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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
~. S. CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION

An open competitive examination
under the rules Of the U. S. Civil
Service Commission for the position
of Postmaster in the Post Office at
Oglethorpe, Ca, will be held on
January 9Th, 1924, commencing at
8 o'clock a. m.
Applications for this examination
must be made on the prescribed
form, which, with necessary ihstruc-
tons, may be obtained from the
Commissions local representative,
Secretary, Local Civil Service Board
at the Montezuma, Georgia Post Of
flee or from the undersigned.
All persons wishing to take this
examination should secure blanks
and file their applications with the
undersigned at once in order to al
low time for any necessary correc-
tons and to arrange for the exami-
ton.
Secretary, Fifth Civil Service Board,
Atlanta, Georgia
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
TWO GEORGIA
YOUTHS RECEIVE
DEATH SENTENCE
Willie Jones, 10, and Gervis
Bloodworth, 20, Admitted
Their Guilt in Murder of
HI. F. Underwood, Near
Reynolds.

BUTLER, Ca, Dec. 20.-Two
Taylor county youths, one still in
his teens, today are incarcerated in
living longer than a month. One of
the local Jail with lone chance for
them just recently announced that
he had "made peace with God" and
joined the church, while the other
asked his prison mates to pray for
them just before they came here
Tuesday morning for trial.
Willie Jones, 18, and Gervis Blood
worth, 20, were convicted last night
of murder of H. F. Underwood,
medicine salesman, near Reynolds,
in this county, December 3. The
jury, composed for the greater part
of farmers did not recommend the
mercy of the court as requested by
defense attorneys, but gave them
the extreme penalty-hanging. The
execution date was set by Judge
Munro, presiding, January IS.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
COOL MILLION IS SPENT ~7'.'''
BY MESS BOY IN ONE DAY
Relnhardt Schmidt From Ger
many Has Glorious Time, Due
10 Fast SIumping Mark.

Most every boy and girl In America
ut soma time has sat down out be-
hind the barn OF In the tradesmen'S
entrance to the apartment house or
somewhere and said: "Wish had a
million donars--rd go to the show
and buy candy and"
Well, everyone knows how 1t goes
And over in Germany boys and
girls aren't much different down deep
ia their hearts than they are In Amsr~
lea, perhaps.
With this exception
Reinhardt Schmidt, aged fourteen,
Of Hamburg, Germany, captains mess
boy on the German steamer Hans
Hensoth, has had his wish come true.
When he was back In Germany he
Aid his wishing-Only. Of course, he
wished for marks instead Of dollars
Then he came to San Francisco,
and out stepped q fairy or something
and all Of q sudden young Reinhardt
found himself In the midst Of riches.
A newspaper reporter found Rein
hardt interesting. He told his editor
And as result, a girl reporter was
assigned to give Relnhardt one mem
orable day.
The lad was running around the
decks Of the big freighter which had
been his home for months, when the
mate stopped him and told him that
for the day he was to have shore
leave and be the guest Of the fair
lady, who awaited al the gang plank.
Bewildered but anxious for just
enc taste Of real fun, he eagerly ac-
ceptSd. And the day started. Rein
hardt was to do as he pleased. And
the lady would foot the bill.
1t started with candy at the ferry
BUILDING.
Then a ride through the city In
luxurious sedan--the likes Of which
hSlnhardt had never seen.
Then to q store for a pair Of good,
American shoes to replace the wooden
Ones he wore. Thea lunch at the
Hty'S most fashionable hotel-the
frat fruit he had tasted for eight
months was served him In a fruit
cocktail; ox-tail soup, chicken pie,
apple pie with ice cream, and quaint
ties Of milk
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
CATTIE-LEVERETTE

On Sunday afternoon at three
o'clock at the home of the bride near
Leesburg, Miss Lurline Cattle and
Mr.. Harry o. Laverette were united
in marriage by Rev. John H. Wyatt,
pastor of the Galloway Memorial
Baptist church in the presence of the
immediate family and number Of
friends.
The bride is a charming young
lady and has made many friends
since moving to this county only a
short time ago.
Mr.. Leverett is from Americas and
has many friends. They will make
their home at that place.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
RULES AGAINST
PEACH COUNTY
Supreme Court Holds Amend
ment Creating 1t Was Not
Ratified At The Polls

ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 19.-Per-
haps the final chapter in the fight
for the creation of the new county
of Peach was written by the State
Supreme Court, Wednesday,, when
the court, Chief Justice Russell dis
senting, held tLat the facts do rot
establish that the constitutional
amendment creating the new coun-
ty was ratified by the people at the
polls. The decision was written by
Associate Justice Beck.
TIE case reached the Supreme
Court on a mandamus directed
against Ordinary Emmett Houser,
of Houston county, champion Of
the new county. The mandamus
sought to compel Ordinary Houser
to issue a writ of election for JUS
tice of the peace in a section of
Houston county over which the or
binary held he had no. jurisdiction
because, he commended. it was stu
ated within the limits of Peach
county, as defined by the Legisla-
ture in a constitutional amendment
that had been ratified. Under the
decision of the court, the territory
is in Houston county, because Peach
county has never come into being.
In the election of November, 1922,
the people cast 29,842 votes for rati-
fcation of the Peach county amend
ment, while 1866 v6;ed against
ratification, according to official re-
turns. Peach county advocates al
legged irregularity in the canvassing
of the returns in certain county
precincts and contendcd that if these
votes were thrown out itwould re-
suit in the ratification of the amend
ment creating the county.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
MATRIMONIAL WEATHER

A gentleman not long ago kept q
meteorological diary Of his wife's tenn
per. Here 1t is:
Monday-Rather cloudy; In the aft
ernoon rainy.
Tuesday-VaporIsh; frightened q
little toward evening.
Observation-Disclosures; gloomy;
inclined to rain.
Thursday-Hlgh wind and some
peals of thunder.
Friday-Fair in the morning: varl-
able till afternoon; cloudy of night.
Saturday--A gentle breeze; hazy
afternoon thick fog and few flashes
of lightning.
neutrality-suspicious. and rainy |;
toward evening somewhat calmer.-
Boston Transcript.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
OUR CHRISTMAS TREES

Ancient sun worshipers used to
decorate trees, because they thought a
spreading tree was Like the sun ris-
ing higher and higher in the heavens.
Ihey used lights to signify the light
ning; apples, nuts and balls to signify
the sun, moon and stars, and figures
OF animals to denote the animal sacri-
noes which were made to their gods,
The angels, cross, etc. which we add
were put In By Christians to commem-
crate Christ, The star at the ton Il
a symbol Of the star which led the
Wise Men to Bethlehem.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
MOVED To ATLANTA

Mr.. E. L. Simpson has moved to
Atlanta where he has accepted a
position with the King Hardware
Co., Mr.. Simpson was reared in
in Lee county and has many
friends here and at Smithville who
regret to see him leave the coun-
ty. He is at present Representa-
tive Of Lee county and has made
the people a good representative.
We VII al success in his
new home.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21

To see the etars well, one must
make his camp in the desert. There
rs he lies rolled for the night in his
blankets, surrounded only by distance
and desolation, he looks up into
greater beauties than all the museums,
galleries, and Conservatives of civili-
cation can offer. But these things can
be seen In part from any farm, and a
little even from the street corner
Frank A.. Waugh. in "The Landscape
Beautiful"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21

Red, very bright red o3rloth.
makes an unusually effective table
covering for a dark corner. Usually
the place fer such material Is in the
Kitchen, but occasionally one sees It
In studios and sitting rooms and In
the dun light the effect iS really i1ita
lovely
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
READ AND REFLECT
Floaters are lightweights.

Floaters are lightweights.
To escape discipline. apply self-dis-
cipllne.
The fountain head of success for
each one of US: l.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21

Just rs the train was about to start
a very stout man struggled into car
rage and sank Into q seat. breathing
heavily. A small boy who sat opposite
appeared to be fascinated, His ardent
gaze eventually began to annoy the fat
man, wiz demanded angrily: "What
are ron staring At me joF?' please,
SIR" replied the lad there's nowhere
else 10 look. York Post.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
A CHRISTMAS RESOLVE

n HRISTMAS is especially u
~ ehildren's day, and one Of the
things which a proper Christmas
attitude should bring about is q
firm resolve on the part Of each
mother to learn what is best for
her child, and do it irrespective
of the child's whlm Or desires.
This not only Is true Of gifts
which the child receives at
Christmas, but of it's food and
rniment, It's sleeping room and
its playroom. All of these
should be as carefully guarded
as the traditions on which the
Christmas celebration is founded.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21

Another tians IN favor Of Pin.raoh's
daughter VAS that she went down to
the river TO battle rather than TO pose
dallas Ncws.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10

T was just finkin'," went on the child, looking at the mans shining dome, its a good fling you has brains, or they surely wouldn't be no trufe in what my papa said"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10

business talk with him, and l always like to get business out of the way before pleasure. l will find the
 pleasure in being with you later," she supplemented.
 Thank you" Ruth smiled. T would suggest that you stay here or go upstairs, as you prefer. Fer haps, you would be less interrupted upstairs in MT. Langs room. Father sometimes comes out here before ne starts on his calls, and he might dis turb you"
 And later" Mrs. Lang laid her hand upon the girls shoulder as she started to leave the Veranda, may 1 not have a long talk with you, my dear? l do want to know you pet ter. Shall you be busy all day!
 indeed, no. 1 shall have the lat ter, part of the afternoon tree l have a music lesson down in the vil- lage at two-butsl shall be back here by half past three. Perhaps with a sudden inspiration, "Falner can spare the car to us. Sometimes he has consultation or an operation with pr. Smith-and they go in pr. Smiths car.
 He" she added by way of eXpla = nation, .is the only other physician in this town-and he and my father often have work to do together. II that is the case today-and father goes with Dr. omith-you and could nave the tlivver and take nice drive. And today" gleam of hu- nor coming to the hazel eyes, we will not get up thunderstorm!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10

From Popular Mechanics Magazine:
 Recording continuously the slight est movements of a patient in bed and thereby determining the hours of complete and untroubled rest he has had, is an idea introduced by a German physician. This result is ob- tained by first placing a sheet of rubber beneath one of the bedposts and attaching special apparatus to the post. The apparatus consists, briefly. of lever, one end of which is fastened tG the bedpost, the other having a recording pen affixed to it.. Underneath the pen Is located a clockwork drum containing a chart divided into 24 hours, so that a con- tinuous curve of the sleeper's moye- ments is kept and may be consulted if it is desired to ascertain how he has rested CT to convince a patient that he has underrated his hours of
 Sea waves off the north coast of Spain sometimes measure S4 feet from crest to base.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10

Raggedy Ann held the two-headed dog in her arms while Raggedy Andy and Marggy and her mamma and MT. Doodle fed him small pieces of cookies and chocolate cake.
 My! How Raggedy Ann laughed. You see the two-headed dog had parked so loud and had made so much nois1 when he jumped into the paper dragons mouth everyone thought he must be very, very large; and here he was, just the cunningest little dog they had ever seen.
 After the two-headed dog had eaten all the cake he wanted, Raggedy Ann wiped the crumbs from his two mouths with her apron and said: Now that we have discovered that the two-headed dog is only a little teeny, weeny dog, we can take him with us through the castle and hunt for Marggy's daddy!'
 T will be glad to go with you!" the two-headed dog said out of both of his mouths at the same time, flor 1 know just where Marggys daddy isl"
 Tt is funny that the people who own this castle had such a tiny little two-headed dog to guard the door!" Raggedy Andy said.
 But, you see" the little two-headed uog explained, 'l have just about the largest bark in the world, and when stand at the door and bark, who ever is outside think, Goodness gra- cious. That must be very large dog!" And of course that frightens them away"
 Yes" agreed Raggedy Ann, I've thought you must be almost as large as ;4 horse when we heard you bark Are you a magic dog?'
 "Oh. yesp' the little two-headed dog replied. Everything in the castle is magic! That is why Marggy's daddy would take me-" he said, and in dis cussing her as we are doing, 1 feel We are showing her small respect l would be cad were to marry any woman for what she would do fer me in material way. l have not sunk as low as that yet, mother"
 (TO Be Continued.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10

"Dry Wash" is also very cheap, only 7c pound, and the flatwork ironed ready to use.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10
By DOROTHY DIX

A man, who sued the woman who had broken her engagement to marry him. for breach of promise, has Just won his case, and his ex-lady love has been ordered to pay him fifteen hundred dollars for the damage she had done to his young affections.
 Thus is the equality of the sexes finally established, and thus, let us fervently hope, is solar plexus blow dealt to peculiarly repulsive form of blackmail. For it is the shame of women that they have been the chief hold-up artists in this line, and so when the find out that what is legal sauce for the goose Is sauce for the gander, the breach of prom ise cases will be few and far be- tween.
 How any man or woman can be so dead to all romance, and senti- ment, and so lost to all sense of deli cacy as to invoke the aid of the law in attempting to drag an unwilling individual to the altar, has always been a marvel. Still stranger is it that any man or woman could be thick skinned enough to be willing to exhibit his or her broken heart in public, and assess its woulds at so much in dollars and cents.
 Not True Love
 No true lover could possibly do this. No man who had really loved a woman, who had worshiped her, and believed in her as something half divine, and then had been flout- ed by her, could bear that strangers should pry into the desolate spaces of his soul. nor could he be recom- pensed by few thousand dolla-s for his lost faith in women.
 No woman who had really given her heart to man, and had him play with it, and throw it away like broken toy when he was tired of it, could bear to know that she had been tilted. Her impulse is not to parade the tragedy of her life before jury. It is to hide the knowledge of it away from the world Nor does she seek to sell her blasted hopes, and wrecked dreams, in the market place,
 No The men and women who bring breach of promise suits, and seek to have their broken hearts healed by scopious poultices the long green, are not those who have never been really hurt. They are those with faxed wounds whom any love specialist would turn down. Those with mortal hurts suffer in silence.
 Can't Deal in Hearts
 Those who sue for breach of promise contend that an engagement to marry is just-as binding as any other contract. This is absurd. You
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10

Indeed? I hope it was something nice"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10
DEATH ROLL OF THE AUTO

From the Thrift Magazine.
 In the final summing up of all that could be said regarding thrift and in- dustrial progress there is nothing so important as the saving of human life. It would be of no avail for America to go on piling up her rec ord of national wealth if she is going to continue to annually snuff out the lives of 75.o00 or 100000 men, women and children through care lessness and a disregard of the fun damental laws of preeaution.
 Reliable statistics, which are very conservative, tell us that in the United States we are needlessly sac rificing a human life every six min utes Up to 1919 the annual toll of death from accident was not so ap- palling as it has since become.
 Last year automobiles alone, it is estimated, caused the death of about 13000 people, an increa af 1ra over 1920 and bringing daitg average of death from u a zaasa aa up to 36, or about one-six z all ghe deaths caused by all ads o- recorded accidents. In a eted lis. of 50 large cities, distr ulee W-l over the country and CT seiaE ar aggregate population u ui 25, 900, 900, the number of l-.y.0 ..444oa by automobiles last year was 155 to each million.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10

 mitted, it is pleasant. 1 saw it yos- terday."
 You did?"- he questioned, sur- prised.
 Yes" she explained. After that woman, Martha tby the way. what an odious creature she is, isn't she?), had le1t me and 1 had washed-as well as l could in room with no run Ting water-and had changed my dress, wandered around until found what l knew at once was your room. ! recognized your various be- longings.'
 You might have wandered insread into Dr. Grants room at the other end of the hall" Kenneth remarked dryly Had he been in there, it might have been embarras ssing."
 But l knew he was downstairs" the mother laughed lightly. q heard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10
Me AdvSntures] RaggstyAnn 4 Ka99eAyAnAy .R Q3NDa 9y 1ohmy Srue'le GG
Copyrish, by JOHNNY cRGIrr1r

stays at tne castle instead of going home!'
 , T do not understandp Marggy's mamma said Why does he have to stay at the magic castle, little two- headed dog "
 Because" the little dog replied, when Marggy's daddy is in the castle he can remember you and Marggy and everyone he knew before, but just as soon as he starts to go out of the cas- tie door he loses his memory, and while he is outside the castle he for
 gets about everyone he knewi" So you see he stays in the castle so that he ca nalways remember youi" Then" Raggedy Ann swendered, Perhaps we had better not go inside the magic castle or we may lose our memory"
 Not if you keep your fingers crossed!" the two-headed dog said.
 If that is the case. then let us all cross our fingers and go inside" MT. Doodle cried, and when we are once
 inside, perhaps we can find Marggy's daddy's memory and give it back to him after we get him outside of the magic castle!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10

The two apron designs in the sketch are simple and useful styles that could be fashioned at home by the amateur seamstress with very little difficulty or expense. The one at the left is made of three and one-half yards of black sateen 36 inches wide. bound at the neck, raglan armholes and cuffs with sateen of contrast ing color such as rose. blue or gold. The pockets are cut in the shape of poke-bonnet baskets, and floral de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10
CHAprER xLIX

This" Kenneth Lang informed his mother, lis the room I have had ever since l have been here-the only guest room in the house. It IS pleas ant, islt it?'
 lie and his mother had come up stairs Tor the long talk" she had desired. He would force himself to speak agreeably, casually.
 For such 2 small room." she ad-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10

signs cut from cretonne are applique to introduce notes of color.
 The design sketched at the right has many uses in sewing room, gar den, office or studio. It requires two yards of figured material. such as cre- tonne. denim or figured linen and is bound at all it's edges with black or dark colored material. Ribbon could be nicely utilized for the binding.
 Aprons of this sort make lovely gifts and may be just as elaborate as the seanastress wishes 10 make them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10
Why Let the WasherWoman Spoil g Days
e year for you when
 the A eric an lUiu "Dry Wash" all the clothes at 7c a pound?

Call your lucky number, Main 3715, and let us point out the advantages and economy of having all the clothes laundered Dry Wash at the AMERICAN.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-10

First you get clean washing. Every piece is STERILIZED and there is no possibility of contagion, as tht always is when washerwomen take your clothes out to their insanitary quarters.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-14
BOOZE VICTIM;
 HE SUES CAFE MAN
Looked Too Often on "MuIe When 1t Was White;" Hubby Asks
 $2,0OO Damages

ENDICOTT, N. Y, March 14.-Boot- leg liquor may be sold throughout the land, but not at the expense of his neat and orderly household, states Amos Quick, a resident of Endicott
 To prove it he has brought suit against Michael Kopytchack, local cafe owner, to recover damages for loss of his wifes services as a house. keeper when, he alleges, she was, in the vernacular, "spifflicated' from drinking Kopytchack's beverages.
 Anguish and damages are worth not less than $2,000, Amos declares.
 Mrs. Kate Quick was a good house. wife, Amos admitted in his complaint, but her efficiency was impaired by looking on the mule" when it was white.
 The interruptions person who sold her the liquor on several occasions, Amos says, was Kopytchack. In par ticular he bases his allegations on July IS last, when, ne says, MrS. Quicks consumption was particularly vigorous.
 The action is brought under a new law providing that seller of intoXi- cants may be prosecuted in Civil Court for any damage his product may have caused
 So keen was Mrs. Quick's apprecia- tion for the liquor Kopytchack is al legged to have sold that, Amos says, when money did not abound in the household his wife pawned the furni- ture to procure the wherewithal.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-14

face constantly since it was sunk by a German submarine five years ago.
 Dan Homet, a Glasgow diver, went into the depths of the sea to place the dynamite charge which blew up the Ariadne. Homet declares that when he went on the deck of the sunken ship he found a marine, supported by portion of the ship, standing as though on duty( his rifle, with bayonet fixed, grasped in his hand.
 The phantom sentry" was left un- disturbed, and his body probably float ed on out to sea with wreckage of the old cruiser.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-14
DEAD MAN GUARDS
 SUNKEN WARSHP
"Phantom Sentry" Stands Rigid on Decks of Dereict H. M. s.
 Ariadne

EASTBOURNE, England, March IA -"Semper fidelis"-always faithful, even in death-this is the motto of the United States Marine Corps, and in spirit it has been the motto of the phantom sentry" of H. M. s. Ariadne, a British cruiser which has been lying at the bottom of the North Sea for the last five years.
 Recently the Ariadne was mined and blown up as a menace to navigation, it's hull having risen nearer the sur
The Cordova daily times., 1923-03-14
u, S, TREASURY REDEEMS
 $585 IN BURNED BILLS

ASTORIA, Ore, March 14.-Ashes found in the corner of his safe-all that remained of roll of currency az gregating $500 following the recent conflagration here - brought Dr. E. Nelson Neulson $5S5 from the Gov ernment. He was ready to throw them away when a safe expert advised him to send the ashes to the Treasury Department. Federal experts identi- fled all but three $5 bills and asked if Dr. Neulen would be willing to set tie on a basis of $5S5. He very will lngly agreed.