The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-28
GEORGIA WEEKLY
INDUSTAL REVIEW

goes on-Every kind Of construction
work continues-CropS larger than
expected and the usual scarcity OF
harvest hands reported everywhere
Sardis-New Baptist church COM
pleted at cost of $4,000.
Adel-Local business to build to-
bacco warehouse for next seasons
crop.
Lawrenceville- New $4,000
school building completed.
Moultrie-New electric pumper
installed at city power plant.
Savannah-Local gas company to
increase capital stock.
Rome-Manufacture of paper and
pasteboard boxes begun at Kuster
Manufacturing Oo's., new plant in
this city employing 25 persons.
Savannah-Local shops of Cen
trail of Georgia give employment to
631 persons.
Moultrie-Sugar cane placed on
sale on local market at pre- war
price.
State peanut crop this year to be
worth about 100000.
Coreen-Construction of plant
costing $1,5O0,O0O with a capacity
of 1000 bbls. of cement per day to
begin shortly.
Gordon-New road building equip
ment purchased by county received.
Augusta-Atlantic States Ware
house Company organized to operate
cotton storage warehouse.
Wrens-$3O.O0O reinforced con-
crete bridge over Briar creek plan
ned.
Work on Jefferson Davis highway
between Louisville and Wrightsvillle
in Jefferson and Johnson counties to
begin.
Waycross-Work begun on con-
struction of new hard-surface me-
mortal bridge over Satilla river.
Athens-New Methodist church to
be built here.
Zebulon--New cotton warehouse
completed at this point.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Ty-
bee road completed.
Dublin-W. & T.. Railroad lays
heavier rails between this city and
Brewton.
Observation-Disclosures Com
pany to manufacture pants at new
local plant.
Greenwood county has lost $4,000
negroes by migration north and is
offering free farm lands to thrifty
intelligent northern farmers accord
ing to the Albany Herald
Sylvester-Power line being built
to furnish local hydro-electric cur
rent.
Atlanta-1923 state tobacco crop
raised and sold at various ware
houses exceeds 8,O61,712 lbs.
The people of Georgia feel that
it is high time they. were given re-
lief from unequal taxation, and also
time to take some forward step that
will keep US abreast of the States
that are building good roads.
Jefferson-Business men are boost
ing the Gainesville Midland Railway.
Crisp county Board of Trade as
undertaken fve-year development
plan.
Mortgage Lifters"-the COW, the
sow and the hen.-(Lavonia Times) :.
There was, at the end of 1922,
10,789,084 central station customers
of light and power; II per cent,
users of industrial lighting; and 4
per cent, industrial power consum-
ers. The remaining l per cent is
not accounted for. This total of
more than ten million was diveded
numerically as follows; 8,467,600
residential customers, 10000 in
dustrial power customers.
Omaha had a failure of it's NUM-
cipal water supply caused by caving
in Of the Missouri river which filled
the mains and service pipes with
liquid mud. Damage done the city
and industries is estimated at $15,.
100000, and 100000 people were
deprived of water for a week If
August. The city acquired the plant
ten years ago and it's manager wa!
elected to the United States Senate
on public ownership campaign.
A Senatorial Committee investiga
ting the fire insurance industry il
the state of Illinois found that our
of the average insurance dollar, 9t
cents stayed in the state.
United States is still Canada
.. customer, taking during year ende'
July valued at $595,414,6O