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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-10-05
STORIES FOR BOYS

What kind of story does a boy
like? This question is being asked
by the executive committee in charge
of the publications issued by the
Boy Scouts of America. They want
to get stories that will take the
place of the old fashioned blood and
thunder type, which will interest the
boys, and yet inspire them to better
living. Many of us can remember
when the kids used to hold up old
fashioned geography books before
their desks in school, behind which
they concealed their copy of "The
Bloody Butchers Bride, or "The
Demon of Dandelion Dem.
That kind of story that seems to
please a lot of boys now is one of
achievement, specially in some field
outside of the routine of daily life.
They love to hear how boys have
gone out into rough country, and
defied and outwitted some bad men,
and have built up fine business I'M
der conditions that would have ter
rifed the average adult citizen.
The worst fault to be found with
stories of this type is that they make
ordinary life seem dull to many
boys. After reading these tales,
which from some points of view are
harmless, it seems awfully tedious
for a boy to get out and fill up the
woodbox for his mother. Some story
dealing more with conditions in
community like Leesburg would be
more inspiring to him in the long
run, though less sensationally thrill
ing.
Boys need good stories, for they
kindle the imagination and lift
sleepy and Indifferent mind out of
his lethargy, and incite him to get
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-10-05
PHARAOH HAD INSOMNIA

Papyrus Reveals HIppopotansl Die
turbed Observation-Disclosures sleep.
A piece Of papyrus just translated
by the British museum shows that
King Tut-Ankh-Amen suffered from In
somnia. Responsibility for the Phara-
chs allment seems to have rested with
certain hippopOtaml which made 80
much noise as they wRllOwed In the
sacred lakes of Thebes that he found
sleep impossible.
The papyrus tells Of q quarrel the
ancient monarch had with the owner
Of the beasts over whether the Kings
slumber should be sacrificed % their
physical comfort. How the dispute
was settled is not disclosed.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-10-05
New Use for Stamps.

Auntie was writing letters while
four-year-old Maurice was busy with
his street car. Presently auntie was
called to the telephone, leaving writ
ing materials on the table. Return
ing. she found postage stamps miss
Ing. Maurice had been told that to
nut stamp on a letter 1t was ready
to Ego"
In her search for the stamps auntie
remarked: ooh, pshaw," to which
Maurice said: "Why, what's the mat
teri" On being told Of the missing
stamps, he said: "Why, stuck them
on my street car, so it would 60 !"
and there they were plain to be seen.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-10-05
THE RIGHT THING
at the
RIGHTsTIME
BINARY MARSHALL DUFFEE
SERVANTS

Let every man mind his own bust"
ness.-CerVanteS.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-10-05
Halls Catarrh Medicine

Those who are in run down" condi-
ton will notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are in
good health This fact proves that while
Catarrh is local disease. it is greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE con-
sists of an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves by local application. and the
Internal Medicine. Tonic. which assists
in improving the General Health.
Sold by druggists for over 20 Years.
F. J. Cheney 6 Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-10-05
no HeIluo!and Tor heaIth

Heligoland, in the North sea. whose
guns once frowned on England from
Germany, has been converted into a
health resort for children.
Hundreds Of children play on walks
where German soldiers strOlled Grim
fortresses on the island are being con-
verted into living quarters.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-10-05

out and do things Boys magazines
print many stories about athletic
life, and if these uphold high stands
ards of honor and sportsmanship,
as they usually do, they may teach
a boy more than he would learn from
many talks from his school teacher.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-10-05
mMeasIND rriek7

Astronomers announce that the sur
face of the sun Is breaking out. Maybe
II has heat rash.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-10-05
ones Ideals.

Humanity never rises above Its
ideals. What ought to be is always
above and beyond what is. Unless.
however, we have before US the vision
of something better, we can never
rise above what we are.-Exchange.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-10-05
A LINE O. CHEER
BY John Kendrick Bangs.
s.s"s"s-S"S"s's"s"s"S"s's'
CHEER UP

u EN- though your place in life
IL is small
Don't let your cheer forsake
you.
God thought it worth while after
all
To make you;
And since none can deny you're
here
There must be something to
you,
And some good purpose, 1t 10
clear,
Is working through you.
God thought it arth while, after
all,
20 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicats.l
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-10-05

The veteran character actor. Theo.
dore Roberts of "moVie" fame, was
born in San Francisco more than fifty
years ago. He began his stage ca
reer as soon as he finished the school.
ing. He was appearing In Broadway
productions when he was induced to
enter the motion pictures, and he has
come to be known as "the grand old
man Of the movies" MIR. Roberts Is
six feet one inch tall, weighs 245
pounds. His hair, originally sandy,
now is snow white. His eyes are blue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-07
$4,000 WINE
IS BURIED 80
M|LESAT SEA
But Not a Chinan1an Mourns
as Revenue Men Dump 5o,-
900 Bottles Overheard.

NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Not sin.
gle mourning Oriental graced the
tug which today bore $4,000 bottles
Of Chinese medicinal" wine to a
grave in the ocean thirty miles out
at sea.
The liquor, containing 30 per cent
alcohol, was recently seized by GUS
toms officers aboard a vessel in
this port, and the order to destroy
1t came in accordance with a Fed
eral court ruling that it was really
sent here for beverage purposes.
Why the rite of Committing
these cases to the deep" was per-
formed so far from shore was ex-
planned by Thomas w. White,
surveyor of the port.
I'VE took it thirty miles to sea
in order that the ocntraband cargo
might be dropped to the bottom Of
the ocean in the original package"
hr declared There's little chance
OF anyone recovering it that far
out"
The consignment was made up Of
400 cases, each case valued at SO.
a total OF $287 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-07
FOOD SHOW HAS
NOVELTIES
FOR HOME
Attachment for Ice Box Pan
Acts Like Alarm Clock
Regulator.

Housewives who are continually
annoyed by the OVERLOOKING of their
refrigerator pans are displaying in
terest in q novelty to prevent this
trouble that is being displayed at
the National Food Show and House.
hold Exposition, now running at
Convention Hall.
The device is a sort Of alarm
clock that can be attached to any
refrigerator drip pan and that rings
a vigorous warning when the water
comes within three-quarters of an
inch OF the top of the pan. The
alarm is non.rustable, and is simple
in operation. 1t merely requires re-
winding every time it goes off. Wet
floors, ruined ceiling and damaged
wall paper are avoided by its use.
Men Do the Washing.
Patrons of the show are display
ing keen interest in the industrial
movie shows scheduled for every
twenty minutes both afternoon and
evening. These pictures show how
all Of the ingredients required in
the manufacture Of a cake Of borax
soap are gathered from the four
corners Of the United States. The
preparation Of tallow, corn and cot
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-07
COAL FAMINE IN
WESTERN \. !.
IS ACUTE
Congressman Mead Says
Seizure Of Fuel by Authori-
ties Imminent.

Suffering because of the coal
shortage has become SO acute in
western New York the local authori.
ties there may be forced to seize
coal in transit, Congressman Mead
Rep) of Buffalo today warned the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
In letters to Chairman Meyer, Of
the commission, anc- to James c..
Roth, director Of car service, Mead
recommended placing of engines and
cars at the disposal of the Lehigh
Valley, Lackawanna, and Delaware
and Hudson railroads to move the
anthracite coal now stored In the
mining districts of Pennsylvania.
The coal shortage is due in part
to the complete breakdown of the
power of the coal-carrying railroads,
Mead said. IF the people are not
given instant relief, their sufferings,
already unbearable, will be in
creased, and it will be necessary for
the local authorities to seize coal
passing through the. district unless
your commission acts in their be-
half" he wrote Chairman Meyer.
II understand that coal mined
the first month after the miners re-
turned to work is still at the mines
or in the railroad yards awaiting
shipment" said Mead. .''It seems to
me that these roads, If they desired
to respect the provisions of the
Cummins- Esch law as we'll as the de-
cisions Of the Railroad Labor Board,
could put their mechanics at work
and get their locomotives and cars
in shape to supply the coal neces-
sary for the health and comfort Of
our people,"
Tn
could, under the provisions of the
transportation act, if an investiga-
ton disclosed the fact that these
roads were operating in conflict with
the spirit Of the law, remedy this
terrible situation
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-07
''IZZIE" EINSTEIN SCARES
PHILADELPHIA BY VISIT

PHILA., Feb. 7.-Reports were
current among bootleggers yester.
day that the three nationally known
agents. L. E. Asher, who obtained
the evidence which resulted in the
Washington raids, and Moe Smith
and lizzie Einstein, terror of New
York bootleggers, were in Phila-
delphia.
The reports resulted in a rush to
the Federal Building of lawyers
runners and agents of the boot
leggers who expected momentarily
the arrest Of the bottlegging "l1ings"
They were elected from the building
by government agents when they
were unable to show any reason
for being there.
While the reports are not con-
firmed by prohibition officials,
George l.. Hampton, assistant direc-
tor, who was in charge yesterday
during the absence of Director Da-
Wis, said he received report the
three agents were seen boarding
IA train in Pittsburgh for Philadei-
phia Sunday. Hampton also said
his office would not know of the
presence of these three agents until
they began turning in the evidence
they had collected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-07
FREEMAN LAUDS
IDEALS Or
ELKS
Uncle Joe Cannon Presents
Cane to Exalted Ruler
]. {. Masters.

More than six hundred Washing.
ton Elks and men prominent In OF.
fetal circles Of the Capital last
night honored ]. Edgar Masters.
grand exalted ruler, ut O dinner In
the New Willard Hotel, under the
auspices Of the Washington Lodge.
No. Is.
Speaking before the large gather.
ing, the Rev. DR.. James e. Free.
man eulogized the organization as
''idealistic and standing for the
principles that would bring the
world out of disorder. Friendliness
and a sense of ideals such as
taught by the Elks is needed to
teach the 100 per cent doctrine
that was talked SO much Of during
the war"
Joseph G. Cannon, better known
as "Uncle Joe," presented a gold.
headed cane to Mr.. Masters on be.
half Of the lodge.
Among those present were Gen.
eral Pershing, Commissioners Ru.
dolph, Colonel Keller. Admiral Will
liam j.. Benson, retired; Senator
Joseph q. Ransdell, Senator George
r.. Chamberlain, Judge Robert T..
Mattingly, Congressman Fred N.
Zihlman Charles Thompson, John
G. Price, Rush L. Holland and
Joseph T. Tanning.
A musical program was given
by Matt Horn and Enbrose Dur
kin, who sang: Adolf Torovsky, who
gave piano solos. and Arther Whit
comb, leader if the Elks Band
who played a cornet solo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-07
''PUSSYFooT" JOHNSON IS
TO SPEAK HERE SUNDAY

William e. Pussyfoot) johnson,
the man, who is carrying the mes
sage of prohibition to the world,
will make two addresses in Wash
ington Sunday on THE Orient Nov
ing Toward Prohibition. =
He will arrive in Washington Sat
urday, following a tour through the
South, and will make his first
speech at Northminster Presbyter-
ian Church, Eleventh street ami
Rhode Island avenue northwest, at
IL o'clock Sunday morning. The
second will be at Columbia Heights
Christian Church, Park road, just
west OF Fourteenth street northwest,
at 8 p m. Sunday. Both addresses
will be under auspices OF the World
League Against Alcohol. with head
quarters in London, and the LOCAL
Anti-Saloon League.
His addresses here win cover a
Z ,000-miIe tour of India, during
which he will tell the story OF prohibit
ton in America to 100000 people.
He will also refer to his recent ex-
periences in New Zealand and Aus
tralia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-07

tonseed oil. rosin, salt, borax, and
carbonate OF soda-all used in the
making Of soaps graphically ii.
Illustrated. Each housewife upon
leaving the movie is given free
cake Of soap.
The show has revealed that not
a few men in Washington do the
family washing. The free cakes of
soap are given only to housewives,
as a rule. but not infrequentiy a
man requests a cake, explaining
that he does the family washing to
relieve the wife of the burden. If
the mans wife is along, she is ask
ed to verify the statement. Il she
does. the, free cake goes to the man
as well as to the wife.
!. Employees TO Attend.
Members of the Washington Ad-
vertising Club will be special guests
at the show this afternoon and
evening. Seven hundred employees
of the S. Kann Sons Company de-
partment store will attend the show
In body tonight. The West Vir.
ginia State Society will visit the
exposition in body tomorrow.
The Chocomalt booth at the show
is constantly surrounded by crowds
or people eager to taste sample cups
OF this nutritious drink. The
product, which comes in tins, and
is easily prepared by merely add
ing water or milk, is made from
the nutritious qualities of chocolate,
soluble malt, skim milk, eggs, and
refined sugar. 1t may be used as
p hot drink, a cold drink, or for
the making OF cake icing and fill
ing, fudge, or pudding. The booth
is maintained by Edgar r. Harri.
son & Son, manufacturers, and the
Heckman-Miller Company, distribu-
tors. Edgar p. Harrison, jr., is in
general charge of the booth while
on a business trip here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-07
MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY
TO HAVE SERVICE BANQUET

"ArmyNavy:Marinc Night" will
he celebrated by the Massachusetts
State Society at a dinner in the
New Willard Hotel tomorrow night.
Members of those branches of serv-
ice will attend as honor guests
Gen. Nelson A. Miles will speak.
Mayors of thirty-nine PRINCIPAL
cities are expected to attend a.
Mayors Night" to be given by
the society at the New Willard
May 4. The governor of Massachu.
setta also viii be e. guest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-07
Be sure to get
real Resinol

If you want to get rid of eczema,
pimples. or other distressing skin
eruption. You win acceps 30 sub
stitute'' for, Resinol. Preparations
similar in name or appearance are
s,of '.iust the same. as Resinol.
Although 4 Isv INSCRIPTIONS deal.
ers may offer them as or f6f Res
mol. they are often crudely made.
Of little healing power. and some
may even be dangerous to use.
Buy, IN the original 6lks package.
Resinol q never sold Ia bulk
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-07
Cowboys Settle Suit
For Girl By
Horse Race

SHEFFIELD, England, Feb.
George Senior, of Van
couver, and "Slug" Matthews,
of FL Paso, Tex, members of
an American cowboy show
which is touring Great Britain,
fell In love with the same girl,
Nellie Hill, and today they de-
cided to settle it in true West
ern fashion with a race on
ponies.
Matthews was leading when
his horse fell.
Senior will marry Nellie next
week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-07
HIS EXPERIENCE
GIVEN PUBLIC
This II Street N. w. Man
Tells How New Remedy
Dreco Gave Wonder.
full Relief.
Gas in Stomach, Shifting
Pains in Side, Poor APP
petite and Sleepless
Nights Overcome.

When the stomach fails to do its
work, owing to any cause whatever,
the food which we eat fails to d.
gest properly and the system is at
once deprived of the nourishment
which is so essential to upbuilding
the body and restoring the tissues
which are being
used up every
minute of our
lives. In this
Z. !" /. !. |. 90
condition the
poor sufferer YNNA
is pra ctically
ar wing,
though in the
midst of plen.
ty, and the
system being @
weakened, be- "e
cause of too
little nourish- W.
ment absorbed
into the blood, EIEIall
breaks down
in first one
place and then I'm NR==8
another. Dreco EEz44---NA .muw
Is known as - gsw~T
great stomach TSSsu
remedy and can
he relied upon
to aid this important organ in it's
work.
when I began taking Dreco my
condition was becoming serious"
writes Mr.. J. Greeley Savidge. Of
So H st. N. W., Washington, d. c.
my digestion was so poor that
everything turned sour, formed gas
and bloated me up. The gas
pressure was so great sometimes
that it gave me a queer feeling
around my heart and my. breathing
was short and fast. / had shifting
pains in my side and my nerves got
so bad that I spent many sleepless
nights.
Dreco with wonderful results, for /
am now entirely free Of the gas,
which in turn relieved the pressure
against my heart. l sleep sound,
have a good appetite and the pains
in my side are gone. / really feel
splendid and give Dreco all the
credit for my relief and comfort"
After taking Dreco it is noticed
that the bowels begin to move free.
ly and easily, the kidneys become
regular, and the lazy liVen takes
on new life. The stomach assim-
Hates the food without producing
gas and pain and the whole system
feels rejuvenated. Dreco is great
builder and blood purifier
Go today to O'DonneIl's Drug
Store, 6OA 9th st. ". w., ask for
Mr.. Williamson, the well.known
Dreco expert, and he will c0urte.
OusIy explain the merits Of this
great remedy. There is no charge
and he win tell you honestly IL he
believes DrecQ win benefit you.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-11

most completely disappeared.
Women like men, are allowed to
marry and be divorced three times
at will. They have the absolute Gus
tody of their children. but nevertheless
their position is different from that
of a man. Men dominate life here
more absolutely, in fact, though not
in theory, than in the West. No
living woman is famous throughout
Russia as a politician, administrator
or writer. The woman most nearly
attaining national fame was Madame
Kollontai who Quarreled with the gov
eminent last year over the modifica-
tions carried out in communism. She
demanded a more unbending applica-
ton of the Marxist doctrines. She
was given a post outside of Russia.
There is no woman among the pee
pies commissars or on the central
committee of the communist party
two supremacy powerful state admin
istrative bodies.
Lenin's sister shares in the editor
ship of the Pravda newspaper and
his wife conducts an educational
propaganda department. Trotzky' S
wife directs department for pre-
serving art treasures. kalinin's wife
is an official in a trust. Large num-
bers of educated married women do
routine work in government offices.
There is no woman's movement
here today" the communists say, "be-
cause women have gained all they
wish
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-11
Fwentieh Infantry Organized
From Famed "Sykes Regulars"

Old South in 1866, the Twentieth In
fantry was almost Immediately dis
patched to the Department of the
Gulf where it served on reconstruc-
ton duty in Mississippi, Louisiana
and Texas. In 1860 the regiment was
sent TO the Dakotas but 1877 found
it again in Texas. Company A was
stationed in San Antonio while the
remaining troops were at Fort Brown
and Fort Clark. 1t was while in
Texas that the regiment lost its first
colonel, Col. George Sykes, who dicd
at Fort Clark in February, 1880.
Becomes Training Regiment.
Another important step in the life
of the Twentieth Infantry was made
IN 1894 when it was sent to Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, where it be-
came the training regiment for the
first Of the officers training schools.
which are still maintained at that
fort.
Landing in Cuba early in the sum-
mer of 1898, the Twentieth Infantry
as part of the First Division and
fourth army corps. took an active
part in the battle of Ell Caney. In
July of the same year the regiment
was in the siege of Santiago, the
men constructing trenches with bay
onets, meat cans and tin cups, as
the only working tools.
1t was during these engagements
about Santiago that n young TWEEN
tieth Infantry lieutenant who in after
years has come 10 be one of the high
ranking general officers of the army,
first came into prominence. Lieut..
f. NJ. Lewis, who is now a major
general and commands the Eighth
Corps Area with headquarters at Fort
Sam Houston, belonged to the TWEEN
tieth Infantry at that time. serving
as regimental adjutant. Althoug suf:
fering from a fever, the then Lieu
tenant Lewis, was active and fearless
during the entire campaign.
After returning from Cuba to the
United States, the regiment, in 1899
was sent to the Philippines. Their
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-11

first engagement in the Pacific islands
came during General Wheaton's cam
paign to open up the Pasig river.
After the close of this successful cam
paign, Colonel McCaskey, command
ing the Twentieth Infantry, made the
following statement concerning the
service of the men: "The conduct
Of oil officers and enlisted men dur
ing this campaign was creditable to
them as soldiers. No distinction can
be made when all did so well. Those
connected with the second battalion
showed great gallantry in the charge
on Cainta."
Police Duty ut Manila.
The regiment later took over the
police duty at Manila, and was
recommended by General Otis to be
sent to China during the Boxer up
rising, but it was deemed unwise To
change the policing Of Manila at that
particular time.
In 1901 the regiment was ordered
to northern Luzon where it was con-
stantly in the field or on escort duty
until the month Of July. when the re-
gion was pacified and a civil govern
ment set up.
The Twentieth returned to the
United States in 1908. and soon after
taking station at the Preside of Mon
terey was called 10 San Francisco TO
do guard duty there following the
great earthquake of that year. The
Twentieth took over the main guard.
including the banking district and
principal section of the downtown
part of the city.
The work of sanitation performed
while on guard was extensive and i'm
portant. Human bodies and refuse
from meat and fish markets, all in a
decomposed state, made the work ex-
ceedingly dtsagrecable. In addition TO
this the troops were obliged to occupy
points where walls of buildings were
lettering. where fires were still rag
ing, and in streets still filled with de-
bris of all kinds. Col. NJ. =. Maus
was commanding the Twentieth dur
ing its service in San Francisco.
The Twentieth returned TO the
Philippines in 1909. The second bat
TALON returned to this country in
1911, and the first and third bat
talions in 1912. the three reassemb-
ling at Fort Douglas, Utah. In 1918
these troops were sent to Fort Bliss