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WE ARE
BUILDING A CITY
HERE
Volume No. XXXVII, Number 3.
Peach Blossom Festival Plans
With C. L. Shepard as Chairman
*,' And Peach Products Dinner Are
Leading Features of Busy Week
Fort Valley folks are not
things. They are being moved in
rapid whirl of constructive
■which are mighty realistic proof of
civic consciosness that eclipses
ordinary, every-day brand of
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native optimism.
Witness the past week. And yet
writer is being kept busy
to many good ideas from dozens
citizens about the further
opportunities that challenge
faculty and resource of Peach
ty. The surface has only been
ed. As busy as Peach countians
and as much as they are doing
. ' astify their renown, they have
"•’begun upon a new era of
growth and expansion which, for
,4i catch a glimpse of, must make
giant of any citizen in the field
co-operative progress.
Peach Blossom Festival in March
With C. L. Shepard’s
of the general chain
Fourth Annual Peach Blossom Festi
v,' 1 to be held here March, tv
act dates to be determined later
the arrival of the magic sea of h;
soms by which this section is
ared, America is assured of the
tenance o. one of her most
and significant national institutions.
Mr. Shepard was elected at a
mg of citizens last Friday night.
will complete his organization
!y and formally launch a
body of men, women and children
who already have made history in
-hfe glorious achievement. Every
izen is alert to respond to his call.
Peach Products Dinner
The great crowd of Peach counti
arts who crowded the Kiwanis hall on
Wednesday night was swept into
higher spirit of combined efforts for
mutual progress. Ralph Newton
struck the keynote of the true gran¬
deur of the superior human element
which will bring Peach county into her
own when he declared to do a spell
bound audience that, above all oth¬
er considerations, Peach county must
make herself known to the world as
a county, a government, with a soul.
Governor Treutlen Chapte. D: A.
R. served a feast which was a bril
iiant interpretation of this section’s
remarkable resources. From peach
blossom decorations all the way
MILLEDGE ANDERSON
Milledge Anderson died at 2 o'clock
Wednesday morning at his home in
Perry after several weeks’ illness.
Mr. Anderson, a former Fort Val
ley citizen has made his home at Per
ry for several years. He was connect
ed 'Clso with the Ford Motor Co. there and
treasurer of Houston county,
Anderson is survived by
who was before her marriage,
Miss Irene Phillips, of Jones county,
a daughter and son; his mother. Mrs.
W. Anderson; two sisters, Miss Bessie
Anderson and Mrs. J. E. Bledsoe and
two brothers, George and Dave An¬
derson, all of Fort Valley.
The funeral was held at 10 o’clock
Thursday morning at the home in
Perry.
Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery,
in Fort Valley.
ill
I have resumed the practice of
law, and after Feb. 1 will be located
in offices formerly occupied by Hou¬
ser and Houser in the First National
•SLtik building.
)f*ill practice in all the courts, but
make a specialty of office practice
and income tax work.
W. H. HARRIS.
Jan. 15, 1925. l-15-3t.
®he Jectfrer-® tribune
Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest.
through the home product scheme,
and especially in the charming man¬
ner of service, that was a triumphant
event to celebrate at once the pride
of previous accomplishment and the
burning ideal for further high and
noble progress which was fixed as
its motive.
C. L. Shepard fulfilled all expecta
tions as toastmaster, and that is say
i»g more than mere adjectives can
indicate to even the most intelligent
mind. The new county’s officers were
introduced. Several were absent for
providential reasons, yet were sub¬
jects of affectionate tribute. Among
those present were Representative J.
E. Daivdson, Ordinary M. C. Mosley,
Tax Receiver C. N. Rountree and
Superintendent of Schools, Ralph
Newton. Judge Mosley mnd Superin¬
tendent Newton captured the audi¬
ence with their straightforward,
penetratin ' , mfcjri si s on the bu
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Much to the regre of the guests,
W. H. Harris was absent for unavoid
I a y e professional reasons. But, with
I his characteristic deep interest in hi 1
j community, he was faithful to re¬
spond throlu , h Ma ^ or u D H ale with
u wr jtten address which gripped the
minds of those who were fortunate
j enoug j 1 jj ear
E H . Holland spoke of “Peach
, County > s Opportunities” in a way
-SRoWed a close, proud study of
, his rnmmunitv ' s bright destiny to be
: reaIizef j on]y for tho effort His ad
.
(]ress was so perfectly practical as to
be elequent.
“Jest Jedge” was Judge A. C.
Riley’s topic for the evening. lie was
j at his best in polished wit and gold
philosophy, every moment of hi:;
versatile remarks being “like tho
swell of tome sweet tune.’’
There are counties, features of this
unique affair which must escape the
story, but one must not be the Peach
County orchestra and the Peach
I I ounty quartette composed of Sam
Jones, Wesley Gnben, Coleman Nich¬
ols and Floyd Carithers, for their
were delightful contributions to an
affair which in every way matched
Peach county’s splendid traditions of
high ideals and refined hospitality.
REAL ESTATE DEAL
Mr. Andrew Houser has bought the
property on Andersbn Ave., formerly
owned by Mrs. B. J. Joiner, known as
the Copeland house.
Mr. Houser expects to occupy the
house about Feb. 1st. While Fort
! has a cordial friends welcome of the for Joiners. the j
new comers,
j will be delighted know that the sale |
j of the property does not signify
j their removal from Fort Valley, as
they are making arragnemenh; to re
j main in Peach count y
| MRS. L. L.
I CROOK PASSES
AWAY SUNDAY NIGHT
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Mrs. L. L. Crook died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. ^laud Cowart,
on Macon street last Sunday night
after several months’ illness.
Funefal jf services
were .held at the
home of Mrs. Maud Cowart Monday
morning. The remains were carried
to Howard for interment, i
Mrs. Crook is survived by one
daughter, several sons and a number
of grand children.
ROBINSON SPEAKS IN PEACH
Joseph Robinson, associate profes¬
sor of English at Mercer University,
was the guest of Fort Valley for the
week end and spoke twice at the Bap¬
tist church Sunday. He talked in the
morning on The Happy Life. In the
evening he talked on The Holiness of
Beauty, a message inspired by the
idea of the Peach Blossom Festival.
FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY.CEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1925.
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Snapp Very Seriously LooFmg
Into Airplane Peach Dusting
F’ort Valley, Georgia,
January 13, 1925
Mr. John Jones, Editor,
Leader-Tribune,
Fort Valley, Georgia.
Dear Mr. Jones:
It occured to me that the peach
growers of this section might be in
terested to know that 1 am leaving
this week for Tallulah, Louisiana,
where the Government maintains an
aviation field and experiment sta¬
tion, to perfect the dust distributing
mechanism of airplanes to handle our
peach dust. Considerable work will
also be done at that station in an ef¬
fort to obtain a more satisfactory
dust for this purpose than we have
on the market at the present time.
Personally I see -no reason why re¬
sults from airplane dusting will not
be just as effective as dust applied
from ground dusting machines, and
if it wiil be possible to perfect the
technique of airplane dusting of fruit
trees by the beginning of our dusting
season peach growers in Middle Geor
ia wiH hav “ an opportunity to con¬
tract with an airplane manufacturing
corporation to have the work done
at ,, .
number_of ^ appl.cat.ons. I am of the
that airplane dusting can be
as economically as ground ma¬
chine dusting, and, furthermore it
be possible to make the appli¬
more timely when they are
effective, if it will be possible
growers to have their dusting op
handled by the planes it will
relieve them of an opera
which if performed by ground
requires considerable labor,
The hanks of Fort Valley will
he closed next Monday, January
11th, a legal holiday in observ¬
ance of the anniversary of the
birth of Genera! Robert E. Lee.
It’s a poor idea to brag that you j
self-made until you’re sure what ■
of a job has been turned out.
Window shopping is fine, says dad, <
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do , it after the ,, stores are
women ;
Wonder how many girls are look¬
back at Leap Year with that
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didn’t thought. I
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i etc., at a time when it is needed for
other purposes.
In this connection you might be
interested in a note that appeared in
the January 15th, 1925, issue of tho
Southern Ruralist:
“The date of November 24, 1924,
may be well worth remembering in
peach history for on that date at Fort
Valley, Ga., was held the first demon¬
stration of dusting peach trees by
airplane that the world has seen. This
was a most interesting happening.
The plane dusted over one thousand
trees in less than one minute pf fly¬
ing over the orchard. The day was
unfortunately a poor one for the
demonstration, hut the results seem¬
ed to be all that could be hoped. We
are not prepared to say that airplane
dusting will be the thing for peaches
but there are many things to recom¬
mend it. Dusting has not given as
good control of insects and diseases
as the liquid sprays, but the possibili¬
ty of putting on the dust just at the
right time and getting the work done
at the most approved stage in the
velopment of the insect or disease
may make up for the heretofore less
control given by the dust. The speed
of the application together with the
force that it is used to break up the
dust as well as releaseing the
commonly used in spraying may make
the application of dusts from the air
a most economical method. The work
of the coming season will be watched
with a great deal of interest ”
Very truly yours,
OLIVER I. SNAPP.
Entomologist, In Charge Peach In -1
sect Laboratory.
TRAIN * nn 11 •J;
Arthur Watson suffered cuts on
the face and a fractured knee cap
and is recovering at the Oglethorpe
Infirmary in Macon, and “Slim”
Johnson suffered minor cuts on the
face, when the Peachland Garage’s
wrecker in which they were riding
as i by the • ree-o’ciYok L. ' |
tram from Columbus last Satur- i
day afternoon. They were going out
a service call. The wrecker had
been completed and was out on
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maiden trip.
W. R. Brown died at tho Balckman
Sanitarium in Atlanta at 4 o’clock
Tuesday morning.
Mr. Brown, who was 74 years of
age had been ill about 5 months
of which time had been spent in At
lanta under treatment.
Mr. Brown had lived in Fort Val
ley all his life. He was a retired cap
italist and had been for many years
an influential citizen.
Since the death of his wife about
two years ago, Mr. Brown had made
his home with a nephew, J. D. Ken¬
drick and Mrs. Kendrick on Church
•street.
The body arrived from Atlanta on
the noon train Wednesday and was
carried directly to the Methodist
church where the funeral was heid
at 1:30, conducted by Rev. J. H.
Thomson.
Interment was at Oaklawn ceme
tcry.
Mr. Brown is survived by two sis¬
ters, Mrs. J. F. Everett, Sr., of Way
cross and Mrs. Susie B. Williamson
of Williamson, besides several nieces
and nephews.
GRIM REAPER CALLS CLAUD
F. DUPREE TO LAST REWARD
Mr. Claud F. DuPpee, 41 years, of
age, died at his home on Persons
’
street Friday night at 11:30 o’clock
of pneumonia, after a brief illness.
Mr. DuPree became ill on Jan. 1,
which was his wedding anniversary,
having married Miss Mary Holt on
Jan. ), 17 years ago.
Besides his wife, Mr. DuPree is
survived by a daughter, Maizie, 13
years of age; his mother, Mrs. C. J.
DuPree; one sister, Miss lone Du¬
Pree and two brothers, Welton Du¬
Pree of Macon and Lee DuPree of
New York.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Bup
tisth church conducted by Rev. D. A. |
Howard.
Interment was at Oaklawn ceme- i
tery.
Out of town relatives and friends
who were called here by Mr. DuPree’s
death-included Mr. and Mrs. Welton
DuPree, Misses Lois, Dorothy and
Marjorie and Charlton DuPree of Ma¬
con. Miss Mattie DuPree, Mrs. Bruce'
Walton and son of Byron Mrs.
j. s. Cole, Mr. Henry White-,
head and members of the firm of
Carter Implement Co., of Macon, Mrs.
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(Eight Pages).
I Austin Theater Designated >
Peach County Court House
State of Georgia—Peach County.
Peach Court of Ordinary,
January 14, A. D. 1925.
Mr. George II. Slappey, an
j ed and generous citizen of the
| of Fort Valley in said county,
ing tendered to the proper
of said county for the purpose of
court house for Peach County,
building in said city of Fort
said county, known as the
Theater. it
It is therefore ordered that
building, to wit, the said Austin
ater building fronting on south side
of Main street, in said city, be and
the same is hereby designated by me.
as the official and legal court house
of Peach County, Georgia, until furth¬
er ordered by the Court.
It is further ordered that the north
east double room up stairs in said
building be assigned to the Ordinary
o f said county as his official office;
and that the north west double room
up stairs in said building be assigned
to the Clerk of the Superior Court
of said Peach County as his official
office, until the further order of the
Court.
It is further ordered that this or
dor be entered on the minutes o f the
Court, and it is so ordered.
M. C. MOSLEY,
Ordinary of Peach County, Georgia.
On Thursday and Friday, March
5th and 6th, at the Fort Valley H. &
I. school, the colored farmers of
this section will again hold their an¬
nual home cured meat show and ex
hibitipn of canned fr.uits and vege¬
tables, with a free barbecue. Besides
the exhibition of 500 hickory smoked
j hams and sides and 200 jars of can
fruits and vegetables, a new fea- |
ture will be a poultry show,
Hundreds of colored farmers and j
farm women will asemble to tell how!
j thew made money (luring the past |
year and to take part in the lectures
and deonstration on how to improve
the home, farm, school and commu¬ ■
nity, Government experts, leading 5
educators, practical farmers and
bankers will be present and address
the audience. Prof. Geo. W. Carver,
of Tuskegee Institute, noted special
ist oh the peanut, pecan, potato, etc., '
is expected to be present. This event
will bring two days of valuable in
formation and inspiration.
--—
Rev. C. C. Jarrell, of Atlanta, ad
dressed the congregation of the
Methodist church on last Sunday,
both morning and evening service.
Dr. Jrrell, who is general secretary
of the hospital board of the M. E.
Church South is head of all the work
the church is doing for the relief of
the sick.
On Sunday morning Dr. Jarrell
presented the Golden Cross and se¬
cured enrollments.
The object of the G. C. .Society is
the relief of the poor in We: ley Mo¬
mo il TTospiHl. He also spoke of the
work thfe church is doing, He special¬
ly omlro i '.'d the fact that when Je¬
sus said “Go preach and go leg eh
he id-o said go heal.” In connection
the eveniB '
an inter-Ming story that ap
! 1 ' wh0 aPPretfat'
the ct t'rr Vme'ica very quick to
for-c the tree'diRr of !>*e as! soon
some trifling thing that affords
am"■-'•mert torn- up.
While ’"I fort Valley Pr. Ja "roll
wo- the f i :t > r y r. and Mrs. II .*
Branham.
CT 'her ■■'''! ‘e'l you (hat the more
a g‘ '-” VfOi'S hi; shoes OUt to
he ■ore they are w. rn o"’t.
C. V. Oswalt, of Alabama, Mr. and
Holt Skellie and Mr. and Mrs. I
C. Duncan of perry.
PEACHLAND JOURNAL
36 years old—only newspa¬
per in heart of one of
America’s richest diversified
agricultural sections.
$1.50 Per Year in Advance.
This 14th day of Jan. 1925.
Filed and recorded January 14th,
1925.
GEORGIA, Peach County:
Ente cd i.ri Minutes No. 1, Paq^
No. 1, January 14th, 1925.
EMMETT HOUSER, Clerk,
State of Georgia—Peach County,
hi the Superior Court of said County,
The Ordinary of Peac.’i County,
having designated the Austin The¬
ater building, fronting on the South
side of Main street in the city of
Fort Valley in Peach County, as the
official and legal court house of said
County,
It is ordered and declared by the
court that said building be and th
same is hereby declared as the offi¬
cial and legal court house of said
Peach County, Georgia, and it is so
ordered.
It is ordered that this order bo
spread on the minutes of th krk of
the Superior Court of Pea County
and it is ordered. This Ja try 14 th.,
1925 -
MOLCOLM JONES,
Judge of the Super* ,»• Courts ofi
f tile Macon Circuit,
: GEORGIA, Pach
] Couney:
Entered on Minutes No. 1, Pago
No. 1, January 14th, 1925.
EMMETT HOUSER, Clerk.
FI IE PRESIDENT
Judge A. C. Riley was elected sec¬
ond vice-president of the Kiwaniu
Club of Fort Valley at its luncheon
last Friday. E. T. Murray is president,
with Glenmore as first vice-president,.
'1 he latter presided with impressive
ability last Friday, President Murray
being forced by urgent business
to miss one of the remarkably few
meeting from which he has been ab¬
sent during his outstandin career
as a Kiwunian to the manner born,
President Murray sent word that,
his list of 1925 committees would be
read at the meeting tomorrow (Fri
day).
Enthusiastic endorsement and a
pledge of utmost support were voted
unanimously to C. L. Shepard, as
general chairman of the Fourth An¬
nual Peach Blossom Festival.
Judge M. C. Mosiey, ordinary, and
Ralph Newton, superintendent or
Peach county schools, spoke in their
usual gifted style of their desires to
promote the best interests of the pub
lie.
A “secret ballot” was held in which
each Kiwanian voted his own exclu¬
sive idea as to the most important
point for first attention in the
“Peach County Program.” Road ini
led with five votes; con
farm development was second
four votes; school improvement.
at home and the economy-pro¬
duction idea, three each, although
latter might have been interpreted
as to add a leading vote to farm
Quite a number of ideas got one
two votes each.
President Glenn;, t e.n and
A. Riley “rung tl I.ell
votes for “talk less, do mV re.”
Co-< rat i, a proper perspex ive,
! nd prom > it of bills,
community cash basis, a new hotel,
Peach C'.u.-uy Chamber of C'om
eounty hospital and health
ustrics by adver
sing, enforcement of liquor laws.
. t h, . , ft, county farm
ay nt, were votes
One man universally recogn'zed as
a acute judgeent in affairs of the
o': wrote: “To keep the entire
on chin of Peach county POUND
OGE i HER AS THE* NOW ARE,
veil the idea to ery citizen
EACH COUNTY IS THE G AR -
IP' ' ' ” OF ( BORGIA They
L ,>re is leys open
i ’ uncultivated ’■> Peach Han in
other cour v in the state.”
Messrs. J. D. Duke and C. B. Al
were ' ’ this ■k.