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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-01-26
Americas Aggies
Victor Over
Leesdurg Hi

The Leesburg High School
basket ball teamplayed in Ameri-
Gus on last Friday evening, their
opponents-being a quintet from
the Americas Aggies. Il,
1t was a good game from start
to finish, though its ending came
too soon and the players on both
sides showed good pep and .ener-
gy in their fight for victory.
The results of the game being
disastrous though not unexpected
nor disheartening to the locals.
The final results showed a score
of 81 for the Aggies and a measly
little III" for Leesburg.
Our boys are booked for another
game with them soon, though
the Aggies are recognized as
crack players, our boys are at
tuning themselves for the fray
and fully expect to make the
score board show entirely diff
erent tally to what it did last
Friday.
Go out and see the boys play
these games; they should receive
the encouragement of the whole
town and community, they are
the boys of today but will be men
on the mo rrow, as parlance goes,
and their agility and athletic
development thus acquired will
better fit them for the sterner
duties to which they will fall
heir.
Go to Americas, boys, and
show them you can gain a victory
through merit and skill.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-01-26
Have We Any
City Ordinances?

What is the matter with our
town, can't we enforce our city
ordinances, or have we any such
thing? We understand there is
an ordnance prohibiting cows
and hogs from running at large
on the streets. and if there is
why can't it be enforced, if we
have not an ordnance against
this, why not let them all run at
large? Have we, every time we
leave our office or home, have to
wait for a COW or hog to take a
notion to move?
Recently we have had a city
election, we now have new mayor
and new aldermen, and hope to
see the town take on new life,
and we only trust that they will
do something to our streets, for
they are in an awful rundown
condition.
Come now, our new City Dads,
get your heads, your hands and
some money together and make
an application of a little work
upon these streets that have be.
come so bumpy that they CAM
get anyone for speeding, simply
be cause they can't run thai
fast over them.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-01-26
A Monument to
The "LOst Cause

One of the gr. attest memorials
the world has ever known
tribute to the soldiers who fought
and died for the Lost Cause
is being carved in the rock the
sheer side of Stone Mountain,
sixteen miles east of Atlanta.
For a mile across the smooth,
perpendicular face of this giant
monolith, all the pomp and cir
cumstance of a nation at war
will be etched, and at the head
of his soldiers, leading them into
battle, will be General Robert E.
Lee. idol of the Confederacy and
one of the greatest military
leaders the world has ever known
Besides him in detail will be
shown General Stonewall jack
son, John B. Gordon, ]. E. B.
Stewart and jefferson Davis.
Eight years will be required to
complete the project, which in
cludes, besides the carving of
the mountain side, a park of
several hundred acres at the
base, an open air theater pattern
ed after the coliseum of ancient
Rome and capable of seating
twenty thousand persons; a
followed out of the
mountain wherein will be de-
posted treasures of the war tU
be dedicated to the Daughters
of the Confederacy.
The cost of the monument will
be borne by popular subscription.
Gutzon Borglum, a noted sculp-
tor, is in charge Of the work.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-01-26
Increase of Deaths
From Cancer in III
Official Figures Report
That $4,000 Were
Killed by Malady in One
Year.

The American Society for the
Control of Cancer have made
public a statement by DR.. How.
ard G. Taylor, chairman Of its
executive committee, and DR..
Francis Carter Wood, of it's adj
visory council. touching upon a
recent report of the depal tment
of commerce, based on returns
compiled by the bureau Of census,
which shows that the total deaths
from cancer in the United States
during 1921 was SO, 900, or 1900
more than in 1920. They consid-
cred the report not at all discour-
aging.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-01-26
Here's a Local End to
Wallace Reds Death
Hero, However. Is Not
Actor. Butt Read it
Yourself.

First of all let it be said the
hero of this story is a great big,
black and white cat.
1t happened like this. Several
months ago some one gave little
Rachel Evans a little black and
white kitten and on that very
same day Mrs. George w. Evans,
her mother, took Rachel to see
ITO Much Speed" starring Wal
lace Reid. After returning home
little Miss Evans decided to name
her kitty after the great screen
star. Mother Evans demonstrated
of course, saying name it Bob or
Jack, Wallace Reid is too long a
name for a kitty. Little Miss
Evans did not think so, and so
that is how Wallace Reid was in
stalled in the Evans home.
Now it happened that little
Rachel knew nothing of the death
of Wallace Reid until Friday eve
ming. She went to a nearby
drug store for some minis and
some said Wallace Reid is dead"
Rachel rushed home just as
fast as she could and bounding
into the room with tears in her
eyes she asked her mother,
when did it happen? Who
killed him mother?" Mrs. Evans
of course, was surprised at Ra-
chefs questions but after a few
minutes found out the real cause
for Rachels tears. and taking her
little girl in her arms she told her
it was not her Wallace Reid that
had died but the Wallace Reid
her kitty was named for. Rachel
dried her tears and said" Oh, |
am so sorry that he is dead but |
am awful glad it isn't my kitty
Wallace Reid
Macon Telegraph.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-01-26
Mrs. J. H. Kirkpatrick
In Hospital

The Leesburg friends of Mrs.
J. H. Kirkpatrick. wife of Agent
J H. Kirkpatrick, of the Central
of Georgia, will be gratified to
know that che is rapidly recover
ing from an operation. which
was performed at the Plains
Hospital the early part of last
week. 1t will lie some two or
three weeks before she will re-
turn home. But we hope to see
her back home at an early date,
mingling with her friends again.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-01-26
NEW STORE
FOR LEESBURG

A new store, another sign OF
growth and progress for Leesburg,
was opened up on January 18th.
This new commercial enterprise is
fostered and operated by Mr.. J. NJ.
Cannon, splendid business man of
this town who will no doubt get a
good and deserving patronage from
his friends.
He will handle a complete line Of
general merchandise, he having
opened up in the building formerly
occupied by Heath & Tyler.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-01-26
To Subscribers

We wish to call the attention
of subscribers who have not yet
paid their subscription that same
must be paid at once if they want
to stay on the list. We are pre-
pairing to make our new scbscrip-
ton book for the year 1923 and
want to keep everyone on the
list and add more besides. If
you are not a subscriber send us
in your me-put the home
paper in your home.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-01-26
Cleanup Campaign
In Peach Orchards
Must Be Enforced Now If
Curculio Is To Be Sue
cessfully Handled.

The Government and State Labor.
atory at TT. Valley has issued the
following warnings to peach growers
The first step in controlling the
curculio in the 1923 peach crop
should be undertaken Immediately
by mears of thorough cleanup
and burning campaign to destroy the
adult beetles in Information. While
the curculio infestation In middle
Georgia was not heavy last season a
sufficient number of adults are now
passing the winter in or near
orchards to cause heavy loss to the
peach crop this season, unless con-
troll measures are timely and judi
ciously enforced.
The faVorite places of Information
for adult curculios are in woodlands
and wasetlands adjoining peach or
chards and in dense vegetation along
ditch banks, fence rows and terrace
rows in and near orchards. They also
frequently hibernate under pruning
piles, rubbish, etc. About the time
the peach blooms these adults start
eaving their alternating quarters to
feed and deposit eggs in the small
fruits.
Peach growers are advised to I'M
deltake this cleanup, burning and
orchard sanitation campaign just as
soon as suitable weather permits
Our experimental data shows that
the majority Of the adults hibernate
within three hundred yards Of the
orchard, and growers are urged to
restrict the burning in wooded areas
adjoining orchards to that distance.
This can be done by brushing back
the rubbish with a pronged stick and
lighting the windroll, " allowing
the fire to aweep towards the orchard.
In this way forest destruction will be
prevented. Select a dry period fer
the burning, as a sweeping fire that
will burn the under growth close to
the ground is highly desirable.
Special attention should be given
TO the cleaning up OF all ditch banks,
terrace rows and fence rows in the
orchards. The vegetation along these
cen often be burned, and this weuld
destroy many beetles. All pruning
piles or other rubbish in or near
peach orchards should be destroyed
before the blooming season.
Experiments conducted to deter
mine the efficiency of burning over
woodlands or wastelands adjoining
peach orchards show conclusively
that many curcuios are destroyed
by the burning. In one case burn
ing reduced the adult curculios in
Information over two hundred per
cent. The laboratory strongly reco-
mends this work during the next
month or six weeks.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-01-26
Peanuts And
Soft Pork

The use of peanuts as a feed
for hogs has been one Of the
most interesting problems con-
fronting southern swine growers
for many years. Considering
the economy of gains from the
use of this feed it has been very
promising but when the packers
object to handling peanut-fed
hogs except at heavy discounts
there is disbursement. There
has been such a variation in price
discrimination at different mar
kets and on similar hogs at the
same markets that much dis
satisfaction has been created.
Vigorous protest have been made
against such practices by the
swine growers affected.
In this connection the Georgia
Experiment Station, in coopera-
ton with other southern experl-
n1ent stations and the Bureau OF
Animal Industry of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture, has
undertaken an extensive study
of the relation of peanuts, when
fed to hogs, to softness and other
changes in the pork. Effort is
being made to find the funda-
mental causes of soft pork and
methods by which the softness
may be avoided or overcome.
This work has been underway
for some time but OH account OF
the nature of the investigation it
will be several months before
results can be published. How
ever, results already obtained
show conclusively that when
hogs starting at a weight of 100
pounds are fed on peanuts alone
in dry lots or Craze peanuts in a
field for a period of 80 days or
more a soft carcass is produced,
and that it is impossible to pro-
duce a hard carcass by feeding
corn and tankage or corn and
cottonseed meal to these soft
hogs for a subsequent period Of
so days or less. Hogs are being
fed this year to determine if the
effects of peanuts alone for only
one month can be overcome by a
finishing period of two months.
Additional hogs are being fed to
see if a longer finishing period
will correct the effects of peanuts
for 60 days.
In an effort to determine the
justice of the penalizing market
practices the Federal Bureau OF
Markets has made an investiga-
ton of some Of the leading live
stock markets where southern
hogs are shipped. This work
was done on commercial scale
and results have been published
in Bulletin No. 1886 of the United
States Department of Agricul-
ture. A part of the summary is
as follows:
Investigation revealed that
discounts ranging from l IL to
z cents per pound, live weight,
were. being made at the different
Continued on page 2.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-01-26
Services at Methodist
Church Last Sunday


On last Sunday morning and
evening, the pulpit at the Metho-
dist church was filled by Rev. J
D. Snyder, pastor of this church,
and this was his regular preach
Ing day.
Rev. Snyder preached two
splendid sermons that were we'll
received by a good congregation
and made an impression with
people that elected kindliest
words of praise for his genial
and christian bearing.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-01-26
LOS

Somewhere between the printing
offic and Court House a Masonic
pen. Finder return 10 Journal
Office for reward
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-01-26

Always.
little learning is dangerous
thing when the man who has none
tries to beat it
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-01-26
''Deier not till tomorrow to be wise.
Tomorow's sun to thee may never rise. :"


You have many times determinedsto prepare your
self for future opportunities Probably you shave as
many times put off taking the necessary steps.
Some folks say that opportunity knocks but once;
others say that it knocks than once however that
may be- tits surely inability to take advantage OF oppor
tunity knocks all the time
Opportunity is knocking at your door now. Itpolnts
the way for you to take advantage of taking fresh
start in life by opening bank account accommodating
money with which to take advantage of the next good
investment that comes along.
There never was truer saying than the old adage
ut takes money to make money! How many times in
YOUR life have you said to yourself IF only had the
money could make some money out OF that PROPOSE
tion?'
Every day you putting off opening a bank ac-
account and accommodating something puts you just that
much further from taking advantage of opportunity
Make the start today if it be small We wall help
and give you every encou ragement possible.
BANK OF LEESBURG,
Gal EsBIT, PRESIDENT O.W. STATHAM Weep PRESIDENT
T. G. THARP. CASHIER
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-02
NEW NEcKWEAR FOR SPRING
Sets of Lingerie Collars and Cuffs,
With Deep Berthas in Net and
Other Fabrics.

In neckwear, matched sets Of lin
gerie collars and cuffs, with deep
berthas in net, in lace or in organdie
stand out as the leading features for
spring. Plated stoles on the clerical
order also are featured, and are being
brought out for wear with the new
square-cut neck finish.
Numerous matched sets consisting
of wide collars with gauntlet cuffs
made of plain linen, of embroidered
net, or of organdie, lace trimmed and
embroidered with metal, are shown.
A certain revival of interest in the
Ascot stock In pique is to be noted.
These are Endorsed by several of the
leading makers for wear with the Sc
we're type Of tailored suits.
In general, separate neckwear when
worn at all, is in white or in deep ecru
tints. No demand at all is registered
for colored neckwear.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-02
MASK VEIL VOGUE.
Face Covering Is Made Of Many
Different Materials.
Lace, Embroidered Chiffon, Fish Net,
Metallic Tulle, Are Among the
Favored Fabrics.

The renewed success of the coquet-
ish "mask veip' has been very appar-
ent in France this winter, notes q
fashion writer in the Boston Globe.
These quaint wells are made of many
different materials-lace, embroidered
chiffon. fish net, metallic tulle, etc.
But always they arc mysterious and
becoming. Quite young girls can wear
these wells with certain success; they
are really little more than a frill at
tached to the hat brim, part Of the
trimming itself, and for this reason
they do not look at all set or ma
tronly.
One model Is beautiful turban
made of suede kid and panne; quite a
simple shape, but made uncommon by
the clever way in which long lace
scarf, very fine and supple, Is ar
ranged. In the front it makes mask
veil which just reaches the tip Of the
nose At one side 1t forms a sort of
waterfall frill, and on the other side
it is quite long and mingles with a
length of wide ribbon.
The quaint little cloche model will
appeal to many American girls. Moth
ing eccentric about this hat-a simple
shape with large, very fat, flowers at
either side. these flowers Of obviously
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-02

ize thatea peAso who Is Ill or Is re-
covering from illness Is out Of bali
ance mentally as well as physically
so it is necessary to be patient and
humor them as much as is possible.
Persons recovering from fever are
apt to be ravenously hungry and will
eat more than is good for them. The
liquid food may be given in larger
quantities, but the solid food must be
given in small quantities.
Bisque of Clam and Sago.-Boil an
ounce Of sage in sailed water-the wa
ter in which the sage has soaked over
night. Cook until perfectly transpar-
ent, then add one-half cupful Of boil
ing milk and teaspoonful Of butter.
Pass the CLAIMS through meat chop
per, bring them to boil in their own
liquor, add the sage, season to taste
with salt and pepper, thicken with
cracker crumbs and serve in pretty
bowl with thin toasted bread.
Prune Whip.-Stew half-dOzen
prunes with little sugar and lemon
Juice, in the same water in which they
have been soaked over night. Put
them through sieve, add the beaten
white of an egg and serve heaped in
a glass with a dot Of whipped cream.
Pineapple Pudding. - Place in a
double boiler half cupful of water.
When boiling add tablespoonful Of
sugar and stir in the yolk of an egg
mixed with teaspoonful Of corn
starch. Stir until smooth and thick,
then add one-half cupful of grated
pineapple or pineapple juice. Beat to
the boiling point, then fold in the
stif1y beaten egg white and chill.
Heap up in a glass or pretty pudding
dish and top with whipped cream.
Plum Pudding Sauce.-Put one-half
cupful of butter and one tablespoons
full of flour into saucepan and stir
until it thickens; then add one-haH
cupful of water or canned fruit juice,
three tablespoonfuls of sugar, the
grated rind of half a lemon. Separate
the yolks and whites Of four eggs.
Beat the yolks and add to the sauce.
beating briskly; let the sauce cook
over the fire at simmering point.
fold in the stiffiy beaten whites and
serve.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-02
LIGHTER COLORS FOR TWEEDS
Country Wear; Delicate Yellows
and Grays.

All the new town tweed suits and
those for the country, too, are being
made in light pale colors. There are
no more of those flashing blues and
pinks and green's that appeared so
numerously. Now the colorings are
more subtle, though they are as deli
cate as can be and bid fair to need
much cleaning if any sort Of hard
wear is given them.
There is suit in the highest Of yell
low. 1t is almost lemon color. 1t Is
made on strictly plain and tailored
lines and it gracefully follows the lines
of the figure without in the least be-
ing called fitted.
Another popular tweed is a steel
gray. This is as delicate as can be
in coloring, but it does permit of the
wearing of colorful and interesting
hats 1t makes its wearer inconspicu-
GUS on the street, while at the same
time it succeeds in looking most dis
tinctive.
There is cream colored suit made
only for sports wear, and with that
brown stockings end shoes, with a
brown scarf, are accenting notes Of
much interest.
White tweeds for both coats and
suits are very much the order of the
day. So il you wish to spend your
time keeping clean, then have one of
them, for at least you will be assured
of being smart looking.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-02
"DEAD--WHY--HoW7"


John Barley, noted criminal In
vestigator, recently returned from
Secret Service work during the
war, is asked by the governor Of
New York to investigate a mys-
terious attempted robbery of the
Robert Slyke home at Circle Lake,
near Saratoga, and to establish the
guilt or innocence of two men in
the penitentiary for the crime. A
miscarriage of justice Is suspected.
BARLEY finds In it the restaging of
an old case, Is interested and agrees
to solve the mystery. With his
friend, Pelt, newspaper man,
Barley goes to Circle Lake, the
pair becoming the guests of Bob
Currie, an old friend. The three
visit the Slyke home. Slyke re-
sents Bartley's coming, saying he
Is satisfied theyStwo men in prison
are guilty. BARLEY is not. Next
morning Slyke is found dead In
bed, apparently having shot him
sister-in-law, the village police
chief, Roche, and the family ply
sician, Doctor King, all agree Slyke
killed himself, but BARLEY insists
he was murdered. Investigating,
BARLEY finds evidence that Slyke,
after card party he had given,
was shot on the tower of the house,
undressed, and placed in bed. Dur
ing his absence from the room
someone removes the revolver
from Sykes hand. A boy working
in the garage asserts he heard
shot during the night, apparently
in the air." of course really on
the tower.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-02
Smart Headdress.

Headdresses are smarter than eves
before. OF these. both jeweled and of
rich metal fabrics, much might be
written, for their role is most impor-
tant one. To the particular woman
whose hair is not her greatest glory or
whose locks are just growing in after
bobbing, the elaborate headdress comes
as a godsend and this is especially
true of the American woman, who is
rather negligent in the matter of CIV
ing to her hair the admirable, we'll
groomed appearance achieved by the
French woman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-03-02

would naturally think that the sound
came from the air. / wondered If
the boy could tell us anything else
of value.
did you get out of bed to see If
you could discover where the shot
came fromy'
''No, sir, l did not; but, If had
known that Mr.. Slyke had killed him
self. you bet your lifeI would
From his answer judged that the
servants did not yet know that their
employer had been murdered. At least
this boy did not know. He had told
us all he knew about the crime, and
was soon sent from the room. Only
Miss Potter and the butler now re-
manned to be EXAMINED.
Roche returned, looking more
shamefaced than ever. I'm sorry,
Mr.. BARLEY, but / can't find him. No
one has seen the chauffeur, and he
doesn't seem to be anywhere about
the place."
BARLEY accepted his statement with
shrug of disappointment, and
turned his attention to the butler.
He was man Of about fifty-fve,
tall, with rather thin face of the un-
emotional kind common to buffers
Though he refused to meet Bartley's
eyes, he did not seem to be in the least
nervous. What had taken place that
night he evidently accepted as some
thing he could not help and need not
worry over.
BARLEY asked him first about the
men that were at the card party. To
my surprise the butler said he was
unable to give the names Of all the
men, though he knew most of them.
BARLEY took down in little red
notebook the names Of such men as
he could remember. Then he asked
suddenly, "And what was the name
Of the man that stayed after the
others left?"
The question seemed to surprise the
butler, but he answered, "Mr Law.
renee, sir, the lawyer from Saratoga
Mr.. Slyke asked him himself to- re
main after the others had gone. He
went with him up to Mr.. Sykes
room and stayed there a few mo.
ments. I myself waited here in d
chair to let him out and lock up.
did not have to wait long; not more
| than ten minutes or sc"
BARLEY glanced at the stairs. did
Mr.. Slyke come down with Mr.. Law
renceY' he asked.
mo, sir. never saw Mr.. Slyke
again." He paused, then added slow.
ly, "That is, alive"
"And you did not hear the revolver
shot, the one the boy heard?"
mo, sir, did not
| 1 felt that he was carefully choos.
ing his words and was not giving any
more information than he had to. ]