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The Lee Co. Journal
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 1 + E COUNTY
AND CITY OF LEESBURG
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GENERAL OFFICES
NEW YORK AND CHICACGO
CRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITICS
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
The adyvance of a community de
pends in a large measure on the way
its real estate is developed. If a
tract of land is cut up into poorly
arranged streets, which by too nar
row width, too much irregularity,
ete., give an unfavorable impression,
the tendency will be to diseourage a
good class of building.
Unattractive houses are likely to
be put up onsuch land, and the
tract is likely to grow up in a clut
tered way, with residents taking
little pride "in their neighborhiood,
and not Poing much to improve it.
But if a tract is laid out with weli
arranged streets, plrnting of trees,
good eidewalks, ete., the tendency
must be not merely to encourage
erection of tasteful home, but to
give the occupants a neighborhood
pride, 5o that the whole tract will
keep on improving. The men vh>
buy and sell real estate have much
to do with the way in which a city
grows, and they can to a large ex
tent make or mar its development.
WORLD PEACE
The desire for world peace, the
feeling that the world must get over
the insanity of war, is the biggest
political issue of these times. The
American people are anxiously ir
quiring as to which political party
will do the more to establish™ world
peace. They can gain some idea
by the way the two parties have re
acted to the proposition of joining
the International Court.
After long delay, president Hard
ing and cecretary IHuges at last
brought forward a proposal that the
United States give its sanction to
the International Court that has
been set up at The Hague, to settle
disputes between the various coun
tries of the world.
Our country has been a leader for
many years in the attempt to avert
war through arbitration. The per
manent world’s court plan carries
out that idea, and iz the logical out
come of American policy over along
term of years.«
Yet when this reasonable pro
posal was offered to the Senate, the
president’s own party timidly
dodges it, and postpones considera
tion for nine months. The Demo
crats were ready for pompt action,
and nearly all of them would pro
bably vote for it. ;
The fear which the majority of
Republican polictians have for any
thing even remotely connected with
the League of Nations would be
laughable weve it not so unfortun
ate. This court is practically in
dependent of the league, but the
dislike felt by certain Republicans
for the league i 8 so intense that they
shy out at sight of its remote and
distant shadow.
When the league accomplishes
gsome fine result, they ignore it. If
the League falls down and makes al
failure anywhere, they seem to hel
tremendously pleased. This atti
tude is narrow in the extreme, and
the United States will suffer many
serious consequences for refusing
thus to co-operate with the rest of
the world to maintain peace.
THE COUNTRY HOME
Country people often express dis
satisfaction with the homes that
they occupy, and wish that they
could enjoy al! the modem conviens
ces found in city dwellings. They
look with envy on city relatives who
have the alvantages of modern
methods of cooking, plumbing, lieat:
ing, ete. However, many of these
modern conviences are now being
enjoyed in country homes, which
are getting the new domestic equipe
ment pretty fast. |
Also there are inconviences ineity
that go fur to make up for these ad
vantages. City dwellings are he
eoming very eramped. People are
herded into little apartinents where
the furniture is all jumbled into a
mesg, with rooms so low and small
shat the air must be bad much of
the time, where there iz no room to
entertain friends,
People also are often crowded in
with undesirable neighbors, whose
shildren have a bad influence over
your own youngsters. Wihen you
want to go to bed carly and sleep,
neighbor in the apartinent averhend
may desire to play jaza records on
his phonograph and keep you up
far into the night with his noise
and npilarity. Your neighbors may
not do their part to keeping up the
street, so that both in front and
back the neighborhood becomes
disorderly and unsightly, and you
fecl as if vou were living in a sium.
The go called advantages of city
life are tremendougly costly. Your
little narrow contracted tenement
may rent for about twice as much
a 8 you would have to pay for a
sountry home of double its size.
The country home on a pleagant
street or road with its setting of
natural beauty, ‘and its pretty flower
garden and trees, looks tremendous:
ly wholesome and sweet alter the
hie in the average city flat. Many
city people would feel they were
making a gain Lo gain possession of
it, even if they did not have all the
modern conveniences,
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" TAX RECEIVERS
NOTICE
[ will be at the following places
fdf the purpose of colleeting thie
State and County Tax Returns for
1923. All other days I can. be
found at the Court House in Lees
burg:
RED BONE.
Phelem, Tuesday, Feb. 20th,
Beloit, Tuesday [eb. 27th,
E. J. Stocks Store, Wednesday.
March 7th.
SMITHVILLE
Saturday, Feb. 24th,
Saturday, March 10th, ‘
Saturday, April 23rd,
| CHOKELE .
J. I. Kaylor, Wednesday, Mareh
14th.
D. C. Jones, Wednesday, March
28th,
W. M. Laramores Store, I'riday,
April 6th,
PALMYRA
Cocks’ Store, Wednesday, March
21st.
F. T ACING,
Tax Receiver, Lee vounty.
Repairing Holes in Linoleum.
Small holes in inlaid linoleum may
be filled with melted paraflin, contain
fng a few drops of ink or dye the pre
vailing color in the pattern. Best te
do this before you refinisk the llno
teum and it will hardly be noticed and
will add months of service to same.
IHE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL, LEESBURG, GEORGIA
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MEN OF TOMORROW.
“The proper study of mankind s
man,” The boys of today must be the
gaen of tomorrow. The habits and
ideals of the boys of today must de
termine the character of the men of
the next generation. The study of hu
man life, its origin, development and
the vital problems that all young men
must face and solve, is without doubt
the mosgt important study of mankind.
Tendencies which are apparently in
herent or intuitive are ever at work to
vostroy our higher aspirations, disor
ganizing our best laid plans and con
fusing our moral standards.
There may be such a thing as in
herent character, certainly our capa-
Pilities and weaknesses differ greatly,
but character itgelf is a result of the
huilding process of one good motive
upon another, cemenied by high ideals
and noble teachings. The home, the
school and the church have been called
the tripod of civilization, nothing could
come nearer the truth. The boys of
today’ must be the men of tomorrow.
The ideals of home must be their guide
te their own future ideals. The teach
ings of schoo] form the basis of all fu
ture knowledge, and the reverent wor
ship of God must serve to curb im.
pulses and restrain them from evil ac
tions,
The men of tomorrow are now in
knee breeches and easily trained and
influenced, It is the duty of every par
ent or other associate to help mold their
character aright.
HEALTH THE FIRST SUBJECT.
Therefore, the first subject in the cur
riculum of the high school today should
be health—the care of the body, the
temple of the divinity within. Ido
not believe the child at birth ig evil.
Good habits as well as bad habits,
truth - telling as well as lying, are the
rasults of training; and a sound bhody
and good health are, in the main, es
sontial to good character. Therefore,
I believe that the schools of today
should make it a creed that the care
of the body and the preservation of
Lhealth is a divine command, and that
ai epidemic of typhoid fever is just as
fmmoral as gambling at horse races,
and to damage the body in any way,
ecither by drunkenness or licentious
ness, is just as great an evil' as to
steal another man’s goods. Therefore,
the question of health that is now re
ceiving 'so much attention from the
head of our educational forces should
Le made a moral issue in order to stir.
the emotions and stimulate the.think-:
ing of the child. The material for this
subject is already at hand, but it will
probably have to be rearranged in
order to enable the teachers to place!
the emphasis in the right place.—
(From an Address by Hon, E. C
Brooks.)
A county health officer is needed un
der our Ellis Health Law in every coun:
ty, as he is the logical unit about which
to build an efficient public health or
ganization. His services, if tried, wil)
prove to be of more immediate benefit
to the people of the county than the
services of a commissioner of high:
ways, road supervisor, legal adviser.
county agent or any other necessary
county officer. Surely life is worth
saving, and keeping fit pays cash divi
dends.
If by a single act you could save
the life of a sweet little child, would
you not be happy? Yes. Then see
that the babies are given Toxin-Anti
toxin; it is a life-saver, and is itsell
safe.
If you have not been vaccinated
against Typhoid in the past three years
it is timie for another dose. The Geor
gia State Board of Hezlth turnishes‘
this preventive free of charge. |
Comparatively New Game.
The history of the game of rack
ets, the world's championship ot
which was recently disputed in New
York, is a comparatively short one,
for it only came into vogue early in
the Nineteenth century. Dickens re
fers to it in his “Pickwick Papers”
in connection with Fleet prison, where
insolvent debtors enlivened the mo
notony of their life by playing
against a single wall. It was mostly
played at the back of taverns.
The name is supposed to have been
derived from the Arabic ra‘hat, mean-.
ing “palm ¢£ the hand,” but fives lsl
the only near survival of that form
of the game. )
WHY DOES GEORGIA NEED
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& A LARGER SANATORIUM?
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LACK OF ROOM CAUSE OF DELAY
IN ADMITTING OF
PATIENTS
Btate Of Georgla Loses $9,000,000 As
Result Of Death From
Tuberculosls
Because the present Sanatorium has
only 100 heds..
There 18 at present a waiting list of
60 patients begging that they be admit
ted to treatment, There are seldom
less than 35 on this list.
During tife past 18 months we have
averaged admission of 19 patients per
month, If we continue to be able to
do this, it will take over 3 months to
reach and admit to treatment the 60th
patient. These months of suffering tov
the patient and heartaches for the fam
ily, not to mention the time lost in
curing the patlent, and the advance of
the disease, many cases lose all chances
of cure in three months. The average
time hetween receipt of application ang
admission of the patient during the past
year was 5 weeks.
Approximately 8,000 patients dic of
Tuberculosis in Georgia annually. For
every death, it is estimated that there
are 10 other persons ill with Tubercu
losis,
Sociologists value human life at $3,
000. 1f this figure is correct, Georgia
has a loss of $9,000,000 a year by reason
of deaths by Tuberculosis alone! The
loss from sickness from Tuberculosis
amounts to such a figure as to almost
stagger comprehension,
Georgia is furnishing not a single bed
for the care of Tubercular Negroes, and
yet 45% of our population are Ne
groes, and Tuberculosis is two or three
times more frequent among the Ne
groes, who are brought in close contact
with the White race as cooks, and ser
vants, and what is more serious, as
nurse girls for our children, and thus
gpreading the disease to the White race.
The larger Sanatorium would make it
possible to take care of 100 Negroes and
300 White. $500,000 would build a
modern Sanatorium to accomplish this.
The number of patients rejected in
1921 was 56, some because they were
too far advanced to be benefited by
the Sanatorium as equipped at pres
ent; some were discouraged by the
length of the wait and went elsewhere
for treatment; socme died while wait-i
ing to be admitted. A larger, more
modern Sanatorium would reduce the
number of rejected patients and deaths
There are no accommodations for
the care of children, they cannot be
properly treated under the present
conditions. The new Sanatorium would
be built with this problem in mind, for
it is in children that the disease Is
found in its earliest stages, and most
can be done for Tuberculosis, both ag
a ‘disease and as a problem in Public
Health and Public Welfare.
THE SOCIAL DISEASES—
DESTROYERS OF
PUBLIC HEALTH
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| Disraeli, one of the greatest of Eng
land’s prime ministers, once said: “Pub
lic Health is the foundation upon which
rests the happiness of the people and
the welfare of the State.”
Nalions rise and fall, dependent to
a very large extent on the public health
of the State. The great Roman Em
pire withstood all combined forces ar
rayed against it until undermined by
the gay, riotous and immoral living of
fta own citizens.
Two of the greatest and most pow
erful enemies of any nation are the
social diseases of syphilis and gonor
rhoea. These diseases strike, not with
the initial force 'as some other dis
‘eases, such as typhoid and pneumonia,
w’but none the less sure as to the ulti
‘mate result on the health and life of
the individual.
They recognize no social status. In
the language of Horace, “They visit with
equal tread the palace of the rich and
the hut of the poor.” They not only
affect the individual whom they at
tack, but bring untold suffering and
unhappiness to his or her offspring.
Gonorrhoea is responsible for a large
percentage of blindness at birth. Syph
ilis is largely responsible for the de
formity of children. Truly the sins of
the father or mother are visited upon
generations yet unborn.
At the entrance of the United States
into the world war, we realized for the
first time the menace to our national
life due to the prevalence of the so
cial diseases in the manhood called to
arms. Our government at once saw the
necessity of stamping out these dis
eases, realizing that public health is
fundamental to all success. The pub
lic health was in grave danger and,
without it as an asset, we could not
efticiently meet the severe physical and
mental requirements of the times.
In this wise the national Govern
'ment is co-operating with the State
Boards of Health, which makes it pos
sible for its citizens to obtain labora
tory examination for these diseases free
of charge to the individual. For fur
ther advice, consult with your family
physician, or write to the Georgia State
Board of Health, Atlanta, Georgia,
DOCTOR DOES NOT SIGN
DEATH CERTIFICATE
We have been told that about 30%
of the death certificates filed with the
State Board of Health, are signed by
others than physicians. Does this
mean that about one-third of our peo
ple who die are not attended by a
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Blue Wonder
BEWARE OF SOMETHING JUST AS GOOD
THE HOUSEHOLD WONDER OF AMERGA
Life Insnrance for Rugs and Carpets
HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE FAMILY
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And has Soothing Effect on That.
Price 50c. Sold by
R.E. HOWE
Leesburg, : : Georgia
FARM FOR SALE
108 Acres
ON DIXIE HIGHWAY
$35.00 Terms, BARGAIN
10 ACRE FARM FENCED.
Country Bungalow Near Albany.
100.00 PER ACRE
Wallace Realty Co.
LEESBURG, . : GEORGIA
We will sell you your merchandise cheap for
cash or we will exchange anything we have for any
thing you have that has a market value or we will
help you get the cash. Come to see usmay-be we can
help you, let’s spend our money where it will go the
fartherest, our place is where you can do it. Good
stuff at reasonable prices, we are going to work to push
and pull regardless of what people say or think.
There are no obstacle but what we will under
take to remove, great or small. We can’t go back
there is no room at the bottom, we can go forward for
there are few at the top. Let’s get this old grouch
look off our faces. Smile and the world will smile
with you. Let’s smile or bust. ! .
Leesh Georg
pesourg, - - Georgia
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But you are secured from going ‘‘broke’’
after the fire if your property is properly
insured. - '
Others consider it better to pay a little for
insurance than to lose a lot by fire. How
~_about you?
. I represent the most reliable Companies of
America.
" T. C. THARP,
Leesburg, - Georgia.