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THE LEE COUNTY=.IOURNAL VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE Railroads must spend money to save money, says President W. A. Winburn, of the Central of Georgia Railway, in a statement quoting in teresting figures which show how the publié welfare is served by well planned ' expenditures for improve ments and extensions to railway facilities. Mr. Winburn argues that railway earnings should be set and kept at a rate sufficient to encourage investment in railway securities, since the investing public is the only seurce from. which transportation _mypanies can ocbtain money fore®en . rrements and impzovements. * o freight business of the Cen : «f (eorgia was 69 per cent _ootes in 1922 than in 1910, but ‘s incerased business was handled with a decrease in ‘the number of freight train miles. If the average’ freight train load had been in 1922 what it was in 1910, the direct costs of freight train operation (including wages, fuel, lubricants and other supplies) would have been $1,726,- 047 greater in 1922 than they actu-. ally were. To bring about this re-l sult the Central of Georgia has ex rended in the last twelve years sls,—‘ . 224 for new locomotives -of P dclis ¢, so t.at' greater ton—( v could be handled in a train, and for enlargement 'of ¢erminal facilities and the building of new track. The growth and development of o auntry demends the continued v .on of transportation facili . “roads must continue “to Lwest “pavily in such improvements ar will reduce costs of operation so that they may render- efficient service at the lowes possible rates. Freedom from threats of premature rate reductions, and absence -of “ovenarine legislation, Mr. Winburn .=, is the foundation for any reasonable - hope for lower railway rates. e ' ... J. J. COSTON Mr. J . J. Coston, a civial war veteran, 88-years of age, died at his home 10 miles from Leesburg yes terday morining. Mr. Coston was born and reared in Lee county and was. well-known and liked by all the people who konew him and always stood well in his community. He is servived by three sons, 4. - W., J. C. and J. A. Coston all of this county. Funeral services and interment oc curred at the Thundering Springs church this morning. - HUGH AVERY - Hugh Avery, the 10-year-old :son of Mr. and Mrs. J: R. Avery died at their home.in the Palmyra district yesterday after an illness of only a few days and . his death. was a shock to the community. He is sur vived by his parents and several small -brothers and sisters. . - . The funeral was held at Thunder ing Springs church-and interment oc curred in the cemetery at that place. NOTICE TO CANDIDATES All announcements for the four vear term for County officers in the coming election will be $15.00 ex cept for Ordinary which will be $lO. and for County Commissioneys which will be five dollars. ORIGINAL SANTA CLAUS ‘He is believed to have been St Nicholas, a bishop in the year 300. He was famous for his kindness to chil dren. - It is-said that one night, wish ing te help a nobleman who was so poor 'that “he ‘hlad no money for hig daughter’s dowry, the good bishop looked.in at the old man’s window and saw him asleep by the fire. He then climbed upon the roof and dropped a gold piece down the ¢himney, thinking . that it would fall upon the hearth. But it fell instead in one of the gentle man's stockings, which his daughter bad hung up to dry beside the fise. This started. the custem of hgnging gtockings over the fireplace and the legend of Santa coming down the chimney. 3 i R PR oy WHATIFITIS? - Mistletoe may ‘be parasitie, as the botanists claim, but properly festooned gpon the chandeller with the soft ;lights glowing through its' leaves, at ' Christmas time, and the girl there un ~Ayrneath it, in view of the traditions, !‘& suppose it is parasitic? M"“’m Ted’s Gift to the Christ Child l ND there were in the same . country shepherds abiding . in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.,” Slowly and reverently the ; “minister read the beautiful | old Christmas story to the waiting congregation. Ted ! - settled snugly against the back of the pew and listened. He had listened to the story every Christmas morning as far back as he could re ~member; but today it seemed differ , ent! | “And suddenly there was with the angel, a multitude of the heavenly host,” continded the minister. Ted's eyes grew wide with wonder. It was more wonderful, more beauti | ful than any fairy story he had ever read. “And, 10, the star went before them, and led them to where the young child lay.” “And they brought him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.” Ah, those kings were rich; they could afford to bring him gifts. He ‘pltied the shepherds. They brought ‘no gifts; they must have been poor like him! Then he looked up quickly: ~ “And we, too, may bring Him gifts; the poor, as well as the aged,” con cluded the minister. Ted’s breath came quickly and his eyes shone with excitement. He was a little child, and he was poor, and he wanted to give the Christ Child a gift. The people were trooping out of the church 'now, in merry groups. No body noticed the shabby little boy, who, with flushed face and question ing eyes, went slowly down the steps and turned Into a side street. Sud denly he remembered; the cloud left his face and he dashed joyously down the snowy sidewalk. A wonderful thing had happened last night! Santa Claus had paid a visit to his home for the first time, although he had. hung his faded, little stocking under the mantel every Christmas eve. It was so nice to have a Christmas gift of his own; Ted thought lovingly of the new top and quickened his steps. “A little child may bring him gifts,” the words rang through his head. Well, he had nothing to give. Then he stopped short—he had his top! ! The: next Sunday morning a little boy in a threadbare suit slipped quietly into a back pew of the great church. He carried with him an odd ly-shaped package, which he fingered lovingly all through the service. Then the organ played softly and he could hear the clink of the money as it fell into the collection plate. He held the precious package close to him—the plate was coming nearer—it had passed into the next pew—now it had reached him! He heard the package drop with a dull thud into the plate. Then he leaned back, unmindful ‘of the curious glances in his direction. A little, quivering sigh escaped his lips; ' but his eyes were bright and there was something glad in his heart. The Christ Child had accepted Ted’s gift.—Jennie M. Mills, in Farm and Home, ":x .. : e S - GREAT CHRISTMAS SPORT . What has become of the boy of half a century ago who on Christmas morn ing would take his single-barrel muz zle-loader with 15 cents worth of am munition and fare forth in the snow to. shoot rabbits, and think he was having the best time ever? i " Begihnirg of “Oii Ager The “oil 224 of the Un.ted -Stater Jates frum 1878-36, when George H. Risgeli ane 'wof, Denjumin Sillinmgo. Jr. of Yale analyzed ctude oil and de wermined its valae for ilimmination, and ‘ Bdwin L. Drake dritled a well at Titus ville, Pa., end produced the o6il’ ig juantity” Loi:g before that it had been Ised in various communities where it vag skimmed from crecks and pools 18 5 houselwl:d remedy for colds, burns, rhenmatisii, sore throat and other all qents, » oy Helpfu! Thought for Today. - ° What you must do at first ‘through force of character .you will ‘later be able to (o through -force of habiti— Toston Transerint, & Hall’s Catarrh Medicing Those who are in a “ruyn dowp’ condi “.on will notice that Catarrh boiher: .hem rauch more than wien they arce = :nod health. This fact proves.that whil ‘atarrh is a local disease, it is greatls nfluenced by constitutional conditions. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINI' con sts of an Ointmment which Quicki clieves by local appiicaticn, ard & e e s et - LEESBURG, LEE 'COUNT‘if"GEORGIA, FRIDAY DECEMBER 14, 1923, Telling Abmrt O Sunta ' ' : ; gobe L 5 » ‘4 ) . 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"In fact, he admitted to a “defective fly-wheel,” by which "he meant that his heart was bad. : Watson was a genius, in his way, too, besides- being peculiar. He had some conception of a rude kind of art. His hobby was making molds and cast ing little brass figures and designs— having it done for him, rather, after he had perfected the molds—and often he would bring something new to the‘ };wonks for the boys to admire and pur chage. . » ‘ : - Among his objets d’'aft, as he called ‘the;n facetiously, were ash trays of fangiful design, lamps, mirror frames l and whatever ‘his fancy -suggested. - His. lodging place was- close to the works, and his room was-more than g bedroom—it also was shop.and show room: A little.bench, with vise, blowW pipe, files, a burnisher, etec., occupied a corner, and the p‘r'd(hlcts'oflgflsggemus were displayed along the. svall on'the other side of the room. ™ * .~ * Watson had been complaining of his infirmity just before 'Christmas, but seemed to take rpore't}ian usual pridé in the little érucifix which he had just: completeds. The,‘boyé'v‘;lQQl;ed‘ at fon',éi .another and smfled, (L . - 7 When Watson failed to report at the. works the day after Christmas, ingniry was made for him at his lodging place. Finally forcing the door, the geéarchers found the “peculiar hombre” kneeling at his bedside in the position in which he must havé surrendered. - " In one naiid® was a Christmas card from his mother in: an eastern state and’a letter addressed to her in which he said h& was sending“her a little present which he had been unable to get ready sooner. - .. i And in the other hand was clasped the little image in-which-he hgd tdken g 0 great pride—the Savlor on'thé Cross. Memorizing :Worth While. Tfil he has falrly tiled it, I suspect i reader’does not know hew much he vould gain from committing to‘mem yry passages of real excellence; pre dsely because he does not know how nuch he overlooks in merely reading. Learn one true poem by heart, and see f you do not find it so. Beauty after secuty will reveal itsetf, in chosen shrase, or happy musie, or noble sug restion otherwise ungreamed of. It Is fke looking at one of nature’'s wonders hrough a microscopes~Vernon Lush ygton, ’ AN-UNUSUAL! . _: - SANTA CLAUS s 2 kg SPAHE children of our country would-<certain 1y be surprised if-they . should ~* see -Santa : «Glaus ‘on _ Christmas Eve In anything buf - his . bright ' red suit . trimmed * " with fur. Imagine Santa Claus without his “long white whiskers, red nose and twinkling eyes! And could any sound but the musical tink ling of the bells on his reindeers’ mecks accompany his visit? - < “Yes, it could in Switzerland, in- the.quaint little town of St. Galien. And what .a, strange name they have fox:,;fhim there! ~ “Father Christmas” is his name in England, “Kris Kringle” in Germany, “Neel” in Franee. But in Switzerland, St. Nicholas, the patren: saint of our jolliest and yet holiest of festivals, s called “Samiclaus.” w . n 8 ~To’begin with, Samigclaus does. - nof, dfésg in red, He Afdsses in ‘white—white trousers and a white-shirt. Around his waist is & broad leather beit. Oyer his shouldérs - are gay ~embroéidered - red-sspenders, -F . - : - He'doésn’t’ wear long:beard or * bushyfwhite ‘hair. - Instead, hes’ ~ wearg# huge false face, made 6f - cardbgard; with a hgh Perforat ed crownlke hat, which /,}e’som bles the lace in candy~boxes: g _'__f,;fiqp%feliius doesn't *pay his . viSit alone: ‘With:him “are’eleven « men, dressed precigely -as he is | aroagga. eos UK . Each of these men ha’%g‘huge " cowbelsuspended from fifs wide léathér belt. They xing“them “loudly as they go g@round the town " distributing presents and candy to the children. ~ . Our ‘Santa Claus *stands fgr ~-open chimneys, openly zi;;{rllvedA at. Xt ne BTN ~ KRIS KRINGLE:FUDGE Pout.ong eupful-of:fiittk into a sauce pan, “add one-guarter cifpful of corl syrup, four taplegpoonfuls of credmes butter -and two cuptuls of sugar, bring to boiling point and cook Wyntil it reaches the soft-ball stage. Take from the fire, add one cupful of preserwed cherries egt ‘in halves #nd one;tea spoanful ‘rofe’ &xtract. and' beat 'tniil creamy. ‘Pourinto' a buttered pap and, when' cool, ‘¢ut iiito neat’ squares or rotmds: ¢ - e td U epeemm———————ter . THOSE NECKTIES Santa Claus, what neckties are conk mitted in thy name! ; ‘ ) An Eel Mystery. How the baby eels which push up ne river from their birthplace in the nths ot the ocean circumvent the ' of the Rhine and even Nlagara i« is @ puzzle science bhas so far been uuable to solve, - When Santa Claus - Was Late By KATHERINE EDELMAN (®, 1923, Western Newspaper Unlon.) . 4@ HERE are a few grown folks G living yet who can remem w ber the year they thought | SRR Santa Claus had forgotten * el f{lie children, for it was @ 5 % ~Jong time after the midnight A““u ¥ - hour ‘before the jingle of his sbatidd sleigh bells was heard any « .- where, When, finally the jolly little man did appear all the mothers and fathers in the world heaved a deep breath of relief, for there is no mother or father in all the world that would not feel evén mqre disappointed than .their children if Santa failed to caome- at Christmsa time. 4 i ’ Of course, it was not Santa’s fault that he was late that Christmas—it was qll due to his reindeers. He-had been a bit impatient with them that day, but his impatience was all caused by the amount of work that lay before him and because of his eagerness to get to the children. But the reindeers did not stop to think about this; in stead, they planned to play a trick on Santa Claus to get even with him for chiding them. So, when they started out to make their trip around the world, they whispered among themselves while Santa sat dozing in the sleigh. He had ‘given them in structions to wake him at the very first stopping place on the list. But, instead of doing as they were told and keeping close to earth, the reindeers’ thought it would be a great joke on Santa; Claus if they soared upward to the nearest planet instead. So upward they plunged, ag fast as their flying | feef could carry them. and they had nearly reached that far-off planet when | Santa woke up with a start. Seeing, the trick that had been played on him he ‘became very angry and told them how much unhappiness the little chil—.l dren would suffer if their plans had' carried. He then ordered them to make for earth as quickly as possible, telling them that there might yet be time to distributé all the gifts. They were very frightened now at the thing they had done and’their hearts were full of sorrow lest they- should be late with their gifts, so they put on all speed that it was possibée for them to do and spun dizzily through the air. l TFhey made the trip to earth in rec ord time and not a little boy or gir]l waß missed as they went swiftly fmm,l house to house, nor did any of them know how nearly they came to having no Christmas at all, because of the trick which the reindeers tried to play on Santa Claus. £t 2% 2 THE SPIRIT A OF CHRISTMAS By KATHERINE EDELMAN BELIEVE in the beautiful spirit of { Christmas. I believe Lo that it has the power =Z— to encircle the whole 7/ § earth and to gladden // ‘A\N and enrich the heart ) and soul of every : - man, woman and child g that dwells thereon. I believe that it has the power _“'to strengthen and cement : “friendships already made—to . bring strangers together in a new bond of love and service and that it even has the power to blot out and efface the angers, hatreds and animosi ties that” estrange men and ++: anake’them as brothers again. Lbelieve in it because it brings to the- world something mere ' than any human agency, no matter how great or how po ltenl:—n something that falls - like. *p.n ediction over every ! thifi?a’t this. time. : I believe in the beautiful spirit of Christmas because it raises man to his greatest heights— because it brings into his heart a, blessed: and holy peace—and becausé it gives " him a clearer understanding of the meeds of his fellow man and a desire-to help him . ' to happiness, which, if prac * ticed“'each day by all of us while*here, would make earth + 5 a very: heaven to dwell upon, (©, 1923, Western Newspaper !Union.) ; TOO BIG A CONTRACT + Dear little: Johnnie’s Aunt Emma, a lady of most generous build, had comé for a visit and dear little Johnnie had béen gazing at her raptly for some mfinutes, Finally he could stand it no longer. : . K +‘Mamma,” he cried, “does Santa Claus fill everybody’s steckings?”’ Z“Of course, dear,” replied his mother irv’some’ surprise, . “Grown-up people’s, t 00?” “Yes, dear.” “Well,” returned Johnnie doubtful ly, but as one clinging to a shred of hope, “I hope he gets to mine first.”— American Legion Weekly. . ,NUMBER J3b INDUST’AL REVIEW Industries buying heavily supplies for winter emergencies—Little un employment and in many lines ac tual shortage of skilled mechanicg— ‘According to United States Depart ment of Labor, probably less unem ployment this winter than for years past. | Atlanta—Sountheastern textile 'plant resume full-time operation. Hogansville—New mill building under construction here, | Moultrie— Contract to be let for rebuilding road from this city to Mitchell county line. | Atlanta—Contract to be let for paving Edgewood avenue from Pry or st eérto Courtland street. : ; Sofii n Pecan Growers Co-oper ‘ative Association formed for market ing crops. Fitzgerald—New creamry, hatch ery and crate factory, begin business simultaneously at this point. . Lawrenceville—Contract let for paving road frem this point to Deca tur. | Macon—New Second street bridge over Central of Georgia Railway completed and opened to traffic. . Lyons—New PBridge planned to span Altamaha river to connect this point and Baxley. el Bellville—Work" under way on road from this point to Glennville. | Milledgeville—A. J. Carr & Com pany to ecrect new grocery building. - Nyron—New Methodist church nearing completion. : ' Macon—Contract let for erection 'of building costing $7,150, to house city’s new raw water” pump. | Arlington—Work under way on ;ne\v $20,000 school building for con- Er'\,iiduted Rowena and Hillside school districts. ! Wadley—New bridge spanning 'Williamson creek completed. | Atlanta-——Building permits grant ied for two large dpartments and power station with total value of 15750,000. - Dairy industry in Georgia has yearly output valued at $700,000, an increase of $690,000 in three years, - ‘. - Louisville— Building boom in Progress. L Columbus —First Presbyterian church, First Baptist church and St. Luke’s’ Methodist church to spend $75,000, 100,000 and $50,000 res pectively for erection of new build ings. v y ! Quitman—Contract awarded for construction of Little river bridge lat cost of $69,627. T | LaGrange—West Point highway nearing completion. ' | Cornelia—Work under way on last stret¢h of road from this point ‘to Baldwin. . Cotton consumption statisties for ‘that the country’s mills took 542,000 October were reassuring, showing bales, as compared with 184.000 bales in the previous month and 534,000 bales in October a year ago. Since the export figures also were high nd w't o ceports being interprevcu agvindl L tion a crop of less than 10,000,000 ‘bales, cotton prices resumed their advance and touched new heights, at ‘better than 355 cents a pound. Atlanta—-During fiscal year end ing October 1 Georgia collected in state $948,252 through one-cent gasoline tax. L . REFPOK 1 nil the n- -« happen tha! 1€ 40 YOur 1o this office. " .. will be zporeciated’ tfor every piece of news will make the paper more interesting for you as well as others. We want and with your help will print all THE NEWS No Cameira Fiends Then. - Another thing in favor of Pharaoh’s daughter was that sbe went down to the river to bathe rather than te pesg. —~Dallas News, - - i e