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The Lee Co. Journal
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FFICIAL ORGANOF 1 E COUNTY
AND CITY OF LEESBURG
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Published Every Friday
J. P. HORNE, Publisher
T. W. McKELIL, Editor
Entered at the Postoflice at
Jeeshrug, Gia,, as seconld
class matter,
Advertising Rates Furnished on
Request,
Subreription $1.50 A YEAR.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1922
If money is the root of all evil,
nobody need come £nooping round
our cffice looking for it. It has
been thoroughly uprooted here. |
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Simmer must be on the wnne.‘
Millinery and mens straw hats are
being marked down in priee,
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Some one has svggested that con
gestion on the roads can be relieved
by common courtesy on the part
of automobile drivers. If that is
the only solution the congestion is
in a bad way of being relieved and
will pass the stage of common con
gestion and will assuine the phase
of cramp colic.
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Someday, the men who run the
Awerican people’s multitudinous
governments will be erisply notified
by the long-suffering public that
paying taxes is not the people’s
favorite indoor pastime.
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There is a right side and a wrong
side to the shopmens strike, and
both the union and the railways are
eager to admit that they are on the
right side,
Now that the harvest season is
approaching, it behooves the far
mers of this seetion to carefully
harvest and care for the entire crop,
in order that we may not have to
go into the markets for the next
years supplies, e ‘
We have or should learned, this
year, that we must depend upon
our own resources for the things,
we need, instead of looking to the
western farmer for feed and pro
vigions to make another crop. Just
one thing about the Southern far
mer: he iz g 0 blesced with elimatic
conditions for the making of a crop
and it cost him so little to make it
that he is lax in the matter of
gathering in «ll of it.
The season of revival meetings is
on and we hear of some splendid re
sults that have been and are being
accomplished for the churches.
When these revivals shall have
closed it is no reason for discontinu
ing the work of preaching and
teaching, for the command was
given to this end, long, long ago,
that the Gospel should be taught
at all times.
Nothing greater or better can
come to a community than arevival
of old time Christianity, at least
once a year and in which all the
people come together and render
homage to the Giver of every good
and perfect gift.
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Where does the man get off who
says business is rotten and then,
day after day hunkers down over
a checker board? Checkers isn’t a
bad thing, once or twice a week,
but the fellow who indulges it for
geveral hours a day and six daysa
week and then cries and whines
about ‘“‘hard times’ is simply
masquerading as a business man,
There is work for those who go
after it. There is business for
those who husile. There is hardly
a home where some small job is
needing to be done. There is neot
a day but the business man, with
eyes and heart open for it, can liud!
a new customer. Play some and;
work some. It mixes well but be
sure that you have a larger per!
cent of work in concoction. ‘
WAS MARRIED TO BEST MAN
Odd Happening Recorded at Wedding
—Bridegroom Willing to Allow
Bride Time to Consider.
Not so long ago a strange error
occurred at a church wedding. Io
some way the bridal party became
confused and at the close of the cere
mony it was discovered that the bride
had been married to the best man,
Further complications arose from the
fact that the best man was already
engaged to the bride’s younger sis
ter. The register had not yet been
signed, and there was nothing for
it but to perform the ceremony over
again., The mistake had arisen
through the best man undertaking to
make the necessary response for the
bridegroom, who WAS B 0 nervous as
to be unable to remember them him
self. At a wedding which took place
in a country village a few years ago
the bridegroom, on belng asked the
customary question, “Wilt thou take
this woman to be thy wife?”" scratched
his head reflectively, and, turning to
the bride, asked: *“WIill ye clean my
boots?’ The query was met in the
affirmative, and the ceremony pro
ceeded. A laughable incident once
occurred at a village wedding. When
the bride had reached the church she
had forgotten her gloves, and flatly
refused to be married without then,
adding: “Be quick, lest I change my
mind!” Two hours later the bride
groom was discovered gmeated in the
local inn, calmly puffing away at u‘
clgar, walting, as he explalned, to see
If the bride really would change her
mind.
CROMWELL HAD LIGHTER SIDE
Incident Recorded of Him Seems to
Prove That He Could Enjoy a
Practical Joke,
It is told of Oliver Cromwell, the
English leader and soldler, that he
had a great love of fun, which he
would Indulge often at the expense of
others, according to the limpulse of
the moment. An example of this tralt
i 8 shown In the following incident,
Cromwell had a very beautiful daugh
ter, and at the time he came into
power In England one of his attend
ants took a fancy to this young lady.
One day OCromwell went into hls
daughter's room and was surprised to
see his page on his knees making a
declaration of his love to his daughter.
“What does this mean?' demanded
Cromwell,
“May it please your worship,” stam
mered the frightened page, “I am in
love with yonder walting maid"—
pointing to her as he spoke—"and I
have been beseeching your daughter
to usq her influence in my behalf.”
“Are you willing,” sald Cromwell to
the waiting maid, “to have this fellow
for your husband?”
“Yes,” she answered,
“Well, then,” sald Cromwell, we'll
have a minister called in and you two
shall be married lmmediately,” and it
was no sooner sald than done.~FPhila
delphia Ledger,
Punishment.
She was only three years old, but
she was very vain. After all, age has
lttle to do with vanity.
Her governess found her the most
difficult of the three children to man
age, and the whole family was sur
priscd when they discovered that the
young girl who was hired to wheel
the baby out In the park could manage
her as easlly as If she were a model
child,
“How do you do it?" the mother
asked one day, |
The girl smiled. “She's easy
enough to handle,” she said. “Made
moiselle always tries to reason with
her. That doesn't do any good, be
cause she just turns unthinking ears
to her., But when I have her out, if
she won't behave, I just take her lit
tle curls and tuck them away up us
der her hat so no one can see them,
Then {n about two minutes she'l)
promise to be just as good as gold
if I'll only pull them out again.”
Books Centuries Old.
Some of England's oldest art treas
ures, from Durham cathedral's mo
nastic library, were recently brought te
London and placed on view at the Vie
toria and Albert museum. Most of the
work in nerthern English of the ear
lier Anglo-Irish schools of Lindisfarne
and Durham, and the exampley
of caligraphy and illumination range
in dates from the Seventh to the Four
teenth century. Among the manu
seripts are two traditionally attrib
uted in the Middle ages to the vener
able Bede, but this ascription is no
now accepted. There are, also. sev
eral of the books given to the mon
astery by the Bishops William de St
Carlieph (1080-1096) and Hugh d¢
Pulset (Pudsey) 1154-1105. Three o
the four volumes of Pudsey's Bible, ai
one of the most splendid in existence
are Included In the exhibit.
A Word for Mothers-in-Law.
A Pennsylvania preacher blame
mothers-in-law for 75 per cent of thy
matrimonial disasters and refers t
them as “mother-out-laws.” We ven
ture to say mothers-in-law and fathers
in-law have done more to prevent mat
rimonial shipwrecks than all the lav
and the gospels, asserts C(apper
Weekly. The old folks know the reef
and how to steer by them, and the
wish the young folks to have a pros
perous and reasonably happy voyage
Mothers-in-law and fathers-in-law an
the beacon lights of the matrimonia
sea. They shine on every dangerou
shore and certainly the world neve
had greater need for them than s
present. .
2HE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL, LEESBURG, GEORGIA
The Typhoid $
e Typhoid Season,
Enlist and Fight It
The State Bureau of Vital Statistics
advises you to look for Typhold Fever
during the next three months, for
during that period of the year more
than 70 per cent of all deaths trom‘
that disease occur. There were b 62
cases of Typhold Fever reported dur
ing the entire month of May, but dur
ing the first half of June there were
93, and the disease is on the increase
at this time of the year, as it is
every year. In 1919 there were 477
Typhoid Fever deaths in a total of
21,606; in 1920 in a total of 35,675
there were 549 as compared with 798
typhold deaths in a total of 32,977 in
1921, an increase over the year before
of 249 deaths, and unless some effort
is made this year will show a greater
number of deaths than did 1921.
To prevent Typhoid Fever you must
understand how it is caught. Two
classes of people scatter this disease
-the ohe who is sick with it and the
other who carries the poison in the
bowel after recovery from the disease.
In order for a person to catch Typhoid
Fever he must swallow some of the
excreta from such persons. To es
cape this disease a person should eat
food and drink water which is not
mixed with such discharges. The fly
carries this discharge from the sick
room or the privy to the kitchen or
dining room and places it on the food,
or the excreta may have washed from
the privy into the well, There are
other ways that the discharge from
the sick may get into the mouths of
well persons,
Every person should be vaccinated
against this disease excepting certain
circumstances which your family phy
sician will explain to you. The entire
house should be screened against flies.
A city or town’s water supply should
be tested at regular periods to see
that it is pure. If you get water from
a well and have not a sanitary privy
or your well is not properly curbed,
you should boil all water before drink
ing. A plan for curbing your well or
for building a sanitary privy will be
turniched upon request to the State
3oard of Health, Atlanta, Ga.
If one of your family should take
Typhoid Fever, ask your physician
what you should do to protect the rest
of your family, and follow his direc
tions to the letter. If you wish litera
ture on this disease your State Boardl
of Health will furnish {t.
Authorities say that of those who
have Typhoid Fever, one person out
of every ten dies. If this is true,
then there were 7,980 cases of Ty
phoid Fever in Georgia last year.
These people were sick more than
23,940 days, and at only $l.OO per day
there was a loss of more than $23,940,
not including any medical attention or
drugs or the time lost by those who
waited on them. Nor do these figures
take into account the sorrow in the
800 families which these deaths
caused. Typhoid Fever is a big ques:
tion; it should have your most care
protect your family against this dis
ful thought and you should not only
ease, but also your neighborhood
Let us begin NOW to take the neces
sary steps to escape this disease.
Many are ignorant and know no bet
ter than to eat filthy food and drink
polluted water, and you, dear reader,
cannot do a better thing for your ac
quaintances than to tell them how te
escape Typhoid Fever.
GEORGIA'S DEATH RATE;
LET'S MAKE IT LOWER
Georgia has no greater advertise
ment than her low death rate, for in
1921, of which year the mortality of
certain months was audited by the
Federal Census Bureau recently, her
death rate was 10 per 1,000 popula
tion, while in 1920 South Carolina
showed 14, Virginia and Florida 13
and North Carolina 12, according to
the latest printed report of the Fed
eral Census.
Georgia is now in the registration
area for deaths, Her death rates will
be published by the Census Bureau.
Her general, as well as her Tuber
culosis, Cancer and other specific
rates, are so low when compared with
the neighboring states that the rates
will be questioned. |
~ Georgla has no greater pull for peo
ple or investments than her good |
health as shown by hér low mortality
rates, but these rates must be based
on records, the completeness of which
cannot be contradicted.
There is a law in Georgia prohibit
ing the burial of any dead person
until a death certificate has been
filed and a burial permit secured. The
enforcement of this statute will pro
test Georgia's records and will estab
lish these rates beyond question.
“STARVE THE RATS.”
Do not keep food exposed or in pa
per or cardboard containers.
¥ood protected in glass, metal or
wooden containers cannot help feed
these pests. They will leave before
they will starve.
Trap Them.
Set plain spring traps along base
of walls where rats run.
No bait is needed. Be careful in
handling traps and keep children
away.
Poison Them.
If traps are impracticable use Bar
jum Carbonate, mixed with four times
as much flour and make into a dough.
Provide proper garbage cams and
keep them covered at all times.—
Department of Health, Newark, N. J.
The health of ony community is of
How The Master Driver
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LEE SALES AGENCY, LEESBURG, CA.
THE FOLLY OF DELAY
WILL COST MANY LIVES.
Regardless of the high death rate
from Typhoid Fever in Georgia last
year many people are even yet un
protected, so far as vaccination is con
cerned.
All physicians of the State and the
various health officers have been
urged to use their influence in get
‘tlng as many people inoculated as
possible. The press has had much to
3ay about the importance of not run
ning an unnecessary risk so far as
developing Typhoid Fever is concern
ed, yet only a small percentage of the
people of the state have so far this
year taken advantage of this preven
tive treatment.
Such procrastination on the part of
the people who know of the protec
tive value of such inoculations is very
foolish indeed. “Hard times” cannot
be regarded as an excuse since the
State Board of Health furnishes the
vaccine to any citizen of the state
FREE.
Last year the typhoid death rate in
Georgia was about eight times as high
as for the b 7 largest cities of the
country, and epidemics are being re
ported in various sections of the state.
One should by no means take such
a hazardous risk as many are now do
ing. :
BE VACCINATED TODAY. If your
physician hasn't a supply of vaccine
the State Board of Health will be glad
to furnish him all he can use as long
as the present supply lasts,
A warning is given by the State
Board of Health about the use of the
common bathing suit—the for rent
kind.
If you go in swimming you should
own your own bathing suit. If you
rent your suit it should be thoroughly
sterilized before you wear it.
Public opinion should see to it that
all for rent suits are properly handied.
Our State should have laws regulat
ing public swimming pdols.
EDUCATIONAL MATTER.
To educators, ministers, Y. M. C. A.
workers, public health nurses, and all
who may be enlisted in the education
of young boys and girls along keeping
fit lines: The State Board of Health
has for this parpoée sets of beautifully
prepared cards of convenient size to
lend any one who is interested enough
to see that they are displayed to the
proper audiences. Educational pam
phlets for different ages and classes
can be had for the asking. Write the
State Board of Health, 131 Capital
Square, Atlanta, Ga., if you are inter
ested.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
The annual report of the State Board’
of Health has been submitted to the
General Assembly as the law directs.
It is a concise, well prepared report.
of the activities of this most important
part of our government work. A limit-’
ed supply has been printed and if you
are interested Dr. T. F. Abercrombie
will be glad to send you a copy if you'
will drop him & line. 3
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Today, Barney Oldfield is known
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Starting with the crude tires which
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BEGINNING AUGUST Ist, our books will be closed
to everybody and we will positively not charge any
thing to anybody. We are going to sell for Cash only
and will be prepared to sell you Dry Goods, Shoes
Groceries at a hig saving. We bave carried you
through the hord times and trust that you will now
give us your cash trade. We are going to increase
our stock and you ean find anything that you want at
our store.
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