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The Lee Co. Journal ‘
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1922
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GENERAL OFFICTES
LIENY YORK AND CHICAGO
PANCHES I ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
President Harding bas bought a
farm and inter d4to retive to it when
his term of office expires. We just
gimply hope that the old boy will
strike his calling, that’y all.
From the pop of the guns that
can be heard in the ficlds, there
ought to be some quail on toast for
breakfast, though it has been com:
puted by some sportsman that every
pound of quail eaten costs someone
his weight in silver.
Lo, the bird hunters "are abroad
in the land and the larder will be
filled and the breakfast menu added
to in a slight ratio to the addition
of dollars to the cash tolls of the
merchants who gell ammunition.
The bright light of Christmas is
casting its first rays across the land
and the kiddies are already begin
ning to sanction in their blessed
little hearts just what old Santa
Claus is going to bring them
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" LET US GIVE THANKS
Next Thursday, November 30th
- i 8 Thanksgiving, the one day in the
year, set apart for thanksgiving unto
God for His manifold blessings unto
us. A day proclaimed a holidey hy‘:
our president and governor, \\ho,!
clinging t 6 the sacred traditions and
precedent of the hardy Pilurims,‘
who firet instituted and cobserved
it, feel and know in truth and spirit
unto whom all thankfulness should i
be accorded for the bounteous light
of prosperity and peace that shinesl
upen us and in turn they admonish
us as individuals and as a people tu!
unto our blessed God,” in fitting
manner, our fervent appreciation uf‘
these blessings of whigh we are par
taking and without which we would
ba rendered a helpless people. ;
It is but meet that all places of
business should be closed, that the
house of God should be open and
invitingly set for the assembly o
His people, where for an hour, or
for a time, they can and should
unite in & tribute of praise and
prayer unto Him, the giver of all
good and perfect gifts
Truly has Jeremy Taylor touched
the keynote when he exclaimed:
**The privative blessing—the _hless
ings of immunity, safeguard, libert_\'f
and integrity—which we enjoy, de-|
serve the thanksgiving of a whole'
life.”* l
There should be a special union
Thanksgiving service here, and we
suppose there will be, in which all
ghould be invited to come and par
ticipate, and as- all business houges
will or should be glosed for thé day,
there is no reason why the chuich
should not be crowded with a con
gregation whose hearts ave efirr-‘
vescing in unison with the song of
David, the Sweet Singer of Israel,
who so often poured out his soul to
God for His sustenance in all things
and who in turn was of Him re-'
membered as a man after His own
heart.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE- JOURNAL
An exchange says; ‘lt mms]
the preachers are getting theirs in’
doses, here of late. It is getting to
be downright dangerous to bea
preacher, nowadays, jodging by the
‘way the women are shocting mem
bers of the clergy.”” |
' Correct. Next thing we know
insurance companies will be clavs
ing pulpiteers among those whi
follow hazardous occupations, Seem.
ingly, from what we've heard ow
parents and other older people say,
the women and the preachers are
not as good as they were in olden
times.
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FOR RENT.
250 Acres fine Cultivable
land, nice home, tenant hous
es and pastures, One of the
hest farms fn Dougherty.
MRS. J. D. WOOTTEN,
; Sylvester, Ga.
BOND ELECTION.
GEORGIA—LEE COUNTY.
To The Registered Qualified Voters
of Redbone School District:
- Notice is herely given that on the
20th day of November 1922 an elec
tion wiil be held in the® Redbone
School District of I.ee County, Geor
gia, at which will be submitted to
the registered qualified voters of
eaid school district, the question
whether bonds shall be issued by
said schoo] district in the amount
of twelve thousand and five hundred
dollars ($12,500) for the purpose of
erecting and building and equipping
a school house in and for said school
district. Said bonds to bear inter
est at the rate of six per cent. perj
annum, payable semi-annually on
the first day of January and the
first day of July in each year, Said
bonds to be in denominations of
five hundred dollars ($500) each,
and the principal thereof to be paid
as follows:
Five hundred dollars (8$500) pay
able ou the first day of January in
each year from the year 1926 to
1950 inclusive. ;
| Poles will be open at the regular
[ voting plaee of the Redbone District
at 9 o’clock a.m, and close at 3
‘o’clock p. m.
! Those desiring to vote in favor of
this issue of said bonds will do so
'hy casting ballots having written
’or printed thereon the words,
l"l"ur School House’’ and those de
siring to vote against the issue of
| bonds will do so by easting ballots
!having written or printed thereon
the words “*Against School House.”’
| It is further ordered that notice
shall be signed by the chairman of
‘of this Board,and the County School
‘Superintendent, for and ‘in behalf
of the hoard; and that said officials
proceeds forthwith to have the same
published and posted as herein: be
fore required agreeable to the: pro
vision of the Code of School Laws
enacted by the General Assengl.nly
of this State, session 1919,
WH. Lunsford, Chairman,
Board of Educnti(m‘ I.ee County. |
ATTEST: ; e
' 8. J. Powell, County School €~
' and Ex-offi. Clerk Bourd -
-~ cation, Lee County, G
GEORGIA. Lee Cou
L T 8 0J i Puows
Superintendent.
hereby certify
foregoing is a
of the order «
tion of said
appears on
Board.
Given u:
of office ti:
1932.
Signe
County S¢
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and Headaches.
IHE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL, IERSRITRC, GFORATA S
COWBOOY'S WEAPON THE RIFLE
Never Had the Popularity of the
“@un,” Which Was Name Univer.
*eally Given the Pistol. -
In describlng the weapons of the
‘cowboy of the Western range, Philip
Ashton Rollins In his book says: The
rifle, when carried, was conveyed, not
by the cowboy himself, but by his
horse, which bore it In a quiver-shaped,
open-mouthed scabbard, into which the
rifle went up to Its stock. This scab
bard sometimes hung from the saddle
horn, but more commonly was slung,
butt forward, In an approximately hor
zontal position along the near side of
the animal, and passed between the
two leaves of the stirrup-lgather, The
rifle was thus eschewed, because, be
ing heavy, It Interfered with ready
saddling and unsaddling; and, being
bulky, it materially detracted from the
rider's comfort, ,
After the early '7os the rifle, regird:
less of its make, was usually called a
“Winchester,” though this particular
term, because of Its similarity to the
pame of a well-known condiment, was
occasionally paraphrased into ‘“Wor
cestershire,” Falling these titles, the
weapon was styled merely. “rifle.” llt,
except In the case of the rifles special
ly designed ‘for. bison Shooting and
called “buffalo guns,” never was
termed “gun,” that word, save for the
single exception noted, being conse
crated to the plstol. .
“Seatter-guns,” otherwise - shotguns,
were occagionally produced by tender
foots; but they, unless with “saweds
off” barrels, loaded with nails or buck
shot, and In the hands of express mes:
sengers, served for the westerner only
as objects of der(sion,
OLD IDEA IN UNIVERSITIES
Student Bodies, Fraternally Linked,
Had Their Beginnings in the
Fifteenth Century.
University life today embodies many
anclent practices In slightly modified
form., College fraternities really date
back to the Fifteenth century, when
universities were few in number and
students were attracted to them from
many lands. The student body nat
urally gathered into groups according
to natlonalities, and these groups were
known as “nations.” Later came the
organization of the student corps in
German universities. In some Ameri
can -universities today there are na
tion societies, as the Philippine, Chi
nese, Japanese and Cuban, represent
ing the nations, and the Southerners,
Southwesterners, Pacific coast and
others representing sections and states
of the Union. L "
Poor stullents of the Fifteenth cen
tury drifted from one university: to
another, supporting themselves by
singing, begging, stealing and, occe
sionally, . working. .
The freshmen had a rather sorry
time. In the German universities they
were termed “Schutzen,” and were
compelled to perform all .sorts .of
menial offices for the ypper class men,
who were termed “Bacchanten,” and
were often worthy of that title, From
this practlce developed the system of
“fagging” in the English grammar
schools. That proctice traces back
even to the academic schools of Ath
ens. The freshmen, on admission to
a university, were put through an in
itiatlon eordeal which was the origin
of the present-day hazing.
} IMMENSE ROOKERY IN LAKE
Birds Find Sanctuary on lsland cn
Which Hunters Are Forbidden
to Set Foot.
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Set in the middle of Great Salt lake
is Hat island, 12 acres in area, one of
the most densely populated rookeries
In the world. - Its official name is due
to its shape, but it_{s more familiarly
known to westerners as Bird island.
Seagulls and pelicans live there, The
Island Is literally covered with themn,
and 'since ‘hunters are not permitted
to disturb the fowls, wvisitors experi
ence no difficulty In walking about
among them and observing their habits.
The birds have established their roosts
among the rocky -formations of the' is
land, which is surrounded by salt
water more dense than that of the
ocean. The highest point is about 100
FRIZED AMBER AS ORNAMENT
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Romans Secured It From “Barbarous”
. Germans, Who Had Small ldea
: of Its Real Value.
Amber, which Is fossilized resin, was
in great demand among the Romans
for ornnments, Tacltus, in his
“Germanin,” tells that it was gathered
by the barbarian Germans, *"“They ex
plorethe sea for amber, in their
langu&ge called ‘gleese, and are the
only pedple who gather that curicus
substance,” he says. “It is generaily
found among the shallows; sowetimes
on the shore, Concerning the nature
of the cause of this concretion the
barbarians, with their usual want of
curfosity, make no Inquiry. Amongst
other superfluities discharged by the
sea this substance lay long neglected,
till Roman luxury gave it a name and
brought it into request. To the sav
ages It is of no use. They gather
It into rude heaps and offer it for sale
without any form or polish, wondering
at the price they receive for it.”
Tacitus guessed correctly the origin
of amber, saying: “There IS reason
to think that amber is a distillation
from certain trees, since in the trans
parent medinm we see a variety of
insects and even animals of the wing,
which, being caught In the viscous
fluid, are afterwa~ds, when it grows
hard, incorporated with it.”
Poemn Had Origin in Actual Life.
The famous poem about the boy who
stood on the burning deck had its
origin in an actual bappening which
constitutes a page in history. :
It was during Napoleon’s expedition
to Egypt that England sent Lord Nel
son to capture him and annihilate his
fleet. At the battle of Abukir the
French navy was crushed and Na
poleon was forced to flee, all but four
of his ships being sunk, burned or cap
tured.
The French allmiral had been killed.
And on the deck of the flagship stood
her captain, Louis Casabianca, who
then had command of the fleet. He
was wounded and the ship was burn
ing, but he refused to leave his post.
And in spite of commpands and en
treaties, his son, a boy of ten, stayed
with hira and died with him when the
ship went down, supplying the theme
for that famous epie of child heroism,
“The boy stood on the burning deck.”
Compass Plant Western Product.
On the prairies and plains of Utab,
Texas and southern Minnesota there
grows a wonderful plant which has
proved useful to travelers wandering
over thesé vast tracts ef country. It
{s called the compass plant, or pilot
plant, because of a peculiarity in the
growth of the leaves, which grow al
ternately along the stalk, and point
precisely north and south,
The Indians followed the direction
given them by these pointing leaves,
and ‘told the white men about -it.
This plant belongs to the family of
the Compositae, and looks very much
like the sunflower. It has a streng,
resinous odor, somewhat like turpen
tine, and sometimes goes by the name
of ”turp}entine plant.”
: One of Noah’s Pets.
It was swampy around Denver 2,
000,000 years ago, according to Prof.
J. D. Figgins, director of the Colo
rado Museum of Natural History. The
traveler who wants to hobnob with
the monsters of long ago can do so in
the city park colliection, in Denver,
where the skelgton of an animal close
ly related to the present-day rhinoce
rous is on exhibition, one-half of It
covered with an imitation hide. \
SEEING POWER OF INSECTS
Intereeting. Data Collected in Connec
tion With Studies in Comparison
With the Human Eye.
Very curious data have been collect
ed in regard:to the seeing powers of
insects. The human eye in perfect
condition is able to see objects sepa
rately that are only one minute of arc
apart. Put two objects, as, for in
stance, two black circles, on a white
gmupd just one inch apart and then
place them at' a ‘distance of about
28615 feet. Ag seen with the naked
eye the apparent space between the
circles will be a minute of are. This
space is plainly-the limit of detail vis
ible to the unassisted human eye.
Now it might be supposed that an
aving a compound eye, would
) see more detail than we do;
words, could separate small
oser together. As a matter
ving to the small aperture of
composing the facets of the
the spacing between the
Isects see less detail thax}
been calculated that a dragon
it see separately two objects
placed less than one degree
In other words, to such an in
o silver coins lying on a table
«cheés apart, and viewed from a
3 exceeding 141 feet, would
as a single object.
s and flies, according to the
investigator, are still more lim
. their ability to see the details
Jects presented to their eyes. A
nuld see the two silver coing above
‘ibed ‘separately only at a dis
e not exceeding about seven feet:
has been remarked as a conse:|
ace of this that we can see the. de:
s on the antennae of a fly at a dis
e of two feet or more better than
fly itself can, though they are but
= fraction-of an inch from its eyes.
washineton Star
CHINESE MINISTER AS CUPID
Jesting Remark Made by Wu Ting
* ' Fang Led to the Union of Tweo
' Loving Hearts, '
Wu Ting Fang was, while minister
at Washington, attending the wedding
of the daughter of the chlef justice
at that time. At the breakfast he
asked one of the bridesmaids when It
would be her turn to become a bilde.
She modestly sald that she did not
know, as she had not yet had an of
fer. Turning to a group of young men,
Doctor Wu jocularly remarked to one
of them, “This is a beautiful. lady,
would you not like to marry her?”
He replied, I should be most delight
ed to” “Will you accept his offer?”
sald Doctor Wu to the bridesmald.
She seemed slightly embarrassed and
said something to the effect that as
sl.e did not know the gentleman she
could not give a definite answer.
Meeting the Chinese minlster at an
“at home” a few days later, she scold
ed him for his bluntness, and he ex
cused \himself by saying that he wae
actuated by the best of motives.
A few months afterward Wu- re
ceived an Invitation from the young
lady’s parents to attend her marriage,
The bridegroom was the young man
who had figured in the unconventional
incident. To Wu's agreeable surprise
the mother of the bride informed him
that It was he who had first brought
the young couple together, and both
bride and bridegroom heartlly thanked
him for his good offices,
EXCITED WRATH OF DICKENS
Great Writer, at His Best, Denounced
Public Hangings, Which Were
Disgrace to English Law.
Charles Dickens, at the time of the
execution of Manning and his wife for
the murder of Patrick O'Connor, was
at his fullest power as a writer.' In &
letter to the London Times he wrote:
“I believe that a sight so Inconceive
ably awful as the wickedness and levl
ty of the immense crowd coliected at
the execution this morning could be
iinagined by no man, and presented by
no heathen land under the sun. The
horrors of the gibbet and the erime
which brought the wretched murderers
to it faded -in. my mind befofe the
atrocious bearing, looks and language
of the assembled spectators. When I
came upon the scene at midnight the
shrillness of the cries and howls that
were raised from time to time, demot
ing that they came from a concourse
of boys and girls already assembled in
the best places, made my blood run
cold. When the two miserable crea
tures who attracted all this ghastly
sight about them were turned quiver
ing into the air, there was no more
emotion, no moré pity, no more thought
that two immortal souls had gone to
judgment, no more restraint in any of
the previous obscenitles, than if the
name of Christ had never been heard
In this world, and there were no belief
among men but that they perish like
the beasts.”
Lao-tsze Wrote Gospel of Taolsm.
Lao-tsze wrote the gospel of Taolsm,
from whose pages an immense re
ligion grew up. Having been librarian
of a Chinese king, and having much
time for meditation, he came after
many years to the conclusion that hu
mility was the supreme virtue. He
resigned, and desired to hide in se
}clusion. While passing through the
‘ gate of the palace on his way to soll
tude the warder besought him: “You
“are about to withdraw yourself from
the world. I pray you write me &
book before you go.” '
Lao-tsze thereupon sat down ané
wrote a book about half the size of
St. Mark’s gospel. He gave this to
the warder, passed through the gate
and no man knows where he died.
The little book is the gospel of Tao
ism. The word “Tao” means way—
man of destiny. The advice was that
wen shouid become like little chil
dren and aet without reflection.
The Singer and the Song.
A song is a great adventure. Thouw
sands write it, tens succeed; and.
when they have succeeded, its fate
still lies entirely with the singer. Nu!
one ever had it so much In his power
to make the worse appear the better
cause, or to refrain from so doing.
The ancients placed Thamyris and
Narada among the gods; the moderns
pay their counterparts royalties. But
the singer’s personality is still incal
culable in terms of canonizatien or of
cash. That personality means al} thaf
he has been able to crowd Into his life;
and he may still enlarge it. A good
way to do that is to read all the poetry
that he does not sing, and to listen to
all the music written for some other
instrument than the voice.~A, H. Feox
Strangwavs. g
. In Doubt.
One of our good housekeepers knows
she has no ear for musie, but when
she is hustling around her pots and
pans and scrubbing and washing out
tea towels she cannot restrain hum
ming a bit just out of her cleaning-up
joy. Now there is also a little neigh.
bor boy who plays under her window.
Once while the process of scrubbing
was going on above the little fellow
looked up at the window with a face
all puckered and serious, as if some
question had been troubling him for
quite a while, . |
“Well, Tommy, what's fhe matter?”
Inquired the housekeeper.
A long pause—then, “Please, ma'am
Is you singing?'—Exchange,
- NOTICE
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To The Public.
I can Le found -at the fullowing
places on dates named below for-the
purpose of colleting State & County
taxes for the year 1922 I will be “at
Leesburg on nll other dates: =
CHIOKEE ' -
Oct. 3rd—Chokee Court House.
Oct. 81=—J. T. Hooks. ‘
Nov. 28—W. M. Laramore Store.
PALMYRA DISIRICT.
Oct. 11—James Brothers Store.
Nov. 7—B. M, Cocke, . .
Noy, 30—Rolt, Heaths Store . at
Century.
REDBONE DISTRICT.
Oct. 17—8. M. Stocks Store. -
Nov. 15—Philema. :
Dec. 5—E. J. Stocks Store.
SMITHVILLE DISTRICT.
Oct. 25--Smithille, Ga.
Nov. 283—S8mithville, Ga. i
Dec. 18—Smithville, Ga =~
R. R. GREEN, Tax Cullector
666
is a Prescription for Colds,
Fever and LaGrippe. It’s
the most speedy remedy
we know, preventing Pneu
monia. i
LUDENS
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Notice to City
Tax Payers
This is to Uotify all pertons’ inter’
ested that the books for the collection
of City taxes are now open and
must be paid before December 20th,
All parties who havenot pnid at
that time will have Fi. _Fas.? issued
against them und the Marxhsll will
te instructed to- levy., Pay your
taxes now and save all gosts.
Very I{espectf_(lll}'_.;f
R. H. FORRESTER, .
Clerk and Treasurer.
i Hunting License.
~ The open season for . squirrels
opens October Ist and 10 be on the
safe side be sure and- get yeur
license. You can get them at any
time. G
D. M. MELVIN,
l ! Game Warden.
~ WANTED TO TRADE
[ have a second hand tiuggy-io: good
repair that will trade for milk eow..
See W. A. Curtis at Blacksmith
Shop. A As duy
~ FOR SALE OR TRADE
42 inch -Mill Rock to'sellcheap
for cash or will trade for anything
of equal value. LR
; W. A. CURTIS,
54 Leeshurg, Ga.
, MULES FOR SALE -~
' The Commissioners of Lee @ounty
will offer for sale, in front.gf the®
Court. house door, to the highest.
and best bidder for cash, on thefirst
Tuesday in December, 3 mules as
the property of Lee county. ~If:you
want to buy mules i} will pay.youto
attend this sale. By order of couns
ty Commissioners. e
bty i 1 -
Big Portuguess Tewne.
Portugal _contalna onty’ two. tewms,
Lisbon and Oporto, with pepulzitons
In excess of 50,000, ;