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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 ** 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 ■ 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 j 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. NOW WHO’S BOSS? •v, Y pr.\ M in <> & - ► v m \ A \ 1 nr // / ^ossoim, / Yf-l N ■- X \ X w V 0 ) V> \\ V \ . Me V- \ M V 1 P 1 •*» V V x V \ V' ■ ■ „iiy' mIWHI L X x /r\ x ;SS -■ s? 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, < ‘ ' do , it after the ,, stores are women ; Wonder how many girls are look¬ back at Leap Year with that I” I didn’t thought. I i 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 * 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. i (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.