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LEE COUNTY JOURNKL‘
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OFFICIAL ORGAN LEE COUNTY
AND CITY OF LEESBURG
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FRIDAY OCTOBER 5, 1923
AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION
The surprising growth of the auto
mobile business is revealed in figures
that 2,431,063 passenger cars had
been produced in 1923 up to Sept. 1,
besides 258,774 trucks.
Many people are asking how long
this tremendous production can con
tinue, and if the “saturation point”
will not soon be reached. The capaci
ty of the American people to buy
automobiles already gone far beyond
the point which many people would
have thought possible half a dozen
years ago.
There are millions of people own
ing cars today, who 10 years ago
thought that possession of an auto
mobile was a very far off “dream
for them.
The genuis of the men at the head
of this industry has so reduced the
cost of production and the prosperi
ty of the country has so increased
in 10 years, that the dream that
seemed so visiionary has come true.
It scems possible that in another
10 years, most of the people ex
cluding only those who have had
special misfortune or exceptional
handicaps, will, own automobiles.
Many people will feel that this is an
extravagance for a lot of the people
who will own them. Yet these folks
are made more contented by posses
sion of a car, and pleasure is given
to many people who had been lead
ing dull and drab lives.
After all the possible automobile
owners are provided with cars there
will be a great deal to do in replac
ing worn out ones. Also by tihat
time the United States should have
developed a tremendous business in
supplying cars for the rest of the
world. If the countries of Europe
settle down and recover from the
war trouble, and if the nations of
Asia, Africa and South America
make good progress, they may de
mand more American automobiles
every year, than the country pro
duces at this time. There is plenty
of future for the automobile busi
ness. ‘
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STORIES FOR BOYS |
What kind of a story does a boy!
like? This question is being asked
by the executive committee in charge
of the publications issued by the
Boy Scouts of America. They want
to get stories that will take the
place of the old fashioned blood and
thunder type, which will interest the
boys, and yet inspire them to better
living. Many of us can remember
when the kids used to hold up old
fashioned geography books before |
their desks in school, behind whichi
they concealed theit copy of “The
Bloody Butcher's Bride”, or “The
Demon of Dandelion Den”.
That kind of story that seems to
please a lot of boys now is one of
achievement, specially in some field
outside of the routine of daily life.
They love to hear how boys have
gone out into rough country, and
defied and outwitted some bad men,
and have built up a fine business un
der conditions that would have ter
rified the average adult citizen.
The worst fault to be found with
stories of this type is that they make
ordinary life seem dull to many
boys. After reading -‘these {tales,
which from some points of view are
harmless, it seems awfully tedious
for a boy to get out and fill up the
woodbox for his mother. Some story
dealing more with conditions in a
community like Leesburg would be
more inspiring to him in the long
run, though less sensationally thrill
ing.
Boys need good stories, for they
kindle the imagination and lift a
sleepy and indifferent mind out of
his lethargy, and incite him to geJ
out and do thingg. " Boys' magazines
print many stories about athletic
life, and if these uphold high stands
ards of honor and sportsmanship,
as they usually do, they may teach
a boy more than he would learn from
many talks from his school teacher.
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HOUSES OR HOMES
Observers frequently note that in
the most complete and well kept
ihume there is a lack of the human
‘element. They remind one of the
i-:uitvs in exhibitions, demonstrations
' of correet house furnishings. There
are highly polished floors that seem
as if made for dancing yet which
never feel the touch of rhythmic
feet. There are proper bookshelves
filled with the world’s wisdom in the
most luxurious bindings. There are
pillows of lovely design that loock as
if they never felt a head. The bed
cooms look as if no intruding foot
had ever entered, the beds apparent
ly had entertained no sleepers.
In attempting to reproduce this
unsoiled perfection, some women be
come discontented with themselves
| and their families.
The true homemaker realizes that
her task is a constant compromise.
Home is not a place to demonstrate
neatness solely, or handsome fur
nishings. It is primarily a place to
work out life’s experiments.
The yong folks must have places
where they can be trying out things,
making blunders and failures. often.
‘Yes, Betty, you can use the towing
machine” said a mother the other
lay. “She may get it out of order”,
she remerked, “but it can be repair
ed’
Much of Theorore Roosevelt’s viri
lity may have been due to the leni
ency of a mother who allowed him
to keep snakes in his washbowl.
The retired nook where confi
dences can be exchanged and where
father and mother do not have to
be included in conversation means
much to young folks. Keble has well
expressed it in these lines.
Sweet is the smile of home, the
mutual look .
Where hearts are of each other
sure,
Sweet all the joys that crowd the
household nook,
The haunt of all affections pure.
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above and beyond what is. Unless,
however, we have before us the vision
of something better, we can never }
rise above what we are.—Exchange.
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dore Roberts of “movie” fame, was
born in San Francisco more than fifty
years ago. He began his stage ca.
reer as soon as he finished the school
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 aqrand old
man of the movies.” Mr. Roberts is
six feet one inch tall, weighs 245
pounds. His hair, originally sandy,
nnw is snow white. His eyes are blue.
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By MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE
SERVANTS
Let every man mind his own busi«
ness.—Cervantes.
THERE 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 chance
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 always
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 friendll
ness of a too informal sort on their
employers’ parts. In their relation as
servant, especially where they have
specialized, they wish to assume a
deferentinl manner, just as they wish
to have their employers assume a di
recting manner. That Is part 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 is really only
the outward manifestation of a kindly
consideration to others, whatever their
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 sufficient.
That is, if you are a week-end guest
in a house, and the mald brings a let
ter to your door before breakfast, say
“Good morning, Jane.” And always
thank them, simply, for servieces ren
dered. If you call frequently at a
house, and the same servant always
answers the door, remember & simple
word of greeting then.
Never ask favors of your friends’
servants, elther when you are visiting
fn their homes or when you might be
able to make a convenience of them at
some other time.
(® by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
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New Use for Stamps,
Auntie was writing letters while
four-year-old Maurice was busy with
his street car. Presently auntie was
~alied to the telephone, leaving writ
ing materials con the table. Return<
ing, she found postage stamps mlss-}
ing. Maurice had been told that to
put a stamp on a letter it was ready
t 0 "go.”
In her search for the stamps auntie
remarked: “Oh, pshaw,” to which
Maurice said: “Why, what's the mat
ter?” On being told of the missing
stamps, he said: “Why, I stuck them
on my street car, so it would ‘wo,"
and there they were plain to be seen.
A LINE 0’ CHEER
By John Kendrick Bangs.
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CHEER UP
E'EN though your place in life
is small
Don't let your cheer forsake
you. &
God thought it worth while after
all
To make you;
And since none can deny you're
here
There must be something to
you,
And some good purpose, it is
clear,
Is working trrough you.
God thought it warth while, after
all,
(@ by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
SOME FACTS
ABOUT THE ELLIS
-HEALTH LAW
AND THE NEED OF COUNTY
HEALTH WORK. ‘
1. The adoption of the Ellls Health
Law in our county means the employ
ment of a specially trained medical
health officer who devotes his enure‘
time to the business of looking after
health and sanitation. The law also pro
| vides for the employment of public
| health nurses and sanitary inspectors as
’assistanm to the health officer, where
| desired. The nurses assist with the
i school medical inspection, help to ar
| range for the correction of defects, and,
l with the health officer, reach mothers
l and infants, especially among the
poorer classes, through the medium of
child health centers, mothers’ classes
and home visits.
] 2. About 50,000 school children re:
ceive medical inspection each year
through the operation of this law. About
6,000 with handicapping defects receive
corrective treatment,
, 3. The commissioners of health, op
erating under the Ellis Health Law,
gave free of charge 77,000 doses of ant}
typhoid vaccine in 1922.
| 4. In 1921 and 1922, 8,500 sanitary
! privies were installed by the commis
i sioners of health. Dysentery. hook:
, worm and summer diarrhoea of infants
{ will not be controlled by @ny other
method in the rural districts,
; 5. There is annually in Georgia a
great sacrifice of human life on the
| altar of indifference. During 1922, 716
! deaths were caused by typhoid fever,
l 411 by diphtheria and 684 by malaria
In 1921, 1,230 infants under two years
I of age died of dysentery and diarrhoea.
During their hours of heroic effort ¢
establish new life in this world, more
than 500 would-be mothers made the
supreme sacrifice.
6. These and many other lives might
have been saved if well organized
hezlth departments, well manned by a
’ well equipped personnel, had been es
tablished in each county of the state.
7. COST, This in dollars and cents
is about one-tenth of the actual amount
, it saves the. people,
I 8. If our county will adopt the Ellis
Health Law and put it into operation
promptly, it is possible for the State
Board of Health to give financial as
sistance toward the maintenance of &
public health nurse, over a period ol
two years. Visit the State Board of
Health, 131 Capitol Square, and talk it
over, or write
GEORGIA STATE
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PHARAOH HAD INSOMNIA
Papyrus Reveals Hippopotami Dis
turbed Tut-Ankh-Amen's Bleep.
A plece of papyrus just translated
by the British museum shows that
King Tut-Ankh-Amen suffered from in
somnia. Responsibility for the Phara
eh’s allment seems to have rested with
certain hippopotami which made se
much noise as they wallowed im the
sacred lakes of Thebes that he found
sleep Impossible.
The papyrus tells of a quarrel the
uncient monarch had with the owner
"of the beasts over whether the King's
siumber should be sacrificed to their
physical comfort. How the dispute
was settled {8 not disclosed.
To Heligotand for Health,
Heligoland, in the North sea, whose
guns once frowned ot England from
' Germany, has been converted into a
health resort for children.
Hundreds of children play on walks
where German soldiers strolled. Grim
fortresses on the island are being con
verted into living quarters.
A Way to Save Him.
W ily is a little scamp. He goes
from: one piece of mischief to another
g 0 fast that his mother Is worn out
and nervous from the strain of con
tinuully extrieating kim from his pre
dleaments. The last straw was an in
cldent that occurred while they were
visiting at grandma’s.
‘ Was it mischief or just curiosity that
- led Willy to stick his head between
two rods of the banister? It was
when Willy tried to get his head out
@ad conldn't that the trouble com
- menceda. He raised his voice (and the
neighborhood). The entire honseheld
rushed to his rescue—mother leading,
with grandma a close second. They
‘ried in every way possible to extri
cate the boy’s head, but without suc
cess. It must have expanded during
the moments of its imprisonment.
When grandma, with her usual pres
ence of mind, ordered, “Get me a saw,
quitk !” mother broke down completc
iy : “Oh, grandme, will we have to cut
ks head o¥?” *No,” answered “gran,’
calmiy, “Just the banlister rod.”—<Chi
~ggoo Jonirnal.
“Measly” Trick?
Astronomers anmounce that the sue
face of the sun Is breaking out. Maybe
ft has heat rash.
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Hall’s Catarrh Medicine
Those who are in a “run down"” condi
tion will notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are in
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh is a local disease, it is greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions.
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE con
sists of an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves by local application, and the
Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which assists
in imgroving the General Health.
Sold by druggists for over 4 Years.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio,
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