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AND PEACHLAND JOURNAL
Established 1888
Published every Thursday
JOHN H. JONES
Editor and Owner
“A» a Man Thinketh in Hi«
So It He. • »
Official Organ of Peach
N. E. A. Feature Service
Advertisers' Cut Service
Entered as second-class matter
the post office at Fort Valley,
Ga., under the act of March
3, 1879.
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THURSDAY. JANUARY 22, 1925.
After the deluge
We feel better. Do you?
On with that Chamber of
merce.
Also come on with that brass
It will serve a valuable purpose
Fort Valley.
We cordially greet R.*E. White
new editor of the Twiggs
Citizen, succeeding A. K. Smith.
Practical jokes are “practical”
ly outside of business
Valley Leader-Tribune.
Bet somebody slipped up on
tor Jones and stuck a pin in him
—Dalton
No; merely, without thinking,
iis lose half an hour from one of
busy days in trying to make a
.Leader-T ribune.
TAKE NOTICE, PEACH COUNTY
Walton Tribune; One by one
counties of Georgia fall in line
the Ellis Health Law, and
it is in operation the people
pleased with results. The Tribune be
lieves that the best investment
ton could make would be to
this fine and humanitarian statute.
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SAME HERE, SUBSCRIBERS!
Cartersville Tribune-New*: A
gia editor, Johnny Jones, down
Fort Valley, said he wanted to
every voter who cast a ballot in
of Peach county. That’s a fine
and we feel that way about our loyal
subscribers, who are sending in
newals for The Tribune-News. We
thnnk each and every one of you good
people, and such response to our
forts, heartens us to continue in
purpose to give the people of Bartow
county the best paper of which we
are capable.
Ed Danforth, sporting editor of the
Atlanta Georgian, writing of his ex¬
perience in the delay of trains here
Monday because of a wnsh-out-on
the-line. said: “It was a great sight
for the natives, however, who turned
out apparently amazed at the rush
of so many Pullman cars.” Must have
been referring to "Bill" Brisendine
and Sanders Harris. Ed maybe
doesn't know that our folks never be¬
v fore had seen anything more freak¬
ish than the passing features of side
shows and carnivals.
RECOGNITION OF GEORGIA
COLLEGES
Georgia may well hope yet to take
her proper place in the scheme of
higher educational institutions in
America. Notwithstanding the
that she ranks right close to the
tom among all the states in per capi¬
ta money expended from the public
treasury, and her colleges are
ing—her sons nnd daughters are
fering—for lack of adequate funds,
she is making splendid progress.
An outstanding mark of this prog¬
ress is the announcement that, at a
meeting of the Association of
ican Colleges in Chicago on
J)-11th, only four eollges were
mitted to membership, two of them
being in the South, and these two
ing in Georgia —Shorter College
Rome and Agnes Scott College at
Decatur.
Borrowers often think that
and loan mean the same thing.
It is more fun to receive than
Jnve—when it happens to refer to
compliment.
The only satisfaction to the
who isn’t headed any place in
ticular is that he can’t very well
his way.
THE LEAPER.TRIBUNE. FORT VALLEY, CA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1»24.
PEACH BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
Columbus Enquirer-Sun; Fort Val
ley is getting ready for its fourth
nual peach festival, and we are
dering if Editor Jones is going
make it a “Tip Top” celebration.
he does, he should certainly
Editor Stout, of the Hamilton
nal, to be present and participate.
Jackson Progro-Argue Fort
ley j, making plans for the
Blossom Festival. Thii evrnt is a
boost for the entire state.
Butler Herald; The next groat
ovont in this section will ho tho Peach
Blossom Festival at Fort Valley. All
who went last year will be sure to
be there this year if possible, and all
who didn’t go having heard and read
such glowing accounts of it will make
an extra effort to be there also.
We’re Almost Dying for a
Full Chance, Bill
Washington Ncwi-Rcporter; Poach
county is already preparing for the
1925 peach festival, which takes
place in March. People for hundreds
of miles travel each year to Fort Val
ey to see and participate in this beau¬
tiful event and the occasion is be
coming u fixture in Georgia. Florida’s
orange blossoms are famed as part
of all nuptial rites, but no orange
grove can present the beautiful
ture of miles and miles of peach
trees laden with full-blown peach
blossoms. This esthetic occasion puts
Johnny Jones in his element and
should give his flow of beautiful
language full vent.
OWN A HOME
Hartwell Sun: A good per cent of
the people of this community own a
home.
But why shouldn’t more of them
have a place to go each night, after
the day’s work is done, that they can
actually and really call home?
The time for building is here. The
spring of the year is approaching—
the time when hope springs anew
in the breast and when, nature sets
about to the task of reviving the
beauties which she is capable of pro¬
ducing.
Somewhere in the heart of every
man is the desire to he independent,
because independence is the measure
of his standing in the community.
The first step along the road to in¬
dependence is to own your home. The
man who owns his own home is the
respected, the trusted man in this
community.
Build a home this spring.
GENERAL LEE
Fort Valley, through the U. I). €.,
in her schools and in other ways ob¬
served the birthday of General Rob¬
ert E. Lee according to her true,
proud Southern nature. The death
of Lee reflected the glory of his
birthday and career, for, as the Lon¬
don Standard said in announcing his
death:
“Truer greatness, a loftier nature,
a spirit more unselfish, a character
purer, mor chivalrous, the world has
rarely, if ever known. Of stainless
hue and deep religious feeling, yet
free from all taint of cant and fanat¬
icism. A country which has given
birth to men like him and those who
followed him, may look the chivalry
of Europe in the face without shame,
for the father-lands of Sidney and
of Bayard never produced a nobler
j soldier, gentleman, and Christian
than Gen. Robert E. Lee.
PAVING MAKES IMPRESSION
Jackson, Butts county, is be¬
ginning 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 strangers.
Unpaved streets for such a fine
town as Jackson are too expen¬
sive in their influence upon the
opinions of prospective settlers
and investors. — Fort Valley
Leader-Tribune.
Johnny Jones fired a forty-two
centimeter shot that time and it hit
the bull’s eye. Jackson is not going
to be without paved streets for long.
! Of that you may be sure. First im¬
pressions do Count and towns with'
paved streets ami modern improve
mgnts get the business and attract
ne\v settlers and investors.—Jackson
Progress-Argus.
rr IS A CASE OF ADVERTISE OR
REMAIN BEHIND
West Point News: The business
world of today revolves and has its
being upon the smoothly-running,
j well-oiled wheels 'of advertising.
Deny the above statement and you
definitely place yourself in the class
of the out-of-date, run down and fast
disappearing old-timers.
Modern business could no more ex
ist without advertising than radio
coul( | have developed as it has with
out) the widespread distribution of re-
receiving sets. The people must
ceive the idea. There must
widespread knowledge of what is
ing done—what is being sold and
meaning to the individual.
j Last week we made mention in
[editorial of a lady who went to
1 city to purchase Christmas
.Thi lady read our editorial, and
tasked us why we did not publish
the facts. She says she was
guilty of going away to
goods, but that she had a good
son for doing so. She explains
she had been reading the
m,nt.s in the , duly , newspapers ,,
mg bargains and suggestions.
I says she went to the city to
the items that seemed to her to
special bargains, and when she
rived at the big stores she
them so crowded it was
to reach the counters at which
items were sold. Hundreds and
sands of people had responded to
advertising
The concern that fails to
must m.'itce fu the lack of adverti
through the IJS of
canvassers or other methods, and
Joe not ju ; >fy a merchant in 1
off his regular advertising.
The reason some of our
advertisers are not sure
liays in the long run is hat they
neV er made use of it long enough
rea ij ze the cumulative value of
and consistent
We have heard some unpleasant
ment upon 1924 business, but we
have failed to coax even a mild ex
pression from the lips of our best al
vertisers. There’s a reason.
They know that business wax as
good as they made it—was
quite satisfactory, all considered.
GEORGIA’S CHRISTIAN MOTHERS
1.
In Christian Mothers, too, dear
Georgia’s great
In all that wondrous word paints
for our eyes;
No purer souls than they, in church
or state,
Offer to God a living sacrifice.
2 .
Mothers have visions not by man pos¬
sessed
In their distinct and heaven-ap¬
pointed zone;
’Tis sacrilege to spurn their high be¬
quest,
Or rship not with them, the God
they own.
3.
Though glorified they have the right
to pray
To their exalted King upon the
throne;
’Tis not too much, if sainted mothers
say,
“Lord, save the dear ones whom
we call our own.”
4.
Oft as the full-orbed sun shuts off
the night.
And opal wreaths the mountain s
brow engird;
Oft as the hills are robed with lunar
light,
Our Christian Mothers seek the
living Word.
5.
No curfew tolls the knell of deathless
love ;
No numbers mark the length of
life’s great sea;
No mind'Can grasp the glorious Home
above
Where sainted Mothers wait for
you and me.
6 .
The work begun by them long years
ago,
Its alpha has, but no appointed
goal;
The seed, they watered with their
tears, shall grow
During the countless days God wills
the soul.
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And when for Georgia our dear
Mothers pray.
Their souls reach out beyond her
narrow zone,
And, from the fields of Love’s vast
Milky Way.
Find access to the Father on the
throne.
8 .
The world but little knows of love
like this,
The sacrifice which lives “Thy will
be done’ ;
The step to bring the palingenesis,
And glorify the resurrected One.
9.
Thrice sacred be dear Georgia’s'vine
clad hills,
And flowing streams, and every
foot of land.
Thou, Lord. Whose presence all crea¬
tion fills,
Her children bless, and guide them
by Thy hand.
—W. C. Carter.
What you don’t know won’t do so
much harm if you make use of what
you do know.
A lot of people would appreciate
if we’d have a Borrowed Sugar
turning Wee. *
Peach Blossom Festival Edition
The editor of The Leader-Tribune has such a consuming
desire to make this paper a greater and greater medium of pub¬
lic service as the days go by that any obstacle or restraint can¬
not be endured. That says a heartl'ul. Finis.
General Chairman Leighton Shepard and all other citizens
to whose attention have come our plans for a Peach Blossom
l Edition have, by every imaginable expression of genuine inter
est, convinced us that for us to fail to carry out these plans
would be to deny our own deep-rooted faith and desire.
Our Peach Blossom Festival Edition will not be anything
within the range of “special editions,” as the term is ordinarily
used. It will not be a stereotyped form of personal advertising
.parading as feature articles, biographies, etc., for which
paymont is received in violation of the postal laws. There isn’t
enough money—that we have ever heard about, ha! ha!— to
buy one j ine or on e N word of news-style type in it. Instead, we
shall employ at whatever price may be necessary the best
ent available for presenting the character of this peach section,
the Peach Blossom Festival and every wholesome advantage
of the community to the world in a dignified style which
command enduring respect. Believing that our section possess
es this high talent, we are offering sufficient inducements on
the front page of today’s paper to stir it into action. Nothing
could add more to the effect of the edition. Nobody can tell our
story so well as those who live, move and have their being here!
Get out your pen or pencil tonight.
Our Peach Blossom Festival Edition will have as its great
objects qualities of truth and interest and beauty of style. Bear
in mind that wnen we specify an article of not more than 1,000
words, we have in mind an article of as much information
and interest as the average “word-padded” newspaper
of several thousand words. The man or woman in Portland,
Oregon, gives a 200-page newspaper mass of the usual “dope”
a passing glance and a tired sigh, because that sort of “special
edition’’ game was worn out years ago; while any man or wo
man will linger with an artistic production which carries an ag
riculturai, industrial, commercial, educational, orsociairomance
through the “windows of his soul.” There are many men and
women in Peach and adjoining counties who will find it easy to
make a romance of the various subjects we have outlined on the
front page today. Merely gather all the facts you can, write
them down in most appealing order and then go through your
story marking out every word that can be eliminated without
destroying those facts. Sometime we shall adopt our advice!
Frankly we are more interested in the literary and art qua
lity of our Peach Blossom Festival Edition than we are in the ad
vertising, or money end. We don’t expect folks to believe
it unless they wish to. Of course its expenses must be paid. But
we know that always the work of this kind that we have done—
getting out of the sordid rut of commercialism in every proposal
for a public service—has never failed to bring payment of the
expense in the long run.
No matter whether you are a farmer, banker, housewife,
merchant, laborer or out of a job, you will find something in the
list of requirements on the front page forwhichyou probably are
well qualified to compete. You don’t have to be a writer. It may
be such a little thing as a photograph—Fort Valley and neigh
boring communities and counties ought to be full of striking
pictures to catch the eye of the world—or it may be a recipe
for making one of the many peach delicacies with which we
may cause somebody in a far-off state to begin eating Georgia
peaches. See if you can’t win that trip to New York in the next
few days. The person who begins most quickly is the person
who is most interested, and success is measured largely by the
degree of interest shown.
I
L MY COUNTY PEACH
Word* by Mr*. F. W. Withoft.
Sung to the tune of “Maryland,
My Maryland." Dedicated to C.
L. Shepard, general chairman of
the Fourth Annual Peach Blos
»om Fe»tival. Thi» long wa* first
sung at the brilliant Peach Prod¬
uct* dinner given by Governor
Treutlen Chapter D. A. R., on
Tuesday evening, January 13,
1925.
1.
Oh, long our hearts have sought for
thee,
County Peach, my County Peach,
And truly have we wrought for thee,
County Peach, my County Peach;
We yearned for thy protecting care,
Desired thy lovely name to share,
We longed to breathe thy perfumed
air,
County Peach, my County Peach.
o
We dreamed of thee in years agone,
County Peach, my County Peach,
We planned for thee as time went on,
County Peach, my County Peach;
We fought thy battles bold and fair,
And gladly did thy banners bear
So now we hail thy presence rare,
County Peach, my County Peach.
3.
We visioned thee in wistful dreams,
County Peach, my County Peach,
And now thy truth but lovelier
seems,
County Peach, my County Peach;
We gave our best to make thee true,
We toiled as loyal men will do,
And here we pledge our hearts to
y<m.
County Peach, my County
CHORUS
Oh. County Peach, thou hast
heart!
From thee I never will depart;
For thou the crown of counties art.
County Peach, my Coiintj Peach.
METHODIST CHURCH
Thos. H. Thomson, Pastor.
Sunday school at 9:30 A. M.
Preaching by Rev. A. M. Pierce,
of Atlanta, at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M.
Meeting of Epworth League at 6
P. M.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday at 7 P.
To all services the public is cordial¬
ly invited.
GLOPINE CUPPINGS
Mr. T. D. Castleberry spent last
Tuesday in Macon.
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The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Biggers of Forest Park are in
terested to learn of the arrival of a
fine boy at their home last Sunday,
Jan. 18th,
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Mr. Albert Milburn visited friends
in Milledgeville last Sudnay.
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puz/le contest published two weeks ago.
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according to the of contest
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Capital and Surplus $150,000.00
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Mrs. W. M. Melvin of Macon, was
the guest of Mrs. R. C. Slappey at
the Church Grove Fruit Farm last
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The many friends of Mrs. O. C.
are sorry to learn of her ill¬
ness at the home of her son in Ogle¬
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With the heavy rains of last Sun¬
and Monday no damage was done
the tracks and no wash outs re¬
ported on the Perry branch of the
Central of Georgia Railway Corn
pany.
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There were no services at Provi¬
dence church last Sunday due to the
heavy rains and condition of the
roads, which were almost impassable.
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Mrs. Tom Fagan i- spending some
time with relatives in Tavior county.
The older a person gets the lesi
certain he is that he knows anything.