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WE ARE BUILDING A CITY > HERE Volume No. XXXVII, Number 4. TRIP TO NEW YORK FOR CONTRIBUTOR OF BEST MATTER IN PEACH BLOSSOM FESTIVAL EDITION Contract for New 200,000 Gallon Water Tower Is Let Hundreds of Dollars, Generous Cash Prizes, Offered Leader-Tribune to Develop Product” in Fine Literary SUBJECTS, PREMIUMS AND RULES In order that the world may feel the great throb of the ' very heart of this wonderful garden spot of the South, and to excite a "more intense consciousness in the minds of our people of the rich resources anil opportunities which are their Heritage i—and to make of the Peach Blossom Festival Edition of The Leader-Tribune actually a powerful expression of the character to New York to the person who submits the best article for this edition, many thousands of which will go to various parts of America. Cash premiums will be given as outlined below for contributions on the subjects mentioned. A week’s trip to New York will be substituted for the cash premium to the person submitting the best of all articles, whether it be a “peach reci¬ pe,” a photo, or a story on one of the subjects specified. The Leader-Tribune, having naturally responded to the magnificent co-operation offered during the last few days for the publication of its proposed Peach Blossom Festival Edition, will throw every ounce of its enery and every dollar at its com mand into making this edition set a new standard in the field of such projects in Georgia. As it decliaes to give away adver tising space, so will it decline to ask any churfeh, school or civic organization to buy news or editorial space in this edition; in stead, we shall cover all such worthy institutions in a dignified way, paying the people of this section to awaken their talents to the utmost. No expense will be spared in employing addi¬ tional talent to make the edition as representative in a dignified •of way thousands as possible, of so people as to attract all the America complete who respect shall of read the tens this over edition. Judges in the contest will be announced later. They will be two of our most intelligent people and the editor. Be sure and read the rules—and bear in mind that your article must be prepared QUICKLY yet CAREFULLY. The editor of The Lead¬ er-Tribune will be glad to advise any person more fully as to the nature either of the articles should assume. RULES Bear in mind that, while impressive reference to, and description of, past achievements will be invaluable, the general idea of every article must be LOOKING FORWARD. Weave inspiration into your narrative. Any citizen of Peach, Houston, Crawford or Macon counties may com¬ pete on any article. r Simultaneous announcement of awards will be made with the publi¬ cation of the articles. Many articles which may not be successful probab¬ ly will be used to fine effect in some other way. Author’s name will be carried with each article accepted for publica tion. Any person ma ywrite on as many of the subjects as desired, but no person may win over two premiums. w Write your full name and address clearly on the back of the article or photograph submitted. If a photograph, be sure and write description of the scene it presents. Write on ONLY ONE SIDE OF PAPER. No article will be placed before the judges unless it is typewritten carefully, LINES DOUBLE SPACED. White paper must be used. Every article or contribution must be in the hands of the editor of The Leader-Tribune by six o’clock on the evening of Thursday, February 5th, 1925. Judges will be selected later. They will be two of the highest type citi ens. pf recognized literary and artistic judgment, and the editor. - SUBJECTS AND PREMIUMS FtV a The best “History of the Peach County Movement,” not over 1,000 w«rd $ 10 . 00 . ..TBost article on “The Peach County Program,” not over l,000 v words, TO fl.09. Best article on Houston County, Georgia,” not over 1,000 words, $ 10 . 00 . Best article on “Macon County, Georgia,” not over 1,000 words, $10.00. Best article on “Crawford County, Georgia,” not over 1,000 words, $ 10 . 00 . Best article on The Peach Blossom Festival,” r.ot over 2,000 words. $ 10 . 00 . Best article on “The Georgia Peach, • ’ not over 1,000 words, $10.00. Best article on “The County With a Soul,” not over 2,000 words, $10.00. This article should deal with the county’s religious and education¬ al bodies, systems and plans, and her system of government. Peach Recipes—50 cents each for all accepted. Best article on Diversified Agricultural Development of the section, title to come with article, not over 1,000 words, $10.00. Best condensed list of Fort Valley’s Resources and Advantages, $10.00. Each asset of the community, whether number of banks or altitude of city, should be condensed into shortest possible paragraph. You will be amply repaid for an evening’s thought by the amazing list with which your pen will surprise you. of ‘Fort Valley’s Civic Organizations”—Best group of small articles sot over 200 words each—each as short as possible to tell the story about ous civic bodies, $10.00 PHOTOGRAPHS —For best photograph submitted and accepted to oresent most impressively a Peach Blossom Festival, or peach orchard scene or any striking attraction of the section, $5.00; for five next best, Sl.oo’each. Privilege of using all photos is required. All photos will of be re turned after publication of the edition. Each successful contributor ® he geafree-Seibune t Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon a nd Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest. FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY.CEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1925. WELL, WE GET OUR PIECE OF CAKE « 0“ UIA-I'A-W r>o ° ; 0 o v A?TO -^ j '} ' 7 VC-i— 1 & 7 / o 7*v' >/ ' jv.- A c .-.v ) »7‘ It m 1 Sift ! ■ 1 aa* ~ v l ' v\ I IW ia * —j#-===r-_*rr IS \\\ \ N f/ >7 ( Fort Valley, Ga., January 22, 1925. Mr. John H. Jones, Editor Leader-Tribune, Fort Valley, Georgia. My dear Mr. Jones: Let me say this word of sincere appreciation of your efforts looking to the Special Peach Blossom Festival edi¬ tion of The Leader-Tribune. The scope of your plans and the character of the edi¬ tion you propose to issue far exceeds in the way of news¬ paper publicity anything ever enterprised here. You are entitled to the support and co-operation of all of our people in making this edition a complete success and if I may be of service to you at any time in any way please feel at liberty to call on me. Sincerely yours, C. L. SHEPARD, General Chairman. Fourth Annual Peach Blossom Festival. GREAT CIRCULATION AND LONG LIFE OF FESTIVAL EDITION WILL MAKE ADVERTISING SPACE VALUABLE The Leader-Tribune’s Peach Bios som Festival Edition will have a cir culation of not less than 15,000; with full support, it will reach THIRTY THOUSAND OR MORE. It will be our utmost effort to place the edi¬ tion in every home in Peach, Hous¬ ton, Macon and Crawford counties. This alone will make advertising space worth the rate we have fixed. Thousands of copies will be sent to various parts of America and five thousand copies will be distributed at the Peach Blossom Festival. This indirect value to llie community and every business man, property owner tographs will be given credit in publication. WEEK’S TRIP TO NEW YORK BY FIRST CLASS STEAMER with room and meals while in New York will be substituted for cash pre¬ mium to writer of article given first place by judges. This trip will be trans ferable if winner desires. It will begin on or about April 25, 1925—exact date to be announced later. and citizen will be incalculable. The edition’s object is not for profit; it is to give the Peach Blossom Festival that superior, dignified home repre sentation before the whole world which such a great national institu¬ tion should naturally develop in the heart of its own creative energies. The object of the sale of display ad¬ vertising is to provide as far as pos¬ sible for the tremendous expense to which The Leader-Tribune is going in preparing text matter that will endure a* a classic, and to enlarge the circulation by as many five* and tens of thousands as possible. FOR PM FESTIVAL GENERAL CHAIRMAN SHEPARD RECEIVES RESOLUTIONS PLEDGING WARM CO-OPERA¬ TION FOR SIGNAL SUCCESS. At a meeting of the Macon Civi tan Club, held on Friday, January 9th, the following resolutions were unanimously passed, with instructions that they be transmitted to the gen¬ eral chairman of the Fourth Annual Peach Blossom Festival Committee: “Whereas, the progressive and hospitable citizens of Fort Valley have organized their Peach Blossom Festival Committee, for the purpose of giving their fourth annual pageant and entertainment; and “Whereas, the citizens of Macon generally feel a deep and abiding pride in the enterprise and artistic abilities of their sister city, as rep¬ resented the series of annual festi¬ vals which have already attracted international attention; therefore be it “Resolved, by the Macon Civitan | Club, in weekly meeting assembled, that this organization extend to the . people of Fort Valley its cordial con-S gratulations upon the success of these pageants in the past, and hereby pledges its warmest desire in every way possible to cooperate with the citizens of Fort Valley and to make the Fourth Annual Peach Blossom Festival an even more signal success than in the past.” N. D. MALLORY, Secretary. Mr. C. H. Bassett, an old Fort- Val¬ ley boy, returned this week to his home at Minneapolis after a few days visit to relatives and friends here. (Eight Pages). $1.50 Per Year in Advance. ■ The Water and Light Boat'd of the City of Fort Valley has let a contract the R. D. Cole Manufacturing Co., of Newnan, Ga., for the erection of a new 200,000-gallon water tower back of the light plant, over the 50, 000-gallon cistern. These together will have a capacity of 250,000 gal¬ and no additional ground will required. The present water tow¬ on Main street is of only 50,000 capacity. Thus the city’s wa¬ storage will be increased from to 250,000 gallons. The new water tower will be erect¬ and ready for use by June 1st. the meantime, the old tower will standing until after the 1925 season, giving a total storage of 300,000 gallons during season. Immediately after the 1925 peach according to present plans ’ old tower on Main street will be down and the ground it occu¬ in the heart of the city, will be | j to park purposes'. The la- j of the city will be encouraged assisted in beautifying this ideal permanent park and play¬ > as a states Dr. H. M. Copeland,; BOUGHT BY LESTER •A real estate deal of great inter¬ to this section is the purchase of house and mill property, known Houser’s Mill, by Mr. E. L. Lester. Mr. Lester, who has been travel¬ will manage the property. Miss Allie Houser and Mrs. A. J. Jr., will make their home Mr. and Mrs. Lester. Mr. and A. J. Houser expect to move soon into the house on Ander¬ Avenue recently purchased by Houser. CLASS GIVES The Senior class of the Fort Val¬ high school served a lovely din¬ last Thursday night in honor the Board of Education anc! fac¬ The science dinner department, was served in under the j direction of Miss Carolyn Cravey. was a distinct revelation of the work being done by the school in arts. Thus is marked anoth¬ feature of the excellent school which Fort Valley enjoys un¬ the government of the Board of and the direction of Su er i'ltondent J. K Lambert and his ^‘ e cor P s °f teachers. Miss Miriam Edwards acted for the class as “toastmaster.” Floyd j ithers, class president, occupied other seat of special honor in the I absence of Chairman W. Houser of the Board. I i City officials, heads of civic or and ministers were They joined in hearty praise the evidence thus given of the ef of the school work. The guests, after dinner, inspect¬ the domestic science department’s and methods, and they talking yet about its excellence. PEACHLAND JOURNAL 36 year* oldyonly newspa¬ per in heart of one of America’* richest diversified t agricultural sections. chairman of the Water and Light. Board. The park will be made one ofi tie city’s prettiest points of pride, The Water & Light Board, which is benig warmly praised L, the ful¬ fillment of these plans to .,nich they have devoted themselve: or several years, is composed of (. .lairman H. M. Copeland, C. L. Sh, pard, J. M, Green and Mayor R. b. Hale. The late Albert M. Seifert was a member of the board when the plans were launched and had a great part in this, as well as many other important movements for the progress of tho city. The Kiwanis Club of Fort Valley; has rendered signal service in co-op¬ erating with the Water and Light Board towards the end that Fort Valley might have adequate water facilities and at the same time be free from the old water tower as ar. eyesor e and devote the valuable ground it occupies to the logical pur pose, a park and playground. Mayor K. D. Hale, the Water and Li dit Board, the Kiwanis Club and all citizens well may congratulate themselves upon the achievement. So great was the success of the Woman’s Club and Kiwanis Club playmakers, under the direction of Mips Annie Audrey Fagan, last Fri¬ day night, and so disappointed were many people in having missed it be¬ cause of bad weather, that “Mrs. Temple’s Telegram” will be present¬ ed again tonight (Thursday) at the Austin theater, or new court house auditorium. The entire cast took the audience by storm. This was so true that the weather was forgotten in the charm of amateur talent which would chal¬ lenge the professional artsit at his best. The cast was composed of Mrs. Ruth Smith, Miss Ruth Evans, Mrs. C. Hall, Mrs. Ashby McCord, Jimmie, Fagan, C. Hall, Ashby McCord, George Mathews and Sam Mathews. A bouqet of roses from the Wo¬ man’s Club and a box of candy fropi Kiwanis Club were presented as of the appreciation of those for the untiring atten »n and fine talent of Miss Fagan in the production. PEACH COUNTY, all whom it may concern: This is to notify the citizens of County that the first session the Court of Ordinary for Peacli will be held on the first of February (2nd of Feb.) and on the first Monday of. h month following, The Ordinary will hold his first in Peach County for County on the first Tuesday of (3rd of Feb.) 1925, and sit for County Purposes on the Tuesday of each month follow This 21st day of Jan., 1’925. M. G. MOSLEY, Ordinary.