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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21

II is curious to note how deax
hlutism varies in different countrie&
In Switzerland, for Instance, owing to
the prevalence Of cretinlsm, 245 pc"
10000 OF the Inhabitants suffer from
1t, hereas the general average amenS
European countries is 70, and In the
United States. IS, per 100000.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
Famous MusleIans.

4 London writer calls attention to
che fact that the names Of many com
posers begin with B, He notes Bach.
Beethoven, BaX, Bliss, Bridge, Bern
ers, BrahRls, Berlloz. Borodine, Balfe.
Bennett, Bellinl. Bsntock, Bizet,
Bishop. Brunneau. Boccherini, BalakE
raff Bovce. Busoni Byrd and Bull.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
WHAT IF II IS7

(, Mistletoe may be parasitic, as. the
hotanists Claim, but properly festooned
upon the chandelier with the soft
lights glowing through its leaves, at
Christmas time, and the girl there I'M
aerneath it, in view Of the traditions,
well suppose it is PARASITIC
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
Enjoying Other Mem Minds.

l dedicate no inconslderable portion
Of my time to other peoples thoughts,
dream away my life in others specu-
latIons. love to lose myself in other
mems minds. When am not walking,
am reading; cannot sit and think.
Books think Cor me.-Lamb,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
Alnhsat.Prlced Tobacco.

The highest priced tobacco grown In
the world is produced in certain area
near the western coast Of Cuba which
Is more than twenty-five miles square
The fine aromatic tobacco grown there
can be produced nowhere elSe.-BrOok'
lyn Eagle.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
CITY TAX NOTICE

All parties who owe the City
taxes for the year 1928 are here
by notified that the Tax books are
now open and you can pay your
taxes any time ct the office Of the
Clerk and Treasurer in the Barber
shop. The books will positively close
on Dec. 20, 1923, and Fl Fas. VIII
be issued on Dec. 21st. Fay before
that time and save yourself addition
al cost.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
Lis,enI

Wall paper was very costly when
first introduced. AS late as the end OF
the Eighteenth century when an owner
was leaving house he advertised
amonE the things which he desired to
sell. or to rent the paper on the wallA
--prooklyn Eagle
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
T. r. BASS,
Clerk and Treasurer

THE SECOND COMING OF
CHRIST-A Book Published and for
sale by Miss Allie Lawhon. Price
inside the state &c; outside the
state soc.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
r. pa!,;nq Holes Ia Lino;au9,.

R:pa!'ing Holes II Linoi2H;i.
Small halcs in iG!aid iino.eam may
be filed With meted rarafl!n, contain
ing a few drops of ink or dye the pre-
vdiling cClor in the pattern. Best to
do this before you relinish the ling
ieum and it will hardly be noticed and
sill add months - service~to same.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
CHRISTMAS CONTEST

Have a large bunch of mistletoe
hung In the archway. Have the chill
dren guess the number of berries on 1t,
awarding a prize to the one guessing
the nearest.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
FRIDAY DECEMBER FL, 1923

Sleep is said to be natures great
restorer, but it takes something
more than sleep to restore a town
to the position it has lost through
non-action.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21

Every number Of The Journal is
salesman visiting the homes each
week and soliciting business for its
advertisers.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
"co,Ieer" and "Mavourneen."

In Ireland a girl is called col
leen." "Mavpurneen" Is the irish
term of endearment for IAi o.
woman. in other words, the Irish fol
sweetheart"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
THOSE NECKTIES

Santa Claus, what neckties are com
mitted in thy name
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
Ted,s Gift to
the Christ Child
ND there were in the same

ND there were in the same
country shepherds abiding
in the field, keeping watch
over their flock by night"
Slowly and reverently the
minister read the beautiful
old Christmas story to the
waiting congregation. Ted
SottIad SnuCIv agaInat the
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1923-12-21
S. J. YEoMAN,

Receiver of Stovall Woman
Lyon Company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-22
SEEKING THE SOLUTION

Elm entering decision to have a spe-
eial committee inquire into emigration
ttf negroes from Alabama, and espe-
lally out of this district. the Chamber
at Commerce is exercising its proper
function. namely, protection of the in
dustrial and commercial interests of
the community. The negro is clearly
Il. commercial and industrial asset of
the district. His labor is needed in
mine. mill, warehouse. in stores and
wherever there is work to be done. If
: he were not valuable industrial as
set the North and East would not be
Bidding for him.
& 1t is a business problem, and it is
for the business men of the South to
solve. No situation admits of solution
until its cause IS ascertained. No
remedy can be applied until that which
is sought to be remedied stands clearly
Before those with power to remedy.
The Chamber of Commerce commit
tee will approach this problem as they
would any other involving the inter-
ests of the district, with view of pre-
serving a valuable asset. There is
some advance to solution in the very
determination to investigate and find
aeremedy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-22
ATLANTA BANK is LOGICAL

There does not seem convincing
answer to the argument of M. B.
Wellborn, governor of the Sixth
District Federal Reserve bank, that
the Atlanta bank is the natural and
logical one for handling the business
of the Cuban agency. This position
was reiterated by the federal banker
at the meeting of the Alabama bankers
held in Montgomery. From what
Governor Wellborn said it appears to
be the purpose of the federal reserve
board to give the business of the
Cuban agency to the Boston bank to
the extent that the discounting of bills
will be handled by the Boston bank
and the currency by the Atlanta bank.
This virtually gives the Boston bank
the business of the agency, the Atlanta
bank being used only as convenience
for shipping currency on account of
its nearness to Cuba. The Atlanta
banks proximity to Cuba would serve
the same purpose for discounting bills
and handling the real business of the
Cuban agency as that of merely trans
hitting currency. There is a great
deal of Southern business done d.
rectly with Cuba, and it is growing.
Package freightis assembled by South
ern railroads at Atlanta for carload
delivery in Cuba. The seaport at Mo-
bile does continuously growing bust
ness with Cuba, and the Birmingham
district is always represented in the
shipments to Cuba. Atlanta factories
also do a steady business with Cuba.
On the face of the question the At
lanta bank appears entitled to control
and direction of the Cuban agency.
Reason for preferring the Boston bank
is by no means clear.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-22
oned from the settlement. Yet all five

oped from the settlement. Yet all five
were in the thick of the World war,
while Greece and Turkey have since
fought ferociously, and both may get
into another conflict over war settle
ments. Meantime the Russian reds
are sticking to their habit of carrying
chips on their shoulders and several
other neighboring countries seem will
ing to enter the arena if they can find
an excuse. OF course, the majority of
those who bear the brunt of these
tragedies have no idea what they are
fighting about, but the shrewd states
men know what they are doing and
appear little concerned over the NOR
tally aspects.
The fact is, no nation was ever too
poor to fight, just as no man was ever
too poor to get drunk if he made up
his mind to do so. History and obser-
walton abundantly demonstrate this.
The average European country that
finds itself in brawl at frequent
periods exists under conditions that
encourage the pugnacious spirit, while
feeling little or no concern as to who
pays the material costs of war or
whether they are ever paid. Repudia-
ton of international obligations and
proportionate lowering of national
character are the inevitable results of
the whole ugly business.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-22
FARM BUREAU PLATFORM

1t is pleasing to the people of Ala
bama to note that the convention of
the Alabama Farm Bureau, which be-
gan its sessions with degree of con-
flict between the bureau and the Au-
burn extension service, closes with the
adoption of program which cements
more closely than ever the state agri-
cultural forces with the activities of
the bureau. This is effected not only
by calling upon the service to assist in
the study of marketing problems, but
also by recognizing the indispensable
value of the extension services coun-
sci and investigation with respect to
more efficient farming. 1t is conceded
that high prices are not the only ave-
nue. whereby the farmer may arrive at
a profit for his crop. The most stable
source of profit is the production of
the largest yield at the smallest ex-
pense per acre. The more closely this
ideal is Appropriated, the more
reasonably the farmer may sell and
still enjoy financial independence.
With view to bringing about better
farming practice and enabling the
farmers of each section to win the ut
most from their endeavors, the bureau
has gone on record as favoring the es-
tablishment of branch experiment sta
tions at strategic locations through
out the state, so that the proper treat
ment of varying soils may be known
and this knowledge given directly to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-22

those who are to profit by it. 1t would
be neither Improbable nor unreason-
able to have at least one demonstra-
ton farm in each county. Such farms
need not in every case be owned or its
expenses borne by the state, for there
is many farmer of intelligence who
would be glad to conduct his opera
tons under the direct supervision of
an agricultural expert, and who would
! freely permit his neighbors to visit his
results. There should also be state or
county farms devoted to the same pub
lie purpose.
The problems of agriculture are not
all solved by any means, but there is
already vast store of valuable ag-
ricultural knowledge locked up in the
minds of experimenters and investi-
gators which should be made more ac-
cessible to the rank and file of farm
ers. TheEe is no more irresistible in
centive to better farming than the
sight of well-conducted and pros
porous farm in a community where
such farming has not prevailed. The
Farm Bureau has proved its intelli-
gent concern for Alabama's agricul-
ture, and as this concern is rooted pri-
marily among farmers and not merely
among those who would help the
farmer the prospects of better farming
in the immediate future are very
! bright.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-22
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
MEN
The Mother of voltaire

Although she died when he was
only seven years old, and he has
stated in his own writings that
she was nothing but a shadow to
him, the biographical data in the
case point to the fact that Mile.
d Aumard, mother of the great
French satirist and rebel. Voltaire,
had important qualities of breed
ing and mind that were inherited
by her brilliant. eccentric son.
In the first place. all gentleness
of birth to which the great writer
fell heir was inherited from the
maternal side of the family. His
fathers people were of the bour-
geoisie. thick -witted and clumsy,
but the d'Aumard family ranked
rather high in the social scale, and
there are some evidences of noble
blood.
Mile. d'Aumard, whose reason
for marrying her husband has
never been very well established,
was a young woman of delicacy.
both physical and mental, of gen.
tie manner. but. according to
many commentators, a rather
piercing wit and fine quality of
perception. There is no question
that Noltaire, who was the young
est of her children. inherited the
delicacy of her body and health
and many people insist that his
delicacy of wit was also a heritage
from her.
Among her friends were many
intellectuals. and many gay, witty
people. Ninon de L'Enclos, the
famous or rather infamous. favor
lite of King Louis, was numbered
among her acquaintances, and she
was on terms of intimacy with
three especially witty. gay and
clever abbes. There is at least a
fair amount of substantiation to
the claim that a goodly part of
voltaire's mental equipment came
Through his mother.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-22
WANTED-A PREMIER

News from England indicates the
general regret felt throughout that
country at the forced retirement from
office of Bonar Law, for nine months
prime minister Of England. The adj
ministration of Law following that of
Lloyd George was like calm after
tempest. The British have enjoyed
their brief rest from the political tur-
MOL of eight years, and there is every
indication that they have improved
the opportunity to take their domestic
bearings and to make progress along
the road of industrial recovery. Lloyd
George was SO intensely interested in
foreign affairs that the public atten-
ton was directed more towards world
conditions than towards binding up
domestic hurts. The brilliant Welsh
mans consuming energy appeared to
wear down his people more than him
self. He made solid place for him
self in history and performed a task
that maintained British leadership in
European affairs. With the retire
ment of Lloyd George and the Access
sion of Law, that leadership passed
from London to Paris. where it is now
firmly established. Perhaps it is just
as well that it happened. for France
has now been free to carry out her
reparations program without any such
likelihood of embodiment with Down
ing street as would have existed had
Lloyd George been dominant there
ItIis said that the choice of a sue
cessor to Law lies between Lord Cur
ION and Stanley Baldwin, chancellor
of the exchequer, who headed the COM
mission to this country which COM
posed the British debt to us. Lord
Curzons health is said not to be
good, and as he is a conservative the
odds are in favor of the more moderate
Baldwin. There is said to be some talk
of another coalition with Lloyd George
at the head. 1t appears, however, that
the coalition was due to a melting to-
gether of parties because of the ma
tional crisis during and after the war,
and that such phenomenon is hardly
likely again to appear in times of
peace. That is for those who cas- fol-
low the intricacies of British politics
to unravel. The only thing certain is
that England is to have a new premier,
or else an old one.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-22
ACRELIcHTS RI &cSl
A\NATIokAL @|
NCAPITALR2I S

Washington strenuously denies
that, after careful generalization,
1t has determined to take from the
Shriners all the money they have
and can borrow. and then advise
them to return to their homes.
Those in charge of civic organ
izations preparing for the great
convention in June, which will
bring to Washington from every
American city jovial citizens, and
which will increase the popula-
ton of the capital by 100000, deny
"libelous" charges respecting
profiteering with language too
strong to permit of its use in good
society.
AS a matter of fact, those in
charge have apparently done a
very fine work. They have ar
ranged quarters in hotels and
boarding houses and homes, even.
for every person expected to come
to Washington. In addition, they
have persuaded the hotels to enter
into an agreement not to demand
vention rates.
President Harding taught
Washington hotels lesson. it ap-
pears. 1t Is recalled that from
January to March, 1920, everybody
here was preparing for an inau-
gural with all the pomp SO dear to
the hearts of the average Repub-
lican. In addition to the parade.
there was to be a bal poudre
nh nh HI Dc
wife would grace with their pres
ence. 1t was the scheme to extend
the festivities throughout an en-
tire gala week.
The indications were that WASH
ington visitors would approx
mate 100000. Every prospective
profiteer was indulging in dreams
of great wealth. And then the
president called everything off.
The reason was developed later.
DR.. Charles E. Sawyer of Ma
rion, o.. had keen desire to at
tend tina inaugural ceremonies. and
from a point of vantage view the
parade. He engaged rooms in
hotel overlooking Pennsylvania
avenue.
AS the date for the parade an
preached, the management of the
hotel wanted to get rid of its
guests in order that space might
be made available for the forth
coming throngs. DIR. Sawyer's rate
was multiplied. The doctor noti-
fled his friend, the president elect.
The president elect concluded that
every other hotel was preparing
to get rich quickly.
Therefore, he abandoned the
idea of a pompous inaugural. and
declared that only the simplest
ceremonies would be sanctioned.
There was then no attraction suf-
ficient to draw those who lived
at a distance. The guests who
finally came were comparatively
few in number. and they abided
only single day.
Washington hotels thereafter
put their heads together and
agreed on a rate to be charged
during all conventions. That rate
will not be increased while the
Shriners are here. it is promised.
In the meantime, the price of
sugar increases. and the president
will not reduce the tariff rate
against Importation so that Cuba
might glut the market. The Ohio
State Journal, a Republican news
paper printed near the home of
the president. says: We bet,
though we don't suppose there
will ever be chance to prove 1t.
that IL our great president in his
wisdom should decide to get out
the elastic provision of the tariff
and give 1t trial. the sugar inter-
ests would at least stop laughing
at u.s."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-22
NOT A FIGUREHEAD

Whatever may be the merits of the
controversy between the comptroller
general of the treasury and the men,
bers of the cabinet concerning author
ity over disbursements, it is certain
that public sympathy will incline cor
daily to the side of the conscientious
official who is seeking to make the
cabinet departments stay within their
budgets. The comptroller general is
not one who is abashed by display
of official INDICATION. Neither does
he notice the small infractions of the
economy rule and overlook the large
ones, as is so frequently the case in
high officialdom. He steps manfully
forward and calls upon no less a dig
nitary than the secretary of war to
halt. Nor does he take them on singly
and by surprise. At one fell stroke he
sweeps aside the proposed over-expen-
ditures of both the secretary of war
and the secretary of the navy, and then
defy the attorney general who rushes
to their support. Whether he is right
or wrong, J. R. McCarl, comptroller
general, is man.
In any event, wherever the superior
authority lies, it is apparent from the
accounts of the controversy that from
business and economical standpoint
Mr.. McCarl is right. When he tells the
secretary of war that bills for trans
portation must be audited before they
are paid instead of afterwards, I'M
doubtedly he has reason and good bust
ness practice on his side. When he
calls a halt, upon expenditures in ex-
cess of budget allowances, he is act
ing in strict accordance with his duty.
Technically, by adopting a budget,
congress has laid upon the comptroller
general an obligation to protect the
budget. The spectacle of a public Of
ficial actually risking his official posi-
Ntion to enforce a nationally popular
program of business methods and
economy in federal expenditure is so
refreshing to the American people that
if it isn't the law they believe it ought
to be the law.
The whole case is going to the su-
preme court for decision as to the limo
marking the boundary between con-,
flicting authorities. Mr.. McCarl may
be somewhat exceeding his technical
latitude. 1t may be that the boundary
is q broad belt of concomitant author
ity, in which neither the comptroller
general nor the members of the cab
met are supreme. Perhaps the expen-
ditures which the treasury official
deems improper are necessary and
right. His office is new and he has
no precedent to guide him. But I'M
less he does exercise some restraint
in the interest of national economy,
and unless he does in some measure
have authority to pas on budget ex-
cesses, then it is difficult to see how
his office is going to be of any public
benefit. 1t has been customary for
executive officials to ignore congress
sional efforts towards economy in pub
lie expenditures, and it has been Gus
tomary for congress, in order to main
tain the nations credit, to pass def
cheney appropriations for the various
executive departments. The office of
comptroller general has function to
perform, provided congress has seen
fit to bestow the requisite authority.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-22
NOT TO POOR TO FIGHT

is.Press dispatches from abroad refer
to the snags encountered at Lausanne.
the openly manifested international ir-
ritation in eastern parts Of Europe, the
fresh crop of crises of threatening as
pect, and declares that ''the whole Eu-
repean situation is unhappy with rum
bhngs" To the American mind this
seems gruesomely remarkable. The
American people, and especially those
Who spent a while in Europe during
and Immediately following the World
war and witnessed the deplorable re-
suits of that frightful struggle, can
not understand why the European peo-
pie are not so nauseated with the whole
Business of fighting as to steer clear
oE it even as a possibility for many
years to come. The American people
cannot realize that one of the largest
European industries is war and prepa-
nAtion for war; that political intrigue,
International jealousy and hatred,
serambles for additional territory,
Concessions and special favors of one
sort or another, are kept constantly
brewing by so-called European states
men for their own selfish purposes.
Nery war makes heroes, multi-million-
aires of a few, wielders of great power
and all the rest of the sordid business
Even since the worlds greatest strug-
Gle there have been half dozen wars
az so over the settlements.
ISFrquently we hear people say Ger
many is done for during the next fifty
wears or more so far as war is con-
cerned. One should not undertake to
siN whether there will be another war
dE. serious aspect within the next few
WEARS. May there not be! But those
Who hold that any nation is too hard
rpssed financially to go to war might
Glance at history. When Russia and
japan went at one anothers threats
a;aew years ago, both suffered heavily,
and there was widespread belief that
they were militarily exhausted for a
long time to come. Yet both were in
the World war. The same was said of
Italy and Turkey after their war not
long ago. But were up to their ears
in the World war Greece, Turkey,
Serbia, Bulgaria and Montenegro had
. Balkan war of fierce character few
years ago. and one or two wars devel-