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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-02-02
Georgia Farmers Urged
To Bid in U. S. Nitrate
OF Soda Sale

Since the war department has
postponed the date of the nitrate
Of soda sale to February Is, and
has reduced the minimum to be
sold from 100 to 20 tons, the de-
partment of agriculture is anX-
ious for Georgia farmers to take
full advantage Of this sale and
get a large quantity Of this nit.
rate for use in producing the 1923
cotton crop, it was announced
Monday by Commissioner j. j.
Brown.
Il am writing Secretary of
War Weeks a letter thanking
him most gratefully for the man
ner in which he handled this
matter" said Commissioner
Brown.
Several senators and repre-
sentatiyes had requested the
war department to postpo1e the
sale date and reduce TIE mini
mum, SO that farmeas could bid.
They did not. however, present
the request to SECRETARY Weeks,
They were not successful, and
had about given up. But the
cooperation Of the two Georgia
Senators and a large number of
the Georgia representatives was
Of inestimable value to Mr..
Bridges in finally getting this
plan through.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-02-02
The journal Moves
Into New Quarters
THE LEE COUNTY JOUR

THE LEE COUNTY JOUR-
NAL is THIS WEEK MOVING
INTO THE OFFICE Building
of Mr.. j. A. Lipsey just North
Of the Court House. For a num-
Der Of year the printing office
has been in a wooden building
owned by the Galloway Estate
and we have been trying every
since we purchased the Journal
to get better building and on,
Iy last week SUCCEEDED in clos
ing a three years contract on
the building i'll which we are
now moving. We have now one
of as nice printing Offices as you
will find In the state and for
which we are very proud. The
people of our town and county
ought to also feel proud of our
paper and take an interest in it.
A town and county can always
be judged by the home paper.
So it is to your advantage to
support the paper and let's
have a Bigger and Better Pap
err, and a better county and
Town.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-02-02
A Flying Bishop.

The bishop of Bangor, Wales, has
created a record by flying to Cologne
to deliver a sermon at the age Of
seventy-eight years. He is the Right
Rev. Watkin Williams, member Of an
ancient Welsh family, the Williams OF
Rodelwyddan, descended from Sir VIII
liam Williams, speaker Of the house
of commons
He began his clerical career with
a curacy which few Englishmen would
care to. pronounce, that of Rhos-llaner-
chrugog, and was for many years rec
tor of Rodelwyddan before becoming
archdeacon Of st. Asaph and then
dean. He became bishop Of Bangor
nearly "a years ago.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-02-02
Give Us The News

We want the news from every
neighborhood, including EVERY
thing from births to deaths, no
matter where nor under what
conditions they occur.
Write or tell us the news hap
penings; this paper is for the
whole people of this county and
hopes to be an element of pro-
gress and prosperity. Help your
self by helping us in making a
readable sheet.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-02-02
Needed Spraying.

Miss G. L. S. sends us the following
which she received direct from the
aady referred to: Marjory five years
old, after hearing for the first time
the story Of Eve and the apple, re-
marked: You know, Miss Smith, /
think the trouble was that tree wasn't
sprayed, and Eve should never have
eaten an apple Of Of a tree that wasn't
sprayed. You never can tell what will
happen. Boston Transcript.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-02-02

QulrlnaI Originally Church Property.
The Quirinal is one of the seven
hills upon which Rome stands; 1t was
dedicated by the ancient Romans to
Romulus, or Quirinus.e The Quirinal
palace was built in the Sixteenth cen
fury by the Roman Catholic church,
but after the breach between the
church and state in 1870 it became the
residence of the Italian kings. The
Quirinal, as it is fguratiyely used,
means the court of united Italy and
the monarchical regime.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-02-02
Melon. Seed for Sale

Genuine EXCEL MELON
SEED sold under a guarantee
true to name, saved by hands
from large melons and dried in
the shade.f
Delivered subject to examina-
ton; one pound $1.25, ten pound
or more $1.10. =.
Jeff A. Taylor,
Buena Vista, Georgia.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-02-02
Holy Cannon" worshiped in Batavia

Holy Cannon" Worshiped in Batavia.
In picturesque Batavia there is an
ancient piece Of ordnance half-buried
In the ground, which is known as the
Holy Cannon" This Is considered
sacred by the natives. At
the breech of the cannon there is a
casting Of mans wrlst and hand,
closed tight. This symbol is regarded
by the superstltiops natives as a spe-
ries Of god, and worshlped according
ly. Childless women sit beside 1t, fully
believing that their prayers for fam
lily will be heard and granted.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-02-02
-PECANS-

WANTED-To buy your seed
ling and paper shell newpecans,
crop only, cash market price paid
for them. Submit samples as
soon as gathered, stating approx
innate amount you will have.
MILLS-McCORMACK
CANDY COMPANY
ALBANY, GEORGIA
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-02-02
Drainage For
HeaIth's Sake


there is a season and a time to
every purpose under the heavens,
a time to cast away stones and a
time to gather stones together"
Digging bitches was not specifi-
cally referred to by the wise
man, but everyone with any ex-
perience knows that ditch dig
cling is no exception to the gen
eral rule, with this as with every
thing else, there is a time when
it can I've done to best advantage.
How many farmers, however,
know that one of the pest times
for ditching in the southern
states, if not the very best, is
during the late winter months;
At this season of the year farm
labor at least has same choice in
the selection of work. During
the summer rush there can be
none. Then too, soil conditions
in the Southern States are apt to
be exactly suited for ditch dig
cling in January and February.
Our heaviest rain fall in the
South occurs at two periods,
during January and February
and during Sune and July. But,
someone says, "You would not
expect us to do our ditching in
standing water with the soil
saturated like a sponge? Not
entirely. We were thinking of
the outlet bitches, the biggest
part of the job and the most eX-
pensive. The small laterals can
be dug at any time bat it the
farmer wants to save money and
time he will dig his main outlet
bitches with dynamite when the
ground is wet. The wetter the
better.
Dynamite works much better
in wet soil than r. does when the
soil is dry because under these
conditions dynamite will give a
complete ditch, requiring very
little if any hand cleaning, three
hundred to four hundred feet of
ditch can be shot at one time,
thus requiring only one blasting
cap, all stumps can be removed
clearly, and the dynamite holes
which must be spaced l IL to 2
feet apart can be put down much
faster and cheaper.
In ditching with dynamite
where the soil is we'll saturated
with water material can be NOV
ed at cost of from twelve to
eighteen cents per cubic yard,
Under favorable conditions a
crew Of three men can complete
mile Of main outlet ditching in
four days by using dynamite
properly spaced and loaded.
Ponce de Leon crossed the
Atlantic ocean and searched the
Western Hemisphere in vain for
the fountain of youth. Any
Southern farmer can find it, or
something just as good, on his
own little farm by draining the
mosquito breeding swamps and
ponds and by protecting himself
and his family against malaria
and the other preventable dis.
eases.
Your State Health Department
employs experienced sanitary
engineers who will advise you
upon request relative to farm
drainage as a health measure.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-02-02
OFT FOR the Chamnionship.

VtsE TT eEI1~
An actor with a decided thrift strain
was told by a Broadway hotel mani
cure girl that a certain fellow i'll town
WIS called the champion tightwad be-
cause he only tipped her dime.
"Well," said the actor, "Tm going TO
take the championship away from
him"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-02-02
True Greatness.

He only is great who has the habits
of greatness; who, after performing
what none--in ten thousand could ac-
complish passes on like Samson, and
"tells neither father nor mother Of it,
--Lavater.
, 1923-04-13

the world were strapped, France
would rise from the wreckage, like
the Phoenix from its own ashes,
with increased prestige and a
greater advantage over any poten-
tial rivals.
England, the United States, and
Japan all stand above France in
naval supremacy. With navies re-
moved, and with the present French
disposition toward continually add
ing to and improving its imposing
war machine on land, who would be
the loser by this deal? France?
Hardly. The losers would be Eng
land, the United States, and Japan.
That such a suggestion would
meet with anything but silvery peals
of laughter in this country today is
uncomfortable, until one remembers
the presence of William Jennings
Bryan in America Nobody would
be apt to recall Mr.. Bryan these
days, save as an oratorical memory,
were it not for the fact that he hobs
up every so often with a mall
formed brain child to display. To
merely see n political or economic
insanity is for Mr.. Bryan to dash
forth and clasp it to his bosom. To
observe a Lost Hope travelling
down the road is for Mr.. Bryan to
sprint after it and climb aboard.
Thus again, Mr. Bryan. Anent
the French suggestion, he loudly de-
claims from Miami, Florida, that he
hopes the White House instantly
will act to accept the proposition.
We have no doubt but that Mr..
Bryan would go further aud urge
the United States to begin pulling
tho lei plugs out of our battle
ships, or selling them for junk, i'm
m~ediately. Why should we even
wait for general international
agreement on the subject?
Miami. Florida, is a beautiful
place. Its weather L. balmy-Iike
Mr. Bryan. Its air is soft-like Mr..
Bryan's head. Its beaches stretch
away in a limitless waste of sand,
dotted with tufts of palm-like
clumps of hair growing on a Chau-
tauqua Uranium. Its close proxim.
ity to the wet West Indies (about
which Mr.. Bryan lately wanted US
to reprimand England) makes big
bootlegging a thriving business.
Yes, Miami, Florida, has tremen-
dous attractions. Good liquor is
very plentiful there. But, unfortu-
nately, MI. Bryan is very plentiful
there, too.
, 1923-04-13
Hit by Freight Train

LARAMIE. Wyo.. April 13.-F1oyo
Holly. Union Pacific track walker,
was severely though not seriously In,
tured near Hermosa. when a freight
train struck him, knocking him from
the track.
The train was moving slowly. per,
haps Is miles an hour as 1t ap.
preached a sharp curve. and Holly,
who was making his daily inspection
of the track did not hear It approach.
The train men did not sec the laborer
either until he was hurled high in the
air. Tho train was stopped and the
injured man picked up and brought
to the hospital here.
His back and face were badly
bruised and he was bleeding profusely
though no bones were broken. Re
ports from the hospital indicate that
he is getting along very well now.
, 1923-04-13
LET HOOVER DO IT

The recent suggestion of Former
Governor Cox Of Ohio that Herbert
c. Hoover be empowered to audit
Germany, az It were, and decide
what she Ear afford to pay in rep
arations seems an excellent one.
The recent victim of the Republican
landslide, who is still picking rocks
and gravel out Of himself, has just
returned from Germany, and he is
convinced that the new fledged Re-
public would accept such an adjust
ment of the ~rcparations situation,
which seem no nearer a solution
now than they did while statesmen
and politicians were still making
magnificent gestures around the
council tables of Versailles and
Genoa.
Won Helfferich, Wilhelm's for
mer chancellor, assured Mr.. Cox
that Germany would welcome Mr..
Hoover as a certified accountant.
Mr.. Hoover is remembered in
Europe as a cross between a Good
Samaritan and an economic genius,
and he would therefore be the most
likely man today for such a job, in
all probability. While Germany
might be able to conceal some of
her assets from the sharp eyes of
the Secretary, she could hardly con
ceal as much as she is concealing
now.
But like many good thoughts,
this one is likely to come to naught.
The first reason is that nobody is
likely to offer Mr.. Hoover the po-
sition officially; the second is that
he would be unlikely to accept it if
offered; and the third is that our
iirascible ''irreconsilables' in Con-
gress would consider 1t a breach of
American etiquette to monkey with
the European buzz-saw even to the
extent of checking up on Germany.
How Senator Johnson himself ac-
counts for his presence in Europe
as anything but an "entangling al
lance" is n mystery to many. II
our isolation from the world is to
be as austere as Hell Roaring
Hiram" and his associates would
have it, why allow U. S. Senators
to rush around Europe collecting
over-ripe fruit and aged eggs for
use in coming political campaigns?
Nevertheless, it is good to see
that the glacial action of the ava
lanche in 1920 did not entirely grind
all the ideas from the head of the
Hon. James Cox.
, 1923-04-13
WHY NOT FIND OUT?

There r several excellent rea,
ons why the Preparations bugaboo
continues to burden the public mind
and the public prints, and seems
likely to do so on through the rest
of the Twentieth Century Among
these S let the following be
enumerated:
(1) There is no unbiased esti
mate, however, sketchy, of the cost
of repairing Devastated France.
(2) There is no accounting tc
date on what Germany already has
paid. If anybody knows they can
have a job in England or France as
diplomatic public accountant.
(3) There is no reasonable
means of estimating what Germany
can pay or how much Of her assets
she is concealing.
In place of the impartial state
ment of costs of repairing devasta.
ton which the Reparation Commits.
sion was supposed to produce we
have only the offhand statements
of French Ministers. These show
costs so high that the figures car
not possibly be accepted without
question by any fair-minded out.
slider.
In place of the reliable statement
of the amount Germany has already
paid which the PREPARATION Commits
sion ought to furnish we have esti'
mates from various partisan source
ranging from two and a half billion
dollars to eleven billions. The es'
Inmates vary as to the items which
should be included and as to the
prices which should be set on the
individual items.
Is it. then, surprising that any
politician and any propaganda car
stand up and assert whatever il
suits him to assert and get nway
with TT
, 1923-04-13
Country Club Started

ROCK SPRINGS. wyo.. April 10.
The Rock Springs Golf and Country
club. organized here a few days ago,
with q membership of 50 has selected
Rants ranch. 10 miles south OF this
city, as the site for its club house
and golf course. The ranch has 125
acres OF suitable land. with running
water. a and trees. The golf
course will be opened to members
about May so. Tho following officers
were elected: Il. s. Brooks. presi-
dent; Joseph 8. weppener, vice presi.
dent; James r. Dewar. secretary; A
II. Doane. treasurer. These four Of
hcers. with L. H Brown, Roy Zuver,
g. A. Knox. @. G. Davis. j. w. Hay,
u. B. Hitchcock. ". B.. Ross and Vic
tor Facinelh. will constitute the board
OF directors.
, 1923-04-13
Old Couple Feted

LOWELL yo. April Is. - Sixty
one children. grandchildren and great
grandchildren. celebrated n family re
union with Mr.. and Mrs. Rossmus
Lynn, OF this city. by a banquet in
the amusement hall OF tho west ward
chapel.
The descendants OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Lynn. who are pioneers OF the basin
consis OF five living sons and their
families. and the children Of two
sons who are dead. They also have
n married. daughter. who. with her
children. were present at the ban
quet. All reside in and neal Lowell
and in neighboring towns.
Although Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn are
caring tho three score and ten mark,
they are strong and healthy and
manifest a keen interest In all the
affairs of life,
, 1923-04-13
Expense Kept Down

KEMMERER, wyo.. April 13.-of
the 23 counties in Wyoming. Lincoln
county stands next to the bottom in
the matter of per capita expenditure
Of county government, a remarkable
record. being exceeded in economy by
Laramie county. 1t also stands third
from the bottom of the list In the
matter of expense Q $1,000 of
valuation.
1t cost Lincoln county ss.25 per
capita to conduct Its affairs in 1929.
and Laramie. the lowest, $3.50. In
Hot Springs county It cost over s23
per capita In all. Lincoln county
spent s1o6,ooo last year. Its popula-
ton is 12.4S7.
Considering the fact that Lincoln
county was one of the largest in the
, 1923-04-13
BRYAN is IN AGAIN

The president of the Naval com
mittee of the French senate now
suggests that all the navies Of the
world be abolished. He apparently
has some support from the French
government.
This will come as an amusing at
titude on the part of that so dear
France when ii is recalled that il
was the militaristic spirit and irrec.
oncilable attitude of France that
came near disrupting the Naval
Limitation Conference in Washing.
ton. That England is thoroughly
sick Of her late ally Is shown more
plainly every day, and that Ameri-
can public sentiment has undergone
a very radical change which date,
back to the actions of France al
the Washington Conference there
Is no doubt.
There is considerable question
regarding the sincerity Of Frances
latest move; or at least considerable
doubt of its official character. But
granting that it has the complete
understanding and support of the
French government, what ha:
France to lose by abolishing all the
navies of the world? She has moth.
ing whatever to lose, and every
thing TO gain.
France today has the most power
full military organization in Europe
and she keeps it in practice, as tn,
kuhr invasion will indicate. Sh,
ranks fourth among the powers il
sec armament If all the navies o.
, 1923-04-13
To Repair Highway

SARATOGA. wyo.. April IA
number OF local business mon. includ.
ing Messrs. Healey. NUM-, Mace.
r. C.. Peck, CONFESS. Irwin, Sisson
and others, made a trip to Rawlins
to confer with the county commits
sioners concerning the present impas-
sable condition of the highway south
from Saratoga. and obtained assur-
ance from the county board that
some would be taken to re.
lieve the present condition of the
highway. Considerable grading up of
the center will be necessary and
drainage must be provided over n
considerable part OF the road. II is
surmised that one of the county's big
grading machines will be put on this
work within the next few days.
Several Of the ranchers along the
road have volunteered to give assist.
ance on tho highway in the neighbor
hood OF their lands. and 1t is expected
, 1923-04-13
Laramie Students
Elope

LARAMIE. wyo. April 13.@Jack
Gladden.. vocational student at the
university and Miss Dora Morgan,
Oldest daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
George Morgan Of Byers. Colo, were
married In Syracuse. Kans.. Sunday
after n cleverly arranged elopement
from the brides home across the
Colorado line.
The couple anticipated objections
from the parents OF the bride, so ar.
ranged the elopement. Jack rode to
this city on horseback Wednesday
and engaged a a to come after tho
couple Thursday morning. They lost
, 1923-04-13
THE CASPER TRIBUNE'S


Irrigation project west Of Casper
70 be authorized and completed At
once.
A complete and scientific zoning
system for the city OF Casper.
A comprehensive municipal and
school recreation park system. In
GLIDING swimming pools for h
children OF Casper.
Completion of tho established
Scenic Route boulevard as planned
by the county commissioners TO
Garden Creek Falls and return.
Better roads for Natrona county
and more highways for Wyoming.
More equitable freight rates for
shippers Of the Rocky Mountain
region and more frequent train
service for Casper.
, 1923-04-13

It begins TO appear that every
body is willing to frame President
Harding's platform except Presi-
dent Harding. The Attorney Gen
eral al always retire from politi.
cal life and make a modest stipend
at his home if he hangs cat a
single reading platform Framing
Neatly Done"
, 1923-04-13
Anglers Rounded Up

CHEYENNE. Wyo.. April 13.-For
the irst time in years state game
wardens are rounding up anglers in
the Cheyenne district who are fishing
without licenses. Some anglers who
have taken out a license annually
for a score OF years this week have
met a game warden in the field for
the first time.
, 1923-04-13
Woman Is Suicide

GREEN RIVER. wyo. April 1s.-
Lottie May Harris Moriaty. wife Of
Mark E. Moriaty of this city. was
found dead in bed at her home, hav-
ing shot herself in the left breast
with a shotgun. Her husband and
son were in the country. and when
they returned, not finding Mrs.
Moriaty in her bedroom. but the
~13-year-old daughter and n babe
asleep In the bedroom. they went in
search for the wife and mother. find
ing her in a storeroom. lying on tho
bed. She had suspended the shot.
gun over her and tripped the trigger
with a piece OF kindling wood. The
daughter had not heard the shot.
, 1923-04-13

little time leaving the ranch at 300
n M n reaching here just in time
to catch train No. 20 at 1890. They
Just kept going until they reached
Syracuse. Kans.. where they were
married. returning here on train No.
Fl last night
, 1923-04-13

state in point Of territory and neces-
sarily expensive to operate because
of It's many isolated districts. this ia
a very creditable showing and the
officials responsible deserve credit.
, 1923-04-13

Chicago agents found some booze
hidden in crates of lettuce. They
hide booze everywhere nowadays.
Some of it-but not much-is even
hidden in the stuff bootleggers sell
for whiskey.
, 1923-04-13

From the way politicians side.
step discussion Of it, one would
think that it might better be called
the open hop" issue.
, 1923-04-13

Where unwashed Reds all go insane,
| do not live in the Ukraine,
I'd rush away with might and main
II l were left in the Ukraine.
, 1923-04-13

Somebody is always "scrapping
big navies." But it is also to be
noted that big navies arc always
serapping-or nearly SO.
, 1923-04-13

that with the county assisting a
great deal of Improvement can be
made without great expense.
, 1923-04-13

Jewelry and watch repairing by OK.
pert Waterman; all work guaranteed.
Casper Jewellery Mfg. Co. O. SBldr.
, 1923-04-13

There ut 1900 licensed meat
packers In the United States. In
addition are thousands of local
sbattoirs and farm slaughterers.
The product Of an these compete
with each other. Probably there
Is nc other business In existence
60 keenly competitive AZ meat
packing.
, 1923-04-13
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