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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-07-21
Our Representative
! AT The Press
Association

The Macon County Citizen and the
Lee County Journal are this weel;
represented at the annual convention
Of Georgia editors, in Quitman and
Brunswick by Mr., Julius Horn, OF
Leesburg. On Monday hundred OF
members of the Press Association
met in Quitman, where for several
days they will hold forth with a
splendid program and enjoy the
hospitable treatment that is held out
to them by those good people.
Their entertainment includes barbe-
cues, banquets, dances, tides, etc. +,
if the common reading public knows
what etc" means in newspaper
parlance.
From Quitman the pencil pushers
will take a trip down to that spIen-
did coast town, Brunswick
where they will again enjoy that
true Georgia hospitality that can but
emanate in the hearts Of such people
as abound there, and here, besides
being taken for a plunge in the surf,
they will be escorted aboard a boat
and carried over the bosom OF the
mighty Atlantic, to nestle for awhile
on some near by island before return
ing back to assume responsibilities
that will no donbt BE- broadened by
the trip and the meeting together and
discussion of the needs and future
development CT the possibilities Of
Georgia.
Mr.. Horn will likely return home
about next Sunday.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-07-21
Lee County May
Boast First Bale.

The editor of this paper spen
several days of this week in Lee
county at and about Leesburg, and
was most favorably impressed with
the prospect of Il fair cotton crop.
Already Gotten is opening rapidly
and while it shows curtailment
from the effects Of the ravages Of the
boil weevil, the production in that
section is more promising than in
most sections of Georgia.
lii all likelihood by the time this
paper goes to the people, a bale OF
Lee county cotton will have been
gathered, ginned and marketed, as
we were told by one of the staunch
farmers of the neighborhood of Lees
burg, on Monday, that ii the weather
stayed dry and warm that he would
put some pickers to work on Tuesday
for the purpose of getting in an early
bale, which he thought he would be
able to place on the market by the
last Of the week. Macon County
Citizen.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-07-21
FAST SOUTHLAND
WRECKED; EIGHT
SERIOUSLY HURT
Five Coaches Overturned
Caused By Broken Rail.

At an early hour yesterday, Thurs
day, morning, the Southland, fast
passenger train en- route from
Chicago to jacksonville was wrecked
on the Central of Georgia railway
about eight miles north of Leesburg,
when it struck a broken rail that
precipitated five cars into ditch
with their human freight.
Three of the cars were pullmans,
the Others being diner and day
coach.
Eight people were hurt, several
of them seriously, though none OF
them we're local people. They
were: -
Mrs. w. A. Conyers, Sarasota,
Fla, puncture wound in lett side
snd dislocated left shoulder.
Mrs. e. Holman, Louisville, Ky.
Small of back injured.
Mrs. G. M. Swindel, Newberfy,
Fla, lacerated scalp.
II. S. Walters, White Pine, Tenn.
Left shoulder and back hurt.
Mrs. J. A. Wallace, Tampa, Fla,
right arm sprained and very nerv-
Gus.
Mrs. Mary r. Mitchell, Martins
Vile, Ind, left hip and breast bone
bruised.
e. G. Friedman, Atlanta, Ca,
very nervous.
Eloise Mcdonald, Jacksonville,
Fla, negress, bruises.
In very short time after the
wreck occurred hospital train was
made up at Albany and was soon
at the scene Of the wreck with
physicians, surgeons and nurses
aboard and transported the injured
to the Albany hospital, where they
are being cared for.
The train, SO says the engineer,
was running at about forty-fve
miles an hour when it struck the
broken rail, the engine and part
of the train passing over the defec-
tive rail before it gave way.
The small list of injured is
attributable to the fact that the
wreck occurred on a straight, level
stretch of track, that the passenger
list was small and that the oyerturn-
ed cars were of the latest all-steel
pattern.
Wrecking crews were hurried to
the scene to clear the track, and
through hard and effective work
traffic was resumed in the afternoon
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-07-21
First Bale Ginned
AT Omega, Ga,

Moultrie, Ga, July 18.-Geor-
gia's first bale Of cotton of the 1922
crop was ginned at Omega Monday
night by J. w. Lang & Co, 1t was
grown on the farm Of Horkan and
Lindsey, near Omega. The bale
weighed 400 pounds. 1t was ship
ped to Atlanta by express, and
and auctioned off on its arrival
there.
1t is the earliest first bale gin
ned in South Georgia in mum
ber of years. and two weeks
ahead Of last years first bale.
The cotton crop throughout this
section is usually forward land
the picking season will be well
under way before the end Of July
This cotton arrived in Atlantis
and was auctiored off on Wednesday
at the Atlanta Commercial Elk
change, being bought in by II
Hilbrath for J. j. Williamson &
Co., the price being a premium one
fifty cents per. pound, as compared
to the market quotation Of Wednes
day of 224 cts.
This looks pretty good to thu
Iaiser Of this cotton, for not ONLY
did he get it in and out early enough
to beat the boil weevil, but he bea
his neighbors to the premium a
well.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-07-21
Local BaIlist Gather An
Easy One From Sasser.

Our little neighbor town has
grown a little sassy" of late
because Of the fact that they
have won several games of ball
played with the Leesburg bunch.
However, on Tuesday after
noon, on the Sasser field, and by
the decision of a Sasser umpire,
the local boys succeeded in TAX
ing the starch out Of their necks
and the game as we'll, to the
tune Of 10 to 4.
The game, throughout, after
the first inning, in which Sas-
series placed four runs to their
credit, was an easy go for the
locals, for in the second inning
they popped them out and beyond
the reach Of the felders anC
when three outs" was called
they had scored six and the OPP
posing team seemed to have los
their pep, in as much as they
failed to stage a ome-back with
another score.
The home team, however needs
some more hard work before
they can be quite sure Of tkeil
supremacy, for though they pla!
we'll they have some weak points
that need strengthening anC
more military precision in theil
action. Get to work boys anC
taken as they come.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-07-21
OUR EXCUSE.

1t is one of the frailties of
humanity to give a reason for
all things good and to render
excuses for those things that
do not measure up to the
standard of excellence that is
expected. Hence, we, the
Office devils, herewith make
excuse for the low standard of
the Lee County Journal, this
week, which we hope the
readers will accept.
The editor has been away all
week frolicing. We haven't
been away, but you remember
the adage that is old as it is
true, when the cats away,
the mice will play"-we've
been frolicing too.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-07-21
NOTHING LIKE IT.

Recipe: Take one reckless,
natural-horn fool. Two or three
big drinks of white mule. A fast
high-powered motor car. Soak
the fool we'll in the liquor, place
in the car and let him go. After
due time, remove fool from the
wreckage, place same in black,
satin-Iined box, and garnish with
flowers. Serve cold.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-07-21
GEORGIA-LEE COUNTY.

of and Revenues said County
that appointment be made for the collection OF
that Mr. Richards appointed to prepare
such digest the District OF Smite and Ch
Palmyra and Red Bone
said 10
amount collected Upon completion said digest they have advance
balance
cent paid to them completion OF said collection
S. J..
w. L. CHLDERS
S. NJ COOKE, Com
certify the Minutes
of
this he day May 1922.
J. j. FORESTER Clerk
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-07-21
GEORGIA LEE COUNTY.

"
In eof Roads Revenues county
Order fxineco road the 1922
the State code Georgia and
m acts amnde the County and by virtue OF
and the exercise OF official duties
we hereby assess levy road of $500 each male
co1e and
butt shall
untlhe Sept 1922
all be reported this body by the road
provided that they might be dtas by Satuate
in such
Witness our hand AMI official signature, This 9th 1922
S J. Chairman
l. CHILDERS.
NJ. COOKE,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-07-21
GEORGIA-LEE COUNTY.

In office OF Commissioners and Revenues OF Said County
consideration the following bill and accounts were ofefo ~
Tharp Teas.Cas bill ql9o 90
Forester, Reports to State bureau OF Vital Statistics @
G H Laramore " "
] H Randall
IeeC County Journal, Printing bill ~ w
Duncan, days baf Superior court 10 W
X Knight, a road guard in May 81
w Davis Garage, Repairs for motor car -"
L Powell 5days balf at Superior Court (ddng) ~
Dennis Pugh Repairing bridge r F D No @
Beef for conycts bill
D Melvin, Service baif bill rendered MY
r E Howe Supplies for convcts as per bill 81
6 Wallace Cash paid out for repairs on typewriter ooo
j Cooper, April salary as road guard =" 0oo|
w G Averet 10 days as salary guard $3.50
R days road guard 20 oo
Knight Months salary as road guard ~ ooI
RoyS Scarborough, Salary a driver oo vi
] D Mcbride Aprlsa Warden loo "
H Forester Board for Jury and Balf - oo|
eesurg General Repair Shop Blacksmith work as per OH
Sheriff. and rendered as per Dill ~ o
JEFF Preaching to ConVcts w
Mrs Tyler, Beef to convicts as per bill
Wallace Services rendered as clerk bill submitted
Austin Badge Co. Inv 3-822 lIo 90
A Neel Sons. 4-122 'oVo
Mrs w Lyons treas o and bilif w
Lee Sales Agency and for "a
r RGrenT Collector, For postage 20 W
Tyson & Subbs Lumber bill 1915
w A Curts, Blacksmith work o9ol
Ieesbuog Drug Co convict Bill rendered 20
Sova Lyon Supplies for concts per bill 2o
F NIoreand Repairing road, Palmyra District ooo
Ieesburg 20
Richards Services and for the arrest OF sundy prisoners ~
] F DIS bill. for prisoners $1,000
:. Wallace clerk Cost in sundry cases bill rendered 81 90
D n ro~won sheriff 90
D pn ~ 1885
D - ] oF For lands nnrcIases v County for taxes
Americas Gro Sundry file 1876 w
Southern Tel For service rendered to date
Walker Evans Cogswel Co, Inv 314-22 O
Standard Smdry file lo I"
Gro Co. Inv 1922 % -
Produce Co, Smdry Inv on file IA 90
w G Martin, April salary Judge OF City court 10 90
O Statham, April salary as county ply w
8 Yeoman warden ooW
] Forester April salary clerk of Board 5Oo
oil ai ont
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-07-21
Minutes of Meeting of
Commissioners of Lee
County May Term 1922.

Commissioners Roads and Revenues Lee County Georgia.
Meeting of May 2, 1922 All members being present
GEORGIA-LEE COUNTY.
In office of Commissioners Revenues of said County
III accordance
regular meeting hereby adjourned until next Tuesday May
9th 1922
JJ. FORESTER Clerk.
GEORGIA-LEE COUNTY.
In Office of of Roads and Revenues OF said County
May 9Th 49, the meeting Is
in sesion wi a members present
GEORGIA-LEE COUNTY.
In OF Roads and Revenues OF SAID County
After consideration following bill accounts ordered paid
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-01
CONVICTED PARSON
COMMITS SUICIDE
Continued from page one.)


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ed me on the street in Denver. and
persuaded me 10 invest money In O
safe plan which they had. hoped
that the money would bring me
wealth
NY salary was small and ] guess
the temptation was too great. But
I procured the $4,000 entrusted TO
mein the estate and plunged IL all.
Then came my discovery Of the
fake am sorry"
When the case was reopencd re-
Gently, his lawyers stayed the hand
Of the law which had decreed a
penitentiary sentence. That the
fund he embezzled would not have
been due until this year, was the
tochnicahty which won freedom 10
the downhearted pastor. His bonds
men settled with the estate.
Who Paid $4,000?
Who paid the So. 900 shortage is
not known, although IL is understood
that his family. prominent people
here. are weH-to-do.
His wife owns considerable land.
The pastor. previous to the trial,
served at the Brethren church
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-01
DECLARE MN INELIGIBLE.

CHAMPAIGN. H., Jan. 31.-The
nine University of Illinois football
players who engaged in a footbal,
game at Taylorville. III, Nov. Of.
were declared Ineligible Tuesday for
further participation in athletics AT
the university
The men admitted playing on the
Taylorville team against Carlin-
Vile. H.. team which included sew
eral Notre Dame men. About 800
600 had been bet on tHe game. &C
cording to residents Of the two
towns.
The committee which declared the
Illinois team Ineligible said nothin 4,
i'm IFS report concerning surrender
of the college letters or other tro-
plies won by the suspended PLAYERS.
The nine men suspended are wal
quist, Sternaman. Crangle. Kaiser,
Gammage. Greene. Simpson. Muur
and Teuscher. AIuIlin. a sub. was
in the party but was not called nm
on &c play according 70 the PLAYERS
story. and no report was made on
him. All the men confessed voIun.
tarlly 70 their part in the game. The
eligibility committee which barred
the men from athletics is composed
of three faculty members. H. J. Bar
ton ". S. Bayiey, and D. II. Carna-
Ian. The suspended players will all
return 10 school.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-01
indianapolis Business Nan
and Fl. Wdyne Woman Held

INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 31-John
r Morris. secretary treasurer and
general manager Of the John r..
Norris Coal Co. and Mrs. Ethelyue
Nash. %. Of Fort Wayne. are being
held here under $4,000 bond pend
ing further investigation by federal
authorities They arc charged with
vagrancy neglect of child and a
statutory offense
The couple were arrested i'm a
hotel room late Monday night, where
they had registered under the name
of Mr.. ana Mrs. John r Nash. police
said Mrs. Nash is said TO be sepa-
rated from her husband. and 10 have
two children I'm Fort Wayne. She
formerly was Mr.. Norris stenogra.
pher. II was said. Norris has one
child and separated from his wife
several weeks ago according to the
authorities.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-01
SENATE PUTS
BONUS ACTION
UP TO HOUSE
Defeats Attempts to Add Bill
as Amendment to Refund
ing Measure.

Continued from page one.l
was the plan instead to levy new and
special taxes. Asserting that Chair
man Fordney Of the ways and means
committee had proposed a tax on
gasoline. Sen Simmons said this
would place the whole burden on
the users of that commodity and
would be class legislation in its worst
form.
Deprecates Political Issue
Opposing the amendment Chair
man McCumber of the finance com.
mittee declared IL had been decieed
10 have the bonus bill originate IN
the house, because il would be a
revenue-raisinc measure and that
every one knew that adjusted COM
pensation legislation soon would be
enacted lie deprecated what he
called the injection of party politics
into the question and said he object.
ed to adding the bonus 10 the debt
bin because the president had de-
clared his opposition to any bonus
measure that did not provide funds
for immediate payment to the for
mer service men.
Sen Watson of Indiana cut the
discussion short with a. motion TO lay
on the table. stating that every ore
knew "a bonus bill would be passed.
The motion brought protests from
the democratic side, Senator's As
hurst of Arizona, Pittman of
Nevada and others declaring that IL
violated the spirit of the unanimous
consent agreement which was de-
signed. they said, TO limit debate
and not prohibit it,
Republicans contested this view
after considerable wrangling, and
the point of order against the rule
was Vice Pres't Coolidge.
In his statement before the ways
and means committee. Hanford Mac
Nider. national commander of the
American Legion. attacked Sec y
Mellon for opposing the bonus leg
islatiou at this time. He declared
that instead of opposing this bill
by pointing out the difficulties OF
financing it, Mr. Mellon would dc
better to find and suggest points OF
raising the money
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-01
FARMER BURNED To
DEATH IN BARN FIRE

SPENCERVILLE. Ind. Jan. 81
Lying unconscious on a bale OF hay
in the midst OF his burning barn.
William orr. IS. farmer living
three miles east OF here, was ere
mated while more than a hundred
OF his fellow farmers looked on i'm
potent 10 assist him.
The FIRE. which is believed 70 have
started from a lantern falling on the
coal oil covered floor. entirely de-
stroyed the barn and burned 10 death
four horses, six head OF cattle and a
number Of sheep. II is thought that
the aged farmer was knocked un-
conscious by the frenzied cattle
when the blaze started and was I'M
able 90 leave the structure. The
Needless charred torso was taken
from the smouldering ruins three
hours later
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-01
SENATE PASSES
ALLIED DEBTS
REFUNDING BILL
Converts Foreign Debt Into
Securities Maturing After
p Years.

CONTINUED from page Oue.l
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OF congress will be appointed on the
debt commission. according 70 sen.
Watson. republican, Indiana. who
told tho senate during debate on
Tuesday that although he was not
authorized by the president 20 make
an announcement, ne nevertheless
knew that this was the presidents
intention.
ii Percent Interest.
Beside from the section proposing
that interest on the refunded debt
be not less than IA percent
which was added as an amendment
from the finance committee, the
only important change made in the
bill by the senate was the elimina-
ton Of a provision which would
have given the commission author
it's % settle and refund any claims
which the United States hereafter
might have had against amy for
eign government"
Efforts to add a soldiers bonus
provision 20 the measure: to limit
the authority OF the commission in
deferring interest payments and to
require congressional approval OF
the bond conversion agreements
failed. The senate did adopt. how
ever. an amendment by Sen. Walsh,
democrat. Mass. requiring the com
mission after the conclusion of each
refunding negotiation 20 report the
results 10 the senate. Sen. Walsh
% rh n
give 'pitiless publicity" TO the work
OF tho commission.
During the more than a week Of
debate IL was charged from both
sides Of the chamber that 10 was
the purpose to defer interest pay
ments for a number of years i'm
the interest OF private holders In
this country Of IS, 900. 600 900 worth
Of bonds OF some foreign nation. II
also was charged that if the inter
est payments could be deferred fol-
"a number Of years the way might
he cleared for the cancelling OF the
whole debt principal and interest
These contentious were denied by
those in charge Of the measure
who stated that IL was necessary %
give the commission latitude and
time TO fix it up. The senate was
told that the treasury deparemen
exTectde Great Britain to begin its
interest payment i'm a. short time
but that in the case Of some of the
newly created nations interest pay.
ments might have TO be deferred
for as long as 10 years
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-01
BRANDS COVEL'S STORY
UNWORTHY OF BELIEF

NEW YORK. Jan. 31.-District
Attorney Jacob II. Banton Tuesday
night branded as unworthy OF be-
Hef' the contents OF a letter signed
by Guy Covel. taking the blame for
the forgery OF former Prest Rooss-
velt's name 90 a note for $50 800, for
which Mrs. Emma r Burkett IS
serving a esntence on Blackwell E
Island. The letter. addressed 20
sheriff Lewis Street OF NermIllion
county, Ind. declared that Covel. a
former Rough Rider. had imper-
sonated Roosevelt during the Chi
cago convention OF 1912 and that
Mrs. Burkett was his innocent dupe
Knowing as much as do about
Mrs. Burkett's methods. cast the
letter aside" M Banton said.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-01
BRAKEMAN KILLED.

TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Jan. ST.
a. p Palmer. 30 years ola. a brake
man cWp owed by the Chicaso. Nit
waukss and st. Paul railroad. was
killed Tuesday afternoon az Jason
vile when ne was caught between
the cars of a train and thrown on
the rail- beneath the wheels. Palmer
was employed on the JasonvIlIe
miners train He was coupling the
air hose between two cars. in SNIFF
ms the train his head was crushed.
He is survived by the widow and
two children.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-01


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tion of the visible surface Of the
earth or OF the huge tidal waves
that usually radiate from the scene
of an earthquake led the observers
20 believe the slip" occurred miles
below the bed of the ocean. It's
violence was attested by the quaver-
ing seismographs, which I'm some
instances were thrown from the re-
cording rolls, while a strong ma
chine at Berkeley was set i'm mo-
tion for the first time i'm many years.
NO doubt the earth was read
justing itself" said Prof J. !. Lynch,
seismographiC observer at Fordham
university here. About ever so often
tho earth becomes upset, goes off
center. changes its axes, and usually
about the same time there is a vio-
lent earthquake. a slipping Of miles
of strata. and we go merrily along
again"
The Andes. along the Pacific coast
in South America. and the chain OF
rocky formations which join the two
continents disappearing into the
sea of southern California, are con
tinually lifting, falling and slip
ping" according TO the seismologist
and geOlogist
Many of these disturbances take
I place in midocean, the only visible
evidence being the zigzag lines
+ traced by "A seismoEraph. hundreds
/ of miles distant one OF the most
notable examples of such a parox-
I ysm occurred M December, ia-.. .,...l
/ scientists still are Cuddinc their
I brains 20 account for the lost
I earthquake. Its source of origin
/ never has been definitely established.
I although il was of such proportions
as TO shatter instruments thousands
\ OF miles away and 10 send a tidal
/ wave circhng the earth
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-01

NRs MARY WARD.

Mrs. Mary Ella Ward. 65. wife of
Christian H Ward, died Sunday
morning at 9 o'clock at the home
OF her daughter IN Fort Collins,
Colo. She was born at Westville,
Laporte county, Ind, March H.,
1855, and had been resident Of
the community all her rife.
She is survived by her husband,
Christian II. Ward, 10 whom She
was married in South Bend on Oct
p, 1875. and five children, William
NJ Ward and Mrs. p. NJ. Sroon. OF
Fort Collins. Colo, James p. Ward
Charles Q. Ward and Mrs. S. r.
Bradley, South Bend.
The remains viii arrive IN this
city early Thursday morning and
viii be taken to the home Of her
son, James Ward, 1929 \. Allen St,
where they may be viewed until the
time of the funeral, which viii be
held Friday afternoon at o'clock
at the Grace NJ. Z. church. Rev. B.
y. Beck and Rev. Z s. Fisher Off
ciating. Burial viii be in Riverview
cemetery.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-01
SMALL WINS FIGHT
FOR TRIAL ALONE
Court Denies States Demands
to Have Defendants Tried
Together.

By Associated Press.
WAUkEGAN. III. Jan 31.-Tria1
Of Gov. Len Small and Vernon cur
tbs, Grant Park banker. charged
with Lieut. Gov. Fred +. Sterling
with conspiracy TO embezzle state
funds was separted Tuesday when
Judge Clair c. Edwards granted
Mr.. Curtis motion for a severance.
and overruled a similar motion filed
in behalf Of the governor.
BY the decision the governor
case goes TO trial first.
The court Immediately arraigned