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$ljr ICrafcrr AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL Established 1888 Published every Thurtday JOHN H. JONES Editor and Owner “A» • Man ThinUeth in Hi» So Is He. ’ * N. E. A. Feature Service Advertisers’ Cut Service Entered as second-class matter the post office at Fort Valley, Gu., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Prices (Payable in Advance) 1 Year ... 6 Months 3 Months Advertising Rates: 30c per Column Inch lc per Word Lrgal Advertisements Strictly Cash in Advance THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1925. Practical jokes are “practical” outside of business hours. Savannah Preit: Peach last ycu are created. May you drop from the parent stem. We hope everybody is “sold” on the plan of thinning es at the proper time. Walton Tribune: Here’s a Year greeting to the prohibition forcement officers and a hope all the busthead factories may put out of business during 1925. The Jackson Progress-Argus, view of Jackson’s “splendid record far as fire losses go," is against fire insurance rates that “entirely too high.” Interesting, say the least. Bainbridgr Poat-Srarrhliifhl: The r an that is trying to hog the for free Space for some pet hobby don't put much valuation on space at nil. Yet when you ask them to put ttle . ame value on their ware, they go tip in the air. Jackson, Butts county, is begin¬ ning: a campaign for street* paving. Jackson is one of the best towns in Georgia, and she cannot afford to let her streets remain unpaved. They make the wrong impression on visi¬ tors. Unpaved streets for such a fine town as Jackson are too expensive in their influence upon the opinions of prospective settlers and investors. The Atlanta law-onforment confer¬ ence will accomplish much good, we hope but nothing will ever really get tis. anywhere except a spirit of respect for and observance of the law around our homes and firesides. For instance the prohibition law never will be en¬ forced except through the people’s re¬ linquishment of their “private per fonai reservations” for “medicinal” and other purposes. And we'-v a long way from that. We 1! bet there isn’t another edi¬ tor in the world who gets as much of joyful feasting as does this lucky writer. Peach ^county is certainly God’s country, ns much as any neck o’ the, woods of which Editor McIn¬ tosh, of the Albany Herald, ever dreamed. Now J. A. L. Wilson comes in again with a lot of those superior delights, syrup and pecans; and next Tuesday night will see us with our feet stuck under a table, enjoying a Peach Products Dinner. By the way. that backbone. sausage, etc.,—no. John Howell, Jim Williams and Fi¬ nest Camp, not chit-lings!—sent in by Senator and Mrs. Joe Davidson during the holidays was better than any turkey, even if we had got one. If this luck keeps up we’ll have to start a special department for this sort of doggone good thing. ' RELIGION IN PEACH It is a significant fact that, in the whole ambitious “Peach County Pro¬ gram,” (he first feature of it in which results are actually realized is (hit of religious expansion, with the form¬ al organization of the Peach County Business Men’s Evangelistic Club. Chamber-of-Commerce and othercom niittees please take note. * BILL ANDERSON Savannah Preu: Bill Anderson’s card on the Governorship seems to have left his friends guessing. Some eay he’s running for Governor and some say he aint. Anyway Ship start ed off his Baptist ministerial career by putting his boss in deep water. “COMMISSIONER” BENNETT With the Boifeui'lett-Bennett war ever the office of public service com¬ missioner resounding in our ears, we THE LEADEK-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY S, 1925. are reminded that this is the who, in h:s campaign last sent out a form order to newspaper. 1 ' for advertising, his own price regardless of the ous newspapers’ rates, in many proving himself qualified for any of job as “commissioner” by ing the rates and thu retaining ‘ comnti ~i>>n.” “Take it or leave was, in effect, his order. GEORGIA’S NEW YEAR RESOLUTION Wa.hington New.-Reporter: If vcri' asked to write Georgia’s Year resolution it would be short, to the point. Something to this “Whereas, politics never profits one but the politician seeking and, whereas, all offices are for (he next two or three y -arx; whereas, a house divided against self amounts to d—n little; and, whereas, Georgia has already ed because of lack of co-ordinated ef firt on the part of ali the people. Therefore, be it, Resolved, That poli¬ tics are taboo for two years, while 1 the people of the state combine their strength in an effort to head off some of the thousands of home-seek¬ ers yearly passing through Georgia’s fertile fields to buy sanddoones in Florida. ” HAVE YOU PAID YOUR SUBSCRIPTION? A MERRY Christmas and a MAR¬ VELOUS record! In rcsporjhe to our recent Christmas subscription appeal many good subscribers paid up their subscriptions and made the holidays happy for ye editor. NOT A SINGLE subscriber has stopped his paper, and MANY NEW subscribers have been added. Arc YOU one of those who have paid? Look at the date on the label of your paper. Is i. behind January 8, 1925? Then hitch up your galluses and . into . . the ., fold of those . be come loved friends who are paying up and helping us gather strength for mak ing The Leader-Tribune an even greater power for development and progress in this chosen spot of God’s vineyard. And tell everybody you know what a good thing they're miss¬ ing—a-hem-tn-m! -if they are n< , : subscribers to The Leader-Tribune. THE LEADER-TRIBUNF. S POLICIES The Leader-Tribune is a medium of public service as well as a bus* ness institution. Its columns will be denied to nobody within legitimate requirements us long as this editor is at the helm. There is no influence of any nature, political, financial, sec¬ tarian or personal, no matter how powerful, that can interfere with this editor's application of this policy, with fairness and justice as he shall see it. Hut The Leader-Tribune IS a business institution. It must pro¬ tect itself and make a living. Its own¬ er must draw a clear line of dis tinction between that which is legit mmte matter for free publication and that which, although presumably of such nature, is really publicity in the nature of advertising or propaganda for which payment at advertising rates should he made. Nothing’ could • s’v * TOBEY AND TYKE BY REDNF.R • ■ r OH- IT'S A f ( certainly GOSH ;J 3 \{ Y wouldn't ya CAPTIVE b • > r BALLOON IS'MT (like k ANAeeiDENT.%#: e afraid of POP^y to be pop-YoY up ■ • vJT V IN that, ,^—'-'ZJZ A- *£•- V ' ■ • UH- " $ * 0 RUH- • • r * 1 ' *| ** r i • • t dZk .* • ri ii rjfT: i i 7 r T. \f§ ■ M: ) V. *1 .. .5$ 7 \\ ;«ot\ 7 i Ah ,f>V is m t Y £7 J I t * ❖ A !{ NAWwiT'S TIED WITH T + | ROPE TO THE 7 WELL-WHAT DO well-^-id slide % A / WOULD YOU DOWN THE K \ GROUNDS •4vIFTHE V 6ALLOON ROPE.Y ¥ <- 1 . y Ixaeaploded, 'YtobeyD^/ V ■ y vT’ * ■isp e <■' * - - t o ir l. / . * a 0 & J: t c N 0 • 0 QZ /O': * * u fl 0 L e a M c * *1 r\ P —• I n . v * a. * + (O’ C • \ » O VS' ■ ♦ I V + V V s 4 * be fairer. We have to pay the of composition and printing which WE, as editor, write and pub lish. Any other living person ly should be willing to permit us determine as to what part of property shall be given away and part shall be protected as a of legitimate revenue, knowing the same rule applies to all, high lew, and that in this way The e:-Tribune is guarded and as a medium of free speech, indepen¬ dent, fair and just to the whole lie, utterly without fear of any mar or men. CHURCHES AND ADVERTISING The Commission of Evangelism the Federal Council of I meeting in Washington recently^ clared practically in favor of the “teaching of the gospel in advertising.” "Call people to the church in a steady campaign of news paper advertising,” is Ihe advice of that body. The discussion brought out •several facts. The newspapers are friendly to the churches, that the newspapers recog¬ nize that church news is good news i:> more ways than one, news that in (crests or should interest somebody at least in almost every American family. The further, keener conclusion was reached: That papers, can in the logic of the newspaper policy and carry only the “news” of the churches, and that the advertising columns in paid for space can say what the best judg ment of the earnest church people ■ ■ .J Why Throw Your Money Away? No wise man ever will try to COMPEL another person to spend his money at home. That is not the way to get the desired results. .. ‘ ‘- f h “ n<1 ‘ ’ r "° wit * ™ ,n or worAan "1 ’ after car< ’ ful is a,,al *>*"« >’ Bis of t( > f ni 1( u „ r ™ toW ” ' f Hc Ca " keep il at homi ' ln an y reasonable, legitimate way. I u ‘ Lea( 'er‘Tribune . knows that sometimes a man or woman must I sp n,on,, - v awa - v from borne. We also know that most of u deceive our selves , in the extreme to which the idea of the j i Furthermore, know, we carry nece- ity for doing K0 - we after close study of conditions in Fort Valley, ! that there is nothing more essential to this city’s proper growth and sue j cess than a conviction in the hearts and minds of our people that they I must make more than ordinary efforts to keep their - money in their - own I community household. You can find most of the things you want in Fort Valley. Merchants can obtain for you - many of the things which they do not already have in stock, if you will show a good, sound, loyal spirit of patience. The average of costs will show you in a year’s time that you have saved money by trading at home. Sit down and figure out the cost of the goods you go to another city to buy, including the railroad fare, or expense of motoring, meals, etc., to say nothing of time consumed. ' There are exceptions, of course, when you must go away from home to get what you think you need, but they are few. Buy everything possible at home and soon your merchants will he encouraged to put in stock other things that you desire. Thus we will be, indeed, BUILDING A CITY HERE. Every dollar spent away from home is LOST. Every dollar spent at home is kept here, working, paying taxes, doing its powerful part in con¬ structive progress, and is always in your available field of business or ; profession offering you an opportunity to get it back. A number of business men and citizens, in a page advertisement in today’s Leader-Tribune earnestly appeal for co-operation in trading at home. They ask you to join them in trading, one with 'another, at home, I keeping our own blood in our own veins to make the civic body stronger. It is like the transfusion of blood. Why engage in a mad transfusion of our civic strength into the arteries of greedy foreign cities who already laugh as they boast of the foolish thing we do? Let our transfusion of civic strength from day to day be into the friendly, co-operative bodies of our neighbors—those upon whose success must depend largely our fu lure survival as a proud city and the actual value and profit of our own individual properties and careers. ffisaaaaa aaa aa a aitf ^ ^ £ g g v » g * What Are the Cross * g •• ... v g * g g t Words Saying? g g £ Bring us your solution of this puzzle and win a Savings Account in Fort I f Valley’s Progressive Bank. J - nl I 2 3 4 S 6 r 8 g * g 9 5 £ m 21 g 'A is 11 12 *13 J4 -> £ • • s * 16 17 18 .7119 - ifi * ■ i £ 1 i • ■ % Zo 21 w. \ZZ 23 $ L£ • • ifi v • • J «» r 24 . 1 ■ ] < • J £ 25 ,26 I I j i 27 \Z6 29 30 A v I ij . 31 |32 33 134 35 • ■ L ] | 136 • 37 36 £ « > i tk S 39 < • -T1 < « jO |r* HOW TO SOLVE CROSS-WORD PUPZZLES 3] The numbered squares are the starting points for words extending ■ $ ■ ■ horizontally vertically both. One letter Words end first or or to a square. at ■ y black square encountered or border of puzzle. Pick out a word that fits a L Z given definition and space. This gives you a clue to other words that cross «• t J ■ I it, and they, in turn, to still other words. Start at any part of the chart. * i £ 2 1 * * * * ] ♦ THE DEFINITIONS | i I . * ACROSS DOWN * i * l A bank | account will prepare for 1 A sphere or globe J E | i* 9 A girl’s 2 Father 2 name 3 A short poem 10 A male child- very one should 4 Unusual have an account here 5 One who uses 11 To exist—the more happily if af¬ A slight movement of the bead • • filiated with the right financial in¬ 7 A preposition •• stitution H Personal pr mcun L Departed from the right—those ’2 A time of day when you are glad I » who do not deposit their money here your mone> is safe in the bank 15 A Greek letter 14 Money saved up for a rainy day 16 A state (abbr.) 15 A time of Hay when feel like ■ > you IP Contraction for ever working • > ’9 Meaning thus 17 Confused 20 The act of marrying when one •• realizes the value of good bank 19 Those who foresee—those who 7 a ac count Have a reserve fund at the bank t . • 12 Pertaining to flying 20 Practical wisdom those who have 24 Those who save systematically be¬ it do business with this bank come— 21 To visualize 1*5 Used in Mah Jongg t 26 Three of a kind—a good 22 A me$3»*n?er service O commu¬ nity'—a good home—a good bank 23 One of the tribe of Siouan I n- 27 Point of the compass dians gathered on a reservation in I 2^ A public thoroughfare (abbr.) Oklahoma • • 30 A chemical symbol for the slang 2S A prefix for money meaning before 31 Another chemical symbol—this 29 A point of the compass time for a precious metal 31 A part of a circle < > 32 A low, cowardly fellow 32 Rested < • .. 34 Leave 33 The work of a well-known Eng- ■ ■ 36 A cereal grass Inh poet-author ■ • *7 Ihe conventional term of respect¬ ful address to men 35 Opposite of in • 39 Peace of mind—gained through 36 A preposition • • • < ■ a good financial connection 38 A note in the diatonic scale • ■ % ♦ ❖ % * The accompanying puzzle is not unusually difficult, but, unlike most puzzles, it means something. It produces some words which are inseparable from an account in this Bank. £ ♦ The contest closes Jan. 20th. All replies or solutions offered will be ❖ * well shuffled and then examined by a well known man who has consent¬ ♦ * ed to act as judge. A* The submitters of the first five correct solutions, ♦ i or nearest correct, Y *J*a % which the judge comes to, will be announced in this space together with * % the correct solution of the puzzle. % w * V I >*. 4 These first five will be awarded a Savings Account for $1.00 each, * * ri A either regular Savings Account Christmas Savings ♦ i a or a Account. Should * o any who win already have a Savings Account here, the $1.00 will be ... r 1 i V credited to his her account. u* or t }S The Contest is free and open to everyone except Officers and Em¬ i ployees of this Bank, and relatives of such Officers and Employees. hi Citizens Bank of Fort Valley * £ Capital & Surplus $150,000.00 Drop your solution with name written on it in box at Bank. % i LC prepare as “copy”—an appeal, facts argument, even some information which the news columns could not present. Therefore, said the commis sion “take over the available means of reaching the people; churches spend money in folders and letters and cards, they pay money to have the bell rung, they have appropriated other modern facilities and conveni¬ ences—the electric light, the appa¬ ratus for giving deaf persons a good chance to hear the message, the systematic business methods in handling church finances, the modern institutional chureh, the best of musi¬ cal instruments—everything but gen' eral use of the newspaper advertising space. The commission went on to say: They are the people, many of them friendly to the church, but indiffer ent, that we want to reach in this campaign. The church has never real¬ ized the wonderful opportunity of the advertising columns. Too often it has been satisfied with using them for mere announcements of service and 'though this has its place and is worth while, the church must realize its greater task of using advertising for the story of salvation. If advertising is good for busine-s then according to the devoted church • | people themselves there is no better 1 business than that of developing and expanding and visualizing the church —and advertising ought not to be al iwed to serve only material and mer cenary and amusement institutions, adds the Savannah Morning News. —Moultrie Observer.