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2I1?p Hatftpr - AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL Established 1888 Published every Thursday JOHN H. JONES Editor and Owner A» * Man Thinkelh in Hi* So 1* He. ' • N. E. A. Feature Service Advertisers’ Gift Service Entered as second-class mutter the post office at Fort Valley, Ga., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Price* (Payable in Advance) 1 Year .. 6 Months 3 Months Advertising Rates; 30c per Column Inch lc per Word Legal Advertisements Strictly Cash in Advance THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1923. Leap Year has leaped away, what did you get for the extra day? \ close introspective view while Santa Claus smiles so kindly on Christmas day is calculated to make a man mighty humble and meek as he i - permitted to enter another year. Augusta gets her boat line on the Savanntth river. Hurrah! Now W. G. Sutlive of the Savannah Press can keep in better communication with Thomas J. Hamilton of the Augusta Chronicle. But just wuit until Fort Valley becomes a seaport. Money doesn’t mean everything. There wasn’t any money in America when Columbus landed here. Now she i the richest country on earth. Think of that you begin the New Year with maybe an ♦mpty pocket. Editor and Mrs. Julian Harris, of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, abun¬ dantly deserve all of the good things which the Macon Telegraph says Vtbout them. They and their organiza¬ tion are among the greatest construc¬ tive rhetors in the South. The splendid progress the coun¬ try newspapers of Georgia have made in their show of style at Christmas S'” ' n other occasions, ns compared with their big-city sisters, is a trib¬ ute not only to the enterprising spir¬ it of country editors but also to the growing militancy of the merchants of smaller towns who seem to real¬ ize that they must f 1 with modern competitive measures if they are to keep the - merchants of larger towns from taking all the candy. MAYBE HE’LL BELIEVE IN A “REEL” TORMENT Savannah Pre»»- Rupert Hughes is to wed a movie star. We do not see how he could fall in love with a shad OW on the screen when he complains he can find nothing tangible to tie to in religion. OUTLAW THE PISTOL! Elsewhere in The Leader-Tribune is published a communication. and below we reproduce an editorial from the Atlanta Constitution, both of ■which should be burned upon the minds and hearts of all Georgians: ’The Constitution from this tfmo forward will accept no advertisements from, any source for the sale of nis tols. “It has reached this determination in the interest of law obedience and the conservation of human life. “It would rather sacrifice the rev enues that come from this sou rce of advertising than to be instrumen t;.l. even indirectly, in blazing a path <*>f tragedy that invariably and inevi- i tably follows the path of the conceal ed gun. “ The pistol is made to take human life; and it is scarcely used for any other purpose. “It is not the weapon of the hunts¬ man. It is not the weapon of war. “The law enforcement officer ear ries the pistol for protection only from the concealed pistol in the pock¬ ets of the law-breaker. . j If there were no pistols obtain¬ able by the violators there would be no necessity for law pistols in law enforcement. r ’“If there were no pistols there would be less than five per cent of 'the present major crimes. . • It is the ready pistol, the fired brain, the uncontrolled impulse, tha’ produces tragedy. . ( Not one in one hundred murder¬ ers would kill if they had to report to some other w-eapon of death other than the pistol. <4 Not one in one hundred people who kill would do -so a moment after the commission of the crime. y “The presence of the pistol fires THE LEADER-TRIBUNE. FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY t, 1928. the impuUe. Without the pistol, most instances, there would be impulse. '“The Constitution refuses forth to aid or abet the crime ■ j.I by advertising the weapon death that is bo directly ‘‘It calls upon the merchants ban pistols from their counters. “It calls upon responsible "of all races to join it in driving tols out of Georgia, except us be absolutely necessary in the of officers of the law. “Especially does it call upon legislators of the nation and of state to outlaw this weapon interstate and intrastate 4*r The pistol must go! There is other weapon comparable to it t lime. “It is the incentive and the instru merit of crime. “It must go! “It must go by laws that are compromising. “It must go by the aroused sciousness of the people whose resentative.- must be moved to action by such an uprising. “In this connection we on this page by request a cation from T. i j, Mitchell, of Athens that iqipeared in The Constitution on i hristmas morning. “It is a classic in the force and im¬ pressiveness W diction. But it is more. It conveys, in the language of aphorisms, the truth and the whole truth as to the pistols arid crimes, with dynamic power. “It grips with the picture of the havoc of crime and misery in the pistol’s path, and the indifference of a thoughtless press and public. “It is little, if any, more difficult to buy a pistol in Atlanta than a drink at a soda fountain. “Any irresponsible individual can plank down the price- one dollar even can procure this instrument of death and buy a pistol. “It is hidden upon the person. No body knows. Then comes the occa¬ sion, the impulse, the killing. And thus is the responsibility for most of the killings. “Let it be outlawed. “There is no place for the pistol in civilization. "There is no place for pistol ad¬ vertisements in the columns of The Constitution. »► HEAVY ENROLLMENT TO DATE BANK’S XMAS SAVINGS CLUB Citizen. Bank fiigns Up Many for 1925. Applications Still Being Received— 1924 Members Start Accounts Enrollments in the new Christmas Flivings Gluli being organized by the ( dizens Bank promise to set a new high record for Fort Valley? of fie CM’S of the bank said yestenjay. Already the number of those signed up for 1925 is nearly equal to the total for the 1924 club, which disbanded sev¬ eral weeks ago with the payment of ■several thousand dollars to its mem¬ bers. There still remains several days before the 1925 club. “The success of the 1924 Christ¬ mas club undoubtedly has hud much to do with the enthusiastic response we have received to the invitation to join 1925 club,” said Mr. Fincher yesterday. “The advantages of put ting aside a small amount each week, and getting it all back in a lump sum just when Christinas shopping :'Oa son is at hand, are being realized by a greater number each year. “One of the most gratifying re¬ sults of the club which bus just been paid off. however, is in an entireh different direction. This is the num¬ ber of members who withdrew iuih a part of their Christmas Savings— enough to provide 1hom with the gifts they needed and instructed the lank to transfer tl^e balance to their savings account, if they had one, or to open a savings account for them. “The importance of such action of course lies in the addition to the ranks of those who practice thrift as a regular thing. These people I ave found out that they can save money when they have a definite ob jeet and a regular schedule for sav¬ ing. The result is that some of our 1924 Christmas Club members dur¬ ing the coming year will be able to purchase their own homes, or get an or buy a share in the business they want, or send their to college.” Applications for the 1925 Club are being received, and it is ex ected that during the coming week new members will be enrolled. 1-1-1 tpd. Mr. Robert T. Jones who has been ihe holidays with his pa¬ Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Jones, ex¬ to leave Saturday to resume traveling duties in the north. OH, CIVILIZATION! OH, CHRISTIANITY! fFrom The Atlanta Constitution) Editor Constitution: In the quiet of home, a pistol shot! In the silence of night a whizzing bullet! Along some restful country road, the cow¬ ardly highwayman’s murderous aim! In dark alley or crowded thorough¬ fare, the menace of flying steel! In office and store or mead and mart, men turned maniacs, peace changed to panic, life worth hut a pellet of lead! Pistols! A sensitive nature mortified: Bang! A heated argument: Bang! An imag¬ inary wrong: Bang! A suspicious husband: Bang! A jealous wife: Bang! A brain-storm: Bang! A sur¬ prised bootlegger: Bang! A guilty conscience and fear of detection: Bang! A criminal hold-up: Bang! Pistols! Manufactured, paraded through public press, sold in stores........for mon¬ ey and murder! Hidden in handbags, for murder! Concealed under cloaks, The South’s Development THE WEALTH OF THE SOUTH HAS INCREASED FROM $9,177,000, 000 IN 1880 TO OVER $71,000,000,000, WHICH IS $28,000, 000,000 MORE THAN THE WEALTH OF THE EN TIRE UNITED STATES IN 1880 The Manufacturers Record of timore has issued a 670 page book which are assembled facts as to the South has, what it has plished, and what it may be to accomplish in the future. special publication, known as South’s Development, for a copy which The Leader-Tribune is to the Central of Georgia is the most, comprehensive survey the South ever issued among many outstanding publications of kind compiled by the Manufacturers Record in former years. Richard II. Edmonds, Editor of Manufacturers Record, entered news¬ paper work fifty years ago this fall. It was appropriate, therefore, that with the rounding out of fifty years of work for the South by its editor and the great strides made by the South in material progress during this period, the Manufacturers Record which was established by Mr. Ed¬ monds over forty-two years ago, should celebrate the occasion by is¬ suing this instructive and enlighten¬ ing volume on the South. The South's Development contains mental food, rich, rare, abundant and nourishing, offering a mental stim¬ ulus, a broadening of nationalism and the spirit of Americanism which awaits every reader of the articles enriching its pages. In addition to the editorials dis¬ cussing, the upbuilding of the (South end the part it has played in the great growth of the United States, supple¬ mented by the most complete statis¬ tical summaries showing the advance¬ ment made in practically every im¬ portant line of endeavor, there are special articles and letters by out¬ standing men in the political and business life of the country today. In this publication President Cool idge and many prominent business leaders have given their views on the future of the South. Among the special articles dealing broadly with the South’s develop ment, Secretary of Commerce, Her¬ bert G. Hoover, shows how the com¬ merce of Southern ports has grown until the foreign trade of the South is one- of the great factors in the na¬ tion’s upbuilding. Mr. Hoover points out that the value of Southern ex ports jumped from $774,000,000 for «j« *ji •■Js 4 v'4 vk >H« jv «$'*!* “I* v *2* •** *J* *s* •J* *•' *2* ^ *2 * v ‘M* *2^ *2* ■ 2*4* v •’* * :• v * RADIO! * * / ♦ t We wish to announce that we have taken on the agency ... for the Atwater Kent Radio Equipment in this city and * ■ > will be pleased to show and demonstrate to you one of * their sets at any time. We will be pleased to come to your 4 V. - residence, whether in the city or neighboring county and ■ > give to you a free demonstration. Let us hear from you. . • Just phone drop line what night will suit best - or us a you <• for the demonstration. THE 64 TIRE company • • Formerly ■ FORT VALLEY VULCANIZING CO. Watch for Next Week’s Ad ^ for murder! Protected by and pockets, for murder! Pistols! * The sudden cry; the stream; the subdued groan; dread crepe; the chilly grave; desolated homes; the broken the pangs of hell! Pistols! Public opinion dumb i, seemingly indifferent; sadly silent; officers too often sighted; pulpits apparently courts ,slow to move and table; every criminal given the efit of every imaginary doubt, (iuiet pursuit of peace and denied to innocent human beings! Pistols! Whut is the remedy? Wi en wo! ; t be apibed? Who will say that world could be worse without the curse of pistols? T. L. .MITCHELL Athens, Ga., December 23, 11)21. the four years, 1910-14, to over 459,000,000 for the three. years, 1921-23. Equally impressive is the growth in Southern banking as told by D. R. Grissinger, Governor of the Federal Reserve Board. Mr. Grissinger shows that the total bank resources of the South increased from $650,000,000 in 1881) to over $8,500,000,000 in 1923. The record of growth in Southern banking, states Mr. Grissinger, “is a striking fact reflecting the increased agricultural, commercial and trial activities of these states.’’ An exclusive interview with Henr; C. Wallace, the late Secretary of Ag licuiturp, broadly discusses the ag riculturul interests of the South and the outlook for the future. Along the same line Dr. Andrew M, Soule, idont of the 'Georgia State College of Agriculture, covers Southern fied agricultural activities and he emphasizes that cotton and cottonseed represent but 30 per cent of the to tal value of the South’s farm prod ucts which amounted to over $6,000, 000,000 in 1923 Other special articles in the South’s Development deal with transportation facilities and progress of the South, rail, water, and highways; others toti of the growth of Southern life in surance, hotel building, hydro-elec trie development. Southern cotton i'?!i development, the fertilizer in dustry, tobacco manufacturing, and the scope and development of many of the South's important crops in ad dition to cotton. One of the features of this 670 page sketch of the past, present and future of the South are the profuse illustrations giving a visual panorama of Southern resources and advance mont. There are also special articles by Governmental and other writers on the mineral resources of the South, iron, coal, petroleum, etc., as well as a broad survey of the lumber and j I timber making, resources and and naval possibilities, stores ihdus- pa per try of the Southern states. Over eighty pages of The South's DevelpoWnt are devoted to the sources and developnmt of each of the sixteen Southern states. In this section are articles by t 1 e various Southern Gcvernors and S: i‘e Ceul-! ********************************* *****^' 1f ********* ** *** <"< » ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ THE GREAT AMERICAN PEOPLE By STANLEY -dllElSlIlW ill I, ! A% /SOteVS* t COULD NT CALL YOU SOOHER.- i $ '' » III!!!;/ ) ITT <S1V(NC I JUST FINISHED YM1! - 1 I m ■ <• I HER. BATH Tootsie : N II ■b \\ NOT 1 i : < • in \ ten minutesaqo( it V 1 ■ > SHE LOOKED So : 1 III |!! CUTE WITH HER I ¥i J j RED r iC R)8B0N^Sr^__ \ mhih^ ij i , i• . t a \ | -<perfect] II \ i < ! • y LITTLE Y ■? -£ \ £ 5NO Vd Ssi ‘ j \ •I) \ k\>> f! js L J L I ^ J ' > V .. \ V A C0 l ' S V S 0 c mil 10 I 1 X V , i. + Ifl !! < Sf m llfl st I J * T 9 1h * * a* ! •• y * * v + ♦ 11 *# 4 'V »* i> ' N / / f r ;• / < - : 1 1 ^ 47 / H 7 ' x'.o / <« THE t at . UTTLE - *■ DEAR. m 4 '•41* ©<91+ + CTANCe, cgists describing in detail the advan¬ tages possessed by the individual Southern state, and statistical tables give at a glance what each Southern state has accomplished in material advancement since 1880. The Citizens Rank of Fort Valley was the first bank south of the Mason nnd Dixon line to have a Christmas i SaVings ; Department. Join fhe Citi- • i x\ r —A J 1 in i \ 'V Hi m j f» J j ! j A A Practical Savings Hi ■ Hi % Hi > Plan That Suits Hi Hi QG .■di% h; . . 1 The Times Hi I | “ 1 \ I * L Z Hi £ * J Hi m Hi £ - 3 You Invited Join the Hi ■ are to 1925 Club • 1 Adults and folks alike have in "J young years . past saved successfully as members of the t Christmas Savings Club of this Bank. LI *:• jr* t The 1925 club new is now open for mem¬ I bership and not only members of the Hi % * are Hi * # 1924 club invited to join, but their friends f **• ♦ t are likewise welcome. 4 * ■> ♦ * * V ft f * V ♦ »% r Come in and we will tell you more about it. $ + * i -8 b + * s •’* r + A *•* v ♦ ,4 * Hi * V :• > V Hi * A ♦ ■> v * * s Hi ... v- > * % ♦ ,t, ... * 4* -s' * + s. V a V The Citizens Bank Hi Hi ■M •5“ * *:• . A t j: ❖ * * * Hi ’• * * r 3 ‘r of * *i Hi * % *9 V t s ! A * I !f,, * $ * * ... * ffi A £ s $ t E.’ 1 * 4* • v - •k Fort Valley Hi Hi £ l ;• 4* 4* V -> ❖ ❖ Hi £ * % * Fort Valley, Georgia iff 4* <*» V Hi £ * * £ t ♦ «> Join Our 192? v —>*■- Savings Club £ i TODAY! Hi £ ♦ £ Interest paid when payments are made £ £ regularly. £ £ £ £ Hi * Hi an « PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH J. W. Smith, Minister. There will be preaching next Sab¬ bath at 11:00 A. M. and 7:00 p. M. Bible class at 9:45 A. M., in charge o f Mr. John II. Jones, teacher; and Sunday school at the same- hour. The Lord's Supper will be observed at the mow. . 4V.C . I A cordial welcome for ’all. ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH EPISCOPAL I Rev. E. J. Saywell, Pastor. Holy Communion 7:30 A. M. Church School 9:30 A. M. Holy Communion 11 :00 A. M. Y. P. S. L. 6:00 P. M. Evening Prayer 7:00 P. M All are invited to attend. | There’d be a lot more tuning in if kisses wore sent by radio.