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The Washington times., 1923-10-09
Used pirect Pass.

Football experts: looking at Har-
ward Saturday, noted the use Of the
direct pass more than usual. The
Crimson has always. stuck to the
Quarterback pass.
The Washington times., 1923-10-09
MEET OFFERS
ATTRACTIVE PURSES
BY LEONARD w. COLLINS.

Officials of the Maryland Jockey Club anticipating the
pretenous the historic
day. October
The stake being than twelve one day.
Of
than heretofore Maryland Jockey Club offering
than $223,000
The Washington times., 1923-10-09
DOPE SAYS NEHF MAY BE
STARTER FOR GIANTS
AGAINST YANKEES

NEW YORK. Oct. 9AlthOugh neither will commit
himself the subject is understood that Mccraw viii
Nehf left handed Inaugural of the word series
Higgins with Wait Hoyt These
their
while McCaw and Huggns not given to
reaching their the ntegenca Of the dugout
they believed to have cOncurred in this instance
in
ing but has thought better of it Jones is
pitcher, like Hoyt it
to more than fourth day.
The Washington times., 1923-10-09

game from the Giants in the world
series. They tied one game and lost
four.
After some negotiation Colonel
Huston, half owner of the Yam
KEGS, sold his interest early this
year to Colonel Rupert for
about $1,50O,0OO, netting q gross
profit Of more than $1,000, 900 in
eight years.
In 1915, the first season under
the Rupert Huston ownership, the
Yankees attendance was $1,000.
Since the war the attendance has
averaged annually more. than
100000
In the wenty-one years Of Ameri-
can League baseball in New York
the Yankees have finished as fol-
lows:
The Washington times., 1923-10-09

asks you to test for
yourself its perform
ance and com fort.
Riding is believing.
The Washington times., 1923-10-09

In 1915 Coils. Jacob Rupert
and T. l.. Huston purchased the
club, paying something around
half a million dollars for the
franchise, players and other prop
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-16
ONE IS KILLED
z OTHERS HURT
Three Are Victims of Electric
ity in Colquitt Comfy

MOULTRIE, Ca, Nov. 15.-0ne
electricion was killed and two others
were seriously injured late today
when the wire on which they were
working came into contact with a
line carrying $4,000 volts. The dead
man is Clifford Best and the two in
jured are George Parker and Law
renee Irwin, both of whom were said
to be in a serious condition at local
hospital tonight.
All three men were in the employ
of the Baker County Power Com
papny. They were sent here in con-
nection with the extension of the
company's line to a Industrial plant.
While putting up a new wire it was
pulled too hard and came in con-
tact with the heavily charged main
line. Best toppled over dead and
Parker and Irwin were picked up
unconscious. All three men reside
in Newton.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-16
LEE COUNTY
TO HAVE COUNTY
DEMONSTRA-
TION AGENT

The recent Grand Jury which was
in session here last week recommend
ed in their Presentments that Lee
county employ County Demonstra-
ton Agent, and at the meeting of
the County Commissioners on Tues
day it was brought before that body
and they decided to hire an agent
at an early date.
1t has been several years since this
county had an agent and it is stated
that much good was accomplished
through his efforts and we believe
an agent at this time is just what
Lee county needs. The farmers are
without a market for their products
and this will be part of the agents
work to aid the farmers in getting
their products to market at the
right time and in marketable shape.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-16
RED CROSS
ROLL CALL

Our State can yield no worthier
tribute to the spirit Of Armistice
Week than "a heart-ringing answer
to the annual Roll Call of the Red
Cross. Service and sacrifice, free
dom and progress, peace and healing,
all that ennobles and all that en-
dears the memory to which Noven-
Der the eleventh is sacred, find a
continuing, an immortal life in Red
Cross ideals and. endeavors. The
ranks of this unresting mission are
humanity's defense aginst ever-as
sailing foes-against disease, pow
erty, disaster and ills innumerable,
from those that overwhelm a mighty
nation to voiceless tragedies of the
humblest kearthsides. This same
shining evangel of the crimson cross
that went speeding thousands of
leagues to crushed Japan, will haste
with equal devotion to a cabin be-
side of suffering here at home, and
find in the distress of one lonely
ex-service man as flaming challenge
to duty as if battlefield called.
Service like this is beyond indivi-
dual power, and almost beyond indi-
vidual aspiring. 1t is a miracle
which only the mastering of millions
of hearts, with their treasures Of
good will and dreams of a better
day for humankind, can bring to
pass. It is a greatness, it is a noble
ness which invites us everyone and
from which no man or community
can happily stand apart. If it is
Americas Red Cross and the worlds
it is this States too-intimately ard
divinely. For every town and cour-
try side within her borders it holds
special meaning and a special mis-
sion, if we will but open the way in
the annual Roll Call. Let us all re-
spend as BELTS a high-minded, hui
man-hearted people.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-16
DEVELOPMENT OF
IDLELAND IN SOUTH

Development of idle lands in the
South will be the object of. a con-
ference on forestry and reclamation
which is scheduled to be held shortly
in New Orleans.
The purpose Of the conference, as
stated in detail, will be to devise
ways and means for suitable utiliza-
ton of the lands of the United States
and especially in the South; to elimi-
nate speculation and exploitation
from land settlement; to safeguard
settlers seeking homes on lands idle
at present; to increase the number
of self-supporting farm homes; to
secure effective cooperation in con-
structive development of the coun-
try's idle lands and to secure expan-
sion of the Federal reclamation pol
icy in to national scope instead of
sectional as is the case at present,
it is claimed.
AS pointed out here, there are
vast areas Of cut-over, swamp and
overfowed lands in the South lying
idle and serving no useful purpose.
There are vast areas Of lands which
have been abandoned to grass, weeds
and second growth timber which
lands were formerly cultivated fields.
It is essential to the progress and
prosperity of the South, forestry
men and agriculturists both claim,
that lands be utilized in some suit
able manner as producers Of revenue
and home-making.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-16
VALUE OF COTTON
Seed PRODUCTS

At present the value Of products
obtained from cottonseed in this
country is in excess of $3.50, 100000
annually, according to officials of the
Georgia Department of Agriculture.
The one-time nuisance has become a
veritable gold mine of enormous inn
portance to The prosperity off the
cotton states and of wide diversity
in it's uses. The manufactured arti-
cles that trace their source back now
to cotton seed include many of the
necessities and comforts of modern
life.
"The magnitude of the loss suf-
fered by the South in the failure to
discover earlier he possibilities of cot
ton seed can hardly be computed"
said an official of the state agricul-
tural department. cit can be UNDER
stood in degree when it is concid-
cred that the seed represents two
thirds of the cotton crop and the cot
ton itself only one third. Huge
piles of cotton seeds that rotted on
the ground or found their way into
rivers and creeks to clog them form
ed problem that worried farmers
and ginners in the South sixty years
ago."
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-16
BULK OF PEANUT
CROP HARVESTED

ALBANY, Ca, Nov. 12.--With
the bulk of the peanut crop in South
Georgia harvested and delivered, the
Georgia Peanut Growers Co-opera-
tive Association with headquarters
at Albany has turned it's attention
largely to the crop in Middle Geor-
gia, which is now being delivered
in volume. Due to better weather
conditions, both during the growing
season and at harvest, the Middle
Georgia yield is expected to be much
heavier per acre than that in South
Georgia. The crop in Middle Geor-
gia is largely new one, but most
of the growers in that part of the
State have had excellent results in
their initial efforts.
Splendid loyalty is being shown by
the Middle Georgia grower toward
his Association, just as was shown
by the South Georgia grower whose
crop was ready for delivery earlier
in the season. Only few cases of
willful disloyalty have developed
among the nearly 5000 members of
the Peanut Association, despite the
temptation of high prices that the
Association has had such a large
part in bringing about; peanut
prices this fall have ruled high and
firm from the first, making the re-
turns profitable to all growers,
whether members of the Association
or not. Several non-members have
attributed the prices they received
this fall to the existence of the
Peanut Association above all other
factors. Although the Peanut As
ISOLATION has no membership cam
paign under way just now, volun-
tary contracts are being received
each week from growers who recog-
nize the benefits of a cooperative
association. In the past in South
Georgia, which heretofore has pro-
duced practically all of the States
commercial peanut crop, prices have
averaged low in the fall when all of
the growers were selling and high
in the spring when they were plant
ing, but had none to sell. This year
the market opened high and has con-
tinued high from the first, con-
dition which newspapers, bankers
and other disinterested observers
have attributed almost entirely to
the Peanut Association.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-16
EARLY PRIMARY
Is INDICATED
Executive Committee Will be
Called Together Early Next
Year.

According to information it is be-
lieved in political circles that the
primary for the nomination of coun-
ty officers for Lee county will be
held early next year. The people
seem to think that an early primary
will be best as it will not interfere
so much with the work of the far
mers who are very busy in the spring
and do not have time to talk with
the candidates for the variouse Of
fees. AS soon as the committee
meets and definite time set the diff
ferent candidates will be around as
it is reported that there is going to
be a good many in the field this
time.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-16
MONTHLY MEETING OF P. T. A.

The Parent-Teacher Association
held it's regular monthly meeting at
the school building on Friday after
noon Nov. 9, with Mrs. Dan Kleck-
ley presiding.
A very interesting and instructive
program was arranged by Miss Eva
Mckenzie and Mrs. H. C. Derricks.
The readings by Ethelwynee Hirsh-
burg, Falba Atwater and Ruth
Shroyer were especially good. While
Mrs. Merritts, Mrs. Hardin's and
Mrs. Rich. English's papers on Com
munity welfare were very instruc-
tive, Miss Bessie Johnson's reading
on Armistice Day deserves special
mention as well.
After a short business session the
meeting adjourned. Mrs. Perry and
Mrs. Allison will arrange program
for the Dec. meeting.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-16
ELECTION
FOR TRUSTEES

There will be an election for five
Trustees for the Leesburg Consoli-
DATED School District, on Friday
Nov. 23rd, at the Courthouse.
No one has yet been mentioned
to fill the places but the people
want to keep the date in mind and
vote for people who will take an
interest in our school. The present
board is composed of all good men
and they have done their part in
keeping our school up to the stand
ard but we understand that some Of
them will not offere for reelection.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-16
Climate and Deafness.

It is curious to note how deaf
mutlsm varies in different countries.
In Switzerland, for instance, owing to
the prevalence Of cretinism, 245 per
100000 of the inhabitants suffer from
1t, whereas the general average among
European countries is 70, and in the
United States, IS. per 100000.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-16
NeedAd SPRAYING.

Miss C. L. S. sends us the following
which she received direct from the
lady referred to: Marjory, FIVE years
old, after hearing for the first time
the story Of Eve and the apple, re-
marked: You know, Miss Smith, !
think the trouble was that tree wasn't
sprayed, and Eve should never have
eaten an apple of of tree that wasn't
sprayed. You never can tell what Will
happen Boston Transcript.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-16
GEORGIA WEEKLY
nVDUST'AL REVIEW

Journal of Commerce published in
New York reports fall business out
look highly encouraging; building
continues at high plane, employment
firm, manufacturing operations are
on large scale, and crop news en-
couragingr'
Macon-Erection of New Appleton
church home and two dormitories
planned.
Conyers-New equipment being
installed at local "Times" newspaper
plant.
State peanut crop this season to
be worth approximately 100000.
Savannah-Plans being made for
construction of new modern Sunday
school building for Second Baptist
church.
West Point-New 100000 hotel
to be built at this point,
Savannah-Over 100000 spent
for additions and improvements to
local Y. Y. M. C. ''#
Atlanta-New John B. Gordon ele-
mentary school under construction
in this city.
Savannah-New building of Y. w.
C. A. completed.
Tybee-City road paving program
under way.
Atlanta-New 19-story cotton ex-
change building to be ready for oc-
cupancy soon.
Dona1dsonville- Methodist
church under construction.
Carrollton-Road between here
and Bremen including bridge at local
pumping station nearing completion.
Macon--Repairing of 4 Spring
street bridge over Ocmulgee river to
begin soon. Work on replacing Sec
ond street bridge progressing rapidly.
Quitman-New Barney's. school
building completed at this point.
Troupville- Rebuilding of bridge
over New River planned. Bridge to
be about 900 #. long and connect
Brooks and Lowndes counties.
Savannah New community
church to be erected on Pine Barren
road in this vicinity.
Augusta-Contract to be le! here
for erection of two new school bull
dings in Richmond county.
Milltown-Local farmers to plant
approximately 1900 acres to tobacco,
Atlanta Evershine Company,
manufacturers of metal polishes,
opens local plant.
Atlanta-Southern textile mills
running at capacity with untitled or
ders growing in volume.
On October 1 index figure of
prices paid to producers for main
farm products was 27.3 per cent
higher than a year ago, 25.6 per
cent higher than two years ago and
but 11.3 per cent lower than aver
age of last 10 years.
Salaries and wages paid to rail
road employees of all GLASSES for the
first six months of 1923 averaged
$136 a month, on increase of APP
proximately 81 month over the
corresponding period of 1922. The
total number of employees in service
was 100000 as compared with
100000 last year.
Fire loss of United States in 1922
was over 521,OO0,0OO largest that
any country has ever shown and
greater than fire loss of all Europe.
Per capita loss is $4.75 against
Great, Britain's per capita loss of
~ cents.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-16

| dedicate no inconsderable portion
Of my time to other peoples thoughts
dream away my life in others specu-
lations. | love to lose myself in other
mems minds. When am not walking,
am reading; 1 cannot sit and think.
Books think for me.-Lamb.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-16

Wanted, to purchase for a friend in
Atlanta, farm, improved or unim-
proved, in Southwest Georgia. Write
what you have, giving complete de-
scription, price and terms.
Box 228, Leesburg, Ga.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-16
Proof 10 the Contrary.

Odd thing about Sawntng; the doc.
Gnrs say it is caused by deficiency in
the supply of air to the lungs--and yet
a fellow usually does his best yawning
who7 somebody Is pumping "hot air"
~onacrink
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-16

tee. This was the first bill passed
during the special session Of the
legislature. The bill provides that
there shall be a chief auditor with a
salary of $4,000 year, chief ex-
aminer and an assistant examiner
each with salaries of $4,000 year,
and for such clerks as shall be neces-
sary.
Favorable action with but one dis
senting vote on the committee bill
to amend the state constitution in
order to provide for an income tax
was taken by the committee on con-
stitutional amendments Friday aft
ernoon. The bill would amend the
constitution to allow for state in
come tax, limiting the rate to five
per cent.
Pepealists Stand Pat
The speed with which an agree
ment on tax reform is reached is
believed by observers to depend
upon the attitude of the opponents
of the tax equalization law, headed
by Representative Stovall, of Ebert
county, with a steering committee
consisting of Representatives Stew
art of Atkinson county, Knight OF
Berrien county ond Haddock OF
Early county.
At a meeting held in the Kimball
house Thursday night more than fiji
ty repealists voted to adopt the role
of stand-patters and insist upon the
passage of the repeal measure be
fore considering other tax reform
measures. ThiTs attitude is bounC
to bring the house in conflict with
the senate, which refused at tht
last session to pass the repeal bill
before some substitute revenue
measure had been adopted, and il
of the same opinion still.
, 1923-05-04
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROlX STATION.

PHILADELPHIA, April 29th.-Great Bri-
fan. represented by Oxford University,
failed on Saturday in a gallant attempt
IN capture for a second time the two
mile college relay championship of the
limited States, but the British Quartetre
forced an even more brilliant Pennsylva-
MIA State team to set a new World record
TO win. It was the outstanding even
on the DAYS card Of the 18th annual
University of PENNSYLVANIA relay carni-
val Allan Mich, National half mile
champion, running the last relay for
Pennsylvania state, broke t e tape near
" thirty yards ahead of MltIlgan, the
Oxford captain, Z minutes 48 3/0 sec
onds. lettering by 3i5 OF a second the
former Worlds record. established at last
wears PENNSYLVANIA meet. Three years
ayo q combined Oxford-CambridGe team
won the event. Hamilton College Insti-
tnte. of Canada, scored an international
victory in the two-mile championship
for both high and preparatory schools
Ottawa, April 29th.-Two further
changes in the King cabinet have been
announced. Mr.. George Graham was
confirmed in the position Of Minister Of
Railways and Mr.. E. NJ. Mac Donald was
y ALE acting Minister of Militia and De-
f.nco tbe duti S of which department
u O has been carrying on since he entered
80 Government, No more Cabinet ap-
Gointments will be made until after the
lose OF the session, when the ming Of
the Solicitor Generalship, made vacant
Nv the resignation Of Judge D. D. Mac
, 1923-05-04

Contribution to this paper VjU be glad
10 received wken the same deals Wltb mat
ter8 of general interest, Gnd IS dccompa-
MED Nth the authors name, as a guar
antee of good faith The editor cannot be
responsible for the Uje1Us Of his cOrreSpon-
dents nor does he neceS8GrjJy endorse them.
, 1923-05-04

Kenzie, and the portfolio Of immigration
and colonization of which Mr.. Charles
Stewart has been acting minister, will be
considered. 1t is definitely known that
Mr.. A. K. Mac Lean will be appointed to
the vacancy on the EX-Chequer court at
the end of the pre- Nant session OF Parlia-
ment.
Dublin, April 29tI.. The signal tower
of the great northern, railway in Dublin
was blown up today, 5 a train was leav-
ing for Drogheda. The coaches of the
train were struck by an avalanche OF
fragments of cement and II passengers
were injured by flying debris and broken
glass. When the explosion took place
f.e was opened on the station guard. To-
day two men in a taXicab drove in a sub
urb and held up a constable and threw a
bomb into a drygOods shop, wrecking X.
Several employees living in the re&r Of
the store were injured. The whole di
trict in which the store is situated was
shaken by the defamation.
Berlin, April 30th.- Flushed with the
large part it has played in blocking the
efforts of the French and the Belgians in
the occupation Of the Ruhr. German la
bour is rallying with more vim than ever
for the celebration Of May day, as an in
ternatiOnal WOrklnPmanS holiday. For
nearly a year, the workers claim. nothing
but an unarmed army of labourers has
successfully withstood the attempts of
tens OF thousands of soldiers to achieve
fruitful results in the occupation of En-
ropes leading industrial district. The
labourers believe that this battle had
been unique in the annals Of history.
Munich. April 30th. May day is filed
with disabilities OF disorder in Bavaria,
in the face of latest advices, although
the Bavarian Government has forbiddsn
the trades unions and the radicals 10
held demonstrations in Munich on that
day. The Bavarlan Government an
nounces that it has discovered there are
plans afoot in various parts Of the stare
to use intensive terrorism in preventing
labourers from working on May lst,
TIE official statement issued by Govern
ment, says the ministry Of the interior
has instructed tine police authorities to
take measures necessary for guaran-
teering protection to persons desiring to
work, for the prevention OF terrOrIstlc
action.
Portland. Maine, April 30th. Streams
rising ten feet above their usual level,
as the result Of rains during the last
two days, have flooded the valley in the
mountainous and hiIly districts OF Maine
, 1923-05-04

Entered as secoud-cIaSS matter Nay
26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian
sted. st. Croir, V. l. Of the u. S. A., IN
der TIL Act of March 3, 1879.
, 1923-05-04

and New Hampshire and sent the farm
ers aud towns-people scurryIug 70 higher
ground with their families aud posses
sions for safety.
, 1923-05-04

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