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A PROPOSED PEACH Editor Leader-Tribune: In accordance with my in last week's Leader-Tribune, acceding to requests that it be I beg to append below a of the principles that would guided me hud I offered for the tion of Ordinary, as prepared to mailed to all citizens in the when 1 was considering the It is, of course, recognized others who also have the of Peach County at heart believe the best results may be reached ether methods, but these are offered with the hope that if meet the approval of most of people, there may be aroused a militant public opinion as shall into effect the suggestions that approved. Mr. Moseley has already given definite assurance that he is in cord with, and will put into the plan of bookkeeping that receipts and disbursements for Purpose for which taxes are the custom of publicly asking on all purchases or contracts moment, and the publication at ed periods of items of receipts expenditures. The doing of these three things J i sp res safety and conservatism economy in county affairs. Respectfully, W. II. PLATFORM Under our Peach County Act Ordinary not only acts as such, performs all the duties of Com mbsitners. 1 think this county—as has every progressive county in the —should have commissioners charge of its affairs, this change be effected by an Act of the lature, or by adopting the plan of government. Until this is done, if I were nary 1 should ask the grand which is the most representative in any county, to name an Committee to pass on all steps to be taken. One of the first important is to make settlement with County, as provided in the County Act, a proper and just ment, and the terms of the ment published. If all the 1924 special and advalorem, when to the county’s indebtedness, as now a constitutional requirement the Peach County amendment sufficient to pay the debts of county, including those of the o Education, as is said to be the the settlement is simplified. If entire 1924 taxes are then it would become necessary t< Hoj. ton. , can u i uppi.u ' picsenf a-sits to (k.umim the indebtedness, if any, and to make accounting as to the portion ly chargeable to the new county. In like manner a settlement is be made with Macon County, easier, but probablv , ,, leaving . us them tew 1 hundred ■ dollars, ” mg a ’ proportion of , then- , . net , bonded , J ' It . will make for harmony to „„ • thesc settlements promptly, , and to range immediate payment ol any turns found ... owing. An . official ... . , of ... the . survey snouid be promptly made, and daries and road crossings ly marked. An immediate agreement be reached w-ith Macon County t-.g the line along the Marshallville load so that no part of this would be half in Macon and half in Peach A system of bookkeeping should be inaugurated that would show a glance how much money is collet ed for each of the several definite li ii rposes to for be laid, which and the how law much is es for each of these purposes. '^'Long- observation has shown when a county’s tax rate abnormally high, the attempt is ually made to technically justify the high rate by levying taxes for one purpose, and then using the money for other purposes. This has been the custom in Houston, for instance, for many years. This system of bookkeep ing would prevent that, for any grand jury committee would instantly see any attempt made to use money for a purpose other than that for which, it was collected. This system, once established, would probably be perm anent, as no grand jury could fail to see any attempted change in the system. The public asking of bids on pur fchases and contracts has been found in all governmental practice to be the only safe and open way of . public business, and this custom ^should be started and strictly ed, and no purchase made except cash. Quarterly, or at some stated THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1925. £ £ OFFICIAL ORGAN THE KIWANIS KALL £ £ £ £ of the BUY AT HOME £ £ £ £ Fort Valley and Get Full Value £ £ £ Kiwanis Club Published Weekly Thursday by the Kiwanis Club of Fort Valley, Ga. for Your Money £ s on £ £ £ S ffi 95 Vol. 1 THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1925. Number 19. £ 95 95 £ £ 95 £ £ Here’s the beverage that delights Tlie Fori Valley Oil Co. £ £ taste, satisfies thirst and refreshes. IS £ £ absolute Every bottle is sterilized—insur- o Miiuiifnetiirors of 95 ing purity COTTON SEED PRODUCTS £ £ Fort Valley Gw(c(& Bottling Co. FORT VALLEY, GA. £ 95 £ £ W.U. HR1SEND1NE, KIWANIAN n. C. STJtOTII KH A E. M. WHITING, KIWANIANS £ £ 95 £ There’s Music in the Air £ £ 95 .1. W. Wool folk W. L. Snow R a I pit Newton 95 •I. W. Wool folk iV* Co. Bring Radio free Receiving entertainment Set. See into the your Radiola home with line £ £ a 95 we are showing. £ 95 Spray Material, Peas & Peaches GREEN-M11,LER COMPANY £ 95 v GLKNMORK 95 GREEN, KIWANIAN "h Fort Valley, Georgia : • I EVANS CLARK CO. Inc. Georgia Agricultural Works I * Dealers in Peas, Potatoes, Hay, and QUALITY SERVICE A. J. Evans other Farm Products. E. G. Clark Friday HARDWARE tt We’ve & Got FURNITURE It ’ 9 12 O’clock SHARP F. O. MILLER, Kiwanian £ £ Kiwanian Kiwanian £ I For £ CA.LAHER-HALE GROCERY CO. Program On SPRAY SPRAY MATERIALS MACHINES £ £ 95 Distributors Purina Feeds U PARACIDE 99 K ifi Public Affairs £ 11 Feed from the Checkerboard Ba£ * • Call on £ wholesalf: grocers SOUTHERN BROKERAGE COMPANY £ 95 The Fourth Annual Peach Blossom F. W. Withoft, Mgr. £ i R. D. HALE, KIWANIAN Kiwanian £ Festival of 1925, the Peach County Pro¬ £ £ Manufacturers of gram including Chamber of Commerce and c HALL £ £ CHILDREN’S UNDERWEAR other features will be discussed. 95 FORI VALLE! KNITTING MILLS Let’s Have Every Mem¬ ft £ s ! F. O. MILLER, Pres. A. J. EVANS, Treas. & Gen’l Mgr. ber Present KIWANIAN £ T. F. FLOURNOY, Supt. On l ime THE TIRE MAN £ 95 KIWANIANS 95 ! 95 ii ciii ini iiiiiiiiiiiiiinii—'iitaniiiim rijiMiawwnintf niuhub—iimS £ t ! 9595959595959;959i95959i!fi959:959;a59T9;9i9i9595!i5959;!fi95Kj‘J59?9i959i!ii95tfi9;S!fi9i9i95S9;9i9;9i959i9i95S;sr lf«j| W jrr^U ILL .' u&t&i T U - f > f Jr , ?•** |oils, there should be published a list 0 j- rece ipt s and disbursements. No complicated auditor’s statement, but a simple list of the vouchers, to whom paid, what for, and date and amount, No county aaing that can go I wrong. If ever there was a county : that should be everybody’s county it j I is this new county ot Peach, , for , ' (l tically . ,, everybody , , wonted , for , it, , and , everybody , . entitled .... , to , know , what , , ; is I money is received, and from what ' I sources, and what it is spent for and who , gets , it, and . to , have published . .. . . , : . such , form . , to , be readily , . under . in as I stood , by . everybody. , . Beyond the limited amount the constitution allows borrowed without a vote of the people, not a dollar be borrowed, nor any debt contracted for any purchase, or for ! ar W nlatter - li the P«°P le do not au ‘ thorize an expenditure, I have never thou ^ ht d was ar W business of the ! people’s employees, the county ofli j clals > to makt Surel y officials have | i no more right to sign liie county s I j name to an unauthorized note or i contract of purchase than any em j Payer’s has the to ri ^ ht note to s at « n the hiH bank, em - ! name a without authority. An observance of -'bD cardinal principal in the past ; woulJ ha ' e saved man -V thousands of ! dollars. | A very important matter is, in co¬ ; operation widh Macon, Sumter, Lee and Dougherty counties, to have a conference with the State Highway j Board and get a more liberal appro- 1 hriation for the Dixie Highway. We : hould alK0 vel W Promptly arrange to 1 get our proportion of gasoline money for other roads. While occupying quarters for court house and offices temporarily, and fortunately without, cost. I think we $h oU i ( ] publicly ask for bids for : b ased quarters for several years 1 think sufficient taxes should be bjvied ,to maintain the highest effi ciercy in a county wide system of schools, believeiog that is a matter v e Cf mot postpone, a>: v.e c'an court house and buildings, and even roads to some extent. I should favor keeping expendi- tures so low the first tvi years I j that, even with a greatly less tax than we have been paying, we , out of the first year's taxes pay i rent t,-:.ponses, and have enough the treasury to pay next expenses as incurred, without ticipating revenues. I think that the 1 only , county . should , ... bo i way ' any run. 1 , think . no road , should , , , ever be , I changed, , , paved, , foot ot . or or a any one’s land taken for road purposes. without public notice, and direct no tice to those interested, and giving opportunity for hearing, before any . uch work is undertaken. That 1 con Ader essential to all civic tion, without which no community dr section can ever prosper abundantly. I should like for this to be the first county in Georgia to apply the baby bond plan of paving all its principal roads, each abutting land owner pay ing one-sixteenth of the cost (in ten annual payments), the county one eighth out of the gasoline tax, the state one-fourth, and the federal govern ment one-half, such work to be only upon request of owners of at least three-fourths of the frontage, and undertaken only after public hearing as to advisability of paving. Such J plan of equitable distribution of cost, in proportion to benefit receiv¬ ed, with open discussion and easy payments, has usually met the unani¬ mous approval of property owners. When one can spend a dime a year, arid get sixteen dollars worth of pav¬ ing done along his property, he and the public are all benefited. One of our pressing necessities is a federal aid concrete bridge across Flint River, and to that end steps should be promptly taken to have a slate highway laid out from Fort Val¬ ley to Butler and Columbus. The fare-going are some of the plans that spurred to action many of our Peacii County workers, and it is sincerely hoped that these ideals nny be re.-u td, :;r*rl the re ition of this new (ipnty just :c-J . the eyes of all of Georgia. 1-4-lt. Some youths are tied to mother’s opi on strings and others to father’s purse strings. Statement of Condition of BANK OF- FORT VALLEY Located at Fort .Valley, (,’a., show j ; n g condition at close of business De comber 31st, 1924. RESOURCES Tone Loans and Dis counts $54,093.97 Furniture arid Fixtures 3,535.15 Cash in Vault and Amounts Deposited with Approved Reserve Agents 18,331.35 Due from Other Banks 283.75 j Checks for Qlearing House 3,000.00 Overdrafts_(if any) N C N1. | TOTAL $79,244.22 LIABILITIES | C apital Stock Paid in 30,000.00 j Undivided Profits 398.80 j j Deposits Subject to Check 45,800.24 'I ime Certificates of Deposit 1,000.00 Savings Deposits i 10.08 > Cashier’s Cheeks 15.1 0 Certified Cheeks 1,860.00 | Bills Payable NOME j Notes and Bills Rediscounted NONE , TOTAL $79,244.22 STATE OF GEORGIA, Houston Co j Before me came E. T. Murray i Cashier of Bank 'if Fort Valley, who i ,,, j n , r ( jujy sworn says that the above foregoing statement is a true condition of said Bank, as shown by tie books of file in said Bank. E. T. MURRAY Sworn to and subscribed before me, | I this 6th day of January, 1925. LOUIS L. BROWN, JR. I Notary Public, Georgia, State at Large. I You’ve simply got to keep stepping along if you ever want to get there with both feet. The average person would rather have an ounce of help than a ton of sympathy. Some folks will turn over a new ' leaf in 1925. Others ough to turn over a whole book. There’d be a lot more tuning in if k: _s -,vre sent by radio. HELP THE OLD FOLKS A Helping Hand Extended to Many Old People in Fort Valley. The infirmities of age are many, Mcst old people have a bad back, The kidneys are often weak Or worn out with years of work, Backache means days of misery, Urinary troubles, nights of unrest. Doan’s Pills have helped to make life easier for many. They are doing so for old and young. Fort Valley people are learning this. MtaaftflBBaaiP ? Old Folks’ S A li Ailments 1 “I began taking Black Draught over fifty years m ago and my experience with it stretches over a good long time," says Mr. SP ftjll Joe A. Illakemore, a Civil |§|| m War veteran, now a prorni- fjjjp « nent, citizen of Floyd, Tex. , It is the best laxative I m A know of for old people. . ; is A good many years ago, in « Virginia, I used to get bili- HP PHI ous all( l f found that m « Thedford’s ii m BLACK-DRAUGHT A was the best and quickest m relief I could get. Since I A came to Texas I have these bilious attacks every now iP A and then—and I find a m |jgg little Black-Draught soon gjp gjgj straightens me out. After m a few doses, in little or no m A time I’m all right again.” ™ ™ Thedford’s Black A Draught acts on the stom- ESP tfg ach, gentle, liver natural and bowels as- in m PS ^jjja a way, SIP sisting digestion and re B : lieving constipation. EX-102 fg| I Read the following local ment. Mrs. William Stembridge, G08 ange Street, Fort Valley, says: thouglt I would die from the painful attacks of backache which came on due to a weakened condition of my kidneys. Pains settled across my kid neys which felt like a knife cutting -- ----- —........ ■ ■ .....■ — i j SAVE 25* HE YOUR FEED BILL BY GRINDING YOUR EAR CORN Shuck, Gob and Corn | AND VELVET BEAN3. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT it l FORT VALLEY, GA. it Stop al The IV ROBERT FULTON Atlanta's Fin es t Ho tel 300 ROOMS—300 BATHS im Water H to Circulating Ice m iH Servidore Service ma In Each Room ills Ssti $1 fortable Equipped .print- Mattre.ses-—the bed. w ith in the Shur-Re»t world. mo.t Inner- com¬ Convenient Downtown Location V |Y»Hi Rooms $2.00—$2.50—$3.00 ffirr,- Other Hotel, operated by Baron & Wil.on Intere.t.: MECKLENBURG HOTEL Charlotte. N. C. HILLMAN HOTEL Birmingham* Ala. EXCHANGE HOTEL Montgomery, Ala. I Luckic HARRV and F. ZOBEI. Con* Mirt. St.. TERMINAL HOTEL Augu»ta, Ga. ■r. H ) through me, every time I breathed. I became so stiff across my back I screamed from pain every time I tried to turn in bed. I was weak and worn out and my kidneys acted irra gularly. I used Doan’s Pills and thev cured mo entire M 60c at all dealers. Faster-Milbum Co., Mfrs.. Buffalo, N. \ r . Adver-