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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-05-02
THE FIvE.cENT NAVY BEAN.

The savory odors of the old-time
baked beans have come down to us
through several generations, and to
hear Of the nutty beans baked In the
old brick ovens and served with the
brown loaf and sweet blocks OF home
fattened pork makes us long for the
experience OF Just one taste. Those
aromas floated all Saturday through
the old-fashioned kitchen and made
the young folks so hungry that they
couldn't wait until Sunday morning
for the Turing dish, but must needs dip
into 1t for supper; but this did not
take away the relish for It when II
appeared the next morning.
Baked beans are fully as popular
today as they were in grandfather's
time, yet with our complicated exist
ence we find them harder to digest
them than did our forefathers, who
lived simpler and more active life.
The skin Of the bean is the indi-
gestible part which the digestive
juices cannot dissolve, so that II the
skins are removed, as they are by
the process Of soup-making, they are
much easier digested.
When beans. are combined with 9th
er foods, they are more easily digest
ed than when used in large amounts
alone.
Leftover beans may by the thrifty
housewife be changed into very pal
atable and nourishing dishes.
The length Of time for soaking
beans depends upon the age; the older
and drier they are the more soaking
they need. When the beans show the
skin shriveled and broken they are
ready to be put with the pork 70
bake.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-05-02
VERDICT OF NATIONAL JUDGES
Majority OF. Advertising Men at 5os-
ton Convention Declare Newspa.
per Best Medium.

A national convention of adver'
ttising experts lately was consider
ing the question how publicity is best
obtained what mediums of reaching
the prospective customers bring surest
and most satisfactory results.
Not a voice was raised in favor Of
cards in hotel registers, or any Of the
thousand other sorts of advertising
Of that class
At this meeting of advertisers and
advertising agents, held in Boston.
there gathered several thousand OF
the brightest and brainiest men and
women in the country. Some Of those
In attendance represented large COM
mercial Institutions, who expend i'm
mense sums in advertising, others
represented the newspapers and perl
odicals which publish the most ad-
vertising, while many others were
simply agents between the two. The
discussions at these meetings were
full of interest. In this age no man
can expect to get along in business
without advertising and no one ex-
poets to make any considerable pur-
chases without reading advertise
ments TO discover where the best re-
suits are to be secured.
1t is interesting that most of those
engaged in advertising agree that
newspapers were by far the best me-
dfums of conveying this sort Of In
formation to the public. Admitting
that the periodicals had their value,
It was held that the newspaper field
covered practically the whole of the
intelligent population. while no other
factor could do this. Nearly all this
has come about in one generation.
The newspapers of 40 years ago
contained very few advertisements,
and for the most part these were
formal or perfunctory. They gave
little particular information. Today
the woman of the household would
no more think of going shopping
without first reading the advertise
ments in her newspaper than she
would try to cook without fire.
A good deal of ridicule has been
cast upon women by some unthinking
persons because they are such deter.
mined bargain hunters, and because
they are supposed to delight in shop
ping for its own sake and waste time
and money in the process. These
scoffers are not married men, at least
they are not of the average sort. The
reason the women read advertise
ments and then spend hours in shop
ping is for no other reason than to
make a dollar stretch to the utmost
limit. Practically all Of the buying Il
done by women. It is said that they
spend ten billions a year. If the mel
did all the buying there would be
enormous waste. for they are mol
good at bargains, are apt to be pleased
with what they see first The wo'
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-05-02
HELPFUL HINTS.

1t is the skill OF the coek that con-
verts the simple soup into a creation,
the pinch of this or the pinch. Of that
which, given at the right moment. OF
the right thing. that separates by q
spanless chasm the commonplace from
the novel. We all like originality and
desire, above all things. to have our
homes, tables and persons express 3
pleasing individuality.
We all like immaculate homes, free
from dust, disorder and confusion, but
when one pair Of hands has to do all
the choice must be made between the
necessities and the things that can be
sighted. We can do away with few
les frilis and furbelows on our cook.
ing and clothes. unnecessary securing
Of things already clean. but we needs
must look after the health Of the
family, to see that the food that they
have served is both nourishing and
good to look at; that our sinks and
wash bowls are kept clean. that our
dishes are washed with care and
cleanliness. Other things can wait
or take less time, but the things that
affect the health and happiness are
essentials and Of course vary In DIFF
ferent homes.
Tomatoes and Macaronl.-sca1d q
pint Of cream over hot water. add half
a pound Of diced cheese and when It
is melted add fourth Of cup OF
butter and a dash Of salt and paprika.
Arrange around fiye baked tomatoes
q half pound Of cooked maca=oni laid
in a wreath. Pour over the cheese
mixture. and serve.
Meat 5alls-Put through the meat
grinder sufficient cold meat to make
a cupful; add a cup Of cold cooked
rice and season with salt and pepper.
Beat one egg and add to It two table
spoonfuls Of milk. Pour about two
tablespoonfuls Of this over the meat
and rice to bind them together; II too
dry, add little more milk Dip out
a spoonful OF the mixture, roll IN
crumbs, dip in egg and fry in just
enough butter TO keep them from
burning.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-05-02


This common vegetable Of Mother
Earth has many possibilities for food
depending upon the skill and training
Of the hand that prepares i. In tne
use Of the potato there Il VARYING
degree Of proficiency
The bachelor maid or man may pre-
pare a delicious and wholesome soup
with a little gas burner and q potato
or two.
variety Of soups may be served g
vary the monotony. by adding fresn
celery to the potatoes while cooking,
or celery salt for seasoning. Onion
may be scalded IN the milk, thus CIV
Ing each soup an individuality Of ~
own
The variations and seasonings Of
potato soup, though many Of them
slight, Will count up into the hun
dreds,
jackson soup.-Pare three large 20
tatoes and one carrot, cut In small
pieces and cook until tender. Chop
small onion and brown In table
spoonful Of fat. Add tablespoonful
of flour; add to the mashed potato
and the water In which they were
cooked Season to taste.
Potato soup.--Cut up and boil two
potatoes in quart Of water; mash
and strain. Add a pint Of milk and
tablespoonful Of -four and butter that
have been cooked together; season
with salt. pepper and onion or garlic
and little chopped parsley, Serve
very hot.
Another Potato Soup. Chop slice
Of salt pork and put into sauce pan
with a small piece OF onion, chopped;
fry light brown. Add four potatoes
cut fine, cover with d quart Of boiling
water and cook until the potatoes are
tender. Rub through sieve, season
with salt, pepper and add cup Of
milk Reheat and serve.
A beaten egg added to a potato
soup makes a great Improvement IN
Its appearance.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-05-02
81 ariR's Sale.

GEORGIA-Iee county.
Will lie sold before tie court house
door at Leesburg, Ga, on the first Tues
day in May, 1912, between the legal
hours of sale the following property, to-
wit:
Lots of land Nos. 40, us and 10 in
the First District of Ice county, Ga, :
der and by virtue of an execution issued
from the City Cont % Albany, Ga III
favor Of the Citiaens First National Rapk
of Albany, Ga, against S. 4. Atkinson.
Levitd on as the PROF city Of said s. A.
Atkinson. Tenant in pc SEES on notified
as required by law. April {, 1912.
S B. SMITH
Sheriff Ice Ceuay Ca.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-05-02
pofrIfed Ecrent GIants.

Three petrified redwood trees that
have been pronounced the very larg-
est in the world that have thug far
been discovered have just been uncoy-
cred from the debris Of the mountain
side only a short distance from the
famous Bohemian Club Grove in
sonoma county. California. This
roint is near the little town Of occi-
dent
One Of these prehistoric monsters,
that make the pyramids Of Egypt
modern by comparison in their ages,
measures % feet IN diameter and Is
$50 feet in length. The two other
petrifed trees are 10 and II feet
In diameter, respectively Scientific
American.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-05-02

are the real economists Of the coun-
try and the advertisers realize this.
They also have found out that women
are not to be fooled and that the only
way to succeed is by advertising the
truth, and nothing but the truth, and
in doing 1t in the daily newspapers
The newspaper habit is universal, and
seeing an advertisement every day
has a psychological effect which mer-
chants appreciate The advertisers,
the women and the newspapers are
agreed on this point and all are salts
fed
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-05-02
Ie<AI- M~,zs.eN-
Business win Ten.

De style-How did the Turks defeat
that Italian regiment recruited in
American
Gunbusta--W Why, Just as the italians
were boldly advancing shrewd Turk
shouted. "Shine;" and the absent
minded Dagos fell to their knees and
felt for their brushes.-New York
Times.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-05-02
rr,,tb - 80 Rualnsss Msn.

Not .Liberty"-bat Give me adver-
Using or give me death" is the mod
ern axiom. for advertising brings lib
erty today. An advertised business ts
responsible to itself alone.-'Poor
Bobs Almanac"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-05-02
| NE CHEN
|gszABINET
HE common things q ne are

-AA~ all so dear
The waking in the warm half gloom
10 And again the old familiar room,
The scents and sights and sounds that
never tire,
The homely work. the plans. the lit Of
baby's laugh.
The craclSle Of the open fire;
The waiting, then the footsteps coming
near.
The opening door, the handclasp and the
kiss,
Is heaven not. after all, the now and
here?
The common things Of life are all 80
dear Anon.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-05-02
Zekk4-- Menes.zA:
4 NeYer b WIth ID.

Business Man (expiainingl When
they say money is easy" they mean
simply that the supply Is greater than
the demand.
HIS Wife Goodnessl shouldn't
think such q thing possible
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-05-02
Iekk4- .2k.eazs.ek-.
me o iii EN-
VRIIINN 8

INDNEss Is contagious The
@4alA- spirit Of harmony triclsles
down by thousand secret channels into
the inmost recesses OF the household life.
One truly affectionate soul In the FAM
lily will exert sweetening and harmomix-
Ing influence upon all its members.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-05-02

RETURNED and saw under
A the sun. that the race y nor -
the swift. nor the battle % the ntrons,
neither vet bread To the wise. nor yet
riches to men OF understanding, nor yet
favor ia men OF skill; but time ana
chance happeneth to them ali.-Accl. I'll
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-05-02
me EN-
.2esABINET

4 EFT US sometimes live-be It
only for an hour, and though
we must lay all else aside-to make otis
ers smile. Charles Wagner.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-01-03
Bad Wreck.

Bristol, Va, December III
In one of the most disastrous
freight wrecks in the history of
the Virginia and Southwestern
Railway three men were killed
and two injured at . O'Clock
this morning. The wreck oc-
Cured in Natural Tunnel, near
Clinchtield, forty four miles
northwest of this city Rail
way officials are not positive as
to the cause of the disaster. but
they attribute it to the falling
of stone from the arch of the
tunnel onto the tracks
y double-header freight
train was speeding down the
grade in the direction of Bris-
tol, when the engines, soon af-
ter entering the spacious natur-
al opening under the mountain,
jumped from the track and
turned over, catching Engineer
w. ). Adams and two firemeu,
j. II G. SproIes and Leland
Glover, under the mass Of steel
wrcckage. Nineteen loaded
coal cars piled up in Il confused
heap behind the wrecked en-
gihes, and the northwest en-
trance TO the tunnel was block
ed.
The body Of Sproles was re-
covered soon, but it was late in
the day before the wOrkmen
we're able to reach the bodies
of Adams and Glover.
Engineer Adams, who mar
ried sister of former General
Manager, j. II. McCue, of the
Virginia and Southwestern
Railway. is survived by his
wife and eight children.
Fireman Sproles, who was a
son of Francis Sproles, of Ben
hams. is survived by wife
and five small children. The
bodies were brought to Bristol
today, and were prepared for
burial at the mortunry OF Nc
Mel Il Sons.
Engineer Charles Bradley
who occupied the forward en-
CINE, miraculous escape. lie
was only slightly injured. lie
says that Fireman Sproies was
drowned in Stock Creek, being
held under the water 10y the
debris.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-01-03

ling" when anyone, "though u
fool" should have known that
the Commemorative Attorney
is not permitted in the grand
Jury room. The fact is, Mr.. Ely
has not been in the room except
as n witness on summon to
give an account of himself.
Again the learned gentleman
stated that Lee Joins Dickenson
county, where the investigation
viii be continued. a bright
fellow this. Then again the rot
he has sent has it that 1000 has
already been indicted and that
awful conditions exist, and
many other lies that are too
giarlng to notice. 1t is a motor
ious fact that there is some one
in Bristol who makes it bust
ness to manufacture specials"
on happenings in Lee and ad-
Joining counties, and of giving
them to the press things that
he knows to be absolutely false.
But nuf sed on this subject
We know that it is Judge
Skeen's intention to, in an i'm.
partial way, free Lee county
from bribery in elections aud
for this time to give his atten
tions to the seller and in the fu-
ture, If things go wrong again,
to look after the buyer also.
The court will make the an
nouncemeut to those indicted
that if they will come forward
and acknowledge their sins, he
will give them the lowest pen
atty, either 800 or thirty days,
and let it stand against them
subject to their actions in the
future. The above would sim.
ply disfranchise tho voter and
leave the punishment hanging
over his head not to be punish.
ed if he is good
Judge Skeen has wrought a
good work, and when the thing
is all over aud his actions view
ell from any impartial stand
point it will be plain that he
has only done his duty and has
acted for the best interest Of
the county. We feel that the
best citizens of the county ap-
prove what he has done, and
while it hurts "a little" are
really proud of what has oc-
Cured
And in conclusion, us the
preachers say, we venture the
assertion that Lee is no worse
than the other counties OF the
state where there is anything
like a close contest. The only
difference is, we have a Judge
who is going latter them.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-01-03
Mr.. Slemp
Married
Congressman Goes to
New Orleans and Claims
His Bride.

New Orleans, La, December
20. -Congressmnn Campbell
Bascom Slemp, of Big Stone
Gap, representing the Ninth
Virginia District in Congress,
and Miss Roberta T. Barton, of
st. Emma Plantation, were
married here at 3 o'clock this
evening. The ceremony was
performed at Christ Church
Cathedral, Rev. William A.
Barr, officiating. 1t was the
ending of n romance between
the Virginia Congressman and
the fair daughter of Louisiana.
which had its conception at
Virginia Hot Springs two years
ago.
Miss Barton is a charming
Louisiana girl, aud comes from
a family long associated with
the development of Ascension
Parish. She is the daug liter Of
Mrs. e. II. Barton, family
long holding some OF the larg-
est sugar estates on the bayou.
Shortly before . O'Clock the
party entered a large automo-
bile at the st. Charles Hotel
and went to Christ Church Ca
thedral, where all was in wait.
ing. Mrs. Sims, sister of the
bride, gave her away in mar
rage while Miss Eta Emmett
was maid of honor and Miss
Louise a. Yarr was bridesmaid.
f. d. Armstrong was best man,
and Raymond Martinez was
groomsman.
After the ceremony OF the
Episcopal church a wedding
supper was served. Congress-
man and Mrs. Slemp will arrive
in Washington in time for the
re-opening of Congress.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-01-03
l9l2 APT CALENDAR rpER.

ON next Sunday, January z,
the New York Sunday World
will distribute a beautiful Pic-
torial Review Art Calendar:
also an eight-page Fashion
Booklet. The Calendar is print
ed 40 elaborate colors on heavy
coated paper, and ia IA fitting
souvenir for the whole year.
l he picture Is "a reproduction of
a fine oil painting entitled
Contemplation 1t shows a
young woman i'm the glow of a
winter evening freight, as she
sits before the Goals At her
feet is "a splendid collie, which,
with his friendly face and shay
gy coat, completes the picture
and makes it full of the spirit
of home With the calendar is
given the Mid Winter Fashion
Booklet of the Pictorial Review
Pattern Company, which is fa
nous for it's up-to- date styles.
Every woman will want this
Fashion Supplement and Calen-
.sssea Bear in mind that all
As.S4A lealers order very close on
the New York Sunday World
and if you would obtain one of
these Pictorial Review Fashion
Booklets and beautiful Art
Calendar you must see your
paper man and order in ad-
vance. Regular World readers
who wish extra copies should
also take note Of this.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-01-03
Allowance
To Short Lines Will be
Investigated.

Washington, Dec. 80. Tho
United States Interstate Com
merce Commission will com
mence in January the invosti-
CATION into the matter Of allow
.ance To short liz ce Tread
serving industries The inves
tigation will include the rates,
divisions OF rates and allow
ances on inbound and out
bound traffic moving over short
lines of railroads serving iron
and steel industries in official
classification territory, moro
particularly that portion lying
east of Cincinnati and Cleye-
land.
The investigation will be
conducted with aview to ascer.
tanning the relation of short
lines of railroad to and their af
.iiliations with the iron and steel
industries which they serve,
and for the purpose of deter
mining whether the division of
rates received by or allowances
made to them are lawful.
The entire question of allow
ances will be gone into by the
commission with view of
naming reasonable rates and
eliminating determinations.
Hearings will probably be
held at Pittsburg, Cleveland
and other cities in the affected
territory.
The advances made by the
Louisville ~ Nashville Railroad
in coal and coke rates from
Virginia to points in Ohio, In
diana and other states will be
the object OF a complaint to the
United States Interstate Com
merce Commission by the Sto
mega Coke x Coal Co. of Big
Stone Gap, Va. The company
will ask that the rates com
planned of be suspended by the
commission
TO Cincinnati the increase
amounts 10 about 80 Id per
cent. The commission is now
investigating the case, and, in
view of the many widely dis
tri buted points affected, may
direct suspension of an inves-
tigation of the case.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-01-03
The Contest.
Who Will Get the Fine Piano
Given Away On Feb
AIRY 10th.

The popularity contest for the
possession OF the fine piano,
now drawing to n close under
the joint auspices of the Kelly
Drug Company and the Big
Stone Gap Post is creating no
end of interest among the la
dies. The hustling for new sub
scriptions for the Post, in order
to secure 1000 votes at one
crack, and the selling of gener-
al merchandise due bills on the
Kelly Drug Company's store is
taking the young women out
into the small towns and every
where it might be possible to
secure votes for the piano.
Who will be the winner is a
question no one can, at present,
answer, for as it often occurs in
these contests, the candidates
who lag behind for weeks sud
denly FORCES to the front and
finally carries of the prize
when some other is supposed to
have a lead that can not be
overcome. 1t is all question
of get up-and-get.there The
lady who gets out and sells due
bills or goes out after subscrip-
tions, putting in her spare mo-
ments in getting her friends to
vote for her by subscribing for
the paper, is the one who comes
in victorious at the end OF the
race.
This contest is strictly on fair
basis, and itmust be understood
that neither the Kelly Drug
Company or the Post has "a ia.
vorite candidate, nor will they
ask anyone to vote for a certain
candidate.
Get busy, and go to the sur
rounding towns. You may be
agreeably surprised over the
votes that are waiting for you
The contest closes February
10th
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-01-03
New Paper for Wise.

Wise. Va, Dec. 3O.-A news
paper to be known as the Wise
Virginian will make it's appear
ance here about January 10th.
The plant will be moved in
next week and will occupy
three rooms on the third floor
of the Bruce-Johnson buildi z
opposite the court house. The
paper will be edited by HowaSS.d
G.. Miller, for a number of sSesFs
editor OF the Norton Free Press.
The enterprise will have the
substantial backing of the bust
ness and professional men of
Wise. The town has been with
out a paper since w. Ii Eads
suspended publication of the
Wise News about one year ago.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-01-03
The Back Home" Call Has
Reached The West.

The Back Home" move
ment has evidently penetrated
the west, and is very frequent
ly the topic of animated dis-
cussion in that region of the
country. More so perhaps than
we here at the home of the
movement appreciate. We
draw this conclusion from the
fact that MI George ID. Peters,
formerly coal and ice mer.
chant in Bristol, Va, but now
a travelling representative of
the Northern Pacific Irrigation
Company, Of kennewick,
Wash, who has been in the
east for several weeks in the
interest of his company's fruit
farms near kennewick. admits
that the idea is a good one, and
that it is about the only slogan
or call ever started in the south
that has ever been heard of out
on the Pacific slope.
This proves what we have al
ways claimed for the Back
Home movement. that il is
valuable because it catches the
ear and sticks in the memory.
10 is a great slogan, and if we
here in the south would organ
ize along business lines to pro
mote this call and take care Of
those who answer it seriously
as hundreds are really anxious
to do, we would get results.
And again TO quote MIR.
Peters, who is "a Southerner at
heart, but now a successful and
enthusiastic westerner, h e
fault TO be found in the south a
efforts at bringing people into
the region, is that most of the
energ les are expended in
dreaming dreams and evolving
schemes, which are good in tue
main, but never applied along
practical lines. Mr. Peters be-
lieves IN personal solicitation
as the most effective means Of
peopling any region He has
been successful in taking a
number of people from the
south 90 the west, and he has
sold many others, who remain
in the south, fruit farms, all by
personally laying the PROPOSE
ton before them He takes the
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