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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-05
Local Happenings

Mr.. John Woolbright, Of Dawson.
was here Tuesday.
Mr.. Jacob Garvin, Of Cordele, at
tended Ordinary's Court Monday
Mr.. Garvin has applied for letters Of
administration on the estate Of Mr..
Ira Cook, deceased.
Mr.. Peacock, Atty. Of Albany,
came. up on business Monday.
Rev. Mr.. Wildman filled his re-
galar appointment Sunday at the
Presbyterian Church. Heannounced
a series Of meetings at that church,
to commence on Wednesday before
the fifth Sunday Of this month, to
continue for ten days or longer. He
is to be assisted by another preacher
during tie meeting.
Check cough or cold in the lungs be-
fore it develops 4 serious case. BAL
LARD'S HORElI0tJND SYRUP. is an
effective remedy for all soreness or con-
gestion in the lungs or air passages
Price 25c, SOC and 81 90 per bottle. Sold
by CITY DRUG co.
Mrs. Polite Salter came down from
Smithville Saturday to visit home
folks for short while.
Mrs. w. D. Tison and children
returned last week from a visit Of
several days with relatives in
Americas.
Messrs. B. ]. Cassels and G. D.
Richards, D. G. Jones and his son,
F. P. Jones, were in the city Tues
day.
, Messrs. w. w. Mcdonald, G. J.
Costin, Sam Houston and A. F. Nc
Donald, Of Red Bone, came over
Tuesday.
Yellow complexion, pinlples and dis
figuring blemishes on the face or body
can be gotten rid of by doctoring the
liver, which is torpid. HERBINE is a
powerful liver correctant. 1t purifies the
system, stimulates the vital organs and
puts the body in fine vigorous condition.
Price Soc Sold by CITY DRUG co.
Mesdames Mittie Marshall, Ct
Ocalla, Fla, Orisca Peacock, Of
Americas, and Willie Gonekee, Of
Smithville, are visiting their sister,
Mrs. A. A. Paul this week. Judge
Paul says they talk 50 much that he
can't get in a word edge ways. Our
friend, the Judge, gives this as his
way of expressing their mutual
pleasure of all meeting again.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Simmons, Of
Leary, visited the latter's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Morgan, last
week.
Mr.. J. R. Long and his son, Per
cy, left for Talbotton Saturday
night, the latter to enter school
there. Mr.. Long will extend his
trip to Atlanta before returning.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-05
Mrs. Harris Armour Win Be Here

Mrs. Harris Armour. the cele-
brated and eloquent temperance
lecturer, is booked to lecture at the
Methodist Church on Friday night,
the, 18th of this month. Be sure
to remember this and have full
house for this worthy and distin-
guished lady.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-05

Swellings Of the flesh caused by infam-
nation, cold, fractures Of the bone, tooth-
ache, neuralgia or rheumatism can be
relieved by applying BALLARD'S SNOW
It should be well rubbed
in oxer the part affected. Itsgreat heal
ing and penetrating power eases the
pain, reduces swelling and restores ma
tural conditions. Price Zoe, soc and 81
per bottle. Sold by CITY DRUG co.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-05
Money Loaned.

I can get you a loan ON
your choice improved Lee
County Farm ON long time
and easy payments.
]. ]. HANESLEY, Americas, Ga.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-05
Nice Home For Sale.

/ will sell my home in Leesburg,
located on Main Street. It has 5
rooms and a bath room, also out
houses and a fine deep we'll Of water;
all enclosed with wire fence. Terms
easy. l.. w. Minis.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-05
FOR SALE

My home place in Leesburg.
Terms if desired. For further in
formation address
MRS. N. il. WARE,
Care S. P. Crowell. Perry, Ga.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-05

Lost, strayed or stolen one school
teacher. Supposed to be good look
ing. Will pay suitable reward for
any information leading to her
whereabouts. E. r. GOODWIN.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-05

II INDIAN Runner Ducks, also mot
IL tied Anchona eggs for sale.
Ducks, $500 a pair; Anchona eggs
1925 per 10. See or write.
Miss AGNES GRAHAM,
Leesburg, Ga.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
Whence and Hither7

A sublime passage is Carlyle's vision
Of history as a stupendous procession
forth-issuing from Clmmerian night
and vanishing into pathetic and faith
omless silence. which is given as fol-
lows In "Sartor ReSartus:''
Like some wild flaming. wild thun
dering train Of heavens araillery does
this mysterious mankind thunder and
fame in long drawn. quick succeeding
grandeur through the unknown deep
Like a God-created, fire breathing spir-
It host, we emerge from the inane,
haste stormfully across the astonished
earth, then plunge again into the inane
Earth's mountains are leveled and her
seas filed up in our passage. Can the
earth. which is but dead and vision,
resist spirits which have reality and
are alive? On the hardest adamant
some footprint of us is stamped in; the
last rear of the host will read traces of
the earliest van. But whence? o heav
en-, whittier? Sense knows not, faith
knows not, only that 1t Is through mys-
terry to mystery, from God to God"
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
AN IRON WILLED MONARCH.
One Man Rule as Exemplifed In Fred
erick the Great.

One Man Ruie as Exempiified In Fred
erick the Great.
Frederick was an intensively active,
highly capable, strong willed and self
reliant commander. He concentrated
all power In his own hands, reducing
his ministers to clerical work and his
generals to the duties of personal lieu
tenants Below him the Prussian ad-
ministration was thing Of stiff and
mechanical obedience, lacking In ini-
tiative and individuality.
Several Of Frederick's military losses
were due to the fact that he gave his
generals such minute orders and was
so severe in case of disregard of in
structions that they did not dare to
use their own judgment when unfor,
seen conditions presented themselves.
He personally foresaw and provided
for everything, and he inspected fire.
quently and thoroughly. His discipline
was severe. his organization good, his
calculation accurate and limited to
what was possible. His movements,
which were skillfully disguised, were
rapid.
So superior was Frederick to his op.
ponents In strategy that they were
obliged for safety to keep their troops
In so concentrated a form that there
was not sufficient space for effective
maneuyers. He was more capable In
marching and maneuver than In bat
tie, more capable In battle than In
| siege.
His great defect as an administrator
lay In the fact that he dwarfed the
growth Of those below him and so edu-
Gated no talented corps TO bear the
political and military burdens Of the
| state when he should be obliged to
lay them down. He apparently could
do things only through himself. Hav
ing a supreme contempt for the capaci
/ ties Of most mOrtals, he had no mind
to make experiments which might have
changed his opinions. Although he
knew for many years that his success
sor was to be a man without ability
he handed down to him a system which
required a Frederick. We may say thai
he brilliantly administered a system
which was badly organized.-EdwarC
d. Jones in Engineering Magazine.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
The Crested Rat.

The crested rat of East Africa Is re-
markable. first, because Of the great
length OF the black and white hairs
down the ridge OF the back, which are
rendered the more conspicuous because
the hairs along the sides OF the body
are so short and so differently colored'
being brownish gray and looking Tor
all the world as IL some one had taken
a pair of scissors and maliciously shorn
off the decorative hair. leaving only a
dull underfur; secondly, 1t Is remark
able because the skull has roofing or
bones exactly resembling that OF some
turtles, while, Furthermore. this roof
has a graduated appearance recalling
that presented by the skulls OF certain
fishes. In its habits 1t appears to be
arboreal, while from the structure or
its teeth it would appear to be at least
partly insectivorous.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
A WAlRUS ON LAND.
The Awkward and Bulky Creature 10
Almost Helpless.

AS might be expected, walrus Is
about as helpless on land as a canal
boat. 1t Is with no little difficulty and
much hitching and floundering that be
drags his huge bulk upon sandy shore
even with the boosting he gets from
behind by the breakers as they roll In
and dash against him.
His hind 6ippers are Of little use on
land, and on sand or pebbles, where
his front clippers 10 not hold well, the
labor of floundering forward Is so great
that he never stirs beyond the edge OF
the water and usually lies with his
body half awash, with the salt spray
dashing over him like torrents OF rain
On solid rock or ice he gets along
much better, and often q herd will
spread several rods back from the wa
ters edge.
The females and younger walruses
have far less development Of neck to
incumber them and therefore enjoy
more freedom Of motion than the old
males. who actually seem a great bur
den to themselves. These creatures
are strictly social in their habits and
always go In herds, whether travelling.
feeding, fighting or resting ashore. In
the days before the slaughter of all
living creatures became a ruling pas
sion in the breast Of man the Pacific
species inhabited the whole OF Boring
sea and strait in herds which often
contained thousands and even tens OF
| thousands of individuals.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
A Eittinu Reply.

Major Lomax of the United States
army was visiting In Canada soon
after the war of 1912. He was enter
tanned In Quebec by the officers OF one
Of the royal regiments. After dinner,
speeches and toasts being in order,
one of the British officers, having i'm
bibed too generously Of the champagne,
gave as a toast. THE President of the
United States. Dead or Alive!' The
toast was accepted with laughter.
Major Lomax rose to respond, say
ing, Permit me to give as my toast,
The Prince Regent, Drunk or Sober? "
The British officer sprang Instantly
to his feet and in angry tones de
manded. "Slr, do you intend that re-
mark as an insultT'
To which Major Lomax calmly an
swered. mo. sir; as the reply to one
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
FLUNG FROM A WINDOW.
Horrors of a Death Sentence In the
Middle Ages In Bohemia.

How many people know what refen-
estration means? Yet it was once
popular method Of executing criminals
and was the mode of capital punish
ment used In Bohemia In the middle
ages and later. Demonstration means
throwing from a windc"," but that
did not always include all the arrange
ments made for the onenad mans
exit from the world.
In Prague in 1419 the council cham
Der of the hradschin, or town hall, was
used as the place of execution. There
in the presence Of the assembled no
bles, their invited guests and the dig
nitaries of the city, ths unhappy
wretches were cast from a window
eighty feet to the courtyard below.
If his crime was an ordinary Of
tense the prisoner was merely dropped
on the stones and allowed to lie there
bruised and broken until death put ar
end to his sufferings, succor being for
hidden.
But IL he was guilty Of treason Of
any act of violence against a noble N
fell on the sharp spears Of a squad Of
soldiers or dropped to the tender mer
cies of a pack Of fierce dogs special!
trained for the purpose, or he nigh
be flung to wild boars previously en-
ragged by being pricked with spears.
The last time demonstration wa
practiced was just before the Thirt!
Years war, when the imperial com
missioners brought an unwelcome mes
sage to Prague and were prompt.
thrown from the window. This pre-
cipitated the war and abolished tn
custom.-New York Press.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
READING THE FUTURE.
Foresight or Good Guessing In a Pa
risian Robbery Case.

One day in October, 1888, Lady A,
living in Rue du Bel-RespirO, Paris,
found that she had been robbed OF "A
sum of $500 francs. She notified the
cOmmissary Of police on Rue Berger,
who instituted a search and questioned
the servants, but discovered nothing.
Lady A., when enumerating her serv-
ants. begged the cOmmissary to ex-
clude from his suspicious her second
valet de chambre, a youth OF nineteen,
very good looking, very respectful ana
very well qualified for his duties, who
had been nIcknamed "le Petit" not on
account of his stature. for he was rath-
err tall but from feeling of delicate,
protecting familiarity which his good
qualities had won for him.
Meanwhile among the friends OF
Lady A. there had been good deal or
talk about certain DemOiselle f.,
who. they said, could see the most sur
prising things I'm bowl of coffee
grounds. Nj. ~. q ErvieuX had the Gu
riosity to accompany his governess to
the house of this person and was quite
surprised TO hear her describe exactly
each piece of furniture in Lady As
apartment, pass In review her seven
servants and say that. though she
could not name the thief. he would be
guillotined within two years.
Some weeks later ''le Petit" left the
service of his mistress without giving
any reason, and two years later he
mounted the scaffold. This servant, so
highly esteemed. was none other than
Marchandon. the assassin. - London
Notes and Queries.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
BIRTH OF COLONEL BOGY.
Origin of the Term That Has Become
Part of Golf.

"Who is Colonel Bogy:" That is the
first question usually asked by the re
cruit when he steps on the golf links
Professionals and veterans never tire
OF explaining that he Is the imaginary
opponent, with the fixed score for each
originated.
1t generally Is accepted that an Eng
ilshman was first to set forth the idea.
In December 1890. the scratch score OF
the Coventry course was taken, being
the score that a good scratch player
would take to each hole of the grounds
making no mistakes, but also hukinc
nothing nor being fortunate with any
special flashes of brilliant play.
At the time they called this 18th,
ground score" and later several tour
naments were given under the system
The name, however, followed soon, and
It's origin was a curious one. DR.
Thomas Browne, r. ~, went out Il
play against a friend, Major Charles
A. Wellman. and they agreed instead
OF playing directly against each Other
to play against the ground score and
decide their match accordingly as each
Jared in this way. 1t SO happened that
about the same time the bOgy SONG
was being sung by the late f. j. Lon
men at the London Gaiety theater. and
everybody else was singing it The
u-ordS Of tho rafrain wara.
Hushl Hushl Hush!
Here comes the bogy man!
So hide your head beneath the clothes
He'll catch you IL he can.
There was the idea In golf. Hell
catch you if he can!' And it flashed
across the mind of Major Wellmar
when he was playing this game anc
was getting Caught" by the ground
score. why" said he to his friend
Browne, this player Of yours is a reg
ular 'bogy' man." A considerable piec,
of golf history was made in thai
chance remark, for "bogy" was from
that moment established In golf. Some
time later colonel" was added.-Ex
change,
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
Valid Excuse.

Our schoolteachers need no comic pa
pers. Funny enough things come their
way in the shape Of letters from the
parents Of their pupils, as witness the
following received by teacher: Re
spected Miss-Please excuse Willie for
absence. He has fell downstairs, and
we feered his internal ins!des was hurt
at first, but they amt. The doctor
says that no part Of anatomy was
hurt but the browsing Of the epyder-
mic Of the outside hide and also his
hipp hurt some. But he narrowly es-
capped fatal death. So kindly excuse"
Boston Transcript.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
Cruel but Necessary.

The Eskimos dread the winter and
take early precautions to provide
against famine. AS the season ap
proaches the great herds Of reindeer
migrate southwark. and the walrus or
the seal are all that remain for food
When an in wind Is blowing the wal
rus is easily found on the outer edge
of the ice packs. When ii is blowing
off the shore, however, the Ice packs
sail out TO sea with the walruses on
them. The natives then class their
numbers in list from the strongest to
the weakest. The food that is in store
is divided up. the weakest having the
smallest quantity, the strongest the
largest. Thus the mightiest hunters
have strength to provide for the 9th
ers. 1t Is a cruel system, but never
theless a necessary one. If all were
weak, all would die; IL some are strong
they will save many Of the weak.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
Cleonatra'a Pearl.

Most persons know the story that Is
told of Cleopatra to illustrate her lux
urious habits of living-that she dis
solved in her wine a precious pearl.
No one seems yet to have questioned
what must have been the effect upon
the drink, but scientists scoff at the
possibility of such solution. The fact
is pearls are not soluble in wine. The
most powerful vinegar affects them
slowly and never entirely dissolves
them, for the organic matter remains
behind in the shape Of a spongy mass
that is larger than the original pearl
New York Press.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
The Sea Lifts the Grindstones.

From the bottom of the Bay Of
Fundy come some of the finest grind
stones In the world, and the manner In
which they are procured Is simple and
ingenious, the stonecutters making the
exceptional tide perform the hardest
part of the work. When the tide is
out, which happens twice every day.
the workmen quarry the stones from
the solid rock and fasten them to n
big fatboat Then in comes the tide.
a mighty food rushing in, as though
the great ocean had suddenly changed
its mind. wonderful sight 1t is
rising often as high as a house! And
now the men have nothing more to do
The tide lifts the boat, and up comes
the stone with it Boat and stone are
then brought close inshore, where the
stone Is removed at leisure when the
tide is out-Argonaut.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
Gave Himself Away.

A man who is steadily employed
finally had day of and decided to 60
fishing, taking his luncheon with him
When he reached the creek he discoy'
cred that he had dropped the lunch
packet somewhere on the road and
fastened back to look for 1t. Present
" he met a husky negro, who was
looking happy and picking his teeth.
did you find anything on the road
as you came alongr asked the gentle
man.
mo, sah," answered the negro. 81
didn't find nothing. Couldn't dol
have found 1t and eat 1t upT-Every
body's.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
POWER OF THE SEA.
Fearful Force of Ocean Waves When
They Run Wild.

They Run Wild,
The average inland American who
has never seen the ocean has no real
idea of the force of its waves. lie
reads about the storm. Of boats being
carried away and bulwurks stove. Eut
he does not realize the steam hammer
blows that m1y he struck by mere
water
recent storm on the British coasts
Received the official designation of Il
storm of extreme force" \ picture
taken in Hastings harhor shows the
conclusion with which the waves
struck the sea wall, sending the spray
apparently higher than the buildings
along the street. Blocks of concrete
and iron railing were torn from the
new parade extension ut Caroline place
and tossed back into the roadway as II
they had been bits Of plank. Timber
work that had withStuod the stress Of
years was torn apart and carried away.
Easements were flooded along all the
seward face of the town.
Such a storm when il sweeps over
ship will sometimes carry away almost
everything on deck. Deck houses are
often smashed. and the lifcboats are
often stove in and ruined.
Various attempts have been made 10
devise motors to develop power from
the force of the waves The amount
of energy wasted through their lack OF
success is beyond estimate. If the
power of the sea could he used il
would drive the machinery Of an I'M
limited number of plants.-Ch.cagO
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
Exeeutioner Sets a Fashion.

In England fashions have been kill
ed at executions. but in France over a
century ago fashion In mems attire
was set by Samson, the public execu'
toner. Samson, who had high ideas OF
the dignity Of his office, was famous
for the richness of his attire when Off
ciating on the scaffold. Just before
the revolution he was forbidden to
wear blue, the nobleman's color. and
by way of protest he made himself
even more gorgeous. He took to green
and that color. as well as the peculiar
cut Of his clothes, was adopted by
many of the young handles Of the
court.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
Sparklinn Glass.

When you wash your pieces OF glass
ware next time try dropping a few
drops OF bluing in the soapSuds. The
clear look this simple yet most effec-
tive treatment gives and the way the
pieces sparkle will he a revelation.
A Polite Editor.
"Why did you tell that poet To hitch
his wagon to a STAR
That" answered the editor gloom
lily. was my polite way Of saying I
wished he'd get off the earth. tx
change
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
Don't Get Up In a Hurry.

Don't jump up the first thing your
eyes are open. Remember that while
you sleep the vital organs are at rest
The vitality is lowered and the circu.
lation not so strong.
A sudden spring out of bed is shock
to these organs. especially to the heart,
as it starts pumping the blood sudden
ly. Don't be in such hurry. Stretch
and yawn and yawn and stretch.
Stretch the arms and legs, stretch the
whole body. A good yawn and stretch
are better even than a cold bath Take
time. 1t will keep you young and add
years to your life.-Family Doctor.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
Breaking Scotch Idols.

No less an authority than Sir Aleck
Mackenzie declares the fiddle is Scot
lands national instrument and lays
no claim to the bagpipe.
Another high class expert asserts the
bagpipe was born among the Seljuks,
the ancestors Of the modern Turks.
Weel. weel!
Next thing it's likely some expert
will tell us that the Hielanders were
not the inventors of bare knees.-Cleve,
land Plain Dealer
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
CHARTER

OF II. c. SEYMOUR & COMPANY.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF OR
LEANS.
Re II known. that on this Goth day OF
November. 1912, and of the independence OF
the United States of America the one hun
bred and thirty seventh 137l, beofre me
sidney r. Gautier notary public, qualified
IN and for the parish of Orleans, state OF
louisiana. and in the presence of the wit
nesses hereinafter named and undersigned
personally came and appeared the several
scrjbed. who declared that, availing them
selves OF the provisions of the constitution
and laws of the state of louisiana relating
TO the organization and formation OF corpo
rations, they have covenanted and agreed
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
Golf.

A writer in an English paper has
this to say regarding the game of golf:
Golf is a great game, but shiver me
niblicks II think 1t comes up to i'd
dledywinks. 1t Is played with a cou.
pie Of farms, a river or so. two or
three sand hills. a number of imple-
ments resembling dentists tools, a
strange language much like Hindu
stani, any old clothes and a large as
sortment Of oaths."
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
CsiIinu Him to Order.

the stars in the ornament / cannot
help thinking how small. how insight
icant | am. Miss Keen Indeed. Ana
is 1t only then that that thought strikes
you, Mr.. Dubb?-Boston Transcript
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
An Easy L title Primer Lesson.

See the mao DOG.
Also the innocent bystander.
The one froths at the mouth. The
other shudders with dread. The po-
liceman takes aim. Can the innocent
bystander possibly escape?
Yes; for-see-the po!iceman's re-
yolver misses fre.-Kansas City Star.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-12-26
Her Mark Down Mania.

Mrs, Benham-Yon are always max
ing mountains out of molehills. Ben
ham-And you are always marking
mountains down to molehllls. - New
York Press.