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LEE COUNTY JOURNAL
OFFICIAL ORGAN LEE COUNTY
AND CITY OF LEESBURG
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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 23, 1923.
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MINDING THE PUBLIC BUSINESS.
A common retort heard 25 yearg
ago, among people inclined to be
pert, was “Mind your own bugsi
nese”. It seemed to be the motto
of those times. It represented @
period when the good citizen was
supposed to stick strictly to his work,
and not interfere with other people.
But it was discovered that undes
that conception of life, our cities
and towns were not getting thinge
done. Municipal government was
unsatisfacotry. There was li{tle
force pushing for progress. It was
seen that if people wanted dheir
communities to go ahead, they must
stop minding their own business ¢x
clusively, and devote a little time tc
minding public businegs. The re
markable civie progress seen in the
past 10 years shows this new spirit.
RAILROAD CROSSING LAWS
In view of the great number of
accidents occurring at railroad cros
sings, five states have passed law:
requring automobiles to come to a
stop before crosssing a railroad a
grade. Sixteen other states have
gimilar laws or regulations applying
to people who drive automobiles for
hire.
Probably most of the states would
enact such legislation if it was felt
the drivers would heed it. Judging
by the way drivers act, a large part
of them, perhaps the majority in
many places, would never stop at
crossings even if the law required
it.
The majority of drivers carry one
or more passengers along with them,
and they are under obligation to
safeguard the lives of the people rid
ing with them even if they are reck
less with their own. A man wh»
takes chances with other neanle’s
lives is violating every law of hrnan
ity, A penalty ought to be imposed
on him for doing it, if it could be
enforced.
Some people will insist on trying
to beat out trains because they claim
that if they slow down, the danger
of getting run over is increased. Un
doubteldy many people get run over
as the result of slowing down to
such a point that their machine stalls
on railroad tracks. It would be far
better if they would come down to
a lower gear, so that they could be
sure that they could keep moving.
The old notice at crossings said
“Stop, look, and listen”. It was a
good rule, It does not cost a driver
more than a minute to obey this ad
vice at a crossing where he is unable
to look in both directions. He should
remember that if he is hit and killed,
he will be, as the old phrase goes,
“a long time dead”.
RAILROADS AND PRODUCTION.
Some rajlroad corporations have
done much to promote agricultural
devolopment along their lines. COne
illustration of the value of such un
dertakings is given by the boys’ po
tato clubs promoted by the Balli
more and Ohio railroad. o
The story of one of these clubs
at Seymour, Indiana, shows that the
railroad gave each cluh member four
bushels of certified seed potatoes,
with the understanding that each
member should plant one fourth of
an acre.
The boys were given competent
instruction as to methods, and the
regult was that the yields varied
from 108 to 352 bushels per acre,
while the average of potato crops in
the whole country is only 95 bushels.
Such results would suggest that it
would pay the railroads to promote
improved farm methods on a much
greater scale. :
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Climate and thneu.
It Is curious to te how deaf
mutism varies in different countries,
In Switzerland, for instance, owing to
the prevalence of cretinism, 245 per
100,000 of the inhabitants suffer from
it, whereas the general average among
European countries is 79, and in the
United States, 65, per 100,000,
~ FARM ENTERPRISE
It is commonly said in the stock
market that the time to buy seeuri
ties is when the prices are low, when
everybody is digcouraged, and wil
ling to sacrifice good values for rock
bottom prices, The same truth ap
plies to the farming business. At
this period when the people in many
seetions are discouraged about farm
ing, is just the time when enterpris
ing young men will buy up farins at
lower prices than will he geen again
for many years, if ever, and wiil
make money on them,
The Unjted States consumes seven
Jighths of all the food it grows. Just
at present there iz some difficulty in
disposing of the other ecighth in
foreign markets. But it is certain
chat Europe will gradually recover
from the war, and will buy more and
nore of our farm stufl, '
The masges of the American peo
sle get good wages, and are buyinrg
‘oods with much greater freedom
‘han they did beforec the war, Fur
‘hermore the country is steadily in
reaging in population, It is o
natter of only a few years before
he United States will cepsume all
ts foed products, so that the market
‘or foodstuffs is going to incrcase
steadily. The growing demand for
hege products must tend to proevent
he low prices tha{ have crcated such
infortunate effects in wheat grow
ng and other staples.
The people who buy into the farm
na business at this time are getting
roperty below its real value, when
he same is depressed by temporary
onditions. Tkey are going to ree
he market continually broadening,
And while improved ferm metheds
nay tend to keep increasing the pic
luct, thug working against hjgh
irices, yet improved methods of
narketing are sure to be provided
vithin a few years, thus increasing
re proportion of tke product that
viil fall to the producer. Now is o
:ood time for young men to start in
wvith a business that is on the up
rrade.
{S SOUTHERN SOFT
POLK SUPERIOR?
A Reader asks: “Has any solu
dion for the soft pork problem of the
South been found?”
So far as we konw, no satisfacteiy
neans has been found for producing
v hard or firm carcass from pigs
‘ed entirely or largely on reanuts,
joy beans, and other fceds which
tend to produce a softer fat than
orn or other similar hard dry
grains. In fact, it. is very probable
that all the facts involved jn the
development of soft hog carcasses
are not yet known, or at least their
celative importance understocd.
In short, certain feeds or methods
of feeding in the South continue to
preduce what the packers call soft
and undesirable carcasges, and for
which they will not pay as much ag
chey are willing to pay for similar
hogs raised on corn and some othcr
‘eeds. For this situation no sargs
{actory solution has yet been ) und.
Progress has been made in determin
ing some of the faects involved, but
Southern producers of the so-called
soft pork are still paying a penalty
of from 1 to 3 cents a pound live
‘.veight for using our best and most
economical fegds for producing Logs.
No efforts should be spared to find
a solution along the lines which the
\work is now following, but it appears
that posgibly more effort should be
put on finding a method of curing,
and in developing a market for the
kind of pork now produced on these
feeds. There is no doubt in our mind
but that the pork preduced on pea
nuts, for instance, is superior in
flavor, palatability, and therefere, to
our mind, in quality, than the fat,
corn-fed hog produces. It is rot as
acceptahle to the packers, because
by their present methods of curing,
and by present market demands, it
is not ag acceptable to buyers.
It has not, we believe, been proved
that with or without other methods
of curing, if this soft pork were sold
on its merits, or as a superior pro
duct, better markets could not be de
veloped for it.
We believe that when this so-call
’ed soft pork is served to the con
sumer it is acceptable, and js regard
ed ag of better flavor and is liked
better by him than the corn-fed pork
for which the American packer pays
a better price. ;
It is not possible to develop a meth.
od of curing and a market for this
soft pork? It now has an undesir
able appearance, according to pre
sent market and consumers’ stan
dards, but if, as we believe, i is
superior ta. what s now regarded
as a better looking product, is there:
not hope for a solution of the prob
lem, in the education of the congum
¢r to a standard of quality, based
on something more important than
appearance. Because it does not
look as well, on the basis of our
present ideas of the best appearance,
THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL, LEESBURG, GEORGIA,
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~ INDICT OTHERS
LOME, Ga., Nov. 19.—“1 try to
bs o gcod citizen and uphold the
Constitution and laws of my coun
try, but I sefuse to assist in bringing
indictments against my fellow citi
zens, who are not eriminals, for law
violations of which I am as guilty as
they,” said George S. Reese, fore
man of the grand jury, at the open
ing of the Rome term of federal
court for North Georgia. He was
referring to charges of violating the
fedoral migratory game law pending
against a number of prominent citi
zens of Rome.
“ “Then we'll appoint andther fore
man when these cases come up,”
gaid Judge Samuel H. Sibley, as
;<»'C/-3'l)(;dy in the court room laughed.
The situalion was clarified when
the District Attorney announced
that Lo would not seek indictments,
but would procecute the aileged
!;;;amc-l:;w violatorq on accusations
;'r:;thc:' than indietmoents.
* Some men's heads are all skull.
The man who boasts that he has
never been kissed usually looks it,
A joke is not a joke when It is told
the second time to the same victiin,
The wisest of men are often con
founded by the utterances of con
founded fools,
I do not talk to Instruct my fellew
- men, but merely for the pleasure of
licaring my own head roar,
' ! sometimes feel that I made a sad
mistake in not going to the legislature
;ins:'(-ml of trying to make an honest
living—Kansas City Star.
! If repartee is witty it is hard for
one to restrain it because it is also
- impudent.
! When one runs for office, he can’t
- complain if people want to know all
‘ about him, :
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' There Is doubt whether the sgils
faction in always speaking out the
truth, regardless of place or time, is
Iwnrth the wmpopularity it entails.
! A cross-eyed oculist.
! A chorus girl who can sing.
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| Soup served without thumbs.
, An alligator with false teeth,
t What rolls under _the bureau.
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i A chaperon at a poker party.
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A hair restorer that restores.
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i A church choir smoking cigars.
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. Publicity agents for pickpockets.
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Baby carriages in the smoking car,
A hair ribbon on a bobbed-haired
girl, : &
Bootleggers who go into bank
rupicy. ;
Hat check boys without whisk
areoms, |
Ravages by Rats.
It has been estimated that the eco
nomic less from rats in the United
States is 820,000,000 a year. In other
estimates befHre the war, the annual
damage in the United Kingdom was
570,000000. As a carrier of bubonle
plague and other diseases the rat is
charged with the loss of more human
lites than a/ll the wars in history.
is no evidence that it is not a better
product. With the foundatiocn of a
really better product, we believe a
market can be developed which will
place quality above the present ideas
of what constitutes the best appear
ance. Tkere ig profit for the packelj
who will cure this soft pork in the
beést manner and market it as a .su
perior-product which will command
a better price. At least, since a
satisfactory solution has not yet
been feund along other lines, it
would seem that it might pay some
Scuthern packer to consider market
ing our Southern produet on its own
nmerits, and not by standards set for
the pork of other sections. Of course,
resuits would depend on whether it
is really an inferior product, as the
packers now by present standards
declare it he, or a superior product
from the consuter’s viewpoint, as
we believe it to be. 3 |
—The Progresgive Farmer.
Many a woman's idea of being ar
tistic is not to know how te, cook.
When & woman goes to church she
tries to fix her mind on things above.
so she thinks of hats,
The stubborn man is always deter
mined to stand his ground, even though
he hasn't any, ;
No, Maude, dear »It shouldn't be nec
essary for the school teacher to con
sult an oculist about her puplls,
The more uncles, aunts and grand
parents there are, the bigger the row
when it comes to naming the first baby.
Many a man thinks he holds the key
to a girl's heart, only to discover that
some other fellow has picked the lock,
Nifly=—*“When a fellow jilts a girl
ghe must feel cheap.” Billy—*Prob
ably, until she begins a suit for dam
ages.”
Two men *wlll discuss a baseball
game for hours at a stretch, and then
wonder what women find to talk about
$0 much,
You can never tell, Lots of people
who flatter themselves that they are
in the swim can scarcely keep thelr
heads above water,
Muggins—*l suffer terribly from
rheumatism.” Buggins—*Why don’t
you try goose grease?” Muggins—"*No
quack remedies for me.”
The Cynical Bachelor observeo'fiffl
the man. who suffers from indigestion
has lit¢le patience with the woman who
merely has a broken heart.
Mrs. Wigwag—“ James, dear, wake
up. I'm positive there is something
moving down in the cellar.,” Mr. Wig
wag—*“Oh, got to sleep. It's only the
gas meter.”
Blobbs—*l don’t like that fellow Bor
rowell.” Slobbs—*“You misjudge him.
He is really charming. It is a liberal
education to know him.”- Slobbs—*l
can't afford that kind of an education.”
QUIPS WITH A PUNCH
Even a musical alarm clock is 8l
dom appreciated in the early morning.
Mixed drinks have about the same
effect on a man as too many love af
fairs, :
A homely girl always selects a girl
homelier than herself for her brides
maid.
‘On ounce of keep-your-mouth-shut is
worth a pound of try-to-square your
self.
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~ Quite a good many men have man
aged to mount the ladder of fame by
hanging onto the coat-tails of others.
‘ The man who puts a $lO collar on a
10-cent dog may mean well, but he’ll
never be the works in a get-rich-quick
sclieme,
WHO AM |?
1 am always misunderstood.
1 am no end of trouble.
I often come between husband and
wife.
Women love me. :
I am a friend in need.
Women expect me to do all the wor
rying.
The banks betray me.
I am more dangerous in the hands
of women than a gun.
I have made men weep. ,
I am a woman’s check book,
—Edmund J. Kiefer, in New York Sun.
- POOR EXCUSES
“I was in a hurry.' ‘
“The wife had the car.”
“Couldn’t see your signal”
“] was gone only a minute.”
“The horn wasn’t working.”
“I'm a friend of the officer.”
“The starter wouldn’t work.”
“My car was going less than 20."
SAID IN PASSING
Our government protects its citizens
abroad very capably. Could the same
machinery be employed for protecting
them at home?
It is the “ending” that is neither
altogether happy nor unhappy that is
the most realistic,
One may be safer in “keeping his
mouth shut,” but he certainly is more
uninteresting.
Progressive family’s goal was once
a grand piano; but they can all be
come proficient with a motorcar,
Fathei’s old trousers used to de
scend to small son, but mow they go
clear to somewhere in Hurope.
FIRE - FIRE! |
~ Are you protécted if your home Shouclgi
~ be destroyed by fire tonight? If not yo
are making a great mistake by not hay-|
e insured in some good reliable}
{ company. ; |
{I represent some of the oldest and safest in!
| inthe United States and will be glad to
l talk it over with you at any time—llet me i
| write a policy on your home—others con
- sider it better to pay a little for insur-
E ance than to lose a lot by fire. 1
i T. C. THARP,
5 " Leesburg, ———————m~—m——————— Georgia
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- 350 THOROUGHBRED WHITE
LEGHORN CHICKENS
FOR SALE |
I am offering for sale my entire lot of
White Leghorn chickens as follows: ;
300 Hens and Pullets, oldest Hens not
yet two-years-old and every pullet will lay
next spring, . .
' 250 Hens,
50 Pullets, -
16 Cocks, ; L
34 Friers, ) '
3 Incubators,
7 Brooders and all Feeders, Ete. -
Everything must go at once—my price
for Everything $375.00. ,
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LEESBURG, ____ GEORGIA
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