The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-02-01
STATE ITEMS
CONDENSED

DIuuSWlChs--~b luAASWANA may c0NNA
have an, airdome, which will be ready
for operation this summer, provided
the city council grants the request.
Dublin Under new ordinance
just passed by the city council, house
holders will be allowed to keep a linn
ited number OF hogs on their lots in
side the city limits under conditions
named by the city, which has been
against the city ordinance until now.
Jesup. Chief Of Police W. R, Will
liams, age 81, died at his home here.
Mr.. Williams was serving his TWEEN
tieth year as chief of police of the
city of Jesup. His administration
will be long remembered as the kind
that demanded respect and friendship
of all citizens.
Atlanta, Three thousand four hun
dred and sixty Georgia dealers have
signed the food price pledge that is
being sent out from the office of DR..
Andrew NJ Soule, state food admins
traitor, and excellent progress is be
ing made in the campaign, declared
Executive Secretary D. F. McClatchey.
Brunswick. - City officers for the
present year have just been elected
by city council. The only change of
Importance was that of chief of police,
Phil E. Burgess was named to that po-
sition, succeeding A. L. Owens. Mr..
Burgess has been connected with the
Yaryan plant since coming to Bruins
wick.
Macon.-Lieutenant Charles Nose
ley, for many years with the Macon
police department and head Of the
first squad for six years, has resign
ed and accepted position as deputy
United States marshal for the south
ern district of Georgia. Mr.. Moseley
was one of the, most popular officers
in the police department.
Macon, Ga. Announcement was
made that 50 army observers have
been ordered to the balloon school in
Macon from Fort Omaha, Neb., for
their finishing training previous to
leaving for France to serve with Gen
eral Pershng's expeditionary force.
This will increase the number OF
students at the local school = "A there
already being % here.
Atlanta. j. Mccain, bogus army
lieutenant, attired in the same uni
form, minus the shoulder bars, that
he wore when he married young
Atlanta society girl on December l,
was sentenced to serve one year and
day in the Atlanta federal prison by
Judge William T. Newman Of the
United States district court, before
whom he entered plea of guilty.
Camp Wheeler, Macon The men of
the Dixie division are happy over the
fact that they are soon to have a
complete sewerage system installed
at the camp, regulation barracks for
the men and an enlarged base hospi-
tai, double the size of the present one.
The contract has already been let and
the work will be rushed by the divi-
sion officers so that the men Of the
Dixie division will have an opportun-
ity to enjoy the improvements.
Thomasville.- Steps are being talk
en- for sending an exhibit from Thorn
as county to the Florida state fair at
Jacksonville. With the fine crops
made the past season it would be easy
to get up an exhibit that would reflect
credit upon Thomas county and this
section of south Georgia. w. H. Platt,
who has taken up the matter with
the managers of the fair, says that
they have agreed to give the necessary
amount of space for the exhibit.
Brunswick the second time
within week big robbery has been
committed in Brunswick and police
authorities are now of the opinion
that the work is that of professional
crooks. Following closely behind the
robbery of the home of A. v. Wood
recently came the news that the home
of Maj C. Downing had been entered
and diamonds, watches and other jew
elry valued at between seven thousand
and eight thousand dollars stolen.
Brunswick. For the first time in
the memory of many people in Bruins
wick, wild geese are now being exhib
tied in this city, large number of
them having been killed during the
past few days in the nearby fresh wa
ter. Several large fiocks have been
seen in the rice fields along the Alta
maha river and two or three good
bags have been made. Wild ducks
have never before been so plentiful
along the Georgia coast. This, as well
as the flight of the geese, is caused by
the unusual cold weather.
GAINESVILLE GAINESVILLE has had
quite time of trying to have her
streets and sidewalks paved. A con-
tract was let for both about a year
ago, but the work has been suspended
from time to time, and it is yet far
from finished. The sidewalk paving
was suspended more than month ago
and the street paving had to be sus-
pended for a month. Much of the
grading on streets and sidewalks has