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The Lee Co. Journal
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF | E COUNTY
AND CITY OF LEESBURG
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Published Every Friday
J. P. HORNE, Editor & Publisher
Entered at the Postoffice at
Leesbrug, Ga,, ny second
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FRIDAY,JANUARY 5, 1923
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GENERAL OFFICES
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
WRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
TWO SPOTS
The people ‘who think there is
not recreation enough in country
life probably believe they would feel
better if they sat up all night at
dances and parties.
The @olks who make no effort to
improve their home places, may
wonder why their children grow up
looking rough and untidy.
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SURPRISE [PARTIES
One of the most common gocial
evenls in many country localities is
the suprise party. If a family has
had difficulties, the neighlors are
apt 10’ get togéther some night with
gifts of substantial character that
will help them by their hard rub.
Or if some one has done exception
ally good work in the community, if
such a one has sung in the choir or
organized Sunday school classes, or
or curried the burden in a local
society, the neighbors are apt toget
together and offer some valuable
gift in token of appreciation.
Such oceasions reveal’ the fine
neighborly spirit that exists in
wmodern country towns.” T'hey hind
people closer together and cultivate
friendship and cosoperation.
PLANNING FOR ANOTHER YEAR
The New Year's time is a period
when many folks look ahead and
think of the things they want to do
during the year. lmaginative young
people are speciully apt to cherish
roseate dreams of some large achieve
ment they expect to reach before
the twelvesmonth ends.
In the main this looking ahead is
useful. The people who drift along
year after year without setting any
goals to ambition are apt to be con
tent with small achievement.
The old fashioned father used
about this time to lay out g certain
sized woodpile for the boystoeutup.
It looked awful big to them. They
groaned in spirit as they thought of
the innumerable swings of the buck
gaw and strokes -of the axe that
would be required to work up that
wood. But their spirit of achieve
ment was incited by the laying out
of a definite ‘‘stint’’ to be accom
plished. Father with his wise head
knew that-he got more wood eut. if
he gave the kids a mark to aim at.
Many business concerns at this
time are looking ahead, and selting
certain marks of sules that they
wigh to make in 1923. The.rsales
men are urged to bring in a greater
total than they made in 1922,
Aiming at a high figure stirs the
energy of of human nature. People
who at first'doubted if they could
reach the goal set, often find that
they not merely reach it, hut go
much beyond it. .
The community should haye its
marks of achievement toward which 1
it is Tooking with hope and purpose.
Here in Leesburg our people may
well -make a New Year survey of
of their present condition and needs.
It would be a helpful thing if our
community organizations could lay
out certain definite civic tasks that
ought to be finished in 1923, and
exert - energy to get them done.
High purposes count in community
work just as in personal ambition.
When the clty folks want style,
they may ipvite their own young
filks to the parties, but when they
want, iniative and enterprise they go
out .in the country for hoys who
have learned to work.
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BACK AT SCHOOL |
Tha Christmas holidays brought
to Leesburg, home and friends’
the pleasant personalities of a.
number of young folks, some of
them teachers, some of them college
iutndents, gsome of them attendants|
in schools other than liere. _They
ihave all had an enjoyable visit; tlu:l
iohl town reveled in their cuming|
iand their stay., The rocial cnlendal“
;w;s filled to overflowirg and the
spirit of the Yuletide was rife for
the whole period. They stayed to
welcome the coming of the New
Year with its roseate morn and its
promise of achievement—nbut,
though in one sense we hated to
see them return to the sterner duties
that are theirs, in another wegladly
bade them *"good-bye*’ fora period,
that ey might again embark in
the steadyd beat that carries them
through channels that lead to a
n:ature education and a matare and
finished manhood and vemanhood.
They are ‘‘our’’ boys and girls.
We feel an interest keener than
they might think, in them, and we
bid them God-speed in their aspira
tions, though not without a word of
caution to them that they grasp the
golden opportunities that are afford
«d them, »
Boys and girls, assert yourselves;
turn notsto the frivolities of Tife too
much at thig time Meet your prob
lems with unwonted mien and
master them. The world is looking
to -YOU for its betterment., Shall
the world be disappointed?li Ccry,
“Nay.”
; ALL TRUE
Then there is the man and brother
who pronounces bomb as if it were
spelled “balm.”
Sald one ox to another: “We should
not criticize our human masters too
severely. They kill each other almost
a 8 readily as they kill us.”
Men who spend all thelr evenings at
home seldoin run the world; however,
they are a great help to those who do.
Haircuts have risen 40 to 50 per
cent in some cities. Well, in the Sev
enteenth century men wore their hair
a foot and a half long and curled it;
and that was worse,
Traveling for one's health is quite
often simply trying to forget one’s ill
ness; but that’s something,
When everything is fixed just right
in a carefully guarded world, young
men will not sow any more wild oats.
Maybe they will grow mignonette,
Compensations: The same shake of
the milk bottle that diffuses the cream
gathered at the top does it for the dirt
at the bottom,
AFTER MARCUS AURELIUS
Example has hypnotice force.
Sincerity is inclined to obedience.
Anything worth while {s a life job.
Innocence is an empty form of life,
‘A coward dies on the Installment
plan,
Youth is not of years only; but ma
turity sometimes is,
He that discovers our vulnerablé
part loses our admiration,
Experfences which mature the un
derstanding may harden the heart,
- The optimist cannot see a devil
without horns nor a fool unless he
Jangles his bells; the pessimist pro
vides these appendages for all.—New
York Sun, . -
IN THE LONG AGO
The art of molding and casting in
bronze was ifivented 700 B. C.
Fuel briquettes were first made in.
Germany in 1504,
Images were introduced inte various
churches about 300 A. D. ‘
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Movable metallic type were .iuvent-l
ed by Gutenberg of Germany about
1450,
The barometer was invented about
the middle of the Seventeenth century.
The piano was invented in Italy, its
history beginning with the year rmo.]
IHE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL, LEESBURG, GEORGIA
BUSINESS WISCOiI : :
Pray-and sweat, |
Before accumulation, renunciation,
Everybody delights in bringing down
the overheady. :
To sulesmen: To win out, go out,
gtay out, fight It out,
Are you conscientiously paying your
debt to the world?
To reach and stay in the van, haye
no silly vanity. ; ‘
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An airship will fall if its propelling
power ceases, You, too, |
To do four work successfully, cultl
vate light, not heat. ;
The best blend of all Is unconquera
ble faith and infinite modesty.
The gun that makes most nolse
doesn’t always shoot best,
Some employers are more anxlous to
be profit-sharers than profit-earners.
The final queétlon shall be not, How
much have you? but, How much have
you done?
Without righteousness, there can be
no twenty-four carat success; only tin
sel success.
Pray more to give happiness; less to
get it—and, lo! it will come in as you
send it out.
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You would please God? Then please
His children, your fellow mortals, es
pecially those whose pleasures are
few.
For every branch and twig the giant
tree must have 4 root. Are you cul
ti- ating the right kind and the right
number of roots?—l'orhes Magazine.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
Trouble soon pines away and dies 1f
neglected.
1t doesn’t pay to spend money just to
show that you have it.
A minister’s volce may fill the chureh
without filling the pews.
Never meddle with a hornet or a
man who is mindinz his own business.
Honesty is the best policy, but too
many people fail to keep the premiums
paid up.
One of the thinzs every husband
should know is the way home immedi
ately after oftice hours.
Once In a great while a married
woman admits that she doesn’t wish
that she had remained single.
It is neccessary to place some men
behind the bars in order to induce
them to lead the simple.life.
Lots of men would rather go to the
other place after death if there were
any marrying in heaven.
Religion that doesn’t abide with a
man twenty-four hours a day and
seven days a week isn’'t worth having.
—Chicago Daily News.
NEWLYWED WAILS
Most women have a knack of keep
ing their age well—to themselves.
Columbus proved that the earth was
round, but many a wife has made her
husbangd feel-flat in it.
Tell a man about a paradise on
earth and instantly he thinks of some
body’s bachelor quarters.
Some¢ men are natural born flirts,
while others had the winking habit
forced on 'em by prohibition. -
When a fellow tells a girl he could
die waltzing with her he only means
until the last notes die away and noth
ing else. ; :
When people fall in love they call
ft a mntch, and so all their well-wish
ers stand on the sidelines to see it
burn out.
~ Woman, says a philosopher, is liké
‘bootleg whisky. Both come high and
have enough kick in 'em to knock a
man silly. :
, When a wife says she wants only
pin money to go shopping with, the,
chances are she’ll stick him with the
biils later on.—Chicago American.
OBSERVATIONS
Curses fall lightly on souls of the
unselfish, P
Murder is a great game, led by na
tions. : |
Kind -wvords brlng fears; harsh ones i
invite hlows.—Richmond Times-Dis- 1
patch. c |
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FELINITIES 1
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Many a damsel is a kitten with men
and a cat with her own sex. J
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If a woman smells a rat she sets a 4
trap for her husbaud.—-/Boston Tran
script.
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The true end of American sducation is the
knowledge and practice of democracy, what
ever other personal ends an education may
worve.—Dalles Lore Bharp. ;
SEASONABLE GOOD THINGS
ANICE oyeter dish a litile out of
the ordinary and one which may
be used for luncheon or Sunday night
supper 18 | .
Escalloped Oysters and Celery. 1
Allow two dozen oysters to serve
four or five persons, one cupful of}
diced celery parboiled for fifteen min
utes in a very little water and the
water used with the oyster liquor in
the escalloped dish. Drain the oy
sters and place a layer in a buttered
baking dish, cover with celery, a few
crushed cracker crumbs and pepper
and salt to taste, dotting each layer
with bits of butter. Repeat, using but
two layers of oysters, finish with cel
‘ery, crumbs and the oyster and cel
ery liquor, miged with one-quarter of
‘a cupful of cream. I'inish witf\ but
tered crumbs and bake long enough
to brown the crumbs. More than two
layers of oysters in a baking dish
is not advisuble as the top and bot
tom layers willi be overcooked before
i the inner layer is cooked.
Dark Fruit Pudding.
Sift together two cupfuls of whole
wheat flour, one-half teaspoonful cach
of salt und soda, one teaspoonful of
mixed spices, one-half cupful each of
finely minced beef suet, molasses and
sour milk, one cupful of fruit—using
currants, citron #nd raisins. - Turn
into a greased meld and steam for
two and one-quarter hours. Serve
with a foamy sauce. 5
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Date and Apple Fluff.
Peel, quarter and core two apples,
wash and seed three-quarters of a
cupful of dates. Tut both through
the medt grinder, mix with a stifily
beaten white of an egg and serve in
glasses lined with 'ady fingers. Fine
for a children’s dessert. s
A half cupful of finely minced dates
added to a custard pie or cup cus
tards makes a most nourishing dish.
Squash Souffle.
Mix two cupfrls of steamed,
mashed squash with one and one-half
cupfuls of milk and two egg yolks
mixed well and the stiffly beaten
whites folded in. Season with salt
and pepper and a half teaspoonful of
brown sugar. Put into a buttered
baking dish and place in a pan of
hot water. Bake in a moderate oven
until firm,
Quick Squash Biscuits:
Mix and sift two cupfuls of flour
with-one teaspoonful of salt and three
teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Rub
in two tablespoonfuls of shortening
and the yolk of an egg, one-half cup
ful of cooked riced squash and cald
milk 40 make a mixture to roll. Cut
and bake as thie ordinary biscuits. De
licious with butter and honey.
(©, 1922, W’esternnNewspaper ‘Unigp.)
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A fui]m:e establishes only this;m that
our determination to succeed was not
strong enough.—Bovee,
POPULAR SCIENCE
Pressing a trigger on one side of a
new case ejects a cigaret so it can
be withdrawn by a smoker’s lips it
one hand be otherwise occupied.
Gasoline -is produced by “cracking”
heavier oils. = The Burton process for
this production yielded in 1921 a daily
average of some 2,000,000 gallons.
Men who work in arsenic mines
have to take every care to prevent
themselves becoming poisoned. They
work with bandages over their noses
and mouths to keep away the arsenic
dust.
A CENTLERAN % :
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A man who can smile and f
cuss in the same Kkey—Ex- :
change, : i
A fellow who never disagrees - :
« With his meals. 3
A prune with a 'college educa- :
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One who is not afraid to wear $
spats.—Exchange. R
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LEESBURG; - *: GEORGIA
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roceries-Fresh Meal
A Complete Line -~
Steak 20¢ 1b; Pork 20¢; Pork Sausage 30c; Stew
Beef 121¢; Ham 40 and 50c 1b; - Meal 25¢ peck,
Best Flour 81,25 Sack; Sugar 3 pounds 25¢; Rice
3 pounds 25¢. Everything else in Proportion.
D. M. MELVIN, IR,
- Leesburg, : Georgia
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I have recently returned {rom the Eastern Mark
cts-where I purchased a complete line of Dry
Goods, Shoes and Notions which has arrived and
1 can now supply the demand of the People of
[.eesburg and Lee County. :
THIS IS THE NEW STORE--
Whieh has recently opened up here and located.
"~ on the West side of the Dopot.” Come to see mem
for your Dry Goods and save money. I welcome
you to my store any time whether you buy or not.
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Leesburg, - Gergias
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