The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, December 28, 1923, Image 1
THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL
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Happy With Her
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Christmas Gifts
By ELEANOR KING - : ‘
¥ ulch'dos < . beat me home
: ngs tonight.”
" Training for ten minutes.
Opera My, but some folks
are slow,” she sald |
© lgughingly. “Where have you been,
- Mary?” |
“ “It's a rather long story,” replied
't Mary; a<' She einaved her wraps, hang:
ing them in the one and only little
clothes closet'therboarding house room
afforded. This was already filled to the
bursting point, needless to add.
“Do you' remember my speaking of
a Miss Youpg?™ ;
Esther nodded in asseat. . .
“I met her when I was a stenog
rapher at the settlement house, you'
know. She tells me she is still in thai
work, I think it so queer that ]
should meet her:like this after our con:
versation last might. Now, Miss Esther,
1 am coming to the point, .You recol
leet saying-that you were so blue be
cause it was almost. Christmas and you
had-no home to go to, no money to glve}
to. make; somie. one happy, and you.
couldn't g6.to. see George because you?;
badn’t, the ralivoad fare! Well"—and|
Mary pauséd for breath—*“now, here is
your ‘chance te show how much you
meant ail this. * Mrs. Young was telling
me her troubles.” ¢
“Oh, Mary, how awful!” and Esther
burst out laughing as she threw:her
2o arms about Mary
‘ e and gave her a
bR fl hug. “You old
,\:- ,“‘ o .‘vn;,.‘\\ 2 dQfll’ " %
A\ § = “She sald,” pro-
A d»i ceeded Mary, as
s < T though nothing
"N % had happened,
¥ ig g “she was giving- a
|y [ # big entertainment
» 4,1//‘ for her settlement
Iy W 7 - folks. Christmas
fi@ MW eve. She was hav
e Y ) | ing a hard - time
‘\'\ \\: \\‘!‘l l getting artists. It
A \ seems that there
NN .r:\\\'{\'l\ o are. so many of|
| “ p these things going
e on that there
aren’t artists enongh to supply the de
mand. Now you know.”
“Yes, she wants me to sing, I sup-'
pose, but IL-am horribly out of prac
tice. I—" 2 > .
“Oh, hush! I never knew it to fail.
That is what they all start out with,
I took the liberty to tell her you would
be glad to do it, so—" ‘
“Y surely will do my best. I will be
gin to practice this very night. I will
see Mrs. Young tomorrow about the
songs she wants me to sing. Do you
suppose George would come down to
hear me sing, and then maybe stay
over for Christmas?”’ =
It was the night of the entertain-!
ment and the girls were putting the fin:
jshine touches to their dressing when
Esther suddenly broke the silence.
“Y think it is so quevr that I didn’t
receive any answer trom George. He
might at least have told me he|
couldn’t come.”
Everything was excitement and
noise in the large“hall of the settle
ment house, where people of all na
tlomalities were crowding in. The pro
gram began at the hour stated. Be
fore long Esther heard her name an
nounced and stepped onto the plat
form with her pianist. I
Gazing at the audience, while she
awaited the pianist, her wandering]
glance fell upon a familiar face. It
could not be, but yet, in recognition, he l
smiled. It was George!
“The old dear,” and then, in the‘
same breath, she murmured, "Oh,l
God, I thank thee for the power of
'breath, the desire to live with which |
jyou have invested me, and, dear Lord,
‘for George!”
She threw back her head with an
exalted air. George was going to hear
her sing. She must do more than her
best. .
Never did she sing with such spirit
and vigor. She seemed truly inspired.
Her cup of joy was full. The burst of
applause which met her ears showed
the thorough appreciation of her audl
‘ence for her efforts.
. She couldn’t get to George fast|
endugh after the entertainment. Meet- |
;%, they both seemed perfectly obuvi-!
ofis of the crowds about them as he
gathered her in his arms. '
“#Esther, you were simply divine, Your
yofce was wonderful. I never heard you
sing like that before.” Some one
tapped him on-the arm. It was Mary.
“But, George,” said Esther, wriggling
out of his grasp, realizing that they
‘Wwere . ereating . quite a scene, “Why:
didn’t you tell me you were coming?”
“Didn't'you get my telegram with all
the good news in ‘it? Well, listen,
then,” George said, excitedly. "
brought my boss along. He has heard
so much about your volce—Mr. Wil-
Jiamson, meet Miss Esther Hislop and
her friend, Miss Mary Roner, Mr. Wil
liamson. He is very interested in your
voice—in fact, he has a proposition to
put before you.”
" ‘mether slippéd her arm about Mary
and put her other arm through
George’s. She needed support.
' “My idea was this,” began Mr. Wil
“
Hamsaon.. “for me fo s,enfldzoq.g_co_ IN°-L
COTTON SHIPPED
~ INU.S. VESSELS
! WASHINGTON, Dae. 23.—For.
eign flag vessels carried less than
‘half of the cotton exports from Gulf
ports in November, although less
than two years ago they moved 90
per cent of this trade, according to
figures compiled by the Shipping
Board, of 541,186 bales exported
from these ports to Europe last
month, 298,921 were transported in
Shipping Board. vessels, 236,617 in
foreign bottoms and 3,648 in pri
. Commenting on the figures, Fred
erick I. Thomposn, commissioncr
from the Gulf section, declared in a
statement that “no clearer demon
stration can be afforded to the es
sential necessity for the preservation
of Shipping Board operation from
the Gulf as a protection to the
Southern cotton planter.” :
“This rule,” he added, “appies in
equel force to every American pro
ducer and every American manufac
turer from all the seaboard outlest
on the Atlfintic, Pacific or Gulf, and
is illustrative of 2 moment when cer-,.!
tain interests are seeking to nullify
the operation of ships by the Ship
ping Board, which if successful‘
would have gthe invitable result of
re-establishing a foreign controllcdfi
transportation monopoly on the
seas.”
TO OUR READERS, |
As it is the custome of all coun
try weeklies to take Christmas off
and spend- the time away from work
and worry, we are only printing a
small amount of news this week, but
promise you a better paper next
weeck when the entire force will be
back on the job. The Editor.
MICKIE SAYS—
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“Tt was So sweet of you to bring‘
me' these kisses for Christmaa” .
“I expected .you'd stund under the
mistlates when I gave them to you.” l
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Tork for training Yor a year or so; 001
ing -pear my vlace of husiness. vmy!
~v.;.u sepurt orten 8s 10 your progress.”
| wAnd I will be near George, t 00,"
ithought Esther. But, aloud, she said,
T will have to take Mary. She is my
‘lnspiration elways. I eouldn’t do with
jout her.” ‘
! wThen” proceeded Mr. Willlamson
“I want to send you abroad and finish
you off as an opera singer.” |
“All out!” shouted the janitor, rather
peevishly. ;
=Come up to the house,” Esther pu'
iD *This is so wonderful, I want tc
talk it over some more. George, isp’{
it wonderful? We will be in New York
together. ' Ob, what a glorious Christ
mas!”
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LEESBURG, LEE COUNTY GEORGIA, FRIDAY DECEMBER 28, 1923
LOCAL NEWS.
Mr. 'Guy Stovall, of Oakeechobee
Fla., spent several days of this week
in Leesburg with friends and rela
;tives.
‘ Mr J. W. Lyons and Mr. Geo. D.
Moreland arc spending several days
in Florida prospecting.
| Messrs. Billy and Frank Stovall
left yesterday for Oakeechobee, Fla.,
where they have accepted a position.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur I. Hodges
spent several days of this week in
Columbus with the formers mother.
Mr. Winn Godwin is at home from
Mississippi to spend the holidyas with
his parents, -Mr., and Mrs. A. W.
Godwin.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rutland and
son, Joe, left yesterday for Atlanta
where they will make their future
home. We regret very much to give
them up as citizens but wish them
much success in their new home.
Miss Bertha Cahnon who is teach
ing in the High School at Toccoa, is
at home spending the Holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Can
non. '
! Mrs. Mable King, of Atlanta, is
spending some time in Leesburg as
the guest of relatives,
\ Mr. and Mrs. Tison King is spend
ing the Holidays in Leesburg with
Irelatives.
| Mr. and Mrs. Mell- Stewart, of
Louisville, Ga., spent several days of
'this week here with the latters par
)ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Godwin.
} Dr. Goff will preach here Sunday
‘morning at the Presbyterian church
‘and everybody is cordially invited to
come out and hear him, he is from
lAmericus‘. ,
t Mr. Fred Forrester, of Atlanta, is
spending the Holdiyas in Leesburg
’with friends and relatives.
The many friends of Mr. T. R.
Bass are glad to see him about the
streets again after being confined
lto his bed for several weeks.
LB A B B S T SRS 59 52 0 o SRR
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. We are in a position
_' to give all
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, Prompt and Careful
~ Attention
Incividuality in your lztter
heads and other printed
maiter is helpful to your
business. We are ready
at all times to give you the
benefit of our experience.
TR IR AT ST
Arother Efficiercy Tect.
1¢ vou wish to set your friends an
2fticiency test, ask them to write down
In fizures, twelve thousand, twelve
hundred and twelve. They will jot
down 12 at once—then puzzle for a
moment-—and then realize that there
is a catch in it, The figures thatg
zhould be written down are 13,212,
Wonderiui Nile Dams. —
Through the woirk of British en
ginecrs it is possible to regulate within
a few feet the amount of water that
shall flow down the Nile bed; floods
are unknown; so is that terrible state
of affairs when there isn’t enough
water,
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Me Camave Fiendp Then.
Another Biing ta fyvey of Pharunchly
ughter wap Gmk he am .
gflm g&nm 63 12
5e e e
Presents Were at
the Wrong Door
By CHRISTOPHER G. HAZARD
Postman's HO can tell
Mistake Resulted W “hat 18 on
. the other slde
in a Happy of a door?
Churistmas for the 'l'his oné fronted on
Peters Families @ pleasant street
= and seemed to in
vite one into a happy home. Its plate
said that P, Peters lived there, and the
door mat said “Welcome.,” But Mrs.
Peters and the children would have
been rather dismayed that winter day
had visitors rung the door bell, for
things were not guite all right with
the. Peters family. The cuckoo, from
his perch in the clock, announced the
hours with his customary cheerfulness
and polite bow, but failed to dissipate
the atmosphere of gloom that seemed
to fill the house like a fog. The voice
in the kitchen, ordinarily of a jolly
character, had sunk into a minor key
and sent out a sort of S. O. S. message
in the words of the old song:
“Moon run down to de settin’ ob de sun
And de sun refuse to shine.”
The sunset in the Peters’ home had
been caused by the cutting off of their
p o supply train
B /CUE 22,95 Three months had
LA S F=r@¥ passed without
[QR ST] word or remit
¥ ‘(l,&:3_:_‘*‘“‘ tance from the
(/K’g:’% ‘ head of the fam
‘./,J.fi._;,.._,__g.gg ily. ‘This added
Va 4 EHEREER] the perils of pov
y%’ %;-zlé"ll.—_l._l:'% erty to the pains
[,)A‘” 9 of absence and
| {fil// made the Ohrist
';‘g/ “ mas outlook de-
Wwh ¢ )| ‘cidedly shady.
t*, \ NIL, [ ) Young Peters add
) \lli\\’//fl ed to his mother’s
\ ) 4 anxiety by re-
Mond! A marking that. his
U @ dad’s business trip
T must have been
hit by a submarine or something, whil¢
his sister intensified the 'situation by
wondering aloud if they would ever see
him again.
Both of these auguries, so unsuited
to Christmas Eve, were Interrupted,
however, by the arrival of the parcel
postman and the deposit of an im
mense and promising package, bear
ing in large letters a direction to Mrs.
P. Peters. With no clue as to the
gender the family naturally concluded
the various and valuable assortment
that was revealed to Investigation to
be an evidence of fatherly consider
ation and the advance agent of the
returning traveler. Joy came out with
all the other things, and cheer took the
place of chagrin. j
I'arther up the street and behind a
door bearing the name of Paul Peters
there was anether household that was
not as sunny as it should have been.
A letter had come—but a bundle had
failed to come, The letter-a program
of delight, the bundle a disappoint
ment. Uncle Joshua had known thelr
wants by a marvelous instinct, but
where wag the bundle? Alas! the oth
er things were as nothing for the lack
of it and Christmas morning dawned
upon discontent.
But before the morning had quite
disappeared Fred came rushing in with
the news that he had seen that Peters
boy in the next block with a sled
bearing the same name a 8 the one men
tioned by Uncle Joshua. “I didn’t
know there was a Peters boy in the
next block,” said his mother; “I'll go
down and see if they can tell us any
thing about our bundle,”
They could, and the mystery was
very easlly solved by the explanation
of the postman at the wrong door,
making a very pardonable mistake,
An explanation that led indeed to a
redistribution of gifts and also to a
discovery of relationshipg, for the Pe
ters’ families found each other out, as
less than a block apart in family ties
and friendliness. A discovery that
wasg the very best Christmas gift that
they could have had and which led
them to think that the wrong door was
all right after all.
It proved a way out for the P. Pe
terses and a way in for the Paul Pe
tersed until Pa Peters of the first
part put in an appearance through it
in time for New Year's with such an
account o? himself and his adventures
as proved highly satisfactory to all the
combined hopes and plans of all the
Peterses.
.(©. 1923, Western Newspaper Unlon()
Helpful Thought for Today.
What you must do at first through
force of e¢haracter you will later be
gble to do through force of habit.~—
®ostou Transcript. ;
GROW WHERE ONLY
ONE GREW BEFORE
“Gotting things in this life” he
said as he passed the cigars, “is only
a matter of using the old bean. These
cigars are not such bad smokes-—
but I ceouldn’t afford as many of
them as I do, if it weren't for Uncle
Henry.
"“Just before last Christmas I met
him on the street and he invited me
in a drug store to have a smoke., 1
was asked to name my brand., It
was on the tip of my tongue to men
tion these, but with a rare flash of
genius T named a cigar that sells for
a quarter. ;
“Uncle wasn't fazed a bit, and
came across. ‘ou’ve good taste,’
said he ‘I smoke these myself.’
“At Chrictmas I receive da pres
ent of a box of 100 of them from
him, and here is where the old bean
really worked. I took the box back
and exchanged it for five boxes of
these.”
GET BEHIND YOUR TEACHER.
Now that the holidays are over,
the children have had a restful and
happy vacation from school work,
the parents have dedicated them
selves anew to the kind of “peace on
earth” which makes for a better
world for their children, and we have
Al settled down to a term of enthus
astic accomplishment, isn’t it a good
time for parents and school trustees
to show their appreciation of the
work of the teacher? Next to the
parents no one is so interested in the
children’s welfare, so devoted to
their general growth and develop
ment as well a stheir school educa
tions as the teacher. Her work will
be far more effective if the children
know that the parents and trustees
believe in her, trust her judgment,
and back her up in her ideals and
her decisions. She will be happisr
as well as more effcetive in doing it
if the appreciation that is in the
the hearts of the people of the com
munity finds expression otcasionally
in words, in occasional hospitalities
extended, and in other small acts.of
consideration. Get behind your
teacher.
Birde in the Dark,
Not. a few birds practically rear
their nestlings in the davk, says the
Anmerican lorestry Magazine, Well
known examples of this are seen in
sand-marting and kingfishers—blrds
that dig, or gerape out, long burrows
m banks, an¢ ‘ay their eggs at the
fartl\xer end of themn.
Objected to Palring. -
. The first known instance of palring
In the congress of the United States
&as in 1840. John Quincy Adamns pre
‘pared a resolution declaring that It
violated the ecomstitution, an express
rule of the house, and the duties of
poth partles. The resolution was
never voted upon and the practice be
came very common.,
all the necwsy happen- |
iligs that come to your
sttention to this office.
i¢ will be appreciated
for every piece of news
will make the paper
more intercsting for
you ss well as others.
We want and with your
help will print gl
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THE REWS
- 4 TRO WRRDE A LN T
Darken Fish Bowi.
On the outside of your goldfish bowl
sa'nt the bottom and about two inches
above the bottom in dark green paint.
This adds greatly to the comfort of
your pets. They will not gwim So
wildly but seek the bottomn and rest.
Very pretty castles can be built of
rough pebbles, and cement (choosing
g cemecnt that wili not be affected by
vater) projections, nooks #nd tunnels
will be appreciated by the fish. Boys
and girvis, too, will find making them a
pleasure,
VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE
Pay Them to Ride With Drive
ers to Divert Suspicion,
Say Dry Agents.
NEW" YORK,—That women are
hivred to ride with the drives of
limousines carrying liquor landed on
the Long Island and New Jersey
coasts to divert suspicion from the
bootleggers was charged at local pro
hibition headquarters, The seizure
of two limousines with liquor aboard
by state troopers in New Jersey was
reported here.
In one of the cars was a young
woman who admitted, the prohibition
agents said, that she had been paid
$25 to accompany the chauffeur to
lull suspicion.
Release Dupe.
The woman said she was Miss Nan
Woods of Atlantic City. She was
arrested with Samuel Lampe of Bal
timore near Hammonton. The troop
ers reported that they would twenty
cases of liquor in the car.
Lampe is alleged to have admitted
that when he bought the liquor he
expressed fears that he would be
caught by trooper or prohibition
agents on the White Horse Pike. The
bootlegger suggested that the pres
ence of a young woman in the car
would enable him to travel without
attracting attention. According to
the troopers, Miss Wood agreed to
ride with Lampe as far as Collings
young woman were held in $l,OOO
wood for $25. The driver and the
bail for the grand jury by United
States Commissioner Iszard at At
lantic City.
Many women in cities peddle
whiskey on their ¢wn account.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to extend our utmost ap
preciation for the kindness and sym
pathy shown us in the recent illness
and death of our brother and father
and for the many beautiful floral of«
ferings. May God’s richest blessings
rest with you all.
~Mrs. D. P. Coogle,
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Kleckley.
Mr. and Mrs. A. N. English,
Mr. and Mrs. Mack English,
Miss Vallie Kleckley.
TOOKE-ROBINSON
A marriage of interest to their
many friends was that of Miss Janie
Tooke and Mr. Thomas Christie
Robinson on Saturday evening at
seven o’clock at the Baptist Pastor
ium in Montezuma, the Rev. Fred
Smith performing the ceremony.
Miss Tooke is the second daughter
of Mr. and Mre. R. E. Tooke, and is
loved by all who know her while Mr.
Robinson is a man of splendid quali
ties and holds a very responsible
position with the Montezuma Manu
facturing Co. After a weeks stay in
Florida they will be at home to their
mgny friends in Montezuma.
Truste as Anclent as Pyramida,
Like many other things supposed to
be entirely modern, trustg are by ne
means new features of life. They are,
indeed, at least as ancient as the pyra
mids. It appears that the earliest
form of trngt was the cornering of
foodstuffs by monarchg and their
pgents. Assyrian records 7,000 or
8,000 years old give aecounts of these
monopolistic transactions by tyran
nical rulers.
Good Plot Everything.
A plot, after all, is a design to whfh
everything elss must he subordinatéd
if the reader’'s attentlon is to be en
ticed and enthralled. Rude life may
not conform to this design, and the
peychologist may despise it, yet therg
is no such thing as a good novel thag
has not a good plot.—Francis Hacketty
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No X-Ray for Birde.
Dr. Peckerwood knows just wher@
to operate. He needs no X-ray of
gtethoscope to determine the seat of
the trouble, says the Amepican Fore
estry magagine, In summer he m&y
hear the borer working in the w%
but in winter, when both inse¢ts an®
trees are frozen, when there 18 no pede
aibility of any sound to guide him, theg
tree deetor always operates just whef®
the hibernating, motionless insects ¥y
3nugly hidden in their cells. ¢ :
A Holy Tryst.
As mapy people are aware, most of
the oldér streets in Montreal arh
aamed after saints, male and femalg.
A progressive Yankee has a typlcfl
American drug store at the corner
two of these streets, and last summer
he put the following sign in his wine
dow: “Meet your girl here for an ices
eream soda, This is where St. Thomas
neets St. Genevieve.”—Harper's Mag
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