of health or to turn a
policeman into a health officer and
give him authority to act.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14
sELF-FEEDER FOR THE HOGS
Easily Constructed at Home on Same
Principle as Poultry V-Shaped
Hopper-Lumber Needed.
7 AVO 4 7 I
Leesburg, Ga.

The feeder shown in the illustration
herewith can be easily constructed at
home on the same principle as a
Vshaped poultry hopper. 1t should
stand about 4 feet high and be 21z
feet wide. The sides are better if made
to slide up and down to regulate the
flow of feed. The feed is put in from
above through hinged covers. The
trough-fenders should be 2 by 6 lum-
her, and the whole should stand on a
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14

The pay is the same as the army,
viz: $50 to 500 per month, board
clothing, medicines and medical
and dental treatment furnished free.
Come on Georgians, both white
and cololed. Enlist todayl Be
volunteers! See your local post
master for directions to your nearest
recruiting station. Very respt.,
G. v. HEIDI, Capt. Inf,
Recruiting Officer.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14
LEGAL AID.


GEORGIA, Lee County.
win be sold on Tuesday, September
IS, 1917, before the Court House door
in Lee county, Ga, to the highest bid
der for cash, during the legal hours OF
sale, the following described property,
to-wit:
All that tract Of land in the Second
District OF Lee county, Ga, being all Of
lot Of land Number eighty-four (s4),
except three (3) acres in the northwest
corner, northwest Of the public road
leading to Leesburg; all Of lot Number
eighty-fye 1851 east OF Kincheeloonee
Creek and southeast Of the public road
leading to Leesburg, and all Of lot Of
land Number seventy-seyen (77) south
east of the public road leading to Lees
burg, except thirteen and four one
hundredths (l3.04) acres next to the
public road leading from Leesburg to
Albany,
Said sale will be made under and by
virtue OF the power Of sale contained in
deed to secure debt recorded in the
clerks Office OF Lee Superior Court, III
Book II, folio 3l7, given on May 2, 1912
by II. L. Long, Jr. to z. n. Lewis, agt.
to secure the payment of nine [9l GER
tain principal notes as described there
in, aggregatihg seyenty-nine hundred
forty six and $4,000 ($7946 S0) dollars,
said notes due semi-annually on Nov
and May in each year, beginning
with the 2nd day Of November, 1912,
eight (8) OF said notes being for five
hundred $500. 00) dollars each and the
last being for thirty-nine hundredforty-
six. and 80-l00 .($3946. 80) dollars; the
said deed to secure debt having been
duly transferred by E. N. Lewis, agent,
to Fourth National Bank OF Macon, Ga.
on March 80, 1917.
Said deed to secure debt stipulatcs
that ii any of said notes are not paid
when due and default shall continue for
80 days, the entire debt, at the option
of the holder, shall become due and pay
able and the power of sale in said deed
to secure debt shall become operative.
Default having occurred and continued
for more than 80 days in the payment OF
all OF said notes, the power of sale has
become operative.
Said sale will be for the purposes re-
cited in said deed to secure debt. The
indebtedness which will be due on the
18th day of September, 1917, and which
is secured by said deed to secure debt,
is $40, sS0,3O.
The property above described will be
sold subject to the lien of a deed to Sc
cure debt, given by II. L. Long, Jr. to
the Prudential Life Insurance Company
of America on April II, 1912, andwhich
is recorded in the Clerks Office of Lee
Superior Court, in Book H, page 3l5,
and which SAID deed to secure debt is
given to secure principal note forty
| five hundred ($4500 COZ dollars and con
veys as security for the payment of said
note the land above described.
This Aug IA, 1917.
FOURTH NATIONAL BANK OF
MACON, GA. BY Hardeman, Jones,
PARK & Johnston. Its Attorney at Law.
aug 17-5t
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14

Well boys; We will surely miss
you. We cannot express our regret
at the necessity that akesyou away
from us. You are selected as the
most fit, mentally. morally and
physically to defend us and our
nation. The pity is that you should
not be kept and the weaklings sent.
We cannot build UP a race Of strong
vigorous people without the likes Of
you. We hope to have you back
with us soon. AN revoir.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14
VACATION NEWS

Master Wynne Goodwin, James
Forester, Sidney Hall King, Gar
nett Pruett and the Editor went to
Albany Tuesday night.
Mark your clothes, 50 buy rub
her stamp and indelible stamp pad
from me. It's just SOC for both.
JF Pruett
Mr.. John Ward will leave We'd
nesday for ALBANY Ga. where he
will work in the post Office.
Mr.. Fred shackleford is working
in the post office here where Mr..
John Ward formerly worked.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14
Fri. Sept. II, 1871


How can man expect to hide
behind skirt when it fails to hide
a woman?-Marion Co. Patriot.
Wonder how many editors will
have to go to the army?-Pru
Weekly Journal.
Not many.
Sorry to say school starts Mon
day, Sept. 3.-Pruett's Weekly
Journal.
What's the matter, don't you
want to go?
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14
NOTICE

I am selling the new 'Spik and
Span Washing Powders now made
and Guaranteed by the NewberrJ
Company Chicago, III. 5 bis
washinps in every BOX. Price Il
cts. box. / viii be selling it al
the time and will be glad to deliver
it at any time.
J.F. PRUETT,
Leesburg, Ga.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14

The list OF advertised letters in
the Albany post Office last week in
clnded the name Of Miss Mollie
Hare. II these lines should meet
the eyes OF Miss Mollie, we hope
she will take our advice and not
call for that letter Till the high price
Of side meat declines.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14

II your fall garden has not done
we'll, there is time enough to plant
over such things as onions, turnips,
rape and cabbage. DoE't under
any circumstances, neglect this.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14

Obituary notices, cards Of thanks,
resolutions OF sympathy and all SINH
lar notices, other than those given
IN The paper as news items. must be
naid for at the rate OF five cents per
pTinted line.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14

Advertising rates reasonable and
ain be sufnished upon application. All
hlns Tor advertising mu~t be paid by
tAo Sth of each month to insure fu-
tue Insertion.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14
v-shaped Hog Feeder.

wide platform of Pinch planks. Ground
oats, barley, wheat, shorts or mid
dlings, pea meal nnseed oil meal and
blood and beef meal (the last two be-
ing substitutes for skim milky can all
be fed dry in the self-feeder.
The following is the list of lumber
necessary for the feeder illustrated:
6 pieces 2 IT. by II # by 8 in. for plat
form.
2 pieces 2 IT. by #. by 81 #. for trough
tenders.
A pieces i #. by 10 IT. by 81 IT. for parti-
ton boards.
2 pieces #. by 4 #. by 30 II. for cleats.
2 pieces 1 IT. by #. by q #. for cIeats
pieces 1 it. by 4 it. by q IT. for cleats
pieces l #. by u #. by % It, for end
boards.
s pieces / 1T. by 10 it. by Is It. for slides.
pieces #. by 10 #. by 80 #. for covers
pieces 1 it. by 80 #. for covers.
pieces #. by IT. by 26 IT. for cleats
2 pieces / #. by it. by ID #. for cleats
pieces #. by 6 It. by q #. for defiec-
tors.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14
Congressman Park
Has plenty of sparkle.
His tanks full Of gas,
And he surely does get by will

Have you paid us that subscrlp-
ton bill yet? We will appreciate
your remittance.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14

And now for another mistrial in
the Chapman case, which will
amount to an acquittal.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14

Get some hog wire and build
your fences before frost. You can
pasture hogs cheaper than you can
feed them in the pen.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14

Entered Ct the POstoffice ct Lees
purg, Ga, a. secOnd-class matter.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14

Pructt's Weekly Journal.
]. F. Pruett. ----------- Editor,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14
PRUETT'C WEEKLY
rs JOURNAL =

i Ieegburg. aa.. sept. ll l9l7 ~. q
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-09-14

else per Year Payable in Advance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-09
WILL BUY SHIPS
Uncle Sam Can't Wait to Have
Them Built.
Plan Reached to Use at Least
S5O0,00O,000 at Once.


Wdshihslon' May 9--ihe piiii'ii
dollars Uncle Sam will spend at, once
for ships to combat the submarine
menace will go for purchase of second
to,a ,,a,sals, ga oa,,s+r,,o.io,, of ,,.,,,
3'-' civ iAN
ones
This was decided on today at a two
hours conference between the pres.-
don't and thirty, ,,op,ha,s Of 10th
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- tt- "a 80 "a g.. ~
eplu sii IN Ia tiie Giileu STATES
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-09
WHEAT UP, UP, UP!
One Car Sells on Topeka Board of
Trade for $500.

The bullish government crop re-
port issued Tuesday continued to af-
feet grain quotations on the Topeka
board of trade today. Cash wheat
today went cents above Tuesdays
high mark of $500. One car of No.
. hard sold on the Topeka floor for
says. Low on No. 2 hard was $3.16
a bushel.
The Winnipeg market made an
other wild flyer today when October
options on that exchange registered
II y cents above Tuesdays close.
May options on the Kansas City
wire opened at $3.06. the days low
went as high as $3.12 and closed at
S3.10. This is the closest this months
futures have been to the cash price
The cash price on the Topeka floor
today broke all records.
Corn was not SO active as wheat
Cash No. white ranged from S1.65
to $1.67. and No. 8 white from $1.64
to $1.66. May options opened at
S1.b4 q, the low. went as high as
$l.57 " and closed at S155
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-09
T0PEKANS ARE NAMED
Estey, Wilson and Wood Grand Off
GERS knights Templar.

Pittsburg, Kan, May 9-The forty
eighth annual conclave of the Kansas
grand commandery # Knights Tenn
plar with more than 200 delegates in
attendance closed here today. The
along with a big parade and a COM
petitive drill in which all the grand
officers participated. In the parade
were teams from Topeka, Oswego,
Newton, Pittsburg, Parsons, McPher-
son and other places.
-Today's session began at 9 O'Clock
and the first business on the program
was the election of officers. The re-
suits of the election were as follows:
Thomas c. Babb. F'redonia, grand
commander; John w. Nelson, Con-
cordia, deputy grand commander;
owen ]. Wood Topeka, grand gem
efalissimo; Charles A. Loucks, Laki1.
grand captain general; Arthur j. Car
ruth, Harrington, grand senior warden;
j. , Frederick Laderer, Mcpherson,
grand Junior warden; Rev. Stephen S.
Estey, Topeka, grand prelate; John
McCullagh, Galena, grand treasurer:
Albert X. Wilson, Topeka, grand re-
corder; Robert H. Montgomery, Os-
vega, grand standard bearer; Hugh
Means, Lawrence, grand sword bearer;
Ezra B. Fuller Fort Leavenworth
grand warder. Clayton Lehman, New
ton, grand captain of guard.
The place for holding the conclaVe
next year will be chosen later by the
executive council.
In the competitive drill Newton
commandery was without competition
in class A. In class B, Mcpherson
was first; Coffeyville, second; Pitts
burg, third; and Parsons, fourth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-09
ANOTHER WAR WAD.
Chancellor Asks $2,4OO,OOO,OOO;
Spend "a Million Day.
BOnar-Law Says Arras Casual
ties Only Half SOmme's.

London, May I'm moving a vote
of credit for 100000 900 pounds Zap
proximately O,OOO,oOo) in the
house of commons today, Andrew
Bonar Law. chancellor of the eX
chequer. said that the alarming feat
ure of the figures was that they rep
resented a total daily expenditure of
7,45O,OOO pounds 1894, $50, 000).
London May $50 p. Nam
drew Bonar Law, member of the Brit
ish war council, today Stated in the
house of commons that the British
casualties in the recent offensive on
the Arras front in France were from
SO to rs per cent fewer than those in
the battle of the Somme.
A recent announcement by the
French war office asserted the French
drive since April 6 had resulted in
the capture of $4,000 Germans.
The total since April 1, in the Fran
co-British offensive therefore, has now
reached $4,000 men.
The only other operations in the
war which have resulted in such huge
captures of men were those in which
Won Hindenburg was engaged in the
Mazurian Swarps early in the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-09
ADD TEA, COFFEE TAX
House Committee Reports FavorabIy
on War Revenue Bill.

Washington, May 9.-The house
ways and means committee today re-
ported out the $500, 900, 600 revenue
bill. 1t was Immediately introduced by
Chairman Kitchin and will go before
the house probably tomorrow.
The committee today added a new
provision for one cent a pound tax
on all coffee, two cents a pound on
all tea, which is in the United States
tomorrow, excepting that held by in
dividuals for their own use or to that
held by retailers.
Majority Leader Kitchin, also chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee, announced on the floor when he
submitted a committee report on the
bill he will call it up for action tomor-
row when the house meets at II
o'clock.
kitchin said he thought there would
be about two days of general debate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-09
JAIL BREAK AT X. C.
Three Men Knockout Turkeys and
Escape-But Soon Are Caught.

Kansas City, May 9.-Three men,
in escaping from the city Jail here to-
day but who later were recaptured,
struck down two turnkeys with an
iron pipe wrenched from the wall.
With keys taken from one of the jail
ors whom they had surrounded they
opened the cell doors and offered
freedom to all the other prisoners.
None accepted, however. and one of
the three started to release his wife,
held in another part of the building
when a turnkey diverted them
They escaped thru the northside
municipal court room but were cap
tured after a chase of several blocks.
1t was not believed either of the tive
urnkeys-Henry Rice and T. j. Fo-
leY.=Were seriously injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-09
TEUTONS TO U. S.
Almost Certain To Be
Brought to America.
This Will Relieve Allies of a
Great Burden.

Washington. May 9.-Plans have
been practically completed by the
writish mission with officials of this
@overnment for the United States to
act as the prison for the entente al
lies. it was learned here today. The
plan contemplates the transportation
to this country of all prisoners of war
captured by the entente, including
those now held as well as those cap
tured in the future. The first pris-
oners are expected to arrive in the
United States within twenty days.
Because of the shortage of supplies
in Europe. the entente allies would be
relieved of a vast burden by sending
the captured soldiers to this country,
where supplies are comparatively
plentiful and could be spared easily
Resolution i'm Congress.
Senator Hale of Maine held a long
conference with Arthur James Balfour
concerning the transfer of German
prisoners. Senator Hale has already
introduced a resolution in congress
providing that the prisoners be
brought here in ships seized from the
Germans and that the ships be re-
turned laden with supplies.
Senator Hale, it is understood ia
vors a plan whereby German prison.
ers be impressed as crew members of
food and supply ships going into Eng
land, that their presence may furnish
a measure of relief against subma-
rining by German U-boats
The matter of transportation would
be easy. officials have pointed out, as
the men could be put on commercial
vessels returning to the United States,
many of them at present without any
cargo, after having taken food to
England and France. Arrangements
for this are now being concluded.
with Secretary of the Interior Lane
contemplating opening up 100000
acres of unused government lands in
the northwest, there would be plenty
of farm work for war prisoners in
large numbers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-09
READY FOR TOPEKANS
First Squad Will Be Ordered to Fort
Riley at Once.

Topeka applicants for enrolment in
the officers training camp at Fort
Riley will be notified to report to the
post within the next two or three days,
according to information received
over long distance telephone today
from Col Tyree Rivers, commandant.
A report was current in Topeka to-
day that notices had been mailed To-
pekans late this afternoon. Colonel
Rivers refused to verify this, however
and said the applicants here would
either be notified this afternoon, to-
morrow or the next day"
The report here was to the effect
that twenty-siX Topekans had been
notified to report. 1t came from an
authoritative source.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-09
LIBEL VERDICT 6 CENTS
Henry Lane Wilson "Gets Damages"
Against Norman Hapgood

Washington, May By agreement
of lawyers on both sides, the local su-
preme court today awarded verdict
of cents damages and costs to Henry
Lane Wilson, former ambassador to
Mexico, in his libel suit against Nor
man Hapgood, former editor of Col
iers Weekly.
Mr.. Wilson sued on an article deal
ing with the killing of President Ma
dero of Mexico, the usurpation of
Huerta and Mr.. Wilson's alleged con-
nection with events in the Mexican
capital at that time