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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE Ok , :é’)o" : ¢ c’.'cb 0 * ". 3 ougo Supreme Court Holds Amend ment Creating It Was Not Ratified At The Polls _ ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 19.—Per haps the final chapter in the fight for the creation of the new county of Peach was written by the State Supreme Court, Wednesday, when the court, Chief Justice Russell dis renting, held that the facts do rot establish that the constitutional amendment creating the new coun ty was ratified by the people at the polls. The decision was written by Associate Justice Beck. The case reached the Supreme Court on a mandamus directed against Ordinary Emmett Houser, of Houston county, a champion of the new county. The- mandamus sought to compel Ordinary Houser to issue a writ of election for jus tice of the peace in a section of Housten county over which the or dinary held he had no. jurisdiction because, lLe contended, it was situ ated within the limits of Peach county, as defined by the Legisla ture in a constitutional amendment tkat had been ratified. Under the decision of the court, the territory is in Houston county, because Peach county has never come into being. In the election of November, 1922, the people cast 29,842 votes for rati fication of the Peach county amend ment, while 86,566 vdied against ratification, according to official ce turns. Peach county advocates al leged irregularity in the canvassing of the returns in certain county precincts and contended that if these votes were thrown out itwould re sult in the ratification of the amend ment creating the county. Rad Oticioth Effcctivs. Red, a very bright red oilcloth, makes an unusually ellective table covering for a dark corner. Usually tho plsce fer such material is in the kitchen, but occastorully on 2 se3s it In studics and sitting rooms and in the anll lizht thé eofect I 8 really jufte lovely. e e, ; That Bmall Boy. | Jugt ns the train was about to start, i a very stout man struggled into a car ringe and sank Into a seat, breathing deavily. A small boy who sat opposite appeared to be fascinated. His ardent gaze eventually hegran to cnnoy the fat ' man, whe demanded angrily: “Wlmtl gre yon staring at me jor?’ “Please, gir.” roplied the lad. “there’s nowhere | elee to laok '--Yark I'emt, - ! — \ Boauty in the Skv. To sce the ctars weli, one must make his camp in the desert, There as be lles rolled for the night In his biankets, surrounded only by distance and dezolation, he looks up Inte greater -heautics than all the museums, gallertes, and conservatories af eivili gation can offer. PBut these things can be seeis In part from any farm, and a little .even: from the strect cerner.— Frenk A. Waagh, in “The Landscapa Beautiful.” ; ' AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH Ser¥ices - Sunday morning and evening. Morning 11:00 o’clock, subject: True Greatness. Evining 7:00 o’clock Christmas Program; the offering will be—*“A White Gift to the King.” We want to see to it that every child around Leesburg shall be visited by Santa Claus. The Sunday school contest is on, We are all going to New York City ——come out Sunday morning and make yor reservation, Some will go on the train and some on steam boat. For steam boat passage, see Capt.' E. L. Forrester, for R. R. pas sage see Capt. H. J. Tyler. Mr. Forrester has charge f the steam boat crew and Mrs. Tyfi:r the R. R.. Every new member added to ~ gm’e Sunday school moves us nearer flo 'our destiny. Come out and be with us Sunday. ; J. H. Wyatt, P. | - o P X ":S' 257, z ; o g SR avmr ToysstXDiyoy w e g T S o S -TS THE ) . < 4 ; N » A ! 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These facts, when enough of them have been us sembled and studied, are expected to aid In establishing new principles in the sclence cf nutrition. . Professor McCollum's laboratory has accommodations for 3,000 rats, though only 840 Inmates are undergoing ex periment this summer. When the visi tor enters the room not a sound be trays the presence of a llving thing. Cages in rows line the walls and the floor, each heavily screened. Here and there the quick flirting of a tall shows that a cage is occupied. ; Diseased Rats Dostroyed. ' All of the rats in the room are nor ‘mal, healthy specimens. They are bred there at the colony. Any of the stock rats that show signs of becoming un healthy before entering into experimen tation are destroyed. | New arrivals at the calony, in the form of baby rats, are fed orange juice from an eye dropper. As they grow larger their diet Is changed, and when they have matured a regular diet is prescribed. This diet consists of 25 per cent wheat, 25 per cent malze, 290.5 per cent rolled oats, 10 per cent flux seed oil meal, 10 per cent casein and five-tenths of 1 per cent calclum car bonate. Dally a bowl of milk is placed in each cage and twice a week the rats get cabbage or carrots. This, with the addition of tap water, is the diet upon which the stock rats thrive. When a rat enters the experimental stage dis tilled water is used. | Odd Effect of Diet. - Doctor McCollum has succeedd In bringing about, by means of diets, practically any condition of health de sired. He can make the rat prema turely old, make it wild, make it tame, and even regulate to the day its span of life. FKFurther than that he hag proved that in many cases a rat’s reac tion to a certain diet will be identlcal with that of a man fed on the same diet. He says: “There is perhaps nothing more wor thy of careful consideration as a hu man problem than the suggestive re sults of the behavior of our experimen tal rats as modified by dlet.” “The well-nourished rat,” Doctor McCollum says, “when ‘placed in a cage, wants to explore its surroundings. Ite coat is sleek, its eyes bright and it _shows no signs of nervousness. After ‘exploring its new home It does not manifest much activity, but is perfect ly contented while on familiar ground.” l To show that the healthy rat does not mind being handled, Doctor McCol lum opens a cage, reaches in with bare hands, pulls six rats together by their tails and calmly lifts them out, hold {ng them up for inspection, heads down ’ward. They do not squeal and they make no attempt to bite, | “Entirely different symptoms are ex hibited by rats- on a deficlent dlet. When the eage is opened they retreat to a far corner and show signs of ;tright. These rats are handled with a pair of long tongs, and it is often lm ssthle to pick them up, because of - frantic jumpinz about. |e e e | : MOVED 'T(Gy ATLANTA : Mr. E. L. Simpson has moved to Atlanta where he has accepted a position with the King Hardware Co., Mr. Simpson was reared in in Lee county and has many friends here and at Smithville who regret to see him leave the coun ty. He is at present Representa itive of Lee county and has made the people a good representative. L‘:Ve ok T . success in his ew home. LEESBURG, LEE COUNTY GEORGIA, FRIDAY DECEMBER 21, 1923. MATRIMONIAL WEATHER A geutleman not long ago kept a meteorological diary of his wife's tem per. Here it Is: Monday—Rather cloudy; in the aft ernoon rainy, Tuesday—Vaporish; brightened a little toward evening, Wednesda&——Changcabio ; gloomy; Inclined to ralm. Thursday—Hligh wind and some peals of thunder. Iriday~—Falr in the morning; varl able till afternoon; croudy at night. 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TTe : . v -%{ 4 ‘ |LL,s iy R > , S I | é:fi%“’lifi‘&_';ijf:‘:'._' ASDBA, A # P 4 505 ‘ L A %Q_’f 7 ‘wfl'-;:'£'< -_J;L,’\‘ Sl NAP e o \ ( LN o.e % AL e e x’ ..,~'.’("'iiw._:‘ea¢.»...~,a b¥2%? ; 1 9 i | : "8 %,w,/ :4 2 b g i ’ Z;g 0:: 4 e 542 b N 0 REPORT ali the news happen ings that come to your ¢ttention to this office. It will be appreciated for 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 TWO GEORGIA DEATH SENTENCE Willie Jones, 18, and Gervis Bloodworth, 20, Admitted Their Guilt in Murder of H. F. Uuderwood, Near Reynolds. BUTLER, Ga.,, Dec. 20.—Two Taylor county youths, one still in his teens, today are incarcerated in Iliving longer than a month. One of the local jail with a lone chance for Pthem just recently announced that ‘he had “made peace with God” and joined the church, while the other !asked his prison mates to pray for 'them just before they came here Tuesday morning for trial. Willie Jones, 18, and Gervis Blood worth, 20, were convicted last night of murder of H. F. Underwood, |medicine salesman, near Reynolds, in this county, December 3, The jury, composed for the greater part of farmers did not recommend the mercy of the court as requested by defense attorneys, but gave them the extreme penalty—hanging. The execution date was set by Judge Munro, presiding, January 18. GATTIE-LEVERETTE On Sunday afternoon at three o’clock at the home of the bride near Leesburg, Miss Lurline Gattie and Mr. Harry O. Laverette were united in marriage by Rev. John H. Wyatt, pastor of the Calloway Memorial Baptist church in the presence of the immediate family and a number of friends. The bride is a charming young lady and has made many friends since moving to this county only a short time ago. Mr. Leverett is from Americus and has many friends. They will make their home at that place, Ne Camera Fiends Then. Another shing i faver of Ple.ruoh’s daughter was that she went down to the river to bathe rutheér than to pose. —Dallas News, SHOOTS TEACHER \ ~ ROME, Ga., Dec.” 19.— Mrs. Buelah Banton, 35, country school teacher, was shot and killed last night by Rufus Nichols, eight years old, with a pistol his father had bought for Mrs. Branton as a Christ mas present. Mrs. Branton was attending a Christmas party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Nichols, in Spring Creek. The school teacher lived with her little sister, and Mr. Nichols had bought the pistol for her to use for protection. He explained its work ing, and then laid the weapon aside. Later in the evening the boy en tered the room where Mrs. Branton was seated, playfully pointed the pistol at her at close range and fired. He did not know the pistol was load ed. ) Mrs. Branton lost her husband and two-year-old daughter within the same week about two yeéars ago. ' — - x = m e \Gfiflt MILLION IS SPENT | . Reinhardt Schmidt From Ger many Has Glorious Time, Due to Fast Slumping Mark. Most every boy and girl in America at some time has sat down out be " hind the barn ot In the tradesmen’s entrance to the apartment house or somewhere and sald: “Wish I had a million dollars—l'd go to the show and buy candy and—" | Well, everyone knows how it goes l And over In Germany boys and girls aren’'t much different down deep in their hearts than they are in Amer foa, perhaps. ' . With this exception— Reinhardt Schmidt, aged fourteen, of Hamburg, Germany, captain’s mess boy on the German steamer Hans ; Hensoth, has had his wish come true. ' When he was back in Germany he WMd his wishing—only, of course, he wished for marks instead of dollars ‘ 'Then he came to San Francisco, and out stepped a falry or something and all of a suddemn young Reinhardt found himself in the midst of riches, A newspaper reporter found Rein. hardt Interesting, He told his editor, “And as a result, a girl reporter was assigned to give Relnhardt one mems orable day. - The lad wase running around the ' decks of the big freighter which had " been his home for months, when the mate stopped him and told him that for the day be was to have shore leave and be the guest of the fair | lady, who awaited at the gang plank, Bewildered but anxieus for just 'm taste of real fun, he eagerly ac :eeptod. And the day started. Rein bardt was to do as he pleased. And the lady would foot the bill, It started with candy at the ferry buliding. Then a ride through the city in a luxurious sedan-—the llkes 0f which Relnhardt liad never seen. . 'Then to a store for a pair of good, American shoes to replace the wooden ones he wore. Thea Junch at the vity's most fashionable hotel—the ! first fruit he had tasted for eight months was served him ip a fruit eocktall; ox-tail soup, chicken pie, apple pie with fce cream, and quanti tiep oimflh e ! A CHRISTMAS RESOLVE CIIRISTMAS is especlially a children’s day, and one of the things which a proper Christmas attitude should bring about is a firm resolve on the part of each mother to learn what is hest for her child, and do it irrespective of the child’s whim or desires, This not only is true of gifts which the child receives at Christmas, but of its food and raiment, its sleeping room and its playroom. All eof these should be as earefully guaraed ag the traditions on which the ©hristmas celebration is founded. NEMBER 35 - B 4 SRRy cassoaee e £ > A, ¢ ° y Y 5 -5 ) 3 ./ »5 b 0 iy ifig?«‘ ) .0 - O L (aSiab il i~ i Hsgnl “ | Production of 1923 Fourth Most Valuable In History of Country. s Total production of cotton for the 1923-24 season is placed by the de partment of agriculture at 10,081,- 000 equivalnet 500-pound bales in the final cotton report of the season. That quantity is 167,000 bales less than the department forecast on November 2. The crop amounts to 4,821,333,- 000 pounds exclusive of linters, and at the December 1 average farm price of 31 cents per pound is worth $1,494,613,280, making it the fourth most valuable crop ever grown, It is the sixth crop®that has been worth a billion dollars, The most valuable ecrop was that of 1919, when 11,421,000 bales were grown; the farm price was 35.6 cents per pound and the total value was $2,034,658,000. The second most valueble crop was that of 1918 when 12,041,000 bales were grown; the farm price was 27.6 cents per pound and the total value $1,663,663,000. _ The third was that of 1917, when farm price was 27.7 cents and-the 11,362,000 bales were grown; the total value $1,5666,198,000. In 1916 and 1922 the crop exceeded $1,000,- 000,000 in value. ' Cotton Seed Swells Total. Addition of the value of cotton seed and lintes will increse the total value of this year’s crop considerab- Jy. The estimated production by states, in 500-pound gross bales, fol lows: Virginia, 50,000 bales; North Carolina, 1,020,000;South Carolina, 795,000; Georgia, 590,000; Florida, 12,000; Alabama, 600,000; Mississ ippi, 615,000; Louisiana, 365,000; Teras, 4,290,000; Rarkansas, 620,- 000; Tennessee, 220,000; Missouri, 115,00 G; Oklahoma, 620,000; Cali fornia, 49,000; Arizona, 83,000. All other states 37,000. About 86,000 bales additional to California are being grown in lower California, Old Mexico. U. S. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION An open competive examination under the rules of the U, 8. Civil Service Compmigsion for the position of Postmaster in the Post Office at Oglethorpe, Ga., will be held on January bsth, 1924, commencing at 9 o’clock a. m, Applications for this examination must be made on the preseribed form, which, with necessary instruc tions, may be obtained from the Commission’s local representative, Secretary, Locai Civil Service Board at the Montezuma, Georgia Post Of fice. or from the undersigned. All persons wishing to take this iexamination should secure blanks and file their applications with the undersigned at once in order to al low time for any necessary correc~ tions and to arrange for the exami tion. . Secretary, Fifth Civil Setvice Board, Atlanta, Georgia : e e OUR CHRISTMAS TREES Ancient sun worshipers wused decorate trees, because they thought g spreading tree was lke the sun Hs ing higher and higher fn the heavens. They used lights to signify the light ning; apples, nuts and balls to signify the sun, moon and stars, and figures of animals to denote the animal sacri fices which were made to their gods, The angels, cross, etc, which we add were put in by Christfns to commenm. orate (;hlrlstf. fl'fhe star at the top is & symbol o e star ; Wise Men to Bet‘_gel,lgg G ek t‘? T T et e AR Bt