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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

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??, 1923-09-07
an Eel Mystery.

How the baby cells which push up
the river from their birthplace in the
DEPTHS OF the ocean circum7ent the
falls of the Rhine and even Niagara
falls is puzzle science has so far
been unable to solve.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07
First Paisley handkerchief.

The first paisley handkerchief was
made in 1743. Handkerchiefs wrought
and edged with gold used to be worn
by Elizabethan gentlemen in their hats
as favors from ladies, their cash value
being small.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Every baby born into this world has
the right to be born healthy and well.
You should know that goa are physi-
calIy fit to be parent.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07
FARMER BANKER CONFERENCES
THROUGHOUT NATION DEVELOP
WAYS TO AID ACRICULT URE
Collective Marketing Diversified Farming Promotion of
Agricultural Education and Use of Bank Instead of
Mercantile Credits Chief Lines of Suggested Action.
Director, Agricultural Commits
By D. Fl. OTIS,

of action to improve the business of farming
in the discussions that have occurred at series
of conferences being held throughout
the United States They collective marketing, dt'
versed farming the promotion of agricultural education
and the use the economical bank credit rather
than mercantile credit At many points active steps 10
foster action along these lines have been taken.
The conferences initiated by the Agricultural
Commission Of the American Bankers Association to the
end the condition of the the farm be improved
The first conference held in conjunction with the Wis
consin College Agriculture Madison An important
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Tie many friends of Harry Aron-
son will be sorry to know that he
is confined to his home en- account
Of sickness but trust lie will soon
be out again.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

U. T. King, accompanied by his
sister, Mrs. R. L. King, attended the
Rural Letter Carriers Association at
Columbus Monday, they were joined
at Richland by Misses Eva PurvlS
Mittie King Mae Florence Moore
and Rev Moore.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Has that puny child, the one who
is pale and under weight and under
sized been examined for hookworm?
The state Board Of Health, Atlanta,
makes such examinations free OF
charge: write them about it.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Mr.. Arthur Long, who is connect
ed with the Weather Bureau at
Memphis, has returned TO resume
his work, after spending a pleasant
vacation here with relatives.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Mail Carriers attending the Rural
Letters Association at Valdosta,
Monday were Postmistress, Miss
Kate Harris, Carriers A. W. God
win and Edward Forester.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Mrs. VIM. Martin. left Tuesday for
Baltimore, Md, where she will join
her husband and at which place they
will make their home.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Miss Willie Powell left last Fri
day for Jackson, Ca, where she has
been elected to teach in the public
schools Of that city.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Jack Goodwin has returned TO
Midway, Ala, after spending several
weeks in Leesburg.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Good sound advice Of the physician
and the health officer is so often ig-
nored by our people. Why?
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Mrs. 0. M. Horne and Mrs. Lee
Turner, of Fitzgerald, were guests
last Monday and Tuesday of the
family of the Editor.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Do not forget to swat the fly; make
it your daily business to kill every
one that gets into the house.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Mr.. C. 0. Young and children, of
Smithville, were in the city en-
Monday.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Miss Lorenc Mills, Of Edison, is
visiting in Leesburg as the guest of
Mrs. Eugene Morgan.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Miss Annie Hoyl, of Columbus, is
visiting here as the guest Of Miss
Ruth Tarpley.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Feeney and
children, Of Columbus, spent the
weekend here as the guests of her
mother, Mrs. Ella Hall.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Confluence is entirely compatible
with good health and proper growth
and development.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Mr.. ]. M. johnson with lis wife
enjoyed a vacation ut Jacksonville
and other Florida cities.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Misses Ruth Tarpley and Annie
Hoyle are the guests of Miss Susie
Lee Green.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. j. 0. Culpepper and
children, of Cordele, spent Sunday
in Leesburg the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. P. Horne.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Little Maxine Lyon, who has been
sick with pneumonia is reported
much improved.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07

Mr.. W. T. Sims, of Dothan, Ala,
spent several days of last week in
Leesburg as the guest of friends.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-09-07


meeting in the form cooperation with agricultural colleges
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
Cold Shoulder.

The Woman was waiting for a bus.
A young girl was waiting. too, and
standing not far off was an imperti-
nent looking nan who was staring at
the young girl trying to engage her
attention. She utterly ignored him.
Then the staring and the clearing of
his throat became more annoying and
the young girl beckoned a taxi.
As she got inside she leaned slight
ly out of the window and dropped a
rumpled up bit of paper. Was she
then going to let the man know she
had noticed his advances. perhaps
even encouraging him with an adj
dress? The Woman was sadly dis
appointed as she watched the man
lick up the piece of paper and unfold
it eagerly.
His expression was a delight The
billet douX was the girls discarded
street car transfer Chicago Journal.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31

rather tousled hair caught the sun.
His head looked as if it might be
rammed through a door, without dam
aging anything except the door-panel.
He was big built, and about twenty
FIVE, but his bright blue eyes might
have belonged to a boy of sixteen. He
wore dusty blue overalls.
THAT'S Nbetter!" he said approving
ly, as Aimee laughed again. "You
were looking as If you felt pretty
low"
II was. Everybody has been ap-
palling! Talking sentiment till l feel
sticky all over"
The strangers face fell.
Gee! That's too bad! Sc ment,
eh?" He made a gesture as If ward
ing off invisible assailants. "Senti-
ment is poison ivy! 1t gives me that
tired feeling. Madam, accept my sym
pathy."
In the space of a momen they felt
as though they. had known each other
for years.
do you live anywhere about here?'
said Aimee. II seem to have seem"
Here? About seven thousand miles
west-by-south of here!' said the
stranger, laughing. Cobalt, Arapa-
hoe county. Citizen of the world
answer to the name of Billy And
I'm here in England" he added. lay
ing a loving hand on the tank of the
motorcycle-"to sell this"
"Weird-looking thing % said Aimee.
with interest, for the cycles engine
was of a remarkable shape. "Yours?"
"Mine!" said the stranger joyously.
"Alone l did it. 1 hold the patent. It's
a Sanakatowzer-the Flying Sphinx !"
Ripping name. Can it fiy?"
"Can it fly? 1t devours space like
the sunbeams lick up the mists of the
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
lmportations Began in 1870, and Now
Fifty Million Bunches a Year
Are Brought Here.

How the dietary of a people can be
changed by modern transportation
methods Is shown by the banana indus
try, writes Edwin E. Slosson in the
Worlds Work. In 1870 Captain Baken,
coming back from Jamaica on his
schooner, brought to Boston a few
punches OF bananas as curiosities.
They attracted the attention of A. w.
Preston, a, fruit dealer of Boston, who
In 1885 started with an investment of
$1,000 the enterprise that became the
United Fruit company. which now runs
a fleet of about a hundred steamers to
the Caribbean and owns large planta-
tions. on the islands and in Central
America. These localities have been
transformed from a sanitary and in
dustrial standpoint and supply US with
some $4,000. 900 punches of bananas a
year, half a bunch. or 70 bananas. for
every one of us. The bananas are
picked green and delivered at various
points of the United States In such a
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
THE AWFUL. MESS Of AIMEE AND BILLY

Alexander eyes became keener. He looked q little contemptuous
"4re you afraid?" he said. "Do you not see that you must face
the consequences OF this foolish thing you have done? Once the
truth is told, you have nothing to fear from the police"
1.-THE polcew said Aimee scornfuly. "Pm not afraid of the
police. I'm not much afraid Of Aunt Erythea. 1t isn't that at all.
Ks-the other thing"
"What other thing" ~
Aimee looked at him Nth grouing embarrassment.
"Oh" she said at last, desperately. "hape 1 got to put it in so
many words? My staying at Ivy cottage! Didn't you understand
Uhat I told youP I was hee-two nights"
Mr.. Lambe, to her surprise, did not look f~orbidding or censor
Gus. Instead, he looked a little puzzled. And in that moment Aimee
conceived a liking for Alexander.
"Now that | haze seen you, and heard your story" he said. II
attach no importance to that incident, whateuer."
"Ah," said Aimee sadly, "but other people uMl, you see"
Alexander suddenly flushed crimson, and he avoided Aimees
eye. But his face grew peculiarly grim.
Il haze only this to sag. That man-hat Spencer-who
dared to erpose yu to such a situation, is the culpit I uash to see.
He deSerres-
Aimees heel smote the floor.
mot a word against Billy! It's he who saved me, right from
the beginning. He begged me to let him own up, But he has kept
my secret, at has own risk, because 1 wanted it kept. He is a gentle
man.
Billy" said Aimee, "this is my Cousin Alexander. And he's
he kno~s all about it. 1t seems this is our finish, Billy"
The two men turned and faced each OTHER.
There you have it in a nutshell-the awful mes that Aimee and
Billy have got into. For Aimee is a bishops daughter and a nice girl
they don't make 'em nicer. And Cousin Alexander is a young
truth and nothing but the truth. And Aimee is masquerading as a
servant maid, and lis mixed up in a burglary and is galIvanting around
with a n unknown American, Billy Spencer, who has a new kind of
motorcycle to sell. Incidentally, Billy is as nice rs they make 'em, too.
It's a n English story, but it's bright Is \ new American dollar.
And entertaining! and thrilling!
Sidney Gowing is the author. He's a comparatively ley man, but
he's already made a international reputation. He certainly has
written a good story here, which deserves its name-"The JOY of
Living"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31

Georgina had not realized that
Lady Erythea was extremely deaf.
There is something l have to ex-
plain" she bawled hoarsely into the
%ear-trumpet. "P-please, can / see you
alone?''
"Ahi" said Lady Erythea vaguely.
Il am pleased that you look forward
so much to your visit. No. you need
not fear being alone. Here is your
cousin" she added, as a young man
in clerical collar came out upon the
steps. "AIexandee5 your cousin,
Aimee"
Georg1na turned a pale and timid
face to the stranger. The Rev. and
Hon. Alexander Lambe bowed.
Alexander vas large and well,
though somewhat loosely, built. All
mee's epithet, "owl-faced," was hard
~ fair. Certainly his clean-shaven
face was a little serious, and his eyes
large and round, but very kindly.
Welcome to %Jeryaulx, Cousin All
mee," he said.
A sudden interest and sympathy
%quickened in the large eyes as they
rested on Ceorgina's face. And
the panic-stricken girls fear died
within her. Mr.. Alexander Lambe
looked Sc cool and protective and de-
pendable.
Escort your cousin to the morning
room, Alexander" said Lady Erythea
authoritatively, and offer her re-
freshment after her drive"
They walked in together. And as
they walked their backs seemed to
suggest. in some subtle manner, that
an understanding. a mutual sympathy,
had dawned between them. Backs
can be very expressive sometimes.
Lady Erythea regarded them with a
look of commanding approval. She
followed them majestically up the
steps.
This" proclaimed Lady Erythea's
erect and overwhelming back, sis as
l ordained it from the beginning
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
II


Escape.
In the deepest depression, Aimee
wandered down the park avenue
towards the high road. She passed
through the lodge gates and turned
the corner of the road.
There Aimee halted, and considered
the ~perversity of Fate. And close be-
side her barked a sharp explosion,
with a flash of yellow fame and a
Whit of pungent smoke. And a clear
voice exclaimed:
I'LL"
"Just what l was thinking ~ said
Aimee.
A young man, who was tinkering a
motorcycle, whence came the explo-
sion, looked up startled, and removed
his cap.
"Ohl I'm sorry" he said. 81 didn't
know there was anyone around"
They looked at each other, and both
laughed. 1t was impossible to look
at the stranger and fail to laugh. Not
in derision, but joyously, spontaneous
ly, as n laughs when the breeze heels
the boat, Oh when a puppy dog falls
head over tail.
When the motorcyclist grinned, his
teeth were so white that they gave
the effect of q flash. His fair and
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
Twill a duck swim!D cried
Aimee. "of course IIi come"
cTo BE c~oNTINUED9
Not Much Good

This is the fourth morning that
you've been late. Susan, said he mis-
tress to her maid.
Yes, ma'am," replied Susan. 81
OVERSIGHT myself. ma'am."
where is the clock I gave your"
In my room. ma'am.'
Don't you wind it upT"
"Oh, yes, ma'am. l wind it up,
ma'am."
"And do Won set the alarm"
Every night, ma'am. l set the
alarm"
But don't YOU hear the alarm in the
morning, Susan?'
"No, ma'am. That's the trouble.
ma'am. You sec the thing goes of
while I'm asleep. ma'am."-London
Answers.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
III
Re-Enter Billy.


Aimee .tramped along the broad
highway, whistling. AT Scroope, much
more at Jervaulx, n was not al
lowed TO whistle. Ever and anon she
stopped whistling TO laugh.
Aimee had dropped the square box
into a quarry pit an hour before and
continued on her way unburdened.
The idea of finding lodgings at Sea-
bridge appealed TO her. She had
funds enough. A months pocket
money was in her purse. and Lady
Scroope had been liberal on her de-
ppture.
tvhat a row therein be-. chuckfed
Aimee. IF George doesn't play up,
I don't care. l gave them my ulti-
matum. They can't hang me. I've
been very patient with them all. One
must make a stand sometime or other.
Who does my life belong to-" demand
ed Aimee, never a purist in gram
mar. "if not TO me?'
A faint sound was borne upon the
breeze, a noise that attuned itself Gu
riously TO Aimee's thoughts. 1t was
like the buzz of a homing bee. She
looked up. and saw a motorcycle
speeding along the road with a smear
of following dust behind it like the
tail of a comet. Aimee recognized the
Flying Sphinx, and became aware of
a laughing face looking up at hers,
and a set of very white teeth.
why. it's Billy" she cried spon-
taneously.
Hello, old chapi' cried the cyclist.
Billy was bare-headed, his fair hair
sticking up at the crown in a little
tuft that blew about in the wind.
Where were you making for?- he
said.
The unemployment bureau" re-
torted Aimee fippantly.
Billy's face expressed concern.
81 suppose you're guying me. You
don't mean you've lost your job?"
"Job?" Aimee dubbed with amuse-
ment, well, l had a job all ready
for me this morning. But its washed
out. I've lost it. And now I'm adrift.r
Billy was perplexed. He had been
wholly unable TO place Aimee. He
wondered if she were a governess. A
question was on his lips. but he
checked himself for fear of giving Of
Tense.
Lost it," he exclaimed. ST guess
its just as well! You look a heap
happier, What job d'yOu think of
chasin'? %
Il don't know
Billy looked at her eagerly. A sud
den flash came into his eyes. as one
who conceives a superb idea.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31

ITS all very we'll for you," mourned
Aimee. but
I'm really sorry, dear. 1 am going
to the Milne-Temples and elsewhere
for a few weeks, but when l come
back l will make it up to you. These
are the little crosses you have to
bear"
She kissed her daughter, and hur-
ried down to the car.
The car whirled her away, and
Lord Scroope followed it with dream
lily adoring eyes,. Aimee, who had
watched the pair with a sort of ex-
asperated affection, turned into the
morning room.
"What on EARTH" she murmured, sis
one to do with people like that?"
She encountered her guest and
cousin, Georgina Berners, twenty
three, plump and placid, dressed in a
style that suggested enforced econ
omy. Miss Berners was looking visit
full.
"Why, Georgia" said Aimee, encir-
cling her ample waist, "have you the
hump, too? Let's be miserable to-
gether."
at has been lovely here at %Scroope,"
sighed Georgina, land you are such
a dear. I've nothing to go back to
but Uncle Joseph, who doesn't think
about anything but biology, and
scarcely remembers l exist-though he
is quite kind. of course. 1t will be
awful after this"
give never met your Uncle Joseph"
said Aimee, blu I'm certain he's
nothing to my Aunt Erythea and Jer-
yaulx."
She broke into a frenzied and vivid
word-picture of all that awaited her.
"a place something between a ca
thedral and a barrack, and a fearful
sort of Roman matron with a nose
like the duke of Wellington's-Tve
never seen aunt's nose, but it's GER
tainly like that-and to be drilled into
flirting decorously with an owl-faced
curate who, some day, they say. will
probably be a bishop"
Georgina was intensely shocked.
"Aimee, you really are extraordi-
nary! Many people would be too glad
to be in your shoes. A long visit TO
a charming old place-Jervaulx, they
say, is even mere old-world than
Scroope-everything orderly, romantic,
peaceful"
"Moldyi !" interrupted Aimee.
"And luxurious. Lady Erythea,
everyone says, is Il splendid manager.
And your cousin-a nice, sensible
young man. I've seer his photograph.
His face
Its the face said Aimee fiercely,
"of a cold boiled goldfish I've seen
tive seen 1t! 1t made me feel as
If my shoes were full of water!"
"Aimee!" said Georgina p%laintively.
you appal mel"
Good thing! Then you know how
| feel!' retorted Aimee pertly. "The
whole thing appals me. These curates!
I'm fed up with them! Alexander is
the limit !"
Aimee paused for breath.
Hes a frumpl" she said, with eX-
traordinary yehemence.
HE is good" insisted %Georgina.'
''That is a good mans face, if ever l
saw one. And" added Georgina, with
a rapt expression on her plump fea-
lures, "he will fall in love with you,
Aimee. I'm sure of it, And wher
that happens"
"Oh. you make me sick !" said the
frenzied Aimee. ITS a disease with
youl Sentiment revolts me. This
Numbering about love-"
Aimee" said Georgina almost tear
fully, your very name means Be
loyed'i"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31

nave ne Try IL. L LOOK n bottle and
could see what it did for me In a weeks
time, and when | had taken three bottles
! had gained both in strength andweight
and was doing my own work. took it
before my last baby was born and it
helped me SO much. I sure am glad to
recommend the Vegetable Compound to
any woInan who suffers from female all
ments, for | know by experience what
it can do. have used Lydia E. Pink
hams Sanative Wash, also. the Liver
Pills, too, and think them fne."-Nrs.
VIM. ELDRIDGE, 620 E. Grant Street
Marion, Indiana.
A record of nearly fifty years service
should convince you of the merit of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31

of her head. Aimee had been pro-
phetie-Aunt Erythea was very like
the duke Of Wellington.
Lady .Erythea :" gasped Georgina.
as two men-servants came 20 unload
the luggage. There is-there is a
mistake, May +"
''The modern tendency of the young
to ~enunciate indistinctly," said Lady
Erythea, producing an ear-trumpet.
always annoys me. Say what You
have TO say clearly"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-31
CHAPTER |
Sentenced.

81 can't go, dad" said Aimee des.
pefately, land l won't!"
MY answer, my dear Aimee" said
Lord Scroope firmly yet benignantly,
..is that you must go, and you shall!'
"a month of Aunt Erythea," said
Aimee in stifled tones, "would kill me.
Why are these things always piled on
to me? I'm fed up p.
The Very Rev. Viscount Scroope,
a%rchdeacon and incumbent of the liv-
ing of Scroope Magma, gazed dreamily
over his daughters head without ap-
pearing to hear her. A sunbeam fl
tered through the diamond panes.
illumining his silver hair and finely
cut features. 1t was as though the sun-
beam said: Behold a saint; here Is
one who hears and speaks no evil"
A saint Lord Scroope undoubtedly
was; calm, benign and immovable as
granite.
my dear child" he said gently, "let
as admit the cold light of reason. You
can have no genuine objection to your
Aunt Erythea, for you have never set
eyes on her since you were three years
old. Jervaulx abbey is a we'll
appointed and strictly ordered house.
It is an atmosphere which will cor
rect, l hope, the influence of that de-
plorable school from which we have
removed you. You must goo Aunt
Erythea desires that you shall go.
A,al +ka+. n Won will rooli1a xuho, WON
make her acquaintance, is final"
The Hon. Aimee Scroope's wildly
lovely face became still more mutt
nous and desperate.
"And do not suppose that you will
lack youthful society,"" added Lord
Scroope, smiling. your cousin, AL
exander Lambe, is at Jervaulx. A
little older than yourself, doubtless,
but an excellent companion for you.
A young man wholly devoted to good
work, and with unexceptionable con-
nections, he will doubtless attain that
eminence which his aun would wish
for him."
Aimee looked at her father with in
tense suspicion. Then she turned to
the photograph of a young man in a
clerical collar; the face was pleasant
but somewhat serious, with large,
frank, round eyes. The face that
Aimee made at it was hideous.
go and tell your maid to pack,
dear child" said Lord Scroepe gently,
patting her head. Aimee was twenty
years of age, and stood five feet six,
but her father contrived to have the
air of patting somebody about three
feet high.
Aimee said something inartieulate,
and made a Decline for a rose-pink
houdoir where Lady Scroope, blonde,
petite and wholly charming. was but
toning her gloves. Amid pink sur
r~oundings, Lady Scroope looked little
older than her daughter.
Mummy" said Aimee forcibly,
..you1l have TO throw me a rope. 1
have simply got to be Nrescued from
this awful visit" She expounded
with extreme rapidity and terror her
views on %Jervaulx, Lady Erythea
Lambe, and Alexander.
Lady Scroope twinkled, and was so
exasperating as to laugh. She put
her hands ~affectionately on her daugh-
ter's shoulders.
"Sorry, Aimee" she said "there is,
as you would say, nothing doing. You
will have to go. l can't have your
dear father worried any more. | don't
think" she added pensively, there's
any cause for real alarm about Alex
ander Lambe."