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LEE COUNTY JOURNAL st e A O OFFICIAL ORGAN m LOUNTY - AND._CITY OF LEESBURG _______:______—__——-.———-—————- PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY\j J. P. HORNE EDITOR AND * PUBLISHER | ‘phfld at the Postoffice af Leesburg, Ga., as second ‘ " class matter. T ——————— Advertising Rates Furnished on Request. M Subseription $1.50 A YEAR m 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. —__—————-——-o.__.__-————— 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. e Yoy 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 = pßage - 4 , 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. 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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. e s A S 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, & 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. | i | . LCTHARR, . | | R o G_e‘oréia} e ———————————— R 0 ‘ 5-:*?"’s.-‘“_“@:—:*s é?%-’-‘j:f , 57 N g = =—gr; : i@" .0.‘.'1% 'E'. N 7 :h'o/" h | “ ,: wiring|in 8 e Bulck,cfix;s RGP s is encasedjin ‘\ i / | rubber cables , PG =) grommets. | &\\J' /_72 one of R\ (7] the features I\\ ‘l (04 that makes AN | Buicka(lass risk Buick is the Standard Comparison ‘ SIXES s Five Passenger Touring $1293 These ooeente? 5207 saens Five Passenger Sedan . 2095 Fous Passenger Sport " Five Passenger Double Touring «. » « 3728 g S Vice Bedan ¢ ivivg 1503 Brougham Sedm . . .- 3833 Seven Passenger Sedan. 2285 Four Passenger Coupe '« 1995 ; FOURS Five Pasenger Touring § 563 one B soneer Covpe - *ios pices f. 0. b. Buick Factories; government tax to be added. e - E-20-15-NP ALBANY, GEORGIA i s e e e When better automobiles are built, Buick will build the: 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 S .'I .r;‘v" e 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. =