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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL
OFFICIAL OI‘N.M:?)F | IZWIXIY
AND CI'TY"OF LEESBURG
Published Every Friday
J. P. H0RNE,.......... Editor
EDWIN F. GODWIN_ _Publisher
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FRIDAY, JULY, 27, 1923,
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GENERAL OFFICES
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIFAL CITIES
THE TREE PLANTED HOME
The | ety of a town or country
neighborhood depends more on
trees than anything else. A town
ought to be o filled with trees that
from an elevation of a mile away
it would look like u forest with a
few roofs peeping up between the
branches, The house that is bare
of trees looks forbidding, but if it is
nestling in foliage it looks like a
real home,
Trees are one of the preatest
sweetners of the air, one of the
forces of nature for purification.
The tre shaded home is coul and
comfortable on a hot day, while the
unplanted home sweiters and
gcorches. Every land owner in
Leesburg should look over his
home place eritically, and ask il he
has all the trees he needs 1o make
his place attractive, comfortable
and healthfu!.
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CROSSINGS THE TRACKS
The large number of railvoad
crossing aceidents occuring all the
time should suggest sober thought
to every person who drives an aut -
mebile. While most of thee ac
cidents arc due to clear carelesiness
on the part of motor car operators,
yet it i 3 not always so casy to avoid
thiy peril as one thinks,
Railroad trains may get rather
pear a railroad crossing belire peo
ple in an automobile hear them.
But the troub'e is usually that the
occupants of the car are thinking
of something else and not hother
to listen for the trains, .
Some people have the idea that
the safest way is toruzh over rail
road tracks as quickly as possiole,
Others cut down their speed to a
glow point and as a result some
times get a motor statled on tracke,
and are in more danger than if they
had slipped across fat full speed
The public would be safer if
whistlivg and ringing of bells by
the locomaotives was more prolonged.
There are many cros<sings where
the tracks are so conesaled from
view from the highway, that the
automobile driver must depend
altogether upon his own sense of
hearing for protection. Many more
crossings ought to e prote ted by
some form of antomatic signal, But
any mechanical device may get out
of order, and if automobile opera
tors depend on such devices they
may come to grief.
It would seem a good idea, in
apprcaching a blind crossivg, for
an automobile driver to come down
to second speed, where he can have
absolute control over his machine
and be able to stop quickly if «a
train is anywhere near. If he can
hear the train at all, he would bet
ter stop. It will only take a minute
for him to let the train get by,
whereas he will be a long time dead
if he is involved in a fatal accident. !
Owl Put Up Qood Fight.
The ferocity of the white owl is welt
gnown. A hupnter shot a mallard that
fell upon land and on going io retrieve
dls prize, found the wounded bird had
been attacked by an Arctic owl, whose
wing spread was six feet. Instead of
fying away upon the approach of man,
the owl elapped its big beak viclously
and flapped its wings in defiance. Ag
e hunter advanced the owl dashed at
him end for several minutes there oc
egrred a terrific fight, In the end the
z‘ bad to be shot twice with the
GOBS OF FAT.
T™HE FRE V ESPLO NOK
OBESITY. .
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Physical fitness demands of us that
ve do not get too fat, Overweight
tends to reduce one’s ability to dc¢
the necessary labor in any capacity;
besides, when it readlies a certain point
the heualth of the individual suffers;
he Lecopich aff ens préy to cerialn
discares,
In the vast majority of cases over:
weight is due to {gnorance or neglect,
It has been sald, * Q(e cause of obeasity
is the storage of foo aterials within
the body in the form of fat,” Some
tiwes glandular secretions become un
balanced or disturbed, producing an
undue ircrease in fat, Of this type
we will not speak at. this time. In
all cases of overweight it is a duty
one owes to himself to eonsult a phy
slcian,
liach person requires only a certain
amount of food to supply energy. The
fat comes from the food that is not
consumed for this purpose, The ma:
Jority of people do not eliminate thia
excess food and it accumulates in the
form of fat., A few individuals du
eliminate, and the weight remains the
same, regardless of the amount of
fcod they consume., Most of us cail
too much and not the right kind a
food.
Reduction in weight depends almost
entirely on the will power; if you are
too fat and wish to reduce it is en
tirely in your power to do so. You
should determine what your weight
ought to be and then accomplish ths,
end. All food has a certain value;
this value is determined by the glven
number of calories, The calorie is a
measure of energy value of food in
just the esame sense as a foot or a
vard is the value of length or breadth.
The energy requirements of the body
are expressed in calories. The amount
of exercise and labor you do deter
mines the number of calories neces
sary for this purzose,
To reduce one's fat the number ot
calories must be less than the number
required, and in this way you can con:
sume your stored fat and become thin
—you reduce.
The number of calories of energy
required, as stated, varies, but for an
average man of 154 pounds at rest, 11
to 14 calories per pound of body
weight, or 1750 to 2100; at light work
13 to 18 to each pound of hody weight,
or 2450 to 2800; at moderate work 18
to %0 calorfes per pound of weight or
28¢0 to 3150; hard work, 20 to 27 to
each pound, or 3150 to 4200 as a total
to be consumed per day.
The energy required by the body
does not vary directly with the weight,
but is dependent on the surface area
of the body. This &lso varies some
what with the age. The average as
taken above corresponds with 5 feet,
7 inches in height at the age of 4¢
to 41 years., This same man at 60
vears old should weigh 158 pounds;
about five pounds can be added o 1
subtracted for each inch in height.
Therefore as a rough meagure of daily
calorie requirements the normal weight
in pounds can be multiplied by 1f
where only light work is to be done
by 20 when hard work is required.
This gives us. the food consumption
for the day.
The kind of food taken is also im
portant; to reduce the body weight one
must consume a proportionately less
amount of carbolydrate and fat than
protein; that Is, starches, sweets and
fat must be cut down.
Tt might be well for us to think in
termg of 100 calories; then each por
tion mentiored in the list below con
tains 100 calories:
3x2xl 1/2 in. lean meat,
2 large slices of bacop.
1 egg.
I banana (large).
I orange (large).
1/2 large grape fruit.
2 moderate size apples.
I slice of bread 1/2 inch thick.
Y small glass of milk.
I pat of butter.
3 ooz of cream soup.
3 oz. consomme,
1 cuble inch of cheese.
3 teaspoonfuls of sugar.
1 1/3 oz. cream,
12 large peanuts,
6 walnuts.
Approximately 1 pound of uncooked
walery vegetables such as lettuce.
cucumbers, tomatoes, spinach, ete
You cannot estimate accurately the
calories in meat, but approximately 3
pound of beef has 900, fish and ham
1300, pork chops 1450, bacon 2800, pory
sausage 2000, folivs 1000, salmon 900,
mackerel 600. Therefore, it will be
seen that all fresh wvegetables thay
grow sbove the ground are not fatten.
fng. Dried vegetables are not so good
Leave off fats and sweets; use browr
bread, never while flour. Cut out
starchy foods. ;
The reduction in food should alway
be nccompanied by proper exercise, o
which walking in the open is perhaps |
the best. Keep the head up, the.
mouth closed, the shoulders back. You
can take such arm exereises as yoa?
wish. Too rapid reduction is not de
sirable, but four or five pounds &
\reek can be done without trouble. Thci
result resis entirely with the individ
ual; as stated in the beginming, it de !
pends on your will power. |
The Georgia State Board of Health:
advises all; those who anticipate going ?
on a diet consulting their physiciar
first. i
This paper surely hopes that the;
coming iegislature will provide ataply’
far our State Doard of Health, !
IHE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL, LEESBURG, GEORGIA
PORT SAID ‘TOPSY
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“CITY™OF EGYPT
Has Neither Ancestry Hor Tradi
tion and “Just Growed.”
In contrast to Luxor, where one
moves under the spell of 3300 years
ago, Egypt has a city, Port Sald, which
possesses no more of a past thin
Topsy, writes Maynard Owen Williais,
staff correspondent of the National
Geographie society, from Egypt.
“Port Sald Is a city without roots,
whose gand foundations were spewed
up by dredges and whose bulldings and
population were dropped off by passing
ships. It has neither ancestry nor tra
ditlon, It *Just growed,
“Ihe city Is as nondeseript as its
population. The high iron fence which
gepurates the parade from the canaul
marks the houndary line hetween cool
laziness and feverish activity,
“In the harbor, small, powerful tugs
snort here and there amid the traflie,
white rowboats with plain flat awn
ings move like palsied shuttles be
tween gang plunk and customs quay,
trim cutters from the British meu-o'
war suggest ovder in the midst af
chnos, and always the coolies coaling
the liners trot up the steep planks,
singing n ceascless song of ceaseless
toil.
“Although these grimy drudges do
not belong to the nobility, Port Said
owes them much, for this city not only
protects one end of the jugular vein
or hametring of the empire from en
vious wolves but has the more profit
able, If less picturesque honor of being
the world's greatest conling station.
“In such tiny, obscure ports as
Otaru, ships can he coaled in short
order by machinery. But the day of
coaling machinery in Port Sald 18 Just
now dawning.
Coaling and the Coolie,
“Before the mail boats are securely
tied up, night-black barges covered
with night-black men with milk-white
eyes have attached themselves to their
stuunch flunks and the fuel ig pouring
aboard in an endless line of lmp bas
kets borne on the shoulders of sweat
ing men, whose limbs, ceeply coated
with coal dust, scem mude of oxidlzed
wetal,
“The baskets are not passed from
hand to hand. Each man shoulders
his lond and trots with it up the steep
plank, soon reappearing to jump down
into the dusky depths of the barge.
“Steamer Lo barge, barge to plle, pile
to harge, barge to leviathan or tramp;
one would think that half the sooty
fuel would be lost through frequent
handling. But no one can teach Port
Said anything about coaling—unless i
be the coolie.
“During night coaling, a plank with
six coolies on it dropped with a thud
to the barge deck and for weeks the
coolies refused to coul at night, ex
cept those ships that have side ports.
“Thig was an awful sacrilege! 1t is
even hinted that the mall was de
layed. But the P. and O. liners have
side ports and it was not one of them,
g 0 Jove withhield his thunderbolts.
The coolies gave the excuse that they
were tived.
Never Hurry—Except for Drinks.
“But that takes you to the other
side of the iron fence. There the peo
ple are always tired. Tenuis is a game
in which the ball Lovers in the air
like a white-breasted gull. DBathing Is
evon less strenuous, being conducted
according to Graeco-Roinan rales. Golf
moves with dignity rather than incan
descent language. But the drink
stewurd has developed winged heels
while earrying libations to the gods of
the veranda.
“The main attraction of Port Said,
nuside from the lighthouse whose heams
sweep the shipping safe to port and
the shops where cigarettes, novels by
Hichens and Kipling. ostrich feather
fans, kimonos, sun helmets, Japunese
and Syrian damascene. Oriental silks,
Parislan post cards and cosmetics, and
Abyssinlan weapons, Is the De Les
seps monument, situnted near the ia
ner end of the western breakwater,
“A canal service dredge in action
develops a squeal that reminds one of
Circe's captives, frantic with remorse
and homesickness. But the humble
and complaining dredge s the pro
tector of traflic and as long as the
squeal continues the procession will
go by.
“It i 3 thought that when Kipling
wrote of thirst culture and the equality
of man ‘east of Suez' he mispluced
Port Sn'LG. for the only thing the curio
dealers do not Kkeep. nor their cus
tomers ask for, are the Ten Command
ments. And when the missionary
ashore from a China boat deplores con.
ditions In his sociological discussions
with a red-capped M. P, that weary
individual to whom cven mutrder wou!d
be a relief, dully answers:
“You think Port Sald is bad? You
ought to have scen it before the war!'”
Woman Wins Election From Husband.
Running against her hushand for
school trustee in Knox township, I,
Mrs. Lyman Moon was victorious by a
margin of five to one. Mrs. Moon is g |
Rtepubliean. Xer husband was g can.
didate on the Independent ticket.
Gives Entire Estate to Employees.
Six salesmen and a stenographer
who worked for him were willed the
entire estate of Melville W. Abell, di
vision sales manager for a big firm at
St. Louis. Mr. Abell's estate was
valued between $lOO,OOO and $150,000. |
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The veteran character actor. Theo
dore Roberts of “movie” fame, was
born in Ban Francisco racre than fifty
years ago. He began his stage ca
reer as soon as he finiched the cchool
ing. He was appearing in Broadway
productions when he was induced to
enter the motion pictures, and he has
come to be known as “the srand old
man of the movies.” Mr. Roberts Is
six feet one Inch tall, .weighs 245
pounds. His hair, originally sandy,
now i snow white. His eyes are blue.
THE RIGHT TFING
at the
- RIGHT TIME
By MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE
SERVANTS
Let every man mind his own busli
ness~—Cervantes.
TIIERE Is a certain type of person
who thinks, always, that brusque
ness, even rudeness, to the servants of
his friends shows familiarity with the
ways of the world, Let us hope that
these persons are those who have had
little chance to get about, little clhiance
to mingle with those who know how
things should be done—that they are
those who have never had servants of
their own, and have had few friends
who numbered servants among theif
possessions. Sometimes, unfortunate
ly, we meet women who have alwuys
been used to servants who yet have
an overbearing attitude toward the
servants of their friends, We always
suspect that they gossip with their
own servants,
Now, in the big cities, at least, serv
ants resent an appearance of friendli
ness of a too informal sort on their
employers’ parts. In their relation as
servant, especially where they have
specialized, tkey wish to assume a
deferential manner, just as they wish
to have their employers assume a di
recting manner. That is puart of the
game. They expect the same treat
ment from their employers’ friends.
But there is a manner, between one
of overbearing haughtiness and one of
ostentatious friendliness, that the well
bred man or woman assumes to his
friends’ servants. And it I 8 really only
the outward manifestation of a kindly
consideration to others, whatever thelr
rank or walk in life.
To begin with, always greet your
friends’ servants, if you have visited
the house often enough to know them.
A simple word of greeting is sufiiclent.
That is, if you are a week-end guest
in a house, and the maid brings a let
ter to your door before breakfast, say
“Good morning, Jane.” And always
thank them, slmply, for services ren
dered. If you call frequently at a
heuse, and the same servant always
answers the door, remember a slinple
word of greeting then.
Never ask favors of your friend#®
servants, either when you are visiting
in their homes or when you mlight be
able to make a convenience of them at
some other time.
(© by MeClure Newspaper Byndicate.)
New Use for Stamps,
Auntie was writing letters while
four-year-old Maurice was busy with
his street car. Presently auntie wus
called to the telephone, leaving writ
ing materials on the table. Return
ing, she found postage stamps miss
ing. Maurice had been told thet to
put a stamp on a letter it was ready
to “go*
In her search for the stamps auntie
remarked: “Oh, pshaw,” to which
Maurice said: “Why, what's the mat
tery’ On being told of the missing
stamps, he said: “Why, I stuck them
on my street car, so it would ‘go,’”
and there they were plain to be seen.
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t ALINE 0’ CHEER
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: By John Kendrick Bangs.
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i CHEER UP
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é E'EN though your place in life
¢ is small
* Don’t let your cheer forsake
$ you.
z God thought it worth while after
é all
: To make you;
And since none can deny you're
here
x There must be something to
you,
And some good purpose, it is
clear,
: Is working through you.
God thollll.‘m it worth while, after
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! (® by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
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The Unprecedented and Extréordinary
announcement is made—that from now
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Comics
In a four Page
comic section
WITH THE
Atlanta Georgian
The Peacock. ;
The common domestic peacock 1s a
native of Indin and Ceylon, It was
resarded Ly the ancients as the at
tribute of Juno, and in Christisn art
Is o symbol ef the resurrection In
modern slmile It is the type of valn
glory, In a wild stale the peacock ls
an extre:mely shy bird, frequenting
mostly the lower elevations and moun
tain slopes. The peacock does not
thrive in extromely cold climates,
! Envy of Talent.
| As to clever people’s hating each
ipther, I think a little extra talent does
‘wmetimcs make people jealous. They
| become irrituted by perpetual altempts
;and failures, and it hurts thelr tein
‘pers and dispositions. TUnpretending
;med.'ocrlty i 3 good, and geniua Is glo
irious; but & weak flaver of genius in
;ln essentially common p2rson is detest-
Inble. It spoils the grand veutrslity of
a commonplace character, as the rins
,lngs of an unwashed wine glass spoll
a draught of fair water—Oliver Wen
' dell Holmes.
A Sultan’s Watch,
| In 1884 @ most elaborate watch was
made—of twenty two carat gold—for
Sultan Abdul-Medjid by a flw at
Cornhill. This giant watch wus five
Inches in diameter. Though it bad
no bell, it chimed the hours und quar
ters, the striking apparatus conslsting
of wires. Its powerful yet pleasant
tone resembled that of a cathedral
clock. The cost of this wonderful
thing was twelve hundred guineas.
“Pseudo.”
The prefixes of “pseud” aud “pseye
flo” are derived frow. ithe Greek
pseudes, fulre, and pseudos, fulsehod,
Combined with cther words—or forns
of words—they have the tollowing
meaning: 1. A fulse. spurloms or
tounterfelt condition. 2. An abnotwial
forir of or a eloge resemblance te
(something). 8 A resemblance In
many symptoms, but a luck of the spe
clfic churacters that msrk the tue
form: sald of disenses, 4. Non-Zucild
fun georaetry--us, for exmuple, &
oseudo-ungle,