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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 1 E COUNTY
- AND UITY OF LEESB¥RG
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Published Every Friday
J. P, HORNE, Publisher
T. W. McKELL, Editor
Entered at the Postoffice at J
Leeshrug, Ga,, as second
class matler,
Advertising Rates Furnished on
Request,
Subseription $1.50 A YEAR.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1922 ‘
During the period of the World
War, there were twice ns meny peo
ple killed Ly automobiles as were in
battle, yet every day onecan see the
Jaws of the country most flaamnlly‘
defied as tothe regulations of motor
traffic.
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Last week we heard a citizen re
mark that the worst trouble with
the country was that people had
almost quit work and that they
were just stunding round waiting
for congress to pass the bonus Lill
and for the boll weevil or some
thing else to come along with a dis
torted appetite for laziness flayor
and eat them up.
We don’t know about that but we
do know that the farmer who humps
down to real work throughout the
season will have plenty of bread um}‘
meat at home regardless of the fact
that he may not have much numev}
can eat three square meals a day,
As to the “‘bonus‘boye.”’ they, 00,
had better give up waiting so much
out of the guvermnént purse un(l‘
hunker down and make a living as
they did before the war. ?
WHAT YOUR HOME TOWN
PAPER DOES FOR YOU
Jven before you could realize
what was going on in the world
your home town paper had heralded
to the world that you were born
Then when you Lad begun to realize
that you were a part of the universe
the paper told of your éntry into
school, as one of the first real events
of your career asa citizen. The
pext time, when vou thought you
were indigpensible to the econnmic§
welfare of the community the pnper!
heralded the fact that you were
sweet sixteen and had made your
debut into society. A few yeurs‘
later, when you almost knew !lml‘
your presence in the world was a
part and parcel, and a large one at
that, the home town paper recorded
the fact that you had graduated from
the public, or high school, and. that
with honors, whether it was true or
not, the paper said o to your delight,
Next it told of your going to one of
the best colleges in the land, and no
doubt but what you would make
good there, and that were destined
to make your mark in the world,
though it may not be a good mark.
Then when you had reached your
majority and had decided to enter
on the matrimonial seas for good or
bad the paper gave you an expensive
wiite-up in which yon were laudad
to the skies; then theadvent of your
first born was heralded to the world
as being the very finest baby in all
the land.
It has sympathized with youinall
your sorrows, tried to alleviate your
troubles, rejoiced with you in your
prosperity, and given you credit for
the success when possibly.it was
purely, just luck. |
And at last, when you shall have
come down to the end of the journey,
and human hands can do no more
or you the home town paper will do
its dead level best to help you pass the
pearly gates by giving you a write
up that makes it appear as if you
had been a model citizen. All of
which has been done for the small
sum of one dollar and fifty cents per
year. Do you not owe at least some
consideration to your home town
paper?
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Don’t wait for us to call for your
Job Printing but send it to us forl
we have not the time to call and
get it. : l
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They are GOOD!
Near lLeesburg, a fine piano
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slightly used and paid for which we
will sell to party willing to complete
monthly payments. Write for full
information, Cable Piano Co., 82
N. Broad, Atlanta.
Remarkable Mountain of Sand.
In the great desert reglons of the
‘Southwest there 1s a remarkable
‘mountain of sand. The behavior of
1t mystified the early settlers who In
‘the days of '49 followed the old trall
i from Yuma to Los Angeles, The moun
‘taln was constantly changing form.
The first ploneers mentioned It to
)(helr friends as a landmark by which
they might gulde themselves on their
}way into the new country, but it
changed its appearance so rapidly that
‘many of them failed to recognize it,
wandered from the trail and were lost
In the desert.
People discovered later that it was
’the strong winds that from time to
‘time sweep across the desert that
imnde the mountain act in so queer a
way. When the wind blew It shifted
'loose gand from one spot to another,
‘bullt new domes and pinnacles and
destroyed others, until within a short
time the whole mountain presented an
‘entirely new outline agalnst the sky.
; “A Llittle Learning.”
One of the young women knew noth
ing about football and knew she knew
nothing ; the other knew nothing about
football and thought she knew some
thing. The result was that the couple
caused endless amusement among the
spectators sitting near them. When
the girl who thought she knew some
thing had given tons of inaccurate
information to the girl who knew she
didn't know much the latter pointed
to the fleld and asked:
“What are those?”
“What, dear?’ replied her compan
jon. *“Do you mean all those little
figures?” They're men, of course.”
“No, no! I mean those posts stuck
in the ground.”
And she pointed to the goal posts.
“Well, fancy you not knowing what
they are!” exclaimed Miss Knowall.
“Why, they're football fixtures!”
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Peculiar Church “Ceremonies.”
Since a Spanish play, produced at
the Opera Comique, depicted danc
ing in churches Parisians belleve
that dancing in such establishments in
Spain is quite fashionable, only they
themselves would be against such at
tractions In France. Nevertheless
there exists a church in France where
one day In the year—Saint Marcel's
day—dancing is allowed in the village
church. At Barjols, they kill a calf
and cook It in the church and eat it
there, After the meal the choir makes
way for a local orchestra, which hits
up the livellest fox trots and shim
mies . and couples gayly whirl around
a floor shorn of its pews and chaire
ROCKS THAT PUZZLED DARWIN
Great Naturalist Could Offer No Ex
planation of Peculiar Land Off
South American Coast.
To the average reader the name of
St. Payl's Rocks is unfamillar. The
average geography and map make no
mention of St. Paul's Rocks. They are,
of course, uninhabited. The little
known island or rather group, lies one
degree above the equator and 3540
miles off the coast of South America.
In the entire breadth of the Atlan
tic there is probably no land so re
mote. The Rocks measure only about
1,400 feet in length and some 700
feet in width., There is no harbor
worth the name the only entrance be-
Ing a narrow (nlet but a few feet in
width, As far as the records show,
It has only been visited two or three
’umes In the last 50 years.
~ The most famous visitor /to the
Rocks was, doubtless, Charles Darwin,
who landed there and made mli
nute investigations. His description
of this visit is contained in his book
on volcanic islands. Darwin decided
after careful investigation that the
Rocks were not of volcanle origin.
They lle much too far south to have
been a part of the fabulous continent
of Atlantis. In his report Darwin
says that the island was composed of
rocks unlike any he had ever seen,
and adds that he was unable to char
acterize them by any name,
A Heavy Burden.
Ethel—Stella carries her age weH,
foesn't she?
Clara—Yes. It's a wonder she
foesn't grow tired of the burden,
IHE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL. LEESBURG, GEORGIA
B L e L & st g ¥ = B - S
SCHOOLS SOON TO OPEN
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Are Your Children Ready?
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The season for the openming of our
public schools is fast approaching, and
it 1s well that we see after the children,
not alone getting their elothes ready
and their books In shape, but above
all, seeing that they are physically
ready. Have you had them vaccinated
against small-pox? Do so at once Mi
you have not attended to this. Every
child should be successfully vaccinated
before reaching school age; if this has
not been attended to, do #o NOW. |
The season for Typhold Fever s,
here. Some of the old medical books
called typhold autumnal fever from the
fact that it is more general In the
late summer and early fall. See, there
fore, about the sanitary condition of
the school house as well as your home,
especially the drinking water and the
privies. As a precautionary measure
have the children vaccinated with the
free typhoid vaccine of your State
Board of Health.
Did you ever think how many chil
dren have that awful and fatal disease,
Diphtheria, just after gschool opens?
That is the time you will find Diph
theria killing the children. Just as
soon as school opens the call comes
to your State Board of Health for
Diphtheria antitoxin; forty-five died
of this disease last year. Had you con
sidered having your child immunized
against this diseasc? Use toxin-anti
tof¥in and prevent Diphtheria; it will
do it; your physician can tell you about
it. He can tell by making a test if
your child will contract Diphtheria,
and if found susceptible he can by
the use of the toxin-antitoxin prevent
it. Don’t you think that is wonderful?
‘!t is. As sensible parents why not take
advantage of the wonderful discoveries
of your physicians who are studying
preventive medicine for you and yours.
Your State Board of Health furnishes
this test free.
Do not neglect the teeth; now is the
‘tlme to have them put in shape for
the winter. What is more painful than
toothache? What is a greater loss
than a tooth? It pays to take care of
them; it pays big.
Then what about the tonsils and ade
noids? Have you had your child’s
throat examined, or was it done at
‘school and you were told about it and
did not have the diseased parts re
moved? Do it now., Many diseases
far removed from the throaf are caused
by diseased tonsils; the adenoids also
cause mouth breaking and deformity of
the face. Many diseases follow in
the wake of these conditions, not
counting the distress of illness all
through the school term, so be sure to
have the tonsils and adenoids taken
out; do it now:
Have you ever had your child ex‘am
ined for intestinal parasites? So many
children have worms and are in von
sequence under nourished, have ‘ad
complications, are not good sleepers
and are susceptible to disease owing
to being in poor physical conditiom
Your State Board of Health will be
so glad to make an examination of
the bowel discharge for you and tell
you if your child is wormy and what
klnd of worm is Inhabiting the bowels
‘Write them for container and instruc
tions how to take the specimen. It
{s done free; do it now.
We would. also in closing ask about
the child’s eyes; are they normal or
do they need correcting? Have they
been examined? If so, have you done
what was advised? Do it now.
Write your State Board of Health
wbout any matter of sanitation, disease
prevention or health matters. |
BIRD DIES WITH HER YQUNG
Killed in Forest Fire in New Jersey
Rather Than Desert
Her Nest.
Asbury Park, N. J—A dead gaunt
pine was a giant torch half way up
its length in the big woods fire, which
swept the outskirts of Brielle recent
ly. At the very top was a glant fish
hawk nest, and braving the inferno
of flame and smoke a parent bird
hovered over the nest with a fish in
its beak for ‘the three baby inmates
craning their necks over the edge.
Finally, wheeling in desperation, the
bird conquered its terror and settled
upon the nest just as the tree toppled
with a resounding crash into the blaz
ing underbrush, carrying the bawk
mother and babes to death.
BUYS DOGS FOR “PARADISE”
Texas Man Will Save Hounds Doomed
to Death by City—To Build
Big Kennels.
Beaumont, Tex.—The first “dog par
adise” in the South will be established
here by T. D. Brooks, president of
the Brooks Supi')ly company, who al
ready has bought_more than 200 ca
nines of all breeds, sizes and colors
which were awaiting execution In the
city dog pound.
Mr. Brooks said he would build the
largest and most complete dog kennel
in the South. He gives as his only
reason for the project that he was
anxious to save the lives of homeiess
dogs which were to have been as
phyxiated by the city. }
Caterpiliars Destroy Woods.
Regina, Sask.—Caterpillars have
eaten up 50 square miles of forests in
the Kipling district near here. Scarce
1y a green leaf remains and the dis
trict presents the stark appearance of
a winter scene, forestry officlals say.
AND
Splendid Work for Labor Unions.
All workers on machines realizo
that the machine, to do its maximum
work, must be kept in perfect re
palr, and every effort is made to keep
it so, but only a few persons seem {o
apply the same logic to that most
wonderful machine, the Human Body.
Why will people, otherwise intelli
gent, disregard all rules of Nature,
every law of hygiene, in their treat
ment of the body? Ordinary mach
inery can be placed, but one cannot
buy another body if this is worn out.
An abused stomach may never be
polished up so that it is as good as
new, an eye that is punctured cannot
be replaced as is a broken bulb, A
lung affected with Tuberculosis can
be cured, but the lung tissue which
fs damaged is not replaced by new
lung tissue, but by scar tissue which
does not function as lung tissue, but
rather at a patch that holds the re
maining lung tissue together so that
it may function.
The working man must bear always
in mind that it is hest, of course, to
prevent injury to the body machine,
but that should such injury occur, im
mediate steps should be taken to re
pailr the waste in health, as in ma
chinery, before .the break becomes
serious. .
The writer is especially interested
in the waste due to Tuberculosis. Tu
berculosis is the most frequent and
widespread of all the causes of death,
and takes it toll in "the period of
greatest usefulness, between the ages
of 15 and 50. About 10 per cent of
all deaths are due to this disease.
Tuberculosis is, to a great extent, a
class disease; it is more prevalent
among the poor than the well-to-do,
so that it is a sociological problem as
well as a medical one; it is a -disease
that all classes must join to fight.
The Labor Unions have, or should
have, a special interest in the Antl-
Tuberculosis Crusade. The laboring
people are sufferers to a large degree
from the waste due to this scourge.
Do the Unions take sufficiently ac
tive part in the Crusade? The various
Unions could do an immense amount
of good for their members if they
would help in the sale of Tubercu
losis Seals; if every member waeare
brought to realize that early symp
toms of the disease are not stormy in
their onset, but insidious; if they
would bring the force of their organ
izations to bear upon the legislators
from their districts to persuade them
of the necessity of appropriating suf
ficient funds to properly care for
those pergons affected with Tubercu
losis.
The Printing Pressmen’s and As
sistants’ Union of North America, the
Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, the
Workmen’s Circle of New York, the
Central Federation of Labor of Al
bany, the International Typographical
Union, have established Sanatoriams
for their members. Other TUnions
might do well to follow their example.
Nothing can further the cause of
the working men hetter than improv
ed health, and nothing so increase
their happiness.
LONGEVITY
It is worthy of interest that the life
span has been steadily increasing and
with it life efficiency. According to
figures from the Bureau of Census
and other reliable sources, the com
plete expectation of life in the orig
inal registration states in 1901 was
49.2, in 1910 it was 51.5 and in 1920
it was 54.3. It will thus be seen that
nearly five years have been added to
the average duration of life in the
past twenty years, or an average of
three months every year.
It has been held that this, in a great
measure, has been due to the marked
decrease in the death rate of acute in
fectious diseases through a better un
lderstanding' of their cause and pre
ivention. It is worthy of note, how
ever, that the chronic degenerative
diseases that through the first decade
shown quite a marked decrease. It
is interesting to know that tubercu
losis has shown the greatest decline
of any because of the active organized
efforts for its control. From what has
been accomplished in this disease
through education of the masses of
the people as to its cause and pre
vention we may infer that like results
can be secured by rational application
of a general publicity program for
Brights, Diabetes and Heart Disease,
for these are more amenable to. con
trol through right means of living
than is Tuberculosis.
The greatest killing disease is Syph
ilis. It should be promptly and
continuously treated until cured in
avery case. It is said that 10 per cent
of all our marriages involve a syphil-
Itic. It is a disease that is directly
transmitted from mother to child. It
is often accidentally- contracted. The
State makes free Wassermann exam
inations of blood for this disease, and
will be glad to answer any question
that you may ask.
Owing to a lack of appropriatien
gour State Board of Health cannot
come to you as it would like to do, but
you can comeé to your State Board.
Write them about any matter, per
gonal or general. If of general inter
est they may be able to send some of
the staff to see about it, or at last
they will be glad to take up your prob
e#m with you by correspondence,
which, of course, will be regarded ;s
confidential if you so desire. |
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of Leehurg.
I have recently returned from the Eastern Mark
ets where I purchased a complete line of Dry
Goods, Shoes and Notions which has arrived and
I can now supply the demand of the People of
[Leesburg and Lee County.
Which has recently opened up here and located
on the West side of the Dopot. Come to see me
for your Dry Goods and save money. 1 welcome
you to my store any time whether you buy or not.
N. NANKIN,
Leesbutrg, - - Georgia.
Why go Elsewhere for your Groeeiics, Dry
Goods and Shoes when you can do as well
as well at home.
I'resh Groceries at big Savings—Dry Goods
at reduceb prices---Shoes at Bargasns, ‘
A Sanitary Market in our store and will carry
a complete line of Fresh and Cured Meats at
all times and at rights prices. Store opens at
b o’clock in the morning and we deliver
meat for breakfast. ’'Phone us your order. .
MRS. H. J. TYLER.
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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 big saving, We have carried you
through the hard times and trust that you will now
give us your cash trade. We are going to increase
our stock and you can find anything that you want at
our store. e -
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Stovall-Yeoman-Lyon Co.
Ernest Whitchard & Company
‘Accountants and Auditers :
DAWSON, - GEORGIA
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