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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18

The food administration has decid-
ed to purchase 80 per cent OF the
output OF the -four mills. Out Of this
It will supply the allies, the army and
navy, and will maintain reserve stores
to meet local shortages.
Citizens or subjects Of European
neutral countries, regardless Of wheth-
er they have taken out first papers
for American citizenship, will be freed
from liability to military service in the
United States If they appeal through
their diplomatic representatives in
Washington.
The senate has adopted Senator Boz
rah's resolution requesting the rules
committee to consider the ACCESSIBILITY
Of amending the present rules so as
to permit the consideration Of trea-
ties in open session
Even some plants making munitions
and other war supplies may have to
curtail fuel consumption during the
next sixty days, Fuel Administrator
Garfield said, in statement assuring
the public that every effort will be
made to distribute the available sup
ply of coal where most need, and that
no Partially will be shown in any
section.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
AN ATTACK OF GRIP
USUALLY LEAVES KIDNEYS
N WEAKENED CONDITION

Doctors in all parts Of the country have
been kept busy with the epidemic of grip
which has visited so many homes. The
symptoms of grip this year are often very
distressing and leave the system in run
down condition, particularly the kidneys
which seem to suffer most, as almost every
victim complains of lame back and urin-
airy troubles which should not be- neglect
ed, as these danger signals often lead to
dangerous kidney troubles: Druggists
report . large sale on DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root which SO many people say
soon heals and strengthens the kidneys
after an attack of grip. Swamp Root,
being an herbal compound, has gentle
healing effect on the kidneys, which is al
most immediately noticed in most cases
by those who try it. DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, offer to send sam
pie size bottle of Swamp Root, on receipt
of ten cents, to every sufferer who re-
quests it. A trial will convince anyone
who may be in need of it. Regular medi-
UNI and large size bottles, for sale at
all druggists. Be sure to mention this
paper.-Adv.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
WANT PLANTERS TO
RAISE OIL BEANS
The Farmers Are Urged To Raise
Oil Beans In The State Of
Georgia This Year
Atlanta

Atlanta
The Atlanta chamber of commerce.
at the request of Lieut., Col. Charles
Van Way, with the United States
signal corp at Washington, has under
taken the work of promoting the grow
ing of castor beans in Georgia.
There is a great demand from the
government for castor oil, which is
used to lubricate the bearings in aer-
oplane motors and other machinery.
In order to encourage as much as
possible the raising of the beans by
the farmers, the government has form
ed contract to be made with the
farmers. The main features of the
contract are as follows:
The price will be $3.50 per bushel
of As pounds at the nearest railway
station
No agreement will be made with any
one person covering more than ~
f00O acres.
Subcontractors are to be paid not
less than SO per bushel for beans
grown by them.
The government will pay for the
crop on delivery.
-The government will furnish seed
at cost, plus transportation charges,
to be paid in cash, or out of the first
sales
The government will pay for the
crop on delivery.
! The contracting planter will be re-
CURED to furnish a bond Of 81 per
acre for the crop planted, as an evi-
dence of good faith, but not guaran'
tee of the size of the crop.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
COAL SOLD ONLY
ON FUEL ORDER
ADMINISTRATORS MAKES IT PLAIN
THAT GOVERNMENT WILL
BE IN CONTROL
CARS ARE BEING DIVERTED
Governor Hugh Dorsey Says That All
Homes Must Be Supplied With
Fuel ITO Keep Warm
Atlanta-


No person, institution, business con
Germ or anybody can buy coal in At
lanta except upon order issued by the
city fuel administration.
At a meeting of the coal dealers of
the city, the. fuel administration,
through its counsel, p t.. McDuffie,
promulgated the rules, which will gov
ern the distribution of coal, and the
coal. dealers then held Another meet
ing at which. they perfected their plans
for cooperating with the fuel admin
istration q ~. AGO
Fuel Administrator Henry B. Kenne-
dy made it CLEAR that from now on
the administration is, going to control
the distribution of COAX and see. TO it
that domestic needs are supnliedj even
if the administration has TO resort to
the drastic measure of confscating
coal from corporations, dealers or
wherever else coal can. be found .ip
the city. s."
Administrator ,KrRendy, after. the
PRONUNCIATION Of the new rifles, was
to issue an order to F. G. McCool,
freight agent of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, instructing him TO
divert five cars of coal at once to coal
yards which were without coal or pros
pect of coal, but had teams. for de-
livery.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
army. EXEMPTIONS
BANNED BY BRITAIN
SIR eEDpEs TELLS COMMONS
ARMY MUST BE STRENGTH
~ ENED, EXEMPTED CALLED "
TO GET 100000 MORE men
When Full Force OF America, How
ever Comes Into Play Complete
Victory For Allies Predicted

London.-Nearly half a million men
from Great Britain alone are to be re-
cruited into the British army at the
earliest date possible, and it is prob
able that many more will be added to
that number in the coming months.
These will comprise the younger men,
who up to the present have been ex-
empted because of, their employment
in industries essential to the war SER
vices.
This announcement. was made in the
house of commons by Sir Auckland
Geddes, minister of national service,
whose statement of the governments
man-power proposals was replete with
interesting details of Britains strength
in the struggle into which she means
to throw her full resources.
The empire has enrolled 100000
fighting and labor battalion forces
during the war, according to the state
ment of the minister, and now has
more than four million enrolled, but
needs more men to hold its own
against the enemy until the American
strength is available.
Sir Auckland Geddes pEefaced his
remarks on the governments man
power proposals by. the:,> declaration
that nothing could be more mislead-
ing than the suggestion that the man
power problem could be solved by a
| dramatic stroke 1t was the central
problem of the war.
Going into the details of the situa-
ton, the minister said in part:
"The plain facts do not support the
statement that the armies. are melting
for lack of recruits, and the recruit
ing has broken down.
"The government has examined in
detail the position of the allies on the
eastern front and the results are not
unsatisfactory. Excluding Russia and
Rumania. the allies have substan-
tial superiority in fighting and ration
strength over the central powers.
From a statistical standpoint the
strength of the enemy gives no cause
for anxiety.
1.-THE withdrawal of Russia means
that not less than 100000 men will
be made available on the western
front. Notwithstanding Russia's defec-
ton, the resources of the allies and
America are sufficient to assure vic
tory, and nothing but psychological
catastrophe can save the central pow;
| ers." ~
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
MILLIoNyiN FOOD
is DESTROYED BY
FIRE AT CAPITAL
Great Quartermaster's Building De
stroyed, Other. Buildings Dam
aged And Supplies Lost

Washington = A quantity. of army
supplies, including $1,OOO,OO0 worth of
food was destroyed, the quartermaster
warehouse ruined and several other
buildings damaged bX "a fire at the
Washington, barracks occupied by en-
gineer troops. A large part Of the
city's fire. apparatus was called upon
to fight the flames, which were given
impetus by the explosion Of quantity
of gasoline. .. 49,
After a hard fight of an.hour and a
half the fire was extinguished An ord
nance building containing quantity
of small arms and ammunition was en-
dangered, but soldiers removed what
was stored there The origin of the
. fire has not Peen>disclosed by officials
at the post
A limited quantity of clotAing and
shoes We're destroyed. 4.
The buildings are located on the
sUnited States arsenal grounds along
the river front at 4 IL street, south
west. Buildings on the ground in
clude the United States army war col
.'1ege, far removed, from the other
structures, and barracks and officers
quarters ares occupied by men Of. the
engineer corps ,,4 -,
AS the fire gained Roadway a fourth
alarm called fire apparatus from more
distant points.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
Cattle And HOGS Burned

Over three hundred head of cattle,
probably as many hogs and an I'M
known number of mules were burned
to death at the Miller Union, Stock
Yards in the most disastrous live
stock fire Atlanta has ever known.
The. fire, which was of unknown orr
gin, was discovered at 1928 o'clock in
one of the departments of the stock
yards. -.
The interior of the building was as
dry as finder, with loose hay scat
tered about in the feeding pens and
stalls; affording !, ideal conditions for
the rapid spread of. flames. Within
two minutes after the first blaze was
noticed, the interior of the building
was seething mass of flames and
the smoke was so thick, that it was
impossible to enter the building.
In spite of the most strenuous ef-
forts of the six, fire companies that
were called to fight the fire, the flames
famed by a high spread rap
idly to the general sales barn, sales
pens and the building that is some
stimes used as quarantine by the
federal bureau of animal industry
for the reception and treatment of cat
tie infected with ticks or suffering
from tick fever. A favorable wind
saved the beef and pork packing plant
of the White Provision company from
being wiped out in the confagration.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
Catarrhal. Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local appIlcatlons as they cannOL TeEVIH
the. diseased portion of the ear. There Is
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedy
sTIAIsf3S /, CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces.
: of the System. Catarrhal Deafness Is
caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube:
When this tube Is inhamed you have 9
.runlblinE sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result. Unless the fnfiammati ion can be re-
sduced sand this tube restored to its 8nor,,
raalScondition, hearing may be DESTROYED
forever. Many cases of DEAFNESS are
caused by Catarrh. which is; an eindamed
condition of the Mucous Surfaces
case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannqqSS
+ be cured by : HALLS CAH7AttfsE
MEDICINE. u st g.
All Druggists &c. Circulars free
F. T. Cheney: & Co, Toledo, ONO.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
GREEN'S. AUGUST FLOWER

: Has been used for all ailments that
are caused: by disordered stomach
and inactive liver, such as sick head
ache, constipation, sour stomach,
nervous indigestion, fermentation Of
food, palpitation of the heart caused by
gases in the stomach. August Flower
is a. gentle laxative, regulates digestion
both in stomach and intestines, cleans
and .sweetens the stomach and alimen-
tary canal, stimulates the liver to Sc
crete the bile and impurities from the
blood. Sold in all civilized countries.
30 and 90 cent bottles.-Adv.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
Smith win Is Probsted

The will of the late James NJ. Smith
was probated in solemn form at Lex
ington in the ordinary's court. la
The three witnesses, all elderly men,
were present in person.
The administrator will be appointed
on the first Monday in February the
late judge, D. w. Meadow, who was
the sole executor named in the wilK
having never qualified, Nand the APP
pointmeut of an administrator by the
ordinary to administer the ESTATE
with will annexed" being the course,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
Washington.

The Argentine foreign office init
mates that the Mexican delegation in
Buenos Aires, consisting largely of
military men, aviators and newspaper
correspondents, has secret mission
which is unknown even at the foreign
office. Several OF the Mexicans are
reported to be openly pro-German..
Every phase of the war departments
preparation for battle against Germa-
ny was outlined and defended by Sec
Rotary Baker before the senate mill
tary committee. He answered those
who have criticized the department
during the committees investigation
with the assertion that no army as is
now under the American nag had ever
been raised, equipped or trained so
quickly and that never before had
such provision been made for the com
fort and health of an army,
A dispatch from Madrid says the
Spanish king has signed new decree
dissolving the cortes. Elections will
be held February % and the new par
lament will meet no March is,
The women suffragists feel sure of
forcing the senate TO pass the Susan
B. Anthony suffrage amendment be-
fore the present session ends.
Woman suffrage by federal constitu-
tional amendment won in the bnuse
with exactly the required number of
affirmative votes.
The shortage of food abroad prob
ably viii bring an early determine
ton of a policy respecting the balance
to be maintained between food and
troop shipments. A decision will be
left largely to the allies, since they
best can determine which viii be the
most useful to themselves in prose
cutting the war.
Senator Jones Of Washington says:
Every scoundrel in the country is
stocked up on military supplies which
the quartermaster claims he is unable
to obtain" Senator Jones wants the
government TO furnish officers their
uniforms at cos
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
Moral Lesson for Mother.

"Mamma," said Willie the other day,
did you tell Norah to say you were
not in when Mrs. Jones called?"
Eyes, dear"
as it right to do that?'
ut is customary, Willie"
"Well, mamma, said the boy after
thoughtful pause, chow would you like
it if God should tell st. Peter to say
that to you when you got to heaveng"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
Nothing But Trouble.

There is no occasion for you to
envy me-" said the prosperous per-
SON Il have as many troubles as
YOU"
az s'pose We have, mister" admitted
Dismal Dawson, "but the difficulty
with me is that 1 amt got anything
elSe.'s
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
THE WEEKS EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS or STATE, MA
TIoN AND THE WORLD
BRIEFLY TOLD
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
A Condensed Record OF Happenings
OF interest From All Points
OF The World



Senator James Fl. Brady OF Idaho
died at his home in Washington, d.
c.. OF heart trouble. He was born
in Pennsylvania and was Sc years
old: then moved to Kansas and was
educated in the public schools OF Leav-
enworth. He taught school for three
years and then became newspaper
reporter.
At indianapolis, Ind, fire broke out
in the Industrial building, which hous-
ed thirty manufacturing concerns, and
destroyed the building and adjoining
property, causing loss estimated at
one million dollars. The fire is be-
lieved by the fire department to have
been of incendiary origin Six OF the
manufacturers were making machin-
cry for the government. Six dwell
ings, church, grocery and saloon
were also burned. No lives were lost.
Conviction Of four officials of the
Hamburg American line, including
Karl Buenz, managing director, on
charges of violating the customs laws
in sending supplies to German cruis-
ers early in the war, was affirmed by
the United States circuit court OF
appeals at New York City. The deci-
sion also upheld the conviction Of the
Hamburg American line, which had
been sentenced to pay fine of one
dollar
Higher wages will be asked OF the
railroad administration soon by nearly
all classes of organized railroad labor.
1t is stated, however, that strikes are
in nowise contemplated
Frank Gwynne Tuder, leader OF the
Australian Labor party, has been ele-
waited TO the premiership, says a Mel
bourne dispatch
Most of the industries asked to re-
glass industry might be one of these,
complish il by shutting down entirely
for one day each week, as the paper
board makers already have been or,
dered to do. Some industries, however,
cannot shut down easily for a day,
and they will be asked to cease oper-
alton for as long as month later on
in the year. II was suggested that the
glass industry might be one of these
Explaining his recent order giving
fuel administrators authority to close
industries to supply householders
with coal, Doctor Garfield said this
power would be permitted to be used
only in emergencies.
Al Camp Funston, Kans, three mer
were killed and two seriously injured
when the army bank there was robbed
by a man dressed in the uniform Of
captain in the United States army
The three men, civilians, were killed
with an ak, it is reported. while they
were at work in the bank. c, F. Win
tiers, vice president OF the Nationa
Reserve bank of Kansas City, Mo,
was seriously wounded and it is fear
ed he cannot recover
A series of tornadoes that broke
over Central Georgia are known t.
have killed one man Three Others
are known to have been injured
cloudburst followed the first tornado
and the greatest damage to Cam
Wheeler seven miles south Of Ma
con. Ca, where more than 10000 mer
are encamped, is from water Many
tents were blown down. The collaps,
OF corral Of the 1920 infantry (for
merly Fifth Georgia regiment) caused
the death of private named Harris
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
New pemurrage Rates In Effect Jan. 81

Chairman c. NJ. Gambler of the state
railroad commission, has just issued
the commissions first order under di-
rection of the federal director general
of the railroads.
This order was to put into effect in
Georgia the new scale. Of demuFrage
rates recently promulgated by the di-
rector general. Chairman Gambler or
dered the new charges to take effect
in Georgia January 81:
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
$4,000 Autos in State Of Georgia

$4,000 Autos In State OF Georgia
Only about 1000 of the $4,000 auto
mobile owners in Georgia have secur-
ed license tags for 1918. However,
nearly 2,50O" applications were received
Esh one day, and Secretary of State
Philip Cook expects that hundreds will
NOW come in daily.
F. Owners of cars are. allowed to'6per-
ate under 1917 numbers until the first
DAY of March, except in the case of
I the purchase of new cars or where
the ownership of old cars. changes.
Also cars going out of the state must
bear the new number. :, ,.;,,->
Secretary Cook. stated that if own
ems of automobiles continue to delay
until the last days of the. time limit. to
I.get their 1918 numbers the office
would be SO swamped with applica-
tiohs that it would be impossible for
the, force to- handle all of them. =,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
To Secure VOL For rhe unemployea


The state and federal government
labor exchange. in cooperation, is
now actually in existence and is open
for business az the office of the COM
missioner of commerce and labor, at
room $40, state capitol, Atlanta, Geor-
gia.
The object of this exchange is to
find employment for men and women
who are unemployed where they, are
best suited for the work. It is also
the object of the exchange to secure
labor for any one needing it. No
fee is charged.
There are hundreds of places open
to labor of all classes, both skilled
ana unsllilled, black and white, pro-
fessionaf and otherwise It will be
as much the object of the exchange
to secure 2 teacher or to find school
for teacher wherever the need for
either is found as it will be to find a
mace for a maid or a maid for a
place, the same object to be carried
cut in all branches of work. ~.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18

Homicidal Language on Rifle Range.
Oftieet-".Haye you anyone else TO
shoot, sergeQnt3" Sergeant-''No, sir.
III shoot myself now, Exchange.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
Government To Control Fisheries

Government To Control Fisheries
The alien labor problems of fishery
industries at Brunswick and other
Georgia coast points, which, under the
Georgia law, have given these indus
tries a great deal of troubles will
shortly be solved by a proclamation
from President Wilson licensing all
salt water fisheries on the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts. This information
came Maj. d. F. McClatchey, execu
tive secretary of the Georgia food adj
ministration. who is now in Washing
ton. q
Owing to the fact that the Georgia
law does not permit of the use of
aliens, the fisheries have been endeav-
oring for many months to get them
selves placed under the regulation Of
the federal food administration in or
der that the restrictions of the Geor-
gia law might be abrogated, but until
now had been unsuccessful.
With Major McClatchey in Wash
ington are State Game and Fish Com
mission Sam J. Slate of Georgia and
others interested in the coast situa-
ticn.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
Hancock HeaIthiest Camp In b. ;

Hancock HeaIthiest Camp In y. 8.
The announcement from Camp Han
cock at Augusta that reports fled with
the surgeon general from all camps
in the United States National Guard
and national army show that the
camp at Augusta is the healthiest
in the country. The report shows that
the sick rate of the Pennsylvania dixi-
sions at Camp Hancock for one week
was but ga cases per thohsanel The
nearest approach to this is the rec.
ord of Camp Custer. in Michigan, a
national army camp, with sc eases
per thousand
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18

British Casualties 24,97s For Week
London.-British casualties report
ed during the week totaled 24,979 Of
ticers and men, divided as follows /:
Killed or died of wounds: 0ffieers,
IL; men, 5.149. Wounded Or miss
ing: Officers, BOA men, 1g,4O9. Cas-
ualties in the British army reported
for the week ending today exceed by
almost 5000 the total reported in the
/ previous week when the figures took
an upward Jump. virtually doubling
1.-The casualties of the preceding week.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
10 Mexic officers Are Put To Dealt

10 Mexic Officers Are Put To Death
= Mexico City.-Ten army officers, in
4eluding General Leocadio PARA, out
+ Of torty-fve arrested in, connection
with a plot to kill General Alfgredo
Nevo,. commander of the military dis
triet in the state of Mexico, and Au-
gustin MILAN, governor of that state,
We're. executed at Toluca. the state
capital, about forty miles from this
city, Summary courts-martial preeed-
ed the imposition of the death penal
ttyys. ,s!The remainder of the forty-fve
men accused were released
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
NecesaIlarY.

Riches. haze Wings, Il SO
''Theys need ,eIn. TO keep slp.saslth q tne
cost of living"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of:awater add q 'oz. Bay
Rum, small box of Barbo Compound,
and Il z,}of glycerine. Any druggist can
put this up or you can mix it at home az
very little cost. Full directions for max
ing and use come in each box OF Barpo
Compound. It will gradually darker 1at
streaRed, faded gray hair, and make 1t SOY
and glossy. 1t will not color the scalp Is NV Jg
sticky or greasy, and does not rub OH. Au''
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18

Plies Cured in to f4Days ,,,,-r 1,,la
to cure Itching, Blind, Bleedingor ProtruoAns -
First application gives relief, btc.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-01-18

In tie game of. 1ife..p good deal De
ponds on a, good deal.