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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-23
RAILROADS AND PRODUCTION.

Some railroad corporations have
done much to promote agricultural
development along their lines. One
illustration of the value of such un-
dertakings is given by the boys po-
tato clubs promoted by the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad.
The story of one of these clubs
at Seymour, Indiana, shows that the
railroad gave each club member four
bushels of certified seed potatoes,
with the understanding that each
member should plant one fourth of
an acre.
The boys were given competent
instruction as to methods. and the
result was that the yields varied
from 10S to 352 bushels per acre,
while the average of potato crops in
the whole country is only 95 bushels
Such results would suggest that it
would pay the railroads to promote
improved farm methods on much
greater scale.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-23

is no evidence that it is not a better
product. With the foundation of a
really better product, we believe a
market can be developed which will
place quality above the present ideas
of what constitutes the best appear
ance. There is profit for the packer
who will cure this soft pork in the
best manner and market it as a SUI
perior product which will command
4 better price. At least, since
satisfactory solution has not yet
been found along other lines, it
would seem that it might pay some
Southern packer to consider market
ing oar Southern product on its own
merits, and not by standards set for
tie pork of other sections. Of course,
results would depend on whether it
is really an inferior product, as the
packers now by present standards
declare it be, or superior product
from the consumers viewpoint, as
we believe it to be.
The Progressive Farmer.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-23
ADMITTING HIS
GUILT JUROR
REFUSES TO
INDICT OTHERS

ROME, Ca, Nov. 81 try to
be g. good citizen and uphold the
Constitution and laws Of my coun-
try, but / rcfaae to assist in bringing
indictments against my fellow citi-
IONS, who are not criminals, for law
violations Of which am as guilty as
t:cy," said George S. Reese, fore
man Of The grand jury, at TIE open
ing Of the Rome term of federal
court for North Georgia. He was
referring to charges Of violating the
federal migratory game law pending
against a number Of prominent citi-
zens Of Rome.
"Then wen appoint another fore
nan when those cases come up"
said Judge Samuel H. Sibley as
everybody in the court room laughed.
The situation was clarified when
the District Attorney announced
that lie would not seek indictments,
but would prosecute the alleged
gamo-law violatora on accusations
rather than indictments.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-23
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY


Many q woman's idea Of being ar
tIstic is not to know. how to. cook.
When a woman goes to church she
tries TO fix her mind on things above
so she thinks Of hats.
The stubborn man is always deter
mined to stand his ground, even though
he hasn't any.
No, Maude, dear lit shouldn't be nee
essary for the school teacher to con-
suit an oculist about her pupils.
The more uncles, aunts and grand
parents there are, the bigger the row
when II comes to naming the first baby.
Many a man thinks he holds the key
to a girls heart, only to discover that
some other fellow has picked the lock.
NiIIy-"When fellow jilts a girl
she must feel cheap" Billy-"ProD-
ably, until she begins a suit for dam
ages"
Two men will discuss a baseball
game for hours at stretch, and then
wonder what women find to talk about
so much.
You can never tell. Lots Of people
who natter themselves that they are
in the swim can scarcely keep their
heads above water.
Muggins-"l suffer terribly from
rheumatism" Buggins-"Why don't
you try goose greaseT Muggins-"No
quack remedies for me-"
The Cynical Bachelor observes%eifat
the man who suffers from indigestion
has little patience with the woman who
merely has a broken heart.
Mrs. Wigwag-"James, dear, wake
up I'm positive there Is something
moving down in the cellar" Mr.. Wig
wag-"Oh, got to sleep. It's only the
gas meter"
Blobbs-'I don't like that fellow Bor'
rowell" Slobbs-"You misjudge him.
He is really charming. 1t is a liberal
education to know him." Slobbs-"I
can't afford that kind of an education"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-23
RAILROAD CROSSING LAWS

In view Of the great number OF
accidents occurring at railroad eros
sings, five states have passed laws
recurring automobiles to come to .
stop before crossing railroad a.
grade. Sixteen other states have
similar laws or regulations applying
to people who drive automobiles for
hire.
Probably most of the states would
enact such legislation if it was felt
the drivers would heed it. Judging
by the way drivers act, large part
of them, perhaps the majority in
many places, would never stor at
crossings even if the law required
it.
The majority of drivers carry one
or more passengers along with them,
and they are under obligation to
safeguard the lives of the people rid
ing with them even if they are reck-
less with their own. A man VIII }
takes chances with other peoples
lives is violating every law of human
ity. A penalty ought to be imposed
on him for doing it, if it could be
enforced,
Some people will insist on trying
to beat out trains because they claim
that if they slow down, the danger
of getting run over is increased. I'm
doubteldy many people get run over
as the result of slowing down to
such a point that their machine stalls
on railroad tracks. 1t would be far
better if they would come down to
a lower gear, so that they could be
sure that they could keep moving.
The old notice at crossings said
'Stop, look, and listen. 1t was a
good rule. 1t does not cost driver
more than a minute to obey this adj
vice at crossing where he is unable
to look in both directions. He should
remember that if he is hit and killed,
he will be, as the old phrase goes,
"a long time dead.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-23
GOOD TIME FOR
FARM ENTERPRISE

II Is commonly said in the stool;
market that the time to buy sccuri-
ties Is when the prices are low, when
everybody is discouraged, and will
ling to sacrifice good values for rock
bottom prices. The same truth APP
plies TO the farming business. Al
this period when the people in many
sections are discouraged about farm
ing, is just the time when cntcrpris-
ing young men will buy up farms ut
lower prices than will be seen again
for many years, if ever, and viii
make money on them.
The United States consumes seven
3ighths Of all the food it grows. Just
at present there Is some difficulty in
disposing Of the other eighth in
foreign markets. But it is certain
hat Europe viii gradually recover
from the war, and will buy more and
more Of our farm stuff.
The masses Of the American peo-
Die get good wages, and are buying
ioods with much greater freedom
han they did before the war; Fur
.hormore the country is steadily in
,rcasing in population. 1t is 9
natter Of only a few years before
he United States will consume all
IS food products, so that the market
or foodstuffs is going to increase
teadily. The growing demand for
,hese products must tend to prevent
he low prices that have created such
Unfortunate effects in wheat grow
ng and other staples.
The people who buy into the farm
ng business at this time are getting
property below it's real value, when
he same is depressed by temporary
onditions. They are going TO see
he market continually broadening.
And while improved fern methods
nay tend to keep increasing the Pre-
luct, thus working against high
rices, yet improved methods Of
marketing arc sure to be provided
within a few years, thus increasing
re proportion Of Ike product tina,
viii fall to the producer. Now is .
God time for young men TO start in
With a business that is on the up
grade.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-23
FESTUS PESTER

Some mems heads are all skull.
The man who boasts that he has
never been kissed usually looks it.
A joke is not a joke when Ii is told
The second time to the same victim.
The wisest of men are often con-
founded by the utterances Of con
founded fools.
do not talk to instruct my fellow
men, but merely for he pleasure Of
hearing my oWn head roar.
sometimes feel that | made sad
mistake in not going to the legislature
instead of trying to make an honest
living-Kansas City Star.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-23
WHO AM |?

WHO AM |?
am always misunderstood.
am no end of trouble.
often come between husband and
wife.
Women love me.
am a friend in need.
Women expect me to do all the wor-
rying.
The banks betray me.
am more dangerous in the hands
of women than gun.
| have made men weep.
am a woman's check book.
Edmund ]. Kiefer, in New York Sun.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-23
is SOUTHERN SOFT
POLK SUPERIOR

A Reader asks; HAS any solu-
ion for the soft pork problem Of the
South been found?"
So far as we konw, no satisfactory
means has been found for producing
I hard or firm carcass from pigs
ed entirely or largely on peanuts,
10Y beans, and other feeds which
tend to produce softer fat than
corn or other similar hard dry
grains. In fact, it is very probable
chat all the facts involved in the
development Of soft hog carcasses
are not yet known, or at least their
relative Importance understood
In short, certain feeds or methods
Of feeding in the South continue to
produce what the packers call soft
and undesirable carcasses, and for
which they will not pay as much as
hey are willing TO pay for similar
hogs raised on corn and some other
eeds. For this situation no salts
factory solution has yet been i und.
Progress has been made in determin-
ng some of the facts involved, but
Southern producers of the so-cGllcd
soft pork are still paying penalty
of from / to 3 cents a pound live
weight for using our best and most
economical feeds for producing hogs.
No efforts should be spared to find
a solution along the lines which the
work is now following, but it appears
that possibly more effort should be
put on finding a method of curing,
and in developing a market for the
kind of pork now produced on these
feeds. There is no doubt in our mind
but that the pork produced on pea
nuts, for instance, is superior in
flavor, palatability, and therefore, TO
our mind, in quality, than the fat,
corn-fed hog produces. 1t is rot as
acceptable to the packers, because
by their present methods of curing,
and By present market demands, it
is not as acceptable to buyers.
1t has not, we believe, been proved
that with or without other methods
of curing, if this soft pork were sold
on its merits, or as a superior pro
duet. better markets could not be de-
veloped for it.
We believe that when this social
ed soft pork is served to the con
sumner it is acceptable. and is regard
ed as of better flavor and is liked
better by him than the corn-fed pork
for which the American packer pays
a better price
1t is not possible to develop a meth,
cd of curing and a market for this
soft pork? 1t now has an urdesir-
able appearance, according to pre-
sent market and consumers stan
dards, but if, as we believe, ii is
superior to- what is now regarded
as better looking product, is there
not hope for solution of the prob
lem, in the education of the consum-
or to a standard of quality, based
on something more important than
Because it does not
look as well, on the basis Of our
present ideas of the best appearance,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-23

There is doubt whether the Sc lis
faction in always speaking out the
truth, regardless of place or time, is
worth the Nupopularity it entails.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-23

Blobbs-'I don't like that fellow Bor'
rowell." Slobbs-"You misjudge him.
He is really charming 1t is liberal
education to know him. Slobbs-"l
can't afford that kind of an education"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-23
cIlmate anh p.afness.

1t is curious 20 note how deaf
mutism varies in different countries.
In Switzerland, for instance, owing to
the prevalence of cretinism, 245 per
100000 of the inhabitants suffer from
1t, whereas the general average among
European countries is 70, and In the
United States. IS. per 100000.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-23
SAID IN PASSING

Our government protects it's citizens
abroad very capably. Could the same
machinery be employed for protecting
them at home?
1t is the lending" that is neither
altogether happy nor unhappy that is
the most realistic.
One may be safer in keeping his
mouth shut" but he certainly is more
unintereSting.
Progressive family's goal was once
a grand piano; but they can all be-
come proficient with motorcar.
Fathers old trousers used to de
scend to small son, but now they go
clear to somewhere in Europe.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-23
Rasaces BY Bats.

1t has been estimated that the eco
nomic less from rats in the United
States is $2C0000,000 a year. In other
estimates before the war, the annual
damage in The United Kingdom was
$4,000 eco. AS a carrier Of bubonic
plague ard ether diseases the rat is
charged with the loss of more human
liycs than all the wars in history.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-23
APROPoS OF NOTHING

If repartee is witty it is hard for
one TO restrain it because it is also
impudent.
When one runs for office, he can't
complain if people want to know all
about him.
There is doubt whether the sails
faction in always speaking out the
truth, regardless of place or time is
worth the Gupopularity it entails.
LOST LINKS
A cross-eyed oculist.
A chorus girl who can sing.
Soup served without thumbs.
An alligator with false teeth.
What rolls under the bureau.
A chaperon at a poker party.
A hair restorer that restores.
A church choir smoking cigars.
Publicity agents for pickpockets.
Baby carriages in the smoking car,
A hair ribbon on a bobbed-haired
girl.
Bootleggers who go into bank
ruptcy.
Hat check boys without whisk-
5rooms.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-23
oUIPS WITH A PUNCH

Even q musical alarm clock Is sell
dom appreciated In the early morning.
Mixed drinks have about the same
effect on a man as too many love af-
fairs.
A homely girl always selects a girl
homelier than herself for her brides
maid.
On ounce of keep-your-mouth-shut Is
worth a pound of try-to square your
self.
Quite good many men have man
aged to mount the ladder of fame by
hanging onto the coattails of others.
The man who puts a $40 collar on
10-cent dog may mean well, but he'll
never be the works in get-rich-quick
scheme,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-11-23
POOR EXCUSES

81 was in hurry
"The wife had the car"
couldn't see your signal"
81 was gone only minute"
"The horn wasn't working"
"Tm friend of the officer"
1.-THE starter wouldn't work."
"My car was going less than 90
Evening star., 1923-12-16

this is case of a loose connecting
rod bearing. I'm trying to find which
one it Is. That will save you lot
of time and il will also save you
money. mechanic under the car
would be liable to fool with every
bearing but the loose one, because
the extra. clearance is so slight"
This sounded like common sense.
Smith watched him while and then
ask ed how he could locate a loose
bearing by cutting out the spark
plugs.
Locating Loose Bearing.
When there is no spark travelling
to cylinder No. 3. for example" the
other explained, there is very little
strain on the respective connecting
rod bearings. But when ] take away
the screw driver and let the spark
explode the mixture in the cylinder
there is a sudden strain on the piS-
ton. the connecting rod and its bear
ing. lf there is a rattle or knock
and the noise is deep down, then you
can be sure of the bearing"
Whereupon the manager called a
mechanic, with instructions to drop
the case and take up" on connect
ing rod bearing No. s.
We'll have your car ready by
noon, if you want 1t" was the ver-
diet. Smith was impressed with the
actual service being rendered him.
81 always thought the name
service station was a misnomer'
he said. Things seem to have
changed
They have" replied. We're
living in a new period. Haven't YOU
noticed it before?'
fcoryrght 1928. by he ullman Feature
Servicel
Next week: Smiles per Gallon"
Evening star., 1923-12-16
No. 2A-A Day In the shop.


The other morning, as he was
starting for the office, Smith hailed
me with the request that I listen to
his motor. He thought he was hear
ing a knocks falling common to
all motorists. But this was not a
case of imagination. There was a
pronounced knock at certain speed
of the engine.
What do YOU think it is?" he
asked. A valve sticking?"
That's easy enough to decide" l
replied. IF a valve were sticking
the noise would be more of a clank-
ing and the engine would skip at
low speeds"
did, with the exception of the knock"
Smith stated.
Then you've probably got a loose
IF you listen carefully you will note
that the sound comes from down in
the crankcass. The origin of noises
is very difficult to locate in an auto
mobile because sound travels along
the metal parts, but when the engine
is running stationary and the knock
is fairly heavy you may be quite
certain of a loose bearing. IL your
car were old we could not be quite
SO certain because the knock might
be caused by a loose piston or by end
play In either the crank Or cam
shafts"
Smith Becoming Wiser.
Smith went on to say that the
knock had been getting worse each
day. so I advised having the trouble
drove down to the service station
and let the service manager diagnose
the case. Here Smith remembered
one of my first suggestions and in
stead of rushing off, decided to re
main around "a while in hopes Of
learning something more about his
car.
! One of the first things he learned
was that the service manager did not
Immediately put his men on the job
of dropping the crankcase. Instead
he got out a screw driver and com
menced what appeared to be n test
of each spark plug, by touching the
metal part of the screwdriver to the
spark plug terminal and to the cylin-
der head. Smith thought the man
ager was 'stallIng." So he com
planned.
"I wish you'd put some one on the
job ightaway. I'd like to have the
car tonight"
Less Haste, More Speed.
The manager looked up a moment
shi'u 'heii nth' dhedu teStiHS. ou We
heard the maxim, the more hurry
the less speed haven't you?" he
asked We'll, that's our policy
around here. It's to our interest td
repair your car as quickly as
possible. Any fool can rip a motor
to pieces when it's a question of
trying to find knock. but the
mechanic with brains tries to find
the simplest way of locating the
trouble There are dozens OF things
about an engine that are capable Of
producing a knock. There are spark
knocks, carbon knocks. lean mixture
knocks, cold engine knocks. and doz-
ems of others. Since / have been
testing. however. I've decided that
Evening star., 1923-12-16
MAKERS
APPROVE MELLON PLAN
Tax Cut Will Benefit Whole Peo-
pie. Says Resolution Adopted
by Directors.

NEW YORK. December I5.-Em-
phatic Endorsement of Secretary Mel
Ions program for tax reduction is
contained IN a resolution adopted by
the board of directors of the Motor
and Accessory Manufacturers Asso-
citation made public by NJ. l.. Hemin-
way. general manager The resolu
tion follows:
we heartily approve the plan for
reducing federal income taxes recon-
mcnded by the Secretary Of the Treas
ury in his letter OF November 10 to
Representative Green. We believe
that if made effective this plan will
be of very material benefit To the
whole people. of our country
First, by more equitably distribut-
ing the tax burden. relieving the
wage Garner of his disproportlonate
share of the load.
Second. by dcmonstratingt the policy
of good government. through provid-
ing for reasonable budget require
ments by an intelligent, logical and
fair method of apportionment.
Third, by stimulating industry
through the release to industry of
funds now Invested in tax-exempt Sc
curities. thereby materially increaS-
ing our national prosperity"
Evening star., 1923-12-16
SEES GOOD MOTOR
TRADE NEXT YEAR
Jordan Company Head Claims
There Is No Probability
of Decline.

Just the minute the birds start
fy1ng south, the coal bills start to
accumulate and old-fa shioned sales
men and business men crawl into
their holes to wait for easy sales in
me spring, some one always asks
me what is going TO happen in the
automobile industry next year" said
Edward s. Jerdan, president of the
Jordan Motor Car Company.
Jordan believes that the autome-
bile business in 1924 will be largely
influenced by four facts:
L. The increased use of motor cars
by the present owners. who cannot
possibly get along from day to day
without this instrument of trans
portation. This will hasten the
necessity for replacement.
:. The constantly increa sing pres
sure on the part of mother and the
children, who demand individual
transportation while father is away
at his business, will bring about the
possession of from two to three mo-
tor cars in every family capable of
maintaining them.
J. The sales of motor cars since
the 1921 depression have been spot
ted. The farmers in the great agri-
cultural sections of the country have
not begun to replace their automo-
piles purchased before 1921. There
mas been certain replacement, but
II is not large.
When these farmers liuuidate their
loans with the profits on this years
crop. and they are doing this rapid
", they Will come into the mark ct
In a substantial way in 1924
T. twenty six thousand miles Of
good surfaced roads have been built
III this country in the last five years
Labor has been fully employed,
money is comparatively easy and
1924 ought to be d good year
Most companies in the automobile
industry are in the hest condition
that they have ever heen
Dealers are not overstocked with
cars and they will not stock heavily
during the winter 1923-1924
No one can guess how many auto
mobiles will be delivered, because We
happen to be in one of the few bust
nesses in the world in which all mer-
Chandise is returned
The number of cars delivered hence
forth will depend entirely upon the
number Of trades the dealers or
Eanization of the country wants to
negotiate.
The writer personally believes that
the industry as a whole would be
better off if dealers would take in
trade only those cars which can be
sold the second time at IA profit
II this became a general policy
there would be sharp curtailment
in production.
Since dealers are naturally ambi-
tious to deliver all the automobiles
they possibly can, the writer thinks we
may depend upon it that 1924 will not
fall behind other years in the history
OF the automobile industry.
Evening star., 1923-12-16
USE OF ELECTRICITY
IN CARS INCREASES
First Machines Used None at All.
Durant Dealer Here
Says.

The progress OF electrical develop
ment is remarkable in all aspects. 1t
has played a large part in making the
motor car the leading factor in mod
ern transportation" says the Harper
Motor Company. local dealer I'm Du-
rant and Star cars.
The first motor cars or horselcss
carriages, as they were then called,
used no electricity. One of the ear
liest ears used Illuminating gas for
fuel, carrying a considerable supply
in tanks. The ignition was by mems