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Volume No. XXXVII, Number 2.
FOURTH ANNUAL PEACH BLOSSOM FESTIVAL FOR
FORT VALLEY ASSURED AT TUESDAY’S MEETING
Peach Products Dinner Marks Formal Debut of
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MOTHER MEETING FRIT
Mass Meeting
All citizens are called to an¬
other mass meeting at seven o’¬
clock Friday night, at the indoor
basket ball court, preceding bas¬
ket ball games with Thomaston
and Hawkinsville, to elect a gen¬
eral chairman for the Fourth
Annual Peach Blossom Festival.
Let’s go there, put a general
chairman into harness, perfect
the organization and GET TO
WORK.
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' Ralph Newton, elected Tuesda,,
night to the general chairmanship of
the Fourth Annual Peach Blossom
Festival, has declined to accept the
office, expressing his profound re¬
gret. Mr. Newton has been drafted
for the office of County Superinten¬
dent of Schools and he states that—
“The urgent duties of organization
i.nd execution which nty new position
as county school superintendent will
place on my shoulders precludes the
T possibility of my administering the
chairmanship as 1 should and I must
decline to accept it. I am deeply
grateful to the people of Fort Valley
for their expressions of confidence
and regard, and would gladly serve
them in any way possible, but my
new duties must take first place.”
This makes necessary the election
<f another good man for the gener¬
al chairmanship, and a second mass
meeting will be held Friday night for
that purpose.
Tuesday night’s mass meeting in
the high school auditorium was a mag¬
nificent demonstration of the high
Ideals with which our people cherish
the Peach Blossom Festival as a great
Southern institution. It voiced again
' ihe noble spirit with which every man,
woman and child in Fort Valley and
Peach county are eager to pour their
utmost energy and talents into the
production of a 1925 Peach Blossom
Festival which will surpass all antici¬
pations of many thousands of people
who will come here from every part
of America. This will be a gigantic
undertaking, in view of the brilliant
achievements in the festivals of the
last three years.
C. L. Shepard, general chairman of
the 1924 festival, the grandeur and
beauty of which amazed the fifty
thousand people who flooded Fort
"iyy, presided over Tuesday night’s
Jng. The high school auditorium
was the scene of one of the largest
gatherings of the kind ever witnessed
by the hundreds in attendance, ac-
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Wednesday ushered in the first
formal functions of the new county
of Peach, with the initial election of
officers. Ideal harmony marked the
days preceding the election and the
affair passed off m the majestic calm
of that high purpose with which the
Peach county people are welded into
one splendid purpose.
As quickly as commissions are is
sued by the governor and a temporary
^urt house is recommended by Judge
sH^ley the latter to issues the Superior the Court order and for
proper
sr.me, the wheels of county govern
rr.ent will begin to turn.
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Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest. i
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cordinv to expressions heard on
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School Glee Club. Tij*> meeting
opened with a prayer offered by
'1 bos. II . Thomson, pastor of
Methodist church. Chairman
introduced a number of heads of
ic bodies and citizens who spoke
terms of burning desire to do
part in the 192b festival.
them were Mrs. Laurence Houston,
in whose genius and vision, as Miss
Etta Carithers, Fort Valley found the
wonderful Peach Blossom Festival
idea several years ago; Mayor R. D.
Hale, Mrs. B. H. Fincher of the D. A.
R., Mrs. T. R. Ousley of the U. D.
C., Chairmaiv W. L. Houser of the
Board of Education, Miss Lucy Fin¬
ney, festival costumer, Mrs. F. W.
Withoft of the Woman’s Auxiliary
of the American Legion, jMrs. A. A.
Williams of the D. A. R. Vice-Pres¬
ident Glenmore Green of the Kiwanis
Club, Superintendent J. F. Lambert
of the city schools, President Floyd
Carithers of the high school senior
class, Editor John JI. Jones of The
Leader-Tribune, Mrs. J. M. Green,
president of the Woman's Club, Judge
M. C. Mosley, ordinary of Peach
county, George Lamar of Powersville.
R. L. McKenney, publisher of the
Macon News, and Malcolm D. Ains¬
worth, managing editor of the Macon
Telegraph, spoke in warm measures
of praise for the wonderful progress
ive sj irit of Fort Valley and Peach
ct unty. Chairman Shepard introduced
them with expressions of deep appre¬
ciation for the co-operation they al¬
ways have given in making the festi¬
val a success.
Early in the meeting Judge A. C.
Riley’s motion that the Fourth Annu
al Peach Blossom Festival be staged
was hdopted ur/xnimously amid a
storm of applause.
Glenmore Green nominated Ralph
Newton for general chairman at the
dose of the meeting. Mr. Newton was
declared by all to be an ideal man for
this important position and wa' clott¬
ed by a hearty unanimous vote A
committee notified Mr. Newt, m, on
Tuesday, of his election, but he could
not accept the honor for vital rea¬
sons which have been stated.
A representative of the John B.
Rogers Producing Company, one of
the lai’gest enterprises of its kind in
the world, was present to offer his
company’s services.
Chairman Shepard, in stating the
purpose of the meeting, explained
that the Peach Blossom Festival had
experienced such miraeuiou-.j ''row’ll
during its three-year career, leaping
last year to an attendance of about
fifty thousand people forcinf sales
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| The officers elected Wednesday,
without opposition, are:
j j, g. Davidson, Representative,
j £ jj os i e y ) ’ Ordinary,
\ j EmmeU Houg el . clerk of SupeHo ,
Court.
Geo. D. Anderson, Sheriff,
W. H. Hafer, Coroner.
T. E. Tharpe, Tax Collector,
£ n. Rountree, Tax Receiver,
Ral h Newton> Superintendent of
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C. E. Martin, Treasurer,
< T. F. Flournoy, County Surveyor.
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B. H. Fincher, cashier of the Citizens
Bank of Fort Valley, went to Atlan¬
ta Wednesday to attend important
meetings. Mr. Martin attended a
meeting of the executive committee
of the Georgia Bankers Association,
c' which he is chairman, and both
Mr. Martin and Mr. Fincher attended
a meeting of the Income Tax Insti¬
tute, under the auspices of the Geor¬
gia Bankers Association. Several
leading income tax experts o f the
country made addresses at the insti
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i____’ PLAY, MRS. TEMPLE’S
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Mrs. Temple’s Telegram,” a
play of striking parts, will be
presented by gifted members of
the Woman’s Club and the Ki¬
wanis Club, under the direction
of Miss Audrey Fagan ? at the
Austin theater on Friday night,
January 16th. Tickets will be
placed on sale this week. I
NEW GAS STATION MANAGER
H. V. Duke is new manager of the
gas and oil service station f irmer!}'
known as the Jones Filling Station.
W. H. Jones has gone to Atlanta to
enter business. Mr. Duke is or.erat
mg the popular place under the name
of “Triangle Service Station,” which
will be found attached to a signifi¬
cant page advertisement in The Lead¬
er-Tribune.
LADIES NIGHT OF Kl
KIWANIS CLUB’S NEW YEAR
CELEBRATION HAS FLOOD OF
FEATURES CROWNED WITH
SUPERB DINNER.
Ladies’ night and the installation
of 1925 officers made up a brilliant
program at the New. Year celebration
of the Kiwanis Club of Fort Valley
last Friday evening, when a sump
tuous dinner was served by the Gov.
Treutlen Chapter, D. A. R., amid
lovely decorations and exquisite
touches of the New Year scheme ir.
fireworks, novelties and favors. It
was a popping good time for every¬
body; popping cigars, cigarettes,
candles and other novelties, popping
eyes at a swift succession of surprises,
and popping stummicks with the stag¬
gering feast.
T. F. Flournoy, W. G. Brisendine
and Geo. W. Mathews, Jr., conducted
the program, and they had to be
lighning artists to keep up with what
they turned aloose.
The 1925 officers and directors ’
were introduced. President Murray
made a concise address in which he
touehed upon the high points of
to which the Kiwanis
will direct its energies during
the year. He thanked the women of
Fort Val!e Y for their splendid co-op
oration and pledged the club to re¬
niain >°y al to the women in their ef '
fnrts for C,V1C improvement. Special j
thanks were extended to Mrs. Chester
ilson for her fine assistance as pi
anist for the club. Emphasis was
laid upon the importance of co-op- j
with Woman’s Club '
eration .. ,, the its,
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I Out of 25 fires in 1924, Fort Val¬
ley suffered a total loss of only $2,-
542.50, according to J. L. Everett
chief of the city fire department.
This was an inconsiderable loss—
remarkably small in comparison with
the large amount paid out by Fort
Valley during 1924 for fire insurance.
Chief Everett has been with the
department ten years. He states that
the biggest fire loss in Fort Valley
during that period of time was not
over one-fourth of the amount of in
: surance carried. It is not news to
state that Fort Valley enjoys highest
J efficiency in fire protection,
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. OR. C. C. JARREL AT
The pulpit at the Methodist church
v ill be filled Sunday morning and
of evening Atlanta, by Rev. general C. C. secretary Jarrell, of D. the D., j
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Hospital Board of the Southern Moth- j
odist Church. Dr. Jarrell is one of
the outstanding figures of the denom
j na ti 0 n and is a fluent and gifted
speaker. Fort Valley Methodists are
fortunate to have the opportunity of
hearing him.
HUNTING PARTY
, R Davidgon A j Evang j w
Woplfo]k) Glenmore Green, John
Allen, J. D. Duke, R. L. Marchman,
L. P. Singleton and other Fort Valley
ans left Monday afternoon for a day’s
hunting in Berrien county. By the
time this paper ' .f. is published ye editor
probably , will , have , been feasting ,
on ,
the proof of the pudding?!’.?
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FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA, TUESDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 13TH,
1925
6:30 O’clock—Kiwanis Hall
SPONSORED BY GOVERNOR TREUTLEN CHAPTER D. A. R.
1. Selection—Peach County Orchestra.
2. Invocation—Rev. D. A. Howard.
3. Selection—Peach County Orchestra.
4. Assembly Song.
5. Introduction Peach County Officers—John H. Jones.
0. Peach County Products—W. H. Harris.
7. Peach County Opportunities—E. H. Holland.
8. “Jest Jedge”—A. C. Riley.
9. Peach County Quartette—Sam Jones, Wesley Green, Coleman
Nichols, Floyd Carithers.
9. Peach County Spirit—Ralph Newton.
10. Orchestra Selection.
PEACH PRODUCTS WILL
MAKE GREAT FEAST ON
TUESDAY, JAUARY13
GOV. TREUTLEN CHAPTER D. A
R. WILL SERVE PEACH PROD¬
UCTS DINNER AT KIWANIS
HALL.
Celebrating the birth of the new
county of Peach in this veritable
“land of milk and honey”—peaches
and cream—watermelons, asparagus,
pecans, King Cotton and Prince
Grain—“the cow, the sow, the hen”
—jimminy cricket! we’ll have to
strut all over for lack of breath—
Celebrating the birth of this bounc¬
ing new county of Peach, the Gov.
Treutlen Chapter D. A. R. will serve
a Peach Products Dinner at 6:30 o’¬
clock on the evening of next Tues
clay, January 13, in Kiwanis Hall. At
this dinner only products raised in
Peach county will served. That is no
limitation, and the dinner promises
to be a rich, royal feast. Music will
be furnished by Peach county talent.
The proceeds from this dinner
will go towards local civic work
sponsored by the D. A. R. Tickets for
seats will be sold for 75 cents. Reser¬
vations can be made by telephoning
Mrs. Ben Fincher.
JUDGE MATHEWS IN FLORIDA
Judge Henry A. Mathews left
Tuesday for a week’s visit in Flori¬
da. All cases set by him to be heard
in his chambers in Macon are being
atterdad to by Judge Malcolm D.
Jones.
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Sport and Sportsmen?
Basketball in Fort Valley in
past months has reached its height
No town in the surround
country can boast of a better high
basketball team than Fort
ley. These boys have struggled and
hard to develop the
Foi’t Valley just recently obtained
new indoor court, and we
thought this would bring better
yet it has not. Why?
When the citizens of Fort Valle}',
the support of the school children.
frr the Peach Blossom Festival.
• vone knows they render their
support. Yet when we as’:
few people H to turn out for a basket-
1 .. ! they to—. . well .. ,, they
game go
see our games. Of course thi
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EVANGELISTIC CLUB
OF BUSINESS MEN IS
ORGANIZED IN PEACH
FORMAL ORGANIZATION PER.
FECTED AT MEETING SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AT THE BAPTIST:
CHURCH.
Following a recent visit of Dr. Pla¬
to Durham, of Emory University, and
many members of Men’s Evangetostio
clubs in Atlanta, Macon and other
cities, a meeting was held at the Bap¬
tist church Sunday afternoon at tw (>
o’clock, when the organizatim of
such a club for Fort Valley and vi¬
cinity was completed. This body will
be known -is the Peach County Busi¬
ness Men’s Evangelistic Club. Other
clubs are being formed in the county,
to be known by the names of their
respective towns or communities.
Officers elected Sunday afternoon
were:
A. L. Luce, president.
John H. Jones, vice-president.
F. W. Withoft, secretary-treasurer.
These officers, as an executive
committee, are drafting by-laws to
be presented at the meeting to be
held next Sunday afternoon at two
o’clock at the Baptist church.
The movement of Rusiness Men’*
Evangelistic clubs has swept the
country and is proving a powerful
factor in religious progress. The or¬
ganization of this and other clubs
in Peach county is in pursuance of
the religious feature of the Peach
County Program which was launched
weeks ago at a mass meeting
citizens from all parts of the coun
doesn’t apply to our few regulars.
Is it that the admission is too high?
No, it can’t be, for the admission hr
only twenty cents for children and
thirty-five for adults. No one would
miss this amount about once a week,
Too, we have comfortable accommo¬
dation 1 -' for our patrons. This admis
: sion has been raised to its present
price on account of the expense for
visiting teams here.
i Charley Morgan, one of the best
officials in basketball in the state
sc.yt. our court is one of the best in
this section.
The F. V. H. 5. Record.
The Fort Valley high school so
far has played ten games, of this
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