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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-05-27
NO MORE FOOLISHNESS
IN MATRIMONY

Now that Missouri is to have law
forbidding the marriage of people "in-
sane, feeble minded or mentally i'm
becile," we should see marked i'm
provement in marital life in this state.
True, those individuals of the silly
sort who were wed, or shall become
so, before the new statute is made OPP
erative will doubtless make trouble
from time to time--as foolish folk are
wont to 10. However, after next
month Missouri can hope to have done
with any but wise men and women be-
coming husbands and wives.
It is time for such law. Every
story of matrimonial troubles, aired
in the courts or before the public
otherwise, is convincing proof that
too many mentally incapacitated hui
man beings get married. 1t is not
easy to understand why matrimony
seems to possess such appesl for fool
ish people. but it undoubtedly does at
tract them-else why would they so
unfailingly rush into the state? They
are imbecile enough to wed, and then
they continue to show their mental
condition by public discussion of their
woes, and undertakings to end them.
After next month, however, all this
will end. 1t will then be against the
law for any clergyman. magistrate or
other official to perform marriage
If either would-be principal is not of
sound sense. The officiating clergy
man or magistrate, we take it, is to be
the judge-upon him rests response
bility for determining whether the
lovers applying to him to be made man
and wife have the mental capacity
for embarking on such q course. II
either or both shall be deemed ".daffy",
"batty", vacant in the upper story,
or similarly lacking in that fine bal
ance Of mind which should distinguish
candidates for matrimonial honors
wedding bells must not ring.
It is all very simple. Also, i
seems very proper. True, there may
be sharp falling off in the number
Of marriages and giving in marriage
lit must be admitted that the average
lover viii have difficulty in passing
muster when his or her mental ccndi-
| ton shall be submitted TO the cold
scrutiny Of on unsympathetic clergy
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-05-27

Verify, official responsibilities are
soredoomed to encounter such sordid
things, as these, SO that we can not
blame the Governor in seeking oppor-
tunities in higher places and broader
fields--such as the United States Sem
ate, which would leave these contempt
ible details of practical politics TO
more congehial and willing spirits, as,
for instance, the Lieutenant Governor.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-05-27

natural assumption would be that this
board has been greatly abused and i'm
posed upon, first by the people them
selves, who voted taxes upon low as
sessments, of course); second, by the
grasping county assessors; third, by
the extravaganza county courts and city
councils, who are heaping these ini-
quitious tax burdens upon the people.
The absurdity of this assertion-which
can not even be dignified by the term,
contention-appears, when it is con-
sidered that the State Board raised all
assessments all over the State an av-
erage Of 80 per cent, and that all lev
les, made by all county courts and all
city councils, and all school boards
must be levied upon the new assess
ment.
Fortunately, the people will obtain
definite and practical information
when they come to pay their taxes
this fall. The delusive and hypocriti-
cal evasions, put forth by this Board,
headed by the Governor, will be fully
revealed and conclusively proven
when the people find out the actual
amount of the actual taxes they will
have to pay.
Let's quote a few more burning
words from Hyde: at is time of in
creasing financial uneasiness. A
Tightening of money and credit has
complicated the problem. Under such
circumstances, no conscientious Off
cial carr justify the unnecessary ex-
penditure of single dollar, or coun-
tenance for a minute either waste OF
extravaganza" from the Governors
inaugural. Thereupon, the Legisla-
ture proceeded to appropriate $9,000,-
600 more than any Legislature in the
history of Missouri, and to keep pace
with the general scheme Of extrava-
gance, went ahead and spent 1894 900
upon itself, or more than any other
ordinary Legislative session in the his
tory Of the State.
sit is obvious that we can not go up
with our expenditures and down with
our income. We can not be over gen.
erous, even with objects most worthy.
We dare not greatly diminish our in
come, desirable as that might appear"
from the second message of the Gov
ernor. In other words, since the Legis-
lature was so busily engaged in boost
ing expenses that State machine of
extraordinary size might be built,
there must not be any reduction in
taxes. The motto was "Let income
keep pace with expenses. Up with
outlay and up with income" -Missou-
ri State Journal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-05-27
DELIVERING THE GOODS

When Mr.. Hyde delivered his inaug-
ural address, he promised many things.
II is interesting to review them now.
He told the Legislature, II have
been much gratifed in the clearly ex-
pressed intention of members of both
Of the Legislature, to hold down
clerkships to the necessary minimum,
and to curtail expenditures to the low
est figure consistent with the public
service"
The Legislature cost $280,000, with
$4,000 Of warrants unpaid, more than
any previous To-day session in the
history Of the State, and more than
Z most revised sessions.
The Governor insisted that there
could be neither efficiency, economy
nor responsibility in system in which
both control and responsibility are
dissipated," referring to his consolida-
ton plan.
Then, he said eve do not contem-
plate the creation of new official bod
les in connection with any existing de-
partment. 1t is confidently expected
that a large number can be eliminated
through coordination and efficiency
methods"
The Legislature, acting under these
inspiring words, created new depart
ments by shifting and consolidating
old ones, at an aggregate biennial cost
of about $2,50O,000. No office was
abolished, many new official activities
were provided for and the Govern
mental budget increased for these
alone more than a million dollars dur
ing each biennial period.
Describing the '"high moral intent"
underlying his every act, and making
specific application to the subject Of
redistricting the State, the eminent
and purposeful chief executive felt at
that time that zone of the important
things which the people look conf
IDENTIFY to us to do is to redistrict the
State. This must be done fairly, hav-
ing regard to contiguity of the coun-
ties and compactness of the district"
he said. AS though this expression
did not contain sufficient assurance of
virtuous inclination, the Governor
added, 81 hold personally to the opin-
ion that the welfare of the State will
be best served by having the two great
parties placed in such competition as
will make the merit of their service
the deciding factor in the election, and
that any party which can depend up
on an unfair gerrymander or a corrupt
election has lost its incentive to pub
lie service"
The Governor must have been great
ly shocked when the Legislature hand
ed him, by the grace of Hiram Lloyd's
caucus action, a judicial gerrymander
30 extreme in'its partisan character as
4 W atOubc llulBhhIiVH III cFSiy SotiiCl
Of the State, even among the Govern
or's party associates.
How he must have been Mortified,
and his moral impulses stung, when
the Legislature failed, through DELHI
crate intent, fearing the referendum,
to rearrange the senatorial districts,
making it necessary for the Governor
to seat himself around council table
in which the malignant partisan infu-
ence of the St. Louis machine, person
fled by "Car Lloyd" dominated, and
compelled patriotic, non-partisan, un-
selfish public officials, like the Gov
ernor, to reapportion the senatorial
districts so as to make a Democratic
Senate impossible!
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-05-27
WEASEL WORDS" FROM HYDE

The State Board Of Equalization,
through the publicity bureau of the
Republican State Committee, this
week issued two thousand words of
fiction and misstatement, intended 20
justify the action of the Board in in
creasing the tax burdens of the pep
pie Of the state. The statement is in
tended to try to shift the responsible
ity from his Republican Board to the
County Courts, city councils, county
assessors and local boards of various
kinds. According to this remarkable
statement, your local officials will De
to blame for your high taxes, not this
yirtuous board of such marvellous at
tainments.
A fictitious tax receipt is given at
the head of the statement, as distribut-
ed for publication. In this tax receipt,
the state rate is again falsely stated
as only 1875, when it has been shown
over and over again that the state tax
rate for the current year will be LAG.
The Board naively admits as much, in
small print, in the body Of the state
ment, but says the rate will be reduced
at the special session. Then it de-
clares that / cent Of the rate, being
presumed to be the tax for blind pen
sions, was voted by the people on
themselves, and that, therefore, the
people are to blame for this item
themselves. 1t has not occurred to
these apologize and sophistical gen.
try that the people voted the levy, but
they did not vote for the assessment,
which is the important thing, as the
assessment is the factor against which
the tax is levied. Moreover, the tax
for the blind is cents, not ! cent. 1t
is proposed to reduce this tax, and pay
for the extravagant Hyde administra-
ton at the expense of the blind.
In this hypothetical tax receipt, in
which the state tax rate is falsely CIV
en- as 1875 instead of 14.6, an attempt
is made to compute the amount of tax
es paid on valuation of $4,000 last
year, increased to $4,000 by the State
Board. The State tax paid for last
year is stated at $3.50. while it is adj
mitted that the present years taxes,
at the actual rate, on the new valua-
ton of $4,000 would be 1884 which in
, itself is an actual increase Of 62.2 per
cent.
The Board calls attention to the act
of the last Legislature providing that
county taxes should not be increased
so as to produce more than 10 per
cent additional revenue. If your coun-
ty taxes amount to more than this, ac-
cording to this amazing utterance, the
! State Board is not to blame, but your
county court.
The policy of the Board seems to be
to shift responsibility. Any sort Of
shift will serve, even if it be necessary
to say, as in the instance of the ref
erence to the taxes for blind pensions,
that the "people voted the taxes on
themselves" If one were to read this
descending document, without pre-
yious knowledge of the subject, the
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-05-27

man or magistrate seeking to escape
being fined. But if few are passed,
not many unhappy marriages will fol-
low.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19

rtvct As an evidence Il her interest In
his project The question has been
a,kcd-will thi. hotel lay disidcndsf
The best ansWot Co this question ~ that
he Hotel Amarillo haF always paid well
IN the past and surely with these ad'
1.iiopal facilities II viii pay even better
in the Future. Every member % the
board II cty development has c,i'
d'ncrd hls interest rs subscribing az
uurding 20 his mcaVs in this enterprise
the buard's total subscription amount
irg a. mur, than o. 500 and Il can be
Urth.r pointed cut That most every
mrnbcr "f the soliciting committees
has purchased stock
can Nuu a. q citizen afford to stay
out9 80 ,tiy'u can afford. and NO
loyal citizen will ignore Il civic enter
pri-a which means NJ much tn our
community as this new hotel not alone
ns civic Improvement. but al-o from
the dullars and cents viewpoint"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
BUILD A new HOTEL and make
AMARILLO A CONVENTION CITY

,-tmcnt. n II the biggest and most
needed project fur the ld,snccmcnt oi
Amarillo ana every loyal citizen should
support the .ntrrpiiss W.. b means 80
much 90 the future - th. community.
This ~ business investment from stiii
o. nnish and ~ not hunus Ur charity
pruirt This hotel viii make AmaTll
H. convention city. and as such VIII
bring hundreds 81 thousands II dollars
Iu cash returns through the mooney that
these people Who attend th,s. conScn'
tons Nill spend IN Amarillo.
More than one hundred business
men Ut Amarillo are drtutng THEN
money and their time Ia further this
project Surely M one can afford not
a. buy at least one share II stock ut
tho value 81 500 on the yisy payment
vl,n of SO down. SO month tor four
months. With a final payment q sJO
Ia september.
This n,W hotel IN the heart % tho
business disirig, viii d. ~. best thing
fur real estate that could possibly 60
cur The building Of this new hotel
Nili unqucstonahiy promote other
building projects
Hotels Are Community Enterprise.
The question may be- asked Why not
get this MONEY from outside sources.
The answer io this question Is that con
trafy e. popular conception hotels are
largely and almost entirely financed To-
.ally cities All over thu cuguiry are
ruw erecting new hotels and indlN iduals
of other cities are putting their money
into their own hotel enterprises. and
II We haven't sufficient faith IN the
future ~ our uvn city O. sds ancc mon
IS for tho erection q this badly needed
addition to our hotel. how can We en-
poet people from outside sources t.
mako the investment for us. As has
been pointed uut. m" loan u $4,000
il heina arranged fur after Amarillo
,hall have come forward with her sub
.ripilon for $4,000 worth e this
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-19
Announcement

We have owned Sertice station o.
sdius'inE Cieaulng and Repairing type.
vritsrs q Remington manufacture
Remington rypeeriisr GO 100 = Third
% Tri.iiiau, Soc ies-. An4tiiio TrN
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-12-30
Advertise In The
Right Way.

Here's little advertising talk to
you Mr.. Business Man;
"You may or may not be an adj
vertiser. In either event you have
something to gain from observation
of the advertising methods of your
competitors. They are showing you
how or how not to do it. If they
are wholly neglecting their oppor-
tunities, so much the better for you,
If they are using the wrong medium
or weak copy, the way is open for
you to forge ahead of them. The
combined experience of leading
merchants and manufacturers indl-
Gates that the newspaper, which
reaches everybody, is the cheapest
and most effective medium for the
sale of articles OF general use. Are
Jour competitors using advertising?
Aud are they using it the right way?
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-12-30
LeeSburg Wins Two
Out Of Three Games
of Basket Ball
From Leslie.

Three teams came over from the
Leslie School Thursday afternoon Of
last week to play Leesburg. In the
first game the Leesburg Scrubs de-
feated the Leslie Scrubs in a hard
fought game by the score Of 9 to s,
Hines shooting all the goals for
Leeshmg.
The second game was more one
sided, the Leesburg girls defeating
the Leslie girls by the score Of 10
to 2. Leesburg has one Of the best
girls teams in Southwest Georgia
and desire to book games with other
strong teams.
In The third game Leslie defeated
the Lces5urg boys team in one of
the hardest fought games ever seen
on the local court. The feature of
this game was the superb guarding
of Long and Powell Of Leesburg and
goal shooting Of Bradley Of Leslie.
Long OF Lccsburg played one of the
Best games Of his career.
Leesburg was outplayed in the
first half but came back and out
played Leslie in the second half.
Final score I3 to 8 in favor Leslie.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-12-30
To Our Subscribers.

We wish to call your attention to
fact that your subscription to the
Lee County Journal is now due, OF
curse there are several yet paid
in advance, we want to keep you on
the list but everyone must pay il he
expects to receive the paper any
longer.
We have been handicapped the
past year because of the condition
of our plant when we took charge
of it last October. But it is our
earnest desire to please our readers
and we promise you u better, bigger
and more attractive sheet another
year if collections are good and we
are able to increase our subscrip-
ton list. Every citizen of the coun-
ty ought to take his home paper, you
car mostly always Judge a county
by the county paper, and without
the support OF the subscribers no
paper can succeed.
You may not see anything OF in
terest to yoI in the paper this week
but the time may come when you
would he willing to pay for a years
for only few issues.
We are also handicapped by
a little indebtedness on cur plant
but with your hearty corporation
we can clear this and feel free to
improve the paper in many ways
that are beyond us just now, be
cause of lack of capital.
We feel sure that you will appre-
ciate our efforts il behalf Of the
county and its citizens and will re-
nit this small amount at an early
date. !
THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL,
By The Editor.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-12-30
Administrators Sale.
NORGIA-Lee County.

ORGIA-Lee County.
BY virtue Of an order from the Court
of Ordinary of Lee County, Georgia,
will be sold at public cutlery on the first
Tuesday in January, 1922, at the court
house door in said County between The
legal hours Of sale, all the right title,
interest, and equity OF James r. James,
deceased, in and to the following DIES
cribcd lands, to-wit:
Land lots Numbers two hundred
twenty-six (226) and two hundred
twenty-seven (227) in the Second Lane
District of Lee County, Georgia, each o
said lots containing two hundred, two
and one-half (202 1-2) acres, more o.
less.
This the 9TH day of December, 1921,
SAM H. JAMES,
Administrator of Estate of
James r. James, Deceased.
LIPPETT & BURT,
Attorneys for Administrator.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-12-30
Sheriffs Sale.
GEORGIA-Lee County.

GEORGIA-Lee County.
There will be sold on the first Tuesday
in January, 1929, in front Of the Court
House door within the legal hours OF
sale, to the highest bidder for cash, the
following property, to-wit:
One Model G Chevrolet ) passenger
motor No. $1,000 Automobile and also
one Chevrolet Automobile known as the
Thompson car being a passenger.
Levied on as the property OF j. S,
Moreland and sold under an execution
from City Court Of Leesburg, in favor OF
i. B. Lee and against J S. Moreland.
This December It'll, 1921.
P. c. COXWELL, Sheriff
Lee County.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-12-30
STATE OF GEORGIA,
County Of Lee.

county VI LS6.
Under and by virtue OF a power OF sale
vested in the undersigned by deed made
and delivered to it by billiard w. Tisor
dated May 18th, 1917, and recorded in
the Office of the Clerk Of the superior
Court of Lee County. Georgia, in Book
u" Folio 300, the undersigned will sell
at public cutlery to the highest bidder
for cash, on the First Tuesday in Janu-
ary, 1922, before the Courthouse Door a
Lecsburg, Lee County, Georgia, between
the legal hours of Sheriff. sales, the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land situate,
living and being in the 18th District OF
the County of Lee, State OF Georgia, con
sisting of whole land lots Numbers Two
Hundred and Sixteen (2lf) and Two
Hundred and Seventeen (2l7, each con
tanning Two Hundred, Two and One
Half (202 l-2} acres, more or less. The
whole lying in one body OF Four Humid
red and Five (405) acres, more or less,
bounded North by the Hargrove lands;
East by lands of Cecil Pettis and j A.
III psey; South by lands OF Mrs. G. ii.
Tison and &. r. Mcbride; West by the
Hollis lands.
Said and will be sold as the property
of said DiIiard W, Tyson to pay the IN
debtedness referred to in said deed, and
more particularly described as follows;
One principal note for the sum OF -Four
Thousand & O0-lO0 Dollars, dated May
10th, 1917, with interest thereon from
November LIST, 1921, to January 3fd,
1922, at the rate of eight per cent. per
annum; also one interest coupon Tor the
sum of Two Hundred, Forty & 0O-lOO
Dollars, lated May 18th, 1917, and due
November Ist, 1921, with interest there
on from maturity to January 3rd, 1922,
at the rate of eight per cent. per annum;
also all expenses Of this proceeding.
Said notes being made ard elivered to
the undersigned by the said billiard w.
Tison, amount of principal and the
interest due to day of sale'teing $4298. q
Dollars, together with the cost Of this
proceeding. Default having been made
by the said billiard w. TisOn in the pay
nent o said Indebtedness the power OF
sale contained in said deed has become
operative The pr ceeds Of said sale
" /, he atuli4d first to the payment Of
sa inue teHness, and the fald"ce, j.
any, pald to the said billiard W, TIson
or his legal representative.
This 9th day OF December, 1921.
PHOENIX MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-12-30
Dwellings Being
RemOdeIed.

Quite a lot Of work is now going
on all parts of the city Mr.. j. W
Lyons is remcdeing several dwell
ings in different parts Of town.
DR. O. w. Statham is recovering
and doing other repair work on his
home. Mr.. r. e. Howe is making
several additions on bis beautiful
home near the new school building.
) Mr. G. A. Wallace has recently ed
died. two rooms to his dwelling on
Walnut Street and will paint sane
at once
Others are planning to huili and
do other repair work this Spring
and Summer
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-12-30
Motor Vehicle
License information.

Issued by S. G. McLendon, Secre'
tetary of State, December 10
1921. Atlanta, Ga.
I Automobile Numbers for 1922 on
sale beginn ne December 10, 1921
This office now has tags on HAND
for immediate delivery.
Application blanks may now be
obtained from your Sheriff or any
| licensed Auto dealer.
Order at once to avoid delay.
Give Pnst Office box Street number
or r. f D. No. and Box No. on
application
Reg Ell yurcar p. M'rch LIST,
the time required by law.
Owners of cars registered last
year, failing to register by March
LIST, il registration lSasked Tor our
ing Marcn and April, must first
pay the sh.riff Of home county
81 o. Ia order to register in these
two month. Ilav, sheriff sign APP
plcq!ion before mailing to Secretary
Of State.
After Ma> l,t no fee must he
paid to sheriff for remainder Of the
yesr
n extra me or DAYS Of grace
viii he Flowed in 1922, after
March lst.
Stat1 if you have Passenger Car
or Truck. Truck must have spe-
cia.ly des gned tag, Distinguishing
it from Passenger Car tag Illegal
to use Passenger Car tag on a
truck or on a passenger car with
truck body for hauling
Send check or money order with
your application. Hold Post Office
Money Order receipt as this receipt
acts as 2 ten day permit.
A license number, when once is
sued to cover certain Mvtor Nehi-
Gle, must remain OH that vehicle;
and rot transferred to. or used on
any other vehicle.
Answer all questions on appIica-
ton blank, giving full description
of car, as all fees for license num-
hers are based upon N. A. G. u.
ratings of horse power BE- sure to
1--WE date car was purchased or ap-
D icat,on will he returned
S. G.. Mel .ENDON,
Secretary of State,
NJ tor Vehicle Department.