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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09
0L0.TIME MONARcHS 1pIKERS'
Ordinary Man Today Lives In Luxury
of Which They Could Have No
Conception.

Take away all our machinery and
steam and electrical power, and II
would require 3OO0000,000 hard-work-
ing slaves TO duplicate the work done
by Americans. =
The use of power and machinery
gives to every man, woman and child
In our country the equivalent OF 81
slaves.
This is figured out in the latest bull
letin Of the Smithsonian institution
observes the Haverhill Gazette.
Why envy the nobleman, back IN
ancient Egypt or Bagdad, with ~
slaves toiling for him?
He had swiftrunning slaves Dnng
him fish from the ocean ana Dlrds
tongues from the mountains.
Today, with few dimes, you can
get a tin can of shrimp brought from
Japan, a package of dates from SYRIA
a bag of nuts from Brazil, sardines
from Norway.
Your slaves-machinery and power
bring them.
For few cents you can buy enough
matches to start 1000 fires. when
the ancient nObleman's fire was doused
by the rain, he shivered in the cola
until slaves made blaze by friction
or brought firebrands from affair.
Plenty Of old settlers, now living
can recall the days before matches
when they ran a mile from the near
est neighbours with shoyelful OF
blazing Goals.
Your real wealth is measured not In
money but in number of things you
obtain to eat and wear, the ease with
which you get them, the comforts anc
convoniences Of your home, methods
of transportation and amusement.
II is only few centuries since ever
the richest kings had no sewers, run
ming water, rapid transportation OF
any of the commonplace things thai
brighten the lives Of all today.
Each year adds to our comforts
and cOnveniences.
A few years ago only the riches
men in town had autos. Now there's
an auto for every y Americans.
Henry Ford is experimenting Will
mixture of glue, cotton and for
maldehyde. He expects to make
powerful building material out o.
these. If he succeeds, he'll stamI
flivvers out like doughnuts.
That seems like Il dream. But 1t Is
merely typical Of the processes OF
mass production that have given stht
average person luxuries that were de
MED the kings of antiquity.
Measured in ancient standards, We
are all kings today, With the slaves o
electricity, steam and machinery toll
ing constantly for us.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09
IDEALS

To promise rarely, and perform
faithfully.
To live in the affections; not to
dwell in pride.
To value people above thoughts and
thoughts above things.
To mingle freely with all classes,
and thus to know mankind.
To choose hobbies with care and
pursue them with diligence.
TO be gentle with those who serve,
since they are not free to resent.
To forswear luxuries, ever INDUCED
by shunting the cost onto others.
To avoid arrogance, which corrodes
the man and estranges his fellows.
To be mastered by no habit or
prejudice, no triumph or misfortune.
TO curb the personal wants, which
expand easlly but shrink with diff
Guilty.
To cultivate courtesy, which fosters
brotherhood and is the manner of the
heart.
TO be just, mans supreme virtue,
which requires the best of head and
heart.-RObert McCurdy, in the Chi
cagO American.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09
JEFF DAVIS ANNIVERSARY.

Last Saturday, June Bird, was the
1l4th anniversary OF the birth OF
jefferson Davis, the great Southern
Chieftain, who swayed the scepter
over the Confederacy whose fall in
G5 was SO calamitous, and whose
ipnoble treatment Mt the hands OF
his captors shall ever remain thorn
in the flesh of his people and II blot
on true Americanism.
No greater American statesman
ever lived than Jefferson Davis and
the story will never grow old OF the
war that he waged against such
tremendous odds. No love OF home
was ever greater than his that he
surrendered position and honor with
his country to take up arms Tor a
right rs he saw and knew 1t, III the
defense and for the perpetuNtloL OF
home and her ideals
True, the chasm that was so great
and that was blasted out by the
civil war has been in n manrer
bridged; the lines of demarcation
between the North and South are
somewhat obIiterated by time,
thought and the common causes thr
which they have stood, side-hy side,
though even yet, Davis, whose
memory shall ever live in Dixie, is
not recognized for his true worth
nor for his service to the United
States.
Forget not this anniversary, enfoId
to your bosoms the memory OF the
man and his deeds as YOU do those
of Washington. jefferson and Ameri-
ca other noblest sons, for truly he
was of us, was for us and it is but
meet that we and our children
should pay homage unto him.
jefferson Davis father, Samuel
Davis was Georgian, II soldier Of
the Revolution. He married South
Carolina lady and moved to Todd
county. Kentucky, where jefferson
was born. Later they removed to
Mississippi, near Woodville then to
beautiful Beauvoir on the gulf, where
jefferson Davis spent his declining
years and which was donated for
aud is yet used as home for dis
abled and imfirm Confederate Vet
Grams.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

A member of the faculty of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania made N-ray
photographs by means of secondary
radiationS from his hand exposed to
the action of a Cr0okes tube. which
was so screened that its rays could not
directly reach the Photographic plate.
Other things besides the hand such as
pieces of wood, zinc, and brass were
found to possess a similar property of
being excited to the emission of inviS-
ible rays by the action of the tube.
ON two occasions the investigator has
suffered from Inflammation of the eyes
and throat when sleeping in a room
where X-ray experiments had been
conducted, and he thinks the cause
may have been the secondary radia-
ton from the air or the objects in the
ROOM
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

OF the 10,3S5, DOT inhabitants of New
York state, 6,634, 400 or 63.9 per cent,
are natives of that state according to
an announcement of the census bureau
of the Department Of Commerce. Less
than 100000 of the population were
born in other states, while almost s.,
100000 were born in foreign countries,
The percentage of native Americans
in the state had increased from COS
in 1910 to TBS in 1920, with an equal
reduction in the percentage of for.
eIgn born residents.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09
EXPANDED Rubber for Insulation

A new use for rubber has been dis.
covered in a non-conductor of heat for
cold storage pipes and chambers. The
work of experimenting with all posi-
BILE materials suggested for the pur.
pose has been conducted by the ma.
tional physical laboratory of London
and the best results obtained were
with rubber expanded by gas with a
highly cellular form. 1t has also the
advantage of being light.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09
AROUND THE WORLD

Haiti has no navigable rivers.
Australia has no active volcanoes.
Colombia produces the finest emer.
aids.
Holland has a COW to every inhab-
liant.
Brazil is as large as the whole Of
Europe.
Uruguay will celebrate Its centenary
in 1926.
Formosa has world monopoly Of
camphOr.
Ceylon produces the worlds finest
cinnamon.
Wales has the largest slate Quarries
in the world.
Persia has no distilleries, breWerles
or saloons.
The Fiji islands have almost no ma
live animals.
Palestine Is about the size Of the
state of Vermont.
Sweden is a land of enlightenment;
education is compulsory.
India has 80 cities, each with popu-
lation Of more than 100000.
Japan is so mountainous that only
about one-sixth of its land Is cult
waited.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY

The horn OF plenty and the trump
OF fame make mighty pleasant duet.
Eell-"He Ia effemlnate to his finger
tips" Belle-"Manicures his own
nails, eh?"
The theatrical manager isn't the
only fellow who spends all his money
20 make q show.
It's a clnch 10 bear each others
burdens. They are always so much
easier than our own.
We should all speak well OF the
dead, but the widow who marrles a
second time needn't rub II In.
You never can tell. He who shouts
his patriotism from the housetops may
be the first to dodge his taxes.
Those who are born great are really
deserving of our sympathy. They miss
the satisfaction Of telling how they
did II.
The Cynical Bachelor observes that
the man who takes postgraduate
course in love must pay his tuition
fees In allmOny.
BlObbs-"All his life Harduppe has
been building air castles" Slobbs-
"And all his life he has been looking
for heiresses to 90 with them"
The misguided individual who first
advanced the theory that two can live
as cheaply as one is responsible for
most Of the unhappiness in this world.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09
PITHY PARAGRAPHS,

The alarm clock usually catches q
fellow mapping.
One need not be bOtaniSt to recOg.
nize blooming idiot.
Water on the brain is seldom due
to thirst for knowledge.
A fellow is certainly up in the air
when a woman sweeps him off his
feet.
If they had to turn their own grind
stones fewer people would have axes
to grind.
Some society people prune their
genealogical trees by cutting of their
poor relations.
It is from the family jar one dis
covers whether one has married q
peach OF lemon.-BOstOn Transcript
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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09
AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP.

The editor has just received a
complimentary ticket to theatre in
New York City. Now, if some one
will come forward with the neces-
sary transportation and someone
Else with the necessary expenses,
and if we cen get off from our work
long enough, we will cons der the
matter. Now, don't all come at
once
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09
Nonobservant Traveller.

'Td like to meet your friend. H;
must be an interesting person"
"Why so?"
81 understand he's been to Europe
q dozen times or more"
"He doesn't know anything abou
Europe except taxi fares and hote
charges. You can get all that kint
Of information you need oHt of a. tom
lists guide. Birmingham Age-Herald
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

You cannot convince an egg con-
sumner that the New York hen that
had its heart taken out by a surgeon
is the only hen right now that hasn't
q heart.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Women have been driving men out
Of coal mines, but We haven't heard
Of the ladies preventing men from
working in diamond mines.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

King George V is said to have brOk-
en- all records for elevations to the
peerage. Perhaps he intends to eIe.
vate a majority of the commoners, so
there Will be no effective opposition.s
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09
WISPS OF WISDOM
The sticEer seldom gets stuck.

The sticker seldom gets stuck.
Charity begins at home, but don't let
It end there.
Every man is the architect Of his
own fortune.
The biggest fool is the man who
fools himself.
It's better to 'lose smilingly than to
win whiningly.
It is backbone that makes SUCCESS
and not wishbone.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

A professor rises to defend the prac-
tice Of splitting infnitives and those
who do it probably will continue re-
CARELESS of the ultimate decision.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

1t is discovered that American shoes
are cheaper abroad than at home.
They have to be, or they couldn't buy
them over there
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09
BEFORE CHRISTIAN ERA

Egyptian children played Seesaw
1000 years ago.
The earliest mention of shoes Is ON
Egyptian papyrus written about 1920
B. G.
The oldest known banknotes were is
sued in China 1887 years before the
Christian era.
Students of ancient languages have
failed to discover in them any system
of punctuation.
The first lunar eclipse of which there
is record occurred March 10, 721 B.
c., according to PtOlemy.
The first mention of wheat 10 In
Genesis 30:14 in the account Of Jacobs
sojourn with Laban in Mesopotamia.
1.-THE Tale of Two Brothers," by
Emma, written about 1900 years ago, Is
regarded as the worlds Oldest fairy
story.
Hair oil was used by the Egyptians
430 B. G. Dogs paws, asses hoofs
and dates, boiled in oil, comprised the
ingredients.
Glass was used by the Romans in
the time of Tiberius and the ruins Of
Pompeii show windows Of glass used
prior to the advent of Christ.
Ball games, which merely consisted
Of throwing and catching ball,
originated in Greece and were popular
with the nobility of ancient Rome.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Complaint is made that the old
fashioned, clinging type of woman has
gone out. Some of them still can be
found in the miscellaneous cafes, dane
ing.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Still, a good many communists swore
by that faith as long as it appeared
possible to get anything out of it. They
were communists for revenue only.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

The wireless telephone sermon d.
rect from pulpit to the home is now
said to be entirely practicable, except
as to taking up the collection.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Men and their wives have been
known to squabble over who wore the
trousers in that particular family, but
the Knockers have settled that.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Every agriculturlst feels that he
has a fortune in prospect If he can
only get the mortgage paid off the old
place and turn 1t into golf links.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Another convicted man has turned
to the Bible. The trouble is that so
many of them wait until after con-
viction to turn.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

The man who can really appreciate
the beautiful snow poem Is the man
who sells overShOes.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Among old-fashioned people there Is
reasonable doubt whether cider will
taste good under the name Of apple
Juice.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Our idea of the simon pure vege-
tartan Is the one who refuses to eat
animal crackers.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

The reason so many women marry
before they reach the age of twenty
five is that it takes so long to reach
that age.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

An opera singer says that no woman
is worth loving until she is thirty,
Maybe not; but how is one to tell when
she is thirty2
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Clonorchiasis an Oriental disease,
has appeared in the United States
and it certainly has an expensive
sound.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Great little nation, Switzerland.
Never worries about armies and nav
les. Relies on her strongest weapon
cheese.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Berlin thieves are even stealing
fences while over here they steal for
them.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

The auto trade should equip the
public with shock absorbers if it in
tends to keep on cutting prices.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

The trouble as usual about the beau
tiful snow is that it will not stay
that way.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Those better relations Invited by Rus
STA had better take along their own
eats.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

About once around In a revolving
one would make most anybody for the
open door policy.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

AS eggs come down, bacon goes up.
Is there Eever to be harmony in the
world again?
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

The typist who wrote more than
so words a minute may soon be able
to equal the talking record.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

You seldom find any Old-fashioned
fellow longing for an old-fashioned
winter.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Insurance companies want to in
crease rates for theft. They say the
thieves are making too much mileage.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Arousing public opinion in behalf
of the open door policy is a hard thing
to do until the weather gets warmer.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

If q married man dreams he's bach
elOr it's a sure sign he will meet with
a disappointment when he wakes up.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Mother-ln-law is the initiative and
referendum or the recall.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

We are as near to heaven as we are
far from self, and far from the love
OF a sinful world.-Rutherford
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

In case they must use gas In war
fare, let them choose laughing gas.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

These days keep the geography busy
following the flag.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Many believe that to leave the fight
ing aircraft up there would be the
height of Inconsistency.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

III you have not paid your sub
scription yet you had better do so
once.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09
LITTLE ONES FOR A CENT


Safety first. Sew up the hip pocket.
Hope doesn't work as hard as am
bitiOn.
Wages of sin never drain the sin
treasury dry,
JOY When the new ailment appears
the old one disappears.
Speech was given us to conceal our
thoughts, especially slang.
One can find out enough "things for
his own good" without being told.
II music prevents crime let us have
concerts continuous like the movies.
Uncomfortable it is to make an ex-
cuse for yourself that you can't &C.
cept.
When married couples quarrel in
public it shows how profoundly they
enjoy quarreling.
How reckless the astronomers are I'm
exploding the doctrine that the stars
were created for the enjoyment OF
man.-"Rhoda Montade" in st. Louis
Globe-DemOcrat.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Suppose the galosh does gO-it was
too sensible TO last.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

A sentiment that artificial gas is
a little high is no more than natural.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

The consumer isn't listening to the
hens lay lie is listening for II.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

You may depend upon 1t that he is
good man whose intimate friends are
all good, and whose enemies are de-
cidedly bad.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Few things are impracticable in
themselves; and 1t is for want of APP
pllcatIon, rather than of means, that
men fail of success ROchefoucauld
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

1t seems to me we can never give up
longing and wishing while we are
thoroughly alive. There are certain
things we feel to be beautiful and
good. and we must hunger after them.
George Eliot.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

If music prevents crime let us have
concerts continuous like the movies.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

No woman Is educated who is not
equal to the successful management Of
a family.-Belnap.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

When married couples quarrel in
public it shows how profoundly they
enjoy quarrellng.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

When you obey your superior you
instruct your inferior In obedience.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

The greatest wisdom is to leave I'M
said the wrong thing at the tempting
moment.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Uncomfortable it Is to make an ex-
cuse for yourself that you can't &C.
cept.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

The first mention OF wheat is In
Genesis 80: IA in the account Of Jacobs
sojourn with Laban in Mesop0tamia.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

The first lunar eclipse of which there
is record occurred March 10, 721 b.
c., according to Ptolemy.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

One can find out enough "things for
his own good" without being told.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

1.-THE Tale of Two Brothers" by
Emma, written about 1900 years ago, Is
regarded as the worlds Oldest fairy
story.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

The greatest Indebtedness is TO be
guilty without repentance.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09
GEMS OF THOUGHT

He'll Is full of good meanings and
wlshlngs.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Students of ancient languages have
failed to discover in them any system
of punctuation.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

The oldest known banknotes were is
sued in China 1887 years before the
Christian era.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Ball games, which merely consisted
Of throwing and catching ball,
originated in Greece and were popular
with the nobility of ancient Rome.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

To be mastered by no habit or
prejudice, no triumph or misfortune,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Glass was used by the Romans in
the time of Tiberius and the ruins Of
Pompeii show windows of glass used
prior to the advent of Christ.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Egyptian children played seesaw
1000 years ago.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Hair oil was used by the Egyptians
430 B. G. Dogs paws, asses hoofs
and dates, boiled in oil, comprised the
ingredients.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Speech was given us to conceal our
thoughts, especially slang.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

10 curb the personal wants, which
expand easlly but shrink with diff
Guilty.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

A little commentator goes a long,
long way.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09
TRUTHS

The truth most required is the
truth least liked.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

Water on the brain is seldom due
to a thirst for knowledge.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

The earliest mention Of shoes Is ON
Egyptian papyrus written about 1920
b. G.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

BlObbs-"All his life Harduppe has
been building air castles" Slobbs-
"And all his life he has been looking
for heiresses to 20 with them"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

To cultivate courtesy, which fosters
brotherhood and is the manner of the
heart.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-06-09

JOY When the new ailment appears
the old one disappears.