The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-07-05
LEE COUNTY'S HANDSOME new
COURTHOUSE FORMALLY ACCEPTED
SPLENDID NEW BUILDING OCCU.
PIED b YCOUNTY OFFICERS AND
ALL WELL PLEASE DwITH NEW
ARRANGEMENTS.

With ceremony notable for it's
brevity and simplicity the new Lee
county courthouse was formally trans
ferred to the county authorities here
Ey l. P. Crutchheld, supervising man
ager of the work, who represented the
contractors, the r. w. W1mbish Co,
Of Savannah. The new building, which
is without doubt the handsomest and
most attractive public building IN
Leesburg, was designed by J. J. Bald
win, prominent South Carolina ar
chitect. 1t occupies about half Of the
eastern side of the main business Sec
tion of Leesburg, and this site dis
plays the building to excellent ad-
vantage.
People of Lee county are well pleas
ed with the new courthouse, for par
ties of visitors and citizens from va
rious parts of the county inspect it al
most daily and voice their approval of
the work. espite the fact that the
building was begun and completed in
time of war under the handicaps that
usually prevail at such times, the
work of construction has been excel
lently managed. The people OF the
county are, therefore, glad to see the
new building ready for use.
The new courthouse is tuilt of an
excellent quality of fancy red brick
and is trimmed with stone The lower
of the two floors is divided by two
corridors, one running east and west,
and the other running north and south.
Most of the offices Of the county Off
Gals are on the first floor In the
center of the second floor is the curt
room, which is fianked by grand and
petty jury rooms and rooms for other
purposes. The whole building is sur
by tower, which bears al
its top large clock, the dial of which
is Illuminated at night by electricity
Water and lighting systems of t ne
structure will be of the best kind. An
&r:es ian we'll has been tored, and
from this the water supply of the en-
tire building will he pumped by cleo
tricity to the storage tank in the tower
From. this tank water will be distrib-
uted by hydraulic pressure throughout
the entire building. semi-direct
lighting system, by which he light is
reflected downward from the ceiling.
IL employed in the illumination of the
courtroom, and the electric fixtures in
all fie offices and rooms are of mod
err type. In keeping with these con-
vcniences. the interior is fitted with
desks, chairs, stairways, ratings and
other furnishings of hardwood. The
interior appearance of the building is
mc6t pleasing.
Though the interior of the build
ing is in the main completed there
are still some improvements to be
made in the arrangements and beautif-
cation Of the grounds. a Bermuda
grass lawn and numerous trees will
greatly improve the grounds in front
of the courthouse, as will also the re
of the brick storehouse at the
southwest corner of the lot. The peo-
pie of the county have right to be.
we'll pleased with the expenditure Of
the $4,000, which is the contract
price OF the structure The remaining
portion Of the $4,000 bond issue is be-
ing used for public roads and bridges,
SO that Lee county is not only main
tanning, but even improving very much
It's excellent system of roads
DR.. P. B. Crumbley visited his par