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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-11-17

Oriqin OF Po!Ila-D Dot.

Silyered with the dust Of decades is
the polka-dot pattern in mems scarfs.
Fashions may appear and disappear,
but the polka-dot is peerless and dis
appearless. AS regularly as sunrise
and the seasons, this design brightens
windows and wearers. 1t is One-and-
invisible with the fine art of dress
alike in America and England.
To the polka-dot is ascribed an odd
ancestry. It's name, Of course, is de-
rived from the polka, an old-fashioned
round dance WITH three steps to the
measure. This dance, introduced in
Europe by a Bohemian, round about
1881 spread to the United States at
the time that Polk was a candidate for
the presidency. The polia-dot was
bracketed with Polll's name by politi-
cal admirers, and polka,this and polka
that, from shirts to shoes, became a
bit of furore in merchants windows.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-11-17
CHINESE NOW CLAIM HONOR
Buddhist Priests Said to Have DiscoV-
cred America Long Before
Day of Columbus.

Legends common to the literature
of both China and Japan relate that
about the year 499 Hwui Shan, a
Buddhist missionary, in company with
five brother priests, found land
many miles to the eastward of China
which he named Fusang They sailed
along the Chinese coast to Kamchat-
ka and thence along the Aleutian is
lands to Alaska. The description of
the peoples they found fits the Aleuts
and the Eskimos as they are today.
From Alaska, which they called
Great Han, they sailed along the coast
TO Fusang. Hwuai Shan describes the
dwellings made of blocks of sun-dried
mud, which housed many people, a
description which fits the pueblos Of
ancient America. He mentions plant
used in making eordage and paper,
which afforded vegetable milk and
which yielded tender edible sprouts.
The maguey plant also answers this
description.
He also describes a plant and its
fruit which is the species of cactus
commonly known as the prickly pear.
From the Chinese records, therefore,
FuSang was very like Mexico.
A few years ago the Chinese gov
ernment directed its historian to make
a search of the imperial records, and
from them came the foregoing ac-
count.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-11-17
CHINESE MINISTER AS CUPID
Testing Remark Made by Wa Ting
Fang Led TO the Union cf'Two
Loving Hearto.

Wu ring Fang was, while minister
at Washington, attending the wedding
OF the daughter Of the chief justice
at that time. Al the breakfast he
asked one OF the bridesmaids when II
would be her turn TO become a blide.
She modestly said that she did not
know, az she had not yet had an Of
fer. Turning to group Of young men,
Doctor Wa iocularly remarked to one
Of them, "This is a beautiful lady,
would you not like to marry herP
He replied. 81 should be most delight
ed TO-" "Will you accept his offerT
said Doctor Wu to the bridesmaid.
She seemed slightly embarrassed and
said something to the effect that as
she did not know the gentleman she
could not give a definite answer
Meeting the Chinese minister at an
"at home" a few days later, she scold-
ed him for his bluntness, and he ex-
cused himself by saying that he was
actuated by the best Of motives.
A few months afterward WI re-
ceived an invitation from the young
lady's parents to attend her marriage.
The bridegroom was the young man
who had figured In the unconventional
incident. TO Wu's agreeable surprise
the mother Of the bride informed him
that it was he who had first brought
the young couple together, and both
bride and bridegroom heartily thanked
him for his good offices.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-11-17
Wood Has Bad Reputation.

Elder is of ill-omen since Judas,
they say, hanged himself thereon yet
it has the virtue of beauty in the days
of wild roses and honeysuckle. Elder
flower-water is good for complexions,
say rustic maids, and old-time farmers
claim for elderberry-wine that it is
ga pretty tidy tipple."
Though the elder-wood is a dank
Weed-infested place, it is to the liking
of rabbits, that always seem to abound
there.
Such woods cumber the ground, but
here and there the superstition holds
good that to cut or burn elder is to
arouse the wrath of the trees dryad,
and so they are spared.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-11-17
offered 10 his name. :"


Teach your little child to love and
cherish all beautiful things, Tell
it that the same plastic hand mold-
ed the liIly's cup thet formed tie
round world from which it sprung.
Teach your daughters that tie
adoring of "A pure and lovely spirit
are more beautiful than the
treasures Of Golconda.
Train your sons tolove the hapdl-
work Of Cod, and to feel tie beauty
Of virtue and truth. Such teachings
enter into and mould the CHARACTER
into harmony with the fair Universe.
The world is full Of beauty! The
air is living with lis spiIit, and the
sea, the mountains, the green ileld'
and the high, mysterious stars are
clothed with beauty, whose influence
is full Of peace and joy.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-11-17
PESSlMiSM NEVER IN ORDER
Present Time Always Just as Good q
Time as Any, If One viii
but Consider.

Our age is bewailed as an age Of In
troversiOn. Must that needs be evil?
We, it seems, are critical; we are en-
barrassed with second thoughts: we
cannot enjoy anything for laundering
t0knOw whereof TIE pleasure consists;
we are lined with eyes; we see with
our feet; the time is infected with
Hamlet's unhappiness-
sicklied Ger with the pale cast of
thought.
Is it so bad then? Sight is the last
thing to be pitied. Would we be blind?
Do we fear lest we should outsee ma
ture and God, and drink truth dry?
| look upon the discomfort Of the liter
airy class as a mere announcement CT
the fact that they find themselves not
in the state Of mind Of their fathers,
and regret the coming state as untried;
as q boy breads the water before he
has learned that he can swim. If there
is any period one would desire to be
born in-is it not the age Of Reyolu-
ton; when the old and the new stand
side by side, and admit of being COM
pared when the energies of all men
are searched by fear and by hope;
when the historic glories Of the old
can be compensated by the rich posi-
bilitles of the new era? This time,
like all times, is very good one if
we know what to do with it.-Ralph
Waldo Emerson.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-11-17
EXCITED WRATH OF DICKENS
Great Writer, at His Best, Denounced
Public Hangings, Which Were
Disgrace to English Law.

Charles Dickens, at the time of the
execution of Manning and his wife for
the murder of Patrick O'COnnor, was
at his fullest power as a writer. In
letter to the London Times he wrote:
Il believe that a sight so inconceiy-
ably awful as the wickedness and levi
ty Of the immense crowd collected at
the execution this morning could be
imagined by no man, and presented by
no heather land under the sun. The
horrors Of the gibbet and the crime
which brought the wretched murderers
to it faded in my mind before the
atrocous bearing, hooks and language
of the assembled spectators. When /
came upon the scene at midnight the
shrllness of the cries and hoWls that
were raised from time to time denot-
ing that they came from concourse
Of boys apd girls already assembled III
the best places, made my blood run
cold. When the two miserable crea-
lures who attracted all this CHASTITY
sight about them were turned culver
ing into the air, there was no more
emotion, no more pity, no more thought
that two immortal souls had gone to
judgment, no more restraint in any of
the previous Obscenities, than if the
name of Christ had never been heard
in this world, and there were no BELIEF
among men but that they perish like
the beasts"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-11-17
BEAUTY AND ITS INFLUENCE

BEAUTY AND ITS INFLUENCE
Take pebble that lies in our
path. To nine men out OF ten 1t -
a pebble, nothing more; but to the
tenth man it is a world. AS he
gazes upon it his thoughts go back
TO primeval ages, when a stiffness
like that of death reigned through
out space until the spirit of God
moved upon the face of the waters
and the Impulse of life set III motion
all the atoms to form a world.
This tenth man looking ON the
pebble, recalls that its component
parts enter into the composition OF
the vast pyramids-mausoleums Of
mummied kings, and relics OF bar
baric grandeur. Or he sees the
rock in the wilderness smitten by
the rod OF Moses and its cool waters
gushing forth TO save and soace the
thirsting children of Israel. lie
sees the stately columns ofJerusaIem,
the gorgeous palaces of Rome, the
magnificent statues of the old World
all constructed from the same mat
erial as the little pebble.
Things are often beautiful to IL
by association. Who has not known
and loved Mary. a name sacred in
history and lovely in song? Pluck
an apple blossom from the tree at
your door, There are gayer flowers,
but none dearer to memory. AS
you look its delicate beauty and I'M
hale its fragrance, the long, care
filled years drop away from you
like a mantle and YOU are child
again, sitting mp on the branches OF
the gnarled old patriarch OF the, Oh
chard, watching tie bees dip their
brown heads into the pink blossoms.
There is no attribute Of nature so
refining and elevating in its tend
encies as that of beauty. Once
there was sent to one of our state
prisons woman hardened through
a long career OF wickedness. All
efforts to reform her had pre- we'd
vain. She scotfed at the prayers of
the chaplain and the counsel OF the
good prison matron. One day, while
she was being allowed to walk with
in the high-walled prison inclosure,
q little child. with a handful of
wild flowers. was passing on the out
side. Seeing the womans face be-
hind the iron bars Of the gate. the
little one stopped, smiled wistfully
into the sulen eyes, and putting
her hand through the bars, offered
the prisoner a pure white daisy.
The woman took it and carried it
with her to her cell. As she sat and
looked at it her face softened. The
hard lines about her mouth relaxed,
the sullen look melted and tears
rolled down her cheeks. 1t was a
little thing, wild daisy, but who
can tell what hidden springs it
touched, or what memories of by-
gone days Of innocence it called up.
Too often we are unmindful of
the wonderful mission of beauty,
and of how much it lies in the power
of each of us to add to the happiest
OF others through its influence.
Have you friend languishing ON a
bed of pain? Send him the sweet.
est flower in your garden. Is there
one next door whom society has
frowned upon? Give her cheer
ful word and a pleasant smile and
your ministrations Of beauty will be
remembered by him who does not
forget even the cup of cold water
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-11-17
Grateful Son.

my boy" said the millionaire lee
turing his son on tie importance Of
economy, when was your age !
carried water for @ng of brick
layers"
"Im proud of you, father" an
swered his offspring; "if it hadn't
been for your pluck and perseverance
| might have had to do something of
that sort myself. Irish World.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-11-17
FOR RENT.

$50 Acres fine Cultiyable
land, nice home, tenant hous-
es and pastures. One OF the
best farms I'm Dougherty.
MRS. J. ID. WOOTJEN,
Sylvester, Ga.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-11-17
Lao-tsze Wrote, Gospel of Taoism.

Lao-tsze wrote the gospel of Taoism,
from whose pages an immense re-
ligion grew UP. Having been librarian
of a Chinese king, and having much
time for meditation, he came after
many years to the Conclusion that hui
mility was the supreme virtue. He
resigned, and desired to hide in Sc
clusion. While passing through the
gate of the palace on his way to soil
tude the warder besought him: "You
are about to withdraw yourself from
thee world. l pray you write me a
book before you CO."
Lao-tsze thereupon sat down and
wrote a book about half the size Of
ST. Marks gospel. He gave this to
the warder, passed through the gate
and no man knows where he died.
The little book is the gospel Of Tao
ism. The word TAO" means way
man of destiny. The advice was that
men should become like little chill
dren and act without reflection.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-11-17
MULES FOR SALE

The Commissioners of Lee county
viii "ffer for sale, in front of the
Court house door. to the highest
and best bidder for cash, on the first
Tuesday in December, 3 mules as
the property of Lee county. If you
want to buy mules il will pay you to
attend this sale. BY order of coun-
ty Commissioners.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-11-17
BOND ELECTION.
GEORGIA-LEE COUNTY.

10 The Registered Qualified Voters
Of Redbone School District
|. Notice is hcreEy given that on the
both day Of November 1922 an cleo
ton will be held in the Redbone
School District of lee County, Geor-
gia, at which will be submitted to
the registered qualified voters Of
said school district, the question
whether bonds shall be issued by
said school district in the amount
of twelve thousand and five hundred
dollars ($i2. 500 for the purpose Of
erecting and building and equippl g
a school house in and for said school
district. Said bonds to bear inter
est at the rate OF six per cent. pes
Annum, payable semi-arnoaIly. on
the first day of January and the
first day of July in each year. SAID
bonds to be in denominations oil
five hundred dollars ($500) each,
and the principal thereof to be paid
as follows:
Five hundred dollars $500 pay
able on the first day of January in
each year from the year 1926 t.
1850 inclusive:
Poles will be open at the regular
voting place of the Redbone District
at 8 O'Clock u. III. and close at ;
O'Clock pm.
Those desiring to vote in favor Of
this issue of said bonds will do 5,
by casting ballots having written
or printed thereon he words,
"For School House" and those de-
string to vote against the issue q
bonds will do Sc by casting ballots
having written or printed thereon
the words Against School House, .
1T is further ordered that notice
shall he signed Ivy the chairman OF
Of this Boald and tie County School
Superintendent, for and in behalf
Of the hoard; and that said officials
proceeds forthwith 10 have the sane
published and posted - herein he
fore required agreeable to the pro
vision of the Code of School Laws
enacted by the General Assembly
of this State, session 1919.
W.>H. Lmsford, Chairman,
Board of Education Lee County.
ATTEST:
S. J. Powell, County School Supt.
and Elk Off. Clerk Board of Edu-
cation, Lee County, Georgia.
GEORGIA. Lee County.
I. S. ], Powell, County School
Superintendent of said county, do
hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is II true and correct copy
of the order of the Board of Educa-
ton of said county, as the same
appears On the minutes of said
Board.
Given under nv hand and seal
of office this the 9th day of Oct.
1922.
Signed: S. J. POWELL,
Comfy School Slnerintenden
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-11-17
WANTED TO TRADE

| have a second hand buggy in good
repair that VIII trade for milk COW.
See W. A. Curtis at Blacksmith
Shop
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-11-17
Hunting License.

The open season far squirrels
pens Octoter it and to be on the
-.ia side be sure and get your
license. You can get them at any
time.
D. NJ. MELVIN,
Game Warden.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-11-17

addition above te Treasurer to all pauers
the pauper list There eng further business tie meeting was
adj urnol until le1tr meeting 8
Signed u, FORESTER Clerk.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1922-11-17
Minutes Of Commissioners
Meeting Sept. 5th 1922
GEoRGLA-LEE COuNTY.

and Revenues Lee County Georges
Ai following bills AMI accounts ordered pY'
Il + Howe mdsc o convict per bill rendered ~
Blue Ribbon Harness Shop brides per bill rendered ~
= q toyvol slariY co.t f'r ,p,ry orre,ts
ea4 advance "C
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-04

Corrinna:-A girl Is years, 5 #. 31a
in. should weight about 120 pounds. A
woman of 40, 5 fit. 61a in. should weigh
about 143 pounds. 1t is almost impos-
sible to curl bobbed hair without US
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-04
Beauty Chats
BRUSH THE HAIR GLOSSY
BY Edna Kent Forbes

Glossy hair is so desirable that many
women obtain an artificial lustre by
using various brilliantines that every
beauty parlor sells. There are times
when it is all right to make use of
something like this, but as a constant
habit, these things are to be avoided
most carefully. They clog the pores of
the hair and they coat the scalp and
make a normal healthy action of the
skin more difficult. But if there is
some occasion when the hair must
look well Immediately, and it seems
without life or lustre, then there is no
harm in using an artificial gloss.
Healthy hair, however, is always
glossy. If yours is so oily that it is
only sticky or so dry that it is dull or
fuzzy, you must begin and treat the
scalp until you have restored it to a
normally healthy condition. Then
your hair will have a natural lustre.
One way of doing this is to brush the
hair thoroughly every day, particularly
if your hair is long and thick. The
action of the bristles of the hair-brush
over the scalp stimulates the oil cells
so that oil is forced down each hair,
and it is the oil in the hair that gives
it polish and lustre. Besides stimulat-
ng, a thorough brushing is also cleans
ing, for it takes from the hair a great
deal of the dust and SCOT that is blown
into it every day.
After you have finished brushing,
put a big puff of absorbent cotton over
the bristles of the brush and go over
the bristles of the brush and go over
the hair with this. 1t is cleansing and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-04

it gives the hair glossiness that even
the most Thorough brushing with the
bristles of the hair-prush will not pro-
duce.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-04
English Stage Censorship
Broadens on Religion
tBy Associated Press)

LONDON, Jan. Am impersona-
ton of Christ has been permitted for
the first time on an English stage in
the production of Strindberg's SYM
bolic play, Advent" A 14-year-old
girl appeared as "Redeemer." ORA
matte critics are inclined to take the
view that the English stage censor
ship is broadening in regard to re-
ligious subjects, probably owing to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-04
the fact that representations Of Christ

the fact that representations of Christ
have appeared often in the films.
In the last several years some plays
have been refused licenses because
they included Christ as one Of the
characters. Others received permits
sion on the condition that no charac-
ter should appear symbolic of the con-
ventional conception of Divinity in hui
man form.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-04

ing an iron. Some of the hair, how
ever, can be rolled on kid curriers', then
only the short underneath hairs need
be turned under with hot iron.
Alice McL.:-If you suffered for an
entire winter with continual cold in
the head and If this condition is start
ing up again. you should certainly see
your physician and find out the cause
of this trouble. You may be physical
ly run down or our winter climate may
not agree with you.
(TOmorrow-Foot Exerciseso
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-04
(Tomorrow-Foot Exercises).

All inquiries addressed to Mrs
Forbes in care of the Beauty Chats"
department will be answered in these
columns in their turn. This REQUIRES
considerable time, however. owing 10
the great number received So. if a
personal or quicker reply is desired. a
stamped and self-addressed envelope
must be enclosed with the question:
The Editor.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-30
MISSIONARIES MARRY.

In the October number OF the
''Women's Missionary Friend.
there is an account Of the wedding
OF Miss Thera Twitchell. at one time
a student at the Women's College.
University Of Delaware. and Eresh-
man president Of the class OF 1919.
The groom was Howard Lindsay. OF
Pauri. India. who ia a missionary of
the Board Of Foreign Missions OF
the NJ. +. Church.
The wedding took place in the
chapel OF the college at Pauri The
ceremony was performed by Bishop
Warne and the bride was given in
marriage by Miss Florence l.. Mich
OILS. president OF Isabella Thoburn
College. The flower girl was an In
dian child. the daughter Of Miss
Nichols secretary.
The wedding dinner was given al
the college: at the close the girls
sang Alma Mater" written by
Miss Twitchel' and then formed IN
a circle. which the bride Joined. and
sang Aud Lang Syne." Later the
Girl Guides. each with a lighted
candle in one hand and flowers in
the other. formed a double line.
through which the bride and groom
between the lights. upon the flow
ers they threw" passed out Of Lal
Bagh, on their leisurely trip to
Pauri.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-30
WILLIAMSON-JLOYD.

In Grace NJ f. Church, Satur-
day evening. Miss Madeline Bright
williamson. only daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. William X. Williamson and
Earl Z. Lloyd. son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles z. Lloyd. OF this city, were
married by the Rev. John W. r.
Sumwalt.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and had as her ma
iron of honor her cousin. Mrs John
Brinton. Miss Anna Negendank was
made OF honor. The bridesmaids
were Miss Eva NJ. Shaffer, Miss
Daisy Wilson. Mrs. william Hyde
and Mrs. John Ray.
Little Miss Dorothy Williamson.
niece Of the bride. was flower girl
Joseph Ellegood. OF Delmar. was
best man. The ushers were Messrs
W. Oliver Goslin. John Ray. Harry
p. Christy, Norman B. Williamson
and Charles Simmons.
Following the ceremony a recep-
ton was held at the home OF the
brides parents. sos West Nineteenth
street. Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd left
Saturday evening on a wedding trip
and upon their return will make
their home at 1914 Van Buren,
street.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-30
URSULINE FOLK
TO PLAY CARDS

At the business meeting OF the
Ursuline Alumnae held Saturday
afternoon. announcement was made
that a card party would be held in
Bresc.a Hall, 11O3 Delaware ave-
nue., at 2.3O o'clock, on Saturday
afternoon, November IS. The pro-
ceeds will be given TO the new build
Ing fund OF the Ursuline Academy.
II was also announced that $500 had
been realized from the annual gar
den party held this summer at
Grant Lodge.
Miss Marie DeviDe was appointed
TO fiji the unexpired term of Mss
Marion Casey on the executive
board Miss Casey having left the
city temporarily.
Those present at the meeting we're:
Mrs. Harry G.. Lawson, Misses Flea
nor c. Donahue, Marie c. Devine,
Katharine s. Kienle. Helen NJ. Nc
Ateer. Elem r. Ford. Sara r. NAL
10y, Marion A. Walsh, Edith NJ
Lowell. Katharine Mcdowell. Mary j..
Russell. Mrs. Alfred p Dougherty.
Mary G.. Shaw. Julia a. Casey, Mar
garet s. Mu,ligan. Catharine c. Hunt.
Mary f. O'Neil. Kitty Dougherty.
Helen r. O'Toole. Mary G. Donahue,
Kathryn Bowe.