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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-05-11
ZONE And LAUGH

THE "DEE5TRICK SKULE"
will be given at the school auditor
ium ON Thursday evening, at s o.
clock, May the seventeenth by the
Parent Teachers Association of
Leesburg for the benefit of the
school.
Partial list of Skollers:
A. B. c. Class:
POI Boy Crumbley,
Hidy Reed StovalI,
Leila Ann scrutchln,
Marie Shorty Forester,
Dannie Shaggyfoot.
Joggerfy Class:
Annie Clifford Tison,
Arnie Winsome Goodwin,
Nina Winnie KayIer,
Neva Turnip Green,
Tison Rastus King,
Bernice Shines,
Big A. Waters,
jennie Jerushy Mitchell,
His Majesty Shaver,
Goody Price,
Edith Skinney McKenny,
Jimmy Hoyie,
Weezy Liza Hoyle,
Tommy Whiskers Love,
History Glass:
Daffydowndilly Tison,
Etheleany Fisher,
Mabel Hello Heath,
Eula Leola Chappell,
Dewberry Wallace,
Edith Skinney McKenny,
Jimmy John Pruett,
Kathern Becky Rogers,
Annie Liza Johnson,
Neya Turnip Green,
Allida Fouche,
Nina Winnie Kaylor,
Freedom Sessions,
Eddie Bowlegs Martin.
Pianist-Carrie Cantalope Bunk.
ley.
Teacher-Prof. w. Gilly Martin.
Besides the regular classes there
will be songs, dances and speeches
by the scholars.
ADMISSION: 25c and l5c.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-05-11
FARM SELF SUSTAINING

Mr.. G. r. Ferguson, Of Chokee
District, was attending court here
Tuesday. When asked about his
crops, Mr.. Ferguson said that the
prospects this year are better than
usual lie is selling, from time to
time all. through the year, enough
Of surplus produce to pay his run
ming expenses; having sold more
than 100000 worth in the last 2
weeks. He is paying special atten-
ton to hogs, cattle and velvet beans,
and intends his cotton crop to be a
side issue. When we all get in this
position Lee county will be the best
county in the south. We have every
natural advantage, and it is only
lack OF nerve and industry that is
holding us back.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-05-11
DO Acres Of Peanuts
In Terrell County

9 Georgia goober has suddenly
a prominent place, up to-
the head, us one Of the lead
agricultural products of this
10.
y Raines. the warehouseman,
as supplied u very large part
seed peanuts for this springs
mg, informs The News that
ess than IS car loads, aggre-
/ $4,000 bushels, have beer
ID the farmers of Terrell, an
Ut sufficient to plant 10, 900
( The above figures do not tell
Al story, however, as numbers
'aners Of the county did not
ase their seed peanuts in the
anarket.
700 acres with an average
Df so bushels per acre-a very
Native estimase-will mean a
,tion Of 10000 bushels Of
Ills in Terrell county this year.
sa vi their value, and what
viii mean to the prosperity OF
unity, can be gained from the
lat they are now worth $1.25
.eeI in the market. Many are
lsing that they will easily
$2 per bushel and upwards
I'll.
growing of groundpeas has
Etllt experimental stage, and
a we'll established and ex-
industry. 1t is the chief
d which the farmers are de
Sg to offset the new conditions
it about by the boil weevil.
.aIly every farmer in the
y has planted a liberal acreage
.lnuts. One has planted as
as 500 acres. Dawson News.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-05-11
W. T. JACKSON'S
HOME BURNED


At about one O'Clock Thursday
the Heath home at Century, miles
below Leesburg, occupied by the
families of Mr.. w. {. Jackson and
Mr.. L. B. Dickerson, was found to
be on fire, and before help could be
secured the building and contents
were completely destroyed except 2
refrigerator and one bed belonging
to Mr.. L. B. Dickerson and few
pieces Of furniture belonging to MIR.
Jackson, The entire wardrobe OF
both families was lost. The loss Of
each family is estimated at about
$250.00 besides the building be-
longing to Mrs. NJ. B, Heath, val
ued at 100000.
There was no insurance on either
the building or contents.
The fire originated in the roof
and is supposed to have been caused
by sparks from fireplace where
some rubbish was burnt.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-05-11
DR.. ]. H. BOOzER TO
LECTURE SUNDAY P. NJ.

DR.. J. H. Boozer will lecture
Sunday afternoon at the Presby,
terrain Church at 4 O'Clock,
The subject will be: The Sue
ccssful Man )"
DR., Boozer hopes to make the &C.
casioa profitable to all who will at
tend, as he is Introducing a new
and interesting system OF thought,
The public is cordially invited.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-05-11
5000 Apply for Officers Training.

Atlanta, May 8-More than 1900
applications for the training camp
for Georgia, Florida and Alabama
officersat Fort Mcpherson have been
received, The first 500 selected
will be notified tomorrow. The
camps quota is $500 Training
will be under way by May Is.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-05-11

Mrs. Mamie Boyles, who lives
with her sister, Mrs. W. 7. Jack
son at Century, was in Leesburg
Thursday visiting relatives Her
trunk was saved from the fire.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-05-11
No Liquor License for Lee

Atlanta, Ua., May ., TIL.
Mr.. P G CoxwelI, Sheriff,
Leesburg, Ga.
Dear Sir: This is to certify that
/ have tins day carefully examined
Record 10 Of the Internal Revenue
Department and find no one from
your county having taken out Iicen-
Sc for the sale Of whiskey, alcohol,
etc, since my last report to you.
This May 3, 1917.
Miss NJ. G. ChiIdres.
1908 4th Natl Bank Bldg.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-05-11

Subscribe to the Lee County
Journal. $1.50 year.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
Senate Will Consider Con-
scription of Wealth in
War Tax Bill
WILL PASS ON WAR
PROFITS SECTION
Adjournment Is Not Elk
pected By Leaders Be
fore Oct. l or Is
CRy Associated press.l

Washington. Aug. T.--This weeks
program Of congress promises to be
one of the most important of the war
session.
A decision by the senate on how
far wealth shall be conscripted in the
war tax bill, passage by the house of
the $11. 53S, 100000 new war credit
bill and the soldiers and sailors in
surance measures and the launching
of a new deficiency appropriation bill
aggregating between S4,50O,OOO,0 900
and ,O00.000,000 are among the
things to be done.
On Wednesday senate leaders ex-
pect to reach the war profits section
of the tax bill, to begin the fight over
proposals to levy between $4,000, 000,-
900 and $4,000, 000,0 600 on such profits
instead of $562, 900, 900 as proposed in
the bill. and 100000 as provided
in the house measure.
Today the one cent letter postage
and publishers tax sections are to
be taken up, with expectation of dis
posing OF them Tuesday or Wednes-
day to clear the way for the bitter
contest on war profits.
After q month virtually in recess
under a ''gentlemen's agreement" to
transact no business the house will
reconvene Tuesday prepared to re-
main at work until recess or adj
journment Of the session. Most of
the leaders now think that 1t hardly
will be before Oct. 1 or Is.
Unless plans of administration
leaders go awry the $11,53S, 900, 900
war bond and certificate and soldiers
and sailors Endurance bills will be
passed by the house before the end
of the week.
Passage of the bond will be COM
paratively easy 1t Is believed. because
both Democrats and Republicans in
tend to support its general provis-
ions. A harder contest over the In
surance bill is promised because of
objections by insurance companies to
the optionsl insurance feature and
the opposition of the more ardent
friends Of the existing pension sys-
tenn.
Senate leaders have little hope Of
passing the war tax bill before next
week but today they may endeavor
to have date set for final vote.
Disposition of the war profits section
by Saturday is proposed but many
speeches must be heard. Prospects
Of further increases in taxes on In
comes and war profits give basis for
the belief that the measure as 1t
comes from the senate will be 80
nearly acceptable to the house that
only brief conferences will be neces-
sary.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27

day, Aug. rs to consider various mat
tiers confronting the managers of
farmers elevators, such as govern
ment grades, etc, also prices to be
fixed by the government. The man
ayers, realizing the necessity Of the
farmers receiving a fair price for
their grain, and especially In view OF
the fact that the government as yet
has made only a slight provision to
control and lower the prices of ma
terial and supplies that the farmer
has to buy we therefore wish TO put
on record as taking the stand to the
have its employment bureau. Farm
ers will file with the bureau a state
ment OF labors they expect men to
perform, and the farms and the
work will be graded. In that man
ner, the laboring man ts assured a
fair statement of just what Is expect
ed OF him.
Wages will be determined upon
at conventions that will be held in
January and July of each year."
Mr.. Remer, secretary of the
organization, has farmed in the
Sykeston district since 1902. III. d.
Myers is president OF the association,
and Oscar F. Johnson Is vice presi-
dent.
Up to the present time, the asso-
citation has confined its activities
to Foster county.
The statement OF the purposes of
effect that we believe the farmers are
entitled to at least a minimum price
of $3.50 per busheI at interior termi-
nails. When we consider the price
from the standpoint OF supply and
demand we believe the farmer Is en-
titled to more than $3.50, but when
We consider that all loyal and truly
patriotic Americans should sacrifice
for the good Of their coun-
try, we believe they are doing so
when they cheerfully accept the
above price as being fair under
present conditions.
I'VE contend further that the gov
eminent in fixing the admixtures of
iEseparable seeds in the one and two
grades is unfair at this time. We do
not believe that so to SO pound
wheat, complying strictly with the
rules for No. Dark Northern
spring, should be graded No. 3 or
because it probably contains one per
cent or so more inseparable seeds
than the government grade permits.
1T is patent to all that the farm
ers cannot revolutionize the mix
lures in grain during the course of
one season.
I'VE therefore recommend If
the government fixes the prices for
the various grains that this matter
be taken into consideration.
Signed: J. H. s. Thomson,
Chairman OF Resolutions Commit
tee.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27

Tuesday is the last day on which
Cass county men drawn for service
in the United States army can pre-
sent their notice of appeal to the
district board at Bismarck.
Unless the claim reaches the board
by tomorrow this right Of appeal is
lost, according to County Auditor
w. r. Tucker.
Following the fling Of the claim.
five, days will be allowed by the
board for submitting proof Of the
claim, which must be in afddavtts.
Many Take Appeals.
Many Of the men drawn into SER
vice from Cass county have taken
appeals to the district board. Be-
cause Of the large farming district
In Cass county, many Of the requests
for exemption will be on the ground
that the person lis engaged In in
dustriaI work which they believe to
be necessary to the maintenance of
the military establishment, the eff
fective operation of the military
forces, or the maintenance of the ma
tional interest during the emergency.
AS soon as the case is disposed of
by the district board, the adjutant
general will notify the appellant.
Tucker IL Silent.
County Auditor w. r. Tucker,
clerk of the draft exemption board,
was silent this morning when asked
for his opinion as to the status of
the childless wife, according to the
new dependency" Interpretation as
sent out from Washington last Sat-
urday afternoon.
The statement from Provost Mar
shall General Crowder was to the eff
feet that in a case where wife and
children were actually dependent on
the husband, the wife, even If she
had supported herself before mar
riage, should not be required to go
out and work to support herself and
children. In such a case, the provost
general holds that the husbands
claim should be allowed.
II have not read the new ruling
on dependency. said Auditor Tuck
err. I'VE have received nothing offi-
cial here"
Blank requests for transportation
and meal tickets to be used by mem
bers of the draft army after their
mobilization at local county seats
and while en- route to Des Moines
now are in the mail for county ex-
emption boards, Provost General
Crowder advised Adjutant General
Fraser in a long distance wire today.
L. p. Gellerman of the passenger
department of the American Rail-
road association has q schedule of
routings for North Dakota, and
copies of these routings are now be-
ing prepared by o. f. Ohlsen, repre-
sentative of the association in North
Dakota, both for the draft army and
for the various units of the two
North Dakota regiments which are
expected to move within the next
few days.
In the case of North Dakotans,
whose trip to Des Moines will con-
sumo more than % hours, Pullman
provisions will be made. Each man
and each piece OF baggage will be
tagged before leaving the local
mobilization point. In the case az
inland county seats, especial provi-
sion will be made for transportation
to the nearest railway point.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
Held UP ON
MOVING TRAIN
Minneapolis Man Claims to
Have Had Three Guns
Thrust In Face s..

NJ L Malonis. Minneapolis, was
held up at the point Of three guns
and forced to turn over the little
change he had to three men, who
staged the holdup on a northbound
freight train going through Argus
Vile, N. D., Saturday night about 10
O'Clock.
Malonis reported the affair to Sher-
If Osman at Hilisboro, and three men
giving their names as William Austin,
19 years; G. H. Boone, 20, and John
Webb, 20, were arrested and brought
to the Cass county jail in Fargo sun
day morning. They will be arraigned
today.
The amount of cash taken from
Malonis was not disclosed to Sheriff
A. NJ. Ross. Malonis was on HIS way
to the North Dakota fields to get
work as a thresher. The three under
arrest and charged with the crime
claim they are from the south and
were also bound for North Dakota
points to get work.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
TO ELIMINATE |. W.
W. FROM The STATE
contlnued From Page one.

Continued From Page One.
the organization, as set forth at the
head of the document the farmers
are signing, follows:
I'VE, the undersigned, citizens of
the state of North Dakota, for the
purpose OF establishing q uniform
wage scale for laborers, do hereby
agree to pay the sum OF $3.50 as
membership fee, and the sum OF SO
a year as dues, payable in INSTALL
ments Of rs cents per quarter in ad-
vahce, as members of the associa-
ton known as The Farm Wage AS
ISOLATION of North Dakota.
THE purposes for which this asso-
citation is formed are:
The regulating Of wages to be
paid to farm laborers.
The securing OF desirable and
efficient help, male and female.
THE elimination Of that class of
help known as l. w. w.
And such other purposes as the
bylaws Of This association shall de-
clare from time to time
The association Is incorporated
under the laws Of North Dakota.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
MINNEAPOLIS cARLOT SALES.

No. 3 red spring, 5cars. $2.5s@25o;
No. 8 red spring, 6 cars, S2.30@a.ss;
No. northern spring, Is cars, $3.50 a
2.55; No. S northern spring, cars.
S2.20@2.45; sample grade northern
spring, 10 cars, $1.s0@2.42; sample
grade red spring, / car, $3.50; No. 3
No. 3 northern spring, az cars, 2.40@
ass; No. northern spring, 163. $2s45
@2.65; No. red spring, cars, sass:
No. ( red spring, 2 cars, S2.30 o ass:
durum, 10 cars, 1.s0@2.25; No. dark
No. 2 dark northern spring, 1 car,
$2.55; No. / red northern spring,
cars, $2.45@2.4T: No. dark northern
spring, ears, s2.45 @3.60.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
Series Of Fires In
Nelson County Glue
Citizens Big Scare.

The F'orum)
worth $1,000, and insured for $1,000.
The owners believe the fire Of In
cendiary origin.
A big shed in Lakota, owned by
e. Frazier, of Montevedio. Mimi.
was fired Saturday evening, and
completely destroyed, while fire,
started a half hour earlier at the
Beck auto garage, very apparently
of incendiary origin, was discovered
and controlled before it did much
damage.
Saturday evening, an elevator was
DESTROYED at Michigan, this county,
while two weeks ago, the st. An
thony elevator in Lakota was at
tackled by frebugs who placed oil
saturated rags and other debris un-
der the driveway. The blaze was dis
covered before 1t advanced very far,
and the building was saved.
Citizens here are certain the fires
are the result Of an ]. w. w. plot.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27

Especial to
Lakota. N. D.. Aug. 27.--A series
of fires. several OF incendiary origin,
have stirred the citizens of Lakota
and Nelson county, with the result
that the whole district is on guard
against possible attempts to con-
tinue the campaign Of arson that al
ready has destroyed a grain elevator,
a big farm barn, taken the life Of one
man, seriously injured another,
caused the cremation OF 33 horses,
and threatened several buildings
with destruction.
Saturday evening, a big barn on
the Pioneer farm. 10 miles south Of
Lakota, owned by F'rick & Murphy,
was destroyed. One farm laborer,
name unknown, who sought to rescue
his grip, which was in the hay NOW,
lost his life, while George Gunder-
son, Bagley, Mimi, narrowly escap-
ed a similar fate. Thirty-three
horses were cremated. The barn was
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
Troops Of Second Line Kept Busy
Undoing Work Of Retredting Huns
(Rv Associatad prsssN

,Leu ET6sS.J
held back the waters Of the canals
were blown up by the Germans as
they hurriedly retired, are being re-
paired by the French. In many
instances the reaches of the canals
have run dry, while the courses of
the river have been blocked by large
masses Of steel, reinforced concrete
and stone which, IL not removed
would cause the whole surrounding
country to be flooded in rainy wealth
er or in case Of frost thus rendering
impossible the digging Of trenches or
the occupation OF important posi-
tons.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
Talk of Lynching
Following Brutal
Crime at Omaha
(By Associated Press.)
NT-L NJ 49,

QBy Associated PreSS.1
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 27.--Mrs. G. l..
Nethaway, aged 40, living on a farm
a few miles from the city, was as
saulted and murdered near her home
cut.
A negro seen in the vicinity of the
murder was arrested at Blair, twenty
miles north.
Talk of lynching was heard but the
man was lodged in the Omaha jail
without trouble.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27

On the French Front, Aug. 81. -
While the soldiers of the active army
are engaged all along the front at
lacking the Germans or defending
the French positions against assaults
of selected German shock troops,
their poor relations" comprising the
troops Of the second line are kept
ton which marked the retreat of the
Germans in March before the
advancing French and British.
Dozens Of bridges over rivers and
canals as well as many locks which
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
UNDERWRITING LOYALTY
. OF CATHOLICS PLEDGED
Are United Behind Government
whether the Struggle Be- Long
or Short.
INV Associated Press. !

of America will support the cause of
their country with undertaking
loyalty" throughout the war with the
Central Empires. The pledge was
given. here today by John Whalen, of
New York. in his annual address as
president before the opening session
of the convention of American fed
Grafton of Catholic societies.
"Al sacrifices demanded of us
should be met cheerfully", he de-
clared. Whether the struggle be
long or short we pledge the UNI
deviating loyalty of three million
Catholic men and women united in
federation.
Catholics, he estimated, would
prove to be 35 per cent of the Am
erican fighting force.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
AGED MAN SUICIDES
AT DICKINSON TODAY
Body Was Found Hanging in Base
ment of His Son Laws House
Near the Hear River.

Dickinson. N. D.. Aug. q. - An
aged man named Lapanski, of South
Dickinson, committed suicide by
hanging this morning. The old mans
body was found in the basement of
his son-in-law's new. house near the
the Heart river. No reason is Civ
en- for the rash act but 1t is posi-
bly, on account of the war. Mr..
Lapanski was between so and SIS
years Of age.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
ANTITRUST CASES
IN COURT TUESDAY
Cases to he Brought Up on Demur-
rers Before Judge AmIdOn-E1ve
Firms Named Defendants.

The antitrust suits involving the
Stacy-Bismarck Co., c. H. Robinson
Co., Nash Bros, General Brokerage
Co., and Gamble-Robinson, will come
up before Judge Charles F. Amidon,
of the federal courtF Tuesday morning
at 10 o'clock on demurrers.
Indictments were returned at the
last session of the grand jury charg-
ing the firms with violation of the
Sherman antitrust act in undersell-
ing competitors and in some instances
refusing to make sales to certain
firms.
The hearing on the demurrers was
scheduled to come up last Tuesday,
the postponement being granted at
the request of the counsel.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
CALL HEADQUARTERS
COMPANY TO BISMARCK
Captain Rock and Lieutenant DvVire
of HiIlsbOrO, Will spend To-
night mt Co. ID AFmory.

The headquarters company OF the
Second North Dakota regiment has
and Capt John Rock and Lieut.. JOS.
Dwire, both of Hillsboro, will arrive
in Fargo tonight en- route to the cap
ital. They will spend the night at
the Co, b armory.
There are thirty-four men in the
headquarters company.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
LIVESTOCK


Su4NA SNs GAAAs
South st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. a.
Hogs: Receipts. $500; Csc higher
than Saturday; range, $500 O 1880;
bulk, S16.25 W16.40.
Cattle: Receipts. $500; killers,
steady to strong; steers, S5.00@13.00;
cows and heifers, $6.00@9.50; calves,
S5.60@1410; stockers and feeders,
$500 $50.
Sheep: Receipts. 900; steady; lambs,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
HOUSTON BEGINS y
r.. Il. PROBE OF RIOTS
Citizens Seek Thorough Knowledge
OF Events Leading Up to
the Murders.
(By Associated Press.)

Houston, Tex, Aug. 27.-The city Of
Houston today began an investigation
of Thursday nights disturbance so
that the people of Houston, IT was
announced, can be offered u thorough
knowledge of the incidents leading up
to the murders d. NJ. Moody appoint
approval Of the city council, which
meets this afternoon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27
Soldiers Wreck
Candy Store In
Colorado City
(By Assoclated Zee. }

Denver, Col. Aug. 27.-A crowd Of
between so and 100 soldiers, mem
bers of the Colorado National guard,
late last night wrecked the front of
the store of the Colorado Candy
company at Eighteenth and Curtis
streets, near the heart of the down
town business district, by hurting
bricks through the plate glass win
dows. The wreeking Of the store
front was a sequel to the disturbance
In the same locality Saturday when
q guardsman was elected from the
store.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-27

SUMMARY Tor the Corn and Wheat
Region states.
Fair weather prevailed over the en-
tire region, except that light showers
occurred In Michigan, northern Ohio,
extreme northern Indiana and Illinois,
and scattered Showers in northern
Oklahoma and eastern North Dakota.
The temperature is lower from the
Mississippi valley eastward. Mini
mum temperatures of 500 or below
were recorded this morning in Michi-
gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,
eastern North Dakota and the greater
portions of Illinois and Indiana. The
temperature is higher in the Dakotas,
eastern Montana and western Ne
braska.
Orris w. Roberts,
Meteorologist, Weather Bureau.