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FRIDAY DECEMBER 14, 1923.
The folks who are too lazy to
keep their home places looking very
well, usually have to wark very hard
to sell them at a decent price.
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I some folks would spend a lit
tle less time talking about the de
plorable state of the country, and
a little more on improving their own
business methods, they would come
out better.
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SOUTHEAST 1S OPTIMISTIC
Georgia’s agricultural condition
from a productive as well a 8 finan
cial standpoint is full of promise.
The same is applicable to all south
eastern states. For instance, mid- |
dling cotton has not sold to any‘
great amount for less than 80 cents
this fall, and the high grades, which‘
are scarce, have been bringing at
tractive premiums. |
Farmers are not “dumping” their
staple as in former seasons. The
unmarketed portion of the crop is
expected to be sold more gradually
than the early receipts. |
A factor that will serve to assure
gradual marketing is that farmers
have been able, as & result of higher
cotton prices, to settle part of their
obligations, which, together with the
available liberal credits that are of
fered from banks and merchants,
entrenches the grower sufficiently to
market his staple at his own will.
There is a confident belief in this
section that the final cotton yield
will be considerably nearer the crop
of lats year than it will be to 10,-
250,000 bales. ‘
RAISING CHURCH MONEY
The raising of money for the coun
try churches is a big problem in
many towns. The expenses of &
church plant and operation thereof
have gone up like everything else.
Country ministers are as a whole
much underpaid for the servece théy
give, and many churches should be
ashamed of the small salaries they
offer.
People should realize that it is
often cheaper to make liberal direct
gifts of cash to a church, than to
try to raise money through round
about ways that call for both labor
and expense. Many societies will
put a dollar’'s worth of material into
some article for a fair, and put $2.
worth of labor on it, and then sell
it for $1.50. It would be better to
give $3. in cash and save work and
WOITY.
Of course fairs are often efficient
money raisers, and the women who
get them up are entitled to the
utmost credit for their earnestness
and devotion# As a rule it is wise to
offer for sale the things that peo
ple really want and serve a use.
Food sales prove successful in many
places, because their is always a
demand for well cooked food, and
families like to try each other's
cooking.
Many churches have made money
by performing some service that
the community needed done. A
good deal of money has been made
by collecting old newspapers and
selling them to junk men. That
performed a real servec because
otherwise this material would have
lain idle and have been wasted. Rum
mage sales are a good proposition,
as they secure money for many arti
cles that otherwise were laid away
and giving the owners no results.
Some organizations have made
money by establishing lunch rooms
on populgr motor routes, others by
running dining halls at fairs and
other celebrations. There are plem
ty of ways, if people will contribute
time and effort toward some thing
that the community needs to get
done. ! M
Llsten!
Wall paper was very costly whea
firet introduced. As late as the end of
the Bighteenth century when an owney
was leaving & house he advertised
the things which he desired te
oF te rent the paper on the wallg
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, FOREIGN POLICY '
It was not until the world war
came on that the American people
realized that the foreign poliey ol‘
our government touched their inter-!
ests intimately. Now this eountry
has suffered the loss of 100,000 lives
and it ran up a debt of $26,000,000,-
000, and_has had its normal life
shaken up for 20 years, as the re
sult of difficulties growing out o
international relations.
It is high time that the aversge
citizen was studying world problems
and how they affect us. If this ter
rible war has affected American life
disastrously for a generation, it is
also true that results of vital im
portance may be gained from favor
able international relations,
For instnace, an authority on
China recently declared that depos
its of anthracite coal recently dis
covered in China would assure the
world a supply for a thousand years.
If those deposits could be made
available, transported to this country
at a price within our reach, a very
useful competition would be created.
Conditions in foreign countires
affect our home life more than our
folks realize. Take China, for in
stance., It is a wonderful country
with almost untapped resources. Itf
furnishes an unlimited field for the
expansion of American business. All
it needs is a stable government which
could assure order and protection of
property.
If some means could only be found
to substitute a good government for
the chaos now existing in that coun
try, these resources could be made
available for our use. In return for
the same, our people could sell them
much more of our manufactures.
As our country grows more crowd
ed, the need for an intelligent for
eign policy insuring favorable in
ternational relations becomes more
pressing each year,
ACTION DEMANDED
Cogress is about to begin its work
on another long session. The coun
try demands action to remedy vari
ous evils that have become simply
intolerable.
~ First and foremost, we have the
condition of the farmers, They find
themselves -between the devil and
the deep sea., Their products show
but @ moderate improvement over
)pre-war prices. But all that they
have to buy has advanced probably
76 per cent. ) i
Their condition is greatly aggra
vated by a tariff that gives but lit
tle help to the farmers, since the
American people would not under
any circumstances import any great
quanitity of food products. But the
greater part of the stuff they have to
buy is boosted in price by the opera
tion of a tariff intended to cut off
imports of competing products.
Then we have the condition of
the railroads. Their rates are high,
but they are not profitable. Con
gress must determine where the fault
lies and remedy it. s
Then there are the troubles in the
coal fields, with more threatening
soon. Congress must take steps to
assert the power of the nation over
these mines, and the production and
distribution of the fuel which the
people must have,
Then there is Europe, whose trou
blouse state upsets our country. The
United States, under a hesitating
diplomacy, has ceased to have the
influence it is entitled to exert in
stabilizing the world.
The Republican party is respon
sible for doing something to remove
these and many other difficulties. It
controls both branches of Cengress.
It is the business of that party to
so harmonize its discordgnt elements
that it can plan out a reasonable
compromise program and get action.
If it can’t get effective action, the
people will know where to turn for
3!‘o“.‘: .
And Then Wlea,
ARd another of the eountry’'s great
o3t hoeds 15 a revolver that will count
p before it shoots. —~¥Providence Trid
and
You Say You Can™
Advertise?
That's what others have
said and all of a sudden
found some competitor
was doing what they
‘thought they coukin’t do.
And getting away with it.
l Get the bulge on mr l
competitors by telling
your gtory in an attractive
manner 50 it will be read.
You'll get the results.
We Are Anziews to Help
THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL, LEESBURG, GEORGIA.
New Way to
Trim the Tree
.YERYBODY "i'm a Christ.
Amas tree. It lso't a desire
that comes llke an attack of
mumps, but one that- annual
1y takes a definite form aboui
December 1 and ‘persists
until we either hle us to the
woods and, with due cere
mony, hew a uhu:gA pine
or spruce, Or, perhaps, It lives
far from the haunts of the whispering
pines, purchase a fragrant tree from
some ruddy, arm-waving merchant on
a nearby street corner. Not until a
{geo is In place does the famlly get
enthusiastic over Christmas.
I a change Is desired In the usual
array of ornaments—gorgeous, to be
sure, but “~whose ensemble csauses
weird color harmonies—why not
change and try a ‘one or two color ef
fect? A red and green tree is brilliant,
and because it is a bit different 18 one.
which you will be sure to like. The
most aMractive trimming for this tree
is made from red Immortelles (dried
Hte-everlasting flowers dyed red).
Purchase these from the florist. They
come In large bunches which cost be
tween 25 and 00 cents & bunch. Six
bunches will be ample for a medium
tree. You can purchase cut wires from
thy same dealér. Ask him to show you
how to “stem” them. He will show
you how to make the small bunches
he makes when meking “designa,”
thowe relics of the past that are still
popular.
When you have your bunches com
pleted -all that will be necessary will
be to attach each.tiny bunch to the
termipal end of a bran¢h. Thus you
will have a beautiful green spruce
ledén with small touches of brilllant
red. The effect is truly Christinasy
and very attractive. You ean get much
the same effect by using qnly small
red balle. Instead of stringing them
on strings try separating them. Have
each ball by itself.
And for an entirely different ef
fect use a suggestion of the great out
doors. This tree 1s charming and
costs very little. Select 'a tapering
tree of spruce or pine. After it is in
position wrap the base with white cot
top. Then take small pleces of cotton
and tle them allsover the branches,
and along the ipmer portion of the
larger branches; close to the main stem
‘of the tree, placecirregular pieces of
}the cotton. Thus you will, when fin
ished, have a realistlc snow-laden tree
—very eold and slivery. But not to
be lighted by ecandles, There is dan
ger of the cotton taking fire. &
- BECAUSE IT WAS CHRISTMAS
“f am s 0 glad it is Christmas be
eaise I'm going to have lots of pres
ents.” -
| “So am I glad, though I don’t ex
pect any presents but a pair of mit
tens.” '
“And so am I, but I sha'n't have any
presents at all.” :
~ As the three little girls trudged
home from school they sald these
things, and as Tilly spoke, both the
others looked at her with pity and
some surprise, for she spoke cheerful
ly, and they wondered how she could
be happy when she wag so poor she
could have no preseats on Christv
mas~Louisa M. Alcott, '
GRATEFUL
“Ohristmas comes but once & year.”
“That’s good. If it came once a
month we'd never get our “business
letters through the mails.”
Her Best Chnstmas Smile
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Christmas—
Its Origin
ANY of the most important
symbols and practices of
Christmas observance, are.
of distinctly pagan origin,
the result of the early
church reconciling heathen
converts by adopting the
more harmless features of
their festivities,
Nobody knows anything definite
gbout the origin of Christmas as a
festival time, who first celebrated it,
or when or how. Nobody knows it
December 28 is the right anniversary
of Christ's birth. :
Celebration of birthdays was con
sidered heathenish by early Christians
and it was not until after 841 A. D.
that an investigation was made mtoT
the date of Christ's birth by order of
Pope Julius. This set the date at
'December 25, although many sections
celebrated January 6, April 20, Mareh
29 and May 20. |
Pope Julius set the date as Decem
ber 25, and established the festival at
Rome on that date. This is the date
of the winter solstice, when winter be
‘gins to decline toward spring, which
for centuries before Christ had been
celebrated by Druids and other pa
gans as the chief festival of the year.
Mistletoe was an object of special
veneration with the Druids, and was
gathered with great ceremony in De
‘cember. It survived in Christmas ob
“gervance with the kissing, a relic of
the Saturnalia of the ancients.
The Yule Log of old England began
in the Druidic bonfires celebrating the
Yule festival.
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WHY WE EAT PLUM PUDDING
Plum pudding and mince ple are old
English dishes, served at Christmas
to symbolize the rich offerings made
by the Wise Men to tha little Savior,
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FIRE! FIRE! - |
Are you protected if your home should{
be destroyed by fire tonight? If not youl
are making a great mistake by not hav-l
ing it insured in some good reliable|
company. 1
I represent some of the oldest and safest in |
in the United States and will be glad to
talk it over with you at any time—let mel
; write a policy on your home—others con-|
- sider it better to pay a little for insur-{
{‘, ance than to lose a lot by fire. |
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Old-Time
- Christmas
UR forefathers had few of
the opportunities for enjoy
ment we have nowndays,
but what opportunities they
had they made full use of.
The grand time of mirth
and jollity landed round
about Christmas and the
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New Year, and for days
they let themselves ge with an enthu
siesm that would leave this present age
far behind. '
In country districts all work ceased
for three or four days at Yule. This
meant that for a number of weeks pre
vious flalls had to be busy early and
late threshing a sufficlency of straw
and grain to last through the holiday
time. The women folk had to be as
busy inside as the men were out. The
“Yeel kebback” had been long before
wwell pressed and “wun,” byt ale had to
be brewed, cakes, bread, and Bannocks
baked, and a supply of smoked fish
bought and stored for the grand oc
casjon. .
In some districts omens were drawn
from the way the wort bolled in the
brewing and the way the cakes be
haved in the baking. “If the wort biles
I’ the pot” was an old saying. There
was ap oatcake baked for each' member
of the hounsehold, and if a cake broke
in the baking then death was to be
the Jot of its owner before the coming
year had run its course.
“RColleen” and “Mavourneen.” |
In Ireland a girl is called 8 “””
leen.” “Mavourneen” s the Irigh
term of endearmemt for a thi orl
woman, in other words, the Irish fo
“gweetheart.”
CITY TAX NOTICE
All parties who owe the City
taxes for the year 1923 are here
by notified that the Tax books are
now open and you cam pay your
taxes any time at the office of the
‘Clerk and Treasurer in the Barber
shop. The books will positively close
on Dec. 20, 1923, and Fi Fas. Will
be issued on Dec. 21st. Pay before
that time and save yourself addition
al cost. L
T. R. BASS,
Clerk and Treasurer.
THE SECOND COMING OF
CHRIST—A Book Published and for
sale by Miss Allie Lawhon. Price
inside the state 37c; outside the
state 39c¢.
Envy of Talent,
As to cléver peoplé's hating each
sther, I think a fittle extra tatent does
someétimes make people jealous. They
become irritated by perpetunl attempts
and faflures, and it huits their tem
pers and dispositions. Unpreténding
mediocrity is good, and genids is glo
rfous; but a 8 weak flaver of genius in
an essentially common person i detest
able, It Spolls the grand neutrality of
f commotftplace character, as the rins
Ings of an unwashed wine glass spoil
& draught of falr water—Oliver Wene
dell Holmes. :
Climate and Deafness.
It is curious to note how deaf
mutism varies In different countriea
In Switzerland, for instance, ewing te
the prevalence of cretinism, 245 per
100,000 of the inhabitants suffer frem
it, whereaz the general average ameng
European countries is 79, snd Ia the
United States, 68, per 100,000. =